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Introduction

Mentoring is an aspect that is often overlooked by both the leader and the employee looking to improve his or her career position. This discussion is designed to raise awareness for mentoring relationships and mentor planning.

Tasks

  • Discuss your experience as a mentor and as one being mentored. If you do not have experience in either of these roles, describe how you would begin a mentoring relationship as a leader.
  • If you have only been a mentee, please discuss how you would approach that relationship differently from the leader’s perspective.

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1000 words as noted in the attached PDF. Submit your document to this Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.

Write a research paper in APA 6th style

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Paper #1 Requirements: A  “career path” in a given occupation can be defined as a series of  increasingly responsible and demanding “jobs,” where at least some of  those jobs are prerequisites for one another, like prerequisites for  college courses.  When we think of professional careers, we often think of progressions like “Jr. Accountant, Accountant, Financial Analyst,  Accounting Manager, Division Comptroller, CFO.”

Smart companies arrange step-wise  progressions for non-exempt (hourly paid, typically non-degreed)  employees in order to retain them over time.  For example, an employee of a residential moving company might go through the following sequence of positions: Loader B, Loader A, Lead Loader, Truck Driver, and  Project Coordinator, where each job requires the expertise gained in its  predecessor.  You should go into LIRN and search for at least a couple  of articles that treat these kinds of “job families” for non-exempt (or  “hourly”) employees. 

When companies create job families, they are said to have “internal labor markets,” which means that, aside  from an entry-level position, which can be filled “off the street,”  recruitment for the higher-level jobs is almost always done within the company. 

Deliverables 

Once you have done your research and reflected upon this matter, please address the following questions:

  1. a. What are the advantages to a company of having such job families?
  2. b. Do you believe that, over the long term, job families are good for profits, or not? Why? 
  3. c. What are the advantages to the employees? Are there disadvantages to the employees that you can think of?
  4. d. Overall, why would you recommend (or not recommend) the use of job families?

Use the required reading, the  lectures, and the sources cited in the lectures to justify your  position, along with additional research you have done.

Paper Writing Requirements 

Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:

  • The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the page requirement or word count. These should be in addition to paper page count requirements.
  • Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 6th Edition style.
  • Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references.
    • Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, and the class textbook. You could also use credible business website sources in addition to the peer-reviewed required sources, but avoid Wikipedia and Google. These are academic papers that need to include scholarly research.

HR – challenges that small companies with less than 50 employees can face in designing a job requirements that is enriched enough to recruit and retain highly talented employees.

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 Write 7-page single space using the executive summary below, and  reference the attached materials. You may have attachments in the  addendum (create a salary grid from a reputable job, or a job  classification family table. You may use APA or MLA format for citation.  TURNITIN IS USED FOR PLAGIARISM.    

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

Today’s technology world has opened the door for many businesses to digitalize their business model and operate in new markets with almost no boundaries. We have also known companies with capital market exceeding billions and even few have reached the trillion-dollar market. While this is great for business opportunities and job creations, it has also added pressure on the small companies in the market. One of the pressures that small companies with less than 50 employees can face is the challenge of designing a job requirements that is enriched enough to recruit and retain highly talented employees. 

Problem

· Challenges of recruiting and retaining talent employees for companies with fewer than 50 positions and have less budget than companies with hundreds of thousands of employees.

· How can companies maintain equity and support engagement with limited budget and still compete with larger companies?

· How can companies improve engagement during difficult times?

There many stakeholders involved in this business challenge. They include but not limited to the following:

· Business owners who have less than 50 employees in their business.

· Employees.

· Local community where those business operate.

· External vendor and source that those companies deal with.

Research Methodology

The research will depend on past practice from some of the small business companies that overcome those challenges and turned their business into a much bigger and efficient business. It will also take into consideration laws regulating small business as well as overall laws regulating the human resource field and employees and companies’ rights. More importantly, market research is going to be a key player in the research methodology for this paper.

Top human resource journals such as the following:

· Human Resource Management Journal

· International Journal of Human Resource 

Alternatives

In order to help small companies overcome this challenge, companies can apply the following recommendations. However, more alternatives can be presented in the final paper as we go more with market research. 

· Be the company that people want to work for, attracting culture-fit, like-minded candidates.

· Make it appealing and easy for prospective candidates to engage with your hiring decision makers.

· Encourage social networking conversations touting company events, product launches, service offerings.

Each of those alternatives would be reviewed, and any obstacles will be taken into consideration in order to ease the steps on the companies to implement those alternatives

Final Recommendation

A final recommendation will be made as to which of the alternatives can best fit different business models. Small business companies may have different business model and each may need a different alternative to better recruit and retain employees with small budget while competing with larger companies who attract those employees with better compensations packages. 

HR – Why is Internal Pay Equity a major challenge in the U.S. and in the United Arab Emirates? What are the internal pay equity problems in the U.S. and United Arab Emirates?

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Write 7-page single space using the executive summary below, and reference the attached materials. You may have attachments in the addendum (create a salary grid from a reputable job, or a job classification family table. You may use APA or MLA format for citation. TURNITIN IS USED FOR PLAGIARISM.  

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Identify the Problem

Internal pay equity is a huge problem at workplace in the United States and in so many countries around the world as well. Internal pay equity does not mean that there is discrepancy between women and men in compensation package, but it can also happen between male colleagues who are not equally compensated, and between women as well. However, it may be commonly happening between women and men. We still hear in the newspaper that women are getting the chance to be a cabinet member for the first time every in some countries such as Kuwait in the middle east. There is a discrepancy in pay between women and men in workplace, and women make up small portion of the executive members for the major United States companies. Stakeholders in this problem are women, men, business entity, and law makers who do not force companies to have internal pay equity or face consequences for violating the law. There should be a law mandating internal pay equity, and leaders should be trained on how to achieve internal pay equity at workplace. 

Research Methodology

Starting with the textbook of this course, there are a lot of sources within the book to build the skeleton of this paper. The research will include an interview with a HR professional from a major recruitment company in Los Angeles where questions about internal pay equity issues and how major companies are tackling it will be presented. Other sources such as human resource journals and market research will be included as well. 

Different Alternatives

While having a law regulating internal pay equity is the best solution for this issue, having the companies’ managers and leaders trained on how to achieve internal pay equity can be alternative. Also, HR professional should have training on how to calculate compensation while taking into consideration internal pay equity as the basis for those compensation. If the company is unable to achieve internal pay equity in terms of financial compensation, they should offer other benefits in which employees can perceive that they are fairly compensated.

Final Recommendation

Based on the research information, having a mandated law is the final recommendation. However, other alternative will be detailed in the paper so companies can look at other options of the option of achieving the law fairly has some blockers. 

mkt630 DQ3

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Now that you’ve analyzed the environmental situation and established who is in the target market, it is time for product development. Product design is crucial because new products are being introduced every day. So, while other people focus on that aspect of development, you turn your attention to branding.

This morning, walking into the office, you greet Michelle who says, “I’d like to meet with you tomorrow to develop the branding strategy for the new product. Let’s meet for a working lunch and brainstorming session.” “That sounds great,” you reply. “I’ll schedule the meeting and order in lunch.”
Entering your office, you begin to think about the items that you will be discussing during tomorrow’s meeting with Michelle.
We haven’t even come up with a product name yet, you think. We also need to work on an advertising slogan or tag line. You know that Michelle has an extensive background in marketing, but you really want to make a good impression and bring a sound branding strategy to the meeting. How are we going to distinguish our product from our competitors? What are the benefits that we are going to highlight in our brand that will meet the needs or wants of our target customers?
You create the following list of items that you need to address:
Identify in one sentence your overall branding strategy or brand image you want to achieve in the mind of your target segment.
Product name
Advertising slogan or tag line
Product attributes
Product benefits

400 words 2 references

Course Reflection

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Assignment Expectations:

Address concept A and B in about 150 words each.

You will be graded on how well you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concept, and critical thinking pertaining to the applicability of the concept to your professional practice. Points awarded will follow breakdown below.

The Assignment: Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss two concepts or lessons learned that you believe will be most applicable to your professional discipline.

Discipline: Healthcare Management

Concept A: Electronic Health records

Concept B: Health information Systems

Concept A (points 10/20):
Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
Your professional discipline: ……..
How applicable (points 6/20): ……
Concept B (points 10/20):
Identify /define (points 4/20): ……
Your professional discipline: ……..
How applicable (points 6/20): ……

Thank you

Homework Question

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First, read this article: Nissan To Produce New Crossover Based On Kicks Concept. Also review “Establishment of the ‘Nissan Way’” (Figure 3, within Chapter 11, Section 4.2.3 in your textbook). 

Then, compare the “Nissan Way” organizational culture with the Brazilian jeitinho cultural trait as discussed in our Module Three reading. 

Now consider both of these cultural concepts working in tandem with each other. Identify one Nissan Way value and one jeitinho value that you believe would work well together. Also select one Nissan Way value and one jeitinho value that you believe could create dissonance or organizational conflict. 

Note that this is a challenge that Nissan currently faces, as in 2016, Nissan announced that it would begin producing a new crossover that will be sold globally, starting with Latin American markets. 

Following an investment of $192 million (U.S. dollars), the Nissan Kicks will be produced at Nissan’s Resende Industrial Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The facility was inaugurated in 2014 and currently produces compact vehicles March and Versa. After the start of production, Nissan expects to hire 600 new employees.

For additional details, please refer to the Journal Guidelines and Rubric document.

Homework Question

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After reading The Successful Organization: Keeping the Talent That Drives Your Results, select one of the seven success behaviors (shown below) that you identify as your strongest personal strength. Share with the class a personal example that demonstrates you putting this strength into action.
The seven success behaviors include:

  1. Building relationships
  2. Embracing change
  3. Inviting opportunity
  4. Being passionate
  5. Being conscious
  6. Getting focused
  7. Taking responsibility

I need this discussion done for week 2 for my Recruit, Develop, Assess, Reward, Retain class

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How to Hire

Patty McCord writes: “Making great hires is about recognizing great matches – and often they’re not what you’d expect.”

In your experience, does this quote ring true? Describe an example of a hire you were involved in that supports your position. You may have been the HR recruiter, the hiring manager, part of an interview team, or the candidate. Explain clearly what made the hire expected or unexpected. 

In addition, comment on whether or not the workforce strategy of your organization aligns with the mission. If not, what can they do differently?

Challenges faced by small companies to create an efficient job classification system in which they can compete with other larger companies to attract, recruit, and retain highly talented employees.

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Write 7-page single space using the executive summary below, and  reference the attached materials. You may have attachments in the  addendum (create a salary grid from a reputable job, or a job  classification family table. You may use APA or MLA format for citation.  TURNITIN IS USED FOR PLAGIARISM. 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Identify the Problem and Stakeholders

Job classification is the process of placing one or more jobs into a cluster or family of similar jobs. The jobs family is based on lines of authority, duties, and responsibilities of the work or behavioral requirements of the job. Job classification can be important for setting pay rates and selecting employees. Small companies are facing challenges more than ever before. Small companies used to serve local community in the past and that was kind of sufficient for those companies to survive. Nowadays, massive companies are dominating the market and extending to even small neighborhoods that used to be served by small companies. There is then a challenge for those small companies to recruit highly talented employees and create a job classification system in which they can compete with other larger companies. HR professional play a crucial role in creating the job classification systems that those small companies need. Position classification is the foundation document used to assign a position’s title, job duties, compensations, and grade level. Since small companies do not have a wide range of job that can be classified under the same jobs family, they face challenge as each job maybe considered a unique job. 

The impact of this touches employers and employees together as they each need to have a well-defined list of duties and responsibilities. The job classification sets the expectation for both parties and allows for a smooth task to be carried in workplace. 

The paper will finally discuss in details those challenges and how small companies can classify their jobs in order to compete with larger companies who have a more designed system for job classification. 

Research Methodology

For the purpose of this research, two methods, questionnaire and interview will be the first methods to use. Market research about small companies challenge to create job classifications comes third as well as journals from human resource subject will compliment the information needed for the entire research. 

Different Alternatives

Job analysis will be conducted in order to determine what can classified as family job and hence have the chance to create a classification system for those jobs. Also, standardizing the classification based on the job requirements and automate most of the tasks will make easy to classify a job and list the requirements. The use of duties as a mode of analysis may be helpful for such functions as job evaluation and classification or creation of job families. Small companies should strive to create a classification system that simultaneously treats the essential attributes of both jobs and people. Other alternatives based on market research will be in the paper as well.

Review Alternatives

The feasibility of the alternatives will be reviewed in the paper, and each will be given a weight as to how easily it can be implemented. The information used to evaluate the alternatives will be based on researching the market and finding more about how small companies deal with job classification and how they can create a reliable system for the same. 

Final Recommendation

The final recommendation is choosing one of the alternatives as the most appropriate method or creating a job classification based on using information from all alternatives presented.