This week you learned about the importance of technology and the role it plays in the evaluations process. Conduct research using the Grantham University library or the internet to determine what emerging technologies can be used in the evaluation process. Consider the differences in non-profit and for-profit business and the methods they use for evaluation. Using your experience and your career choice, analyze the benefits […]

For this task, you will develop a reflective discussion that explains your current understanding and opinions of Title IX.  You may also share any personal experiences with Title IX.  Next, read the assigned chapters from your text and articles referenced.  Also, survey the scholarly research regarding the history of Title IX and the Education Amendments of 1972.  Then, provide a detailed history of Title IX. […]

Before starting this class, many of you probably thought that Excel was simply a spreadsheet program used by accountants. In reality, Excel has functions that we can use in our daily lives. For this assignment, draft a two-page essay in which you describe how Excel can be used in each of the following areas of daily life:  ◾ home (e.g., saving money, budgeting, tracking expenses, […]

This first course assignment has you demonstrate the applications of the important components dealing with business management. In this assignment, explain the importance of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling for effective business management. Share your own experiences tied to management skills, principles, and strategies you have implemented that have or have not worked in your past or current careers. If you do not have […]

Diversity in the United States is increasing, not only with the aging population remaining active in the workplace, but also with new generations starting to enter the workplace. The number of women in labor has been increasing along with the culturally diverse population. Many laws, both federal (such as the Civil Rights Act) and state and local (such as non-discrimination legislation) help level the playing […]

 In this final week of HRM591, we need to review where we’ve been and remember the three critical things that differentiate this course from traditional HR courses. Moving from HR’s traditions as administrative stewards to strategic partners demands that HR gets serious about total knowledge of the operation but equally mandates line managers taking equal ownership responsibilities for staff effectiveness. In a 21st-century globalized economy, […]

The concept of leadership as a “vocation” greatly distinguishes leadership from a job, career, or what one simply does for a living. A vocation can be thought of as one’s calling. Vocation is often associated with the clergy or missionaries who feel called by a higher power to fulfill a specific purpose. Vocation is also a concept associated with careers like teachers, emergency responders, doctors, […]

Within organizations, the human resources department is considered an ally by some managers and a barrier by others. The legal requirements of managing HR require you to be the dispenser of policies, procedures, and rules at times and a trusted counselor and guide at other times. There are varying perspectives on the value HR policies bring to an organization. In other words, the policies, procedures, […]

A lot of interpretation of literature depends on a reader’s expectation. For example, it is likely that once you began The Metamorphosis and learned that Gregor had been hideously transformed into a monster insect, you thought that you were going to be reading a horror story or work of science fiction. Thus, you expected certain things to happen, namely the events associated with those genres: […]

 You have a hard working team of talented and positive employees. You tend to practice what chapter 9 calls people-centered management. You like to give your employees freedom to make decisions and that freedom motivates them since they are already driven to succeed. HOWEVER … your upper management is very old school and would prefer you to have employees practice very defined routines that often […]