Human Resources Management

 Assignment 4: Keeping the Talent Part I – Slide Deck (Weight: 15%) Due Week 9, Day 7  Part II – Zoom Presentation (Weight: 10%) Due Week 10, Day 7 INTRODUCTION Recruiting and retaining top talent is a key strategic goal for any organization. A strong company brand, effective leadership, and a positive workplace culture are important elements in attracting and retaining top talent. How can HR contribute to building an organization that attracts and retains top talent? ASSIGNMENT 4, PART I INSTRUCTIONS (Slide Deck) Your company has a new CHRO, who has been in the position for 6 months. One of the areas he is tasked to improve is retention of top talent. Employee turnover has been high in recent years and it is negatively affecting the company’s profitability and competitiveness. You are the VP of Talent and the CHRO has asked you to help him prepare a presentation to the Board, outlining a vision for changes to increase retention. The CHRO previously worked for Google and he subscribes to their model of a “high-freedom” company. He wants to use ideas from Bock’s Work Rules, from his book of that name, as the basis for his presentation. As a reminder, the ten Work Rules are 1. Give your work meaning. 2. Trust your people. 3. Hire only people who are better than you. 4. Don’t confuse development with managing performance. 5. Focus on the two tails. 6. Be frugal and generous. 7. Pay unfairly. 8. Nudge. 9. Manage the rising expectations. 10. Enjoy! And then go back to No. 1 and start again. Research the topics in the list above, in relation to your workplace, or a company that interests you. Based on your findings, select the four topics where you believe that change would be most impactful. Develop recommendations for implementing changes in those four areas. Identify how the changes you are proposing will attract and retain top talent. Consider how success will be measured for each topic. Consider the most likely challenges and resistance to the changes you are proposing, and identify ways to manage and mitigate those issues.  For more information on Implementing Changes read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation

 The forces opposed to change in an organization are often formidable, and they sometimes derail the change entirely. After you have answered this, prepare and post an agenda that as a CEO you might prepare for a meeting to discuss the issues surrounding resistance to change in your organization. What five topics would you put on your agenda?  For more information on Resistance read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance

After completing the reading this week, we reflect on a few key concepts this week: Discuss Howell and Mendez’s three perspectives on followership.  Note how these behaviors influence work productivity. What is the big five personality model? What is the Myers-Briggs test?  How is it similar to the Big five model?  How is it different than the Big five model? Please be sure to answer all the questions above in the initial post. For more information on Followership read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Followership

 Palmer et al. (2017) Chapter 12: The Effective Change Manager Briefly summarize the “classic change curve.”  List all the steps and give a detailed example of a company going through this process. For more information on Effective Change Manager read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_management

Use the company (Abercrombie & Fitch) and SWOT analysis you selected in Week 1 for this assignment. Congratulations! You’ve been hired as a manager and have been asked to analyze the current status of your new company. Review your company’s SWOT analysis and other available sources to evaluate the strategic needs of the organization within a changing global environment. Use the Worksheet for your evaluation. For more information on Company SWOT read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Company+SWOT&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1

Your stakeholders are engaged in a conversation about what direction to go in with an aspect of the software that is being built. The team is divided on how to proceed. The conflict is more of a collective disagreement than an outright conflict. Due Thursday  Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   Discuss what you should do as the Agile project manager. Justify your answer. For more information on Staffing Strategies read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffing

Q1, Q2, Q3 – 450 words ($7.5) Q1. Reflect on  Chapter 14: Project Closeout and Termination   Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), the term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.   Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questionsQ2. Why do so many projects end up terminated as a result of termination through starvation?  Discuss the role that ego, power, and politics in this form of termination. Q3. Why do “lessons learned” programs often fail to capture meaningful information that could help guide future projects?  ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Q4. Activity 13 in Separate document – 4 full pages(excluding references) ($20) Case Study 14.1—New Jersey Kills Hudson River Tunnel Project  This case illustrates the challenges in making an early termination decision.  Often, particularly in the case of public projects, there is a real difficulty in stopping a project once it has gotten “on the books.”  As a result, projects with huge cost overruns, like Boston’s “Big Dig” are allowed to continue almost indefinitely.  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a tough call in deciding to cancel the Hudson River Tunnel project because he was given a number of rosy projections that did not match the actual costs incurred to that date.  This is a great case to let students pick sides: should Christie have canceled the project or not? There are arguments to be made that the need was strong (although others could argue that the need was over-sold).  On the other hand, the history of the project to date and the uncertainty about future federal funding made it a real gamble, especially during a time of economic recession. Questions How would you respond to the argument that it is impossible to judge how successful a project like this one would have been unless you actually do it? Take a position, either pro or con, on Christie’s decision to kill the ARC. Develop arguments to support your point of view. In your opinion, how clearly must a large infrastructure project like ARC have determined its need, costs, and so forth before being approved?  If the criteria are too stringent, what is the implication for future projects of this type?  Would any ever be built? For more information on Termination  read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination

DQ (P) – Discussion Question 1– (PDQ directed at upcoming PA) Graduate Level Prior to reading this DQ, please read the PA2 assignment and understand what the assignment is asking you to complete. Once you have an understanding of the PA2 assignment, please continue to the paragraph below to Complete DQ1. Using the Library Information Resource Network (LIRN), JSTOR, or any other electronic journal database, research six (6) peer-reviewed articles that can be used to answer your upcoming PA2 assignment. Your discussion should summarize the articles in such a way that it can justify any arguments you may present in your PA2 assignment and should be different from the abstract. In addition to your researched peer-reviewed article, you must include an example of the article researched as it is applied by industry (company, business entity, and so forth). Please note: This article summary should not be the only article researched for your PA2 assignment. You may (and should) have several other articles researched to fully answer your PA2 assignment. The concept of this DQ is to allow students to be proactive in the research necessary to complete this assignment. You may use your article summary, partially or in its entirety in your PA2 assignment. Important: Please ensure that your reference for the article is incorrect APA format, as your reference in your discussion post. Depending on which electronic database you use, you should see a “Cite” selection for your article. In addition, there should be a variety of articles summarized and as such, students should have different articles summarized. Your summary MUST include ALL of the following in your DQ post (include every item in the bullet list below, or you will not receive full credit): Do these in order:? Incorrect APA format, write the Reference of the article.? Clearly state what the article is about and its purpose.? Describe how you will use it in your upcoming assignment.? Repeat for a total of six (6) peer-reviewed sources. Professional Assignment 2 – CLO 1, CLO 6, CLO 7In a 3 to 5-page APA formatted written report (and a minimum of six [6] peer-reviewed sources), address the following concepts by providing in-depth analysis and details pertaining to the implementation and strategic planning:? Apply a decision-support framework to demonstrate how technology supports managerial decision making at each phase of the decision-making process.? Analyze the role of IT in the above decision making For more information on Implementation  read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation

Watch the video Understanding Accountability (Segments 1-3) found in Week 6 of the Content area.  Utilizing concepts from chapters 11 & 12, discuss the relevance of the video clip to your understanding of Group Work and Organizations. Accountability Starts at the Top 01:35What is Accountability? 02:05Do’s and Don’ts of Accountability 02:25 For more information on Accountability read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountability

Final Project Create a Learning Solution Your challenge for this course is to design a case-based learning solution for non-learning leaders wanting to understand learning theory.· Intended Audience: any leader who wants to understand the role of learning in their organization and who does not have a background in learning theory or instructional design· Technology Level: the solution needs to have simple low-tech elements to it such that a leader without a computer could complete the course as easily as one with a computer.·  Demonstrates design theory and practice: the solution must not only cover content about learning theory and design but must demonstrate effective application of learning theory and practice.· Outcomes: the desired level of competency for your audience is that they “can justify learning solutions for the development of their people and their business.” You will need to break this down into more precise sub-components. Differences between how each person in class breaks down the outcomes will be part of what gives each person’s solution uniqueness.· Tools: MS Word and PowerPoint will be sufficient for most designs and deliverables but should not be considered to be the only tools that may be used. For more information on Learning Theory read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education)