Compare and contrast traditional and strategic HR. In what types of organizations might traditional HR still be appropriate?
What are the main barriers that prevent an organization from taking a more strategic approach to HR? Why do they exist, and how can they be overcome?
What is the role of HR in your current organization? What could it be? What should it be? Why does HR assume the role that it does?
Consider the Following Scenario: Leadership has selected you to develop a Q & A Reference Sheet for a human resources department retreat focused on the role of human resources in change management.
Create a Q & A Reference Sheet that includes questions and answers that cover the following bullets in a 2-3-page document.
Identify a recent change in your organization or in an organization with which you are familiar.
Briefly describe the role of human resources in the implementation of the change.
Explain one change management strategy that was used (or could have been used) and your rationale for why it is important.
Explain the HR responsibility for communication and employee support in the change management process.
Your Assignment must include 3 references to support your thinking.
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATIONS
Evaluate the current state of the climate.
Assess how the organization’s structure impacts the climate. Consider comparing the organizational structures, and discuss how each structure supports the mission, vision, and values.
Recommend strategies to lead a healthy organizational climate during the transition.
Justify your strategies by explaining how these changes will support the organization’s mission, vision, and values and impact performance.
From a managerial perspective, describe the additional resources you will need to maintain a healthy organizational climate during the transition. Address the following to inform your response:
What is the role of functional systems (HR, finance, etc.) in supporting an organization’s mission, vision, and values?
What key skills should employees demonstrate to support the mission and vision during the restructuring of the organization?
Moduel 4
What role(s) can discretionary benefits play in an organization’s HR function and why?
What should an employer take into account when designing a discretionary benefits program and why?
HR report
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the business environment within which personnel professionals work and analyse how the management of resourcing an organisation is influenced by internal and external factors.
Fresh Price Accounting Inc
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Final Project Prompt
Fresh Price Accounting, Inc., is a well-known accounting firm that provides exceptional services to businesses and individuals but is notorious for being a difficult place to work.
Employee turnover is at an all-time high and the company recently had a lawsuit filed against them for mismanagement of employees.
To improve, they’ve reached out to you, an HR consultant, to help them identify ways they can change their management of human resources.
To learn more about the problems occurring, you’ve done some research by interviewing the employees that work at Fresh Price Accounting, Inc., and have discovered the following complaints made within the last calendar year:
More than 68% of current employees stated that there is little motivation to work harder than what is expected of them.
87% of employees identified in a questionnaire that they felt they couldn’t take extended leave to care for an illness or the illness of a family member for fear they would lose their jobs.
4 employees were fired shortly after incurring a disability or announcing a pregnancy.
91% of the company is comprised of white males. Individuals that represent a different race, gender, speak a different language, or are not originally from the United States felt ‘unwelcomed’ and ‘misunderstood’.
62% of current employees that left the company in less than 6 months cited that they felt inadequately trained for the position they were hired for.
As their HR consultant, you’ve been asked to relay the findings of your research in a brief report.
The company’s executives want the report to identify the main issues experienced by the company and provide suggestions for how to make improvements.
Make sure to provide rationale and examples from sources to support your findings and recommendations.
The report should be 1500 to 2000 words in length and well-researched (at least 4 sources), as it will serve as an overview of both the current human resource management practices as well as your proposed improvements.
Your sources should be cited using APA format. If you’re unsure about how to use APA format to cite your sources, see the following lessons:
What is APA Format? Definition & Style
How To Format APA Citations
Scenario: You are the HR consultant to a small business employing about 40 people. Currently the business offers only 5 days of vacation, 5 paid holidays, and legally mandated benefits such as unemployment insurance payments.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word consultation report on compensation and benefits, including the following:
Discuss with the business three job evaluation methods utilized to determine compensation strategy. Include advantages and disadvantages of each method.
Recommend to the business one job evaluation method to determine compensation strategy. Include your rationale for the recommendation.
Recommend a minimum of seven benefits the business should offer. Include your rationale for the recommendations.
Explain what signs the company might look for to know if employees are engaged.
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look at company’s present “Operational Strategy” (careers, jobs available, market goals, recent acquisitions and of course it’s HR Link) and summarize results.
Discuss the importance of ethics in business. How can your role as an HR manager within an organisation have an ethical impact? Use case studies to illustrate your argument.
Careers in Food and Beverage
• Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging, and food & beverage).
• Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two industries.
• Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next 10 years.
• Recommend at least three human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
• Use the Basic Search: Library to find at least three academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites are not considered quality references.
This course requires the use of Writing Standards. For assistance and information, refer to the Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
• Describe management careers, employment outlook, and HR staffing practices of the lodging and food and beverage industries.
