Business
Human resource practices.
I have recently visited with the Human Resources Director, Hope Goldberg at the Watercolor Inn located on Scenic 30A in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. This is right next door to Seaside, FL. St. Joe manages a few different resorts, golf courses, vacation rentals, and restaurants. Please visit www.stjoeclub.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for more of a company profile.
Please share with us your thoughts, favorite take-aways, surprising insights on Ms. Goldberg’s visit to our class. Make sure to acknowledge points that Ms. Goldberg makes that is related to the readings.
Process of team management and leadership.
With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership. Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about cultural diversity. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:
How does having members of different cultures on a team affect the team’s performance?
How would you incorporate a person from a culture of your choice into your team, keeping in mind communication differences within your and the chosen culture?
Organizational plan.
Resource: Succession Planning templates found on the Internet
You believe that a Career Development Plan for the HR Department would be very beneficial and could nicely feed into a succession plan for your department within the company.
Create an organizational plan for career paths in the HR Department and succession planning that considers vacancy, readiness, and transition risks for the next Human Resource Director.
Consider internal candidates and potential external candidates for future openings in your research.
Differentiate between organizational, group, individual, and job needs assessments.
Use the Student Materials to aid you in this assignment.
Prepare a 15-slide presentation.
Design a new organization chart for the HR Department that contemplates company growth and the need for additional HR positions and include it in the organizational plan.
Format your organizational plan consistent with APA guidelines.
Use headings to appropriately signal the topics and keep your document organized.
Staffing Plan for a Growing Business.
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Assignment 1: Staffing Plan for a Growing Business
Due Week 6 and worth 280 points
Please choose from one (1) of the scenarios below. Note: The scenario that you choose in this assignment will be the one (1) with which you continue for Assignment 2.
Scenario 1
You are a Human Resources Manager of an expanding technology company consisting of 170 employees that develops and distributes small electronic devices. Over the past two (2) years, a research group formed, designed, and built prototypes of small remote surveillance cameras used for security. Recently, your company won a contract to build and provide these remote surveillance cameras to various government agencies. The contract will begin with your company supplying these cameras to agencies within your home state. If all orders are fulfilled sufficiently, the contract will be expanded to supplying agencies outside of your home state.
For the immediate future, you will need to secure a larger facility and hire more staff to sustain the first part of the contract. This staff will consist of ten (10) Assembly Technicians, one (1) Certified Quality Control Engineer, one (1) Contract Administrator, and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. Meanwhile, there is a contract clause requiring that you provide a staffing plan in order to ensure future product deliveries and sustain the possible future growth.
justice and intellectual confidence.
After reading this week’s lectures on the qualities of a Fair-Minded Thinker, select one quality you feel you possess and describe how you embody this quality.
Next, select two qualities you feel you need to improve upon.
Using the five step decision making process outlined below, create a plan of action to improve in those areas. Please be sure to outline the specific steps you’ll take to overcome any obstacles you face.
Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500-750 words in length. If you use sources in your writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.
Decision Making Process
Step One: As clearly as possible, define the decision you are faced with.
Step Two: Consider each possible choice you have for resolving the issue.
Step Three: Gather as much relevant information as time allows, and identify the pros and cons of each of the choices you have to solve your issue.