Human Resources Management

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.

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

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.

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

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?

A performance appraisal is a regular review of employee job performance and contribution to organizational objectives. In many cases, performance appraisals are conducted at the end of the year to evaluate employee performance, as well as set performance for the next year. For this assignment, you will evaluate another function of HR and management and its contribution to effective performance management. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the article Adapting the Performance Appraisal Process to Meet the Needs of the Modern Workplace  (Links to an external site.). In your paper, Discuss how performance appraisals are a function of HR and management. Analyze the basic components of an effective performance appraisal. Explain how performance appraisals can contribute to organizational goals and objectives. Explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they contribute to effective training and development. Explain potential forms of discrimination based on labor laws and regulations when conducting a performance appraisal. For additional support with completing this assignment, please refer to the following tools: Finding HR Journals in the AU Library  (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the Ashford University Library. What Is CRAAP: A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources  (Links to an external site.). This will assist you in determining the reliability of an HR website. Scholarly and Popular Resources(1)  (Links to an external site.).This tutorial explains the differences between scholarly and popular resources. Human Resource Research With FindIt@AU  (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the Ashford University Library. The Performance Appraisal paper Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style  (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013  (Links to an external site.). Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions  (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources. Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text. 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. Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper  (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List  (Links to an external site.)  resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications. Carefully review the Grading Rubric  (Links to an external site.)  for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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.