Read the case study and provide a recommendation for hiring a compensation specialist that helps EasySpa’s Director of Human Resources, Jay Spento, convince his CEO of the benefits of hiring for this position. Be sure to follow APA guidelines and write your paper in the proper format (not as question and answer).
Distinguish national and global culture and the impact they have on the globalized workforce in order to contribute to human resource practices across countries and cultures
Analyze and assess global human resource policies, practices, and functions in order to meet an organization’s goals and objectives while maintaining the values and traditions of the local culture.
The management team has now hired 4 managers, who are PCNs (parent country nationals). Now they need to figure out how to develop a compensation plan that is aligned with the company’s compensation but also takes into consideration the host country’s financial situation. You are asked to:
B.List the top three benefits that should be offered to the expatriate. Explain why you chose these as the most important. Make sure the cost is included in your balance sheet.
Review the Balance Sheet Approach to Compensation in the course file “Global Compensation” in week 5.
Background:
Fit 4 Life is a fitness chain throughout the United States. They recently decided to open up four new gyms in Florence, Italy, with the objective of growing the organization globally and establishing an international presence.
The premise of Fit 4 Life’s strategy is that clients use gyms as a social event. They promote clubs, small groups and large events throughout the month to encourage clients to come together socially as well as to work out. Each club has a general manager and 3-5 fitness instructors who provide support for the clients and the events.
The organization has decided to use this expansion as a pilot project and if all goes well, they will consider spreading out across Europe and South America.
This is a strategic endeavor, so it is important that the organization finds an effective formula to operate successfully in the global arena.
The organization has hired you to provide consultation on how they should proceed.
While professional interviewing can elicit information, motivational interviewing is a collaborative, conversational approach for evoking a service user’s own motivation to change. Not only do you draw upon an individual’s needs, using motivational interviewing helps to empower the service user to make the necessary changes to improve their well-being. Traditional assessment is often a question and answer process versus motivational interviewing, which is conversational and motivational. It is critical to note that traditional assessments are complex and are specific psychometric measurements that require reliability and validity in order to be a true assessment measure. Reliability is the degree to which an assessment is consistent, and validity is the degree to which an assessment measures what it intends to measure. As an advanced human services professional practitioner, you will generally use motivational interviewing more often than psychometric assessment instruments, however, this is dependent upon your practice or employment, or even your credentials. When you use assessment measures, it is important to understand the notion of reliability and validity.
In motivational interviewing, it is critical to understand and utilize communication styles that are effective. Without the appropriate communication style, the interview no longer elicits the right information nor empowers the individual. Identifying your communication style and approach is important in developing your skills in motivational interviewing. As you will discover in the readings, this week, some communication styles are more appropriate than others when using motivational interviewing.
In this Discussion, you will identify your communication style and consider how it may affect your approach to motivational interviewing. You also will compare motivational interviewing to traditional assessment techniques used in human services settings.
Students will be tasked with the reading & discussion of selected case studies. The work required by each assignment will vary in content. Some assignments will task students to assess a given case, evaluate illustrated methods, or research contemporary practices. Students are to prepare a case summary using APA format, 12 pt Times Roman, 1″ margins, double-spaced in their narrative. Students are to include resource citations and a bibliography. To assist students in outlining their narrative, the following questions should be addressed:For Case Study #1 integrate Case Study Discussion Question into your narative. In addition, include your answers to questions noted below.Questions
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Making Data Driven Decisions
This project is based on creating visualizations using charts for data. You can choose from column charts, bar graphs, line graphs, dual axis chart, area chart, etc.
Overview
To make sense of all the data available to them, business leaders work alongside data scientists who generate data visualizations to understand business questions via analytics. This process gives companies insight on what is working and what is not: for example, whether the products or services offered are meeting expectations, or if a shift in strategy is necessary.
Scenario
For this assignment, you will take on the role of a business leader who wishes to analyze if a new product their company has introduced is meeting the expectations. Imagine that you would like to create a post in the company intranet that summarizes your findings in an easy-to-read format for your team. Pay special attention to creating meaningful data visualizations. You should use techniques that make content easy to follow but that also display charts accurately without distorting or skewing data. Your company’s profit goal is 25% of the cost of goods sold (COGS). Remember, COGS is the cost of manufacturing the product, including labor, materials, and overhead. You will need to build trust and an open channel of communication with other leaders on your team. Pay close attention to the story that data visualizations tell you and others reviewing your post.
Goals
To make sense of all the data available to them, business leaders work alongside data scientists who generate data visualizations to understand business questions via analytics. This process gives companies insight into what is working and what is not (e.g., whether the products or services offered are meeting expectations or whether a shift in strategy is necessary).
In this assignment, you will:
The purpose of this analysis is to better understand the cost, revenue, and profit associated with the new product launch. **Please review the attached excel spreadsheet before moving forward**
Directions
Describe your Role and Goal
Introduce the purpose of this assignment by answering these questions: What are you reporting on and what are you analyzing? Why is it important to analyze this information? (In 25-50 words)
Explain the importance of Data Visualization
Why is data analysis important? How can it help you understand whether the new product had a successful launch? (In 25-50 words)
Analyze Past Performance
In 200–400 words, summarize the general trends by answering these questions: How did COGS, profit, and profit as a percentage of COGS change over time? How close did your company come to meeting its goal?
Tell the story of your product’s launch through data visualizations. Keep your target audience in mind as you choose which data visualizations. Keep your target audience in mind as you choose which data visualization to use. Look for the visualizations that best highlight the trends and that will be easiest for your audience to interpret.
(Chart one) **Now you should create a graph or chart of the data visualizations and insert here**
In 15–30 words, answer these questions: What kind of graphic have you selected and why? What is the main point you would like to make with this visualization?
(Chart Two) Upload the next data visualization chart here
In 15–30 words, answer these questions: What kind of graphic have you selected and why? What is the main point you would like to make with this visualization?
Predict Future Performance
In 60–120 words, answer this question and explain your reasoning: Based on past performance, do you expect that the company will be able to meet its goal of a profit that is equal to 25 percent of the COGS in the future?
(Chart Three)
Upload a data visualization that provides the strongest evidence to support your argument.
In 15–30 words, answer these questions: What kind of graphic have you selected and why? What is the main point you would like to make with this visualization?
Summarize Your Findings
In 50–100 words, describe the launch of this product and answer these questions: Has it been successful? What trends have you been able to illustrate with your visualizations? What do you hope your target audience has gained from viewing your data visualizations?
Part One
Discussion Attributions and Academic Integrity
In this discussion, we will explore attributions and academic integrity.
For your initial post, address the following:
Part Two
Project Draft
This assignment is associated from a previous assignment that was completed. This is highlighted in yellow. The topic should be on “Voting Rights”.
Overview Of Assignment
You have completed an analysis of the lenses as they relate to one of the three topics we are working on in this course: voting rights, climate change, and justice. Now, to help you apply the lenses to your chosen topic, you will work on a KWL analysis.
For this assignment, you will complete a KWL analysis, which details what you know, what you want to know, and what you have learned about a topic, analyzing it through each of the lenses. Before you begin, read the provided resources for your chosen topic in the library guide.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
For the topic you selected (voting rights, climate change, or justice), determine the following:
Know (K): Draw on previous personal experiences to provide information about what you already know about your topic in relation to each lens.
Want to know (W): Determine what you want to know about your topic in relation to each lens. Be sure to phrase this information as questions. What keywords would be helpful in exploring your topic?
Learned (L): Answer the questions you posed about your topic using the provided resources in the library guide. If they are not answered by the resources, explain what steps you will take to answer them.
Guidelines for Submission
Submit your analysis of the questions above. Your submission should be a Word document, one to two pages in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.
Pervious Assignment:
As far as this discussion is concerned, the selected topic is voting rights. It is an essential topic that is worth examining since by looking at it, essential insight into what it entails will be gained. It is also a broader topic and one which has been debated about since its and it has continued to gain tremendous changes and advances over the centuries, (Johnson, 2014). Regarding what I know about this topic so far, it is essential to argue that I am aware of every person being entitled to cast his or her vote whenever eligible but as it will be discussed below, certain individuals have been denied these rights despite being eligible or being entitled to vote.
The other important aspect to examine regarding this topic is the personal interests/experiences that shaped the choice of the above topic at the expense of the other topics. As mentioned above, certain individuals have been denied their rights, especially in the United States despite being eligible to vote and having attained the required age for doing so. Specifically, the blacks and people like the female gender had been denied their voting rights and this forms the basis of individual experience and interest for choosing the topic. The reason is that such instances are interesting to examine and this makes the topic to be highly interesting for one to choose.
Several questions may be meaningful for exploring the above topic. One of them is what are some of the voting rights that an individual may be entitled to? The other question is what led to the declaration of these voting rights? There is also a question such as why would a person be denied his or her voting rights despite having been eligible to vote? The above questions are meaningful since by trying to answer or research about them, then an increased insight into the topic will be gained.
Reference
Johnson, P. C. (2014). Voting Rights and Civil Rights Era Cold Cases: Section Five and the Five Cities Project. Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol’y, 16, 377.
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/glj108&div=16&id=&page=
Construct a 1,000-1,250-word response that addresses the following:
Be sure to cite three to five relevant scholarly sources in support of your content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
INSTRUCTIONS:
FORMAT:
o Include a Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment.
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Question 1:
A) Discuss the evolution of the HR role from administrative to strategic.
· What internal and external factors were involved in this transition?
· Rank and discuss the top three skills needed by HR professionals to be effective as strategic business partners. Provide your rationale with supporting evidence.
B) Reflect on the HR function in your current organization or an organization you have worked for in the past.
· Evaluate the HR role in the organization and discuss the alignment between HR priorities and the organizational strategy (do not name the organization).
· Did you see evidence of a strategic focus? Support your position with specific examples.
Question 2:
A) Discuss the interrelationships between recruiting, selection and retention.
· Why is it important to consider employee retention in the selection process?
· How would you evaluate your organization’s recruiting and selection programs?
· What specific metrics would you use to measure the success of these programs?
B) Assume the role of a human resource manager tasked with developing a new employee retention strategy. How would you appeal to generational differences in the workplace? Propose two ideas and discuss why you believe they would be effective.
Question 3:
A) Discuss how an organization’s culture can impact policies and practices related to diversity and multiculturalism.
· How can HR influence organizational culture to support diversity and multiculturalism?
· Discuss at least three policies or practices that HR can propose.
· How can HR work with leaders to implement these policies or practices?
B) Evaluate and discuss the diversity practices and policies of your own organization or one you have worked for in the past. How does the organizational culture influence diversity and multiculturalism? Provide specific examples, but do not name the organization.
Question 4:
A) Why is retention such a major focus for human resource managers? How does focusing on retention add strategic value to the organization?
B) How would you go about developing an employee retention program for your organization?
· Be specific in terms of what steps you would you take.
· What might be your biggest challenge and why?
· What type of metrics would you need to obtain? Discuss at least two. Why did you select these metrics?
From the standpoint of the union:
Management shows favoritism and selectively chooses certain employees to get overtime.
Management takes away the overtime of workers when they get out there and start doing our jobs; we were hired to do a job and management keeps taking away our rights to overtime.
Questions that need to be answered in the discussion forum:
Should a supervisor (management) be allowed to work alongside an employee covered by the CBA and thereby minimize or eliminate the opportunity for employees to earn overtime?
Specifically, how should the overtime be distributed to ensure it is done in a fair and equitable manner?
If an overtime list is created, how should it be managed since there are certain workers qualified for some tasks but not others? Should there be several task specific lists created, or an overall shop list?
How does seniority play a role in how overtime is scheduled?
The New Benefit Plan
Carter Cleaning Centers has traditionally provided only legislatively required benefits for its employees. These include unemployment compensation, Social Security, and workers’ compensation (which is provided through the same insurance carrier that insures the stores for such hazards as theft and fire). The principals of the firm—Jack, Jennifer, and their families—have individual, family-supplied health, and life insurance. …………. Continue reading this case study at the end of Chapter 13 (pg. 447).
Your submission:
A word document containing your responses to the four (4) questions occurring at the end of the case study.
Carter Cleaning Company
Written and copyrighted by Gary Dessler, PhD.
The New Benefit Plan
Carter Cleaning Centers has traditionally provided only legislatively required benefits for its employees. These include unemployment compensation, Social Security, and workers’ compensation (which is provided through the same insurance carrier that insures the stores for such hazards as theft and fire). The principals of the firm—Jack, Jennifer, and their families—have individual, family-supplied health and life insurance.
Jennifer can see several potential problems with the company’s policies regarding benefits and services. One is turnover. She wants to study whether similar companies’ experiences with providing health and life insurance benefits enable these firms to reduce employee turnover and perhaps pay lower wages. Jennifer is also concerned that her company has no formal vacation or paid days off or sick leave policies. Informally, at least, it is understood that employees get 1 week’s vacation after 1 year’s work, but in the past the policy regarding paid vacations for days such as New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving Day has been very inconsistent. Sometimes employees who had been on the job only 2 or 3 weeks were paid fully for one of these holidays, while at other times employees who had been with the firm for 6 months or more had been paid for only half a day.
She also wonders whether it would be advisable to establish some type of day care center for the employees’ children. Many of them have no place to go during the day (they are preschoolers) or have no place to go after school; she wonders whether a day care benefit would be in the best interests of the company.
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