Category: Human Resource Management homework help

 
Article Review #1
Submit a 2-3 page article review relating to either chapter 6 (Perception and Individual Decision Making)  or chapter  7 (Motivation Concepts) of the eBook.
At a minimum, all reviews should include the reasons for choosing the article, how it relates to the chapter(s) for the week, agreement or disagreement with the author(s) and why, complete citation of the article in the most current American Psychological Association 7e (APA) Writing Style. The article may come from any source and should relate to the chosen chapter.
Article Review due by Sunday, Jun. 16.

 
Biostatistics focuses on the treatment and analysis of data from biological, biomedical, and health-related studies. As you begin your journey into biostatistics, this discussion focuses on its real-world use. As part of federal regulations, states must conduct an external quality review of its contracted Medicaid managed care organizations and prepaid inpatient health plans. For your state or a neighboring state, find the External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) report available on the .gov website.
Review the Advanced Internet Search TechniquesLinks to an external site. resource for more information on how to conduct a web search. (You may wish to include these search terms as you locate the EQRO report for your selected state: external quality review organization, quality improvement, improvement plan, or performance improvement.)
For your initial post, after reviewing the report’s table of contents,
Locate a section of the report that used statistical methods and summarize the methods and results.
Include the target subjects or participants and possible cultural factors (e.g., customs, preferences, communication styles, or heritage).
Include data analysis tools used and how this report can make an impact on health care.
After reviewing the information, determine why it would be of interest to managed care organizations and the state health organization.
If you were representing the managed care organization, explain how you would use this information to improve your enrollees’ health status.

Strayer University is moving to a new HR or payroll system that is sponsored by a firm called Workday.com. You have been asked to oversee the stakeholder management aspects of this project.
Identify some of the key stakeholders at Strayer, and describe how you plan to keep them engaged during your year-long project. Be sure to include the appropriate methods, since not all of your stakeholders are located at the HQ office in Herndon, VA.

 
Success and failure factors are evident in strategic planning and management. A process also exists to address emerging strategic planning and management issues. Please respond to the following:
Identify and discuss one critical success factor, and one failure factor regarding strategic planning and management.
Provide one hypothetical workplace and HR-related example for each of your selected success and failure factors.
Illustrate how these factors could improve or damage the Strategic Planning and Management Process model.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

Overview
It is now important to consider how to manage project obstacles and risks. Being able to continue the progression of a project is important in the face of unpredictable conditions in the internal and external environment of an organization.
Instructions
Outline the process you would use to move to a centralized structure.
Go back to the Week 3 assignment, Organizing HR Projects, and consider the goal of the project.
Conduct research on centralized and decentralized organizations and come up with three tasks that you would need to move to a centralized structure.
Consider methods for assigning costs to tasks and come up with the process (not the actual budget) that you would use to determine a budget.
outlining the process you would use.
Create a WBS for the project and analyze each task using the Project Budget WBS Template [XLSX].
Review, as needed, the following sites regarding cost estimation:
The Ultimate Guide to Project Cost Estimating.
Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately.

Week 4 Discussion – Moral Philosophies
Select one moral philosophy (teleology, deontology, relativist perspective, virtue ethics, or justice) that has influenced the outcome of an ethical dilemma that you have witnessed.
Provide one example of the way in which this moral philosophy influenced the outcome of an ethical dilemma in a past or present organization. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.

Select a topic:
 Porter’s Competitive Strategies
 Miles and Snow’s Strategy Typology
 Bureaucratic Organizations
 Chaos Theory
 Hawthorne Studies
 Supply Chain Structures and Relationships
 Collaborative Networks
 Impact of Technology on Job Design
 Organizational Decision Making Systems
 Shaping Cultures and Ethics of the Organization
Make sure that you focus on the organizational design and structure of these items.
Use at least 10 scholarly articles within the last five years
INSTRUCTIONS
In your Literature Review: Outline and Title Page Assignment, include a title page that meets
the APA requirements. The outline must be per the APA format (Alphanumeric, Full sentence,
or decimal). It must be well developed and includes headings and subheadings. The framework
of the Literature Review is apparent and well established as follows:
 Title page.
 Abstract.
 Introduction
 Findings
 Conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions for further study
 References.
In the findings section, there must be main headings and subheadings of the material that will be
discussed.

Context
Employee upskilling, reskilling, and reassignment tasks each have different purposes and goals; realistically employees will need guidance when they either upskill, reskill, or become reassigned due to organizational or technological changes within their work environment(s). Constant technological and operational changes, competitive pressures, and the natural evolution of processes in the workplace often lead to a need to upskill, reskill, or reassign employees. Talent managers need to play an active role in all of these employee reinvestment and retention efforts. 
Based on the article “Korn Ferry Management: 5 Ways to Manage a Job Reassignment”Links to an external site., respond to the following.
Demonstrate your understanding of situations specifically applicable to each of the following: employee upskilling, reskilling, and reassignment. 
Provide brief example scenarios for each. 
As an HR Talent Management professional, you will need to consider the mindset, including emotions, of employees who need to be upskilled, reskilled, or reassigned.
Discuss at least three methods or points of view, employees can practice to ease the burden of their job change. 

Context
There is an essential connection between employee motivation, loyalty, and performance, and the presence of dynamic learning and development (L&D) opportunities. Successful organizations understand the importance of L&D when developing strategies leading toward cultivating competitive advantages. It is important to understand who can engage in key roles when developing effective L&D programs.
Post a Response
The Effective Development Starts with ManagersLinks to an external site. article suggests a manager’s involvement in L&D initiatives can lead to meeting new employee expectations regarding L&D activity. Based on the article, respond to the following.
Explain how manager engagement is an essential reality in the improvement and effectiveness of L&D activities. 
Include what managers can do to support L&D activity and meet employee expectations. 
Provide an example from your own experience of an instance when you observed a manager taking a key role in L&D activity.
Provide an example of when a manager did not take a key role and detail the lost opportunity(s) you may now recognize as having been squandered. 

Context
“For performance management (PM) to be effective, it needs to be a process, which means we need to think about PM, not just performance appraisals. The process of PM is a way to provide feedback, accountability, and documentation for performance outcomes”,.
Post a Response 
Please respond to the following:
Analyze three PM key success elements and apply them to a brief plan you could offer upper management in order to change existing performance management practices. 
Recommend several realistic ROI (return on investment) expectations upper management could use as a rationale to support your selections. 
Provide recommendations that will promote upper management’s understanding of PM initiatives.