Human Resource Management

 What different considerations do human resource professionals need to examine when handling voluntary separations and involuntary separations? Explain your response, and use at least one academic source to support your points 

In the HR field, there is often discussion of HR not having a seat at the C-Suite (executive leadership) table. Do you think the role of HR professionals should be strategic — is it important or can HR professionals fulfill their role by operating in a more transactional manner (e.g., administrating, hiring, and dealing with employees)? Provide an explanation for your response. Support your response with an APA cited reference(s).

Performance Evaluation Using Variance AnalysisPerformance Evaluation in Decentralized Organizations. Please make a Powerpoint presentation with 10 slides  Provide a numerical example(s) to support your explanations. For more information read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_management

Week 3 Homework Topic: Select a major organization that was located in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area.  Research their experiences and prepare a report detailing the unexpected technology-related challenges the organization encountered in returning their operations to normal. Give suggestions on what might be added to the organization’s contingency plan to mitigate those unexpected challenges. Note: The challenges must be information systems related or they will not be counted. Recommendations should directly relate to the challenges. Assignment should follow all APA rules and include a min. of (3) citation/reference. For more information read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingency_plan

The research paper may address a work or works through the lens of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) or through another framework which interests the writer. Your possible subjects/treatments might be the interplay of literary and scientific elements of a work, an analysis of the science and society of a given work in its time period, a comparative study of two works, historical context of a work, the cultural contexts of a work, science and society of a given work in its time period, a comparative study of two works, historical context of a work, thecultural contexts of a work, how a work is structured (plot twists, images, etc.) to enhance a particular interpretation of the work, or a particular theme dealt with in two or three works, or any range of additional possibilities.

How important are excellent leaders to organizations? Well, the answer, in the theory, of course, would be very important. However, the answer as practiced by countless organizations might indicate otherwise. Only 38 percent of organizations have a formal frontline leadership development program in place. It’s important for organizations to commit to strong leadership development, and it’s particularly important for organizations to begin grooming their Gen Y employees to move into critical leadership positions. Why? Within 10 years (by 2025), these Millennials are set to comprise 75 percent of the global workforce. That’s why organizational leadership development programs are absolutely essential. Let’s look at what some companies are doing to prepare the next generation for leadership. Excellent leaders have to be developed and cultivated.3M’s leadership development program is so effective that it has been one of the “Top 20 Companies for Leadership” in six of the last seven years and ranks as one of the top 25 companies for grooming leadership talent according to consultant Hay Group. What is 3M’s leadership program all about? A few years ago, the company’s former CEO and his top team spent 18 months developing a leadership model for the company. After numerous brainstorming sessions and much-heated debate, the group finally agreed on six “leadership attributes” that they believed were essential for managers to have in order for the company to become skilled at executing the strategy and being accountable.  Those six attributes included the ability to: develop a plan and implement that plan; motivate and rouse others; be ethical and trustworthy and abide by the rules; achieve outcomes; strive for excellence; and be a capable and creative innovator. The company has continued to reinforce its pursuit of leadership excellence with these six attributes. Other companies, such as Ernst & Young, start early in recruiting and investing in future leaders, often going after talented college freshmen who have leadership potential. They take the best talent and involve them in various leadership development programs both while in school and after graduation. Deloitte, another company rated high for its leadership development programs, is deeply committed to helping its Millennial employees learn and absorb the leadership skills they will need to lead the company in the future. It starts with a very specific recruiting strategy for hiring Millennials and continues with a yearlong “Welcome to Deloitte” program. This program is all about teaching this age group client-management skills and team-building skills, and offering professional development opportunities. And, not surprisingly, it’s done largely through social media using interactive experiences such as role-plays, simulations, games, and a tool to help these employees track their first-year tasks.At Facebook, the first Millennial-run organization to become a Fortune 500 company, leadership development is designed around the needs of a fast-moving, fast-growing company. The head of leadership development at Facebook says that the only way leadership development works there is by making it consistent with the types of engineering tech types that comprise the company. Engineers are concerned only with “what works.” And it’s the same for any type of leadership development to be successful here; the focus has to be on what works. Also, since Facebook is an extremely flat organization with few levels of management, employees find out early on that in order to get anything done, they’re going to have to be able to influence and inspire people. That’s why leaders at Facebook don’t have to be convinced of the need for people skills. They won’t survive long without them. Prepare a 2-page paper answering the following questions.  Remember, use 10-12 pt font and APA format!  Feel free to bring in outside data/sources, but please provide citations and a list of references. Why do you think that there’s a huge gap in theory (what we know we should do) and practice (what we’re actually doing) of leadership development? What are some reasons that companies might not be addressing Gen Y leadership development programs? Three different types of organizations are described here: 3M is primarily a manufacturing organization. Ernst & Young and Deloitte are professional services organizations. Facebook is a tech company. Compare and contrast their different approaches to Gen Y leadership development.

Instructions Your Leadership Reflection Journal should exhibit a personal reflection of your present leadership competencies and also possible adjustments that could be made to your leadership approach. Importantly, your Journal entry should be in light of the various concepts that have covered each week in the course. Also of importance, the Leadership Reflection Journal should be far beyond a mere casual discussion. It should demonstrate a high level of understanding and should also provide adequate integration of authoritative sources as assigned for reading each week. You should integrate other scholarly sources, most preferably to review literature retrieved from the university research library. Your weekly Leadership Reflection Journal should be no less than one page and no more than two pages in length. Assignment ObjectiveEach week you will be required to submit a Leadership Reflection Journal. Assignment PurposeThis journal should be written in the first person and should be critically reflective. As such, you will discuss the most important concepts that you have learned throughout the week and how those concepts may be applied to your leadership career.

Synthesize the following: Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide “Complexity Leadership: Enabling People and Organizations for Adaptability” Your newly-emerged insights on authentic leadership and teaming Write a 525- to 700-word article that addresses the following: Who am I as a leader? (As a collaborator and forecaster,)  What is my leadership purpose? How can I remain authentic? What insights from the course will you use immediately, and what strategies will you have to work on? Cite 2 reputable references to support your article (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Discussion: Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.  Question for discussion:  1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms of the time/place framework.  2. Describe the kinds of support that groupware can provide to decision-makers.  3. Explain why most groupware is deployed today over the Web.  4. Explain in what ways physical meetings can be inefficient. Explain how technology can make meetings more effective  Exercise: 1. Compare Simon’s four-phase decision-making model to the steps in using GDS  Discussion: Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.  Question for discussion:  1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms of the time/place framework.  2. Describe the kinds of support that groupware can provide to decision-makers.  3. Explain why most groupware is deployed today over the Web.  4. Explain in what ways physical meetings can be inefficient. Explain how technology can make meetings more effective  Exercise: 1. Compare Simon’s four-phase decision-making model to the steps in using GDS 

 Explain how role conflict and role ambiguity contribute to workplace stress and are root causes of conflict within organizations.