Global Societal Problem, Argument And Solution

Reflect: Based on the topic that you have chosen, you will need to use critical thinking skills to thoroughly understand how this topic can be a global societal problem and determine some logical solutions to the problem.

Write: This Final Paper, an argumentative essay, will present research relating the critical thinker to the modern, globalized world. In this assignment, you need to address the items below in separate sections with new headings for each. In your paper,

Identify the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph.

Write a brief summary about your selected article and explain why you felt the article was relevant.  Potential points earned:  Up to 10 Points.  Please remember to reference your work and include both in-text citations (also known as parenthetical citations) and a full reference using the APA style.  The APA Guide is located in the Student Center tab under Additional Resources. You must respond to at least one other student in a separate response. 

Health care professionals need to answer at least three essential questions when thinking strategically about their organization’s present circumstances and future prospects:

Where is the organization now? This question focuses on the current business of the organization, the patient segments that the organization caters to, and the current strategy of the organization.

Where does the organization want to go? This question focuses on the organization’s vision and aspirations.

How will the organization get there? This question focuses on the strategic moves required to fulfill the mission, vision, and values of the organization and its broad set of strategic goals.

You are the office manager of a 12-person medical office. Write an e-mail message to the owners of the clinic on how the organization could answer these three questions. Specifically, your e-mail should include the following:

How should the organization determine its state of affairs?

How should the organization establish its goals?

Who should participate in the strategic planning process and why?

What possible strategies can the organization adopt to achieve the established goals?

Pay, Benefits, And Terms And Conditions Of Employment

It is your responsibility as the HR Director of the same organization from Assignment 2 to a) create policies regarding pay and benefits for the selected job opportunity, and b) develop methods for both addressing unionization and implementing OSHA regulations. You will present your findings to the Vice President of Human Resources for approval.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with fifteen to twenty (15-20) slides in which you:

Wage and Hour standard for the job opportunity that you had selected in Assignment 2, and support your standard by using the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Equal Pay Act to prevent any potential discriminatory impact.

Decide on three (3) benefits required for the job opportunity using ERISA. Propose two (2) methods that the employer can use in order to manage the fiduciary duties wisely and with the employees’ best interests in mind. Provide a rationale for your response.

Elaborate on two (2) rights regarding unionization that Section 7 of the NLRA guarantees. Next, examine two (2) unfair labor practices, and argue the importance of your organization refraining from using such practices during any self-organization and collective bargaining activities. Explore two (2) potential repercussions of an organization’s interference with self-organization and collective bargaining practices.

Propose three (3) ways to discourage employees from considering unionization. Then, compose one (1) strategy for championing a supportive and satisfying work environment within the organization.

Select one (1) OSHA violation case, and determine whether the resulting penalties were sufficient to deter the organization in question from repeating the same violative action. Justify your response.

Outline a plan for investigating workplace injuries, and formulate a policy that explains the process for filing a worker’s compensation claim within the selected organization.

Narrate each slide, using a microphone, and indicate what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.

Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Performance Management Plan

• Describe how learning and management strategies impact strategic performance management processes?
• How would you describe your company and employees? For example, what products or services does your company offer, and what tasks do your employees complete?
• How will you assess employees? (For example, will you use performance appraisals? Will you rank employees?)
• How will you provide feedback? What type of feedback will you provide?
• How will you reward the top employees? How will you handle low-performing employees?

Assignment 2: Ethical Dilemmas

Human services administrators have to be conscientious about the services being provided to clients by all of the providers in the agency. This means that in addition to being familiar with the laws and rules of practice for each type of professional employed by the agency, the administrator may also have to assist direct services providers in identifying and resolving potential ethical dilemmas in their work.

Different agencies and administrators have their own approach for resolving ethical issues in different types of cases.

In this assignment, you will identify a personal approach for resolving ethical dilemmas in situations that you might face as an agency administrator in human services.

Tasks:

Using the resources available in professional literature, select your approach to resolve ethical dilemmas. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).

Present your resolution in a 3- to 4-page paper.

Select your approach to resolving ethical dilemmas in the following situations:

· When providing direct services to clients (such as, counseling, teaching in an alternative school environment, case management) as the direct services provider.

· As an administrator responsible for oversight of direct services providers. Specifically, address ethical dilemmas faced by the direct services providers in working with their clients.

· When the agency faces ethical dilemmas resulting from unethical behavior by direct services providers.

Note: Choose your approach for each situation based on a model found in your assigned readings (e.g., social constructionist model, moral decision-based model) or from your own research. Additional models may include a standards-based model, principles-based model, virtues-based model, or a practice-based model.

Include a discussion about the personal values that would influence your decisions.

From the case study, examine HR’s role in ensuring that organizations comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the United Kingdom Bribery Act. Determine what you believe to be HR’s biggest challenge in ensuring compliance with FCPA and U.K. Bribery Act, and suggest one (1) action that HR departments can take in order to address this challenge.

Examine two (2) of the major HR ethical issues multinational corporations face when operating globally. Recommend two (2) preventative actions that HR departments can take in order to lessen the occurrence of these ethical issues. Provide a rationale for your response.

Argue why capacity analysis is important in a health services environment. Provide one (1) example of this importance in a health services environment to support your argument.

Evaluate the importance of applications of queuing theory in a health services environment. Provide one (1) example of this importance to support your evaluation.

To help with the development of your paper look at the Conceptual Model of HR.  Choose one area you find interesting.  Based on your own experiences and readings, what would you like to see happen in that area?  For instance,

· In “total rewards/compensation” maybe you’d like to have paid family medical leave. 

· In “performance management” perhaps you would like to have a particular type of appraisal process.

· In “employee relations” maybe you’d like to adopt a telecommuting policy. 

· Or…maybe you see a change in the labor pool, law, or technology that will impact your chosen HR area and you want to address how such change will be incorporated. 

Once you’ve identified a specific area to explore, ask:  If I had to propose this idea to executive management, how could I address the pro vs. con questions: 

–How might it impact a hypothetical organization’s strategic direction and operations?

–How might it impact employees?

–What impact would it have on other parts of the HR system?  Would other dimensions of HR need to change in order for my proposal to work?  What support might be needed from the other HR areas?  For instance, would we have to pay more, revise job descriptions, train staff, or lay-off people? 

–How would we measure whether my proposed idea succeeded?  (Metrics can be just data you use to measure success/failure.) 

–What are real organizations doing about this?

Now, the above bullet points will help you develop a solid outline of your project paper. Once this has been completed post your outline to the WK 5 discussion board for review and comments by classmates.

Prospective MBA Student

My ideas of the paper for each paragraph is as follows:

1. career  goals in human resource specifically speaking in healthcare. i am most interested in ethics and compliance, employee relations , or benefits and compensation. to later become a director or executive in human resource department

2. why an MBA  and what I plan to do with it (personal development such as knowledge, communication skills, networking, leadership development, executive coaching, organization behavior) 

3. why the school was chosen (affordability, flexibility, accreditation)