Discussion on HRM

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According to Edwin B. Flippo, Human resource management is the planning, organizing,  directing  and  controlling  of  the  procurement,  development,  resources  to the  end  that  individual  and  societal  objectives  are  accomplished.  This  definition reveals  that  human  resource  (HR)  management  is  that  aspect  of  management,  which deals with the planning, organizing, directing and controlling the personnel functions of the enterprise
Discuss.

Listening to Baroque Music

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Music Appreciation: Orchestra Suite No. 3 (Movement II: Gavotte) by Johann Sebastian Bach. This is the actual link to Orchestra Suite No. 3 below:

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What is the overall dynamic level (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff) of the piece? Does it ever change? How?

2. When? You can mention a timestamp (minutes/seconds) if that helps you.

3. What Italian term would you use to describe the tempo of the piece? Hint – You can use a metronome if you are not sure.

4. Do you think the timbre of this piece is bright or dark? Why?

5. What instruments do you hear? You may need to look back at the list of instruments in the Baroque orchestra or do some research about the sounds of these instruments to help you listen for them.

6. Do you think the texture is monophonic, homophonic, or polyphonic? Explain why you chose your answer.

Edward Jones Company Strategy/Initial Demand Forecast

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Part I: State your overall company strategy to support the business goal of your chosen business opportunity in technical terms such as pricing, differentiation, and responsiveness.
Part II: Provide an initial demand forecast for your product/service for the first six months of operation. Discuss the technical rationale for your forecasting method and why it is better than other methods of forecasting.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
    Clearly explain your companys strategy to support the business goal of your chosen business opportunity in technical terms such as pricing, differentiation, and responsiveness.
    Provide an initial demand forecast for your product/service for the first six months of operation.
    Discuss the technical rationale for your forecasting method and why it is better than other methods of forecasting.
Guidelines for Submission: This short paper should adhere to the following formatting requirements: It is submitted as a Word document, 1 to 2 pages (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. All APA citations should reference the course text and at least two additional resources.

Education.

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    Reaction papers are brief reflections (2-3 pages, single-spaced) on one or more of the assigned readings for that week.  Each paper must address the following three questions:

What is/are the historians research question(s)?
What sources did s/he use to investigate those questions?
What is the historians argument?

Comment also on why you found the argument either convincing or unconvincing. The reaction papers will help shape the class discussions on the dates they are due. If the paper is not ready to submit on the due date, you at least must be prepared to discuss a draft in class.

Some tips:

            Research Questions and Sources: No historian approaches a subject as vast and complex as the past without having at least some ideas about what she wants to know.  Otherwise, she would not know where to begin or what to look for.  Research questions about the past are often influenced by the present because historians write for their contemporaries.  In other words, research questions in history usually reflect contemporary values and concerns.  But historians may not always be able to learn what they want to know about the past.  This is because historians must rely largely on primary sources created not by themselves, but others.  Diaries and letters are a good example.  But so are newspapers, government documents, and institutional records.  In most cases historians can find answer only to those research questions for which there are existing sources.  But it is possible to create new sources; oral history interviews are the creation of a primary source.  In recent years historians have also learned to use a broader array of existing primary sources, such as images and artifacts (e.g., photographs, tools, architecture).
            Arguments: Good historians make arguments.  They marshal evidence to support one or more generalizations.  The success or failure of their work will depend on how well they do this, how well they turn their findings into an argument that their readers will find convincing.  Some historians make arguments that are quite explicit.  They state them up front and frequently revisit them.  Others are more subtle.  Their arguments must be inferred from the way in which these historians present their evidence.  Historical narratives are often like this.