What are the drawbacks to using flexible work hours from the organization’s perspec-tive? Compressed workweeks? Telecommuting? How should the HR department deal with these challenges?

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Weather Channel:Talent Management

Discussion Questions
2-1. Are managers likely to question the work commitment of their contingent workers? What might be the consequences for management when the majority of a company’s workforce consists of temporary employees and contract workers?

2-2. What are the drawbacks to using flexible work hours from the organization’s perspective? Compressed workweeks? Telecommuting? How should the HR department deal with these challenges?

2-3. Some management experts do not think that a virtual team is really a team at all. Based on the definition of a team, what properties of a virtual team satisfy the definition of a team? Do any aspects of a virtual team give rise to doubts over whether it satisfies the definition of a true team? Suppose you needed to organize a virtual team of consultants working in different cities to do an important project for a client. What human resource management practices could you apply that would influence the virtual. team members to behave as if they were on a true team, such as a self-managed or problem-solving team?

2-4. A recent trend that more and more companies are embrace is to outsource all or most of their human resource management activities. Do you agree or disagree with this trend? What risks is a company taking when it decides to outsource its entire set of human resource management activities? Try to describe a situation in which it is more beneficial to retain most of the human resource management activities within a company so that HR is provided by the human resource management department.

2-5. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of companies that have wrongly classified an “employee” as a “contract worker” and, consequently, were taken to court by workers who believed they were entitled to certain rights and privileges enjoyed by individuals who were given “employee” status. What are some of the rights and privileges that are given to employees but not to contract workers? What advantages do employers gain with contract workers over regular employees? How could a contract worker prove to the courts that he or she is really an employee and was wrongly classified as a contract worker?

Choose a health care provider that you are familiar with, is in your community, or you are curious about.

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Strategic planning

Strategic planning is a critical element for health care professionals and their organizations. It is based on their mission and driven by their vision. It is a dynamic process that all members of an organization need to drive. SWOT analysis is a driving force in the planning process and marketing approaches. Social media has become the new “word of Mouth” marketing but is much more far reaching.
As you prepare to do a SWOT analysis on your provider, decide what role marketing is playing in their goals as far as helping to achieve the strategies outlined in their strategic plan. Consider how they are positioning themselves to reach their target markets and the importance of a marketing assessment.
According to Buchbinder, “Marketing is a management orientation centered on value and customer satisfaction and an organizational function that is integrally related to the organization’s mission, objectives, and resources” (p. 134). (1)
In this assignment, you will be writing a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for a health care provider of your choice.

Choose a health care provider that you are familiar with, is in your community, or you are curious about. (This should be the same one you used for last week’s discussion.) Conduct several Internet and library searches. Specifically, you may want to look at the following:
The health provider website: Annual reports, et cetera.
CMS.Gov quality reports.
Healthgrades data and/or patient satisfaction scores.
County or regional demographics.
Watch the video, How to Perform a SWOT Analysis.

Explain incentives that can influence firms to use an international strategy. Identify three basic benefits firms gain by successfully implementing an international strategy.

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Strategic Management

Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic management knowledge needed to:

8-1 Explain incentives that can influence firms to use an international strategy.

8-2 Identify three basic benefits firms gain by successfully implementing an international strategy.

8-3 Explore the determinants of national advantage as the basis for international business-level strategies.

8-4 Describe the three international corporate-level strategies.

8-5 Discuss environmental trends affecting the choice of international strategies, particularly international corporate-level strategies.

8-6  Identify and explain the five modes firms use to enter international markets.

8-7  Discuss the two major risks of using international strategies.

8-8  Discuss the strategic competitiveness outcomes associated with international strategies, particularly with an international diversification strategy.

8-9  Explain two important issues firms should have knowledge about when using international strategies.

Critically discuss the significance and challenges of using HR analytics in contemporary organisations.

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Using HR analytics in contemporary organisations

Critically discuss the significance and challenges of using HR analytics in contemporary organisations.

Analyse the importance of recent technological advances, data management, and change management in adapting new standard practices.

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Evaluating The Factors That Drive Change and System’s Optimisation in the Construction Industry of the State of Kuwait

To investigate how the efficiency of traditional organizational practices can be improved by introducing new computer-based systems for managing resources.

▪ To analyse the importance of recent technological advances, data management, and change management in adapting new standard practices.

▪ To study the challenges faced by management in implementing new computerized systems for resource management and system optimization, considering the old ways of thinking and traditional leadership.

▪ To recommend actions for all staff and administrators to effectively implement the digitization aspect of resource management and improve traditional organizational practices.

What experience have you had that demonstrates fast food drive-thru procedures to increase drive-thru times? What other suggestions might you share with the manager of this location?

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Week 5 Discussion

Reply to each of the following using 175 words per reply. Be constructive and professional in your reply. Be sure to use in-text citations and FULL APA references.

The story of Wendy’s To Open 700 Delivery-Only Location in the Next Five Years is of the former (PYMNTS, 2021). You may recognize the Fast Food Giant as being in the current news. The impact of COVID and the need for change to the overall food service industry is a major reason why a major change is inevitable. Demand for a new type of service that better aligns to situations, like COVID, where no-contact with others is required and or acceptable. No doubt that the food service industry took a massive nose dive during the pandemic. The response was to create a more efficient drive-thru to meet the demands of consumers who were willing to venture out to eat their favorite fast food, yet stay safe. However, drive-thru times have increased by almost 30 seconds or more (‌Schnitzer, 2020), despite the demand. “The extra wait time has cost brands around $64 million in lost revenue,” (‌Schnitzer, 2020) so there is a sense of urgency to address how best to execute drive-thru times by investing in technology, training, new prototypes, and real estate. Operators turn to innovative prototypes with more drive-thrus, upgrades to the existing ones, and more flexible locations. By having more innovative restaurants, with more takeout options like curbside, mobile ordering, and drive-thru, the likes that we have never seen, will help evolve food service to meet forecasts and demands (Maze, 2021).

What experience have you had that demonstrates fast food drive-thru procedures to increase drive-thru times? What other suggestions might you share with the manager of this location?

 

How have the current cultural environment of our country shaped the way that companies are looking at their own corporate cultural standards? What are the potential downfalls and positive influences of the “Netflix Way”?

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New Management Challenges for the New Age

Today’s news is littered with scandals, new allegations of sexual assault, and tragedy. Since 2017 and the #metoo Movement, stemming from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, more and more public figures have been put into the spotlight to defend themselves against allegations from women around the globe.
Not only publically, but privately in companies around the world, there have been firings, and investigations into misconduct from co-workers, managers, and CEOs. It is a relevant topic that is getting long overdue publicity and encouraging more men and women to come forward to discuss openly rather than hide the events and injustices of the past. Other events showcase the tumultuous and on-edge society we are living in, such as the Charlottesville, VA attack that left 1 dead and 19 injured when a person drove a car through a crowd of protestors during a white nationalist gathering.

With events on a daily business, it is important for companies to take a stand against racial hatred, harassment of any kind, and have firm policies when such events occur. Take Netflix for example, who in July of 2018 fired chief communications officer for saying the “N-word” in full form. This event occurred during an internal meeting, not directing the slur at anyone specifically, but claimed it was being made as an emphatic point about offensive words in comedy programming. The “Netflix Way”, the culture that is built around radical candor and transparency was put to the test during this occurrence.

The offender, Jonathan Friedland attempted to apologize for his misdeed, hoping it would fade away and his apology would be accepted. However, it did not work that way, instead the anger was palpable between co-workers, and eventually led to the firing of Friedland after a few months of inaction.

Netflixers are given a high level of freedom and responsibility within their “Netflix Way” culture. Blunt feedback is encouraged, trust and discretion is the ultimate gatekeeper, as employees have access to sensitive information, and are ultimately trusted for how they expense items and take vacation time.
Between the insanely fast-paced streaming services industry, it is hard to keep this culture at a premium, but it is imperative for the success of the company overall. “As you scale a company to become bigger and bigger how do you scale that kind of culture?” said Colin Estep, a former senior engineer who left voluntarily in 2016. “I don’t know that we ever had a good answer.”

In order to keep up, sometimes the company is seen as harsh in their tactics to keep the best of the best. “I think we’re transparent to a fault in our culture and that can come across as cutthroat,” said Walta Nemariam, an employee in talent acquisition at Netflix, in the video.

Netflix has stayed true to their cultural values despite the pressures and sometimes negative connotations associated with this “cutthroat” environment. Their ability to remain agile, while displaying no tolerances for societal injustices makes them at the forefront of new age companies. It is a difficult pace to stay in line with, but it seems that they are keeping in stride and remaining true to who they are, for now. (You only need to answer the 3 questions below):

Critical Thinking Questions:

How have the current cultural environment of our country shaped the way that companies are looking at their own corporate cultural standards?

What are the potential downfalls and positive influences of the “Netflix Way”?

How does Netflix’s internal culture negatively or positively affect their ability to stay competitive and deliver cutting edge content?

Why is this situation a problem? What steps could management/employee have taken to remediate the situation? Does management/employee have the resources needed to be successful at work?

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Court is in Session

Part I
Prepare an analysis of the problem that includes:
–Why is this situation a problem?
–What steps could management/employee have taken to remediate the situation?
–Does management/employee have the resources needed to be successful at work?
—Does this problem have an adverse affect on employee/employees/management?

Part II
You will create a fictitious role play that infers this case is in court or arbitration. You are the arbitrator or judge. You should have objective reflection in your scenario that illustrates an employee or manager’s right(s) have been violated. In addition, you should refer to employment laws that validate your perception of the infraction. Research the law(s) you intend to use and refer to a historical supporting court case(s) that helps substantiate your argument. When reaching a verdict, the reader should clearly and concretely understand all evidence presented to justify the final-objective decision. Prepare this assignment as a college student. Avoid the use of inappropriate spelling, grammar, and cultural specific language.

Identify, specifically, the strengths of your topic and what some weaknesses are. Drawing on various sources, explain the details of your topic.

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Health Care Interviews

Instructions:

In this course, we look at a verity of different interview techniques and styles. We also look at the different kinds of perspectives on ethical issues and how they fit into properly conducting interviews.

For this paper, you will pick a course related topic to discuss, but one that is not a specific topic addressed in our readings. Some examples are given below, but it is recommended that you choose to write on a topic you have already encountered or you have thought about previously. Of necessity, the instructions for this assignment are somewhat vague. Each student will have to explore different resources and will need to develop an individual approach to the subject. The goal is a brief but detailed exploration of some narrowly defined aspect of Interviewing Practices.

Identify, specifically, the strengths of your topic and what some weaknesses are. Drawing on various sources, explain the details of your topic. Why is it important? What have you learned? What are the Pro’s and Con’s? When would this be used? What is the history on this topic?

Research papers are generally divided into two main categories: informative or argumentative. Informative papers generally demonstrate your understanding of a subject, simply reflecting what information is out there. Or you can choose to write an argumentative paper. You could information, offering commentary and opinions though taking no clear position, or you may offer a solution to a problem or argue that a law is having an unwanted effect.

The more specific you can be the better, and feel free to include examples that will strengthen your account.

How has the current cultural environment of our country shaped the way that companies are looking at their own corporate cultural standards? What are the potential downfalls and positive influences of the “Netflix way”?

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Critical thinking case – Assignment

Need to post responses to the Chapter 1 Critical Thinking Case (Links to an external site.) question(s) (also listed below) with a total of 500 words minimum (across all questions, not per question).
You should not hesitate to do some additional research to increase the understanding of the issues at play in this case study. Include a link to any articles or other materials you find relevant to the case so that we may all benefit from your findings.

Guiding questions
1. How has the current cultural environment of our country shaped the way that companies are looking at their own corporate cultural standards?

2. What are the potential downfalls and positive influences of the “Netflix way”?

3. How does Netflix’s internal culture negatively or positively affect their ability to stay competitive and deliver cutting edge content?