Category: Human Resource Management homework help

1.  Assume the role of the CEO/Executive Director of an agency that has lost a significant contract/grant, and you are expecting substantial budget cuts for the upcoming year. Provide three realistic options to consider when dealing with the budget deficit.
Facing a funding deficit after losing a significant contract or grant can be challenging, but strategic options exist. As the CEO/Executive Director of the agency, here are three realistic options:
Diversify Revenue Streams:
Explore alternative funding sources.
Develop fee-for-service programs
Strengthen fundraising efforts
Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction:
Conduct a thorough budget review.
Prioritize programs
Implement cost-sharing initiatives
Strategic Restructuring:
Staffing adjustments
Program consolidation or elimination
Strategic partnerships or mergers
In enforcing any of these possibilities, communication is critical. Keep staff, investors, donors, and the community notified about the agency’s monetary challenges and the strategic measures to address them. Further, constant monitoring and transformation to altering circumstances will be critical for the long-term sustainability of the agency
2.  As CEO, laying off staff would be my very last resort. Reducing overspending without interfering with the organization’s needs may be one way to cut costs and identify ways to mitigate unnecessary spending within the organization.  Meeting with the organization’s team to explain what is going on and reducing hours may be an option to cut costs instead of layoffs; transparency with your team will build trust and help those within the organization understand why these changes occur—reducing overtime pay. Some companies even shut down at the end of the year to reduce costs. 
Establishing and setting realistic goals within an organization, especially when presenting a grant proposal. Creating a budget and being prepared is always essential. Lastly, borrowing from investors may help with costs until funding is available. Seeking help from state and government agencies may also help with budget cuts within the organization. As a CEO, the last thing I want to do is lay off staff, especially if I have a great team. Laying off is only sometimes the answer; that can lead to burnout on other team members, leading to an increase in employees leaving the organization. Research into these organizations and big companies that help nonprofit organizations can also be beneficial. 

400 words with references
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
What is empowerment? How would you define empowerment? 
Are there disadvantages to empowering employees? 
What are the benefits of empowering employees? 

400 words with references
Restrictive Policies Discussion
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write at least 400 words that will respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce your ideas: 
The following case study provides an example of an ethical/legal issue faced by many HR professionals. The issue of technology in the workplace and employee use of the technology has become an increasingly common challenge, and you have seen how this may be an issue with the jewelry company. 
Case Study
After reading the above article and researching other examples of what some companies are facing, post your response and a defense of your position to the following questions:
Do you feel a policy restricting employee Internet use is ethically sound?
Do you feel that the monitoring of employee activity on the computer is ethically sound?
What are the business implications for employees’ personal use of company assets?
What approach will you take to address this issue with the jewelry company? 

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Description
Corporate ethics have been the focus of increased attention in recent years. Many companies have looked to their HR team to develop a comprehensive ethics policy.
You are tasked with developing an ethics policy for a jewelry company. After meeting with the CEO, you both agree the policy must cover the following: gifts from vendors, use of confidential information, and conflicts of interest. You take your challenge to an HR networking group.
Assignment Details
Develop a sample ethics policy to be presented to the CEO by providing a cover note outlining the purpose of the policy and benefits to the organization.
Discuss the following:
Your thoughts on the value of an ethics policy to ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards
The measures you feel should be taken to ensure the policy is enforced
The issues that need to be considered when implementing an ethics policy
The communications plan of the ethics policy
Note: You are required to use a minimum of 4 scholarly references in your research. Ensure that citations and references are formatted in compliance with APA style.

Design a total rewards program that incorporates monetary, non-monetary, and environmental elements in order to ensure organizational success

Design a total rewards program that incorporates monetary, non-monetary, and environmental elements in order to ensure organizational success

 
Consider the following scenario:
A client comes in to see you for case management services. She has many serious family problems, including some bouts of depression that seem to be only “situational” based on the current problems she is facing. She is in need of help, but reports that she cannot afford private counseling. You work for the only mental health agency in town and the agency charges client fees on a sliding scale. The client is not eligible for Medicaid, but has health insurance through her employer. She cannot afford to pay, even at the bottom of the sliding fee scale.
After informing her insurance company of her need for services, you find out that the only way they will approve of services and reimburse your agency is if she has a major mental health diagnosis code from the DSM V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) such as “major depression”. Your colleagues tell you that even though the client does not have a serious enough depression problem to be diagnosed with such a code, you should diagnose her with one anyway so that her insurance will pay for her services.
What are the legal and ethical implications that exist in this scenario?
If you were the case manager, what would you do in this situation?
Discuss other courses of action, including 3 assessment tools that may exist to help the client receive services she needs that are both legal and ethical. Explain why you chose each assessment tool and how it might help this specific client.

 
Neurodevelopmental disorders appear early in life disrupting the normal course of development and often persisting through adulthood. In this assignment, you will select one of the following neurodevelopmental disorders to focus on:
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderLinks to an external site. (ADHD)
Specific Learning DisordersLinks to an external site.
Autism Spectrum DisordersLinks to an external site. (ASD)
Intellectual DisabilityLinks to an external site.
You will review research on how the disorder you selected presents itself at each stage of life:
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
In addition, you will discuss:
what normal developmental skill was disrupted by the neurodevelopmental disorder
what impact the disorder has on daily living skills and educational or professional performance
what possible treatment options are available at the specific stage of life. (See Content Expectations for the assigned topic)

Describe the information that can be obtained from the BLS website (name at least 5 things) and explain how this information could be helpful to a hospitality management student.

The tool referred to above is called ‘Asana’ and it can be very handy if it integrates with the HRIS. This has an easy interface that allows the collaboration between HR Experts and IT Teams in a manner clear in communication and task tracking. The customized templates offered by Asana are extremely useful in breaking down tasks pertaining to HRIS project like data migration, test running and training sessions among others. Intuitive user interface coupled with robust task-management capability enables efficient and consistent performance of various HRIS integration processes thus making the overall solution effective. However, it could lack ability to undertake specialized HRIS processes such as critical data analytics or complex reporting procedures for managing huge chunks of information. However, the entire strategy adopted by Asana for project management could still be insufficient with regards to the peculiarities of HRIS integration apart from integration’s architecture.
Other examples include using Microsoft Project as an efficient project management application for HRIS integration. The program provides outstanding results with respect to timely provision of project deadlines; and this is key for HRIS integration with precision. It acts as an invaluable ally for HR professionals because it enables seamless communication with other Microsoft products such as Excel for data analysis and Power BI for reporting. Its main purpose is to ensure smooth transportation of information at all the stages of the HRIS project (Varajão, J., et al 2020). The complexity and difficult learning of Microsoft Project on the other hand can serve as its weakness instead. Nonetheless, users may not find themselves comfortable due to lack of familiarity with modern project management software and how it works while integrating HRIS will potentially impair its function. Furthermore, small firms with limited funds tend to face challenges in terms of the cost of the product.impair its function. Furthermore, small firms with limited funds tend to face challenges in terms of the cost of the product.