Case Scenario
Gulf Port Ships, Inc. is a large shipbuilding company located in the Gulf Coast. One afternoon the firm made the decision to shut down operations due to an approaching hurricane and forecasted arrival of tropical storm force winds to the local area as early as Wednesday of that week. The decision was to shutdown beginning Wednesday AM. They were told that time lost would be excused with pay.
By Tuesday it was clear the hurricane would not hit until Thursday at the earliest. Nonetheless the shipyard decided to maintain the decision to shut down on Wednesday. Emergency hotline for the shipyard confirmed this information but also said that missed time for salaried personnel would be charged against each employee’s vacation bank. It was a liberal leave policy enacted.
Wednesday the message was updated to state that the shutdown would continue through first shift on Thursday with normal operations commencing on the second shift. The hurricane then hit the area on Thursday PM (during the second shift) leaving many roads littered with branches and debris.
Friday morning when all personnel reported for work (many were without power at home) they were informed that they had lost two days of vacation. Hourly personnel had the option of charging the two days off to vacation or taking time off without pay. Salaried personnel did not have a choice; they were required to charge the time to vacation. This action was in line with the company’s policy for complete shutdowns despite what some personnel were told prior to the shutdown.
Needless to say within a few days employees became very upset with the handling of this situation and based on the fact that they just lost two vacation days for no good reason. The company’s vacation policy states that salaried employees accrue vacation time based upon length of service. Employees with less than five years seniority receive one day per month, those with five to ten years experience earn one and one half days per month, and those with more than ten years earn two days per month. Employees have the right to carry over vacation time to the next year. The policy also states that, if the shipyard is shut down for any reasons, the time lost by salaried employees will be charged to each person’s vacation bank. Additionally, the policy states that in the event of a partial shutdown, salaried employees who report to work and are then sent home will be paid for any time missed and will not be required to charge lost time to their vacation funds. You will write a short paper in APA format addressing the following:
1. Imagine you are an HR consultant to the organization involved in this situation. The organization wants to be responsive and fair. How would you handle the staff who is now upset and what would you recommend to senior leaders?
2. Why is it important to have a policy outlining the organization’s procedures regarding time off?
3. Identify any laws, which regulate discrimination in the workplace or legal issues pertinent to the case.
4. Write a policy statement you would submit to the organization to be included in their employee handbook.
5. What are the risks and challenges the organization faces by implementing the policy you recommend?
6. Provide an example of ways in which it is effectively or ineffectively implemented. Elaborate upon and assess this situation.
7. There are many policies available online that are pertinent. If you use a policy from an online source or from your current organization, you must cite within the text and provide the reference.
8. Be certain to integrate the readings, personal experience, and research from the online library to support your opinions.
9. You must cite within the text and include multiple references.
Category: Human Relations
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW: FOUNDATIONAL AND WORLDVIEW ISSUES OF INTEGRATION ASSIGNMENT
OVERVIEW
You will write 2 Journal Article Reviews, which will be based upon your choice of articles fromthe professional, peer-reviewed journal articles provided in Canvas under the Journal Article Review Resources. No outside articles will be accepted. Each Journal Article Review must be
3–5+ double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages) and created in a Microsoft Word document. Use the following guidelines to create your paper:
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Start your paper with a title page, correctly formatted per current APA. Use the provided template and the basic current APA components will be in place. Divide your paper into sections with the following Level One headings: Summary, Reflection, and Application as described on the template.
2. Develop a summary of the main concepts from the article. Do not duplicate the article’s abstract. If the article describes a research study, include brief statements about the hypotheses, methods, results, discussion, and implications. If any test measures or statistical
methods used are given in the article, do not provide detailed descriptions of these. Short direct quotations from the article are acceptable but avoid long quotes in a paper this size.
This section is the foundation of your Journal Article Review (at least a third of your paper). Make sure you include the core points from the article, even if it means a longer section. Do not reference any additional articles in your summary.
3. In approximately 1+ page, reflect on the article using your own words. Appropriate comments for this part of the paper could include, but are not limited to, your initial response to the article, comments regarding the study’s design or methodology (if any), insights you gained from reading the article, your reasons for being interested in this particular article, any
other readings that you may plan to do based upon having read the article, and other thoughts you have that might further enhance the discussion of your article. Your subjective comments in this section must be clearly tied to main points from the article, not peripheral ideas.
Again, do not reference any other article.
4. In your final section, in approximately 1+ page(s), write how you would apply the information you have learned from this article to a particular counseling setting. Make this setting one that would typically be seen in human services counseling—community services agencies, adoption agencies, volunteer counseling settings such as in churches, etc. Develop this section as if you are a pastor or clinician and your parishioner or client has come to you with a problem—grief, depression, substance abuse, relationships problems, etc.— needing your help. Adequately describe the counseling scenario including the presenting problem. Draw out concepts from the article and apply them to the scenario as if you were guided only by the content of the article. Show the reader how you expressly drew from the journal article
in this application section and cite correctly, per APA.
This assignment incudes an APA template for the current APA version. You simply need to put your information into the various areas (running head, title, etc.) and the template itself instructs you how to add your information and delete the instruction comment balloons. Using the APA template with put you on a track of getting the “basics” of APA correct.
Journal Article Review Resources
1. Use of Prayer and Scripture in Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyLinks to an external site.
2. Intervention Studies on Forgiveness: A Meta-AnalysisLinks to an external site.
3. Interventions that Apply Scripture in Psychotherapy
4. Self-Forgiveness: The Stepchild of Forgiveness ResearchLinks to an external site.
5. Developing a Spiritual Assessment Toolbox: A Discussion of the Strengths and Limitations of Five Different Assessment MethodsLinks to an external site.
6. The Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress for Women After Spousal Emotional AbuseLinks to an external site.
7. The Other Mindful Practice: Centering Prayer & Psychotherapy
8. Integrative Perspectives on Human Flourishing: The Imago Dei and Positive Psychology
9. Spiritual Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs and Psychological Health
10. A Holistic Psychology of Persons: Implications for Theory and Practice
erapyLinks to an external site.
Examples of SWOT
Complete this assignment by reviewing some examples of SWOT. Recall that a SWOT analysis includes an internal evaluation of an organization’s strengths (S) and weaknesses (W) and an external evaluation of opportunities (O) and threats (T) in its operating environment.
Strengths – What does the organization do well? What resources does it have? What do other organizations see as this organization’s strengths?
Weaknesses – What could the organization improve? What resources does it need? What do other organizations see as this organization’s weaknesses?
Opportunities – What opportunities exist for this organization? How could it turn its strengths into opportunities? What trends could it leverage?
Threats – What threats could harm this organization? How could its weaknesses expose it to threats? What do other organizations do that could harm this organization?
To better understand SWOT analysis, review some internal and external factors that we might consider in the bulleted list below and complete this assignment.
Examples of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Strengths and Weaknesses
Opportunities and Threats
Product attributes
Service attributes and processes
Quality aspects
Company processes
Management skills and capability
Marketing and sales
Market share and territory
Core competence
Manufacturing capability
Information technology
Intellectual property
Technology capability
Financial aspects
Any of the examples listed in the Strengths and Weaknesses column
Developing a market
Mergers, joint ventures, or strategic alliances
A new international market
New markets
Economic trends
Alliances
Assignment Instructions
Now that you know more about strategic training and development put your knowledge to use by conducting a SWOT analysis of a top training company. Start by learning about one of Training Magazine’sLinks to an external site. most recent inductees. Then, later in the module, you will develop a strategic training plan for this company based on the information you collect through this assignment.
Step 1: Learn About McCarthy Building Systems T&D Strategy
Every year Training MagazineLinks to an external site. awards its Top 125 Companies for Training. In this video, leaders from two of the list’s frequent mentions explain why McCarthy Building SystemsLinks to an external site. was inducted into the magazine’s Top Ten Hall of Fame. Please note McCarthy’s business strategy, training and development initiatives and activities, and the metrics it uses to show the value of training.
McCarthy Building Companies. (2016, Mar. 7). McCarthy Inducted into Training Top 10 Hall of Fame. [Video File]. Retrieved from YouTube.
Step 2: Choose a Top 10 Company
In February 2020, Training MagazineLinks to an external site. identified its annual Top 125 Companies for Training. Please choose one of the companies in the Top 10 list below to research for this assignment.
Dollar General Corporation, LLC
MasTec Utility Services
Best Buy
BNSF Railway Company
United Shore
Birmingham Water Works Board
Sonic Automotive
Rosendin
C&A Industries Incorporated
Nationwide
Step 3: Research the Company
Learn more about the company, including its business strategy, organizational culture, leadership, and training and development system. You can collect this information by referring to the company’s website, using Maryville University Library’s online databasesLinks to an external site. and internet search engines, and exploring publications like HR MagazineLinks to an external site., Workforce MagazineLinks to an external site., and T + D MagazineLinks to an external site..
Step 4: Research the Company’s Industry
After you research the internal features of the company, learn more about its industry, including its past, present, and projected future. You can use any of the resources mentioned in Step 2 or any of those listed below.
Statista’s Industry OverviewLinks to an external site.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Data by IndustriesLinks to an external site.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Industries at a GlanceLinks to an external site.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment ProjectionsLinks to an external site.
U.S. Census Bureau’s Industry and Occupation DataLinks to an external site.
Valuation Resources’ Industry Information ResourcesLinks to an external site.
Step 5: Post Your Response
Using your knowledge of strategic training and development and your research about one of the organizations listed above, conduct a simple SWOT analysis by answering Parts A-E below.
Part A: Describe the company’s business strategy and its organizational culture. Does the company have a concentration, internal growth, external growth, or disinvestment strategy, for example?
Part B: Describe the training needs created by the company’s business strategy. Explain how the company’s training and development strategy attempted to address these training needs.
Part C: Conduct a SWOT analysis of the company’s training and development system. List three strengths, three weaknesses, three opportunities, and three threats in the table below, and then explain each one in paragraph form. Remember to consider both the internal and external forces that might affect training and development at this organization.
SWOT Analysis Table
Strengths
Weaknesses
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
Opportunities
Threats
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
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Part D: What specific strategies could be used at this company to proactively address the company’s weaknesses and threats and the internal and external factors that influence the development, implementation, and evaluation of training? Identify and describe at least two strategies.
Part E: What specific strategies could be used at this company to continue shaping an organizational culture that values learning? Identify at least two strategies. What are the pros and cons of each of these strategies? What considerations do we need to make when implementing each of these strategies?
Phase III (3/20/2023 @11:59PM)
Write and Submit Final Paper based upon Outline. Write a 5-7 page paper on the topic selected below.
Additional Items that should be included in your paper:
Provide an introduction to your topic which includes why this is an important topic, i.e. statistics, history, background, and overview of the topic.
How does this topic apply to today’s organizations?
Identify various strategies available using your topic
What challenges or barriers may happen?
What are the potential effects of this selected structure on employee behavior?
Explain how your topic applies to human resources
Apply your topic to an actual real event in a corporate organization
Discuss any training and development that is required in order for your chosen topic to be effective?
Basic Requirements of Research Project
The topic must relate to a topic covered in the course.
The final research paper will be a 5-7 page paper (not including the reference page) and includes a:You must use at least 8-10 peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias do not count resources. Consult Key Tools of Writing and Research to learn how to effectively use Wikipedia.
Title page (includes Title of paper, Name, Course name, CRN, and Name of Instructor
Abstract or Introduction page (150-250-word summary of paper)
Reference page.
Paper must be written according to American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)Use Turnitin to check for Plagiarism. Keep plagiarism below 10%.
Paper must be written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double spaced.
Page numbers should be in the upper right-hand corner of the paper.
Margins: 1” top, bottom, left, and right.
Use heading in your paper – See Chapters 1 and 3 of Key Tools of Writing
Cover Page:
Recommendation:
Finally, please review Chapter 10, page 155 of Key Tools of Writing and Research, there are step by step instructions for writing a research paper. Additionally, you can download those instructions from the Key Tools of Writing website under Handouts.
Read the case study: “Recruiting at Kia PDF” and answer the questions in essay format. Be sure to follow APA guidelines and write your paper in the proper format, not as question and answer.Read the case study: “Recruiting at Kia PDF” and answer the questions in essay format. Be sure to follow APA guidelines and write your paper in the proper format, not as question and answer.
Instructions
Using the text book and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (www.CCOHS.ca), develop control strategies for the following situations with physical, chemical and biological agents:
Operating a very loud and noisy machine
Working in a hot and humid environment
Operating a power tool with excess vibration
Technician working around the radiation of an x-ray machine
Cleaning metal parts with a highly corrosive acid
Working on an assembly line in a raw chicken processing plant
Your interventions should include a control measure at each of the three stages of the source-path-worker model for each of the above hazardous situations.
For this Assignment, the student will review the information in Chapter 3 of the class textbook. Read through the information study and provide the answers to three (3) questions listed below. Support your answers with actual facts from your textbook, federal government documents and/or public administration academic journals (not fake news from political news media).
What are the pros & cons of job postings?
What are three factors to consider in recruiting for diversity?
What are the pros & cons of internet recruiting?
The paper should be at least 3 pages in length (one page per question), using font size 12, 1 inch boarders. The cover page and reference page do not count. Proper APA writing procedures should be used.
Must use book Berman, Evan M., Bowman, James S., West, J.P., & Van Wart, M.. Human Resource
Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Process, and Problems, 6th Edition. Sage Publications.
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While the media and certain NGOs (non-governmental organizations) focus on sex trafficking, labor trafficking is nearly as prevalent, or even more so, as sex trafficking. Why do you think this is the case? Have you noticed in your neighborhood situations in which you felt there may be a presence of human trafficking (be it labor or sex)?
Discussion 4
Guidelines:
Students will be required to post one (1) original response and one (1) supplemental response based on another student’s post. Students are expected to post high quality messages (e.g., well-written, addressing multiple perspectives, citing sources, etc.) that are related to the discussion topic. Posting additional questions or responding to multiple discussion questions is encouraged but will not be graded.
1. Each discussion should be 300 words or more for the Original post and 200 words or more for the Supplemental post. Just “I agree” or “I disagree” or “it is a good point” etc. are not acceptable discussion posts. Students must analyze and critically discuss the topic of the discussion. Points will be deducted for word count.
2. Each discussion must discuss an original issue from the reading and should respond to another post. Copying and Pasting will be reported and Turnitin will be used to analyze the originality of your work. Using your own work and pasting it to a new post is also not acceptable.
3. Each weekly discussion is worth TWO (2) points.
4. In order to get two full points, the discussion should be submitted on or before the deadline, must be at least 300 and 200 words (respectively), and must be related to important concepts discussed in weekly readings, and post one (1) original response and one (1) supplemental response based on another student’ s post.
Each post will be given up to one (1) full point depending on the grade it is given. For example, a full TWO points will be rewarded if the original response receives a score of Excellent (1 point) and if the supplemental response receives a score of Excellent (1 point) as well. Note that though students may respond several times to other classmates, only one response post will be accepted.
Discussion Prompt:
Pick any concept from your readings (PowerPoint or text) or discuss the following concept and discuss.
Follow the link below and answer the following question:
Article:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2013-12-01-ct-met-labor-trafficking-20131201-story.html
The goal of this assignment is to create a concept map that allows you to explain a theory with conceptual clarity. Your map should allow a reader to grasp the key points of the theory and the relationships between the concepts of the theory. Your experience in creating the map should lead to you developing a deeper and more thorough understanding of the theory. Steps 1-5 below will guide you to plan and layout your map. In Step 6, you will choose a platform to represent your map.
To develop the Concept Map:
1. Select one theory of human development that has been covered so far in this course (e.g., psychoanalytic, psychosocial, attachment, learning theory, social learning theory, constructivist theory). Base your knowledge of this theory on the reading and lecture material studied in class (and not from searches on the internet). Be sure to include a title for your concept map that includes the name of the theory you have chosen.
2. Include all the key concepts described in the theory. You may include core concepts, stages, and methods of studying development with this theory.
3. Include relevant sub-concepts for your theory. For example, in psychoanalytic theory, the concept of stages will have several subgroups (e.g., oral, anal). The concept of attachment will have several types (e.g. secure, insecure ambivalent). In learning theory, the concept of reinforcement will have several types (e.g. positive, negative).
4. Each concept and sub-concept will need a brief explanation in your own words. This project will demonstrate your understanding of the theory’s concepts. For example, if you list types of attachment, give a brief explanation of secure attachment, insecure avoidant, and so on – in your own words.
5. Use labeled arrows to demonstrate the relationship between concepts (and sub-concepts) to show how they are connected. Provide text along with your arrows to show, for example, that one concept leads to, results in, utilizes, creates, illustrates, or includes another concept.
6. Organize the concepts and sub concepts. Your map should not simply look like a group of concepts. All concepts should be related; there should be no lonely concepts floating unanchored on your map. Be creative with the use of colors, fonts, shapes, and borders to help explain how the concepts are related. Your map should be easy to read (not a complex maze of arrows). A person should be able to describe the key concepts of the theory from your map.
Create your concept map using software tools you prefer (e.g., PowerPoint, Canva, Presi). Be sure you will be able to download a PDF or submittable version (i.e., Microsoft office) of your concept map before using an online software tool. Use the following link to see how to create concept maps in PowerPoint: https://slidesgo.com/slidesgo-school/powerpoint-tutorials/how-to-make-a-concept-map-in-powerpoint