Talent management
According to Jack Welch, it’s a best practice to devote a lot of time, energy, and money to your A and A-minus players, and to let your C players go. However, Bock argues that management can improve the capabilities of their C players significantly through coaching and training.
What approach do managers in your organization take to talent management? What are the results?
Welch, Chapter 3: Differentiation: Cruel and Darwinian? Try Fair and Effective
Bock, Chapter 8: The Two Tails
Welch, J. & Welch, S. (2005). Winning. New York: HarperCollins.
Cybersecurity
It is important to understand that humans and technology interact in all information systems. Why do you feel businesses must spend time and money to educate their employees on security matters?
Supply chain management
This week’s readings suggest that technology is at the center of changes taking place in supply chain management. In this discussion you will take a closer look at innovative technologies that companies are implementing to streamline their supply chain operations and examine how these new technologies have affected their business performance.
For your initial post provide an example of a company that has been innovative with the implementation of new technology in their supply chain network. You can select a company on your own (using credible sources) from your textbook or from assigned readings. Your post must include the following:
Name your chosen company and describe their business, then explain how they have implemented change in their supply chain through technological innovation.
Explain how technology has changed the company, improved its supply chain management, and stimulated its competitive advantage.
Provide one example of another new technology that you think might further improve the company’s supply chain operations and increase its global efficiency and competitiveness.
Developing Network Management Strategies
Write a 2 page paper addressing the following elements in your paper:
Explain the similarities and differences between Scientific Management and Strategic Management.
Explain whether Strategic Management could have been developed without Scientific Management as its predecessor.
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing)
Traditional methods of management
Write a 2 page paper addressing the following elements in your paper:
Explain the similarities and differences between Scientific Management and Strategic Management.
Explain whether Strategic Management could have been developed without Scientific Management as its predecessor.
Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing)
Cybersecurity Planning and Management
Select ONE ARTICLE from the following links and summarize the reading in your own words. Your summary should be 2-3 paragraphs in length and uploaded as a TEXT DOCUMENT. Click the link above to submit your work. There is an EXAMPLE attached to show you the format requirements.
What is most important is that you use YOUR OWN WORDS to summarize the news article. It is essential that you do not copy text directly from the Internet. Plagiarism is unacceptable. You can easily avoid this by rephrasing the contents and summarizing it using your own words.
Performance Appraisal and Application to Training
In this homework assignment, you will develop a table on performance appraisals (PA) and how they are applied to training.
In column 1, identify three different types of PAs that can be offered.
In column 2, analyze how the PA can be applied to a training effort.
In column 3, identify one type of training and one assessment tool for each PA that could be used to identify training success.
Human Resource and Talent Management
“Improving Talent Management”
Fewer than one-third of respondents to a survey say their company is prepared for the future. Even among the top companies, only 27% say they have employees prepared for openings in the executive ranks, and only 18% are ready to fill management positions at lower levels. About one-third (34%) say their organization develops leaders effectively. What competitive advantages could a skilled HR manager deliver at an organization committed to improving its talent management?
Assignment 2: New Supervisor Training on Performance Evaluations
Now that the position has been created, you’ve taken the opportunity to create a PowerPoint presentation to train new supervisors on how to conduct performance evaluations.
Whether you use an annual evaluation, real-time feedback, or quarterly evaluations, it is important that new supervisors understand:
the rationale for a performance evaluation in general,
the rationale for the specific one in use,
the instrument used, and,
the process for the evaluation.
The PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides with graphics and Notes Pages.
NOTE: One of the positions the new supervisors will be conducting performance evaluations on is the job in your description from Week 3. Find creative ways to incorporate your work from that assignment into this one.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
You must include the Notes Pages. This is where you explain in detail the thoughts you want to convey in each slide, only in more depth.
Visually appealing: graphics (required) should be appropriate for the environment and audience. Text should be visible from 18 feet away (generally considered 18 pt. font or larger).
Human resource management system
This is not a paper. It is a discussion post. It does not have to be more than .5 page. Each question just need to be answered comprehensively.
Part A (Chapter 9)
1. After reading Chapter 9 (PowerPoint attached), read the two articles listed below:
http://www.hrvillage.com/human-resources/applicant-tracking.htm
https://searchhrsoftware.techtarget.com/feature/Integrating-talent-management-and-core-HR-systems-valuable-but-tricky
2. Why is it important to establish the meaning of talent and talent management in a particular organizational setting?
How does the strategic direction of the organization influence human resource planning activities?
Cloud computing
If you do not have access to the text book, feel free to write in own words. Please include all the URLs for the internet resources used at the bottom.
Please do not copy exact sentences from anywhere.
Course: Cloud computing
Main text book: Jamsa, K. A. (2013). Cloud computing: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, virtualization, business models, mobile, security and more. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Alt. text book: Erl, T., Mahmood, Z., & Puttini, R. (2014). Cloud computing: concepts, technology, & architecture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.