Human Resources Management

Imagine that your training plans are not yielding the expected results in learning according to the data that you’ve analyzed. There has been discussion with the leadership team about issues with employees not being motivated to learn, and employee surveys have confirmed that employees are not sufficiently motivated. Your team has been asked by the HR Director to investigate what may be causing the lack of motivation. Your investigation should consider barriers to learning, motivational theories, and alternatives for enhancing employee motivation.  Create a report of no more than 700 words that summarizes various motivational theories.  Write a report that includes the following components: A comparison of motivational theories Alternatives that should be considered to enhance learner motivation The impact on self-efficacy on learning Recommendations for improving motivation for learning Data that you will collect to determine whether or not your recommendations are having a positive effect upon employee motivation Strategies for enhancing the retention of learning Post-implementation surveys and analysis to determine the effectiveness of training on motivation  Cite any outside sources according to APA formatting guidelines.For more information on Employee Motivation read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_motivation

Please click on this link and it will take you to the site where the case study is located. Use all of the information given in the case study. Discuss the following in an essay format using additional peer-reviewed journals to support your analysis. This is not a question and answers the research paper. 1. How do goals and objectives at NUCOR relate to the planning facet of the P-O-L-C framework? 2. What negative consequences might arise at Nucor Corporation as a result of tying pay to company performance? 3. What effects do penalizing low performers have on Nucor employees? 4. What other ways can a company motivate employees to increase productivity, in addition to monetary incentives? 5. How might the different reward systems at Nucor, individual empowerment and economic incentives, motivate people differently? Or do they have the same effect? 6. How would unionization at Nucor impact the dynamic of the organization? Remember that all the deliverables in this course are to be APA styled 7th Edition with all that requires. The body of the paper should be at a minimum of three pages in length. You must have four (4) peer-reviewed journal references. Include a title and reference page. You can use this link to access the Case Study: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/principlesmanagement/chapter/6-1-case-in-point-nucor-aligns-company-goals-with-employee-goals/.

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS AN I-SEARCH RESEARCH PROJECT ABOUT MAINTAINING BOUNDARIES IN THE HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSION. THIS ESSAY MUST CONTAIN ONE (1) PERSONAL INTERVIEW AND TWO (2) PRIMARY SOURCES.  The topic I choose for my I-Search Research Project is ‘Maintaining Boundaries.’ In this research assignment, I will be relaying the message of why it is important to maintain an environment that is effective and productive at developing boundaries in the respective human services profession. I chose my topic because I strongly believe in maintaining boundaries in the human services field. The job itself is very personal and can even be emotional for some of us, as professionals, and our clients, so learning how to keep the relationship comfortable enough for both of us to connect and understand each other, but also be constructive by getting the job done. For more information on Maintaining Boundaries read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_boundaries

call at least two organizations you worked for and analyze the relationship between how employees think (espoused organizational culture and beliefs) and how they behave (actions). Describe what you believe to be the cultural roots of those disparities.

Prepare a 3 page paper on the following: Define, discuss, and provide a practical example of each of the four levels of HR analytics: operational reporting, advanced reporting, strategic analytics, and predictive analytics. Provide an example of data (i.e. analytics) that can be retrieved from each of these levels. For example, using e-Recruitment and e-Selection software, you can identify the demographics and number of applicants for each position. You would also explain on how this information would be useful to the organization. For more information on HR Analytics read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytics

Trait Theory suggests certain individuals have innate characteristics or traits that may assist in particular leadership situations. Researchers in the field have identified specific traits necessary for effective leadership. As a future leader in health care administration, it is important to know how particular traits may impact effective leadership.  For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources to highlight the strengths and limitations of Trait Theory of leadership. Select an effective leader/health care administrator to use for this Discussion. Think about the traits of the leader you selected. Consider how useful the Trait Theory is in assessing the leader’s effectiveness. Post a brief description of the leader you selected and two of his or her essential leadership traits. Then, describe two strengths and two limitations of Trait Theory. Finally, explain the usefulness of Trait Theory in assessing the effectiveness of the leader you selected.

This week’s self-assessment, located in your text, is a brief individual leadership assessment entitled “Proactivity.” As a leader, it is important for you to understand your own proactivity as well as to recognize particular proactivity for others. For this Professional Leadership Journal, complete the “Proactivity” assessment. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of health care administration, consider what the assessment may reveal about your perception of external and internal proactivity. How might your perception of proactivity impact your leadership role in the field of health care administration? The Assignment (2–3 paragraphs): Explain new insights gained based on your results of the “Proactivity” assessment, including how these results contribute to your personal perception of proactivity for leadership. Explain how these new insights might impact your current or future role in health care administration leadership.

Prior to beginning this interactive assignment, review the Employee Retention 101: How to Keep a Talented Team Intact (Links to an external site.) article. This is a small sampling of the content available on employee retention, how to keep employees satisfied, and how to avoid turnover. For this discussion, you are tasked with describing key factors in a retention plan. Your retention plan must include a minimum of five key points and strategies to retain employees in your organization. Describe your rationale for each strategy. Support your discussion with a minimum of one scholarly and/or credible sources. Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Support your plans with the discussion article and at least one other scholarly and/or credible source. The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offer additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. For more information on Employee Retention read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_retention

The length of each written assignment must be equivalent to three (3) full & complete typed pages,      double spaced Otherwise acceptable submissions of less than three full and complete pages will receive partial credit One-inch margins all around and a #12 font, no cover sheet or folder the very top of the first page put only your name and the number and title of the assignment, then start your paper You don’t have to agree with everything/anything presented in the article. Due Thursday, 9/3/20 at noon, (12pm Dallas time) for the readings Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity and Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets. Provide me with a brief synopsis of the articles and then address this issue: I think these two articles really compliment each other nicely. For written assignment #1 you need to reconcile the information in the two articles. How do different ideas fit together? Come together? Coincide? Do they diverge? Keep in mind that to reconcile ideas means to make them compatible or consistent with each other. It implies that the two ideas can co-exist in harmony.  Article 1: https://hbr.org/1996/09/making-differences-matter-a-new-paradigm-for-managing-diversityArticle 2: https://hbr.org/2008/11/winning-the-race-for-talent-in-emerging-markets

Write Your Discussion Post The Role of Unions in the Twenty-First Century What will be the role of labor unions in the twenty-first century? Some argue that the traditional role of the union in protecting the worker has been usurped by significant legislation protecting the worker against discrimination, unsafe work conditions, and unfair pay. Others point out that unions remain indispensable for several reasons; for example, because “at-will” employment is still the law of the land, meaning that most workers can be fired for any reason. How does the role and purpose of the modern union need to be redefined to effectively serve its membership?How does the presence of a union influence the job of the HR profession