Human Resources Management

Assignment Content  This internship is turning into a great hands-on learning opportunity for you. Your manager has tasked you with proposing a talent management plan for pilots at Southwest Airlines. Your proposal will be considered by the Director of HR to make a formal plan. Develop a 3- to 4-page proposal that includes the following: A recommendation of 3 recruitment sources that are best suited to recruit pilots. Consider the number of resumes generated, the percentage of resumes likely to result in accepted offers, the time to fill a position and the cost to fill a position. An evaluation of common methods used to select a candidateRecommend 3 methods for selecting new pilots. In your evaluation, consider reliability, validity, utility, and legality. An evaluation of common methods used to train and develop employees Recommend 3 methods for training pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider learning and development outcomes, cost of training and development, the effectiveness of training and development, and risks. An evaluation of common performance management systems Recommends 1 method for performance management of pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider strategic congruence, validity, reliability, acceptability, and specificity. An evaluation of common methods to minimize voluntary turnoverRecommend 1 approach to retain pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider methods for retaining employees, meeting pilot needs, and cost. Cite all sources. Format your citations according to APA guidelines. For more information on Talent Management Plan read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent_management

You work as an administrative assistant for the President of Bass University which employs around 300 faculty and staff. Your immediate supervisor, the President, has just informed you that the university is going to hold an employee appreciation party where all employees and their families are invited. Consequently, the President knows that you have a creative talent in creating invitation flyers and has asked you to create such a document as an invitation for all employees and their families to attend and has asked that you include at a minimum the following requirements for this employee appreciation party invitation. For content, the message within the employee appreciation party invitation should be written to attract as many of the 300 faculty and staff as possible to the party including any family members.The invitation should include an overall theme appropriate for the occasion.The invitation should only be 1 page. The invitation should contain a full-page border.The invitation should include a text watermark displaying in the background “Employee Appreciation Party.”The invitation should include a formatted title displaying the name Bass University using Word Art.The invitation should include a two-column table including general food available during the party.The invitation should also include some type of graphic in the form of a clip art and or a picture and as a tip, using clip art to represent the general menu in the table would be very creative. When you have the invitation flyer ready, proof the document to ensure that content does not exceed 1 page and apply any appropriate formatting to text and graphical objects to ensure all content fits to 1 page and be creative. Assignment Expectations Structure and Format: Follow all 9 steps using ideally Microsoft Word.Filename: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”) For more information on Administrative Assistant read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Assistant

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

 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

 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

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

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

Case Study: Solving Team Challenges at DocSystems Billing, Inc. Read the DocSystems Billing case, including the briefing document and four scenes, and consider the following questions: What problems exist in this organization? How do these problems differ based on the employees’ roles? Why do employees object to Jim’s proposed solution?   Make a recommendation to the client about what could be done next based on the data included.  Summarize your observations for Jim, offer possible interpretations, and suggest an approach for the next steps For more information on Team Challenges read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge

Compare and contrast when it would be preferable to motivate employee performance through short-term incentives versus long-term incentives, and vice-versa. For more information on Incentive read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive

After reviewing the Coleman (2016) article on executive compensation and reading this week’s assigned readings, choose one of two statements below and construct an argument supporting your position The market trend towards escalating executive compensation reflects the critical importance of an executive to an organization’s long-term viability. The growing compensation inequity between executive management and the average employee threatens to destabilize organizational morale and societal justice. For more information on Organizational Morale read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_morale