Marjorie Benton

Human resource management in health care

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Fallon, L. F. & McConnell, C. R. (2014). Human resource management in health care: Principles and practices (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Donelson, B. (2018, November 20). Three challenges facing HR pros in health care and beyond. JD Supra. Retrieved from https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/three-challenges…

Invenias Partners. (2017). The changing role of the healthcare chief human resources officer: Current realities and future directions. Chicago, IL: Author. Retrieved from https://www.inveniaspartners.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/…

O’Conner, C. (2019, January 29). Top 10 HR headaches for 2019. JD Supra. Retrieved from https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/top-10-hr-headac…

Webb, P. G. (2019). Managing today’s workforce to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 35(4), 3-10.

Zillman, C. & Fry, E. (2018, February 16). HR is not your friend. Here’s why. Fortune. Retrieved from https://fortune.com/2018/02/16/microsoft-hr-proble…

Required Media

McCord, P. (2019, February). 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/patty_mccord_8_lessons_o…
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.

Discussion: Importance, Functions, and Innovations in Human Resources

Some important benefits that an HR department contributes to an organization are systematization, time management, and personnel efficiency (Maurom, 2017). HR departments handle a variety of functions: hiring and firing employees, training workers, addressing interoffice relationships, and interpreting employment laws (Scott, 2018). Social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have opened up new possibilities for managing internal and external communications for HR departments (SHRM India, 2018).

In this week’s Discussion, you will explain the functions and importance of a HR department. You also will explain how social media and technological innovations have impacted HR.

References
Maurom J. A., (2017, August, 28). Organization: The most important human resources professional skill. Society for Human Resource Management. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-s...

Scott, S. (2018, October 20). Six main functions of a human resource department. Bizfluent. Retrieved from https://bizfluent.com/info-8244762-six-functions-h…

SHRM India (2018, May 2). The Importance of social media in HR. Society for Human Resource Management. Retrieved from https://blog.shrm.org/sasia/blog/the-importance-of…

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review the Learning Resources for this week.
    • Focus on reviewing Chapters 1-3 of the Fallon and McConnell (2014) textbook.
  • Consider the functions of the HR departments in organizations where you have worked and think about how the organization would have functioned differently had there been no HR department.

By Day 4

Post a comprehensive response to the following:

  • Explain why an HR department is important.
  • Explain 5 functions an HR department performs.
  • Explain how the role of HR has changed with the upsurge of social media and the continuing advancement of technology.

Support your Discussion and peer responses with in-text citations and references from specific Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

 

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments. You are not required to post these final insights.

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Social media and technology have necessitated several changes in the HR department. First, communication through the HR department is now internal and external. HR managers can communicate with employees within and out of the office via the internet. Social media has increased the visibility and reliability of the HR department. There is more informal communication between HR managers and employees. As a result, employees are more aware of the department and its ability to assist when needed. Technology has made communication much more comfortable as it is instant within the click of a button (Maurom, 2017). Also, messages can easily flow between the sender and receiver, allowing more employee engagement in decision making, unlike traditional methods like memos, which are one-directional. HR managers also must balance employee needs, views, and opinions as employees find it easier to give feedback, unlike they did in the past.

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Intellectual property

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Each essay is at least 250 words.Use APA style and cite using APA citation format.Use required readings (or at least attempt to use them).

Essay 1

FACTS: George and Sophia are entrepreneurs who together own a limited liability company, SOPhiGEo, LLC.They are inventors and have invented a widget that can be plugged into a mobile phone or personal computer to detect unsolicited third-party access of camera or audio features on the equipment and block it with a repeating loop of nonsense gibberish that can be stopped only by the widget’s primary user.This widget has a proprietary design and operating code. SOPhiGEo is calling it “LoktYU.”

Identify and define the three types of intellectual property (IP) that SOPhiGEo needs to obtain to protect LoktYU. Be specific as to which aspect of the invention will be protected by each type of IP. Further, explain how each type of IP is obtained and maintained, and how long the protection lasts.

Essay 2

Fact pattern: Joe and James are brothers who decide to go into a landscaping business together. Joe has most of the money to put up and James has extensive gardening knowledge. They will need to have at least a couple employees to help do the work. They are trying to decide how to organize the business — a general partnership, a limited liability company or a corporation.

Question: Using your Lessons and Required Readings on forms of business organizations, write an essay that (1) explains the pros and cons of each of these types of business forms and (2) recommend which one of these 3 is best for the brothers in this scenario and why.

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The second type is the patent IP, which can either be the utility or design patent. It will be used in protecting the functional and ornamental features of the LoktYU widget. Eisenberg (2008) claims that patent law is used to protect new ideas developed in the market. It is costly to apply, but once approved, it serves up to 20 years after approval/filing. It also requires maintenance, depending on their usage and paying renewal fees. The patent office and attorneys are responsible for the whole application process. The final type that SOPhiGEo must consider is the trademark type of IP, which will be used in protecting the name ownership of the widget to the company. It will also protect any prototype reproduction and the widget schemes plus symbols from other parties. Obtaining it is by applying through appropriate government offices, and it may cost between 225-335 dollars. However, it is potentially indefinite depending on the use, but renewal maintenances are based on a ten-year renewal agreement with the government.

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Ethical Leaders

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The seventh Debate Discussion assignment in this class relates to the HR Ethics box in Chapter 10 (p. 382):

HR Ethics: Building Ethics with Multisource Appraisals and Coaching

As business leaders get promoted, evidence suggests that there are more opportunities for ethical transgressions. Companies can do several things to help prevent ethical lapses. (1) Promote an ethical culture. (2) Use 360-degree evaluations. (3) Apply coaching. (4) Discuss the importance of ethical leadership.

  1. What kinds of approaches might you use to help leaders be more ethical? How could performance management processes be used to facilitate this aim?
  2. Besides some of the ideas already discussed, what do you think companies can do to reduce the likelihood of leaders acting unethically?

Your assignment is to 1) read the information in the box content, 2) answer these questions, 3) present/defend your ideas with thoughtful logic or relevant evidence, and 4) respond to at least two other students’ posts with other thoughtful analyses. Your posts should be comprehensive (multiple lengthy paragraphs), as well as concise and detailed.

Grades are assigned using a rubric with the following dimensions: 1) logic/support, 2) clarity/conciseness, 3) depth, 4) length, 5) contains multiple postings/responses.

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Leaders within an organization have an obligation to act ethically. However, at times, some of them act unethically, which negatively affects the organization. Preventing such an occurrence is not easy, but there are a couple of mechanisms an organization can deploy to reduce the likelihood of its leaders acting unethically. One way of doing this involves drafting and succinctly implementing a code of conduct (Dessler, 2016). Such a code will enunciate how all employees should behave and what punishment will get handed out for failure to abide by the code of conduct. Organizations should also encourage leaders to lead by example.

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Bitcoin Economics

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This week we discussed Bitcoin Economics. For this week’s research paper, you need to search the Internet and explain why some businesses are accepting and other businesses are rejecting the use of Bitcoins as a standard form of currency. Your paper needs to identify two major companies that have adopted Bitcoin technology.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 3-5 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support your response with the readings from the course and at least five peer-reviewed articles or scholarly journals to support your positions, claims, and observations. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.

• Be clear with well-written, concise, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

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In research analysis, economists have published various reasons why business corporations use bitcoins as a formal currency. According to Ammous (2018), there are five primary unchangeable reasons as to why businesses opt to adopt the use of Bitcoin currency. These reasons include the store of value, maximum security, individual sovereignty, a global unit of account, and finally, an international and online settlement unit. Store of value is the primary reason why companies choose Bitcoins, which means it can be purchased at a lower cost and sold at a higher value depending on the market. Business corporates have adopted this mechanism because they use bitcoin currency as a standard form of investment. Bitcoin can overcome all the currencies across the globe; hence it gives companies to invest in easily as part of storing valued assets.

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Real-time data

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Provide an example in which real-time data can be used as a competitive advantage for corporations. Why do you feel this real-time data is an advantage? How long can the advantage last?

At least 250 words.

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When this process is made the norm in the organization, it facilitates employing advanced techniques to better understand the customers. When an organization can develop a data-driven work environment that fosters collaboration, data analysis in real-time becomes a competitive advantage (Hagiu & Wright, 2020). This real-time data is advantageous because the organization starts treating data as an asset in the decision-making process. Since the data is up to date, reliable, and better targeted, mistakes and errors within the corporation are reduced. Real-time insights also facilitate reacting quickly to the identified errors to prevent an operational problem. The real-time data is also advantageous because the analytics keeps the organization ahead of the competitors or in a position to get notified when the direct competitors change their strategy or lower their prices. These advantages of real-time data should last if the organization exists unless the organization’s culture is changed. That is why using real-time data as a competitive advantage requires an organization to develop a data-driven culture.

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Structuring of businesses

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Needing someone to complete these discussions questions I will have listed below:

1.Describe and discuss four types of social responsibilities that managers can consider.

2.Identify, describe, and discuss the major sources of barriers to entry.

3. Describe and discuss four strategy levels involved in the evolution of a global corporation.

4. Describe and discuss the elements of a SWOT analysis. What are the limits to its effectiveness? What are the advantages to using a SWOT analysis?

5.How does low-cost leadership differ from a differentiation strategy and a focus strategy? Discuss in detail.

6. Define differentiation. Evaluate a business’s differentiation opportunities using skills, resources and organizational requirements. What potential risks managers must take into account as they evaluate the differentiation – based advantages?

7.Why must each core competency provide a relevant competitive advantage to the intended businesses when pursuing a synergy approach?

8.What are three important qualities of effective short-term objectives? Try to identify an organization that uses these qualities and describe each of these in your answer.

9. Describe and discuss globalization as a trend shaping the structuring of businesses today.

10. Describe and discuss three ways good leaders go about building the organization they want and deal with problems that arise.

About 100 words each. Needs to be correct with no grammatical errors.

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There are a couple of barriers that make it harder for new companies to get a foothold within an existing market (Karakaya & Parayitam, 2013). One of these barriers is economies of scale. Existing companies have an advantage in that they have better economies of scale compared to new entrants, an aspect that makes it harder for new entrants to get a foothold in the market.  The second barrier is capital requirements. New companies need a considerable capital outlay when trying to break even (Karakaya & Parayitam, 2013). The third barrier revolves around product differentiation, which revolves around the esteem attached to products from a particular company. New companies will always find it hard to compete against established brands with significant customer loyalty. Finally, new companies have challenges developing distribution networks that will avail the products they manufacture to their target markets (Karakaya & Parayitam, 2013).

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Principal-Agent Relationship

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Weekly Learning Objective: Learner will review the elements of the relationship between agent principal.


Using the Blog Rubric listed below for the specific grading criteria, complete the following:

It is often said the concept of "fiduciary" is at the heart of agency law. Research and define what it means to be a "fiduciary" or to possess a
"fiduciary duty." Identify and describe the five duties an agent is said to owe his principal. Give an example where you have seen or
experienced the concept of a fiduciary relationship in your own personal or business lives. Have you have been involved in a situation where
you felt a fiduciary duty had been breached? Were you correct, and if so, why?

1. Use the same blog you created in Week 3.
2. Post a new blog entry that addresses the information above.
3. In the Blackboard Discussion Boards>Week 5: Blog #2, create a thread titled with your first and last name, and post the link to your blog by Day 3.
4. Select a blog of one of your peers to review. Post your response to the Discussion Board thread (not the actual blog) by Day 7.


Support your thoughts using a minimum of two academic, peer-reviewed sources (outside the textbook). Websites such as Wikipedia,
LegalZoom, LegalMatch, Nolo, etc. do NOT count as academic sources. A good place to start is the Davenport University Library. Substantial blog
entries should contain at least 1200 words.









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Even though an agent acts on behalf of their principal, it does not give them authority to act arbitrarily and autonomously unless that’s acceptable to a principal v. As long as the instructions given to agents by a principal lack ambiguity, they have to comply with every aspect of the instructions handed to them. In the case directions emanating from a principal are ambiguous, agents have to seek clarification from their principals. Reasonability also features heavily with respect to the duty to obey. Reasonability is subjective, but in most cases, it gets pegged upon the accepted practices within an industry. Therefore, agents have an obligation to abide by the directives issued by principals faithfully. However, there are instances when an agent can deviate from the guidelines handed to them. Whenever an agent provides a particular professional service to a principal, they have the autonomy to act as they see fit, as long as it is in the furtherance of the principal’s interests (Wyse, 2008).


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SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING
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THIS IS A TEAM ASSIGNMENT, AS A LEAD I AM TO WRITE THE THESIS, INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, ALSO COMPLETE LEVEL 1 OF THE KIRKPATRICK MODEL TRAINING. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I MUST CREATE A LEVEL ONE EVALUATION FORM. 


OUR TEAM TOPIC IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING


Training evaluations are important to determine if the selected training solution was effective and provided the appropriate return on investment.


Discuss as a team the last training program you attended (at work, school, other).


Select one of your team members’ experiences and design a training evaluation form.


Write a 525- to 700-word description of the training program selected by the team.


Provide an explanation of how you would evaluate the training program. The Kirkpatrick Model for the Effectiveness of Training is to be used for the evaluation. There are details on the model below and on the discussion thread,


Steps of Kirkpatrick Model


There are four levels to Kirkpatrick’s Model that look at training effectiveness in different time frames and areas.


Level one – (this is the level you should focus on the most in the week three assignment). This level is done immediately after the conclusion of training and measures the immediate reaction of participants at the conclusion of the training. This is most often done with a survey or interview and should cover the if the learning objectives were met, the learning environment, the instructors performance, the delivery methods used and the content of the course. The survey or interview will give the designer or instructor an opportunity to make quick course adjustments.


Level two – is used to determine if learning occurred during the course. In other words do the participants know or can do more after the course than they could do before? This can be done with a pre and post assessment which should be the same instrument. The pre assessment measures what KSA’s the participants came into the course already having developed. The post assessment measure what they know after the course is completed. The goal is to compare the pre to the post assessment and see progress has been made in the participants KSA’s.


Level three – this step measures if learning is transferred from the training environment and applied in the work place. Training is only effective if it is applied. This is done around two months after the training is completed by observation, a survey or interview. Data can also help in this step.


Level four – The Return on the Investment. This step is done by converting the costs of doing training and the savings or benefits realized from the training. The costs of doing training are compared to the outcomes to determine if the ROI is positive or negative.


All levels must be covered in the assignment.


Include what you are specifically measuring, the time frame, a description of the evaluation form, and how it will appropriately measure the training solution.


Create a one-page training evaluation form that includes questions on all aspects to be measured – learning environment, instructor performance and learning objectives met.


Cite any sources according to APA formatting guidelines.


 










(The professor messaged this to us, hope it helps)


Start the paper with an opening paragraph that includes a thesis – what the paper will be about. Then describe the training activity that will be evaluated including the learning objectives for the course.


Then evaluate the course by covering all four levels of the Kirkpatrick Model.


Level 1 – immediate reaction to the training by participants


Level 2 – did learning occur by the participants


Level 3 – did what was learned transfer to the work place


Level 4 – measure the return on the investment for doing the training


Final step is to create a level one evaluation form that measures the following areas for effectiveness- were the learning objectives met – Instructor performance – learning environment effectiveness:


Use open ended questions and leave space for participant comments.


Two references are required and must be listed at the end of the paper and in the body of the paper where used.


















The bold letters is what I am to work on which is the thesis, introduction to the training activity that will be evaluated, level one of the Kirkpatrick Model, the conclusion and the level one evaluation form. Thank you


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I would evaluate the program using the first level of Kirkpatrick’s model, known as a reaction. According to Heydari, Taghva, Amini, and Delavari (2019), the first level model helps solicit opinion during the evaluation of the sexual harassment training program. This level is majorly concerned about the satisfaction of the whole process. The community development organization that I attended, referred to level as the feedback level process. The model effectively analyzes the impact of training and assesses how well the trainees or participants learned and the possibility of improving their learning in the future. The delivery method for training participants was also evaluated to ascertain efficiency. The first level represents a more precise measure of assessing the training program’s effectiveness because it ascertains the participants (Rouse, 2011). This level provides answers on whether the people perceived the training as valuable. It measures the level of people’s engagement, their reaction towards the raining and whether they actively contributed to assess how well the staff received the training. This assessment aims to enable the developer of the training program to make adjustments in the future by including the missing topics.


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Please read the attached article from Strategy+Business Magazine titled: The New Supercompetitors. Note the number of food and consumer goods companies illustrated in the article. Over the past decade major international food companies have arisen through mergers and acquisitions. There are distinct strategies that have driven these actions.


https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00272











Quality answer. All parts answered. No plag or grammatical errors.






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Supercompetitors have created a sumptuous business market because companies focus on what they can do best for a long-term benefit. By doing this, I believe it establishes more focused business enterprises that create value, preferably in the market. Regarding my future career attribution, I think the strategies and categories of Supercompetitors, such as distinctive capabilities, help me reshape relevance. Value proposition and preferences in foodservice are very crucial factors in developing scalability and relevance. Therefore, I believe by focusing on distinctive capabilities; I will establish stability and growth in the foodservice business industry. The trends and strategies of Supercompetitors in different sectors will indeed continue because of stiff competition. Hence, companies that will strive will only focus on creating a competitive advantage that is brought about through distinctive capabilities. Finally, large global companies


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Social performance of organizations
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According to the textbook, the current world economy is increasingly becoming integrated and interdependent; as a result, the relationship between business and society is becoming more complex. In this assignment, you will be researching a Fortune 500 company from an approved company list provided by your professor. Be sure to check the list before you begin.


Write a four to six (4–6) page paper in which you:


    

  1. Specify the nature, structure, and types of products or services of your company, and identify two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide an explanation to support the rationale.
    2. 

  2. Suggest five (5) ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for the response.
    3. 

  3. Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with your company.
    4. 

  4. Submit a reference page with at least four (4) quality references that you have used for this paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
    5. 



Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:


    

  • This course requires the use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
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  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
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The SWS details have been attached along with the instructions for this assignment.


















The details of the assignment as well as the University writing standards for the paper have been attached.


















I do have one more piece of material. Attached is a discussion post explaining how this assignment will be submitted and graded utilizing the SafeAssign program. Therefore, try to use as few quotes as possible, as it will raise the percentage of un-original content and lower the grade of the assignment.


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Nike is a US company that specializes in sportswear. Nike and its partner companies designs, sell, and develops sports equipment across the world, and the product categories are Nike basketball, running, Jordan brand, sportswear, training, and football brand. The company deals with American football, cricket, tennis, wrestling, and skateboarding, among other games. Nike also deals in performance accessories that include sports balls, gloves, bats, and protective equipment. Counterfeiting is one external factor that affects Nike. Counterfeiting refers to the creation of goods that are not original but copy cats of the authentic products. According to Chiu & Leng (2015), the market for counterfeit goods is significant, with pirated goods in 2007 being $250 billion. In apparel, athletic clothing and shoes are the most pirated products. Trends on sports clothing have changed thanks to successful marketing by companies manufacturing sports


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