Develop a Talent Management Plan, assignment help

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This last module focuses on innovative approaches to talent management. Specifically, the module focuses on rethinking the concept of talent management using a people-equity framework. A people-equity framework is a combination of alignment, capabilities, and engagement (ACE). Alignment is the connection of employees to the organization. Capabilities capture the extent to which an organization develops talent, information, and resources that grow customer value. Engagement is the extent to which employees are willing to go beyond the minimum requirements to enhance organizational value and growth.

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  • Propose multiple options (including a financial analysis of each option) to intervene when a talent management plan clearly demonstrates gaps in an organization’s current depth and breadth of management talent, using all factors of the human resource system as appropriate.
  • Develop a plan to counsel out or otherwise redirect individuals who have served the organization well but are inappropriate for further promotion.
  • Design a pipeline process to anticipate vacancies and fill key positions in an organization.

Talent Management to Address Attrition—Case Example This case study examines an organization that experienced significant turnover in a specific department. Click here to review a case that studies causes of attrition.

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Throughout this course, you discussed many important elements of talent management, such as talent management systems (TMSs), talent management models (pedagogy and andragogy), competencies, competency models, performance management, workforce diversity, succession and career planning, planning, forecasting, recruitment, coaching, T&D, leadership development, and innovative approaches to talent management. During the course, you also demonstrated your ability to create a talent management plan and, hopefully, now have a complete understanding of talent management and its importance in organizational success.

In this module’s assignments, you will develop a talent management plan for a company. You will also reflect on the course elements individually and, as a whole, review the TMS.

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Assignment 1: Required Assignment 2—Develop a Talent Management Plan

In this assignment, you will develop a talent management plan for the company in the following scenario.

Review the following scenario:

You work in the human resource department of an electric power company in the southwestern region of the U.S. The company was founded in 1940. It has an excellent reputation as a provider of electricity, an outstanding corporate citizen, and an excellent place to work. It has been ranked among the top three employers in the community for several years.
The company’s mission is to serve customer’s needs for electric power in ways that provide exceptional value to all stakeholders including customers, shareholders, employees, and the communities in which it operates.
Its values include providing a safe work environment; ensuring fairness and respect for customers, employees, shareholders, and partners; honoring commitments to use resources wisely; providing a high quality of work life for its employees; striving for excellence; and having fun.
Given its long history, many of the company’s current employees are children and, in some cases, grandchildren of former employees. Thus, there are close family ties to the company as well as a sense of loyalty.
However, over the years, technological advancements in the power generation business have resulted in jobs being either redesigned or eliminated. For example, in the past, the company had many employees who read meters that showed the amount of electricity used by households. Meter readers traveled from house to house each month to log the information for billing purposes. Now, meters are read automatically and data are transferred to the billing department via computer. This technological advancement has eliminated the need for many employees who were required to resign, be laid off, or be retrained for other positions in the company.
The company faces a challenge as it strives to maintain its reputation as an excellent employer in the community and yet leverage advances in technology to help it increase efficiency and remain competitive.

Directions:

Given this scenario, develop a talent management plan for this company. Complete the following in your talent management plan:

  • Develop a plan that is aligned with the mission statement, the organization’s processes, and any specific assumptions about the culture of the organization and human resource systems.
  • Identify any financial implications and/or constraints.
  • Identify the gaps in the organization’s current management talent. Make sure you identify gaps in the depth and breadth of management talent and use all factors of the human resource system.
  • Propose and describe in detail 2–3 interventions that would help mitigate those gaps. Make sure you justify your ideas with scholarly research.
  • Develop a plan to counsel out or otherwise redirect individuals who have served the organization well, but are inappropriate for further promotion.
  • Justify the effectiveness of the talent management plan for this company.

Be sure to write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Write a 6–8-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Saturday, July 8, 2017, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 RA 2 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria

Assignment Components Proficient

Maximum Points

Develop a plan that is aligned with the mission statement, the organization’s processes, and any specific assumptions about the culture of the organization and human resource systems.

CO 1

Plan is clear, detailed, and can easily be implemented. It aligns with the mission statement, the organization’s processes, and any specific assumptions about the culture of the organization and human resource systems.

60

Identify any financial implications and/or constraints.

CO 2

Financial implications or constraints identified are clear, specific, and represent all possible implications and constraints in the scenario.

36

Identify the gaps in the organization’s current management talent. Make sure you identify gaps in depth and breadth of management talent and use all factors of the human resource system.

CO 2

Gaps identified in the organization’s current management talent are specific and accurate. Both gaps in the depth and breadth of management talent are identified; all factors of human resource system are present.

40

Propose and describe in detail 2–3 interventions that would help mitigate those gaps. Make sure you justify your ideas with scholarly research.

CO 2

Interventions proposed are clear, specific, and reasonable to implement. They clearly would help mitigate gaps identified. Evidence from scholarly research is used to support ideas.

44

Develop a plan to counsel out or otherwise redirect individuals who have served the organization well, but are inappropriate for further promotion.

CO 3

Plan to counsel out or redirect individuals is specific, clear, appropriate, and supports both the organization and the individual employee(s).

48

Justify the effectiveness of the talent management plan for this company.

CO 1

Effectiveness of the plan is clear, explicit, and grounded in a variety of scholarly evidence.

48

Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

28
Total:

300

Transferable Skills Exemplary Assignment and Reflection AND What are the Risks?

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******THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS 2 PARTS. PLEASE BE CAREFUL READING AND FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS. REMEMBER IN-TEXT CITATIONS, REFERENCES FROM TRUSTED SITES. NOT PLAGIARISM. DO NOT FORGET TO SEPARATE BOTH PARTS BY HEADINGS AND EAH PART SEPARATE IT AS WELL BY SUB-HEADINGS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.*****

PART I: Throughout your education, you have been asked to research topics and write papers, engage in thought-provoking discussions, consider diverse perspectives, and a host of other challenges that have required you to use both your discipline-specific skills as well as your soft skills. These are called transferable skills, and are skills that you develop that can be transferred and applied within your chosen career. Transferable skills are highly valuable and essential for career success.

Transferable Skills Self Reflection

  1. In a minimum of *******1 full page, using Microsoft Word, write an essay (full introduction and conclusion), which includes the following:
    • Describe the knowledge, skills and/or attitudes regarding each of the transferable skills that you’ve gained as a result of completing this particular project/assignment.
    • Discuss the ways that you are going to incorporate the transferable skills (the transferable skills that you showcased in your exemplary project) into your work within your chosen career field.
    • Describe your future goals based on the transferable skills that you’ve chosen to showcase.
    • Write your paper utilizing proper tone, spelling and grammar.
  2. Once you have completed your reflection assignment, add it to the end of the document you compiled in part I. The self-reflection should be the last few pages of your exemplar project. If done correctly, everything will be one document!

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PART II: Think about a risk that you were involved in professionally. What type of risk was it? What were the consequences?

For this week’s discussion, incorporate the following concepts into your post:

  • Provide a brief background of the purpose of the risk.
  • Discuss the consequences of the risk. How were you affected by it?
  • If a negative risk, what could have been done to avoid it, knowing what you know now?
  • If a positive risk, would you go through it again? Explain.

The Truth about Addiction

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The Truth about Addiction. Join our guest speaker on Oct 8 from 1-2pm at the WOLD Auditorium (smaller room) or…

If you are unable to attend this program, you are to choose a video presentation of 45 min- 1 hour in length, about addiction of some kind. Some ideas might be: A 20/20 special or Dateline special on alcohol or drug abuse, cigarette addiction, FLAKKA, hoarding behavior, etc. and write a 2 page reflection essay on that presentation.

Please be sure to answer the following questions:

1) What were the main points of this presentation?

2) What surprised you the most?

3) How does this relate to Human Behavior from a psychological, criminal justice or political science point of view?

4) How did this impact you from a personal or professional point of view?

Read and answer questions

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Primary Source Analysis: Instructions

To complete the primary source analysis, you will choose a primary source reading that has been
assigned to you in one of the Canvas modules. Please follow this schedule:

For Primary Source Analysis #1: Choose any primary source readings that were assigned
and due between August 30 and September 27

For Primary Source Analysis #2: Choose any primary source readings that were assigned
between October 1 and October 22

For Primary Source Analysis #3: Choose any primary source readings that were assigned
between October 25 and December 6

You must:

  • Use the source analysis template to answer all of the questions.
    o You will type your answer directly on to the template, and then upload that
    template to Canvas. This should be on a word document.
  • Answer all of the questions on the source template. Your answers should provide good
    detail and indicate that you have spent time reading and re-reading the source. To be
    successful, you should read your source carefully, take notes and re-read your source.
  • Provide developed answers, which will usually mean a few sentences or a short
    paragraph or two depending on the particular question you are answering.
  • Do NOT use any outside materials (Wikipedia, etc.)
  • The template is 404 words. Your word total should be at least 500words in addition.
    After answering your questions, the total word count will be at least 904 words.
    Some key definitions to help you complete the assignment:
  • Evidence: Evidence always means that you are providing material directly from the
    primary source to support the claims that you are making. It is best to quote the source
    and explain why this evidence works with your claim.
    o Evidence is NEVER material from the modern editor’s introduction. This is a
    modern historian giving you background and does not qualify as evidence.
  • Author: The author is the historical author of the text (from the time period). Sometimes
    you will know the name of the author, and sometimes you will not. This is ok. If the
    author is not named clearly, then be sure to tell what type of person the author is in this
    historical society (elite, man, woman, from the city, etc.).
    o Author is NEVER the modern editor or translator. This person, or group of
    people, should never be mentioned.

Fall 2018: HI 103

  • Bias: The bias is the worldview of the author. There is always a bias to every text
    because each author has a particular view of the world (just as you and I do as well).
    o Bias does not mean strictly an overt racist, misogynist, or anti-Semitic point of
    view (although it may). Just because the author does not show any of these traits
    does not mean that the author is not biased.
  • Theme: A theme is unifying idea or dominant idea, or motif, which the author seems to
    be focusing on. For example, one theme of Romeo and Juliet may be love, another may
    be family. There is not necessarily just one theme in a text.
  • Audience: The audience is to whom the author of the text hopes reads the text. The
    audience is the reason that the author was motivated to write about his or her topics in the
    first place.
    o The audience is NEVER modern day historians or students. Remember, this text
    takes you back in time to a specific historical period, so you should not be
    thinking about a modern audience. Make sure you are considering who the
    historical audience of this text is.
    How does this assignment help you after this class?
    The purpose of this assignment is to provide practice with developing your analytical reading
    and writing skills. You will need to provide full explanations for why you think evidence from
    these sources support the statements that you make while answering the template questions. This
    type of critical thinking and analysis is not only a key building block for historians, but is also a
    key component for success in other subjects and in the workplace. You will need to support your
    decisions and ideas to your colleagues and supervisors using evidence (just likely from different
    sources and topics). So, these assignments are helping you develop a life-long transferrable
    skill!

Discussion: Reflecting on Your Writing: Writing Strategies

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Beginning an essay can often be the most difficult portion. However, when separated into small steps, this process becomes well defined and much more manageable. During these first steps, any writing that takes place is likely to be minimal and rough. This is acceptable, as you realize you are in the prewriting stage and that you have more writing and revising ahead of you.

For this Discussion, you will reflect on your own research strategy and how you have (or, perhaps, have not) used a strategy, such as note-taking, underlining, highlighting, etc., in the past to gather and assess the main ideas from a journal article. Based on what you have learned from the week’s Learning Resources, you will share your thoughts and experiences on use of research in your own writing practice.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review the Learning Resources on arguments and critical reading, and the infographic on Analysis.
  • Reflect on your research process in relation to understanding an author’s argument or main idea.
  • You may reflect on past or current examples of your research process, including this Assignment.

By Day 3

Post a 1- to 2-paragraph reflection on your research process, describing components that you currently use, as well as any components that you could use more effectively. (Note: You may choose to reflect specifically on your approach to this Discussion assignment in relation to your writing process.)

Required Readings

Walden University Writing Center. (2015i). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template (6th ed.). Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/te…
Note: Please submit all assignments using the abovementioned APA Course Paper Template.

Laureate Education. (2015). [Infographic]. Understanding Arguments, Baltimore, MD: Author.

Walden University Writing Center. (2015a). Common course assignments: Writing in the social sciences. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/as…
Students will use the “Main Idea” section to better understand an author’s main points

Walden University. (2015). Writing a Paper: Understanding Arguments. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/wr…

Online journal articles:
Grad Writing II: http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/wcss6061 (semester students)

Online journal articles:
Grad Writing II: http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/wcss6060 (quarter students)

From the list of selected journal articles, choose and critically read one article in preparation for this week’s (and subsequent week’s) Assignment.

Please note: You will use your selected journal article throughout the course.

communaction final project

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Final Paper and Creative Presentation

for a Global Perspective on Dress, Culture and Society

This paper should include what your personal perspective and your learned perspective is on a culture’s dress and what it communicates to the world. Help your reader see the importance of the dress that you are studying.

Discuss the physical appearance of the clothing discussed and how it was worn by both sexes/generations.

Provide a historical timeline for the culture and dress; discuss how the clothing was worn; discuss how outside societies view the dress; talk about the population that wears the clothing (who are they), their religions and their sociocultural presence; were there embellishments, what were they and why were they placed on the clothes; were there body modifications to fit or enhance the clothing; discuss average to prominent dress of a specific time period; discuss how the clothing was made and what it was made of.

Six (6) to Eight (8) pages (the creative components are NOT INCLUDED IN THE 6-8 PAGES OF WRITING DUE)

Typed, Double Spaced, 12 point font

Visuals – Pictures, Video: Powerpoint

Should Cover: What Knowledge You have Acquired in Studying Another Culture’s Dress (You cannot study a dress that is familiar to you or defines your culture/ to be safe, exclude any traditional American culture)

Include Special Event Dress (surrounding the culture)

Include what you understand about the Classification System of Dress and apply it to the culture you are studying

Include three to five terms that define the clothing you are studying (any special names given to the dress)

MOST IMPORTANT: Include two scholarly writings (from moralistic essays, reform literature, prescriptive or proscriptive literature, scholarly written interpretations, anthropological or ethnographically written reviews, sociological reviews psychology or interdisciplinary resources of writing) and two contemporary writings discussing the culture and clothing you are reporting on.(If these are excluded, you cannot do better than a B (85%)on this paper.

You may include in your report those things that help define the dress you are reporting on:

– the genetic adaptation

-Ethnicity

-Sex Differentiation

-Body Conformation

-Disease and Nutrition

-Growth

communication techniques, writing homework help

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This exercise involves analyzing a communication technique—presentations. On a daily basis, it is often expected that
professionals be proficient with presentations. For this exercise, prepare a PowerPoint presentation that serves as your
own professional code of communication. This exercise allows you to analyze communication techniques and reflect upon
your own communication skills. Include at least the following within the presentation:
 Present your professional communication style.  Present your communication strengths.  Present your communication opportunities—how can you improve your communication skills?  Present how you prefer to receive communication within a workplace.  Present a professional workplace example of when a phone call might be better than an email.  Present whether or not you believe that texting and instant messaging can be valuable in the workplace.  Include at least three visuals (e.g., photographs, images, charts, or graphs).  The presentation must contain at least twelve slides.
Use the key terms in the textbook to guide your presentation. For some guidance toward preparing presentations in
PowerPoint, click here to access a video with helpful tips. Be sure to save all of your work in your presentation file before
submitting it in Blackboard for grading.

Business In A Changing World

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Each response should be 300 words and researched using the course materials I provided as an attachment. Please include page numbers and in-text citations and references following APA formatting.

Case 3: Walt Disney Around the Globe

1.What led the Walt Disney company to believe that its theme parks would be successful internationally?

2. What stumbling blocks did Disney encounter at its France and Hong Kong theme parks?

3. What are some of the factors complicating international expansion of a brand like Disney? What can a multinational corporation do to mitigate these issues?

4.You are a part of Disney’s executive team. You propose developing a theme park in India to take advantage of India’s growing middle class and large population. However, you know there will be many barriers to overcome. For instance, Indian law has not always been favorable to foreign companies, and the average income of Indian consumers is less than American or French consumers. Develop a plan to describe what steps you will take to research potential barriers in India and recommendations for how to overcome them.

Need help with paper and calculations for: Rate of Return for Stocks and Bonds

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Note from me:

Please write more than 700 words since I will not use any content I do not truly understand. Please do not use any sources I cannot easily find on the internet. Please let me know sources used so I can learn further. My course text book provided is great also. Please cite sources as necessary within the paper itself. Please do not use direct quotes from Investopedia, as I have seen a tutor do that before. Please include Excel calculations in both the paper itself as well as the Excel doc itself so I can see actual formulas used. Thanks so much for your help!

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to calculate the rate of return of equity and debt instruments. It allows the student to understand the effects of dividends; capital gains; inflation rates; and how the nominal rate of return affects valuation and pricing. The assignment also allows the student to apply concepts related to CAPM, WACC, and Flotation Costs to understand the influence of debt and equity on the company’s capital structure.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Corporate Finance

Calculate the following problems and provide an overall summary of how companies make financial decisions in no more than 700 words, based on your answers:

  1. Stock Valuation: A stock has an initial price of $100 per share, paid a dividend of $2.00 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $125. Compute the percentage total return, capital gains yield, and dividend yield.
  2. Total Return: You bought a share of 4% preferred stock for $100 last year. The market price for your stock is now $120. What was your total return for last year?
  3. CAPM: A stock has a beta of 1.20, the expected market rate of return is 12%, and a risk-free rate of 5 percent. What is the expected rate of return of the stock?
  4. WACC: The Corporation has a targeted capital structure of 80% common stock and 20% debt. The cost of equity is 12% and the cost of debt is 7%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
  5. Flotation Costs: Medina Corp. has a debt-equity ratio of .75. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $125 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 10%. The flotation cost on new debt is 4%. What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally?

Submit your summary and all calculations.

Section 1 of Marketing Plan, business and finance homework help

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Complete Section I: Review of Marketing Plan

This week you will be completing section I of your Marketing Plan based on the company provided to you by your instructor in Week 1.

***COMPANY IS WALT DISNEY (NYSE: DIS)***

• Use Font Times New Roman, Size 12 with 1 inch margins

• Include cover page and reference page.

• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Section I: Review of Marketing Plan

Industry Background (min 250 words)

To include size, growth, current trends or developments affecting the program as well as macro-environment factors and issues (e.g. demographic, economic, political, technological, social, cultural, environmental).

Company Snapshot (min 250 words)

To include place in the industry (size, growth, image), sales history, target markets, positioning and brand review. Also to include market share and market growth, SWOT, key benefits and brand image

Product/Brand Description (min 250 words)

To include market share and market growth, SWOT, key benefits, product image and product positioning

Competitive Review (min 250 words)

To include direct and indirect competitors by discussing target markets, positioning, current advertising, sales promotions, public relations and direct marketing programs, as well as message and media strategies.

Buyer Analysis (min 250 words)

To include user profile (demographic, geographic, psychographic and behavioristic factors), buying decision process, who buys the product, who influences the purchase decision, who makes the decision and decision criteria.

Marketing Goals (min 500 words)

To include what is to be accomplished by the overall marketing program. The situation analysis is the foundation for the marketing goals. They are defined in terms of one or some combination of the following: sales volume, market share, sales revenue, profit and return on investment.