Portfolio Project #1: Human Resources Strategic Plan

Portfolio Project #1 provides data from a hypothetical organization. The data can be found at the bottom of the page.

You will create a strategic plan that aligns the human resources (HR) function with the organization’s mission, vision, and objectives. The overall scope of the Portfolio Project is to create a “Shared Services” structure for HR that will be housed at the organization’s corporate offices.

Milestone Deliverables due Weeks 2, 4 and 5

Week 2: Portfolio Milestone: Outline (25 points of the final Portfolio grade)

Prepare an outline of your plan project and submit it to your instructor for review. Please use APA format and include a two- to three-sentence description of each section.

Week 4: Portfolio Milestone: Annotated Bibliography (75 points of the final Portfolio grade)

A solid foundation of research will support the theoretical base and practical applications of your strategic plan. Prepare an annotated bibliography of the 10 or more sources you have selected. Submit the completed document to your instructor for review.

Week 5: Portfolio Milestone: Purpose Statement (50 points of the final Portfolio grade)

Most of us are aware of the term “purpose statement” but are unsure of its real meaning within an organization. It is a statement describing the organization’s purpose, or the reason for its existence. The purpose of an organization reflects a desired position in the marketplace. It should accurately answer to the questions below. The purpose statement is the written summary of those answers.

• Who are we? We
  are three capable, caring, professional women.
• What do we do? Provide
  counseling services
• For whom do we do this? Elderly adults 65+ years of age.
• How do we know when we are getting it done? When clients achieve
  optimal levels of wellness.

The purpose statement is the written summary of those answers. The most effective purpose statements are short, concise, and direct. A good purpose statement is between 2–3 sentences.Answer the four questions above and create a purpose statement for your HR department. Submit the answers to the four questions and the purpose statement to your instructor for review.

Purpose Statement

We are
three nurturing highly educated women committed to empowering elderly adult
clients 65+ years of age, to make informed, positive life choices, take
responsibility for self-care, and achieve optimal levels of wellness in order
to reach their full potential at their individual stage in life.  

NOTE: At this stage, you will need to name your company and decide the service they provide or products they manufacture.

Company name: Silver Lining Counseling.

Services provided: Geriatric Counseling.

For all Portfolio Milestone assignments: Although you will not earn points the weeks you submit these deliverables, they are required components of the Portfolio Project and you will lose points on your final project grade if you fail to submit these assignments as required by the end of the weeks they are due. See the Portfolio Project grading rubric on the Course Information page for details.

Final Deliverable due Week 8

Required Topics – Be sure to cover the following:

• Strategic Contribution,
• Personal Credibility,
• HR Delivery Metrics,
• Key Performance Measurements (KPM),
• Action Plan for each functional area,
• HR mission statement,
• HR vision statement and objectives.

Your strategic plan should include:

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Body of your plan
• Conclusion
• Reference Page
• Appendix (optional)

Submission requirements:

• Ten pages minimum (not including the title page, table of contents, reference page or appendix) will be needed to complete the project.
• Support your analysis and recommendations with 5 credible sources documented in accordance with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.

  Posted Fri Mar 18, 2016 at 6:41 am

  data from a hypothetical organization

Critical Thinking

The global marketplace has witnessed an increased pressure from customers and competitors in manufacturing as well as service sector (Basu, 2001; George, 2002). Due to the rapidly changing global marketplace only those companies will be able to survive that will deliver products of good quality at cheaper rate and to achieve their goal companies try to improve performance by focusing on cost cutting, increasing productivity levels, quality and guaranteeing deliveries in order to satisfy customers (Raouf, 1994).

Increased global competition leads the industry to increasing efficiency by means of economies of scale and internal specialization so as to meet market conditions in terms of flexibility, delivery performance and quality (Yamashina, 1995). The changes in the present competitive business environment are characterized by profound competition on the supply side and keen indecisive in customer requirements on the demand side. These changes have left their distinctive marks on the different aspect of the manufacturing organizations (Gomes et al., 2006). With this increasing global economy, cost effective manufacturing has become a requirement to remain competitive.

To meet all the challenges organizations try to introduce different manufacturing and supply techniques. Management of organizations devotes its efforts to reduce the manufacturing costs and to improve the quality of product. To achieve this goal, different manufacturing and supply techniques have been employed. The last quarter of the 20th century witnessed the adoption of world-class, lean and integrated manufacturing strategies that have drastically changed the way manufacturing firm’s leads to improvement of manufacturing performance (Fullerton and McWatters, 2002).

Consult chapter 7 of your text book or secondary available data on internet and answer the following questions.

Question:

• Why Companies adopted Lean Thinking and JIT model?
• Discuss major types of Waste, companies has to keep in mind during production.
• Assess the reasons for using lean thinking (suitable examples), what are the benefits from Suppliers to end users?
• Due to COVID 19 emergency do you think agile supply chain is the right concept in this kind of situation? Give reason with example.

The Answer should be within 4- 5 pages.

The Answer must follow the outline points below:

• Lean Thinking and JIT Concept
• Agile Supply chain
• Their Main functions
• Reasons with suitable Examples
• Reference

NOTE: in the attached the chapter 7

please follow the APS style

What is the purpose of this assignment?

1) To inspire students to think historically and to better understand the process of making history.

2) To inspire students to recognize how history can be used to better understand both the past and the present

3) To allow students to practice communicating their ideas in clear and accessible writing.

4) To advance student understanding on the nature of sport history and the history of sport at Georgia Tech

In 2-3 introductory paragraphs, introduce and describe the 2 photos you have selected, making sure to note sources and explain key information that will assist the reader in understanding what they are looking at (e.g., names, teams, sports, time periods, sport programs). Explain the significance of the 2 images and why the reader should be interested in reading more.

In the body paragraphs (roughly pages 2-4) the goal is to push beyond a purely descriptive mode and into an analytical framework. To do this, focus on the earliest photograph and create connections to its broader historical moment. You must draw on at least 2 scholarly secondary sources, including books or academic journal articles. How are wider historical, economic, and political forces (e.g. desegregation, WWII, the civil right movement, feminism, Title IX, etc.) shaping the sporting culture captured in the photo you selected?

Sources:

In addition to the photographs, students will draw on digital resources provided by GT Archives including: Sport Program Guides, Blue Print (yearbooks), Bulletin and Announcements, and Alumni Magazine

Suggested secondary sources: Journal of Sport History (a journal that is available through the Georgia Tech Library) or digitalized books (also available through the library). Please consult the instructor if you would like any recommendations on key authors or themes.

Format:

3 single-sided, double-spaced pages in 12 point Times New Roman, with one-inch margins on all sides.

Thinking Historically

In order to think historically and approach your photographs as culturally, mediated artifacts consider the following tips:

– Slow down

– Observe carefully what a photograph says or shows

– Note the source of the document – who made it, where it came from

– Note questions or confusions you have – don’t dismiss them

– Draw on what you already know about the time period

– Compare other documents you have or know about, and look for agreement or disjunction

– Make a hypothesis – a guess – about the meaning of the event or place

– Figure out the type of evidence that you will need to support your hypothesis.

In order to develop a sense of social context, consider the following types of questions:

– What years or decades are most significant to your topic?

– Who are the key figures to focus on?

– What major shifts have taken place over time in relation to your topic?

– How did local, regional, national, or global events impact your topic?

– When did women become students at Georgia Tech? Has women’s involvement shaped the development of your topic?

– When did Georgia Tech desegregate? When did Georgia Tech’s athletic teams desegregate? How has the diversity of your topic changed since its origins?

– Who was Georgia Tech’s first international student? What impact (if any) have international students and student-athletes had on your topic?

Find an American Indian origin/creation story on the internet. Evaluate the website and then provide summary information about the story by answering the questions below. For ANY of the questions, it is not sufficient to simply answer “Yes” or “No.” You must support your answers (e.g., If “yes,” then why? If “no,” then why not?)

Pertaining to the website you found:

1. What is the URL for the website you found?

1. Is there a title for the website? If so, what is it?

1. Is the site kept up-to-date, with current links, new material added from time to time, and a creation or revision date?

1. Is the purpose of the site clear? Does the stated purpose match the actual content?

1. What links are included to other sites? How well do these links meet criteria for quality Web sites?

1. Who is the WebBuilder for the site? Is an email address included?

1. Does the site’s URL give you any information as to the authority and validity of the site?

1. If the site claims to represent a tribe or a tribal view, is there information supporting the claim that it is an “official” or authorized Web site for the tribe? If so, provide that information here.

1. If the site builder self-identifies as Indian, is tribal affiliation identified? Is the word used to identify the tribe accurate? If so, provide that information.

1. Is the site marketing something, persuading or informing you of something, providing information, or introducing something personal about the WebBuilder? Give an example.

1. Is the content for the site presented from the Native or the non-Native point of view? What makes you think so?

1. Are the images and icons used on the site accurate and respectful or neutral, or are they inaccurate and caricatures or disrespectful in other ways? If photographs are used, has permission to use them been given? Provide examples.

1. If stories or poetic words are provided, does the site tell you where they come from? Are they appropriate for the general viewing public on the Web?

1. Is the content accurate (e.g., Indian people, no matter what tribal group, incorrectly depicted as living in tipis)? Give an example.

1. If the site is trying to sell something, does the seller tell you about how the item was acquired or created? Does the seller try to make you feel that you are buying into the “mysterious powers” of American Indians if you buy the product? If so, what product and why.

1. Are sacred objects, ways, knowledge, or other forms of Native spirituality being offered for sale? Such as?

1. Is there anything about the content or presentation that makes you feel uncomfortable?

Regarding the origin/creation story you found:

1. Is there a title to the story? If so, what is it?

1. What tribe is the story about?

1. What type of story is it? (e.g., origin of tribe/people; creation of the world; explanation of how something came to be, etc.)

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

1. What is the story about? (brief summary)

1. How does this story explain cultural origins/development of the group as a distinct people? If so, how?

1. Does the story make connections to a particular landscape? If so, what?

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Due Week 10 and worth 235 points

This assignment uses the information you have gathered for your weekly World View Chart Assignments.

Choose
ONE (1) category (origin of all things, nature of god, view of human
nature, view of good and evil, etc.) from the chart to focus on for this
assignment. Consider how the selected category relates to all of the
religions covered and to your own social or work experiences.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Select
   ONE (1) category from the completed World View Chart. Provide a
   rationale for choosing this category. What is compelling about this
   category? Why is it important in the study of religion?
2. Describe
   the selected content and explain the significance of the selected
   category across all of the religions studied. Show in what ways the
   category is significant for each religion.
3. Give an example of
   how you have noticed this category in your life, town or country. What
   impact does this category have in the everyday lives of people who
   practice religion in your area? (You do not have to give examples of all
   the religions in your area, just one you have noticed besides any you
   practice). For example, in Cincinnati, Ohio we have Hindu, Greek
   Orthodox, Catholic festivals in the summer. So if my category were
   “Festivals and Celebrations” I could use those events as my example.
4. Use
   at least three (3) quality resources as references for the assignment
   and document your sources using APA Style for in-text citations and
   references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as
   quality resources.
5. Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

Your assignment must:

• Be
  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA
  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
  instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the
  assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
  and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
  the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze what is meant by religion.
• Analyze
  the similarities and differences in the primary beliefs held by major
  religious traditions and the cultures in which these religions evolved.
• Describe the varieties of religious experience and practice in a wide range of cultures.
• Recognize how daily life within various religions and current affairs are influenced by religion.
• Develop written pieces that demonstrate an analysis of a topic relevant to the course.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in religion.
• Write clearly and concisely about world religions using proper writing mechanics.