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Human Resources Strategic Planning and Measurement Task Force

In organizations today, the emphasis is on performance and the contribution of a function to the success of that organization. Senior managers demand evidence of effectiveness and efficiency. They need objective ways to measure achievement and strategically plan for the future. The heart of success at BANKS Industries is the HR department’s responsibility to guide managers in their ability to screen, hire, and retain quality employees.

As part of the BANKS management team, you have been assigned to a task force that is considering how the HR department should be strategically involved as the BANKS workforce becomes more diverse and experiences expansion, possibly into more countries. As part of a preliminary discussion, you have been asked to generate a report on the following issues:

What should be the basis of the HR department’s goals regarding their responsibilities to support management during the screening, hiring, and retention stages of employees?
How do these goals strategically align with success for BANKS?
How should the HR department interact with and implement these goals for management and employees?
How will you measure whether the HR department has been successful in achieving its goals? Based on your research, what assessments can be used to determine success?

Promotional Goals: Identify specific objectives related to the promotion of EDUS’s acquisition of the institution. In addition, identify specific objectives related to informing potential students of new capabilities and offerings resulting from the acquisition. (Promotional goals vary. Some organizations need to create awareness of their product’s benefits compared to competitors. Other promotional goals may involve communicating new uses for an item, or informing customers or lower prices.)

Business Environment: Identify cultural and legal factors that might influence promotional decisions – both in announcing the acquisition within the region and recruiting new students to the institution. (In some countries, certain information is required in television commercials selling products aimed at children.)

Media Plan: Analyze media availability to determine cost-efficient methods of communicating with potential students within the country and within the geographic region. (While television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet may be common in industrialized countries, developing economies may require other different media. In some countries, advertising messages are broadcast through large speakers mounted on moving trucks.)

Promotional Strategy: Compare the benefits of push-and-pull promotions for acquiring new students at the institution. Devise a promotional strategy that will help EDUS expand the student body and also inform potential students of increased capability of the institution resulting from this acquisition.

Economic, Cultural, and Political-Legal Environment: Investigate the economic, cultural, and political-legal environment that might affect promotional messages and media relevant to this acquisition.

Recommended Actions: Recommend EDUS actions related to promotional goals, needed adaptations due to cultural or legal factors, and a media plan. Provide evidence to support your recommendations.

Conclusions: Draw conclusions about the material you have presented. The opinions or judgments you present should be supported by your research.

Submit a PowerPoint presentation (approximately 10 slides) providing your analysis and research findings on the topics indicated. You are expected to include s

Staffing System Management Paper

Write an APA-formatted paper using no more than 1,050 words. In your paper, include answers to the following:

Define staffing system management and explain how it is applied in a SPECIFIC organization with which you are familiar.

What are the federal requirements the organization should consider when developing employment policies?

What are some of the legal issues the organizatio

In addition, there are many managerial tasks that shape corporate culture and the leadership skills needed to engage the full organization to produce great results. Examine the dynamics of the elements that must be brought together to create a corporate culture, such as core values and business principles, operating practices and behaviors, ethical standards and attitudes, and work climate and people management practices.

Considering the five tools of organizational design, managerial tasks and leadership skills, examine the practices followed by your selected organization and include the following in a 8–10 page APA formatted paper in MS Word:

Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.

Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.

Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.

Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.

Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.

Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.

Describe the ethical model being used by the company.

Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.

Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to c

Research Project

Provide a description of the company for Peapod.com – www.peapod.com using zipcode 60446
Explain the company’s purpose, mission, and structure.
Research information on the web and the Rasmussen Online Library to gain further insight into the company.
Describe the organization’s system in terms of inputs, processes, and outputs.
Describe how the company is organized, its people, and technology features; also, the importance of an MIS system to the company.
Your paper must be a minimum of 3 full pages long.
You will need to include a minimum of 2 credible sources for your research, with 1 being an academic source, such as a book or an academic scholarly journal.
Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. *Remember to use proper tone in your paper. You are speaking from a “consultant” point of view.

Question 1: (7-8 pages)You have been asked to write a report to the CEO of an international renown, highstreet fashion retailer in the UK. The CEO has acknowledged that they are facingfierce competition from the rival competitors and they are losing customer to theircompetitors. He has acknowledge that they have problems in certain areas and hasidentity 3 key areas (electronic marketing, relationship marketing, integratedmarketing communication) that he thinks need attention, discussion and elaborationon how they are link, the 3 key areas are outline below.

With reference to the reading you have done, prepare a report for the CEO, the task isto write a report discussing and elaboration on how each of the above concepts is link.Fundamentally, your report should analysis the main issues concern in each area andthen use examples where possible describe the major issue that you consider are ofimportant to marketing that crossover all 3 of the above fields.

Reflect on why these issues are of important to marketing theory and practice.Especially focusing on fashion industry.Use a formal report structure with side headings, reference and diagrams, figure isappropriate. Remember you do not need to phone list at he reference at the end. Justsight the references of these paper you have use to report.In the essay, must use electronic marketing (EM), relationship marketing (RM),Integrated marketing communication (IMC) to elaborate

The report format should have the introduction > executive summary > content >recommendation > summary > conclusion.

Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment

Current Epidemiological Studies: Critical Review

For your dropbox assignment, using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and select three current epidemiological studies regarding risk factors that are associated with any health problem. You can also use the following websites to search for studies as they are often used as the major sources of information for health research and often report on the most current health problems affecting the United States and global populations:

U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization

Based on your research, create a report in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document addressing the following questions:

What were the criteria that you used to select these papers? (For example, only English language, peer reviewed articles, only a specific age group, only United States studies, etc.)
What were the types of risk factors studied in your chosen articles? (For example, environmental, socio-economic, behavioral, etc.)
Which study design was used for this study? Why do you think the researchers chose this specific study design? Provide examples from your research.
What are the proximate or un

Assignment 2: The Mind/Body Problem

After completing the readings for this week, draft a 6–8-page paper. This assignment will be completed in three parts, so you may want to use section headers to organize your paper. Remember to explain the theories you reference with supporting citations to the textbook and online lectures before contrasting them, utilizing correct APA format. You may want to use examples to illustrate your understanding of key ideas in each theory. Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.

Address the following in your paper: Mind/Body Dualism: Compare/contrast Cartesian rationalism and at least one version of empiricism. You may draw upon your analysis of the Cartesian Method in this week’s discussion assignment. Remember to explain the key ideas associated with each theory. Be specific as to which version of empiricism is the focus of your analysis. (2–3 pages)
Responses to the Mind/Body Problem: Compare/contrast Kantian Idealism and Phenomenology and explain how each attempts to respond to/resolve the mind/body problem encountered both by empiricists and rationalists. (2–3 pages)
Evaluate and Respond: Once you have explained the relevant theories and the philosophical challenges of the mind/body dualism, present your own philosophical response to this epistemological problem. In your response, consider how/whether your own views are similar to the theories you discussed in parts one and two (2–3 pages.)

Cognitive and Behavioral Applications

Introduction

As you think about the essential components of cognitive and behavioral theories, what clients do you envision as best suited for these approaches? If you were a client in one of the videos you have explored thus far, how might you react to behavioral or cognitive interventions? On the other hand, if you were the counselor in one of the videos, how comfortable would you be employing a cognitive or behavioral approach?

In previous Application weeks, you have had the opportunity to observe humanistic, existential, and psychoanalytic theories in action. This week you increase your acumen in cognitive and behavioral theory (CBT) applications by watching media demonstrations of CBT counselors. Remember that all media pieces are 90–120 minutes in length. Be sure to select your media piece early in the week and plan your time accordingly.

Categorize Project Risk Management Processes by Project Life Cycle Phase

Using tools available in MS Office, graphically depict how the six Project Risk Management Processes identified in the PMBOK® Guide relate to the Initiating, Planning, Executing, and Closing project life cycle phases identified in the PMBOK® Guide. You may use a table or any other graphic approach. Ensure that you clearly associate each of the six Project Risk Management Processes with at least one of the project life cycle phases in your graphic depiction. Your graphic depiction must appear in the body of a Word document and you must submit only as single Word document file. In the Word document that you submit, which contains this graphic depiction, also includes 4-6 pages of text that summarize the life cycle phases, the Project Risk Management Processes, and the rationale for the approach you took to create graphic depiction.

Support your paper with a minimum of three (3) external resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-6 pages, including the graphic, but not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.