The purpose of this assignment is to apply the motivation and job satisfaction theories to a specific situation. Describe the theories and key assumptions on what motivates people or makes them satisfied. Apply one of the theories to a specific situation related to motivation you have witnessed or experienced professionally.

In your paper:

• Define each of the following major motivation and job satisfaction theories: need theories, individual differences, cognitive theories, situational theories, and job satisfaction.
• Describe a specific situation in the workplace related to motivation and job satisfaction from your own professional experience and apply one of the theories to the situation.
• Discuss how useful this theory is in explaining the lack of effort or the high performance of employees.
• Provide examples of the advantages and disadvantages of this particular theory in explaining employee motivation or job satisfaction.

Your paper should be three to four pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA 

 Please follow directions to receive all possible points!!

The introduction to your project should be at least one paragraph and should introduce the readers to the topic that you have chosen and why you are interested in researching that topic. Include an introductory sentence that draws readers into the subject matter of paper. (Prostitution)

The conclusion should be at least one paragraph and should wrap up what was covered in the paper.

• Using the stages from the performance management process, suggest  the key processes that DSM needs to provide within its system in order  to successfully link its key success factors (KSF). (See Exhibit 4 in  the XanEdu case pack.) Provide a rationale for your suggestions.
• Select three drivers, and examine the central manner in which DSM  management has aligned its business strategies to performance  measurement.
• Critique or defend DSM’s competitive advantage by using three of  the six assessment points from the textbook. Justify your response.
• Use two external sources to support your responses. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Week One Discussion Questions: Strategic Role of Human Resources (Oct 21 – 27, 2020)

Available until Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:59 PM EDT Must post first.Subscribe

Instructions:

After reading the assigned material for the week, post your original response to the questions by 11:59 PM EST Saturday and your responses to your colleagues by 11:59 PM EST Tuesday.  You want to include a minimum of 2 references from the classroom for each question/response. In addition, make at least two value added responses to your classmates. 

Discussion One:  Describe, in your own words (but using the course material provided):

a) What internal and external factors have influenced the Human Resource Management function over the past ten years toward serving in the role of a strategic partner or leader in the organization?  Discuss some positive and negative contextual influences that will continue to impact the HR function from today forward.

b) Explain what it means to be an effective HR strategic business partner. Why is it important for HR to be involved in all aspects of the strategic planning process? Discuss one example of a human resource management strategy that supports an organizational strategy.

c) What factors could be holding HR professionals back from serving in the strategic HR role? Share some ideas or strategies for enabling HR to be more successful toward working in a strategic capacity.

Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used to inform your comments including the material provided in the classroom.

Discussion Two:  Application: After reading the case study about the organization HSS in the module included in this course for this week, do the following:

Write a memo to the CEO of HSS in which you justify HR’s role in drafting a strategic plan. The report should be written using language the CEO will understand and can relate. The document should be complete enough to convince the CEO of the importance of the HR function being part of the strategic plan at HSS.

It is important for you to locate and include academic sources (at least two) that support the content in the memo. You must show the reader that what you assert is accepted practice at other companies or organizations. You may use a word document if you like or provide your proposal in the content of your response window.

Resource: Ch. 11, p. 176 of Flawless Consulting

Block (2011) states, “The option is to involve the whole client system much more directly in redefining the problem, naming a desired future, outlined alternative actions, and deciding how to proceed. Many consultants and support people have adopted the whole-system approach and redefined their role to be one of convening people to collectively develop a change strategy“ (p. 176). Block introduces his concept of a whole-system discovery process and can be used in a workplace evaluation.

Evaluate your workplace or one that is familiar to you. Identify an organizational issue and complete a needs assessment of this workplace issue in terms of concepts learned throughout the BS/IOP program. Apply strategies for performance improvement related to the following:

• Leadership style
• Organizational culture
• Mission, vision, and values alignment
• System of management
• Decision making
• Motivational techniques
• Employee morale
• Ethics
• Communication and feedback

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation detailing your workplace evaluation, including at least 100 words of speaker notes per slide.

You must support opinions and any facts by citing credible sources in the body of the assignment and listing the references including at least two scholarly references in APA style. See Tips for Success article for Class Announcements for guidance on selecting scholarly references. 

Block, P. (2011). Flawless consulting: A guide to getting your expertise used (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.