...Career Development Plan Summary University of Phoenix Today’s economy demands that employers face the challenges that are associated with the economy, internal budget pressures, and a highly competitive business environment. Kudler Fine Foods is owned and operated by Kathy Kudler. She currently manages the business by herself which includes staffing, ordering of merchandise, marketing, and personalized customer service. With visions of growing the business, Kathy is stretched to the extreme and needs assistance with the leadership roles necessary to successfully operate and mature the business. Even though Kathy has managers and assistant managers in each store, she needs a team that can not only relieve her of some of her duties, but also assist Kathy in creating a roadmap for the envisioned future state of Kudler Fine Foods. Business Development and Excellence The proposed reorganization in the chart below will give Kudler Fine Foods the leverage and capabilities to offer not only additional products but a full range of new catering services. This proposal strives to reorganize our current staff to best draw from their talents as well as evaluate new employees for the best appointment. Proper department organization and placement of employees is critical to the success of this new endeavor. A new department has been created within the organization and is identified as Business Excellence and Development. The department will consist of five new positions to include a purchasing...
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...Career Development Plan Summary Nicholas P. Szydlek Jr. University of Phoenix HRM 531 August 31, 2010 Amona Blackwell Career Development Plan Summary InterClean and EnviroTech are in a unique position to become industry leaders in the cleaning and health care cleaning industry. The merger of these two leaders provides for the opportunity to offer new solutions based services to its current and future clients. For this merger to be successful and generate the most benefit for the company, the human resources department (HR) has been tasked with creating a new career development plan. This plan is multi faceted and includes job analysis and selection, employee training, performance and career management and employee compensation. As sales and customer service are the customer’s first and continual contacts, HR has focused on this newly merged department to be both test subjects and provide feedback. Job Analysis, Job Description and Specification Combining two individual companies into one industry powerhouse has created the need to evaluate the jobs performed by employees of both companies and develop new job descriptions that will maximize success. This evaluation process is known as job analysis. Anthony, et al. (2002) and Dessler (2003), as quoted by Safdar, Waheed and Rafiq (2010) states “With increasing recognition of the HR-performance linkage, it has been suggested that organizations that actively pursue job analysis as a Human Resources Planning (HRP) strategy...
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...Career Development Plan Summary HRM/531 October 9, 2010 Patricia Neu Introduction To improve the development of Kudler Fine Foods it is important to implement a business strategy to increase loyalty and profitability from our customers. Increase Kudler workforce is one way to achieve our objectives. The increase workforce will help Kudler focus on customer programs to expand Kudler store service, better target awareness, frequent shopper programs, increase efficient supply chain, and administration. To execute the new Kudler business strategy it is also important to recruit, train, monitor performance of the new employees, create incentives through market value compensation, and create career development plans that will help implement an overall business strategy. Job Descriptions and Qualifications Executing the business strategy will require the addition of five new positions. These positions will be created within the Kudler administrative organization chart as they will support all three current and any future stores. The new position will report directly to Kathy Kudler. The first new position will be the Director Marketing & Services. This new position will have responsibility to manage four new positions, including: catering manager, event manager, information manager, and a promotions coordinator. The Director of Marketing & Service responsibilities are: 1. Growing Kudler revenue through catering, cooking classes and wine appreciation...
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...Career Development Plan Summary Summary: Kudler Fine Foods, the company, is a specialty fine food store with locations in La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas, California. The stores are stocked with the very best domestic and imported foods and the stores are divided into five different departments, Bakery, Meats and Seafood, Produce, Cheese and Dairy, and Wine. Kathy Kudler, owner and operator of Kudler, is in the process of expanding into other parts of Southern California and is considering a new store in Carlsbad, California and looking forward the company needs to evaluate their employee policies. I am writing this proposal to propose to upper management the recommendations and justifications for the following company policies, job descriptions for the modified positions, the implementation of a training program, the methods for evaluating employee performance, the disciplinary action program here at the company, explain the incentive and benefits program and the strategies for managing employee’s careers, and explain a fair and appropriate compensation program. Job Descriptions and Qualifications: Store Manager: The Manager will focus on the overall operation of the store and all the staff at their store locations and also focus on store inventory and will implement a just in time inventory system for stock to optimize cash flow and to minimize the wastage of products. The manager will develop a list of current sales projections, of products that...
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...Career Development Plan Summary HRM/531 March 7, 2011 Anita Orozco Kudler Find Foods (KFF) has recently promoted me to a midlevel manager in the accounting department. Kathy Kudler, the founder, has decided to restructure the accounting department and will require hiring additional personnel that entails training for new and current employees. Kathy is considering a better method for appraising the team’s performance. This proposal will include the job descriptions and qualifications for five new positions, a new training program that enhances the skills and qualifications of new and current employees, methods for evaluating employee and team performance (including a progressive discipline process), challenges of the team performance, incentives and benefit packages, strategies for managing employees’ career development, and a fair and appropriate compensation plan. Job Descriptions and Qualifications Kudler Fine Foods will be restructuring the accounting department. The accounting clerk positions will be eliminated altogether. The accounting department will be divided into five new positions including a first level management position. The accounting department will consist of an accounting manager, two accounts payable specialist, an accounts receivables/cash applications specialist, and a staff accountant. The job description and qualifications of each position is as follows: Accounting Manager Job Description: Responsible for all areas relating to financial...
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...Career Development Summary HRM/531 Human Capital Management October 18 2010 Since my promotion to midlevel management, I have been working very hard on the new career development plan for the company. I will hire a Vice President of Sales and four other sales positions will be filled, these positions include a sales manager, and three outside sales representatives. Job descriptions and qualifications: It is important to InterClean to hire five positions, one in which will be vice president of sales. Vice president of sales responsibilities are, overseeing the hiring and development of a worldwide sales organization, suitable for a growing company. Vice President of sales also most institute compensation, training, and sales incentive programs. Development a nationwide and international sales strategies. Continue customer relationships and employ new strategies for increasing the company’s customer base. Vice President of sales qualifications includes, at least four years sales experience in similar industries, and five in management. Vice President of sales most have established sales record in company product. Vice President of sales, most be able to manage at both the strategic and daily operation. I have chosen this vice president candidate for this position because of his 15 years sales experience, he has an outstanding track record, work history, and knowledge in the global industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. He has the ability implement...
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...Career Development Plan Summary – Kudler Fine Foods Sherry Martin HRM/531 Since my promotion as Human Resource Manager at Kudler Fine Foods, I have been working extremely hard to work on my career development plan for my new team at our La Jolla store. A much needed purchasing manager will be hired, and four new positions will open up for our new Supervisor in Training Program (SIT). It has been made clear to me that my team at will be hired to train in La Jolla and upon completion of Carlsbad location they will move there to train other new employees, and will become part of the supervisory team. Due to this team preparing for supervision responsibilities the position will require employees who are willing to work hard to ensure the new store opening in exceeds expectations. The Job Descriptions and Qualifications for Five New Positions I think it is crucial to hire for five new positions, one in which will be a purchasing manager position. With the changes and expansion happening at Kudler’s, owner Kathy Kudler needs to relieve some pressure and hire a person who can be responsible for all purchasing, inventory reporting, and record keeping for all three locations. This person can be a new hire or a current employee who will work out of the La Jolla store but must be able to travel to other store locations when needed (25% of time). The Purchasing manager will work closely with owner and president of the company ensuring the store is making purchasing decisions based...
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...Helping the Organization Reach Its Goals Efficiently Employing the Skills and Abilities of the Workforce Providing Well-Trained and Well-Motivated Employees Increasing Employees' Job Satisfaction and Self-Actualization Achieving Quality of Work Life Communicating HRM Policies to All Employees Maintaining Ethical Policies and Socially Responsible Behavior Managing Change Managing Increased Urgency and Faster Cycle Time Who Performs HRM Activities Outsourcing The Interaction of Operating and HR Managers HRM's Place in Management HR Department Operations HRM Strategy Clarifying Meaningful HRM Objectives HRM Policy HRM Procedures Organization of an HR Department Plan of the Book Summary Key Terms Questions for Review and Discussion Notes The Human Resource Manager and Managing Multiple Responsibilities Careers in HRM A Strategic Management Approach to Human Resource Management A Model to Organize HRM How to Take a Diagnosic Approach to HRM External Environmental Influences Government Law and Regulations The Union Economic Conditions p. iv p. 1 p. 2 p. 5 p. 7 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 p. 11 p. 12 p. 12 p. 12 p. 12 p. 13 p. 13 p. 13 p. 14 p. 14 p. 15 p. 16 p. 16 p. 16 p. 17 p. 19 p. 19 p. 19 p. 21 p. 22 p. 22 p. 23 p. 23 p. 25 p. 28 p. 30 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 35 p. 36 p. 36 Competitiveness Composition and Diversity of the Labor Force Geographic Location of the Organization Internal Environmental Influences Strategy Goals Organization Culture Nature of the Task Work Group Leader's Style...
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...Psychology Module Title: Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One 1. Aims of Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One This module will enable you to: 1. To enable students to develop a level of competence in workshop facilitation necessary for professional practice and a critical understanding of relevant theoretical approaches. 2. To understand how to plan for and design a career learning programme within an educational institution , training or guidance organisation and evaluate good practice 3. To enable students to develop an awareness of the online tools available to use within career coaching practice, how to critically evaluate their effectiveness and an understanding of the learning theories as applied to online interventions 2. TEACHING/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES To enable the achievement of learning outcomes we offer the following: * Teaching sessions/ seminars * On-line learning through Moodle * Undertaking independent study and group work * Practice days with a range of clients Main Topics of Study 1 Delivery of group work in the guidance context, including competing theoretical approaches and skills and methods required for competent workshop facilitation in career coaching 2 Group theories including group dynamics, peer to peer coaching and learning and teaching theories 3 Career Learning Theory & frameworks and their relevance to development of learning programmes in educational...
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... |School of Business | | |MGT/431 | | |Human Resource Management | Course Description This course focuses on the strategic role of human resource management, personnel planning and job analysis, personnel selection, performance appraisal, compensation, training, and development from the vantage point of the manager. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright...
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...Resource Management: An Overview 3 Chapter Objectives 2 HRM in Action: Not HR Branding, Employer Branding 3 Human Resource Management 4 Human Resource Management Functions 5 Staffing 5 • Trends if Innovations: Measuring Quality of Hire in Today's Environment 6 Human Resource Development 6 Compensation 7 / Safety and Health 7 Employee and Labor Relations 7 Human Resource Research 8 Interrelationships of HRM Functions 8 Dynamic Human Resource Management Environment 8 Legal Considerations 8 Labor Market 9 Society 9 Unions 10 Shareholders 10 Competition 10 Customers 10 Technology 10 Economy 11 Unanticipated Events 11 How Human Resource Management Is Practiced in the Real World 11 HR's Changing Strategic Role: Who Performs the Human Resource Management Tasks? 11 Human Resource Manager 12 HR Outsourcing 12 HR Shared Service Centers 13 Professional Employer Organizations (Employee Leasing) 13 Line Managers 14 HR as a Strategic Partner 14 A Strategic HR Example 16 A Strategic HR Audit 16 Human Capital Metrics 17 Human Resource Designations 18 Evolution of Human Resource Management: Moving into Strategic HR 18 Evolving HR Organizations 19 Scope of This Book 20 • A Global Perspective: Cultural Differences in Global HR 22 SUMMARY 23 KEY TERMS 24 QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW 24 HRM INCIDENT 1: HR AFTER A DISASTER 24 HRM INCIDENT 2: DOWNSIZING 25 NOTES 25 PART TWO: ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS 28 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility 29...
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...http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/ Summary of the information found on this site: The UCLA Asian American Studies Center was established to educate the international public about the intellectual, cultural, and political diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander. The Asian American Studies grew out of the social movements and civil struggles of the 1960’s and 1970’s. This organization has a number of helpful links for managers to access that address issues such as biases against diverse ethnic and immigrant communities of Asian American and Pacific Islander populations. I specifically liked the connection this information has that can be utilized for Asian community development. For example: 1. Fellowships and Scholarships 2. Service Learning and Internship Program 3. Student Leadership Development and Organizational Development I chose to elaborate on the Student Development and Organization Development, because these student organizations prepare students in leadership through campus and community issues, work on campus, and alumni groups. These organizations are good resources for companies who are looking for future talent with leadership and organizational skills. 2. Diversity Resources http://www.diversityresources.com/ Summary of the information found on this site: Diversity Resources publishes diversity and multicultural educational and training materials for organizations. The products they offer includes electronic multi-media multicultural calendar, video...
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...Chapter 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Summary of Findings This study was conducted to primarily assess high school students’ view of the school counselor’s role. This chapter will describe the research questions, sample, instrument, setting, and data analysis employed in the study. 1. How did the participants perceive the importance of school counselor roles in terms of academic success? By the use of the data gathered from the questionnaires answered by the participants, the results perceived that the role of assisting students in special education service and encouraging them to choose challenging are important. So is the function of helping the students with any personal problems and cooperating with teachers, parents, and principal was viewed as an important responsibility to support students do well in school. While starting programs to help students excel in school was given an impression as less important. This implies that students seek supervision from their school counselor when they are having difficulty in academics. 2. How did the participants perceive the importance of school counselor roles in terms of career development? In the category of the counselor’s job in the career development of students, the data gave an outcome that bringing local business people in the school to help students learn about jobs and careers was rated...
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...Research /Analysis & Writing Assignment Career Development Context: Job Analysis Summary: Research your ideal career and identify the required education, skills, conditions of work, and employment trends using the "Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)" (http://www.bls.gov/OCO/). Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) or O*NET (http://online.onetcenter.org/). Evaluate Job advertisements on current job databases, such as Washington Post, Career Builder, Monster, or Career Quest. ***Write a two-page (12pt font) paper of the experience, education, and skills required for your job or career goal based on your research findings. The first page should be a summary. After the one-page summary, use the following matrix to add what areas you feel are currently strengths or areas of accomplishment, and what areas you feel you may need to work on, toward achieving your goal. All areas of the matrix must be filled out in order to receive full credit. |Experience? Knowledge, proven | Accomplishments/ Strengths | Areas for improvement | |performance in various | | | |organizations and/or field of | | | |professional practice | | | |Describe...
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...2.02 Career Path Chart Considering your interests and expectations, identify two career paths that suit your interests and abilities. Complete the chart and reflection questions based on your research of your chosen career paths. Potential Career Paths | Career Information | Career Path Option 1___________ Career Category___________ | Career Path Option 2___________ Career Category___________ | Job description (including daily responsibilities) | | | Requirements for path (school, military, training, age, location, skills, etc.) | | | Salary/benefits information | | | Opportunities for advancement | | | Costs of this path (what you do not like or would miss out on by choosing this path) | | | Benefits of this path (what you like or would gain by choosing this career path) | | | Resourses: List the websites and any other resources you used to find this information in MLA format. Example: (Do not use this one.) “Summary Report for: 29-9091.00 - Athletic Trainers.” O*NET Online. National Center for O*NET Development, October 2012. Web. http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-9091.00 Reflection Questions 1. In at least one paragraph, which career category did your survey responses reveal? Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the results of the survey and why. 2. In at least one paragraph, which of these two career paths is more interesting to you? In your response, be sure to address the following: * factors that influenced...
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