Human Resource Management Role applied to Chick Fila (based on 8 chapters of notes uploaded)

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Your first paper must include separate sections addressing what you have learned through the first eight chapters. You should structure your paper into sections for each chapter covered.

The papers require research from course materials and at least five (5) independent SCHOLARLY*** sources that you find separate from course materials.
Be certain that your findings are reputable sources.

After exploring the role of Human Resource Management and its various requirements, it’s now time to demonstrate that you can apply these concepts in your own chosen industry or career path! Specifically, consider what you have learned over this first eight chapters and write an essay that explores in detail:

. How strategic planning and HR planning work together in your industry or career path

. Steps that managers in your industry or career path should take to ensure alignment  with EEO requirements and best practices

. Your recommended approach for conducting a job analysis of a common job in your industry or career path

. Any specific implications for job design in your industry or career path

. Typical approaches to recruiting applicants for common jobs in your industry or career path

. Common selection processes in your industry or career path, including interview methods, selection tests, etc.

. Descriptions of new-hire training, onboarding, and ongoing development processes in your industry or career path

. Effective methods for performance appraisal, coaching, and feedback to employees for jobs in your industry or career path

This assignment should summarize your key learnings in class and how they are relevant in your industry or career path. Written assignments require application of content from the PowerPoints and notes provided in the course, as well as your own independent research (especially around industry-specific aspects of the assignment).

You must use APA-formatted in-text citations and References to indicate the source of any ideas you apply from other authors. You are encouraged to summarize and paraphrase whenever possible rather than directly quoting, as your instructor is much more interested in what you now know and understand than in what you can quote from your research. (However, citations and References are still required, even if you’re not directly quoting.)

Material Covered in Class:

Chapter 1: Organizational Challenges and HRM (human resource management) 

Identify a company or industry that you would like to do a research paper on: Chick Fila.

We will research and apply the HRM concepts we learn in this class to that organization or industry.

What current challenges (technological, biological, natural, competitive, political, internal) are impacting the performance of your chosen organization or industry?

How does the function of management and human resources help solve these issues?

What skill set is needed to be an effective HR manager?

Chapter 2: Strategy and HR 

You should have identified a company or industry you are going to use as your organizational HRM research assignment.  Remember youll use this company or industry throughout the term.

IN CLASS:

Research your company or industrys:

Mission, vision and values
People, culture, and work climate
Articles, videos, news stories, documents, job descriptions, employee handbooks, online employee reviews, etc that describe the organizations strategy and work environment.
Customers, competitors, suppliers and rivals
What Human Capital do they need to perform at a high level?
Have they implemented the following corporate strategy?
Growth and diversification
Mergers and Acquisitions
Strategic alliances and joint ventures
Downsizing
Has the organization had to lay off or hire more people? Why?
What job responsibilities are employees responsible for? (find at least 3)
Conduct a SWOT analysis on the organization. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)
Chapter 3: EEO and HR

Research at least 2 different employment law violations that have occurred in your company or industry.

What were the accusations and consequences resulting from these violations?
What specific laws were violated?
How were the case/s settled?
Is there an example of BFOQ in your company or industry?
What other information did you find interesting?

Chapter 4: Job analysis

Research at least 3 different and unique job descriptions for your organization or industry.

What job requirements are needed?
How would a candidate apply for the job?
What is the job title
Is there a drug policy statement?
What level of education is needed?
What special knowledge, skills and abilities are required?
Do you see an EEO statement in the job description?
Is there a BFOQ

Make sure to include the material covered in class!!!
(The class notes as well as the PowerPoints attached) (simply cite “PowerPoint presentation” for that) 

The intention of this paper is to summarize and paraphrase whenever possible rather than directly quoting, as your instructor is much more interested in what you now know and understand than in what you can quote from your research. (However, citations and References are still required, even if you’re not directly quoting.)

PS> Chick Filas official website contains many useful information for this paper.

how to actually be happier in life and in the workplace.

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Please divide the paper into two. In the first page, write about how you can be happier in your life. Then, in the second page, write about how you can be happier in your work life. Please separate these two parts under two main headings such as HOW I CAN BE HAPPIER IN MY OWN LIFE, and HOW I CAN BE HAPPIER AT MY WORK LIFE.
Please make sure that the content of your paper is rich as in it includes different ideas on how you can, in practice, live a more joyful life and have a more joyful experience at work (regardless of what you do for a living). Please also make sure that your paper is practice-oriented in that you provide practical ideas for yourself on how to live a more blissful life and have a more blissful experience at work, and  ideas that you present are very relevant to your present and/or future life and how you are planning to keep enhancing your joy and happiness in life and at work.
Make sure to include a reference list at the end of your paper where you list the sources that you relied on, ideally, using the APA format.
The page limit excludes the references.
Please use Times New Roman, 12-font, and 1.5 line spacing

Sleep journal

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The meaning, origin, and analysis of dreams have fascinated psychologists since the inception of the field of psychology. Sigmund Freud, often referred to as the father of psychology, focused a great deal of his theoretical energy on trying to understand and interpret dreams.

Contemporary psychologists are beginning to recognize the interconnectivity of human physiology and psychology in a way not previously understood. This is in part because of new interest in holistic health and in part because of brain/body connections we are now able to see and understand for the first time due to enhanced technology. Yoga, mindfulness, healthy eating, meditation, holistic health all of these practices are gaining more traction in mainstream society and among psychological circles as we recognize how the mind and body work together. In light of this growing area of interest in psychology, for this assignment you will maintain a sleep/dream journal during weeks 3 and 4, and complete an analysis and reflection on your experience in a summary reflection paper in week 5.

Specifically, for this assignment you will:

Keep a sleep/dream journal for at least 10 days throughout Weeks 3 and 4. In your journal make note of:
any dreams you had
any initial thoughts about the dream events of the day that may relate, etc.
your general sleep schedule (if you have a tracker such as fitbit, include data on your sleep patterns as well wakefulness, restlessness, times asleep/awake per night, total sleep, etc.)
your general eating habits by day
your general exercise habits by day
anything else of note in your psychological or physical health (stress, excitement, changes, etc.)
You may use any format you wish to record the data (notepad, computer, hardcopy spreadsheet, etc.).
Complete a 3-4 page reflection (not counting title or reference pages) in which you analyze the results of your sleep/dream journal. Consider how your psychological and physical health interacted. What patterns did you see? Discuss the impact that various factors such as fatigue, diet, stress and exercise had on your dreams and sleep patterns. Explain how this insight may impact your behaviors in the future to lead to better psychological and physical health.
Utilize at least 2 academic resources (your course readings can comprise one of the sources) to support your analysis and discussion.
Assignment Deadline: 11:55pm Eastern Time Sunday at the end of Week 5 of the course term. Submission should include:

Title page in APA format
Reflection minimum 3 pages, double spaced
Reference page in APA format
If desired (this is optional), a copy of the original data/journal

Discuss the four types of process strategies and give an example of each. Also, please share any personal industry experiences (if any) with each process strategy.

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Read The discussion Below and reply back to you’re class mates post. Only substantive replies count. 
Reply To the Class Mates Below.

1. One of the most important factors a company will focus on in order to remain competitive in the market is productivity. No matter where you work at whether it be a fast food chain, a marketing firm, a bank, or a manufacturing facility you will hear about productivity from entry level positions to the CEO.

Productivity is the ratio of outputs (goods and services) divided by the inputs (resources, such as labor and capital) (Heizer et al., 2019, pp. 13).

A lot of business functions are rolled into the productivity category and depending upon how well these processes work will depend on how the bottom line is affected. A business that is focusing on productivity will try to maximize the output value while keeping the input cost under control. The market is ever changing and its important for a business to always be thinking and looking at controls and pricing and quality in order to maintain an advantage. A business that is confident and competitive will always be keeping opportunity cost, labor cost, and the cost of time per product in their sightlines while always keeping option of improvement open. Lines of communication with executives and all levels of employees is also a must in my opinion to ensure the continued success of their business. When these lines of communication are kept open they can easily identify breakdowns in employee morale, financial breakdowns, and process breakdowns to more easily mitigate and fix these issues before they are critical to the business success.

Meagan,

2. Operational hedging is when firms intentionally build extra capacity in different countries and as costs or exchanges rates change they shift production from country to country. The benefits to this is that it allows companies to finesse currency risks and costs as the economic conditions dictate. Operational hedging can be risky however, it allows for greater flexibility in the supply chain, product distribution patterns, and marketing.

Operational hedging can impact the ability for an operation to be competitive in the 21st century because it ensures that a company will have higher exposure and will maintain a competitive position across markets. If a company uses operational hedging they are also reducing availability risk. This would be an important tool to help companies stay in the loop with trends and fads all while getting them at the best price possible and being able to increase their profit margins. However, due to the exposure of COVID-19, the flexibility to transfer production from one country to another has grown increasingly difficult due to all the travel restrictions and borders closing.

Reference

Heizer, J., Render, B., & Munson, C. (2019). Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (13th ed.). Pearson.

Emily,

3. Productivity refers to the ratio of the outputs and inputs. An organizations productivity is the responsibility of the operation manager and to improve the productivity that improves the efficiency (Heizer, Render & Munson, 2020).

Partial measure which is also known as single-factor productivity is the ratio of units produced and the labor-hours worked. For example, at a toy factory they can produce 3,000 toys in an 8 hour shift, that would result with the productivity for the day. The total measure known as multi factor productivity is the ratio of the output by the input units used.

Both of those measures are used to measure productivity but the total measure gives a broader view since it includes all the costs.

Alondra,

4. According to Heizer, Render, and Munson, productivity is the ratio of outputs (goods and services) divided by one or more inputs, such as labor, capital, or management. Just because an organization produces high volume, does not mean the organization is producing units efficiently. High production means producing many units, while high productivity means producing units efficiently (Heizer, et al., 2019). So, while total productivity (where all factors related to the input are considered) is the primary measure, it also has a number of subcomponents that are also very important to how one measures productivity. Multifactor productivity indicates the ratio of goods and services produced to may or all resources through a bundle of inputs). Partial or single productivity takes into account one input factor, such as labor. These measurements are directly related to production and operations management success due to the fac that the measurements include, technology, efficiency, real cos savings, benchmarking production processes, and living standards (Nezu, 2001). These five elements are present in most operations that require a successful operation and efficient productivity.

References

Heizer, J., Render, B., & Munson, C. (2019). Operations management: Sustainability and supply chain management. (13th Edition). Pearson. Retrieved on September 23, 2020 from https://viewer.gcu.edu/yg2n49

Nezu, R. (2001). Measuring productivity. OECD Manuel. Retrieved on September 25, 2020 from http://www.oecd.org/sdd/productivity-stats/2352458.pdf

Have a great weekend,

Heather,