HRM 510
Discussion 1
“Pay Equity and Benefits” Please respond to the following:
Using the e-Activity, determine the importance of equal pay between men and women. Then, suggest two (2) valid reasons why their pay may be different for the same position. Justify your response.
Assess the importance of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when an employer provides benefits of any kind. Classify two (2) pros of an employee using the benefits that the employer provides and at least one (1) con that may be a conflict for an employee using such benefits. Note: Refer to cases in your textbook as you formulate your response.
eActivity
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research the Equal Pay Act and its effects on both men and women in the workplace. Be prepared to discuss.
Discussion 2
“Unions and OSHA” Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, evaluate the overall importance of the National Labor Relations Board. Next, summarize the pertinent details of the case that you have selected, and give your opinion of the Board’s decision and the fairness of the outcome. Support your response with specific details from the selected case.
From the second e-Activity, evaluate the overall importance of OSHA. Next, give your opinion of whether OSHA offers enough protection or overregulates the safety of workers. Support your response with specific details from the selected news story.
eActivities
Go to the “Board Decisions” section of the National Labor Relations Board’s website, located at http://www.nlrb.gov/cases-decisions/board-decisions, and use the search option to find and then review one (1) case concerning unions and / or collective bargaining. Be prepared to discuss.
Go to the United States Department of Labor’s website, and review one (1) article from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) “Latest News” section, located at https://www.osha.gov/. Be prepared to discuss.
Discussion 3
“Performance Appraisal” Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, explore the major issues inherent within the performance appraisal process that may lead to any type of discrimination within an organization based on two (2) of the following: gender, disability, or denial of employment opportunity. Support your response with two (2) relevant recent cases, and explain the outcome of the case.
From the second e-Activity, examine workplace privacy as it relates to emails and Internet communication. Suggest two (2) recommendations that an organization should make to its employees geared toward protecting the privacy of the organization when employees use emails and communicate via the Internet. Justify your response.
eActivities
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research performance appraisal fairness and denial of employment opportunities based on gender and disability. Be prepared to discuss.
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research privacy protection for email and Internet communication. Be prepared to discuss.
HRM 500
Discussion 1
“Pay Scales”
Imagine that you manage human resources for a small business. You have recently prepared a report on the market rate of pay for salespeople, and the company’s owner says the market rate is too high. The company cannot afford this level of pay, and furthermore, paying that much would cause salespeople to earn more than most of the company’s managers. Why is this a problem? Should managers automatically be at the top of the pay scale? Suggest three possible measures the company might take to help resolve this conflict.
If you had been advising Starbucks, would you have recommended that it introduce the tuition reimbursement plan or instead use the same budget to raise hourly workers’ wages? Why?
Why do employees join labor unions? Did you ever belong to a labor union? If you did, do you think union membership benefited you? If you did not, do you think a union would have benefited you? Why or why not?
Go to Salary.com’s website and use its U.S. Salary Wizard to compare the salary for the same job in two different areas of the country. Try to select areas of the country that will yield varied salaries for the same job. Use the Internet to research possible reasons for the discrepancy in pay
To help kick-start discussion I will be adding a couple of interesting websites with information on Pay Structures
1) From the Society of Human Resources Management, a .pdf entitled: Case Study and Integrated Application Exercises: Designing a Pay Structure.
https://www.shrm.org/academicinitiatives/universities/teachingresources/Documents/Designing%20a%20Pay%20Structure_IM_9.08.pdf
2) Also from the Society of Human Resource Management an article entitled: Updating Salary Structure, When, Why and How.
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/updating-salary-structure.aspx
Discussion 2
“Starbucks Employee Benefits”
Watch the following video Starbucks to give workers full ride to college
https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/pf/college/starbu…
If you had been advising Starbucks, would you have recommended that it introduce the tuition reimbursement plan or instead use the same budget to raise hourly workers’ wages? Why?
https://bizfluent.com/info-8275359-collective-barg…
Discussion 3
“Employee labor unions”
Why do employees join labor unions? Did you ever belong to a labor union? If you did, do you think union membership benefited you? If you did not, do you think a union would have benefited you? Why or why not?
https://bizfluent.com/info-8275359-collective-barg…
Watch the video titled, “Trends in global HR” (4 min 28 sec). Imagine you are the HR manager of a U.S. company looking to expand in another country. You need to learn about the culture before sending expatriates abroad to work. Use the Internet to research the culture in a country of your choosing as it relates to the work environment
HRM 562
Discussion 1
“Training and Organizational Learning” Please respond to the following:
Give your opinion on the major difference(s) between training and organizational learning. Next, outline a plan to transition an organization with which you are familiar from learning “in” the organization to learning “by” the organization. Defend the core reasons why you believe the plan would be effective.
Create a model to transition an organization through the following four (4) phases of learning: individual, group, intergroup, and finally, ongoing learning. Provide at least one (1) example of the type(s) of learning activities that would occur in each phase of your model.
Discussion 2
“Low-Quality and High-Quality After-Action Review” Please respond to the following:
Create a scenario or event in an organization (i.e., safety, training, or another issue) using a low-quality after-action review. Next, speculate on the major negative effects within the organization if the same scenario or event were to reoccur. Support your response with at least two (2) examples of the identified negative effects.
Watch the video titled “AAR (After Action Review) Definition & Explanation” (2 min 43 s), located below. You may also view the video at Next, using the reoccurrence of the scenario or event from part one of the discussion, change the low-quality to a high-quality after-action review. Then, suggest the most important lessons-learned using the high-quality after-action review method as an adopted business practice.
WEEK 9
“Work Innovation Network (WIN) and Productive Learning” Please respond to the following:
Examine the impact that the Work Innovation Network (WIN) has had on the Knowledge Management (KM) initiative at Hewlett-Packard (HP). Next, give your opinion on the influence of both initiatives on the evolution of organizational learning. Support your response with at least two (2) specific examples of the organizational learning at HP.
Outline a plan to teach employees the importance of incorporating productive learning as an improvement in their department, job, process, product, or service. Provide at least two (2) examples of productive learning in your plan.
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