Category: Human Resource Management homework help

Use the Internet to research employment tests (that is, drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored tests of ability).
Choose two of the following employment tests: drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored test of ability. Next, analyze how the testing itself could be considered illegal when an organization misuses it during the employment hiring process. Justify your response.

Go to The Leadership Conference’s website to read the article titled Affirmative Action.
Choose two of the following types of harassment: same-sex harassment, cyber harassment, or hostile virtual environment. Investigate the significant ways in which each selected type of harassment could alter work conditions in any organization. Then, formulate a plan to minimize the selected types of harassment in the organization.

Go to The Seven Challenge Areas for Work-Life Balance on the Life Coach Directory website or an appropriate source of your choice to review challenge areas for work-life balance.
Determine two work-life challenges that may be faced within any organization by military personnel such as reserve and National Guard members; people who speak with accents or have English fluency concerns; or gays and lesbians. Examine at least two employment laws that protect your selected group. Next, outline a plan that could assist an organization in protecting the selected group from discrimination.

Deliverable 2 – Defense of a Research Question
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Competency
Analyze the relationship between effective Human Resources strategies and organizational outcomes.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You are the vice president of HR of a publicly-traded organization. This organization currently follows one specific market differentiator and has for a decade. However, the CEO is cognizant of market changes and wants to run a pilot study in which one of the business units focus on a different market differentiator. He has asked you to help build the necessary tools required to shift the culture of this business unit from the old market differentiator to the new one. In order to do this, you will need to create new HR policies that are markedly different from the ones currently in place supporting the current market differentiator.
Instructions
As part of the needed research and background information, you need to write the new HR policies, identify which is the current market differentiator of the organization, and then select a second differentiator that could be the new focus of the business unit that has been chosen.
Write a draft HR policy that you can present to the CEO on hours of work and attendance reflective of each market differentiator you have picked. Your policy must contain the following elements:
Introductory information about the market differentiator
Purpose
Scope
Definitions
Policy Statement
2-3 narrative paragraphs explaining how this policy supports the market differentiator
Provide supporting references
Resources
Article databases:
Business Source Complete via EBSCO
Business via ProQuest
Regional Business News via EBSCO
Company Information & 10-Ks:
Mergent Online
Instructions for accessing 10-Ks using Mergent Online
APA Guide
Rasmussen’s Answers/FAQs

 
APA 7edition
Assignment Content
Competency

Analyze the impact of organizational practices on the implementation of Human Resources decisions.
Analyze the relationship between effective Human Resources strategies and organizational outcomes.
Critique Human Resources initiatives and their influence on effective organizational performance.
Integrate the Human Resources balanced scorecard to sustain a competitive advantage.
Appraise the impact of stakeholder preferences on Human Resources strategies.
Develop a strategic Human Resources plan that aligns to stakeholder preferences, business strategies, and organizational outcomes.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You have been hired as the new vice president of HR of a publicly-traded company. You have been brought into the organization to specifically address the current shortcomings of HR support to the organization and make the necessary adjustments so that HR strategy is aligned to the overall corporate strategy.
One of the first areas in which you need to familiarize yourself with is how well (or not) the current HR strategies support the organization’s mission and goals. Therefore, you will need to analyze the organization’s HR strategies and assess how these HR strategies enable the organization to be successful. For instance:
How do these HR strategies create competitive advantages?
What are some ways in which the current HR strategies can be enhanced to further enable the organization to be competitive?
How can you identify core deliverables of the HR strategies, and how do they align to organizational outcomes?
Instructions
As part of your role as VP of HR, you will need to research your organization – note that it is publicly-traded. Therefore, you will need to access its 10-K in order to build the strategic HR plan. You will also need to identify your organization’s core competencies. In addition, make sure to review your organization’s website, especially the HR/careers page, and other outside resources so that you can identify the main components of the HR strategies that were in place before you joined in your new role.
The CEO of the organization has asked you to create a strategic HR plan for the organization based on your research. This plan should include the following:
The organization’s long-term strategic goals and market differentiation
The organization’s position within its external environment, including its current and projected market leadership position
The organization’s values and culture
Current level and mix of human capital/workforce (depending on data available)
Analysis of current employees, identifying gaps in areas needed to support forecasted goals
Talent management areas that should be of greatest importance to support the organizational strategy (e.g., recruitment, retention, training & development, etc.)
Tools and technologies needed to support these recommended HR strategies
Implications of not implementing the recommended strategic HR plan
Resources
Article databases:
Business Source Complete via EBSCO
Business via ProQuest
Regional Business News via EBSCO
Company Information & 10-Ks:
Mergent Online
Instructions for accessing 10-Ks using Mergent Online
APA Guide   7editions
Rasmussen’s Answers/FAQs

Deliverable 6 – Assessment and Gap Analysis of HR Activities
Assignment Content
Competency
Develop a strategic Human Resources plan that aligns to stakeholder preferences, business strategies, and organizational outcomes.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You are the vice president of HR of a publicly-traded organization. This organization is growing rapidly and is pushing into new markets in the US. The CEO is under pressure from the shareholders to exceed last year’s revenue levels, so she has confided to you that it is critical that the new units being opened this year be profit-generating within three quarters. She has tasked you with ensuring that the proper mix of the right employees with the right skills will be in place in these new locations at the right time. In order for you to make sure you can provide for this strategic need, you realize you need to determine the current mix within the organization to identify any potential gaps of employees or skills. Therefore, you have decided to conduct a gap analysis regarding the appropriate staffing needed.
Instructions
In order to provide recommendations to the CEO on the appropriate staffing mix needed, conduct an assessment of your current employees in your organization, as well as the projected needs for the new locations which will open this year. This gap analysis should contain the following components:

Assessment of staffing levels, current vs. projected
Assessment of employee skills, current vs. projected
Recommended HR activities to reduce or eliminate identified gap
 

 
Deliverable 5 – SWOT Analysis
Assignment Content
Competency
Appraise the impact of stakeholder preferences on Human Resources strategies.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You are the vice president of HR of a medium-sized private company that has just been acquired by a multinational, publicly-traded organization. The CEO has asked you to prepare an executive summary detailing what organizational changes to implement in the business units of the old private company in order to align its strategic direction with the parent organization. You realize that the best way to research the information you need to make these recommendations is to conduct a SWOT analysis of the acquired organization to better understand how it will be situated within its new market and environment.
Instructions
In order to prepare the executive summary for the CEO, conduct a SWOT analysis on the acquired organization and create an executive summary regarding your analysis and conclusions both in terms of organizational strategy and HR strategy for the firm. Your summary should include the following information:

Strategic goals of the parent organization as a benchmark and desired state for the acquired company
New market/environment in which the acquired company will operate
Internal stakeholder strengths and weaknesses of the acquired company
External stakeholder threats and opportunities for the acquired company
Recommendations for where to focus immediate resources in implementing change activities

 Describe 2 examples of when the HRD (human resources development) and organizational development (OD) philosophy can be utilized to integrate the training process with organizational systems. Discuss the factors that may create resistance to learning and change.  

 
Select a publicly traded company to research. Evaluate its human resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and ways it markets its company regarding human capital. The following are some of the company websites that provide this information:
Allstate: Human Resources CareersLinks to an external site..
https://www.allstate.jobs/human-resources/
State Farm: Human Resources & Training CareersLinks to an external site..
https://jobs.statefarm.com/main/career-areas/human-resources-training-careers
Ford: CareersLinks to an external site..
https://corporate.ford.com/careers.html
Marriott. Marriott CareersLinks to an external site..
https://jobs.marriott.com/marriott/jobs
In addition, refer to the U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLinks to an external site. website, https://www.bls.gov/ which identifies detailed roles for HRM personnel and offers you some insight into HRM positions.
Explain how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy of your selected company.
Provide a detailed description of the HR Department job positions and associated responsibilities.
Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
Propose three ways your selected company can increase diversity and remain competitive in the industry.
Support your propositions, assertions, arguments, or conclusions with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources synthesized in a coherent analysis.

Cite each source on your source list at least one time within your assignment.
For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is well organized, grammatically correct, and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors in two pages.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Propose how to align human resource strategies with business strategies to increase competitive advantage, including increasing diversity.