Category: Human Resource Management

 

Assignment 3: Strategic Value of Employee Benefits Programs 
Due Week 8 and worth 170 points 

To attract, motivate, and retain good workers, companies need to define what an employee wants from the employment relationship. One way to define employee needs is to consider total rewards, which are everything an employee perceives to be of value resulting from working for the company. Benefits are a core element of total rewards and the ever-growing package of offerings have evolved. You must now work with the company to define precisely where the various programs will be categorized. 

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you: 

• Identify and discuss at least three (3) important variables that almost always should be considered by organizations when providing employee benefits programs. Be sure the response is specific and relevant.  
• Compare and contrast income protection programs and pay for time not worked programs, both of which are usual elements of benefits programs. How are the programs similar? Are they mandatory? 
• Research and discuss at least four to five (4-5) of what may be referred as Other Benefits that you could recommend to the management team as necessary elements for the benefits package. HINT: Flextime and product/service discounts are good examples. 
• Develop an employee benefits package for any exempt or non-exempt position level of your choosing, making sure you support the selection of your program elements. NOTE: The preferred method for presenting your benefits package information is using a table or exhibit, but either approach is not mandatory. HINT:
• Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements: 
  1. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
  2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment (with running head), the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. 
  3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate additional sources to support your work. 

The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:  

• Establish the importance of compensation and benefits, and how they support business strategy. 

 

As Chief HR Officer for the company what key ideas would you implement in the company to ensure communication of the compensation plan is effective? Be specific.

NOTE: You may not use more than 2 references for your response, and you must comment to a minimum of 1 other student’s response.

 As important as compensation is to employees so is how compensation is communicated by the organization. As Chief HR Officer for the company what key ideas would you implement in the company to ensure communication of the compensation plan is effective? Be specific. 

  

The Noe text describes both adventure learning and action learning as methods for instruction. Under what conditions would each of these be most appropriate to use as a team building tool? Use at least one outside source to defend your answer.

Throughout life, you have been exposed to a number of traditional training methods. Briefly describe one experience you have had when the training method was ineffective and a different method would have been more appropriate. Describe why you feel this method was ineffective and what method(s) would have been more effective. Defend your answer, and use at least two outside sources to back up your position.

 

Search the internet for Dirty Jobs. This is a television show. 

The host, Mike, experiences the end-to-end process of several kinds of dirty jobs during each show, but does not necessarily do them in order from beginning to end.

Identify a show with two segments to review.

For each of the two segments in that show, identify the items below. 

To do this you may wish to use a spreadsheet or set up a table so that your data makes sense.   

       

The jobs (roles/tasks)

The flow of work from one role/task to the next (create a process flow)

The input and outputs of each role/task

The characteristic differences between a novice (Mike) doing this work and an expert doing the work

The impact of mistakes on the job

The reasons that people do this dirty work every day what motivates them?Barriers to accomplishing the task.

Then analyze Mikes interview techniques.    

    

How did he gain acceptance with his experts? What did he do or say to help get them on his side?

Identify a set of stock questions that he uses repeatedly with small variations?

How does his technique differ from the techniques recommended in your text?

Submit your analysis here including observation of work and observation of Mikes interview techniques.

Summary not required but be sure that your data is organized and understandable

Your paper must be a minimum of 3 pages, reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.

 

Instructions

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lectures:

• Strategic Planning Process
• HRM Planning

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

The fundamental premise of this course is that different organizational strategies require different human resource policies and practices. Before HRM strategies can be utilized, it is important to understand the different types of strategies that organizations formulate and implement. It is important to understand the strategic planning process because HR professionals are expected to navigate the language of business and to be able to discuss HR programs using the terminology of strategic planning. Corporate strategies are organization-wide strategies focused on the overall strategy for the organization and its businesses or interests. These strategies are usually focused on long-term growth and survival goals.

Listed are three corporate strategy options:

• Restructuring
• Growth
• Stability

Each strategy option includes several forms:

• Restructuring: turnaround, divestiture, liquidation, or bankruptcy.
• Growth: incremental growth, international growth, or mergers and acquisitions.
• Stability: maintain the status quo.

Tasks

Select a public company to research. Pick one of the corporate strategy forms listed above, and answer the following questions:

• Describe your chosen organization.
• Define the corporate strategy that you researched.
• Evaluate the strategy used by your chosen organization and explain why it was selected.
• Examine if the strategy focus on long-term growth or survival goals for that organization?
• Conclude if the growth was achieved.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the . As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details

• Present a 2- to 3-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style. Cite any sources using the APA guidelines.
• Name your file as SU_HRM5010_W1_Project_LastName_FirstName.

 

Emerging Technologies Research:

Assignment:

Write a 5-6 page APA paper (not including cover or references page) on three similar or complementary emerging technologies from Gartner(links for reference). Choose technology that is currently being explored (or may be explored)  in your organization.

 

Locate at least 5 and no more than 6 scholarly references pertaining to those three technologies; where it started, where it is currently, and where it is headed. Also discuss  Also discuss how this technology is being explored or how it will add value to your current organization or future IT career in an organization you hope to work for some day. 

Length: 5-6 pages; 7-8 pages including cover and references page.

Review the following “Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies”

You have been asked to provide briefings to orient the next person sent abroad. Write a briefing that will:

1. Assist one of your female managers from India in adjusting and communicating well with businesspeople in a South American country of your choice. (Remember that South America is a continent, not a country).
2. Assist the executive from your chosen country in adjusting and communicating well with the female manager from India.

ToolsCorp Corporation is a fictitious company that does not exist anywhere. For the purpose of this course, it is located in Tennessee. As members of the senior management team of ToolsCorp Corporation, your group has been asked to prepare a neat and organized report for the Strategic Officers Steering Committee (SOS-C) of ToolsCorp Corporation. The purpose of this paper is to obtain permission from them to go forward with the next step (developing a full-blown business plan) for ToolsCorp’s strategic initiative to break into the global marketplace.

Your group’s paper should discuss the following (at a minimum):Five-year strategic objective 

Ten-year strategic objective  

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