Human Resource Management

Many organizations focus on continuous improvement processes to aid efficiency improvement, reduce waste,and/or maximize profits. In your posting, discuss three of the continuous improvement foci areas you haveexperienced in your job or organization and discuss the effectiveness (or benefits) of such initiatives. Decidewhat change management issues are present that limit the organization’s efforts in continuousimprovement. What are the forces driving the initiative? What practices could be improved? Whatshould be abandoned? Respond to at least two of your fellow classmates’ postings. 

This assignment aims to investigate the complexity of stakeholder management and incorporate ethnical principles into business decision-make.A) Please read the two online articles listed below. These articles are also saved as a PDF on the iLearn site under the Assignment #5 Questions file.Article 1: Pay $2,000 to Dine With Michael Bauer and Be ‘Treated Like a Royal’ http:// sf.eater.com/2016/1/26/10837314/michael-bauer-critic-dinnerArticle 2: The Trouble with the Michaelshttp://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-trouble-the-michaelsB) Answer the following two questions. Both questions need to be answer to get the total possible 40 points.1. If you are a restaurant owner/chef and approached by Michael Murphy to be part of IfOnly. What will you do? Why?2. According to the Association of Food Journalism’s Food Critics Guidelines (https://www.afjonline.com/ethics) Restaurant criticism is not an objective pursuit, yet readers expect a measure of objectivity from critics.” Is such a thing possible? If you are a restaurant owner/chef, what kind of relationship do you envision to have with influential local food critics?

Define the IT organizational structure and how the IT organizational structure impacts culture and change management practices.  Additionally, how does the organizational structure impact competitive advantage? Note:   The essay should be one-page at most (double spaced) and should include an APA cover page and at least one reference in APA format and must include references.Do NOT use direct quotes, rather rephrase the work and utilize in-text citations.  

800-1000 words.

Using analytical tools of your choice, critically assess your own skills* and competences as an effective future HR professional in the area of Recruitment and Selection.

*Written in a undergraduate students perspective, not as a working professional.

Not too descriptive and “basic”. Good future orientation and consideration of the role of the HR professional in organisations. Insightful and critically reflective.

Strategic Audit The strategic audit system is a diagnostic tool to pinpoint an organization’s strengths and weaknesses. Use the Strategic Analysis Framework and other tools in order to conduct a strategic audit.  You might consider using a SWOT analysis for both companies to analyze each of their situations.For this assignment, a mini strategic audit will be conducted for two companies with an overall goal to compare how each company differs in the strategy management and implementation, while identifying the importance of strategic management.Conduct a Strategic Audit on two companies of your choice that are within the same industry. During this audit, you will be comparing each company, to do so be sure to create a SWOT analysis for each company.In addition, visit each company’s website and conduct research to identify key strategies that each company has. List a brief introduction of each company, to include the Mission Statement and compare key aspects of each company.Be sure to include the concepts identified in the readings for this week’s topics.The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.Use font size 12 and 1” margins.Include cover page and reference page.At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing. 

Analyze: Discourse Communities Evaluation Title: Discourse Communities Before starting a research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to.To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group.List all learning and social discourse communities that you are member of.Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities.What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods?How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities use? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language?When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community?Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form

Two questions:1. Review the case study titled “Hershey Aligns Training with Strategy” in the textbook on pages 24-27. How should HRD be involved in shaping strategy in the Hershey case?Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.2. What is relationship between competitive strategy, external environment, and internal strategies in strategic process planning?Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.Blanchard, P. N., & Thacker, J. W. (2013). Effective training: Systems, strategies, and practices (5th ed.). Prentice Hall.

Describe the difference between global integration and national responsiveness. What is the principal advantage of each strategy?

11.1 How comfortable are you with the expression of emotions? are there emotions with which you feel relatively comfortable, and other emotions that are hard for you to express or hear? What are the implications of your personal emotional Profile for your work as a counselor?12.1 Identify one occasion when you attempted to change your own behavior in some way. What strategies did you use? What worked and what did not work for you? What have you learned from this experience that you can use in your work with clients?

Instructions During a recent interview with a new hire, a candidate was asked several discriminatory interview questions. The candidate filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). After your organization’s chief executive officer (CEO) was contacted by an investigator at the EEOC, you, as the newly hired human resources (HR) director, were asked to develop a new recruiting strategy and hiring process that will meet EEOC regulations. This process is needed immediately because a new mid-level manager needs to be hired. Your CEO has asked you to recommend your strategy for filling this position. Once you develop your strategy, you will then have to prepare a presentation in which you will brief and train the organization’s leadership who will be assisting in this hire. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation for this briefing/training. The items below should be addressed in your presentation. Explain at least two federal laws against discrimination that apply to recruit and hire employees in your organization. Include what can happen if the laws are violated. Explain the pros and cons of three possible recruiting strategies. Recommend one to be utilized for this hire, and explain why you selected this strategy. State the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for the mid-level management position for which you will be hiring. You must have a minimum of three for each area. Develop the job posting for the mid-level manager. Discuss the hiring process and how the hiring decision will be made. Develop five nondiscriminatory interview questions. Discuss what should not be done in the interviews, and give examples of five discriminatory questions that must be avoided; explain why. Discuss any legal considerations to be aware of during the selection process. Your PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 14 slides in length, not counting the title or reference slides. You must utilize the slide notes function in PowerPoint to add speaker notes to each slide; these notes should be used in order to explain or expand on slide content as if you were actually presenting this to your audience. Alternatively, you may add audio to the slides, but if you do so, you will need to provide a transcript of your audio in a separate Word document and upload it in Blackboard in addition to the PowerPoint file.You must use at least three sources to support your presentation. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.