For this assignment, compare and contrast two communication techniques that can be used to improve employee trust and engagement. Feel free to use the channels or techniques discussed in “Communication Provides Foundation for Being a Best Place to Work” by Kathleen Skidmore-Williams—an article that is located in the Unit IV Required Reading section—or feel free to research your own.  Your assignment should include the components […]

You will begin to work your project that involves interviewing a local organization on a current quality improvement process by creating an interview outline tool. You will use this tool for planning and executing your interview.  Examples of quality improvement teams in your community might be: local public health department, hospital, long-term care facility, physicians’ group practice, radiology department.   Your interview outline tool must include […]

Before training is determined or designed, a training needs analysis should be considered to develop a root cause and systemic understanding of the training elements such as what needs to be trained, who needs to be trained, where is the training location, and how the training will be measured. Unless a needs assessment is adequately performed it may be difficult to rationally justify providing training.  […]

The Senior Vice President of Human Resources has just informed you that she would like for you to research various HRM practices of Fortune 500 companies. This research will be presented to the board of trustees next month. They want to review other company’s best practices to help them realign their strategic initiatives. In organizational studies, the process of reviewing other organizations’ best practices and […]

Click the link above to submit this assignment.  Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” video in the Student Center.  Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.  Assignment 2: A Public Leader  Due Week 6 and worth 200 points  Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question (except Question 5) under the […]

Click the link above to submit your assignment.   Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.   Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.   Assignment 2: Stakeholder Analysis    Due Week 5 and worth 150 points  Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:  (Note: Refer to Review Question 8 located at the end of […]

Motivation is a complex subject, but its understanding and application is central to the success of management and organizational success. Imagine that you have been tasked by the CEO of your organization (current or past) with recommending actions to improve the motivation of the organization’s employees. The CEO has requested that you prepare a talking paper explaining to management what motivation is, the factors that […]

Unit IV Article Review  locate an article from a scholarly journal or industry magazine about a specific arbitration case, involving a union or non-union, related to the topics introduced in Chapter 5 of your textbook. Some topics to consider, but not limited to, bargaining, negotiations, norms, and zone of possible agreement. The article must have been published in the past five years. The format for […]

Read pages 177 -180 from the course text and imagine how “Well-designed HR systems can influence business results.” Read Fast Company’s article on SAS (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/sanity.html) as well as the article on CBS “60” minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/18/60minutes/main550102.shtml–), and visit the SAS website (http://www.sas.com/corporate/index.html) to learn more about the company. Consider how SAS used organizational strategy to drive HRM practices. What are they doing that is different than […]

1.  The buying process is not as simple as it appears from outside. There is  a whole decision making process that precedes the final act of buying a  product. The purchase is only the visible part of this whole process.  There are actually five stages of the buying process. Problem  recognition: This is the first stage of the buying process. At this  stage a person […]