Human Resources
Using available resources and the Internet, describe at least five ways IT has helped change HR.
What are the major differences between today’s HR departments and previous personnel departments because of IT/IS interaction?
What are the disadvantages to moving to a HRIS?
1. You have just been hired as the safety manager for a demolition project, and have been asked to develop a plan and do an engineering survey. You do not have an engineering degree, but have over twenty years of experience with demolition projects. Why are you, or why are you not, qualified and considered a competent person under the OSHA Standard?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
2. Your company is building a new medical office building using the lift slab process. Describe four key elements of this process and the safety significance of the professional engineering.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
3.You are a safety manager for a civil contractor building new sewer lines for the city. Your company must excavate a trench 6′ deep and 12′ wide and install the concrete sewer pipe. What would be your first step in providing a safe work area? What would be the mechanics of a cave-in? What action would be necessary to prevent a cave-in?
Your response must be at least 500 words in length.
4.The OSHA Standard for Crane Operator Certification has recently been extended, including employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane. Describe the key elements of the standard which determine a crane operator is competent. Also, include your own thoughts regarding operator testing.
The essence of presentation is making yourself known, along with your ideas. There are at least two reasons to begin the planning of any presentation with a consideration of yourself. The first is that your knowledge of yourself and what you are thinking about provides a solid foundation for elaborating on your ideas and your topics. The second is that your constant self-assessment means that you can define and communicate your own feelings and beliefs about a topic from a deeper level of metacognition, or self-knowledge, and can therefore think more critically and objectively about your topic.
Before building a presentation, consider the types of things that you have done and the types of things that are important to you. These things will be woven into every presentation you give, whether formal or informal, large or small, and regardless of the topic. Here, you will think about yourself as a primary topic and reflect upon your own academic and professional goals. This approach to preparation will influence the ways in which you present in the future.
Part A
In paragraph form, answer the following questions that may affect how you think about presentations, your topics, and your audience:
What is your “story”? How would you summarize your life’s experiences?
How have those experiences, overall, shaped you as a professional? How have they shaped you as a university student?
What have you learned from your previous experiences in making formal or informal presentations to others?
Part Two: Final Project Week 3: Investing and Financing Activities; Interim Presentation of Findings
Examine the statement of cash flows for the companies you selected in Week 1 for the most recent year. Address the following concerns:
What are the two largest investing activities and financing activities for each firm?
Compare and contrast the investing and financing activities of the two companies.
Evaluate the investing and financing strategies of the two firms? Provide a rationale for your opinion as to the effectiveness of each of the strategies.
Required:
Address the above-noted questions.
Prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of 5-10 slides that summarizes your findings for the two companies for Weeks 1 to 3 of the Final Project.
In 800 to 1200 words
Describe a major theme of the movie you have selected using evidence from the movie itself as well as course resources and other scholarly sources to support your position.
Identify at least three techniques (cinematography, lighting, acting style, or direction) and/or design elements (set design, costuming, or hair and makeup), and explain how these techniques and/or design elements contribute to the establishment of the theme. Reference particular scenes or sequences in your explanations.
State your opinion regarding the mise en scène, including
How the elements work together.
How congruent the design elements are with the theme of the movie.
Whether or not other techniques would be as effective (Explain your reasoning).
Write a 350- to 700-word essay that includes an in-depth introduction and conclusion and the following:
•Summarize your background and what makes you unique (your competitive advantage/differentiation) in a one-paragraph elevator pitch.
My background- I am very detailed oriented, I am very competitive. I have worked with numbers and spreadsheets since high school.
•Identify three to four companies for whom you want to work (your target market and how you can fulfill its needs/wants), and how you think your skill set will benefit them
1.Explain the steps for conducting an accident investigation. What are the terms that should guide an accident investigation? What are some important things to remember while conducting an accident investigation?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
2.Explain the elements of the OSHA guidelines regarding workplace violence that can be adapted for use in construction companies. Choose a few of the elements and explain them in detail. Provide examples of using them at a construction worksite.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
3.Explain the differences between an accident and an incident. Give a real example of each that you might find on a construction worksite. How are they similar?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
4.How is the employer liable for workplace violence? Define the exclusivity provision, and analyze how this provision helps protect the employer from civil lawsuits that are associated with workplace violence.
The primary function of the job description paper is to increase understanding of your current, or a prospective, position. The following areas of the job description should be considered:
Tasks,
Tools and Technology,
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities,
Educational Requirements.
Submit a paper in which you describe each of the above mentioned areas of the job description from the vantage point of your chosen position. Provide two or more ways that you would advertise or recruit someone for that position (see chapter 4 of the textbook). In addition, include a description of at least two methods of assessment used when recruiting qualified candidates and why these two assessment methods would be most appropriate.
Define and explain the educational trend you chose as it currently exists. Include the demographic or target groups that are impacted by this trend, and to what extent diversity is addressed or is not addressed in this trend.
Predict what you foresee happening in the next 5, 10, or 20 years with this educational trend. Will diversity and diversity consciousness be important to the group of people involved in this educational trend?
Describe at least two challenges for addressing diversity in the context of this educational trend.
Write a paper describing how effective performance appraisals can increase employee performance. This paper should include sections on the strategic advantages of performance appraisals, potential forms of bias within the appraisal system, as well as how performance appraisals can contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives. The paper should be 2-3 pages in length.
Writing the Performance Appraisal Assignment:
The paper should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the cover page and reference page, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.
Must include a cover page that includes:
Name of paper
Student’s name
Course number and name
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
Must use APA style as outlined in your approved style guide to document all sources.
Must include, on the final page, a Reference List that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide and has at least one reference in addition to the text.