Performance Appraisal System

2-1 Discussion: Performance Appraisal SystemDiscussion TopicTask: Reply to this topic

A company of 15 employees has recently decided to overhaul its performance appraisal system. Based on the assigned reading, which plan would be most appropriate for the company to adopt? Why?

Respond to at least two of your peers’ comments.2-1 Discussion: Performance Appraisal SystemDiscussion TopicTask: Reply to this topic Starts Mar 6, 2021 11:59 PM

A company of 15 employees has recently decided to overhaul its performance appraisal system. Based on the assigned reading, which plan would be most appropriate for the company to adopt? Why?

Respond to at least two of your peers’ comments.

ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE

ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE

Review the following case study and address the questions that follow:

Mark was waiting to be seen by his physician in a multispecialty physician office practice. As Mark was waiting to see his physician, he observed a woman, most likely in her late seventies, limping into the office. She had a large leg brace that ran from her thigh to the calf of her leg. She struggled to push her husband in a wheelchair into the office. She carefully parked the wheelchair and approached the check-in counter. She apologized for being late for her appointment as she was late getting out of another physician’s office. The patient was told, “You are late for your appointment. The office has a fifteen-minute late arrival rule. You will have to reschedule your appointment.” She apologized for being late and said that she did tell the office staff she would be late.

She was then told, “You can wait, and I will try to squeeze you into the schedule, but I don’t know how long you will have to wait.” The lady said, “I don’t want to bother anyone. I will reschedule my appointment.” She was directed around the corner to another desk to reschedule her appointment. Mark got out of his chair, walked over to the scheduler, and said, “I don’t believe this. Her husband is sitting in a wheelchair, and she is having difficulty walking. She can have my appointment, and I can reschedule.” The lady suddenly turned to Mark and gave him a big hug. The scheduler asked, “Who is your physician?” Mark told her, and he was told, “I am sorry, but this lady has a different physician.” The lady, now a bit teary eyed, continued to make her appointment.

Tasks:

  1. Describe the ethical issues involved in this observation.
  2. Consider and discuss how this event could have had a more pleasant outcome.

APA format

Analyze this case from the perspective of the four ethical theories presented throughout the course—consequential ethics, utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics, and nonconsequential ethics.

The defendant in State v. Cunningham, the owner, and administrator of a residential care facility housed thirty to thirty-seven mentally ill, mentally retarded, and senior residents. The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals conducted various surveys at the defendant’s facility between October 1989 and May 1990. All of the surveys except one resulted in a fifty-dollar daily fine assessed against the defendant for violations of the regulations.

On August 16, 1990, a grand jury filed an indictment charging the defendant with several counts of wanton neglect of a resident in violation of the Iowa Code section 726.7 (1989), which provides, “A person commits wanton neglect of a resident of a healthcare facility when the person knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental, or moral welfare of a resident of a healthcare facility. . . . Wanton neglect of a resident of a healthcare facility is a serious misdemeanor.”

The district court held that the defendant had knowledge of the dangerous conditions that existed in the healthcare facility but willfully and consciously refused to provide or to exercise adequate supervision to remedy or attempt to remedy the dangerous conditions. The residents were exposed to physical dangers and unhealthy and unsanitary physical conditions and were grossly deprived of the much-needed medical care and personal attention.

The conditions were likely to and did cause injury to the physical and mental well-being of the facility’s residents. The defendant was found guilty on five counts of wanton neglect. The district court sentenced the defendant to one year in jail for each of the five counts, to run concurrently. The district court suspended all but two days of the defendant’s sentence and ordered him to pay $200 for each count, plus a surcharge and costs, and to perform community service. A motion for a new trial was denied, and the defendant appealed.

The Iowa Court of Appeals held that there was substantial evidence to support a finding that the defendant was responsible for not properly maintaining the nursing facility, which led to prosecution for wanton neglect of the facility’s residents. The defendant was found guilty of knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical or mental welfare of the facility’s residents by creating, directing, or maintaining hazardous conditions and unsafe practices.

The facility was not properly maintained (for example, findings included broken glass in patients’ rooms, excessive hot water in faucets, dried feces on public bathroom walls and grab bars, insufficient towels and linens, cockroaches and worms in the food preparation area, no soap available in the kitchen, and at one point, only one bar of soap and one container of shampoo found in the entire facility). Dietary facilities were unsanitary and inadequate to meet the dietary needs of the residents. There were inadequate staffing patterns and supervision in the facility, and improper dosages of medications were administered to the residents.

The defendant argued that he or she did not “create” the unsafe conditions at the facility. The court of appeals disagreed. The statute does not require that the defendant create the conditions at the facility to sustain a conviction. The defendant was the administrator of the facility and responsible for the conditions that existed.

Please address the following questions drawing support from your course resources and credible scholarly resources cited in APA format:

1. Analyze this case from the perspective of the four ethical theories presented throughout the course—consequential ethics, utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics, and nonconsequential ethics.

2. Discuss how ethics and the law are intertwined in this case.

3. Present your assessment of the court’s finding and whether it was just.

Discuss the specific leadership theories and styles that support your definition of a public leader.

Create a 10–12 slide presentation in which you:

  • Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
  • Narrate each slide, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
  • Briefly summarize your idea of a public leader. Cite experiences and research to support your assertions.
  • Discuss the specific leadership theories and styles that support your definition of a public leader. Provide a rationale to support your answer.
  • Discuss gender diversity in the workplace, including the increasing numbers of women in the workplace and leadership positions. What are the main barriers to women’s political participation and expression? What is the role of government and political parties to address this gap?
  • Predict three public leadership trends that you believe will be particularly significant within the next decade.
  • Summarize the most important idea that you have learned in the course. How can you apply what you have learned? What will you do with whom, where, when, and, most important, why?
  • Include four peer-reviewed references (no more than 1 year old). Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and government websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in SWS format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three colors, two to three fonts, and two to three relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, et cetera), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. 
  • Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six bullet points per slide.
  • Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Three Public Leadership Trends”).

Absolutely no plagiarism

Please follow all directions given above especially the directions in bold. 

Make sure to follow all guidelines in reference to the power point slides. 

Please stay on topic and use thorough information. 

economic differences between European and Saudi Arabian firms

It may sound intuitive, or commonplace, that the promotion of teams should be a prominent component of an organization’s strategic plan. However, when created and managed ineffectively, the utilization of teams can be met with indecision, incessant delays, conflict, dissention and eventually a dramatic loss in productivity. Compose an essay that address the following in relation to the formation and utilization of teams within an organization. Assume you have been appointed as the Plant Manager of a new 5,000 employee production facility to be opened in Saudi Arabia by a long-established European firm:

  • First, as there are cultural, societal, and economic differences between European and Saudi Arabian firms, briefly summarize the key differences between operating a business/organization in Europe and Saudi Arabia.
  • Second, the formation and utilization of teams is seen as central to the operational success of this new production facility in Saudi Arabia. As the leader of the endeavor, suggest a team model/theory you would implement to create and sustain a team-oriented culture in the production facility. Briefly define/describe the model/theory and its particular relevance in this endeavor.
  • Finally, assess—in particular—how the use of this model will result in a more efficient and effective production facility (for instance, identify cites/sources that showcase how the use of teams results in a more efficient and effective operation).

Directions:

  • Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be 4 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Use APA style guidelines.
  • Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published in the last five years.
  • 100% free plagiarism

Focused Compensation Training

Deliverable 2 – People – Focused Compensation Training

Competency

Evaluate compensation systems offered by organizations to attract and motivate employees.

Scenario

You are the Training and Development Supervisor for a private, mid-sized company that researches and produces products for the cosmetics industry. An international cosmetics brand, Marylion, has recently bought your company, and most of the employees of your company will now work for the international firm. All of the scientists in the research and development department of your old company are being retained by the acquiring firm.In your old company, scientists were compensated based on their job titles and years of experience in the company. However, in their new roles, they will be compensated differently. Marylion has a different pay system for scientists in R&D than for other employees. Scientists are compensated using a person-focused pay model. Specifically, a stair-step model of competency-based pay is used.As the scientists in your old firm are not familiar with this new model of compensation, it has been decided that you, as the new Training and Development Manager for Marylion, should provide an onboarding training session. The training session is to help the scientists understand how their new compensation system will work. You have been asked to create a training agenda and outline of the training session to be reviewed by the HR manager prior to hosting the training.

Instructions

The training agenda should include each topic with key points and an area provided for note taking. The training outline should be formatted with bulleted points for each topic, speaker’s notes, and include the amount of time needed to cover each topic. Prepare a training agenda for participants and a training outline for the presenter that:

  • Explains the concept of a people-focused pay model.
  • Compares a competency-based pay model to a job-based pay model.
  • Explains a stair-step model of compensation.
  • Analyzes the advantages of a people-focused pay model for scientists at Marylion.
  • Discusses the impact of people-focused pay on employee motivation through promotions and career paths.
  • Provides attribution for credible sources used in the training agenda and outline.

provide two ways an organization can segment it’s workforce, and include how this impacts total rewards

After reviewing the reading material about the terms differentiation and segmentation, provide two ways an organization can segment it’s workforce, and include how this impacts total rewards (meaning, does employee eligibility for rewards vary based on this differentiation/segmentation?). Use a minimum of one reference from the class materials to support your discussion

References.

Black, Ann. “Total Rewards.” Benefits & Compensation Digest. Vol. 44, Issue 11, pp. 32-36. Excerpt from the book Communicating Employee Benefits, Changing Methods and Changing Minds and Effective Benefits Communication. Nov., 2007.

Christofferson, J.; and King, B. (2006). “The ‘IT’ factor: A new total rewards model leads the way.” Workspan, http://www.worldatwork.org

Constellation Total Rewards Statement. Retrieved May 4, 2008, from http://www.constellation.com/

Erickson, T.J.; and Gratton, L. (March, 2007). “What it means to work here.” Harvard Business Review.

Kaplan, S. (2005). “Total rewards in action: Developing a total rewards strategy.” Benefits & Communication Digest. Vol. 42, Issue 8, p 32-2.

Manas, T.; and Graham, M. (2003). Creating a total rewards strategy: Toolkit for designing business-based plans. New York: American Management Association, AMACOM.

Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and personality. New York: Harper.

Mercer. (2007). “Compensation trends of the future: Designing a sustainable global total rewards strategy.” White paper. Retrieved MArch 1, 2008, from http://www.mercer.com

Salopek, J. (2008). “Retention buzz.” Training and Development. Alexandria: Jan. Vol 21, Issue 1, pp. 23-25.

Smolkin, S. (2007). “Total reward statements promote attraction, retention.” Employee benefit news. Canada: Vol 4, Number 4, pp. 27-28, Jul-Aug.

WorldatWork. (2007). The WorldatWork handbook of compensation, benefits & total rewards: A comprehensive guide for HR professionals. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.

Explain how innovative benefits could be tied to specific jobs.

Employers have been coming up with innovative employee rewards to  boost morale and acknowledge employee needs for creativity and personal  goal accomplishment. Some of the latest potential employee rewards  include using the Internet at work for personal reasons such as  shopping, communicating with friends, or personal finances; bringing a  pet to work; instituting a controlled napping policy, and sports and  office betting pools.

Write an eight- to ten-page paper in which you:

  1. Determine how innovations in employee benefits can improve the overall competitive compensation strategy of the organization.
  2. Explain how innovative benefits could be tied to specific jobs.
  3. Critique the effectiveness of equity-based rewards systems versus those with more creative approaches.
  4. Discuss the key elements of integrating innovation into a traditional total rewards program.
  5. Recommend a process that optimizes an employee-based suggestion  program to continually refresh the total rewards of the organization.
  6. Use at least five quality academic resources in this  assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as  academic resources.

What is the role of the EEOC in the workplace? 

  • What is the role of the EEOC in the workplace?
  • What forms of discrimination do you think are the most common under the EEOC? Explain your rationale.
  • Have you ever experienced discrimination in the workplace, either personally or to someone you know? If yes, describe the experience and the outcome. If no, study current events in your local or national news. Summarize an incident of discrimination in the workplace that would fall under the EEOC including the outcome.

2 pages APA format

Calculating Risk Exposure

Part 1

Calculating Risk Exposure

Use the Risk Exposure Calculator found in the Toolkit Exercise 10.5 of your Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit to assess the risk of a project with which you are familiar, and respond to the following:

  • Does the organization have an appropriate level of risk taking given the nature of its business? Does it play it too safe, act about right, or take excessive risks?
  • Which risk factors do you feel are contributing most to the overall risk levels?
  • How does the process of completing the risk calculator help you to think about what can be done to make the levels of risk more appropriate and manageable?

Part 2

Leading in a Challenging Situation

Using the case study, Diego Curtiz at Highland State University, from your Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit text, imagine that Curtiz has called you to coach him regarding the situation described in the case. Based on what you have learned about leading change in this course, develop a plan for what Curtiz should do. Be specific with actionable steps for him to implement. Your recommendations should be based on theories and practices contained in your texts as well as from other sources in your coursework.