Analyze and discuss different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus or niche) then select which one you would deem more appropriate for an “efficiency-minded” retail organization and explain your rationale.

HR Knowledge 3: Training and Development

Thoroughly review the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLr-xaQEnkE&t=8s

Based on your review, please respond to the following:

The CEO has approved funding for your project to create a training and development system for the organization. She now wants you to explain your process on how you will create training programs for the new system and why your process will add value to the company. NOTE: You are addressing a CEO and not regular employees so keep your response both strategic and high level.

Strategy, Planning, and Selection

Scenario

Assume for this assignment that you are being highly considered for a director-level HR management position for a best-in-class national retailer. You are in the final phase of the interview process and must respond to the interview panel regarding specific questions and scenarios that will help them determine if you are a good fit for the new role. The company’s culture is centered on the effective development of strategy, plans, and selection criteria aimed at building and sustaining a competitive and profitable organization. It will be extremely important that you respond with a strategic mindset in order to convince the organization you are able to help them ensure the execution of the business strategy.

NOTE: It is highly recommended to use the instructions below rather than those in the course guide.

Instructions

1. Analyze and discuss different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus or niche) then select which one you would deem more appropriate for an “efficiency-minded” retail organization and explain your rationale. Also, how would the selected strategy ultimately affect how HR does its job?
2. Examine the four approaches to job design or redesign (those discussed in textbook) and provide an example (not just a definition) of each. Then, make a case to the interviewing panel on the importance of effective job design applications in supporting the overall strategic goals of the organization.
3. Consider challenges and constraints associated with recruiting workers (see textbook examples) and identify and discuss at least two issues. What advice would you give to ease (or fix) your selected issues? Be specific.
4. Review exhibit 6-1 on page 188 of the textbook. Other than the  elements seen in the selection process, list and describe 2–3 additional candidate selection process ideas that might add value and overall effectiveness to the process. Example: 5 Tips for Designing an Effective Employee Selection System. Also, what problems should HR and management teams avoid during the selection process?
5. Use at least four quality academic sources in this assignment. Note: To prevent using non-quality sources it is HIGHLY recommended to use the sources listed in the course resources section and others from the library. Use of the textbook is required.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards, APA 6, or APA 7 at the student’s discretion. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Use the    Strayer University Library to locate additional sources to support your work. The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Determine strategies for providing effective human resource management within an organization, including how to support competitive advantage, approaches to job design and redesign, and recruitment and selection.

Why is online collaboration so important?

• using technologies such as Kaltura, PowerPoint, or any other tool to explain the concepts learned during the week.
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source

Initial Post Instructions

This week you learned how to collaborate with others online. Based on what you learned, which features did you find most beneficial and how could you use these in your current workplace? Why is online collaboration so important? Is this something that is needed in the healthcare environment? Which tools do you use to collaborate today?

What might be the entity’s intent for not making a §754 election?

Using current literature, complete the case titled “Small Business-Peachtree” attached above. You will need to down load the case and answer the questions given. Here are some hints that will help you on the case:
I
Discuss the entity choices available to Peachtree. Include some comments about Form 8832.
II
What might be the entity’s intent for not making a §754 election? In your discussion, use the terms duplicate loss and substantial built-in loss.
Consult the “anti-abuse rules” of the regulations to determine which partner(s) can deduct losses from the sale of The Commons.
III
Trace the basis that Toby should assign to the land and building
Prepare a written case study analysis for the above assigned research case, minimum of 3-4 pages. The case analysis must be fully annotated with citations in proper legal form. (See writing guidelines located in Getting Started)

write a 7-10 page paper that analyzes dramatically the Rhetoric of Redemption: A Development of Kenneth Burke’s Theory of Guilt-Purification-Redemption and its Application to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Using Kenneth Burke’s The Seven Moments of Dramatism AND Vocabulary of Motives (Pentad: Act, Scene, Agent, Agency an Purpose) write a 7-10 page paper (inclusive of the cover page and works cited page) that analyzes dramatically the Rhetoric of Redemption: A Development of Kenneth Burke’s Theory of Guilt-Purification-Redemption and its Application to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. SEE INSTRUCTIONS FILE ATTACHED!

Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events.

Use the provided Module Five Activity Template: Historical Interpretations Word Document to complete this activity. First, you will reflect on the process of researching the subject of your historical research question and its connection to your current event. You will then consider the impact of bias on our existing knowledge. Finally, you will address how the narratives about your historical and current events would change if told from alternative viewpoints.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Describe how exploring your research question improved your understanding of the historical roots of your current event.
How did learning more about the subject of your research question help you identify events from the past that contributed or led up to your current event?
Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events.
Support your points with relevant course resources.
Propose how the narrative about your historical event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Refer to the missing perspective you identified in this week’s discussion. How might this point of view change the story about your historical event? For example, would the narrative focus on different details, or would those details be interpreted differently?
Propose how the narrative about your current event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Expand on the missing perspective from criteria three and apply it to your current event. How might your current event be understood differently by examining it from that perspective?
Guidelines for Submission
Submit the Module Five Activity Template: Historical Interpretations.  Sources should be cited according to APA style.
I also attached the template to fillout and a couple of my last assignments to give you an idea of where i stand on the subject.

Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability and the implications of the results.

Quantitative Journal – Article Review – 3-4 pages

You will review quantitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a peer-reviewed, academic research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there.  There are no hard word counts or page requirements as long as you cover the basic guidelines.  You must submit original work, however,  and a paper that returns as a large percentage of copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted.  (Safe Assign will be used to track/monitor your submission for plagiarism. Submissions with a Safe Assign match of more than 2% will not be accepted.)

Please use APA formatting and include the following information:

• Introduction/Background:  Provide context for the research article.  What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research question?
• Methodology:  Describe how the data was gathered and analyzed.  What research questions or hypotheses were the researcher trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used?
• Study Findings and Results:  What were the major findings from the study? Were there any limitations?
• Conclusions:  Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability and the implications of the results.  Does the piece lead into further study? Are there different methods you would have chosen based on what you read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a large part of the rubric is covered.)
• References

Identify what parts of the body would be considered series and what parts would be considered parallel.

The human body can be thought of as a series-parallel analogy. Some parts are in series and some parts are in parallel. In addition, the human body can be modeled as an electrical circuit.

In your original post:

• Identify what parts of the body would be considered series and what parts would be considered parallel.
• Discuss how the series and parallel systems function together as a series-parallel circuit in your analogy.
• Explain how electricity can travel through the body using a series-parallel electrical model. How does this relate to touch, step, and step-touch potential?
• Finally, Discuss the loading effect of a voltmeter on a circuit. How does the voltmeter’s internal resistance affect the loading effect?

Dc Resistance. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/dc-resistanceLinks to an external site.

What do think about the author’s ideas about how an increase in enforcement or reported incidents would impact the criminal justice system?

Read the section of Chapter 8 which deals with the Crime Funnel (pp. 128-130).

Discuss your thoughts about the author’s premise that police focus too many resources to catch the “low hanging fruit” and should concentrate on “criminal leaders and specialists”. Do you agree?  Why or Why not?

What do think about the author’s ideas about how an increase in enforcement or reported incidents would impact the criminal justice system?

Define aging from biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories.

(Turnitin Document)

Theories of Aging Paper

Identify the different theories and their implications on the aging process.

1. Define aging from biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories.
2. Develop nursing interventions based on the psychosocial issues and biologic changes associated with older adulthood.
3. Discuss several nursing implications for each of the major biologic, sociologic, and psychological theories of aging.
4. Based on your experience what health promotion strategies would you recommend to facilitate successful aging?

Submission Instructions:

• The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear, concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper is to be 3 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style.

Identify the constraints to the problem.

“WRITE A CASE STUDY, 3 PAGES, AND GUIDE IS BELOW)

Using an organized seven-step approach in analyzing a case will make the entire process easier and can increase your learning benefits. (THIS IS THE GUIDE, NOT QUESTION)

1. Read the case thoroughly. To understand fully what is happening in a case, it is necessary to read the case carefully and thoroughly. You may want to read the case rather quickly the first time to get an overview of the industry, the company, the people, and the situation. Read the case again more slowly, making notes as you go.
2. Define the central issue. Many cases will involve several issues or problems. Identify the most important problems and separate them from the more trivial issues. After identifying what appears to be a major underlying issue, examine related problems in the functional areas (for example, marketing, finance, personnel, and so on). Functional area problems may help you identify deep-rooted problems that are the responsibility of top management.
3. Define the firm’s goals. Inconsistencies between a firm’s goals and its performance may further highlight the problems discovered in step 2. At the very least, identifying the firm’s goals will provide a guide for the remaining analysis.
4. Identify the constraints to the problem. The constraints may limit the solutions available to the firm. Typical constraints include limited finances, lack of additional production capacity, personnel limitations, strong competitors, relationships with suppliers and customers, and so on. Constraints have to be considered when suggesting a solution.
5. Identify all the relevant alternatives. The list should all the relevant alternatives that could solve the problem(s) that were identified in step 2. Use your creativity in coming up with alternative solutions. Even when solutions are suggested in the case, you may be able to suggest better solutions.
6. Select the best alternative. Evaluate each alternative in light of the available information. If you have carefully taken the proceeding five steps, a good solution to the case should be apparent. Resist the temptation to jump to this step early in the case analysis. You will probably miss important facts, misunderstand the problem, or skip what may be the best alternative solution. You will also need to explain the logic you used to choose one alternative and reject the others.
7. Develop an implementation plan. The final step in the analysis is to develop a plan for effective implementation of your decision. Lack of an implementation plan even for a very good decision can lead to disaster for a firm and for you. Do not overlook this step. Your professor will surely ask you or someone in the class to explain how to implement the decision.