Consider what you learned about how COVID-19 shutdowns affected air quality. What can these events teach us about efforts to control global climate change? What do you think are fair and realistic expectations of the world’s more-developed and less-developed countries in this effort?
Imagine a vendor responded to your request for a HRIS proposal. What are the indirect/direct costs and benefits of the HRIS? What is the cost of implementation (include dollar estimates)? Does the cost justify the HRIS investment? Explain.
Based on the readings and video this week, discuss how viral or other illnesses (excluding COVID-19) impact your local community and what is done to mitigate the illnesses and impacts.
Think about the improvements you would make to your current or previous organization’s human resource information systems (HRIS). Review the systems development life cycle (SDLC). Explain the system needs and provide a few details on what you would do during each phase of the SDLC.
In the event of a viral outbreak in a U.S. state, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, do you think it would be appropriate for the state government to use quarantine or isolation to control the outbreak? Under what conditions would it be appropriate? Explain your rationale. In general, discuss whether you think federal, state, and … Read more
Week 2 Discussion – Ethical Issues in Business Analyze one human resource ethical issue that you believe is prominent in today’s organizations. Suggest two approaches that organizations could take in order to resolve this issue and provide a rationale for your response. Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Decision making is the process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action. While we want to make rational decisions, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes, we make non-rational decisions. There are four steps in rational decision making: Recognize and define the problem or opportunity. In business, the problem can come in the form of customer … Read more
We have all worked in a group or team at some point in our careers. A team is brought together to achieve a common goal. The team needs to have members who have complementary skills and who are committed to a common purpose to achieve performance goals. However, teams don’t move immediately toward performing, … Read more
1.Imagine that Alice has been employed as a hospital admitting representative for six years. She has consistently received good performance evaluations. However, over the course of the past three months, her manager has received complaints from patients that she has been rude and unprofessional. Her manager has told HR that she should be fired immediately. What would … Read more
When is conflict healthy for a team? Identify instances when conflict or interpersonal differences might produce positive outcomes in teams. Describe instances when a team or an organization suffered when there was too little conflict in the team. You can use your own experience or research to answer this question.