The Industrial Areas Foundation of Saul Alinsky has been referred to numerously in community organization.  Review the Saul Alinsky, Community Organizing and Rules for Radicals article, research the roots of this method, and then discuss its application of “the ends justify the means” in today’s economy.  Address whether this theory is still applicable.  Why or why not?  Under what circumstances?  Provide a specific example to […]

According to the reading, the company has a financial obligation to its employees. The issue of organizations having the ability to pay the employees can be an important factor during the negotiation process. In efforts to make certain the organization has the ability to meet the financial responsibility to the employees, some things should be considered. Not only do the organization look at the financial […]

You are a Human Resources (HR) program of one. Based on information learned in this course, create a Human Resources plan of the steps needed to create a one-person HR department. The design of the HR department must correspond to the various dimensions of the organization. For example, if there are multiple customers, products, or locations, then HR needs to support them all.  In your […]

an organization, there are many employment policies in the company handbook. This handbook is given to employees at the start of the employer-employee relationship, and although generally not construed as a binding contract against the company in a later lawsuit over the policies, it governs the expectations of employees at the workplace. This Mini Project will have you analyze a company handbook as it relates […]

Review this week’s Lecture Notes about memory. Pay special attention to the fact that involuntary memory is accidental and happens by chance. Discuss a personal experience with your involuntary memory. What triggered it? Suppose you were going to do as Proust did and write a story about it. How might your story differ from a story that follows more linear patterns of thought?  Before you discuss, you […]

 Chapter 3 discussed Planning and Goal Setting. For this discussion, assume that you are a supervisor. (If you are or have been a supervisor, please feel free to share from personal experience.) You have specific goals and priorities for your team to accomplish in the upcoming quarter. Your employees are very busy and often pulled in multiple directions, so it is easy for them to […]

  Completing and exiting a project is very important for an OD professional—especially if you want to serve the client again in the future. The exiting phase allows you to follow through with the project to ensure quality, effectiveness, and sustainability. This assignment allows you to analyze and reflect about the exiting phase and how you can effectively finish a project for a client. Consider reviewing […]

There are various federal and state employment and labor laws protecting both employees and employers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency responsible for interpreting, investigating, and enforcing federal employment laws against workplace discrimination. In Week 2, you considered the legal components in a job description. In Week 4, you analyzed forms of discrimination when conducting a performance appraisal. For this discussion, […]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10 from the course text and the report Future Insights: Top Trends Affecting the Workplace and the HR Profession According to SHRM Special Expertise Panels (Links to an external site.) and the articles The 2018 Human Resources Trends to Keep on Your Radar (Links to an external site.) and Protected Classes in Employment Discrimination (Links to […]

Provide an example from your own experience where you acted in accordance with one or more of the patterns of irrational or unethical decision making. Explain the egocentrism or sociocentrism, as well as any pathological tendencies of mind, involved in your thought process. How could you have applied the keys to sound decision making to approach the situation more rationally?   If you prefer not to […]