Category: Management

Analyze and discuss different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus or niche) then select which one you would deem more appropriate for an “efficiency-minded” retail organization and explain your rationale.

Assignment 1: Strategy, Planning, and Selection

Analyze and discuss different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus or niche) then select which one you would deem more appropriate for an “efficiency-minded” retail organization and explain your rationale. Also, how would the selected strategy ultimately affect how HR does its job?

Examine the four approaches to job design or redesign (those discussed in textbook) and provide an example (not just a definition) of each. Then, make a case to the interviewing panel on the importance of effective job design applications in supporting the overall strategic goals of the organization.

Consider challenges and constraints associated with recruiting workers (see textbook examples) and identify and discuss at least two issues. What advice would you give to ease (or fix) your selected issues? Be specific.

 

What responsibilities do leaders have as far as recognizing attitudes and emotions in employees?In exercising leadership functions, how can we promote positivity and productivity in the workplace?

After reading the article, briefly summarize the purpose for the study, and answer the following questions.

What is the authors’ main point?

Do the authors’ arguments support their main point?

What is your opinion of the article? Do you agree with the authors’ findings?

What evidence, either from the textbook or additional sources, supports your opinion?

Compare the article information with what we are studying in this unit.

What responsibilities do leaders have as far as
recognizing attitudes and emotions in employees?

In exercising leadership functions, how can we promote positivity and productivity in the workplace?

Explain the importance of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling for effective business management. Share your own experiences tied to management skills, principles, and strategies you have implemented that have or have not worked in your past or current careers.

Explain the importance of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling for effective business management. Share your own experiences tied to management skills, principles, and strategies you have implemented that have or have not worked in your past or current careers.

Explain the importance of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling for effective business management. Share your own experiences tied to management skills, principles, and strategies you have implemented that have or have not worked in your past or current careers.

Explain the importance of planning, organization, staffing, directing, and controlling for effective business management. Share your own experiences tied to management skills, principles, and strategies you have implemented that have or have not worked in your past or current careers.

What new training programs and processes would you propose to senior management to develop effective recruiting and selection methods to attract more minorities and women to your organization?

What new training programs and processes would you propose to senior management to develop effective recruiting and selection methods to attract more minorities and women to your organization?

Explain how HRD methods can be used to help manage a culturally diverse workforce. For example, how will you overcome language and discrimination issues that will ultimately lead to a climate in which all employees can thrive within the organization and contribute to its success?

Describe in your own words what the article is about, what its objectives are, what the methods used are, what the results show and what the conclusions drawn are.

Describe in your own words what the article is about, what its
objectives are, what the methods used are, what the results show and what the conclusions drawn are. Again, avoid overly technical jargon; however, some jargon is unavoidable. Spend some effort on

outlining the method and it’s application in the article.

Describe any new learnings you have gained about the application of statistical methods from having studied this article, highlighting anything that you found particularly interesting.

Outline any points which were difficult to follow and methods you didn’t really have a full grasp of(or any grasp of). Note that you should try to select an article which you have some overall
understanding of.