Human Resources Management

Two discussions. Need 250 words Initial Post and two replies for each. Due today. W2: Transportation Planning; Motor Carriers Discussion What do transportation & logistics (T&L) leaders need to do to prepare for the future of freight transportation, especially motor carriers?  W3: Demand Elasticity  There are several factors that affect transportation costs. I would like you all to explore costs that are associated with demand elasticity on a single user’s transportation cost. This user would be traveling via plane from their point of origin to their destination. Also, how could one build a model to represent total traveling costs to this user?  For more information on Demand Elasticity read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand

Discuss your thoughts on the innovation plan and if you feel it will be a success. In your responses among your peers, expand the discussion by providing suggestions to the business developer on what they could do to ensure the plan could be successfully implemented. Be sure to include real-world examples and follow up with outside research. Innovation Consultation This week you have learned about the importance of innovation within the workplace. The techniques learned this week will play a vital role in your growth as you build your career. Assume you have been chosen as a consultant to develop an innovation strategy to help a company that has fallen behind the competition. You have been asked to create a 10-minute presentation on your research as to why the company has fallen behind and how you propose they improve. Your work should include the following: · Outline an innovation plan that details the research that has been conducted. · Develop a presentation that shares this research and the plan in which you have created to help the organization with updating their innovation standards. · Your presentation should be recorded as if you were presenting to the audience. You may use video or voice-over. · Your presentation must be a minimum of 10 minutes in length. · Upload your presentation to this dropbox. · Post this presentation to the forum for discussion among your peers. For more information on Innovation Consultation read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Innovation+Consultation&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1

You have reached the end of this employee engagement course. Reflect on the knowledge and understanding that you have acquired in this course by addressing the following questions: Compare your knowledge of employee engagement from the beginning of this course to the end. What have been the most significant areas of learning for you? How will you use what you have learned from this course in your current or future professional work? What do you still have questions about, in relation to the employee lifecycle, engagement, or HR innovations? For more information on read this:

 (POSCO’s Journey: Building Employee Trust Through Communication) and produce a 3-4 page analysis using what we have learned in class, your past experience, and/or your own informed opinion. Make sure also to refer to the Grading Rubric in the course syllabus. The following questions should be addressed in your analysis: Why is trust important to companies such as POSCO that hope to attain sustainability? How is communication important to trust-building efforts? Was there anything else POSCO could have done to build employee trust through communication? While the ‘trust communication’ initiative produced some early positive results, employees continued to perceive POSCO’s culture in a negative light (i.e. it is like ‘army’ culture). Why did this discrepancy exist? What could POSCO do to address this troubling perception? Despite having one of the top three employee engagement scores among companies in South Korea in 2010, the perception that POSCO had an ‘army’ culture persisted. What could have accounted for this discrepancy? Was POSCO successful in establishing trust through communication? For more information on Employee Trust read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_trust 

TOPIC: With the use of technology, human resources have streamlined many of the processes and access to information for employees through self-service portals. Prior to much of the advanced technology organizations and employees are experiencing today, they needed to go to the human resources office to complete paperwork or seek information. As you have learned, self-service technology has eliminated many challenges experienced in the past. For your assignment on self-service technology, create a PowerPoint presentation where you address the following: Describe the factors/key elements found in self-service technology. Identify and describe the differences between manager self-service, employee-self-service, and human resource portals. What are the positives and negatives – for human resources, the organization, managers, and employees. Make sure you provide some examples What are some of the considerations that would be important when making decisions about self-service technology to include tools and providers. For more information on Self-Service Technology read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_service_technologies

Week 6 Journal A critical part of the mentoring process is creating a visible action plan that captures a group’s theory of change. After reading the chapter, focus on the section titled Make Your Project Visible and use Table 8.3 (do not confuse this with Figure 8.3); reflect on how to put a mentoring plan into action. In the one-page minimum, address the following questions:• How might make a mentoring project’s available resources (e.g., the assets that include time, money, partners, research, and available mentoring expertise) visible allow for thoughtful review by a planning team before, during, and after the project? • How would identifying a mentoring project’s activities and processes (e.g., observing documenting, reflecting, analysis, application, feedback, goal-setting, and modeling) allow for adjustment before, during, and after a project? • How does identifying the expected outcomes for both children and adults involved in a mentoring project increase the chance that the outcomes will be met? • As you reflect on this course, identify and briefly discuss a theme/idea that resonates with you as a leader who is invested in supporting the learning and development of the adults and children involved in early childhood education. For more information on Theory of Change read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_change

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

Discussion 1  List two characteristics each of real, intellectual, and personal property.  Do owners of real, intellectual, and personal property each have the same rights under the law?  List how each type of property is treated under the law. Explain why it is in the best interest of society to treat these types of property the same or different. At 250 words Discussion 2  Read the article Governance in the Spotlight: What the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Means for You. In this article, the author outlines the provisions companies are now required to implement. Consider the requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate boards of directors. Do small businesses and privately held companies have ethical duties? If so, to whom would they owe this duty? Employees? Customers? Vendors? Should the law impose ethical requirements on small businesses or privately held companies or can the marketplace police unethical business behavior? Provide support to justify your position. At least 250 words For more information on Ethical Duties read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics

In a 4 – 6 page paper based on your internship course experience and the learning objectives achieved during the course, review your internship experience successes and challenges leading to growth. You should demonstrate in your paper a description of your professional portfolio and include any evidence of accomplishment and skill development or recognition that you have acquired this session and how it will contribute to your portfolio. Provide at least two (2) peer-reviewed sources 1. Explore various career possibilities.  2. Combine classroom knowledge with an opportunity to learn those disciplines, skills, and attitudes which can best be learned on the job; such as: self-discipline, teamwork, responsibility, and initiative. 3. Develop practical skills in a real-world context  4. Enhance a portfolio or resume with practical experience and projects. 5. Cultivate a learning experience, which can lead to job opportunities within the workforce. My internship position:     Project management/Business analyst. For more information on Internship  read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internship

At least 3 paragraphs Thank you! Directions: For this assignment, you will be required to participate in a  group round table  (it is preferred you turn-on your video camera during the conference) with other students who were randomly assigned by CANVAS to your group (you can find this under the People tab).  Once you have determined who has been assigned to your group, please complete the following steps: Email the group members and schedule the round table with the other group member When setting-up your conference please ensure to include the name of each participant within the conference title.  Directions for setting up a conference can be found by opening this link: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12687-415241306  (Links to an external site.) For the conference, please discuss: how flexible help employees and/or organizations work-life integration? identify what is flextime and outline how you are managing or would manage a flextime schedule? how has COVID-19 affected telework for your organization and other organizations across the United States? identify ways that organizations can utilize technology to promote flexibility and work-life balance into the workplace? Open discussion on topic. The round table should last a minimum of 10 minutes per team member and needs to be recorded. Please send an email to your instructor outlining the conference is complete and who participated. The group must combine notes and have one team member upload the combined notes from the round table. For more information on Flexibility read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiffness#Compliance