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You are six (6) months in your employment as the Senior Director of Human Resource andAdministration (SDHRA) at the Ministry of Culture, Diversity and Communications. ThisMinistry employs approximately 200 officers. You have identified the major tasks thatshould be addressed by the Human Resource and Administration (HRA) Department underyour leadership.Document the plan that you will present to the Permanent Secretary and other executivemanagers at the Ministry in their next meeting to be held in one month’s time. 1. Describe what is meant by the term ‘organisational behaviour’.  2. The current hierarchical organisation structure has nine (9) departments organized insix (6) levels:• Human Resource and Administration (HRA)• Executive Office• Accounts• Legal• Culture• Diversity• Public Relations & Communication• Information Technology• Procurementa. Draft a new structure that you believe will create a more cohesive Ministry.

You may assume the following scenario for this assignment: One of your duties as a change consultant is to offer recommendations leading to organizational change. Such recommendations may require the reorganization of staff, workers, and external consultants into new teams. Moreover, some individuals may be dismissed from the labor pool because of redundancies, lacking budgets, and changes in organizational goals. As a change consultant, you are working at a facility where the administration is considering de-centralizing product departments to break down silo walls across locations. Also, you were provided a large quantity of data showing that changes will benefit the organization at the cost of disrupting staffing, causing conflict, and demanding conflict resolution meetings and services. Unlike previous assignments, you will not be given steps. This time, you will be given two goals to reach while writing your paper: Second goal. It is now time to execute the reorganization…

Assignment 2: Read the case: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge NOTE: This is an individual assignment, not a group assignment. While you may discuss the case with your fellow students, under no circumstances are you to collaborate or copy anyone else’s paper. Assume you are an external consultant to the company, and they want your recommendation on which segment to target to achieve their growth goal. Specifically, they want to know which of the usage-based segments described in the case they should target. We are not targeting demographic segments like moms or kids. Moms and kids are all included in the various usage-based segments. 1. What are the pros and cons of targeting each segment? (One argument for and one argument against targeting each segment). a. refrigerated cookie dough-only users (which includes current customers) b. scratch-only bakers c. baking-mix-only users d. lapsed users 2. If they only had resources to target one segment, which one would you recommend? 3.…

Purpose of This Assignment The Ethics and Social Responsibility competency addresses how to evaluate ethical dilemmas and formulate a defensible resolution. The final assessment for this competency is to write a paper that addresses stakeholder analysis, rules for ethical decision-making, ways to cultivate an ethical corporate culture, business sustainability, and Return on Investment (ROI). Ethics and Social Responsibility Final Assessment: Outline & Rubric In your paper, you should identify the various ethical dilemmas and identify the stakeholders involved in the dilemma. Since the stakeholders have different roles and responsibilities, you should analyze the ethical dilemma(s) from their perspective and identify how the ethical dilemma affects them. You are expected to synthesize what you have learned about ethical decision-making, as well as the “rules” and relevant theories of ethics and the importance of business sustainability, and apply that knowledge to this situation. Item…

Topic: Compensation and payroll system  Executive Compensation Strategy in Fortune Furnitech Fortune Furnitech is a state-of-art modular furniture manufacturer, started with an initial ` 500 crores investment, by raising a term loan from different financial institution and about 65 percent contribution from the traditional family business. The group has a traditional family history of woodcraft manufacturing. Leveraging the family trend, the present owner Asim singh and his wife Ragini ventured into this business. Asim Singh has toured extensively all over the world with his father, right from his childhood. According to Mr.singh, India has top quality berg woods in its North-eastern states, which are imported by countries such as the USA. However, Indian use them as firewood, because of lack of awareness. The company launched an ambitious plan to manufacture and sell hardwood furniture worldwide, as their study indicated that the Indian market for furniture is still unorganized, and…

Identify three business scenarios for Amazon that might play out within the next five years (most desirable case, most likely case, and least desirable case). What are the challenges to be faced under each scenario? Identify HR’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to these challenges. For each scenario, identify one or more HR initiatives and programs that must be undertaken to deal with the changes.

S. For these projects, you will be placed in the position of a strategist tasked to complete an analysis or develop a strategy plan for your company. Read this message from your manager to learn about the parameters of the project. TO: [Your Name]DATE: [Today's Date]FROM: [Supervisor Name]SUBJECT: Supply chain & PEST analysis Next month, during the quarterly board meeting, I will present the external factors impacting our company and how they will influence its growth. Please complete a value chain analysis of our company and a PEST analysis of the external factors impacting our company. Then, summarize the results of your analysis and deliver that summary to me before the end of next week.  In your summary, please include a prediction of how those factors might impact our company’s performance moving forward, recommendations for addressing any negative factors, and visual graphs and charts that I can use during the presentation. Your analysis and summary will be a key…

You are responsible for updating contract details for a third party contracted manufacturer of Maritime on SAP, our supply chain management software. You need to liaise with different people in different departments to gather the information: Volume from planning, pricing from manufacturing, and location from transportation. There is one day left to complete the task and yet despite repeated requests by email and phone, your contact in manufacturing has not responded to your request. So I would like to hear from you: 1. What steps would you take to gather the information before the deadline? 2. if you could not obtain the information before the deadline what would you do? 3. If you were not successful in obtaining the information before the deadline, how would you feel?

“Carter Cleaning Company” The Career Planning Program Career planning has always been a pretty low-priority item for Carter Cleaning, since "just getting workers to come to work and then keeping them honest is enough of a problem," as Jack likes to say. Yet Jennifer thought it might not be a bad idea to give some thought to what a career planning program might involve for Carter. Many of their employees had been with them for years in dead end jobs, and she frankly felt a little badly for them: "Perhaps we could help them gain a better perspective on what they want to do," she thought. And she definitely believed that the store management group needed better career direction if Carter Cleaning was to develop and grow. Question: 1. Outline and describe the career development program you would propose for the cleaners, pressers, counter people, and managers at the Carter Cleaning Centers.

You may need to use the appropriate technology to answer this question. The product development group at Landon Corporation has been working on a new computer software product that has the potential to capture a large market share. Through outside sources, Landon's management learned that a competitor is working to introduce a similar product. As a result, Landon's top management increased its pressure on the product development group. The group's leader turned to PERT/CPM as an aid to scheduling the activities remaining before the new product can be brought to the market. The project network is depicted in the following diagram. Start Activity A B с D The activity time estimates (in weeks) are listed in the following table. Optimistic Most Probable Pessimistic E F G H I J 3 3 4 2 7 6.5 4.5 6 2 A 4 B 4 3.5 5 3 10 7.5 6 F 7 E 5 2.5 D H 5 7 6 4 13 11.5 7.5 14 6 6 J Finish (a) Develop an activity schedule for this project and identify the critical path activities. (Enter your answers as a…

Read and analyze the following situation:You work for a business that sells cleaning products for hospitals on an industrial level. The mission of the business is to position itself as a leader in the industry of cleaning products for hospitals at an industrial level throughout Puerto Rico. Recently, the company developed an evaluation of the Human Resources area and they realized that the policies for recruiting and selecting employees were not clear and that there was no evidence of their effectiveness. In addition, the number of employee turnover had increased significantly, and supervisors complain that when a vacancy arises, it takes months for Human Resources to identify a replacement for the available position. In the past, the process only consisted of filling out an application, conducting an evaluation of the candidate's resume, conducting an interview with a supervisor, and giving the selected candidate a brief orientation by the director of Human Resources at the…

Read and analyze the following situation: You work for a business that sells cleaning products for hospitals on an industrial level. The mission of the business is to position itself as a leader in the industry of cleaning products for hospitals at an industrial level throughout Puerto Rico. Recently, the company developed an evaluation of the Human Resources area and they realized that the policies for recruiting and selecting employees were not clear and that there was no evidence of their effectiveness. In addition, the number of employee turnover had increased significantly, and supervisors complain that when a vacancy arises, it takes months for Human Resources to identify a replacement for the available position. In the past, the process only consisted of filling out an application, conducting an evaluation of the candidate's resume, conducting an interview with a supervisor, and giving the selected candidate a brief orientation by the director of Human Resources at the…

Part 1: Case Analysis Read the discussion forum below, which shows several employees' posts about how to develop a better performance review system. Then, answer the questions that follow. Jackson: Hi team, this week we’ll use this forum to discuss our performance review system. Specifically, we want to explore the benefits and drawbacks about the timing of our reviews. Currently, our reviews are conducted annually. The HR team wants to know what we think about quarterly reviews. The HR team wants us to share our views with them by September 10. Cynthia: I’ve never experienced quarterly reviews before, so it’s hard for me to say if that’s better. My hunch is quarterly reviews would be more fair and helpful. But, I also assume they take a lot of extra time for our managers. @Erin I think your last company held quarterly reviews. What are your experiences with more frequent reviews? Has anyone else worked at a company with more frequent reviews? Tell us what it was like. Erin: @Cynthia…

Read and analyze the following situation:You work for a business that sells cleaning products for hospitals on an industrial level. The mission of the business is to position itself as a leader in the industry of cleaning products for hospitals at an industrial level throughout Puerto Rico. Recently, the company developed an evaluation of the Human Resources area and they realized that the policies for recruiting and selecting employees were not clear and that there was no evidence of their effectiveness. In addition, the number of employee turnover had increased significantly, and supervisors complain that when a vacancy arises, it takes months for Human Resources to identify a replacement for the available position. In the past, the process only consisted of filling out an application, conducting an evaluation of the candidate's résumé, conducting an interview with a supervisor, and giving the selected candidate a brief orientation by the director of Human Resources at the…

Read and analyze the following situation: You work for a business that sells cleaning products for hospitals on an industrial level. The mission of the business is to position itself as a leader in the industry of cleaning products for hospitals at an industrial level throughout Puerto Rico. Recently, the company developed an evaluation of the Human Resources area and they realized that the policies for recruiting and selecting employees were not clear and that there was no evidence of their effectiveness. In addition, the number of employee turnover had increased significantly, and supervisors complain that when a vacancy arises, it takes months for Human Resources to identify a replacement for the available position. In the past, the process only consisted of filling out an application, conducting an evaluation of the candidate's resume, conducting an interview with a supervisor, and giving the selected candidate a brief orientation by the director of Human Resources at the…

Week 3 Learning ActivitiesLearning Activity.umuc.edu/content/enforced/147180-001033-01-2165-OL2-6980/learning.png?_&d2lSessionVal=x5obvqwEyW54JiZ4Q0Qe2ziyz” alt=”” title=””>Organizational success depends on well-crafted vision and mission statements, which serve as frames and guardrails for making strategic decisions..umuc.edu/content/enforced/147180-001033-01-2165-OL2-6980/keyboard.png?_&d2lSessionVal=x5obvqwEyW54JiZ4Q0Qe2ziyz” alt=”keyboard” title=”keyboard”>Create an initial post by:Addressing Theme 1 by:Define a vision statement.Describe the role of vision statements in organizations.Define a mission statement.Describe the role of mission statements in organizations.Describe how vision and mission statements support one another.Describe the process a manager would take in creating vision and mission statements.Addressing Theme 2 by:Create a vision statement for your life.Create a mission statement for your life.You…

Read and analyze the following situation:You work for a business that sells cleaning products for hospitals on an industrial level. The mission of the business is to position itself as a leader in the industry of cleaning products for hospitals at an industrial level throughout Puerto Rico. Recently, the company developed an evaluation of the Human Resources area and they realized that the policies for recruiting and selecting employees were not clear and that there was no evidence of their effectiveness. In addition, the number of employee turnover had increased significantly, and supervisors complain that when a vacancy arises, it takes months for Human Resources to identify a replacement for the available position. In the past, the process only consisted of filling out an application, conducting an evaluation of the candidate's resume, conducting an interview with a supervisor, and giving the selected candidate a brief orientation by the director of Human Resources at the…

assume the following scenario for this assignment: One of your duties as a change consultant is to offer recommendations leading to organizational change. Such recommendations may require the reorganization of staff, workers, and external consultants into new teams. Moreover, some individuals may be dismissed from the labor pool because of redundancies, lacking budgets, and changes in organizational goals. As a change consultant, you are working at a facility where the administration is considering de-centralizing product departments to break down silo walls across locations. Also, you were provided a large quantity of data showing that changes will benefit the organization at the cost of disrupting staffing, causing conflict, and demanding conflict resolution meetings and services.   First goal. As a consultant, you used the data you collected to arrive at the most informed decisions possible regarding changes to the organization. Discuss the following: What steps would you follow and…

As a boss you are required to make a presentation in front of your team and share with them the sales forecast for product A for the year 2019-20. For the past one year, the company has been facing employee turnover in the sales team. The new software purchased for data analytics is also not working properly and the team struggles when they have to make a report. Apart from these issues, your team might be required, in the coming six months, to start working on a new product development. Finally, the day comes when you make the presentation but just as you complete and about to say: `Any questions?’ one of the team leads raises his voice and says:` How can you expect us to double the sales next year when we have been struggling so hard?’ He then elaborates in agitated tone all the problems the team has been facing (as stated above). As a good listener, mention the effective listening strategies that you are required to follow in order to convert hostile audience to at least a neutral…

One manager states, “When a new system is proposed, I want a written report, not an oral presentation, which is like a sales pitch. I only want to see the facts about costs, benefits, and schedules.” Do you agree with that point of view? include enough details.

Harvey is a long term employee with a year or so until retirement.  His supervisor, Ashley who is nearly 30 years younger than Harvey has counselled him several times on not learning/utilizing the newest software program for his work.  He tells her that he can do it just fine the old way and doesn’t need the new software.  The last time they talked he said she should save her energy for whoever takes his place and leave him alone.  It was the final straw for Ashley and she told him that he wouldn’t make it to retirement if he didn’t do what she was asking.  She called him old fashioned and also said that all of his coworkers hate to work with him because he’s so old school.  You are Ashley’s boss and Harvey came to you with a complaint regarding their latest discussion.  What do you do? Define precisely what the problem is in terms of how it affects the company and your ability to be successful as a supervisor or HR person. If it involves two or more employees, be sure to view the…

You have been assigned as the team leader for a group project to update the current HR vacation and sick leave policies. Your five-member team has 6 months to complete the task and present a recommendation to the management team of the organization. Your immediate role is to organize and assign each team member with his or her specific assignments to accomplish the project. Describe the steps to creating an implementation strategy for your team.

Prepare a 5-page proposal that addresses the following issues: What is the workplace you are working with (to remind your readers)? What is the workplace presently doing to develop current and future leaders? What are the leadership development and leadership succession needs that should be addressed? What are the interventions that you will provide to enhance leadership development and succession? Who will need to participate (at any level) in the training and development initiative? When will the initiative take place? What is the basic schedule for rolling out your initiative?

This is your first week in your new job at Safety Zone, a leading producer of IT modeling software. Your prior experience with a smaller competitor gave you an edge in landing the job, and you are excited about joining a larger company in the same field. So far, all is going well and you are getting used to the new routine. However, you are concerned about one issue. In your initial meeting with the IT manager, she seemed very interested in the details of your prior position, and some of her questions made you a little uncomfortable. She did not actually ask you to reveal any proprietary information, but she made it clear that Safety Zone likes to know as much as possible about its competitors. Thinking about it some more, you try to draw a line between information that is OK to discuss, and topics such as software specifics or strategy that should be considered private. This is the first time you have ever been in a situation like this. How will you handle it?

Rio Tinto is a mining and minerals company headquartered in London. The multibillion-dollar company employs over 98,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 60 different sites in over 50 countries. When the 2008 global recession hit it was clear that a reduction in workforce would be necessary for the company to survive, and 14,000 employees and contractors were let go. HR had been involved in the initial business discussions and understood that the reduction in force (RIF) was necessary. For the first time, Rio Tinto's HR used a coordinated approach globally. Previously, executives and HR directors in the individual business units would have all approached the downsizing differently. But this time with a common approach, the downsizing took place in an efficient, ethical, and sensitive manner, using regional severance policies and a comprehensive database and measurement tools to track the impact of the redirections. High-potential leaders and people with critical skills were…

Scenario:  You are an international exchange student. You recently received a grade of D- on your first research paper that you worked on for several weeks. You were surprised and disappointed with the grade, as you felt that you had put a lot of effort into the assignment and had followed the guidelines and rubric outlined by the instructor. When you reviewed the comments and feedback from your instructor, you found them to be vague and unhelpful, with no specific suggestions for improvement. You plan to meet with your instructor to discuss their feedback. Describe the components of the conflict represented in the scenario. Describe different interpersonal communication strategies that can be used in conflict resolution.

Scenario:  You are an international exchange student. You recently received a grade of D- on your first research paper that you worked on for several weeks. You were surprised and disappointed with the grade, as you felt that you had put a lot of effort into the assignment and had followed the guidelines and rubric outlined by the instructor. When you reviewed the comments and feedback from your instructor, you found them to be vague and unhelpful, with no specific suggestions for improvement. You plan to meet with your instructor to discuss their feedback. Explain the difference between justice, fairness, and equality in the scenario. Describe how bias can influence your perception of social justice in the scenario. Describe how different narratives in society can impact your perception of social justice.

Scenario:  You are an international exchange student. You recently received a grade of D- on your first research paper that you worked on for several weeks. You were surprised and disappointed with the grade, as you felt that you had put a lot of effort into the assignment and had followed the guidelines and rubric outlined by the instructor. When you reviewed the comments and feedback from your instructor, you found them to be vague and unhelpful, with no specific suggestions for improvement. You plan to meet with your instructor to discuss their feedback. 1. Describe the potential challenges of communication in the scenario. 2.Describe the benefits and challenges of using restorative practices to navigate the conflict in the scenario.

Implement an Employee Performance Program You have been hired as the new General Manager (GM) of a casual dining property, such as Bone Fish Grill, Red Lobster or Olive Garden. Your Direct Report (boss/District Manager) has told you to implement the corporate Employee Performance Evaluation program. Apparently, your predecessor did not have the program in place. You have about 40 – 50 staff on the property, including a team of managers – Chef, FOH manager, and shift supervisors. The corporation uses a Graphic Rating Scale and expects managers to evaluate staff every year. Questions: 1.Introduction: As the new GM, do you think implementing an employee performance evaluation system is a good idea? Why or why not? What is the purpose of Performance Appraisals? 2.Steps: What steps do you need to take to implement this system? How long will it take? 3.Methods (types) of Review Forms: What is a Graphic Rating Scale? Will you use Self-Evaluations, Peer Evaluations, 180 Staff evaluations of…

Multiple Choice secondary research. ethnographic research. the 4Ps of marketing. primary research.

Determine an overall benefits budget for “The Office Place” and components that can be recommended for  employee base.  express the budget in percentages, including the various components that will make up your benefit package. For example, a hypothetical benefits budget is 25% of the total employee payroll and the breakdown is: 10% health insurance, 5% for dental insurance, etc. What would be justification and comparative data to support and validate the recommendations for the benefit package.  include both mandatory and voluntary benefits. The Office Place is a new retail venture that is located in Omaha, NE that sells office supplies to retail “face-to-face” customers, online customers as well as to other businesses (primarily in bulk). Their strategy and mission is to sell their products at a deeply discounted price, while providing the best customer service experience possible. This strategy is primarily based on industry research showing that there is a growing dissatisfaction…

On successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to: Identify and critically analyse principles and trends in performance measurement and control. Determine the different budgeting techniques and critically evaluate their use in short term decision making. Analyse the current approach to performance measurement and control in a selected global organisation and critically appraise suggestions for improvement of current practices. Critically appraise the application of performance criteria in not or profit and public sector organisations. Your Task Cat's Habitat is a cat rehoming shelter where stray cats can find new homes. This organization is a non-profit that has been in operation for five years. Cat's Habitat has seen an increase in the cost of food, toys, and other operating expenses over the last three years. As a result, the shelter has had to try to reduce the costs associated with its operations, which it has done by reducing the number of paid employees who work…

On successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to: Identify and critically analyse principles and trends in performance measurement and control. Determine the different budgeting techniques and critically evaluate their use in short term decision making. Analyse the current approach to performance measurement and control in a selected global organisation and critically appraise suggestions for improvement of current practices. Critically appraise the application of performance criteria in not or profit and public sector organisations. Your Task Cat's Habitat is a cat rehoming shelter where stray cats can find new homes. This organization is a non-profit that has been in operation for five years. Cat's Habitat has seen an increase in the cost of food, toys, and other operating expenses over the last three years. As a result, the shelter has had to try to reduce the costs associated with its operations, which it has done by reducing the number of paid employees who work…

Your employees have been incurring a lot of overtime lately for staffing special events. You cannot afford to pay time-and-a-half for overtime, so you make a deal with your employees: if they work fifty hours this week, you will let them work thirty hours the next week and take a long weekend. They are happy and you are happy.   Discussion Questions 1.      Is this legally acceptable? Why? What can happen if you get caught doing this? Which agency monitors businesses and what might happen if you are reported? What legislation are you violating? 2.      What is the best way to handle this staffing challenge?