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1. HSA 530 Week 3 Assignment 1 Health Care Human Resources Management (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment 1: Health Care Human Resources Management Due Week 3 and worth 240 points Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. 1. Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis. 2. 2. Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response. 3. 3. Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation. 4. 4. Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.

2. 5. 5. and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale. 6. 6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations. • Evaluate the effects of major employment laws on HR functions in health care organizations. • Evaluate the competencies necessary for effective health care human resources management. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management. • Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. ================================

3. HSA 530 Week 5 Midterm Exam For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com HSA 530 Midterm Exam • The major piece of legislation that caused many personnel departments to shift from just hiring practices to including negotiations with labor unions was • Question 2 The textbook authors suggest that many practitioners of health care personnel office’s did not stay in the field because • Question 3 One reason why the HR model is infrequently used in the United States may be: • Question 4 Large HR departments are likely to have: • Question 5 One reason why HR departments are often referred to as “the police” of the organization is because: • Question 6

4. What regulation is most closely tied to the Bill of Rights’ “pursuit of happiness” clause? • Question 7 What regulation remains as the country’s basic wage-and-hour law? • Question 8 The Rehabilitation Act was the precursor to the: • Question 9 What position encompasses the changing requirements of the entire organization? • Question 10 The difference in perspectives between a line manager and a HR manager about rewarding employees is: • Question 11 What three activities will almost all human resources department be intimately involved in? • Question 12 Which of the following statements sums up the textbook’s position on a manager’s visibility and availability?

5. • Question 13 According to the textbook, which of the following actions can hurt a manager’s credibility with employees? • Question 14 What is a difference between the job summary and the principal duties performed sections of a position description? . • Question 15 The term “exempt,” when used in position descriptions, means: • Question 16 The frequently occurring delay between the time an offer of employment is accepted and when the company has the individual start work exists because: • Question 17 If a lawsuit is filed against the organization regarding reference checks, who is legally responsible? • Question 18 Why is it best for department managers to have the HR department check the references of potential candidates? • Question 19

6. The civil service classification system is a process that: • Question 20 The hiring process for individuals seeking employment at state and local health care organizations covered by civil service: • Question 21 Which question is illegal to ask in an interview? • Question 22 Interviewers should focus most of their interview questions in what area? • Question 23 Which question about a candidate’s age is allowed on an application or in an interview? • Question 24 Employees learn better when: • Question 25 On-the-job training is most effective when: ================================ HSA 530 Week 7 Assignment 2 Human Resources Policies and Procedures (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

7. This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment 2: Human Resources Policies and Procedures Due Week 7 and worth 320 points Continuing with the scenario from Assignment 1, imagine that you have been hired as the Manager of Human Resources for the acute care hospital. Your first task is to create a set of policies and procedures to ensure that the organization’s HRM processes are aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives. You are also responsible for completing a hiring plan, training plan, compensation and benefits plan, and a performance appraisal. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: 1. 1. Examine a significant way that the Joint Commission has influenced the basic functions of HRM and predict the likely impact of the policies and procedures at the your acute hospital. Provide support for your rationale. 2. 2. Analyze the importance of collaboration between HR and department managers when filling open positions, indicating the most likely impact on the hiring process. 3. 3. Create a detailed outline of a training program for managers. The outline should include, at a minimum, interviewing techniques that both help managers identify the best candidate for the job and meet the requirements of appropriate employment laws and regulations. 4. 4. Determine the most significant factor that should be considered in order to develop a compensation and benefit plan that is fair, competitive, and aligned with the organization’s strategic objectives, indicating the direct impact of each factor on the elements. 5. 5. Recommend a performance appraisal method that you believe would be the most effective for the organization and support the reasons for your decision. Provide support for your recommendation.

8. 6. 6. behavioral-based employee problems, which will lead to the desired behavior result. 7. 7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Create a strategy to effectively manage both performance- and Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Develop the key components of an employment agreement. • Examine the influence of the Joint Commission on the development of job descriptions and performance management programs. • Develop an effective interview and selection process that meets the requirements of employment laws and regulations. • Propose ways that job performance and training can be integrated. • Analyze the objectives and methods of an effective performance appraisal process. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management. • Analyze the challenges that confront health care employers in providing competitive compensation and benefit programs. • Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics. ================================

9. HSA 530 Week 10 Assignment 3 Human Resources Planning and Employee Relations (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment 3: Human Resources Planning and Employee Relations Due Week 10 and worth 360 points Building on the work that you completed in Assignment 2, continue evaluating the role of functions HR in creating a set of Human Resources’ policies and procedures for the acute care hospital. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: 1. 1. Explain the importance of maintaining accurate and objective employee records, indicating the consequences that may result from lack of record keeping. Provide support for your rationale. 2. 2. Provide an example of formal and an example of informal documentation that would normally be maintained in an employee file, indicating how each is likely to protect an employer. 3. 3. Determine the most significant factor that will ensure an effective legal termination, indicating the most likely way employees can protect themselves from termination in a downsizing situation. Provide support for your rationale. 4. 4. Analyze two (2) major challenges that today’s health care leaders face in trying to uphold the ethics of critique, justice, and caring,

10. indicating how managers can balance the need for ethics with employee and organizational needs. 5. 5. Create a detailed outline of an effective succession planning process that will help ensure a smooth transition as members of the management team at your organization begin to retire. (The plan should prescribe, at a minimum, how to identify employees for advancement, training and development programs, mentorships, and a timeline for preparing leaders for their role.) 6. 6. From both a management and employee perspective, justify or dispute unionization. Provide support for your rationale. 7. 7. Suggest the best way in which HR can continue to be an effective strategic partner in helping this organization achieve its future goals. Provide support for your rationale. 8. 8. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources in health care organizations. • Analyze the impact of labor unions on the health care industry. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management.

11. • Demonstrate the importance of HR as a strategic partner in health care organizations. • Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. ================================