How do public-sector employees’ rights and interests differ from those of private-sector employees?

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HRM 586 Labor Relations Final Exam Set 3

 

 

1. (TCO A) How do public-sector employees’ rights and interests differ from those of private-sector employees? (Points : 23)

2. (TCO A) People have tended to join unions for reasons that would appear to be, from their own viewpoints, extremely logical. Discuss the validity of this statement. (Points : 23)

3. (TCO C) What impact did the Great Depression have on the U.S. labor movement? (Points : 23)

4. (TCO E) The AFL-CIO and its leaders from the past help define the labor movement in the United States and help define where the union movement is today. How have the AFL-CIO (federation) national and local unions been involved politically? What impact has this had on unions and legislation passed? (Points : 23)

5. (TCO F) Wage issues are often the catalyst for a strike. Although the union is focusing on what it can get in terms of total income to the union member, management is looking at the impact of these costs on the total business picture. From a management perspective, defend what you would judge to be the most desirable arrangement for your organization. Consider the ability-to-pay approach and the comparative approach. Be sure to include other factors around the wage issue that might impact your decision. (Points : 23)

6. (TCO D) The increasing sophistication and enlightenment of modern top business executives in dealing with their subordinates has led to a state of affairs wherein managements today are more democratic than unions. Do you agree? Why or why not? (Points : 23)

7. (TCO G) If there had been no labor unions in this country in the past 30 years or so, the growth of employee benefits would perhaps have been only a small fraction of what it has actually been. Discuss. (Points : 23)

8. (TCO H) Ultimately, the role of an arbitrator in a grievance case is to decide the case. Describe how factors such as past practice, fairness, and ethics affect an arbitrator’s decision in the case. Further, explain how arbitrators could be seen as scapegoats for the case. (Points : 23)

9. (TCO I) What are the pros and cons of state right-to-work laws? (Points : 26)

An analysis of the various leadership styles and different types of leaders.

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Research your chosen company (APPLE).  Find a minimum of three library sources, which will support your thesis in this assignment.  Review your assigned weekly lecture and text reading.  Select from this reading 8-10 key concepts (NOTES ATTACHED), which will also support your thesis. In a five- to six-page paper, address the questions below.  Your paper should follow APA format including a title and reference page. The five- to six-page paper length requirement does NOT include the title page and reference page. Refer to your classroom area titled South University Policies and Guideline.  Using APA Standards in Your Coursework to ensure you are following the correct format.

 

Imagine you are a management consultant.  You have been hired by the company you chose at the beginning of the session to analyze their communications and leadership.  You have been asked to submit a final report to the executive team with your findings including the following:

  1. A description of the company’s communication structure and identify ways that culture has influenced the structure.
  2. A discussion of the barriers to communication that may arise when leading diverse teams.  Identify specific methods for overcoming those barriers and develop a high performing team.
  3. An analysis of the various leadership styles and different types of leaders.
  4. An assessment of the level of trust in the organization and make recommendations for improvement.
  5. Recommendations for motivating the workforce that are clearly based on motivational theory.

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    This is your final assignment. You will need to reflect back on the last two weeks of this class in order to complete this assignment.

    Week Five Assignment

    Introduction

    You should write your introduction here. Describe what your paper is going to be about. Make sure you use third person referencing throughout your entire paper.

    Communication Structure

    Refer back to the week one materials on communication and describe the communication structures in this organization. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Influence of Culture

    Refer back to the materials on culture in communication. You will find this in the week four lecture materials. You should use this material to support your assessment on how culture influences communication within this organization. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Barriers to Communication

    In this section you should clearly describe the barriers you found as you analyzed communication in this organization. The week four materials will help you with this analysis. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Methods to Overcome Barriers

    In this section you should be discussing recommendation for addressing the barriers. Reflect again on what make communication effective and consider what you would recommend. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Leadership Style Analysis

    In the week four lectures and the week four text materials a discussion on a variety of leadership styles was presented. Choose a specific leadership style you believe is present in this organization and analyze how it is used. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Types of Leaders within the Organization

    Consider the various types of leaders in the organization. Reflect back to the materials on the types of leaders that you have read about as you discuss them in this section. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Level of Trust within the Organization

    In this section you should clearly reflect on the levels of trust in the organization. Consider the role of human resources in the organization. There is a chapter in your week five reading materials that should help you understand this. Use this material as you discuss this. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Recommendations for Improvement

    In this section I am looking for clear recommendations for improvement. Refer back to what the text and lectures have stated about this. Please do not state you have no recommendations. All organizations need to improve. Attempt to identify these and use course materials to support why you think these are areas for improvement. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Recommendations for Motivating the Workforce

    Motivational methods are described and discussed in the lectures and the textbook this week. You should use this material to make a recommendation on how the workforce should be motivated at your chosen organization. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.

    Conclusion

    Write a one paragraph conclusion summarizing your paper.

    References

Analyze issues involved in job design, resource planning, and recruitment.

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Assignment 2: Organizational Structure

 

Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

 

You are the HR manager for a small retail company that sells a high volume of products over the Internet.  Your company is growing rapidly due to increased Internet sales. Your company prides itself on providing high-quality products and services. The Customer Service department is integral to the success of the company. Over the past few months, the Customer Service department has been unable to fill its openings for Customer Service Representative positions. You suspect there could be a number of reasons for this, but you know you first need to look at the job, the work flow, the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience the company is seeking to ensure the job reflects the current workload and expectations.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Examine at least three (3) approaches that you can take as the HR manager to conduct a job analysis of the Customer Service Representative position. Suggest the major pros and cons of each selected approach. Recommend the approach that would be most effective in conducting the job analysis for this organization. Justify your recommendation.
  2. Select two (2) out of the four (4) approaches to job design that are the most important for you to consider. Suggest two (2) challenges that you may encounter when designing a job using each of the selected approaches. Support your response with specific examples to illustrate the potential advantages and disadvantages of using each approach.
  3. Using the four (4) approaches to job design, create two (2) strategies that the organization can implement to attract and select qualified applicants for the Customer Service Representative position. Justify the main reasons that the selected strategies would be effective.
  4. Propose three (3) ways that you can use the information obtained from a job analysis to measure the performance of Customer Service Representatives. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Analyze issues involved in job design, resource planning, and recruitment.
  • Evaluate an organization’s approaches to and procedures for training employees to meet organizational goals.
  • Examine performance management issues and processes.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
  • Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

 

Write a two- to three-page report discussing the sampling design for the proposal.

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Write a two- to three-page report discussing the sampling design for the proposal.
Describe the sampling procedures (convenience, quota, simple random) that will yield the best results for your research objective and justify your rationale for choosing the procedure(s). Include the following information:
1. Research the objective.
2. Description of the population: Process for identifying the target population and selecting the sampling frame
3. Identify the different types of biases that are likely to occur, and explain what steps you will take to minimize them.
4. Conclusion: Highlight the major points discussed in the previous sections. Be sure to relate the information back to the purpose and relevance of the research.
You must use correct APA formatting when writing your paper. All references used, including the textbook, must be cited.