Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies

Instructions

Select a publicly-traded company to research. Evaluate its human resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and ways it markets its company regarding human capital. The following are some of the company websites that provide this information:

• Allstate: Human Resources Careers.
• State Farm: Human Resources & Training Careers.
• Ford: Careers.
• Aruba Marriott Careers. (You can also search for other companies from the Marriott website.)

In addition, refer to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website, which identifies detailed roles for HRM personnel and offers you some insight into HRM positions.

Requirements

Write a 2 to 3 page paper in which you:

• Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
• Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
• Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
• Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
• Propose three ways that the company can increase diversity.

Use at least three high-quality academic resources in this assignment. Consider beginning with your course textbook and quality sources that can be found in the Strayer Library.

Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

 

Learning Activity: Creating a Severance Package

Completing this activity will help you prepare for the upcoming assignment in Week 7. Think of it as practice for the assignment. As such, focus on content, not formatting. Your paper should be no more than 1 to 2 pages in length.

For this activity:

• Create a severance package for a separated employee in a fictitious company.
  • At a minimum, include:
    • Position differences.
    • Years of service.
    • Actual compensation amounts.
    • Any additional benefits that you want to add.
• Determine whether severance pay is taxable.
• Create a chart that depicts the timeline of the disbursement of the compensation.
  • Use Microsoft Word or an equivalent application, such as OpenOffice.

Use at least one quality academic resource in this activity. Consider beginning with your course textbook and quality sources that can be found in the Strayer Library.

Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

  This paper needs to be done in 24 hours from now. The main article has already been identified with a link, see number 1. Attached is a copy of the Rubric and a word document with references.  

Locate an article describing a collective bargaining situation that has arisen within the year. This article should be from a newspaper, an academic journal, or a credible online news source (try searching “collective bargaining in the news”). Attach the article or give the link. Use a minimum of two additional references from the course materials to support your discussion and to respond to the questions in the assignment. Use headings to separate the sections of the paper, double-space, and Times New Roman font, cover page, page numbers, and APA format.

1. Identify your main article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2020/06/01/mls-threatens-player-lockout-over-collective-bargaining-dispute/5309589002/

Using APA guidelines state the proper citation for the article.

2. Respond to these questions:

What is the nature of the collective bargaining dispute?

What are the underlying causes of the dispute?

What economic or ethical pressures has each side attempted to use to prevail in the dispute?

If there is any evidence of any illegal or unethical conduct on either side, describe it in detail.

Was the dispute resolved? If so, how? If not, what are the possible resolutions?

What, if any, role was played by third parties in resolving this bargaining dispute? What was the identity of the third party?

In retrospect, could this dispute have been resolved in a more constructive fashion? If so, how?

Course materials to support

https://open.lib.umn.edu/humanresourcemanagement/chapter/12-1-the-nature-of-unions

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/labor

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/who-we-are/our-history/1935-passage-wagner-act

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb

https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/nlrb-process/unfair-labor-practice-process-chart

https://www.ueunion.org/org_steps.html

https://hbr.org/1981/07/step-by-step-through-a-union-campaign

https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/rights/employer-union-rights-and-obligations

***DUE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS***

For your assignment this week, you will design a diversity scorecard. The diversity scorecard enables an organization to measure the success of its D&I initiatives to the goals set forth by the diversity council.

Taking the diversity goals created by your diversity council in Week 6, please design a diversity scorecard. Be sure to include the following elements in your diversity scorecard:

1. Provide a discussion of the D&I goals set forth by your diversity council.
2. Determine who will own the diversity scorecard, and then explain why.
3. Identify the audience for which this scorecard will target.
4. Discuss the categories of the scorecard.
5. Identify the metrics that will be used.
6. Develop guidelines and procedures for collecting data.

Some of the resources available for this week can aid you in completing this assignment.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly or professional resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

One page summary, APA format of what the research paper will be on. The topic needs to be something dealing with Public Human Resource Management. textbook: NEW PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

By NIGROREQUIREDEDITION: 7TH 14PUBLISHER: CENGAGE LISBN: 9781133734284