Imagine you are the HR manager of a health care organization with 250 employees. You have been asked, as the HR manager, to determine skills required for the new IT system that will be implemented in the purchasing department. The new system will impact all nonsupervisory employees. Implementation of the new system has an … Read more
Imagine you are the new training manager for a financial services organization with 500 employees. As the new training manager, your goal is to calibrate training to be closely aligned with business strategies, core values, culture, ethical practices, and the future direction of the organization. The HR director has requested that you prepare a … Read more
Discuss how HR development works in an organization. How can you link HR strategies with training in an organization? What, according to you, are the challenges HRD (human resources development) faces today.
During this week and the previous week, you learned the labor laws that address employee discrimination in organizations. Here is a scenario where you must apply the required labor laws to address the situation. Imagine you continuing your first year as a human resource specialist at Sugar Estates estate planning firm. As a first-year human resource … Read more
Sugar Estates is a national estate planning firm with 2,500 employees in eight states. The firm is keen in eliminating any known type of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of age, sex, and disabilities, to name a few. For this, the firm has asked you to prepare a presentation for the purpose of … Read more
Management liked your team’s presentation about expanding the organization to your recommended country and would like to learn more about identified issues with that country. Using your resources and recommendation from Week 3, identify 3 human resource considerations with your selected country (Germany), such as labor laws and safety. Provide a recommendation for dealing … Read more
Review the recommended sources in addition to your own research. Compile a strategy recommendation to the HR Director to be used for company-wide decisions. Include the following information in your report: An executive summary of the HR strategy project An analysis of current strategies and issues Identify the type of strategy Southwest Airlines is … Read more
You work for an organization that has an old policy prohibiting the use of temporary agencies for staffing because of a previous bad experience. Now, a department manager emails asking to use a temporary staffing agency to hire into hard-to-fill positions and save time in recruiting. Because it is an old policy, you are willing … Read more
After viewing the Week 3 Live Chats and the assigned readings (text and unit resources) on talent management, performance management, and performance appraisal, addresses the following within large organizations and the organization that you chose: Discuss the importance of talent management, including several challenges associated with talent management. What are 3 career issues that organizations … Read more
Review and reflect on the various components of training in human resources. Based on your review, reflection, and the materials presented this week in the course, answer the following questions: In your opinion, why it is important for organizations to use a strategic approach to training employees? How might training needs vary for employees who … Read more