ol211 all week discussions latest 2017 november

Week 1 discussion

HR/Organization Alignment and Global Conditions

Introduce yourself to the class and share your goals for your education and expectations for this class. Then, read pages 1-8 of the case study A.P. Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives (up to Talent Management Challenges). Using the readings in this module and the case material, discuss the following:

Why the human resource function should be aligned with an organization’s strategic plan, and

How current global conditions in Maersk’s industry impact human resource management practices within this organization.

Post your thoughts to two of your peer’s discussions.

This task will help you complete Milestone One of the final project, which is due in Module Two

Week 2 discussion

Purpose and Process of Job Analysis

Read the SHRM article Performing Job Analysis. Use the article to describe any two uses for job analysis within an organization (why it is done). Then contrast two job analysis methods and their benefits (how they are done).

Speculate on at least one limitation or downside of each method. Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 3 discussion

Adult Learners

View the SHRM PowerPoint presentation and its note pages: Unit 3: Adult Learning Principles. Describe any four of the characteristics of adult learners explained in the presentation and discuss how well SNHU has incorporated those characteristics in the courses you have taken so far.

Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 4 discussion

When to Use a 360-Degree Appraisal

While 360-degree appraisals have many advantages, they are not for every employer or every type of employee.

Read Sections 8.2c Who Should Appraise an Employee’s Performance? and 8.2d Putting It All Together: 360-Degree Evaluations (p 310-313) in your textbook.

For your initial post, imagine you are an HR manager for a company that has a large call center. The call center manager wants your help initiating a 360-degree appraisal for his call center representatives. In your initial post, discuss whether you would encourage or discourage this and why. Describe what conditions would need to be in place in order for a 360-degree appraisal process to be effective with the call center staff.

Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 5 discussion

What Do Discretionary Benefits Mean to You?

Take the true/false quiz on slides 21 and 22 of this SHRM PowerPoint program Discretionary Employee Benefits. See the notes section to score yourself.

Select three statements from the quiz that you relate to, either from personal experience or because you feel strongly about the point, and discuss why you chose them.

Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 6 discussion

Why Employees Stay

Read pp. 13–22 of the SHRM report on Retaining Talent (pp. 2–11 of the report).

Consider your current job or one you used to hold. To what extent did you experience the three types of connections that foster “embeddedness” described in the report: links, fit, and sacrifice? How did your experience influence your longevity with the organization?

Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 8 discussion

The Link Between Aetna’s Goals and Its Diversity Outcomes

Read “The ‘ICE’ Strategy” on Human Resource Management (pp. 8–9) of the PDF in Aetna: Investing In Diversity Case. Also review Exhibits 6 and 7 on pp. 22–23 of the case study to see the link between Aetna’s strategic focus and the diversity outcomes that can result. From Exhibit 7, select one of the eight strategic focuses and one of the 10 diversity implications that you feel relates to that focus.

Discuss the relationship between the two and describe three specific actions Aetna could take to accomplish the diversity implication. Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post.

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts concerning their choices and suggested actions. Can you add anything to their perspective?