Week 1 Discussion

The Role of Human Resource Management in Government and Non-profit Organizations

Traditionally, human resource management embodies the formal structures, policies, and procedures an organization uses to manage its most valuable and promising asset, human capital. However, external factors, such as uncertain economic times, and internal considerations, such as shifting employee values, have transformed organizational culture and resulted in a changing role for human resource management.

For this Discussion, review this week’s Resources. Review Chapter 1 of Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Focus on the challenges and changes in the public and non-profit workforce sectors. Review the “History and Overview” segment from the course media. Focus on the changes occurring in human resource management. Consider how these challenges and changes could impact human resource management in organizations. Identify a government or non-profit organization and consider the function of human resource management within this organization.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief description of a government or non-profit organization with which you are familiar. Explain the roles of Human Resource Management within this organization. Then, explain how workforce challenges and changes (i.e., economic, social, and/or technological) have impacted the operation of human resources in the selected organization. Provide specific examples to illustrate your explanation.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.

Week 1 Learning Resources

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Required Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Readings

• Course Introduction
• Pynes, J. E. (2013). Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations: A strategic approach (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Chapter 1, “Introduction to Human Resources Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors” (pp. 3–33)
• French, P. E., & Goodman, D. (2011). Local government human resource management past present and future: Revisiting Hay’s and Kearney’s anticipated changes a decade later. Politics & Policy, 39(5), 761–785.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• French, P. E., & Goodman, D. (2012). An assessment of the current and future state of human resource management at the local government level. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 32(1), 62–74.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Truss, C. (2008). Continuity and change the role of HR function in the modern public sector. Public Administration, 86(4), 1071–1088.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Document: Final Project Guidelines (PDF)

Media

• Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Human resource management [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
  • “History and Overview” with Melanie Hughes, President, Org4Change

    Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes.

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The chief executive officer (CEO) of your firm is being asked to approve a major expenditure for a new warehouse. Before he approves it, you were asked to discuss with him an alternative he has heard of: public warehousing. Prepare a short discussion covering the following specific points:

• What exactly is public warehousing?
• What are the pros and cons of using it?
• What is the range of services they typically offer?
• If the objective is to avoid the cost of building and staffing a new warehouse for the firm, which of these services, or others as well, would you ask the public warehouse to perform for you? Why?
• What is the downside of using public warehousing?

400-600 words

References

Cite Work

marketing Plan: Part III

Throughout this course, you have been compiling a comprehensive marketing plan using one of the product/service

scenarios listed in the Unit II assignment. The scenior for the business is below.

Scenario

Travel Supreme is a start-up travel organization with the mission of assisting customers with travel planning. While today’s

customers enjoy developing their vacations themselves, Travel Supreme believes there are travel services that are still in

demand. Initial research needs to develop what types of travel services are in demand by this target market.

This unit’s submission should consist of the items listed below.

1

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Product

a

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This section of the marketing plan should include a description of the products and services offered to the

consumer. Remember that this product section should also identify services, warranties, and installation

features. Additionally, brand, logo, and other identifying characteristics should be discussed in this section as

they encompass part of the product offering.

b

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Examine whether your company has a competitive advantage relative to its product offering (i.e., only address

the product here).

2

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Place

a

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This section of the marketing plan should explain the entire distribution channel (see Unit VII Lesson). As a

reminder, this is the flow of the product from the manufacturer or creator of the product/service to the final

consumer (the entire process—not just the retailer at the end of the process). Describe a physical facility

associated with your company. This can be a unique manufacturing or distribution center, retailer, or even a

merchandising technique. The idea here is to describe what it looks like to the consumer and the value that this

atmosphere brings to the buying experience.

b

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Examine whether your company has a competitive advantage relative to its place offering (i.e., only address

place or distribution here).

3

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Price

a

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This section of the marketing plan should describe the pricing strategies used by your company. Include

theoretical aspects of pricing in your discussion here.

b

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Examine whether your company has a competitive advantage relative to its pricing strategies (i.e., only address

pricing here).

4

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Promotion

a

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This section of the marketing plan should address the promotional methods used by your company. This

should not only include social media/Internet marketing but also traditional marketing and advertising used (e.g.,

personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, publicity).b

.Examine whether your company has a competitive advantage relative to its promotional strategies (i.e., only

address promotion here).

Ensure you provide an introduction for this assignment that is engaging and provides a clear background to the purpose of

the assignment. The format of the submission should be in essay format using subheadings. Use APA format. Additionally,

you need to include a minimum of five sources, three of which must be peer-reviewed, academic sources that are no more

than 5 years old. The submission should be a minimum of three pages in length (not counting the title and reference pages).

M2 Discussion: Training

You are the corrections commissioner in the State of Euphoria. The Office of Probation, Parole and Correctional Alternatives has just been merged into your department. The office has never had any qualifications or required training for the community supervision officers that it hires. You suspect that political patronage has traditionally been the key to getting these jobs. What should be the qualifications for such jobs, keeping in mind what you have learned about the kinds of programs they might be working with? What should you, as the corrections commissioner, do to encourage the recruitment of quality officers? Should community supervision officers get the same training as your corrections officers? Should probation, parole and community treatment officers all get the same training? Keeping in mind the roles that they play and the kinds of functions they serve, what should their training include? What should they know about civil and criminal liability? What can be done to make these jobs appeal to qualified individuals and to ensure that they perform their jobs effectively and ethically and avoid burnout and frequent turnover?

Address some of these questions in an initial post of at least 250-350 words.

use apa for citations

This week, you will be preparing for next week’s essay: the narrative. Take a moment and review the directions for the Week 3 narrative essay. Once you have a topic you want to write your narrative about, you will complete this two part assignment: prewriting and outlining.

Part I

The first part of this assignment will help you “flesh out” your topic. Take 10-15 minutes to free write about your topic. Chapters 4 and 5 in your textbook can help you decide what kind of free writing you want to do, but don’t feel restricted by one genre. Write down everything that pertains to your topic, including questions your readers might have. Don’t worry about grammar or sentence structure; this is a brainstorming activity.

Part II

Next, create an outline as a preliminary structure for the narrative essay. Use several of the outlining rules on pp. 111-115 of The Writer’s Way, but be sure to include the following:

Outline in three to five parts only (rule no. 1)

Don’t describe; summarize (no. 5)

Outline whole sentences only (no. 8)

You may use as many of the other rules as you feel necessary. The goal is to present a structure for how your final essay may look. As such, an outline is not a series of paragraphs or a rough draft.

Please submit your responses to both prompts in a single document.