PSY 665 Principles of Personal and Human Resource Management GCU

PSY 665 Principles of Personal and Human Resource Management GCU
PSY 665 All Weeks Discussion Questions GCU
PSY 665 Topic 1 DQ 1
What attribute of a work environment do you feel has the greatest influence in determining whether the environment becomes hostile or not?
PSY 665 Topic 1 DQ 2
How is the work environment being affected by the changing nature of work in the 21st century?
PSY 665 Topic 2 DQ 1
Which would you rather do: Hire inexperienced employees and train them within your company, or spend more money on higher salaries for employees with greater experience? Provide reasons for your answer.
PSY 665 Topic 2 DQ 2
Which steps in the hiring process outlined in this Topic’s lecture do you feel are most important for HR professionals to pay attention to? Provide reasons for your answer.
PSY 665 Topic 3 DQ 1
Regardless of the legal issues, do you feel it is fair for an employer to require that only English be spoken in the workplace? Why or why not?
PSY 665 Topic 3 DQ 2
Are Affirmative Action and Equal Employment laws/policies necessary in today’s workplace? Please support your stance with evidence including a citation and reference.
PSY 665 Topic 4 DQ 1
What can you do to reduce the stress on employees during evaluation but still make sure the evaluation is thorough?
PSY 665 Topic 4 DQ 2
Are there aspects of an employee’s work performance that an evaluation does not or cannot measure? Provide details.
PSY 665 Topic 5 DQ 1
What would be, for you, an ideal environment in which to learn and grow as an employee? Provide as much detail as you can.
PSY 665 Topic 5 DQ 2
Revisit the question from Topic 2 (Topic 2 DQ 1) about inexperienced versus experienced employees. At this point in the course, what, if anything, would you change about your answer and why?
PSY 665 Topic 6 DQ 1
What is the major reason behind leadership development for managers in organizations? Are there any problems you see with this reason and/or model?
PSY 665 Topic 6 DQ 2
What do you believe are the most reliable predictors for employees to succeed at the management level?
PSY 665 Topic 7 DQ 1
Describe the best organizational culture you have worked in. What was the thing you liked the least about the culture?
PSY 665 Topic 7 DQ 2
Describe the worst organizational culture you have worked in. What was the thing you liked the best about the culture?
PSY 665 Topic 8 DQ 1
Do you advocate strong legal protections against dismissal, or do you believe both public- and private-sector industries should be able to fire people at will? Consider the arguments for both sides in your answer.
PSY 665 Topic 8 DQ 2
If you had to fire someone, how would you end the conversation and what would you do immediately afterwards? What kind of effect do you feel the conversation would have on you personally? If you have ever had to fire someone, how did that experience affect you?

PSY 665 All Weeks Assignments GCU

PSY 665 Topic 1 Hostile Work Environments
Details:

In 1,000-1,250 words, describe a hostile work environments, by doing the following:

Research hostile work environments and how they affect employees.
Describe what makes up a hostile work environment.
Explain the various ways employees are affected by hostile work environments.
Provide at least three things that HR professionals can do to avoid having hostile work environments.

Use two to four scholarly sources to support your explanations.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

PSY 665 Topic 2 Selection and Hiring Process
Details:

Find and take a free version of one of the following tests online: OCEAN (The “Big Five”) or DISC Behavioral Assessment.
In 500-750 words, do the following:

Describe what you think of the test you took.
Do you agree with the results you received? Why or why not?
Do you feel that these tests provide HR professionals with useful information on potential hires? Explain why or why not.

Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

PSY 665 Topic 3 Equal Employment Laws

Details:

In 750-1,000 words, document the key points of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Laws.

Explain the history of the creation of these laws and what purpose they currently serve.
Discuss three ways these policies affect the hiring process.
Explain one positive and one negative impact these policies can have on a work environment.

Use two to four scholarly resources to support your explanations.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
PSY 665 Topic 4 Employment Performance Project – Part 1
Details:

There is no assignment due in this Topic. The entiretity of the project is due in Topic 6.
See the attached document “Employment Performance Project” for the first part of the project to be completed.
PSY665-RS-EmploymentPerformanceProject.docx

PSY 665 Topic 5 Employment Performance Project – Part 2

Details:

There is no assignment due in this Topic. The entiretity of the project is due in Topic 6.
See the attached document “Employment Performance Project” for the first part of the project to be completed.
PSY665-RS-EmploymentPerformanceProject.docx

PSY 665 Topic 6 Employee Performance Project-Part 3
Details:

See the attached document “Employment Performance Project” for the final part of the project. The PowerPoint, in its entirety, is due at the end of Topic 6.
PSY665-RS-EmploymentPerformanceProject.docx

PSY 665 Topic 7 Organizational Culture Comparison
Details:

Choose two organizations that you feel have different organizational cultures, then in a paper of 750-1,000 words, do the following:

Explain how these organizations’ cultures influence the attitudes and behaviors of employees.
Explain which culture you feel is better for employees’ psychological well-being, and why.

A minimum of three to four scholary resources are required for this assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

PSY 665 Topic 8 Personnel Termination Process
Details:

You are an HR professional charged with handling the performance-related dismissal of a particularly difficult employee who is also popular with his or her work colleagues.
In 750-1,000 words, outline the strategy you would use to make sure the process is handled as smoothly and positively as possible for all involved. You should use the table provided in this module’s lecture to help guide you.
Use two to four scholarly resources to support your explanations.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.