1. Provide a definition of both of the word strategic AND  the term strategic human resource management using at least one scholarly source to support your definitions with respective in-text citations.

2.   After reading all the material assigned, summarize why
the authors recommend that many HR functions within organizations need
to transform. What are the end results the authors are looking for in
the transformation? Be sure to provide in-text citations and sources for
the information you present

3.  Compare the competencies that Ulrich and SHRM present.   How are they similar or different?

4.  Review the SHRM case study and report on whether you located it or not. We will use it for our written assignments.

http://www.shrm.org/Education/hreducation/Documents/PAC%20Resources%20Inc%20A%20Case%20Study%20in%20HR%20Practices-Student%20Workbook_FINAL.pdf

Ethical Decisions in the Workplace

After reading your background readings, please review the following scenario and address the questions at the end. 

Jerry Stevens heads up an excavation crew for the municipal utilities district in a city in Nebraska. A sewer line needs to be replaced and it has been excavated with a back-hoe. The trench is 7 feet deep. The municipality’s safety rules indicate that employees should not go into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to prevent employees from being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die every year from trench cave-ins. 

The trench box won’t arrive on site for another 6 hours and the city promised residents that the sewer would be fixed by the end of the day, which now seems impossible. The City Administrator called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated that it was imperative that the sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible because a City Council member is served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss if it’s not fixed by the promised time. 

One of the more experienced workers states, “It’s only going to take 30 minutes to dig under the pipe and loosen the fittings. We don’t need the trench box. We used to do this all the time before we were required to use one of those darn things.”

Jerry knows he’s right. He used to do it himself before the rule was put in place. Also, the soil is clearly a cohesive soil and it’s highly unlikely that it will collapse. And although there is an organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches deeper than 5 feet, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not have

Jurisdiction over municipalities in Nebraska because municipalities are political subdivisions of the State. The only entity regulating safety policies is the City’s Safety Director and he took the day off. 

1. In this scenario, to what extent do you think allowing the crew into the trench without a trench box would be pushing (or exceeding) the limit? 
2. Discuss any ethical grey areas in this scenario? 
3. What in your mind is the right thing to do? 
4. What is the value of having an ethics program (and related programs like safety programs) and what are the responsibilities of front line leaders/supervisors and the workers when they face dilemmas such as the one described?

SLP Assignment Expectations

Please take some time to review the materials and take a position on the issue. Write a 2- to 3-page assessment of the authors’ claims, and your assessment of what might be done in a place of business to prevent the “moral amnesia” phenomenon from taking a foothold in a place of business.

Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type size.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.  Make sure you cite your sources. 

Use APA style, and proofread your paper.

Upload your paper by the end of the module.

Create a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal for a themed film festival. The theme could be anything from a specific genre, like the Western, to a topic, such as LGBTQ representations, to a specific time period, and everything in between.

Design this film festival for University of Phoenix students; keep in mind your audience.

Part 1

Identify and explain your theme. What is the justification for this focus?

Part 2

Identify three films that will serve as the main event for the festival. Each film must relate back to the theme. In your justification, use specific scenes, rather than general plot summary, from each movie.

Compare and contrast the movies to each other to effectively explain how they relate to your chosen theme. In this section, consider all that was discussed throughout the semester, including but not limited to: cinematography, sound and music, editing, narrative, genres, history, and film theory.

Part 3

Include the rationale for your proposed film festival.

• Why do University of Phoenix students need to examine this theme?
• What will students learn?
• What new knowledge will be gained?
• Why is this important?

Reference The Film Experience, and feel free to go outside of the textbook for other resources. Pictures and other pertinent graphics are welcome.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Submit your completed assignment to the Assignment Files tab.    

Students will prepare a library-assisted research report on an organization that they would like to work for post-graduation. In your own words, please include:

Background: (no more than one-third of paper)

• A brief history of the organization
• Its mission, products, services
• Basic information, such as its market share, competitive position, employee mix (please include at least two “visuals”)
• The key challenges that the organization faces and how it plans to meet those challenges
• Your sense of the organization’s values and “culture,” indicating the basis for your analysis (use the questions and material in our textbook in your analysis)
• If relevant, what makes this organization successful—or even outstanding—in its field (in your view)
• Why you initially chose this organization
• Whether, after having completed your research, you still think it is an organization that you would like to work for when you graduate (please explain your reasons)
• Identify five key questions that you would ask the head of Human Resources in this organization, if you were fortunate enough to land an interview with their HR Department

Analysis: (a least two-thirds of the research paper)

The report should be five to six pages of text and must include illustrations, charts, etc., as necessary.

A “References” page with at least five sources must be included. All quotations, etc., must be properly referenced. Papers without in-text citations or a “References” page will not be marked.

Tips And Hints

Again, please begin this assignment well in advance so that you have time to gather your information and prepare at least two drafts. Be sure to keep track of all materials researched, including websites, as you complete the research.

Resources

Modules 15 – 18 in our textbook. For an additional APA resource, go to Humber Library website http://library.humber.ca/ (See “APA in Minutes”).

Sarah Harris, your supervisor at the pretrial diversion program where you are interning, obtains a case that she asks you to work on independently. The case involves Cindy Bichman, a mentally ill, homeless 38-year-old woman who has not showered in many weeks. She is hungry because she has not eaten in several days. Her mental illness is not under control because she is not taking any medication nor is she under the treatment of a psychiatrist because she does not know where to go, and she has no means of financial support. Therefore, her behavior is considered bizarre by those who do not know or understand her plight. She spends her days roaming downtown panhandling. She has a history of obtaining food at homeless shelters as well as sleeping in these shelters when the weather necessitates it. On one particular day, she steals some bread from a local convenient store. The clerk contacts the police, and Ms. Bichman is arrested and taken to county jail. She is eventually released to the pretrial diversion program and assigned to Ms. Harris, who in turn, gives the case to you.

Ms. Harris tells you that she believes the helping professions of psychiatry and social work need to be involved with Ms. Bichman. She asks you to do the following:

• Identify the core values of the psychiatry profession that would be important in this case, and explain why.
• Identify the core values of the social work profession that would be important in this case, and explain why.
• Use 2 core values from each discipline stated.