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Why do managers at most companies prefer that unions not represent their employees? Can unions provide benefits to an employer?

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What is your perspective on having debt?

Do you think having debt is a good or bad thing and why?

What did your parents teach you about debt?

Why do you think consumer debt levels are increasing every year and not decreasing? Be super thorough in this answer. Do you think there are ways we can lower the debt levels nationwide or will it only continue to get worse? Why or why not?

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Think of an organization with which you have been affiliated that has done a very good job or a very poor job of communicating core values, vision, and purpose. 

How closely do you identify with this organization and its culture? How important are core values, vision, and purpose in building a strong sense of organizational identity? (see also Corporate Communication, chapters 4 and 8)


Text: Belasen (2008). The Theory & Practice of Corporate Communication 

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Formatting Your Assignment
NOTE:  This final submission should be a cohesive Business Analysis and Systems Recommendation Report for the CIO of Maryland Technology Consulting.  The formatting should be consistent throughout the document, and the writing should flow well from beginning to end.  Headings, section and page numbering should be correct for a final submission.  Although you prepared this in stages, the final product should not seem to be piecemeal or disconnected.  Any track changes or feedback from previous versions should be removed once addressed.

Consider your audience – you are writing in the role of a MTC business analyst and your audience is MTC and your boss, the CIO.  Don’t discuss MTC as if the reader has no knowledge of the organization.  Use third person consistently throughout the report.  In third person, the writer avoids the pronouns I, we, my, and ours. The third person is used to make the writing more objective by taking the individual, the “self,” out of the writing. This method is very helpful for effective business writing, a form in which facts, not opinion, drive the tone of the text. Writing in the third person allows the writer to come across as unbiased and thus more informed.

•    In Stage 4, you are preparing the final part of a 4-stage report.  Use the structure, headings, and outline format provided here for your report. Use the numbering/lettering in the assignment instructions as shown below.
    IV.    System Recommendation
A.    System Justification
B.    Implementation Areas
1.    Vendor Agreement
2.    Hardware and telecommunications
3.    Configuration
4.    Testing
5.    Employee preparation and support
6.    Data migration
7.    Maintenance
          Summary and Conclusion

•    Begin with Sections I, II and III, considering any feedback received, and add Section IV to your final report. 
•    Write a complete, well organized paper that includes the four sections of the Business Analysis and System Recommendations (BA&SR) report.  Use the recommendations provided in each area for length of response.  It’s important to value quality over quantity.  Length for Section IV should not exceed five (5) pages in addition to Sections I, II and III.
•    Content areas should be double spaced; table entries should be single-spaced. 
•    Ensure that each of the tables in the final report is preceded by an introductory sentence that explains what is contained in the table, so the reader understands why the table has been included.
•    Continue to use the title page created in Stage 1 that includes:  The company name, title of report, your name, Course and Section Number, and date of this submission.
•    For Section IV, use at least three resources with APA formatted citation and reference.  One reference must be from an external source, one must be the EZ-ATS Brochure, and one must be another reference from the IFSM 300 course content.  Course content should be from the class reading content, not the assignment instructions or case study itself.  For information on APA format, refer to Content>Course Resources>Writing Resources. 
•    Finalize the Reference Page for resources required for all sections of the report.  The final document should contain all references from all stages appropriately formatted and alphabetized.
•    Running headers are not required for this report.
•    Compare your work to the Grading Rubric below to be sure you have met content and quality criteria.  
•    Submit your paper as a Word document, or a document that can be read in Word.  Keep tables in Word format – do not paste in graphics.
Your submission should include your last name first in the filename:  Lastname_firstname_Stage_4

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You are required to attempt the following essay question, by writing a critical analytical essay of between 2000 – 2100 words.  (Your word count is based on your introduction, body, and conclusion, and does not include your title page or your list of references at the end of your essay.)

1.    What is meant by the term group dynamics?  
2.    What are the characteristics that determine whether a group will be cohesive or not in an organizational context?  
3.    Some authors have claimed that organizational groups in certain eastern cultures are far more cohesive than working groups in western cultures.  Provide an analysis of this statement.

•    You should formulate your answer as a single coherent essay using paragraphs to build sustained critical analysis with APA references


The grading of this assignment:

This assignment will be graded according to its content, analysis, argument and presentation.  More specifically the following criteria will be used to evaluate your essay and provide feedback:

(a)    Level of Analysis:
                                      Is the assignment well researched?
                                      Is the assignment well argued?

(b)    Level of Written Expression:
                                      Is the assignment well written – fluent, lucid, using appropriate language.

(c)    Overall Coherence of your Essay:
                                    Is the assignment well structured?
                                    Is the assignment well presented?

When completing the final draft of your essay, please ensure that your essay is formatted as follows:

•    No tables, charts, diagrams in the main body of your essay - put these in appendices if you feel you need to use them.

•    No bullet points, no number lists – this is an essay, not a report and not a set of notes

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Recommend a strategy (6 pages) for improving a total rewards package for FFH in order to be competitive with other employers and to positively support recruitment and retention initiatives.

Search websites with pertinent data sources, including the following, for general salary information. Research other career-focused websites for benefits information.

    U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. (n.d.). O*Net online. Retrieved from https://www.onetonline.org/
    Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Databases, tables and calculators by subject. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment

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FFH is concerned about the competitiveness of its total rewards package. Most store managers and supervisors have been with FFH for over 20 years and have been very satisfied with their compensation. However, while interviewing prospective candidates, the company is getting indications that their total rewards package is not equal to their competitors. You are being tasked with recommending a strategy for improving FFH's total rewards package in order to increase competitiveness with other businesses and to positively support recruitment and retention initiatives.

Include the following in your total rewards package strategy for HR management and organizational leaders:

    Analyze components to include in the total rewards package. This analysis should include salary and benefits as well as areas beyond compensation. Should FFH lead the market, pay at market rates, or lag behind the market? To move toward the broader definition of total rewards, what two other components should be considered? 

    Compare the salary and benefits components with adding an incentive compensation package. Is there a benefit to including a bonus, commission, or profit-sharing as part of FFH's total rewards package?

    Explain what legal compliance requirements FFH should consider when creating a total rewards package.

    Recommend a total rewards package strategy for FFH's management. Do cultural and inclusive practices that support a diverse workforce impact your recommendations? Justify the components you are including. 

Your total rewards package strategy should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through the accurate communication of thoughts that support a central idea and use of correct grammar and mechanics as expected of a human resources professional.

References: Support your analysis with at least 6 academic, scholarly, or professional resources with at least 3 in-text citations.


Two sources must include:

1)Rees, G., & Smith, P. E. (2017). Strategic human resource management: An international perspective (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  (SEE 1ST ATTACHMENT)

2) Brown, D. (2014). The future of reward management: From total reward strategies to smart rewards. Compensation and Benefits Review, 46(3), 147–151.  (SEE 2ND ATTACHMENT)

    Format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.

    Length: Six pages, in addition to the references list.

    Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

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Please utilize Internet research on comparing and contrasting the differences between private, public and not for profit sectors. The purpose of our discussion will offer an opportunity for students to discuss research findings with classmates and to gain a better understanding of course material. The discussion will also include any differences between financial management perspectives between the 3 sectors. Along with the web link(s) of your research.

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Create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation for the organization's management team in which you analyze and compare three human resource information systems.
1) BambooHR
2) Paycor
3) Namely

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Based on FFH's organization and culture conduct an online search the three human resource information systems (HRIS) listed above. Management has decided to select a more up-to-date and user-friendly HRIS that will allow for employee self-serve options.

Employees would be able to check in and out of work online, review their benefits and payroll information, and make changes to things like the number of exemptions, beneficiaries, level of benefits selected, et cetera. Data tracking including sales figures, absenteeism, and performance evaluations would also be an additional benefit.

Using your own research, include the following in a PowerPoint presentation for your three HRIS recommendations to an organization’s management team:

- Analyze human resource information systems for attributes that meet FFH's or your selected organization’s employee needs. How will globalization and cultural and inclusive practices be supported by each HRIS? 

-  Develop a chart indicating the pros and cons for each HRIS. The chart should identify the three systems you selected, each website's URL, and supporting data. What analytical methods could be applied?

-  Assess how workplace privacy can be supported by the selected human resource information systems.

-  Articulate your HRIS recommendations. How do your recommendations support FFH's or the selected organization’s goals?

- Explain the potential cost savings of selecting one of the HRIS recommendations. Indicate at least five ways an HRIS will streamline HR processes and save the organization money. WHich should include 1.)tracking training programs, 2)onboarding processes, 3)succession planning, and two more ways based off your research.

Select a slide template appropriate for a professional presentation. Include the content of the slides as well as a supporting narrative in the notes. Do not over-build your slides; use them to support what you will be saying, which should appear in the notes of each slide.Use the Speaker Notes feature of PowerPoint to document what the speaker is to say

The presentation of your HRIS recommendations should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through the accurate communication of thoughts that support a central idea and use of correct grammar and mechanics as expected of a human resources professional.

References: Support your analysis with at least 8 academic, scholarly, or professional resources which must include 4 of the sources below:

1) Brooks, A. (2019). How to select human resources information technology: Questions to ask to determine HR information technology needs. Retrieved from https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-select-human-resources-information-technology-1918373

2) Leonard, K. (2019). Advantages and disadvantages of human resource information system. Chron. Retrieved from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-disadvantages-human-resource-information-system-2107.html

3) Capterra. (n.d.). Top 10 human resource information software. Retrieved from https://www.capterra.com/sem-compare/human-resource-software?headline=Top%2010%20Human%20Resource%20Information%20Software&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxs6Fw9bS1QIV1rXACh1M8QJMEAAYAyAAEgJp-PD_BwE

4) Pande, S., & Khanna, P. (2012). Leveraging human resource information systems: Alignment of business with technology [PDF]. International Journal of Computer Applications, 56(3), 23–29. Retrieved from http://research.ijcaonline.org/volume56/number3/pxc3882851.pdf (SEE 1ST ATTACHMENT)

Format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.

Length: Ten PowerPoint slides, in addition to the title slide and references list. Please include at least 8 graphics. Be sure to credit the graphic artist in the reference slide.
  
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Use the powerpoint attachment as a guide to complete the order. Thanks!!!

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Discussion Board post based on the chapter reading.

Have you observed times when the design of an organization helped, or limited, the success of teams?
How has digital media changed the way your team interacted with others?
Have you had a customer experience where you felt an organization was limiting the value proposition?
If you have experienced a significant organizational change, what happened? Did it help the company succeed?

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Create a new job description for a store manager position and develop a succession plan strategy (6 pages) for those who seek a promotion into supervisory and management positions, for FFH company.

Please use the Fleet, Farm, and Home attachment to assist with the order's completion. The attachment has info regarding FFH's assistant store manager position, two assistant store managers, four shift supervisors, twelve department supervisors, and assistant department supervisors. These roles and job requirements all support the requirements for the order.

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FFH currently has 18 store managers who are over the age of 65, and most are considering retirement from the retail store chain. This presents quite the challenge in a changing economy with a global view, so there is an urgent need to create a new job description for the FHH store manager position and a succession plan strategy that addresses steps to take, policies to consider, and appropriate recommendations.

Include the following in your succession plan strategy for HR management and organizational leaders:

  Analyze steps for designing a career development plan for FFH stores or a selected organization. What specific training programs should be included for these supervisory and management positions? What external development sources would you use? What legal standards need to be considered?
  
Explain what internal policies would need to be reviewed or implemented to support FFH's or a selected organization’s succession planning initiative. How would diversity planning be impacted?

Recommend a succession plan strategy for each FFH position listed below:
FFH’s positions include:

  -  Assistant Department Supervisor.
  -  Department Supervisor.
  -  Shift Supervisor.
    Assistant Store Manager.

Your succession plan strategy should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through the accurate communication of thoughts that support a central idea and use of correct grammar and mechanics as expected of a human resources professional.

References: Support your analysis with at least 5 academic, scholarly, or professional resources with at least 3 in-text citations

Two sources must include:

1)Stoltzfus, K., Stohl, C., & Seibold, D. R. (2011). Managing organizational change: Paradoxical problems, solutions, and consequences. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 24(3), 349–367.  (SEE 3RD ATTACHMENT)

2) Rees, G., & Smith, P. E. (2017). Strategic human resource management: An international perspective (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (SEE 2ND ATTACHMENT)

    Format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.

    Length: Six pages, in addition to the references list.

    Font and font-size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

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Develop a business report on a recruiting plan strategy for HR management and organizational leaders for the expansion of the Fleet, Farm and Home (FFH) company.

Please use the Fleet, Farm, and Home attachment to assist with the order's completion.

Select a new FFH location and to recommend a recruiting plan strategy to support this organization’s expansion. Consider the following:

    A typical FFH store will need to hire roughly 100 part-time and full-time employees to properly staff it.
    A preferred candidate would have 1–2 years of college and 1 year of retail or customer service experience.
    A primary concern about each of the following locations under consideration is the availability of qualified applicants:
        Ottumwa, Iowa.
        Ottawa, Illinois.
        Grand Island, Nebraska.

Use at least 3 federal, state, county, and city government websites, including Chamber of Commerce or local visitor bureau sites, or any appropriate resources, to develop the data and information needed to guide the decision-making process for FFH

Develop a business report on a recruiting plan strategy for FFH

Be sure to include the following on which HR management and organizational leaders can base their decision:

    Compare the labor markets for each selected location. Include the following in your analysis:
      - Populations.
        -Unemployment rates.
        -Median incomes.
        -Educational levels of the workforce.
        -Other relevant data. This could include ages and workforce diversity, for example.
  - Assess laws that impact FFH's recruiting strategy.
  - Analyze resources for recruiting minorities. Include at least three credible sources for recruitment with at least 2 in-text citations.

Recommend the Ottumwa, Iowa location to support FFH's expansion plans. Explain how each source used supports your recruiting recommendations. You should have at least 9 identified sources for your plan. 

Your recruiting plan strategy should demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through the accurate communication of thoughts that support a central idea and use of correct grammar and mechanics as expected of a human resources professional.

Three sources that must be included in the paper are:

1)Rees, G., & Smith, P. E. (2017). Strategic human resource management: An international perspective (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.


2)Shamis, B. (n.d.). Employee recruiting strategy. Retrieved from http://selectingwinners.com/employee-recruiting-strategy/

3) United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. (2016). Handy reference guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/hrg.htm


    References: Support your analysis with at least 9 academic, scholarly, or professional resources.

    Format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.

    Length: Six pages, in addition to a title page and references page.

    Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

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Review the leadership behaviours and approaches that are common in the organisation you work within or one with which you are otherwise familiar.  Identify how the role and nature of the organisation, its corporate governance and its operating context and external environment shapes these.

Critically compare alternative leadership theories to assess their validity, and their utility in helping to analyse and explain the behaviour of leaders in your organisation. In particular, you should consider how these theoretical perspectives are relevant to the ethics, values, knowledge, skills, behaviours and other characteristics expected of effective leaders in the organisation. 

Your Mid-Module Assignment should be submitted in a report format.