Category: Human Resources Management

The purpose of this assignment is to have the student identify and analyze various organizational structures, along with how structure impacts work and organizational culture.
Using class material from the past weeks/modules, trade sources, and research-based articles from the online library, develop a 6-8-page research paper that addresses the relationship of structure to culture in creating an effective and efficient place to work. For this assignment, you will evaluate the strategies managers can utilize to impact organizational structure and culture. Address the following in your paper:
Compare and contrast good (pick two) and not-so-good organizations (total of four organizations).  You can select from the best places to work (Forbes, Glassdoor, etc.). Research and describe each organizations’ structures and cultures.
Evaluate organizational structure in a global, domestic, service, or industrial setting.  Consider how each differs in regards to the mission, management decision-making,  and workflow.
Analyze why the structure and culture work well in those organizations that are deemed the best places to work.
Identify three strategic ways a manager could improve the interface of structure and culture.
Finally, many large organizations are trying to transition to smaller more flexible structures. Identify three management strategies that can make a bureaucratic organization a more team-oriented, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
Use at least three scholarly articles and other professional sources to support your work. 
How do I set up the paper? Title Page, Introduction, the body of the paper, conclusion, and a reference list. Use headers! Must use in-text citations for all references APA Format Sample Paper, MLA Format Sample Paper, or Chicago Format Sample Paper.
Additional Requirements and How to Prepare the  Submission
Proper formatting with in-text citations and a reference list is required.
Read the grading rubric for the assignment
Check the instructions to make sure all elements of the assignment have been covered.
Third-person writing is required. Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person .
Contractions are not used in business writing, so the expectation is that students do not use contractions in assignments.
Paraphrase from relevant sources to show a greater understanding of the topics. Limit quotes, though when used explain their significance. Provide the page or paragraph number as appropriate. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
Students are expected to use a variety as well as multiple course readings and research to support ideas, reasoning, and conclusions.
Submit the final project into the appropriate assignment submission folder. 
References to be used will be attached to this order 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Y61qshVv8 

https://hbr.org/2015/10/when-culture-doesnt-translate

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Review Chapters 5 and 6 in your course textbook.
Pay close attention to Exhibit 5.7 on page 164.
Review the article 7 Succession Planning Strategies for the Modern Workforce(attached)
Review the article Strategic Workforce Planning: From Closing Skills Gaps to Optimizing 
Talent (attached)
In your initial post, reflect on how an effective mentorship program could develop
human resource leaders.
Support your post with at least one current and relevant article 
Remember to properly reference and cite your sources 

Prior to beginning this discussion,
Review Chapters 5 and 6 in your course textbook.
Pay close attention to the Job Characteristic Model in Exhibit 6.2 on page 179 in Chapter 6.
Obtain the job description as a Human Resources Specialist. Please include the
job description in a Word document in this discussion.
In your initial post, answer the following:
How will the core dimensions of the job allow for desired critical psychological states?
How will the core dimensions of the job allow for satisfaction of personal and work 
outcomes?
How will the core dimensions of the job allow for the growth you desire in the job?
Which of the critical psychological states is the most important for you when searching for a job and why?
Support your post with at least one current and relevant article 

Prepare 4-6 PowerPoint slides with speaker notes, for leadership on the history of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the implications of the case, National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963, for your business in relation to unfair labor practices.
Introduction
Not all human resource specialists will have to navigate situations with unions and management, but all human resource professionals need to think legally. By studying a seminal case between management and the union, National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963, you will gain background knowledge about the agency model of union membership and what the court defines as unfair labor practices.
The habit of mind that you develop by studying and analyzing this case will serve you as you think about the legal ramifications of negotiations with employees and management on a wide range of issues.
Scenario
Your company is reviewing its approach to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Your human resources team has been tasked with giving a presentation about the history of the NLRA that is appropriate for leaders as well as other human resource specialists, in order to prepare them for ongoing discussions about the issues presented by NLRA for your company.
Your Challenge
You are a human resource specialist who has been tasked to present the key points from this case to various small groups of company leaders and other human resource specialists so that they have the background to discuss how NLRA could impact your business.
Instructions
Based on key guidelines from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), analyze National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963. Prepare a 4–6-slide PowerPoint presentation explaining and analyzing key elements of the case.
Read the National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963 case (attached), noting the bulleted elements below.
Review the IRAC strategy for analyzing cases and apply those steps in your study of this case.
Prepare 4–6 PowerPoint slides that address the following:
Introduction.
Summary of the events leading up to the case.
Analyze General Motors’ position in the case.
What was their position about whether an agency shop was considered an unfair labor practice? What was their rationale for their position?
Analyze the union’s position in the case.
What was their position about whether an agency shop was considered an unfair labor practice? What was their rationale for their position?
Analyze the role of the court in the case.
What is the effect of the court’s decision on all organizations and unions?
Analyze the relationship of the case with the NLRA.
Consider case assertions, evidence, and findings.
Evaluate the historical impact of this case on the union/management power struggle.
What was the relationship before the case? Who was considered the winner in this case? How did the case affect future challenges?
Assess how this case changed the relationship between management and all employees at GM, and in unionized organizations in general.
Academic Requirements
The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in Human Resources Management (HRM) to workplace situations which you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in HRM. As part of your learning, we focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace.
Use short phrases that are clear, comprehensible, and free of jargon for each bullet point.
Include no more than three bullet points per slide if possible. Include APA-formatted in-text citations where appropriate
Ensure your presentation is relevant to and easily understood by everyone in the audience. Remember, you will be speaking to people of all levels in the company.
If you include a voice-over in lieu of presenter’s notes, your recording should be no longer than five minutes.
Your written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Include an APA-formatted references slide at the end of the presentation, this is an additional slide at the end of the presentation, slide 7.
Competencies Measured
Competency 1: Apply legal thinking to human resource management issues in the workplace to ensure compliance.
Analyze both General Motor’s and the union’s position in the NLRB case.
Analyze the role of the court in the NLRB v. General Motors case.
Analyze the relationship of a case with the NLRA.
Competency 2: Evaluate the relationship between historical perspectives and events and the alignment of human resource management and the law.
Evaluate the historical impact of a case on the union/management power struggle.
Competency 3: Examine relationships between law, human resource management practices, and business activities.
Assess how a court decision changed the relationship between management and employees in a case, and in unionized organizations overall.
Competency 6: Communicate clearly, accurately, and professionally in the HR field.
Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Resources
NLRA History
Read the course file, Legal Background: Labor Unions (Attached), for a basic understanding of the topic for this assessment. This background information is intended to support your learning like a section of a textbook.
Working with Unions
Labor Laws and Cases
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act).
The Wagner Act helped address the causes of labor disputes and the obstruction of interstate and foreign commerce. Also, this act created the National Labor Relations Board.
National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 373 U.S. 734 (1963).
The focus of this case was to curb the notion of a closed shop.
Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act).
Amended the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 to provide additional facilities for the mediation of labor disputes affecting commerce, to equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum-Griffith Act).
This act provides for the reporting and disclosure of certain financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations and employers to prevent abuses as well as provide standards for the election of officers to labor organizations.
Unions
Herbert, W. A. (2019). Janus v AFSCME, Council 31: Judges will haunt you in the second gilded age. Relations Industrielles, 74(1), 162–173.
This article outlines out the case made serious changes for rules on public sector unions and open, closed, union, and agency shops.
National Labor Relations Board. (n.d.). Employer/union rights and obligations. Retrieved from https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/rights/employer-union-rights-and-obligations
Web page with current descriptions of the rights and obligations of employers and unions.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Review Chapter 1 in the course textbook.
Review the article Even During Uncertain Times, Companies Are Investing in People, Research ShowsLinks to an external site..
Review the article The Five Competitive Forces That Shape StrategyLinks to an external site..
Review the article Evolving the Strategic Workforce Planning Strategy at PepsiCoLinks to an external site..
A common theme in modern organizations today is organizations investing in their employees. Exhibit 1.7 of Chapter 1 in the textbook reviews five factors that influence an organization’s investment orientation.
In your initial post, review these factors, and select an organization you’ve worked for, currently work for, or may work for in the future (please feel free to use a pseudo name). Please write two to three sentences describing the organization to your class members, and answer the following questions:
Which of the five factors impacts the selected organization’s attitude toward its willingness to invest in its people?
Explain how the organization makes decisions that show their employees are critical to their success.
How could the organization’s mission and vision statement be revised to reflect that employees are central to the organization?

You are playing a role for this project. You are an HR consultant that has been brought in to evaluate some of the problems occurring at Hudson College. Your first steps are to evaluate and observe what is going on. During the next three weeks you are going to use these scenarios and identify the major issues in the different areas of HR. This is the first of these scenarios (will upload)
Read the case and write a paper examining the issues that are occurring at Hudson College. Analyze the case study and consider:
What is happening?
What are the main issues in the different areas of HR?
What are the factors that may have contributed to the current situation?
Important
Length: At least two pages of content; this does not include the title page or the reference page. Avoid adding extra spaces; each page should have 23 lines of content.
Format: The assignment should be completed in a professional, well- written manner using the APA guidelines for a student paper.
References: Always include our textbook and the workbook (case study) in your reference list. In addition, you should use at least one more source to complete this assignment. Always use reliable sources such as HR related books and scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources; webpages, blogs, Wikipedia ARE NOT considered reliable sources.
In-text Citations: Make sure each reference list entry corresponds to at least one in-text citation.
Content: Incorporate concepts from your text as they relate to issues in the case.
Academic Integrity: If a student has purchased a paper or submitted another student’s work, I am required to put a zero in the gradebook and notify student affairs. IMPORTANT: Chegg is not a resource that students are allowed to use; this is considered plagiarism.
Turnitin Similarity Index: Below 20%.

Business Research Report 
Reasearch topic: “Enhancing Performer Skills and Well-Being Through Innovative Training and Development Methods at Circus Monoxide” 
Circus Monoxide Link: https://www.circusmonoxide.com.au/ 
Content: 3 parts 
Part A: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworks. 
Part B: Research Proposal. 
Part C: Research Report. 
Length 
Part A: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworks – 600 words (+/- 10%). The word count excludes the reference list but includes in-text citations. For this assignment, a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 5 years is required. 
Part B: Research Proposal – 1200 words (+/- 10%). The word count excludes appendices and the reference list but includes in-text citations. For this assignment, a minimum of 25 quality references are required. 
Part C: Research Report – 3,500 words (+/- 10%). The word count excludes the executive summary, acknowledgments, table of contents, reference list, and appendices. While there is no minimum requirement for references, the report must demonstrate both the quality and quantity of research conducted. 
Please ensure to include the word count on the cover page. 

Review the comprehensive methods of data collection found in Chapters 7 and 8 of the
textbook (attached) In addition, read the article Beyond the Buzzword: What Does Data-Driven Decision-Making Really Mean (attached)for a deeper understanding of the relationship between data and problem resolution.
A key role of an OD consultant is data collection. In Week 2, you identified a problem within the A to Z Apps organization. The next step is to collect data relevant to analyzing and evaluating the problem. 
For this discussion,
Provide a brief overview of the problem you are addressing.
Evaluate the three research methodologies – quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
Choose the most appropriate methodology for the identified problem and explain why you believe this is the most appropriate.
Evaluate a minimum of three data collection techniques described in the text.
Choose the method(s) that you believe would be most appropriate for the identified problem and explain why this would be the most appropriate data collection technique.
Explain how you will evaluate the gathered data and how the data will fulfill the needs of the human resource management strategy.
Be sure to support your statements with evidence from your sources.
Your initial post must be specific, significant, and at least 250 words. You must support your post with at least two credible resources in addition to the course text to defend your understanding of data collection methods and the relationship to change problem solving.
Please ensure that you include citations for all listed references–you must include them, not just list 
them.