Explain the impact of the role of HRM in creating sustainable organisational performance and contributing to business success. Assess the contribution of HRM in recruiting and retaining talent and skills to achieve business objectives.

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Assignment Brief and Guidance

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • LO1 Explain the impact of the role of HRM in creating sustainable organisational performance and contributing to business success.
  • LO2 Assess the contribution of HRM in recruiting and retaining talent and skills to achieve business objectives.
  • LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can affect HRM decision making in relation to organisational development

Scenario

Organisation:

The organisation is a global *car manufacturer. It has both centralised and decentralised functions. One of the decentralised functions is the HR function. In each global location they are based, while production is the core of the organisation, there are many other support functions that ensure the success of the business. The business requires committed employees to ensure that the organisation is successful and sustainable, and that it achieves its business objectives through strong performance. However, like other industries, automotive is looking at a global skills shortage, in which too few engineers are sufficiently qualified to operate sophisticated automated machinery and equipment or support the advancements available via emerging technologies. These roles cover a number of disciplines, including design, production and programmes and quality; all of which require differing levels of skill, experience and expertise.

Role:

As a Human Resources Administrator, it is your job to understand HRM practices and to provide information accurately and in a timely way to the appropriate stakeholders. Your typical duties involve:

-Liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas such as staff performance and health and safety
-Recruiting staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting, interviewing and selecting candidates
-Making sure that prospective staff have the right to work at the organization
-Developing and implementing policies on issues such as working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and absence management preparing staff handbooks
-Advising on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits
-Preparing management reports on employee-related data on a monthly basis.

*Select an appropriate car manufacturer to meet local needs.

Design a two-day training program for a group of 20 employees. Identify 2–3 training needs through a training needs analysis (TNA) and justify an approach for this training. Develop the training objective for this program based on an analysis of the business.

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Business Training Outline

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you:
Design a two-day training program for a group of 20 employees.
Identify 2–3 training needs through a training needs analysis (TNA) and justify an approach for this training.
Develop the training objective for this program based on an analysis of the business.
Determine the training cost for the training program you are proposing. Include a detailed breakdown of the time allotted for each piece, the subsequent cost analysis, and the total cost for the project as a whole.
Select key training methods to deliver the program to employees, such as an e-learning module or a one-day face-to-face training program.
Create an agenda of activities for the training program.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Design an employee training program that is informed by a training needs analysis.

Analyze the role financial markets play in creating economic wealth in the United States. Provide a general overview of each of the three securities you chose.

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Three types of securities from the financial markets

Choose three types of securities from any of the financial markets covered in the textbook during Weeks 1 through 7. Pick securities you would enjoy researching for this assignment.

Instructions
Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

Analyze the role financial markets play in creating economic wealth in the United States.
Provide a general overview of each of the three securities you chose. Be sure to include such information as name, company it represents (if applicable), pricing, and historical performance.
Assess the current risk-return relationship of each of the three securities.
Recommend one strategy for maximizing return for the current risk-return relationship identified for each of the three securities.
Suggest how the Federal Reserve and its monetary policy affect each of the three securities today.
Determine whether each of the three securities is a good investment in the next twelve months, five years, and ten years. Provide a rationale for each security with your determination.
Use at least six quality academic resources in this assignment.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Determine how to maximize returns on specific securities, how they are impacted by monetary policy, and whether they are a good investment over time.

Evaluate all the factors that affect interest rates to determine the one that appears to impact interest rates the most in today’s economic climate. Analyze the ease or difficulty of forecasting interest rate changes. Assess the value the forecast provides.

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Financial market

Write a 5–7 page paper in which you:

Explore one financial market and the types of transactions supported by it in the United States and global economies. Determine how valuable these transactions are to the United States and the global economies.

Evaluate all the factors that affect interest rates to determine the one that appears to impact interest rates the most in today’s economic climate. Support your answer with evidence and examples.

Analyze the ease or difficulty of forecasting interest rate changes. Assess the value the forecast provides.

Examine why the Federal Reserve was created. Then construct an argument as to whether or not the Federal Reserve’s major roles are essential to the U.S. economy.

Choose a recent monetary policy (adopted during the past 12 months). Analyze its current and future impact on the United States and global economies.
Imagine you are a financial manager. Develop a strategy for the use of bond markets by either an investor or a firm of your choice to meet a stated financial objective of your choice for that investor or firm.

Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment.

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

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Develop a strategy for the use of bond markets to meet a financial objective.

Read the following article, then give an example of a firm with which you have familiarity and the competitive advantage that it holds. What are the implications of the use of technology on maintaining that advantage?

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Discussion Question – Technology as Competitive Advantage

Read the following article, then give an example of a firm with which you have familiarity and the competitive advantage that it holds. What are the implications of the use of technology on maintaining that advantage?

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Should large companies donate to local charities? Do you feel like business has a special set of rules that are different than every day morals? What are the differences between legal, ethical, and moral?

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M1 Upon Reflection Essay

Post an essay interacting with the materials for this assignment.

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You will want to include:

  • Should large companies donate to local charities?
  • Do you feel like business has a special set of rules that are different than every day morals?
  • What are the differences between legal, ethical, and moral?

What is the research question? What background information is necessary to understand the context? Why is the research question important? What methodology is used to inform their question? How is the experiment designed? What are the variables of interest?

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Evidence linking earnings and returns / Ball and Brown replication

Prepare a two-page synthesis in illustrative form for each paper that includes each one of these answers.

  1. What is the research question?
  2. What background information is necessary to understand the context?
  3. Why is the research question important?
  4. What methodology is used to inform their question? How is the experiment designed?
  5. What are the variables of interest? (What is the dependent variable? What are the independent variables? What variables are controlled?)
  6. How are the variables measured?
  7. What are the hypotheses?
  8. What are the findings?
  9. Can we believe the findings? (i.e., is the research design valid?)

Internal validity (the probability that observed changes in the independent variable are indeed responsible for variation in the dependent variable)

Construct validity (the degree to which proxy measures of the constructs represent the construct of interest)

External validity (the degree to which the study’s findings can be generalized to other populations of subjects and settings)

  1. What are the ramifications of these findings?
  2. Are there related or future research opportunities?

When answers how Evidence linking earnings and returns compare to how Ball and Brown Replication. Write 4 pages (1) Page Summary for each paragraph topic below.

Nichols and Wahlen 2004 (Evidence linking earnings and returns / Ball and Brown replication)

Nichols and Wahlen 2004 (The importance of persistence / Kormendi and Lipe replication)

Nichols and Wahlen 2004 (Do earnings numbers provide new information to the market? / Extension of Kormendi and Lipe)

Nichols and Wahlen 2004 (Market efficiency with respect to earnings news / Replicatichoon of Bernard and Thomas 1989)

 

Analyze the program history and calculate the program schedule performance index (SPI) and the program cost performance index (CPI) at different major points in time of the program life cycle.

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Case Analysis

  1. Analyze the program history and calculate the program schedule performance index (SPI) and the program cost performance index (CPI) at different major points in time of the program life cycle. You can find case on page 332

CASE STUDY: IN PROJECT, PROGRAM, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

Demonstrate a graduate level understanding of the direct correlation between the elements comprising the Contemporary Value Chain and the customer’s purchase experience.

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The Contemporary Value Chain in Action

This assignment is an opportunity for you to relate what you learned about the Contemporary Value Chain Model to your own knowledge and experience. The purpose of the assignment is for you to demonstrate a graduate level understanding of the direct correlation between the elements comprising the Contemporary Value Chain and the customer’s purchase experience.

Directions

Use the already APA formatted template in Course Documents titled “Unit 1 Assignment Template Contemporary Value Chain” as your starting point for this assignment. Download the template and save it as your own document, for example, YourNameUnit1GB570.docx.

Think about a horrible purchase experience — one you will never forget and perhaps because of which you will never buy anything from that brand ever again. Perhaps you told other people how shockingly bad this purchase experience was. In your paper you will describe the experience using the directions included within the Unit 1 Assignment template.

Consider your Library research from the Discussion and Chapter 1 of your textbook. Internet references are not accepted for this assignment, although you may use Internet research for your own learning. At least two different sources are required to be used as references for this assignment, one from the textbook and at least one article from the Library.

Think about what the (brand name) company could/should have implemented within their value chain to have ensured your experience was not bad, but instead left you with surpassed expectations (a delighted customer).

Write a 4–6-page paper, not including the title and Reference pages, applying at least four of the elements in the Contemporary Value Chain Model and suggest how the company can improve the customer experience by fixing value chain elements. This is your opportunity not only to see where the brand’s value chain was not working properly, but to recommend what needs to be done so future customers have delightful experiences.
Write your paper using first person perspective.

Include a conclusion summarizing the paper’s content without introducing any new information.

Support your response’s content with at least two separate sources, applied and cited references from a Library article and your textbook. Apply and cite no more than one referenced sentence per paragraph. Internet references are not accepted for this Unit 1 Assignment. Use APA in-text citations within the response and list the applied reference(s) at the end of the response using APA formatting. APA formatting resources are available in the Academic Resources area titled, “APA Style Central.”

Find a video clip for each of these models: Montessori, High Scope, Reggio Emilia and Head Start. YouTube is an excellent resource. Write a 500 word essay about which program you prefer and why.

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Early Childcare programs

The purpose of this assignment is to summarize the concepts of contemporary Early Childhood Education models and child care programs. (CO2)
There are many videos available on the Internet that depicts models of early childhood education. For this assignment, you are to:
1. Find a video clip for each of these models: Montessori, High Scope, Reggio Emilia and Head Start. YouTube is an excellent resource.
2. After you review each video, describe five characteristics you observed about how each program is conducted. Include a working URL link AND a URL address for each video you review.
3. In addition, write a 500 word essay about which program you prefer and why.

Citation and Reference Style Resources
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.