Trident MGT491 full course (all cases and SLP)

MGT491 Module 1 Case Assignments onStrategic Importance of Human Resource ManagementFor the case assignment, read all of the required readings listed on the background page.Assignment Expectations:Please respond to the issues raised below in a 3-4 page report, not including cover and reference pages. Be sure to draw upon and integrate concepts from all of the module required background materials, other materials you might find on the web, and your previous course material (e.g., Mgt 407, Mgt 411, Mgt 412):Imagine you have just been hired as the CEO of a mid-sized firm, and the current HR department is limited to payroll, benefits, recruiting, training, performance management, and safety. The current HR manager reports to the VP of Operations. Given this information and that provided in the background readings, create a blueprint for redesigning the HR function as a critically important strategic partner in the future of the organization.Submit your report to CourseNet by the Module due date.Module 2 Case Managing Growth and DownsizingForbes Magazine offers a “layoff tracker”. You can click here to access the site:Forbes Magazine’s Layoff Tracker:http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/17/layoff-tracker-unemployement-lead-cx_kk_1118tracker_2.htmlWhen you’ve read through the Background materials and any other sources that you want to track down, you should check the Layoff Tracker to see what’s happening in your geographical area (if possible) and perhaps your professional area as well.Assignment Expectations:Then write a 3-4 page paper discussing issues relating to growth and downsizing in general, with emphasis on:The patterns that you see emerging from the Layoff TrackerThe emerging issues in this area — how will the problem be seen in the coming yearsHR activities that should occur to effectively implement downsizing, and also to effectively implement growth.Approaches to managing change in an organization that is growing or shrinking in size.Turn in this paper by the Module due date.module 3 Module 3 Case Managing Productivity through Job Design and Work FlowAfter reading the background materials, you have been introduced to a number of ways to influence employee productivity. However, according to articles in USA Today and HRMagazine, some family-friendly programs are not providing the promised results:Armour, S. (2003, October 20). More companies downsize family-friendly programs; No longer needed to keep workers: [FINAL Edition]. USA Today, p. A.01. Retrieved August 28, 2007, from National Newspapers (27) database. (Document ID: 427189741).Wells, S. J. (2007, Oct). Are you too family friendly? HRMagazine, 52/10, 34-39.What is going on here? Were the promises of these programs lies? Unnecessary?Assignment Expectations:After reading the articles, respond to the following questions in a 3-4 page paper (not including cover and reference pages), citing background materials, the case articles, and any other resources that you find to support your position as a human resource manager: Would you recommend to add or eliminate these types of programs to your organization’s benefits program?Do these types of programs influenced productivity?Where might they be more or less appropriate (what industries, when, etc.)?Should you have policies in place that only a few might take advantage or benefit from?Turn in this paper by the Module due date.Module 4 Case International HRMFor this case assignment, you need to place yourself in the role of a human resource manager who has been asked by your company to go and set up an office in ___________________ (pick a country other than Mexico or Canada and identify it in your paper). Research your responses using theTUI Cyberlibraryand the web.Assignment Expectations:Identify 4-6 sources of information in the TUI CyberLibrary to support your answers to these questions. These can be obtained by searching with keywords like “expatriate” and “international HRM”.Answer the following questions in a 3-4 page paper (not including cover and reference pages):What are some of the risks that a private sector organization faces when stationing an expatriate overseas?Do you have the “Survival Skills” to be a successful expatriate managerWhat are some of the capabilities that other expatriates believe contribute to success and failure in overseas assignments?What have been some of the key issues for successful expatriation of families?How can private sector firms help with the repatriation process?Turn in this paper by the Module due date.Module 5 caseModule 5 Case Assignments on Evaluating HR SystemsWhat is HR good for anyway?? This is the question that Mike O’Malley and Edward Lawler (Ed Lawler is an esteemed scholar in organizational research) ask in the July/August 2003 issue ofAcross the Board, available in EBSCO web in TUIU’s library. Search the Business Source Complete database and the article will be found.O’Malley, M. and Lawler, E. (July, Aug/2003). What is HR good for anyway? Across the Board.Assignment Expectations:Read the above article, find at least two related readings, and then respond to the following questions in a 3-4 page paper (not including cover and reference pages):O’Malley and Lawler state that in an effort to shake itself free of its sometimes foolish and fluffy image, HR may be abandoning its most distinguished virtue.What is HR’s most distinguishing virtue according to the authors? Do you agree or disagree? Why?What metrics are often used in HRM? Why?If metrics aren’t the answer, what do you recommend to determine HR?s effectiveness in private-sector business?Turn in this paper by the Module due date.MGT491 Module 1 SLP Strategic Importance of Human Resource ManagementFor the session long project, you need to create your own capstone project that you can study extensively that would turn you into an HR specialist. You’ve had extensive study in the field of HRM. What is it that you would like to be able to claim to be “expert” at when you’ve completed your concentration?Assignment Expectations:Identify an HR topic that you feel you would like to study in-depth for the SLP (it may or may not be one of the topics covered in this course). Select a paper topic that really focuses in on some aspect of an HR function in the private sector. For example, the topic ofcompensationis too broad. Instead, you may want to studythe role of employee wellness programs in bringing down health insurance costs. This is a focused statement calling for a specific, well-researched response.Explain why this aspect of HR is important to the practice of HR and to your own career,Describe how you will go about studying this topic bridging the terminology, theory, academic research, and practice in the private sector.Turn in this 2-3 page paper by the Module due date.Mdoule 2 SLpUsing the feedback you received on your SLP 1 identifying your personal capstone project, begin to build your readings and background materials that will support a written text of your project.Conduct a search of the “literature” that helps frame your expertise in your chosen specialization. Look for trends, practices, organizational examples, textbook like materials, web-sites, etc. that would enable you to write on this topic establishing your expertise and credibility.Assignment Expectations:For SLP 2, you need to turn in an annotated bibliography of at least 20 sources that you have found that would support your paper. You will be using these sources in greater detail for future SLPs.For help determining “What is an Annotated Bibliography?” visits Cornell University’s site that provides descriptions and a sample of an annotated bibliography.Turn in your annotated bibliography by the Module due date.MGT491 Module 3 SLP Assignments Managing Productivity through Job Design and Work FlowFor SLP 3, we’ll continue your progress developing your expertise as a specialist in one aspect of human resource management.In this module, you need to set up the organization of your paper. Therefore, it is important to preview the goal of SLPs 4 and 5 at this time so you can see how the pieces of your project fit together:In SLP 4 you are going to be asked to submit the introduction to your paper and write Part I: What does theory/academe say about ________________ (insert your topic here)? You might want to read ahead into SLP 4 and 5 to understand your objectives more clearly at this point.For SLP 5, you are going to be asked to submit Part II: What does practice tell us about this HR activity/function? What types of organizational examples can you submit that help advise you of the practice of HR (specific to your topic)? Part III: Conduct an analysis of similarities and differences between “theory” and “practice”. And finally, a conclusion identifying the most important points that a reader of your report (SLP 4 and SLP 5 comprehensively) should take away from the work/research that you’ve done.Assignment Expectations: For SLP 3, you need to develop an outline, using your annotated bibliography, of SLP 4 and SLP 5 (which combined would make up a comprehensive report). In your outline, you should identify specific sections of your paper, including the introduction, analysis, and conclusion and any references (using author, year to cite them) you might plan on using as you write. Thus, for SLP 3, what you are being asked to turn in is an outline of your SLP 4 and 5 papers. Your outline would look something like this:(TITLE)I. Introduction A. Relevance of my topic: 1. the point that you want to make using this article (Smith, 2003) 2. the point that you want to make (Johnson, 2000) B. Importance of the topic to me C. How this topic will be meaningful to my future careerII. Background of what this topic is A. Definition 1. definition (Constance & Frendshue, 1999) 2. definition (Delery & Doty, 1996) B. C.etc.MOdule 4 SLpContinuing with your SLP that is focused on your individual “specialization” within the field of HR, you’ll begin the actual writing of your paper in this module, and conclude the paper in SLP 5.Assignment Expectations:In SLP 4 you are asked to submit a 2-3 page paper containing:the introduction to your paperand write Part I: What does theory/academe say about ________________ (insert your topic here)?This is the front half of your paper. The reference list can be turned in as a combined one for SLP4 & 5 when turning in SLP5. For Part I, it is up to you to organize and determine the main themes and features of what the literature (“textbooks”, etc.) says about your topic. This should be a fairly comprehensive picture of the work that has been done in the past and of what is taught today. You should rely on at least 10 different sources of information for this assignment (SLP 4).Make sure that you cite each piece of information and where it comes from as you use it. Please use APA style by citing your references in parentheses immediately following the thought that you are sharing (do not use footnotes). In other words, your sentences should look like this:Human resource management strategy is a significant part of HR today (Delery & Doty, 1996). However, when you examine what that means to organizations, you’ll find that there are many interpretations. etc…Turn in this paper by the Module due date.Module 5 SLPContinuing with your SLP that is focused on your individual “specialization” within the field of HR, you’ll conclude the paper in this module.Assignment Expectations:For SLP 5, you are asked to submit a 2-3 page paper (not including references) including:Part II: What does practice tell us about this HR activity/function? What types of organizational examples can you submit that help advise you of the practice of HR (specific to your topic)?Part III: Conduct an analysis of similarities and differences between “theory” and “practice”.And, finally, a conclusion identifying the most important points that a reader of your report (SLP 4 and SLP 5 comprehensively) should take away from the work/research that you’ve done. Also your complete reference list needs to be submitted.Make sure that you cite each piece of information and where it comes from as you use it. Please use APA style by citing your references in parentheses immediately following the thought that you are sharing (do not use footnotes). In other words, your sentences should look like thisHuman resource management strategy is a significant part of HR today (Delery & Doty, 1996). However, when you examine what that means to organizations, you’ll find that there are many interpretations. etc…Please turn in a 2-3 page paper, plus your references (these are not included in the 2-3 pages of text) and upload it in to CourseNet by the end of this module.