Category: Management

Discuss HR functions within a performance management system that contribute to effective training and development.Explain how an effective performance management system along with compensation and benefits can attract, develop, and retain talented employees.

The primary function of HRM is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees attaining organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the areas of HRM that have been discussed in this course:

Performance management
Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection
Human resources development
Compensation and benefits
Employment and labor laws and regulations
In your final paper,

Provide a high-level overview of each HRM area listed above.

Discuss HR functions within a performance management system that contribute to effective training and development.

Explain how an effective performance management system along with compensation and benefits can attract, develop, and retain talented employees.

Analyze employment and labor laws and regulations that impact these areas of HRM listed above and the relationships between employees and employers.

Explain how the functions of HRM work together in order to optimize organizational and employee behavior.
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Discuss some of the material addressed in this course. The paper should be well thought-out and well written. Your paper must also have the following sections.

Public Administration

You are required to write a public finance (taxes and government expenditure) research paper on your chosen topic. Your topic must address an aspect of the federal government that you believe is a financial problem for taxpayers. In your analysis, be sure to discuss some of the material addressed in this course. The paper should be well thought-out and well written. Your paper must also have the following sections:

Introduction/Background

Analysis of the Issue

Alternative Points of Views

Your Own Point of View

All papers submitted must be typewritten, doubled-spaced, 8 -10pages (excluding preliminary pages, references and appendices). The font should be 12 point and the type style Times Roman, Courier or equivalent. Full and proper citation is expected. Citations in the text of your paper must reference a complete list of works cited at the end of the paper.

The paper should be done using the APA style manual. Wikipedia, blogs etc. are not considered as academic sources… use scholarly (journal) articles to help in writing this paper. Also, note that excessive citation although referenced is still considered plagiarism.

Required Text

John L. Mikesell, Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector, Latest Edition. Thomson Wadsworth Publishing,

Select two companies and start filling all the guidelines1-5. For guideline 4 use the template provided. And for the guideline 5 the survey presentation template is also provided.

Management

Provided the case study and can you select two companies and start filling all the guidelines1-5. For guideline 4 use the template provided. And for the guideline 5 the survey presentation template is also provided.

Describe Watkins’ “structured learning process” he recommends for new managers (Ch. 2). What are the five questions he recommends asking your direct reports?According to Watkins, in what STARS situation does the manager act as a hero vs. a steward? Why? (Ch. 3)

Reading Assignment

For this assignment, read Ch. 2 and Ch. 3 in “The First 90 Days.”

Then answer the following questions about the reading:

1. Describe Watkins’ “structured learning process” he recommends for new managers (Ch. 2). What are the five questions he recommends asking your direct reports?

2. According to Watkins, in what STARS situation does the manager act as a hero vs. a steward? Why? (Ch. 3)

3. Which STARS situation would you be most excited to be a manager/leader in? What was your reaction to the Harvard Business Review survey of managers (Table 3-4, Ch. 3)?

(3-5 sentences per answer)

What was the most helpful piece of advice in this section? Have you ever been in one of these discussions before (explain)? Was there anything you disagreed with? (answer length: 4-5 sentences).

Reading Assignment

For this assignment, read Ch. 4 and 5:

Then answer the following questions about the reading:

1. Pick two bolded pieces of advice from the “Focusing on the Fundamentals” section (Ch. 4, p. 90) to discuss. Do you agree/disagree? How did you react to seeing this advice? Surprise you? Use previous experience working with a boss/leader to explain your reaction to Watkins’ advice. (answer length: 6-7 sentences).

2. Pick one of the following sections to discuss/react to: “Planning the Expectations Conversation,” “Planning the Resource Conversation,” or “Planning the Style Conversation.” What was the most helpful piece of advice in this section? Have you ever been in one of these discussions before (explain)? Was there anything you disagreed with? (answer length: 4-5 sentences).

3. What does FOGLAMP stand for (Ch. 5)? (answer length: one sentence)

Be sure to use quotation marks when directly quoting the book, but you don’t need formal citations. You can say “According to Watkins …” instead of using a formal APA/MLA citation technique since  know what source you are reading/talking about. Be sure to use proper capitalization, grammar, and avoid typos.  will take points off for those types of mistakes.

Critically analyze the role of operations management and the interaction with the other functions of the organisation.Appraise and choose the tools and concepts necessary to perform analysis of business processes.

Digital Operations and Project Management

REFLECTIVE paper – Prepare a reflection essay based on a digital operations project you managed, participated, or observed in your workplace.

If you have not had this type of experience or made this observation, you may select a recent project reported in the media.

Critically analyze the role of operations management and the interaction with the other functions of the organisation.

Appraise and choose the tools and concepts necessary to perform analysis of business processes.

Examine in detail the external environment (or General Environment and Competitive Environments) in order to determine likely future developments in the industry and its fate.

Your task here is to conduct an External Analysis/GECE using the material given to you -or

BOTH a GDPest and a 5-Forces analysis.

BE AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE -THINK OF ALL forces and their elements. Make sure to

define your industry first. Careful not to confuse rivals and substitutes. Remember to

FORGET totally about the company in the case after you decide on the industry.

MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIS.

MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE AN EXECUTIVE CONCLUSION: In GECE tell us how a random

company in this industry could make me or key success factors.

Your deliverable is a one page synthesis of your GECE analysis

You can think here that you are advising a government official on what is likely to happen in this industry in the future.

Remember that the big point of this exercise is to LOOK OUTSIDE into the future so you must examine in detail the external environment (or General Environment and Competitive Environments) in order to determine likely future developments in the industry and its fate.

How were these variables manipulated or measured?Critical analysis of the target article. Was the study conducted carefully? What were the problems or flaws with the study? What did the study do particularly well? Some things in particular to consider:What conditions of causality did your study meet? What conditions of causality didn’t it meet? Why?

literature review

This assignment will familiarize you with critically reading and interpreting primary scientific literature and conducting a literature review. The assignment will involve the completion of a 10-page (max) double spaced report where you will (a) find a target journal article,

(b) summarize the target journal article,

(c) critically analyze the target article, and (d) analyze your target article in the context of other literature. More detail on each of the steps follows.

You will start by finding a peer-reviewed article from one of the following journals published in 2015 or later: 1. Find a target quantitative journal article on a topic relevant to your major from one of the following journals related to management:

Administrative Science Quarterly

Academy of Management Journal

Journal of Applied Psychology – Our target journal is from here. – References:

Wang, H. , Lu, C. & Siu, O. (2015). Job Insecurity and Job Performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100 (4), 1249-1258. doi: 10.1037/a0038330.

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Personnel Psychology

You will then read the article carefully and summarize it in detail. You will then find at least ten other journal articles on the same broad topic. You will summarize the findings of the other articles in the context of your target article, and conclude with your own summary of the literature you reviewed in the relevant area.

2. Find ten additional journal articles directly related to your target journal article. These additional journal articles will help you to complete your literature review.

. The literature review will consist of the following components:

. Summary of your target journal article. Consider the following:

What is the specific problem or research question addressed?

What was the study design? Answer : correlational

What were the “headline” findings?

Who were the subjects? – We used 2-wave data (Study 1) from a sample of 140 Chinese employees and 3-wave data (Study 2) from a sample of 125 Chinese employees to test our hypotheses.

What were the independent and dependent variables?

How were these variables manipulated or measured?

Critical analysis of the target article. Was the study conducted carefully? What were the problems or flaws with the study? What did the study do particularly well? Some things in particular to consider:

Internal validity. What conditions of causality did your study meet? What conditions of causality didn’t it meet? Why?

External validity. Does the study general to other samples? Does it generalize to the “real world”? Does it offer any implications for practice?

Analysis of the target article’s findings in the context of other literature (i.e., your literature review). How do the results of the study in your target journal article compare with other studies? Some things you might want to consider:

Reliability and convergent evidence. Is your target study consistent with other findings (i.e., is the finding replicable)? Are there other studies with the same or similar independent and dependent variable relationships? Is the quality of evidence strong or not in the other studies? Is the result shown across multiple different study designs?

Are there any gaps in the knowledge? What don’t we know about the problem?

d. Summary and conclusion. Write a tentative conclusion based on your target article and your literature review. Is there strong evidence for the conclusions of your target article? Would you use this study to change your behavior or practice?

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