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    Organization Culture

    How would you address organizational culture to allow your subordinates to be open to change created by the introduction of a new business model you created and want adopted in the workplace within the next 12 months?

    Develop a Job Posting

    My organization has determined that it needs to hire a new HR manager in order to integrate its Human Resource Management practices into its organizational operations. This position will carry a VP title and is considered very important for the organization to succeed. I am the President of the organization and must develop a

    Family Leave Policy

    What legal requirements might apply to Family Leave Policy (Chapter 13) ? Suggest how you as a HR staff member would set-up this Program to meet legal and ethical requirements. Include info from your State's employment law on this topic. The state is the state of Florida. Pleas include references you use. Working on a

    Why Offer Employee Benefits?

    The issue of Employee Benefits. As we know, this is a very sensitive topic. Why do employers provide a benefit package as opposed to providing all compensation in the form of salary?

    Human resources

    In setting up a pay structure: a) What legal requirements must an organization meet? b) Which of these do you think would be most challenging for a small start-up Company? Why?

    Project Plan

    Complete the project plan for the trade show by adding resources, assignments, and budgets to the WBS. The result should be a project plan created using Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Recognize and achieve basic competency in technical areas of project management including PERT, CPM, Gantt, Work Breakdown Structures, and other for

    Deloitte & Touche Case Study/ Human Resource Management

    Read the following Case Study. Answer the three questions that follow. Elaborating on your responses by distinguishing between the role of human resources managers and line managers in implementing the changes described. In 1992, Deloitte & Touche, LLP, was celebrating the tenth year in which approximately 50 percent of its

    How would you handle the following PR situation

    Assume you are the Corporate Communication Director (Public Relations wizard) for the organization. Consider your response, keep in mind these key elements-what the issue(s) are or maybe, who the various publics are along with the primary target audience(s), and the impact and perception of the various communication tools that a

    Responses to PR related events

    I am the Communications director (PR wizard) for my organization. I must draft a response to the following scenarios while keeping in mind these key elements: What the issue(s) are or may be? Who the various publics are along with the primary target audience(s)? The impact and perceptions of the various communication t

    Paper Matrix Evaluation Justification

    I am looking for help in evaluating a Matrix that was developed to access projects that are developed in our office. I need to write a justification that lists each of the criterion selected and discuss what makes the criterion useful for evaluating Business Plans. The following criteria has been chosen by the development

    Streamlining Employee Reimbursements

    Using the project you created in Unit 1 Individual Assignment (Streamlining Employee Reimbursements), put together a proposal for the customer that includes the following: Briefly describe the first five points of the Project Scope Checklist in relation to your project: What are the project objectives? List the deliverables

    Enron and Cindy Olson's Role

    Should Cindy Olson have made her first priority Enron or its employees? Explain your reasoning. I have my own opinions of this subject but would like to hear another. I think that she had a responsibility to both but as a HR representative she knew that she was bound to uphold the ethical issues involved in protecting the emplo

    Stress Reduction Approach in the Workplace

    You are attending a lunch and learn session on stress reduction in the workplace. In order to prepare yourself for this meeting, write a paragraph explaining how you would reduce stress at work. Write indicating why you believe this approach would be successful.

    Corporate employer/employee

    Corporate Employer made a $8,300 cash contribution to employee's retirement savings plan. Employee is fully vested in plan. Describe the tax consequences of the contribution to the employee and the corporate employer if the plan is a qualified defined-contribution plan and the plan is a non-qualified savings plan.

    Human Resource Issues - Case Study

    CarLis Inc. You are sitting at your desk in your new office, head in hands, pondering your next move. As a recent graduate from a large midwestern university, you had been schooled in Human Resource Management. Upon graduation, you accepted an offer with CarLis Inc. to be the HR Manager, a new position in this growing com

    Less Effective Objective Data

    Superficially, it seems preferable to use objective performance data (such as productivity figures) when available, rather than subjective supervisory ratings to assess employees. When might objective data be less effective as performance measures than are subjective ratings?

    Deloitte & Touche

    Please visit "Deloitte & Touche" at www.deloitte.com and comment on how this consulting organization utilizes real-world applications of strategic management.

    E-recruiting

    A large share of HR professionals have rated e-recruiting as their best sources of new talent. What qualities of electronic recruiting do you think contribute to that opinion? What are some ways that recruiters can best narrow the vast pool of applicants found online? What kinds of electronic recruiting are being used in your or

    Human Resources; Personnel Issues

    The company you work for is considering changing its applicant testing process. Your supervisor has asked you to address the following in a document that will be sent to other managers within the organization. Write a short essay discussing some of the legal and ethical considerations of major types of tests: cognitive abilit

    Variance and Cost Calculations for Ikon Tire Co.

    Ikon Tire Co. manufactures automobile tires. Standard Costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 36,000 tires were as follows: Standard Cost Actual Cost Direct Materials 72,000 pounds at $4.50 73,100 pounds at $4.80 Direct Labor 18,00

    Human Resources Cases

    Shelly Wexler tells her supervisor, Rob Levine, that having to care for her aging mother is forcing her to leave work early and is making her feel increasingly "stressed out." While Rob refers her to the company's EAP, he also tries to convince her to put her mother in a home for ages and even gives her some information about

    Defining a Manager

    You work in the Human Resources department of your organization. You have been charged with recruiting a manager for a department within the Services division. The Vice-President of the Services division stresses to you that "This department hasn't had a good manager in years. I need someone who can take charge, organize things,

    Human Resource Topic

    1) James L. Schneider, owner of a small computer design and software consulting company in San Francisco, complains that he has a difficult time competing with firms that bring foreign software engineers into the United States to do similar work for one-third the price. Schneider charges, "American citizens are out on the st

    Turnover Rate in Organizations

    What are some of the factors that make turnover costly? Why is it important for organizations to be aware of their turnover rate? What types of things can employers due to effect the turnover rate? How does turnover play a role in staffing systems?