...Drop Box 1 Com HR after a disaster HRM Incident 1: 1. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM 2. I believe it will be typical to a disaster because, like in the case of 9/11, the unanticipated event can change the way things have been until that point and there is a situation of uncertainty about the present & the future that needs the fast adjustment of the HRM in order to help the company to survive the hard time. HRM Incident 2: 1. The elements in the compeny's environment that will affect Scott's suggested plan are: A. Society - very legitimate, it can influence the public opinion about the company and by that influence the customers. B. Unions- legitimate, they can arrange a strike that can lead to sirios damages to the company. C. Shareholders- legitimate, as he been told "he souls place the interest of the shareholders above all else" if the company will lose money the shareholders can decide to close it, in that case all the employes will go home. D. Competition - legitimate, in order to sell the company must keep in line with the competitor, if they will lose the business they will have to fire everyone. E. Customers- legitimate, in the end, if there are no customers ( due to bed publicity or...
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...HRM Incident 1: 1. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM 2. I believe it will be typical to a disaster because, like in the case of 9/11, the unanticipated event can change the way things have been until that point and there is a situation of uncertainty about the present & the future that needs the fast adjustment of the HRM in order to help the company to survive the hard time. HRM Incident 2: 1. The elements in the compeny's environment that will affect Scott's suggested plan are: A. Society - very legitimate, it can influence the public opinion about the company and by that influence the customers. B. Unions- legitimate, they can arrange a strike that can lead to sirios damages to the company. C. Shareholders- legitimate, as he been told "he souls place the interest of the shareholders above all else" if the company will lose money the shareholders can decide to close it, in that case all the employes will go home. D. Competition - legitimate, in order to sell the company must keep in line with the competitor, if they will lose the business they will have to fire everyone. E. Customers- legitimate, in the end, if there are no customers ( due to bed publicity or better price at the competitor) so there is...
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...Is J.D concerned more with job security or career security? Discuss. I think J.D is more concerned about building a career security than job security. In today’s world, being agile is the smartest move, as the economy and industries are in constant flux. People talk about the importance of job security, but that is meaningless. There are plenty of jobs, if you’re really that good you’ll find another. Career security is far more valuable. And, you achieve career security through building a strong personal brand. Building career security, not job security and showcasing your results/expertise its empowering. You will connect with other like-minded, passionate people and help each other with projects, help each other spread ideas and make change in our world. It’s the difference between being average and being remarkable. Do you agree with J. D’s statement that: “Your knowledge is your portfolio within your current workplace or within the industry?” Discuss. I do agree with this statement because your knowledge about your job/management is an ongoing process, you have to be a proactive person of what you do and know so you can take charge of your position and build more skills and industry knowledge to yourself. You have to research your industry so you know what it is happening at the moment so you can be able to make informed decisions. Look for trends, so you can start training yourself in those areas. Knowledge is power;having the right skills at the right...
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...Systems Consideration in HRIS In today’s knowledge economy, organizational success depends almost disproportionally on the performance of Human Resources (HR). To increase the effectiveness of Human Resource Management (HRM) organizations are becoming more dependent on human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). A HRIS organizes employee applicant and qualifications, organizational demographics, recruiting, professional development, performance appraisals, payroll, retention, and attrition. Organizations that implement HRIS’s improve the organizations administrative efficiency with faster information processing, improved employee communications, greater information accuracy, lover costs and overall HR productivity improvements (Beadles, 2005). When selecting a HRIS, Human Resources (HR) should consider the efficiencies of using software as a service, the inefficiencies of various Microsoft Access based database software, the risks involved with integrating and combining multiple products into one system, and the consequences of improper database maintenance. In analyzing HRIS’s that would be beneficial in my current organization I chose to focus on HRIS Pro by Micro Systems, and MyHRIS by Nuview Systems. Commercial Database Systems HRIS-Pro information management software allows organizations greater effectiveness in managing HR functions and responsibilities. The advantages of HRIS-Pro are the information systems cost, modular flexibility, expansion capabilities,...
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...INCIDENT 1: HR after a Disaster 1. Which external environment factor(s) did Hurricane Rita affect? Discuss. Certainly the primary external environment factor was unanticipated events. Hurricane Rita could not have been foreseen although disaster planning could overcome many of the problems. Several external environmental factors resulted from the hurricane. The labor market experienced considerable change. Remember that restaurants were having difficulty in hiring experienced workers and many of the servers had to be trained. Some customers were having difficulty in receiving supplies from producers in the area. Technology was affected as cell phone towers had been destroyed in the area and it was difficult to communicate. To complicate the situation, land lines were also down. The economy took an initial beating from the storm, but the ultimate economic stimulus produced powerful results that continue today. 2. How were the human resource functions affected by Hurricane Rita? Virtually every area of HR was affected when Hurricane Rita struck. Businesses were desperately trying to staff their business. Compensation systems had to be significantly altered. There were many untrained workers so the training function continued. Safety issues were everywhere. 3. Do you believe that the HR situation described regarding Hurricane Rita would be typical in a disaster? Explain. Certainly there can be some degree of planning for a disaster. But it is unlikely that...
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...and how will they deliver such bad news to the families while providing them hope? These are the two questions that this author will address and try to answer in this article How does the owner of the miner prepare to notify the families of the trapped miners? As a mining company one would expect that part of the Emergency Action Plan would cover a situation such as a cave in, the emergency action plan would cover needs to be done, step by step, while no one is really ready for such an emergency, routine practice, and drills. The conduct of such exercise would help the mining company identified, safety concern, procedures for notification, and prepare those that work in the staff for the media frenzy that will happen with such incident occurs. How the employer reacts and acts during the crisis will dictated how the public and the media will see it for years to come, if the employer is seen as careless or thoughtless when dealing with families, they may lose more than just business, they may be the subject of employee’s...
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...Dear Sir I refer to the incident that occurred on the 18th February 2014 with Bankosi when i unfortunately lost my temper. The sequence of events are as follows: * I had called for Bankosi to remove the scrap bricks from the yard. * Bankosi shows me his fists in an intimidating manner and proceeds to talk in his language to his peers when they all laughed at me. * I called him to resolve the matter maturely but Bankosi proceeded to “entertain” his friends at my expense where at this point they were even more amused. * I became quite frustrated and unfortunately lost my temper and punched him which I deeply regretted afterwards hence i went to apologise to him which he accepted. We talked about it and i apologised and we were cool. When the maintenance foreman instructed him to do his job, he refused and he was given a yellow card for not following instructions. That is when he decided to come and report me after 6 days. As a matter of fact, this hearing is void. One more thing he said that i must give him a R100 for punching him and when i came back the next day he demanded more money from me and i refused as we sorted our difference out. This is a business and we cant afford to have customers complaining about bad quality products. Our main priority in this industry is the best of quality. This is a business where only the best product must be sold to customers. We are running double shift at the moment and whatever product i make during my shift...
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...UM Specialist Centre Sdn Bhd UMSC Building, Lot 28, Lorong Universiti, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ATTN: Manjeet Kaur Gill / Saasi Reka Jayeramasamy September 11. 2015 NEGLIGENCE OF NURSING STAFF Malathi Maniam, acting on behalf of my mother Waliama a/p Kalimuthu (ic: 470826105164), a patient of Prof. David Choon (Hospital registration: SC 00063097) wish to lodge an Official Complaint on the negligence in my mother's care which has resulted in a serious injury, no to mention unnecessary additional pain and unbearable trauma. The following is the chronology of events: 8th September Waliama was checked in USMC for surgery under Prof David Choon at 8am. We were informed that the surgery was scheduled for 5pm in the evening on the same day, and as such we decided to go back, to make preparations for her food post surgery. We gave the nurse on duty both my father's and my sister's mobile numberd and informed her that we would return well before her surgery at 5pm that evening. When we returned later that afternoon we were shocked to learn that the surgery had been completed. Neither my father or my sister was called and informed of the reschedule - which we find totally uncompassionate, not to mention unprofessional! 9th September Prof Choon visited my mother at about 9:30am and made her walk with a brace; that was provided by the hospital. She was made to walk, initially with his assistance then on her own. He informed her that she would be discharged...
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...Critical incident often refers to a scenario or an event which has an effect on an employer/employee in the work environment. Lately, however, it is now becoming a very popular tool, used for collecting feedback from customers. A journal article entitled ‘The Business Case for Workplace Critical Incident Response…’ states ‘Critical incidents are sudden, unexpected, often life-threatening time-limited events that can inhibit an individual’s capacity to respond adaptively’ (Attridge et al 2010). If not tended to correctly such incidents can have a very negative affect on the individual’s experience, whether it being employee or a customer. In his book ‘Critical Incidents in Teaching’, David Tripp writes, ‘Incidents happen, but critical incidents are produced by the way we look at a situation: a critical incident is an interpretation of the significance of a situation’ (Tripp, 1993). Whether good or bad, when critical incidents take place in the work environment they can serve as training and development for other members of staff. As part of their research to find out the effects of webpages on customer satisfaction, Wang et al used critical incidents technique (CIT) in order to compare in-store customer experiences to that of those customers using the website. Their chosen restaurant was TGIF. To carry out the CIT, a front door intercept interview process was carried out where customers had to recall their TGIF experiences in the previous six months (Wang et al, 2004). Customers...
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...Improving Staff Communication and Relations (Author’s Name) (Institutional Affiliation) Introduction Healthcare is a responsibility of everyone, but the overall custodians are health practitioners within the society. Healthcare provision system needs doctors and nurses who are well qualified to handle any cases no matter the severity of the condition of the patient. Some patients are usually in such disparate and distinct conditions that require carefully crafted professionalism and minimal ineptness from the doctor for them to survive. Proper service requires transparency, care integration, patient engagement, restoration of joy and meaningfulness and medical education reforms. There is always room for quality improvement as the fronts keep widening and each hospital has to keep increasing the quality of service, beginning from its staff to quality of machinery and equipment. There are established approaches to quality. These approaches include PSDA cycle, the six sigma; which identifies the needs and causes for variations in meeting these needs, structured methodology that define, analyze and control (DMAIC). The critical human factors espouse the team performance, understanding of effects, tasks, equipment, organization on human behavior and abilities, workspace and culture. These should guiding principles for those who work within the practice. During my rounds in Sabah Hospital in Kuwait country, I observed quite a number of malpractices, or rather ineptness by...
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...A) There are several issues in the case of Mr. J that need to be examined. Using nurse sensitive indicators “reflect patient outcomes that are determined to be nursingsensitive because they depend on the quality or quantity of nursing care” (American Sentinel University, 2011). Mr. J. was not receiving acceptable care, because his daughter noticed a red, depressed area over Mr. J’s lower spine, similar to a severe sunburn. This skin condition is the first stage of a developing pressure ulcer. a. Nurses should be aware that a patient with limited mobility is at risk for skin breakdown, and pressure ulcers. Anyone with limited mobility should be assisted to change positions by the care providers on a regular schedule to help circulation and prevent skin breakdown. b. Providers should also consider that the patient is 72, and has fragile skin due to aging skin. This also places the patient at further risk for pressure ulcers. c. The patient is also on restraints, which limits mobility even further. While restraints can help confused patients from falling, they can also cause skin damage. Care providers should continually access the need for using restraints, and remove them as soon as possible. B) Using hospital data on nursing sensitive indicators could advance quality care throughout the hospital. In this case, the hospital should examine the incidence of pressure ulcers, the use of restraints, and dietary requests. a. When examining the pressure...
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...Human resource (HR) database systems are in vast abundance throughout the business world today. HR database systems help HR professionals manage and carry out basic functions needed to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Column Case Management HR and HR Quick are two commercial HR database systems. Column Case HR is an easy to implement, web-based HR Services delivery solution addressing collaboration, content management, workflow automation, and integration features to improve organizational performance. Column Case HR advantages include multi-language support, 24-hour access, security features, it capitalizes on HR talent productivity and organizational performance, computerizes and regulates organizational practices and communication, and improves information distribution with extremely versatile, case-specific workspaces. Column Case HR only disadvantage would be its price; smaller businesses might not have the resources to afford its services. HR Quik is a Human Resource Management System that simplifies the processes and procedures of tracking employee information and generating forms that are critical to the employment process. HR Quik advantages include affordability, user-friendly; can easily track history of job, salary, and manager changes, track benefits plans by employee, employment forms are easily generated and ready to print, and running reports are hassle free. HR Quick also doesn’t have any management features that would allow the company to manage...
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...Running head: ADP Functionalities ADP Functionality Kenya Clark DeVry University Introduction My introduction needs no introduction because ADP Vantage Human Capital Management (HCM) does it all. In detail, this software does everything but the employee’s work duties. Its functionality software extends beyond a basic logging system and equips businesses with the tools to improve the company-employee relationship on multiple fronts. A valuable HCM solution may also assist with increasing employee satisfaction and motivation, as well as automate many of the tedious administrative tasks involved in managing human capital. When reviewing software options, it’s important to look for a solution that is customizable to address your company’s specific business needs, easily integrates with your existing payroll and HR software and collects data to produce valuable insights into retention patterns and workforce strengths and weaknesses. ADP Functionality ADP vantage HCM, is one of the most widely used software for HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems) in the United States. With the right training from management, employees would remain motivated and begin to enjoy the company while increasing their absenteeism, and their respect for their company while making the employee’s feel like they are a part of a family outside of home. The employees would start feeling a sense of appreciation. A happy employee causes a happier work environment. Business Assessment The ADP Vantage...
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...Task1: Writing an email To: Craig_Jenkins@macville.com.au From: Pat@macville.com.au Subject: The responses to the incident, Gary King’s case Dear Craig Jenkins, I am writing this email to outlining the organization response to the incident of Gary King. The maintenance manager took Gary to the company doctor when Gary complained of an onset of severe lower back pain while undertaking repairs to machines in the workshop. Subsequently, Gary was given four days off work by the doctor. Statements made by Gary: He had a chronic look back condition for over 25 years but he has learned to live with it. He uses a range of strategies to manage it while maintaining espresso machines. He usually follow a self-pacing approach, vary his work tasks, take short rest breaks and change his posture and position as required. He must push it a bit hard on the day of incident. Comments that Gary made concerning his work environment: • The work bench is a bit too high to work on easily • There are two person lift rules but with many staff on customer visits there are not always two people left in the work shop. • Repair tools are stored under the bench, which makes it hard to reach them easily. • The seat in the repair van is uncomfortable to sit in for long periods of time. After discussing the incident with the maintenance manager to discover that Gary (like other technicians) has been given some very repetitive tasks that need to be performed for long periods in a standing position...
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...I'd like to bring your attention to an incident that occurred a couple months ago involving my brother. He was out celebrating the New Year and within the course of a few minutes, was incapacitated and sent to hospital by what's known as a 'king hit' or a 'one-hit punch'. The pain and grief that comes from losing a loved one, especially by something so foolish is distressing and I'm sure that some of you have been in the same position as me. Now what comes to mind when the phrase 'king hit' is mentioned? Is it perhaps a memory? A story you've heard about? Or maybe a news program you recall watching detailing the tragedy of yet another young person's death. For those of you who are still unaware of what I am talking about, these incidents occur mainly well into the night where predominantly young men will get into groups and form some sort of disagreement, generally fuelled by alcohol, then one of the men will be punched, usually in the head and fall to the ground. Unfortunately, in some of these cases people have died and the issue has definitely become a bit of an epidemic particularly over the holiday season. Since bars and their booze-serving times are directly related to these incidents, this brings to my perspective, a concept that bars should have a restriction on the time alcohol can be served. This restriction would undoubtedly decrease the number of alcohol-fuelled scuffles in general and would lessen the chance of an incident such as a king hit from occurring as these...
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