Human Resources Management

Supporting Lectures: Review the following lecture:Possibility Approach Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic. Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area. Introduction The possible approach to consulting is a future-oriented, forward-looking approach to solving problems. It relies upon relationships and trust. A consultant’s goal is to change the employees’ fixation on problems and wanting answers to a discovery approach. The discovery approach focuses on what is working well in a workplace and creates a story or vision for the future. The discovery approach, therefore, looks to what is possible, which means the consultant must be a little more patient and relaxed when dealing with resistance. Tasks Question 1:As an HR consultant, how will you use the possibility approach when working with difficult people and situations? Question 2:As an HR consultant, make a distinction between the stated (presenting) problem and the underlying (drivers) problem. To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1000 words as noted in the attached PDF.

Think of a woman from a previous generation whom you know well. Describe her life trajectory based on the framework by Claudia Goldin discussed in class. For example, what is (or was) her education? Did she work outside the home for pay? If so, in what type of occupation, and was it full- or parttime? Do you think she anticipated that she would work? Do you think she was satisfied with her work or with not working? What were the financial consequences? Also, explain how you arrived at your assessments.

Globalization has implications for leaders that reach beyond sensitivity. For example, globalization may require leaders to interact with other leaders from various countries to set procedural guidelines on matters such as establishing safety standards for distributing medical supplies or facilitating health communication. Therefore, within local and/or global leadership organizations, health care administration leaders must be aware of multicultural issues and challenges. As a result, multicultural awareness and competency, important elements of multicultural leadership, play a crucial role in determining appropriate actions, attitudes, and expectations. Furthermore, values and value systems that may differ across multicultural populations also contribute to leadership philosophies for informing how leaders interact, engage, and execute leadership strategies. For this Discussion, select two challenges associated with multicultural leadership. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of health care administration, think about strategies you may use to address these challenges. Consider how your health care administration leadership philosophy may contribute to these strategies for multicultural leadership challenges. Post a brief description of two challenges associated with multicultural leadership in health care administration. Then, provide strategies for addressing these challenges. Finally, explain how multicultural competencies might influence your personal health care administration leadership philosophy. Be specific and provide examples. Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.

Discuss the primary manner in which the concepts of this course can be applied to your current or future work position. Rate the three (3) most important concepts that you have learned in this course in order of importance (one [1] being the most important; three [3], the least). Provide a rationale for your rating scheme.

Sue (2010) states, “Do not invalidate the experiential realities of diverse groups in our society. Be aware that privilege and power oftentimes make it difficult to see the perspectives of those who experience discrimination and prejudice in their day-to-day lives” (p. 60). Consider Thomas and Schwarzbaum’s (2017) discussion of “Techniques and Interventions” and “Countertransference” in Chapters 13 and 16. Given Sue’s directive, what technique or intervention might you adopt in practice with a Muslim client or community and LBGT client or community? What countertransference issues may you confront in yourself?

Module 2: Self-Reporting Leadership Assessment Instructions  Choose 1 of 3 Self-Reporting Leadership Assessments (e.g., Ethical Leadership, Authentic Leadership, General Leadership) that are provided in Module 2: Self-Assessments Folder. Complete the Assessment. Use the results or insights obtained from your assessment activity to respond to the Module 2 Discussion questions (see below).     Situation Self-Reporting Instrument (e.g., identify the one you selected) and Personal Attributes (e.g., Authentic Leadership Instrument and Personal Attributes). Influential PCL Characteristics Module 2 Prompt and Questions Situation: Describe a situation or circumstance in which you drew upon the strength and/or personal attribute that you identified in your Self-Reporting Assessment to influence others to achieve the desired outcome, and indicate the desired outcome you aimed to achieve. Name of Self-Reporting Instrument and Personal Attributes: When considering the strengths you drew upon to influence others to achieve this desired outcome, which leadership style(s) were appropriately suited for the conditions you described.  Influential PCL Characteristics: Identity which of the eight PCL characteristics (Covey, 1991) played a role in manifesting influence towards achieving the desired outcome described.

Retail communication is a key component to retailers implementing the merchandise management process. In a short paper, answer the following questions: Discuss the role that manufacturers play in determining a retailer’s success. How can placing frequent, small orders and last-minute emergency shipments negatively impact the retailer’s relationship with manufacturers? What kind of merchandise replenishment practices should the retailer use to encourage a positive business relationship with manufacturers?

As a human resources manager, you need to advise top leadership (CEO, Vice Presidents, and Senior Managers) information on the importance of leadership style in creating a culture that embraces diversity. Create a PowerPoint presentation to compare and contrast how the different styles of CEO leadership can affect team building, so that cultural diversity can be used to a competitive advantage in the workplace. Provide ideas for how to effectively build a team that supports and embraces cultural diversity, and recommend the leadership styles that encourage the creation of a culture of diversity. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists. Support your presentation with at least five (5) scholarly resources.  In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.  Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.

Assignment Details The planning for the community building session is almost complete. The last details are how to conduct the plenary sessions for sharing information across groups to develop key priorities and themes that will need to be addressed. There are two sessions that need to be planned. One is to review the work done by intact work teams. In this larger session, the goal is to spot patterns and identify themes that can be used to plan actions. These patterns or themes will come from the stop–continue–start charts developed by each functional group. In this way, not only will the changes that need to happen to be identified, but aspects of effective work (those things that work well and should be continued) can also be reinforced. The external consulting team strongly recommended a “cross-functional, by-level grouping” for the first step. Their aim is to promote understanding of priorities and show how different issues at different levels of the organization can be aligned. The internal consulting team is excited about being the primary facilitators for these sessions. Everyone recognizes that a structured approach will be critical (for timing and to control decision–making inputs). The approach called the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) seems to be ideally suited to this task. You want to prepare yourself for conducting the session. Use the library, Internet, or other resources to research NGT. Because each grouping will be of differing size, you want to tailor the overall steps of NGT to the situation you will facilitate. To do this, you must create a meeting session plan (a document of 4–5 pages) that will answer the following questions: What is the goal of the session? How will the nominal group technique be used to achieve this goal? How will the members of the teamwork together (guidelines for effective participation)? What specific steps and tasks will be involved in achieving the goal? How much time will be allocated to each step or task? What voting mechanism is most appropriate for the size of the group and the specific stage of the process? What will the outcome look like? What will the group present to the other levels? Download a sample format here. Your assignment is to complete the missing sections (in red) and develop any additional participant materials or instructions to assist the group in completing the task.  The document is attached!!!

Objective: To understand the characteristics of a high-quality journal article.  This assignment has two parts.  Instructions for Part A • Identify your primary research discipline e.g. Information Systems; Human Resource Management; Environmental Economics etc. • Identify the three top journals in your nominated field using the ABDC List https://abdc.edu.au/research/abdc-journal-list/; Limit your search of the ABDC list to A* rated journals only; • Select one article from any of those three journals published from the period 2015-2019; and • Provide the complete citation for this article. Instructions for Part B Please write a summary review of your chosen article. Be sure to address the following in your review: • Describe the key theoretical contribution that the paper claims, or makes; • Describe how the paper connects with the existing literature; • Suggest three ways in which the paper could be improved;; • Evaluate the quality of writing and the comprehensibility of the arguments; • Word limit for Part B is 1000 words. • Please use your own words in writing Part B. Please do not quote from the article without providing a complete citation and page number for the quote. Instructions for formatting and proof-reading • Please use a standard WMS cover page, available on Moodle (under Assessments); • Please write formally in an academic style; • Please use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing; • Please use no more than 2 levels of headings; • Length of no more than 1200 words plus references; and • Be sure to check your work to eliminate typographical and other errors. ? Marking Guide for Assignment: Paper Review Criteria Weightage How well the assignment draws upon Whetten (1989) to describe the theoretical contribution of the paper, its connection to existing literature, and its theoretical significance 50% How well suggestions to improve the paper draw upon Straub (2009a) and Straub (2009b) from Reading List 20% Overall quality of evaluation 10% Quality of writing – grammar, expression, flow 10% Compliance with instructions 10%