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Homework: Management

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Respond to all four questions below on a new, blank word processing document (such as MS Word).

1. Develop each answer to the fullest extent possible, discussing the nuances of each topic and presenting your arguments logically.

2. In addition, include citations from the class content resources to support your arguments.

3. Each answer should be robust and developed in-depth.

4. You are expected to demonstrate critical thinking skills, as well as an understanding of the issues identified. Some questions may also require personal reflection and practical application. Your responses will be evaluated for content as well as grammar and punctuation.

Faculty to select four questions from the following list of twelve.Delete this note and the eight questions you are not using and post this document to the Week 4 Activities folder at the end of Week 3.Note: some questions have multiple parts.

Question A:

I. Discuss the evolution of the HR role from administrative to strategic.

II. What internal and external factors were involved in this transition?

III. Rank and discuss the top three skills needed by HR professionals to be effective as strategic business partners. Provide your rationale with supporting evidence.

IV. Reflect on the HR function in your current organization or an organization you have worked for in the past.

V. Evaluate the HR role in the organization and discuss the alignment between HR priorities and the organizational strategy (do not name the organization).

VI. Did you see evidence of a strategic focus?Support your position with specific examples.

Question B:

I. Select three functional areas of HR (i.e. recruiting, selection, training and development, compensation etc.) and, for each one, discuss how that function supports the HR and organizational strategies.Provide specific examples of goals and outcomes that support organizational success.

II. Consider the organization you work for or one you have worked for in the past.Evaluate the effectiveness of the HR function overall and at least two specific functional areas (do not name the organization).Share at least one HR program or initiative that you found particularly effective and discuss how it supported the organization's strategy.Why was it effective?

Question C:

I. Discuss how an organization's diversity strategy can support the business strategy. Provide at least three specific examples and explain why and how they support organizational success.

II. Consider the organization you work for or one you have worked for in the past and evaluate the diversity program.How was it effective and how did it support the strategic goals of the organization? If it was not effective, explain what factors made it ineffective.

Question D

I. Discuss how an organization's culture can impact policies and practices related to diversity and multiculturalism.

II. How can HR influence organizational culture to support diversity and multiculturalism?

III. Discuss at least three policies or practices that HR can propose.

IV. How can HR work with leaders to implement these policies or practices?

V. Evaluate and discuss the diversity practices and policies of your own organization or one you have worked for in the past. How does the organizational culture influence diversity and multiculturalism? Provide specific examples, but do not name the organization.