Paper #1 Requirements: A  “career path” in a given occupation can be defined as a series of  increasingly responsible and demanding “jobs,” where at least some of  those jobs are prerequisites for one another, like prerequisites for  college courses.  When we think of professional careers, we often think of progressions like “Jr. Accountant, Accountant, Financial Analyst,  Accounting Manager, Division Comptroller, CFO.”

Smart companies arrange step-wise  progressions for non-exempt (hourly paid, typically non-degreed)  employees in order to retain them over time.  For example, an employee of a residential moving company might go through the following sequence of positions: Loader B, Loader A, Lead Loader, Truck Driver, and  Project Coordinator, where each job requires the expertise gained in its  predecessor.  You should go into LIRN and search for at least a couple  of articles that treat these kinds of “job families” for non-exempt (or  “hourly”) employees. 

When companies create job families, they are said to have “internal labor markets,” which means that, aside  from an entry-level position, which can be filled “off the street,”  recruitment for the higher-level jobs is almost always done within the company. 

Deliverables 

Once you have done your research and reflected upon this matter, please address the following questions:

1. a. What are the advantages to a company of having such job families?
2. b. Do you believe that, over the long term, job families are good for profits, or not? Why? 
3. c. What are the advantages to the employees? Are there disadvantages to the employees that you can think of?
4. d. Overall, why would you recommend (or not recommend) the use of job families?

Use the required reading, the  lectures, and the sources cited in the lectures to justify your  position, along with additional research you have done.

Paper Writing Requirements 

Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:

• The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the page requirement or word count. These should be in addition to paper page count requirements.
• Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 6th Edition style.
• Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references.
  • Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, and the class textbook. You could also use credible business website sources in addition to the peer-reviewed required sources, but avoid Wikipedia and Google. These are academic papers that need to include scholarly research.

Write 7-page single space using the executive summary below, and reference the attached materials. You may have attachments in the addendum (create a salary grid from a reputable job, or a job classification family table. You may use APA or MLA format for citation. TURNITIN IS USED FOR PLAGIARISM.  

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Identify the Problem

Internal pay equity is a huge problem at workplace in the United States and in so many countries around the world as well. Internal pay equity does not mean that there is discrepancy between women and men in compensation package, but it can also happen between male colleagues who are not equally compensated, and between women as well. However, it may be commonly happening between women and men. We still hear in the newspaper that women are getting the chance to be a cabinet member for the first time every in some countries such as Kuwait in the middle east. There is a discrepancy in pay between women and men in workplace, and women make up small portion of the executive members for the major United States companies. Stakeholders in this problem are women, men, business entity, and law makers who do not force companies to have internal pay equity or face consequences for violating the law. There should be a law mandating internal pay equity, and leaders should be trained on how to achieve internal pay equity at workplace. 

Research Methodology

Starting with the textbook of this course, there are a lot of sources within the book to build the skeleton of this paper. The research will include an interview with a HR professional from a major recruitment company in Los Angeles where questions about internal pay equity issues and how major companies are tackling it will be presented. Other sources such as human resource journals and market research will be included as well. 

Different Alternatives

While having a law regulating internal pay equity is the best solution for this issue, having the companies’ managers and leaders trained on how to achieve internal pay equity can be alternative. Also, HR professional should have training on how to calculate compensation while taking into consideration internal pay equity as the basis for those compensation. If the company is unable to achieve internal pay equity in terms of financial compensation, they should offer other benefits in which employees can perceive that they are fairly compensated.

Final Recommendation

Based on the research information, having a mandated law is the final recommendation. However, other alternative will be detailed in the paper so companies can look at other options of the option of achieving the law fairly has some blockers. 

Assignment Expectations:

Address concept A and B in about 150 words each.

You will be graded on how well you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concept, and critical thinking pertaining to the applicability of the concept to your professional practice. Points awarded will follow breakdown below.

The Assignment: Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss two concepts or lessons learned that you believe will be most applicable to your professional discipline.

Discipline: Healthcare Management

Concept A: Electronic Health records

Concept B: Health information Systems

Concept A (points 10/20):
Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
Your professional discipline: ……..
How applicable (points 6/20): ……
Concept B (points 10/20):
Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
Your professional discipline: ……..
How applicable (points 6/20): ……

Thank you

After reading The Successful Organization: Keeping the Talent That Drives Your Results, select one of the seven success behaviors (shown below) that you identify as your strongest personal strength. Share with the class a personal example that demonstrates you putting this strength into action.
The seven success behaviors include:

1. Building relationships
2. Embracing change
3. Inviting opportunity
4. Being passionate
5. Being conscious
6. Getting focused
7. Taking responsibility

Prepare a written report reviewing and ranking the five candidates for the Branch Bank Manager position described below. Be specific about your rankings and comments about these candidates in terms of their suitability for the position of Branch Bank Manager using the job specifications and importance percentages shown below.

grade will be based on:

• Quality and depth of your analysis (e.g. taking all relevant factors into consideration when making your hiring decision, providing justification for the rankings given, applying concepts/frameworks learned in class)
• Presentation of your arguments: clarity, structure, formatting of the report, grammar and punctuation.