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Read chapter1 answer four question based on reading，be sure to have some analysis from yourself. Question： (1) Changes in the external environment can have a profound effect on HR policy. • List at least 5 current & important challenges faced by HR professionals. • Identify what you think is the single most important issue. Explain. (2) Think about how HR policies can affect an organization’s competitive position? (3) In your own words, describe organizational culture. Describe an organizational culture that you would like to work for following graduation…be descriptive. (4) Explain the ethical dilemmas posed by today’s technology…use real-world examples to prove your point.

You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the business decisions of the company in regard to employee protections. The laws applicable are federal antidiscrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, state laws and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will doctrine. In relation to the questions below, write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two recent federal legislative protections/laws. Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state. (Please note, the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is not an acceptable example for this question) 2. Explain the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine and ALL possible exceptions to the doctrine. Look at the scenarios below and determine whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could be applicable if the employee sues for wrongful termination. Scenarios: • Jason, a department supervisor, requests approval to fire his secretary, Joann. Joann is a devout Christian and was putting out Right to Life flyers in the employee break room. Joann was also taking a lot of time to pray in the workplace during some of the busiest times of day. Jason wants to fire Joann. Can Joann sue for wrongful termination and prevail? • Jamal, a manager, started a blog on the company website for employee grievances. He noticed a worker was protesting that no employees had gotten a raise in the last year and that the CEO was making a lot of money. Jamal reprimanded the worker and the next day, the employee posted a sign-up sheet on the blog to start a union. Jamal threatened to the fire the employee and, when the employee did not show up for work for a week, fired him. Can the employee sue for wrongful termination and prevail? • Lori, head of Accounting, refused to sign Brian’s parental leave request. Brian is seeking 12 weeks of paid leave to care for his newborn son and wants to take this time during the busiest time – tax season. Can Brian sue for wrongful termination and prevail? • Peter has worked for the company for 1 year. He has a rare form of liver disease and works with chemicals that make his condition worse. Peter does not want to stop working, but his boss is not happy with his performance and wants to let him go. Can Peter sue for wrongful termination and prevail? 3. Determine the law in regard to undocumented workers and whether they are eligible for state workers’ compensation in the United States. Advocate for or against this practice and substantiate your response with research to support your position. How does the state law conflict with federal immigration law? Support your response. 4. Use the textbook and the Strayer University Library to locate at least two other quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources. The textbook for this class is a required source for this assignment. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). Paper requires a cover page and a reference page. Strayer Writing Standards is different than APA and other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details and comply with this requirement. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows: Evaluate law relative to workplace discrimination, employment at will, state workers’ compensation eligibility and the Supremacy Clause.

For this milestone, you will conduct an analysis of your chosen company’s financial statements for the last three consecutive years. Your analysis should include the review and interpretation of data from the following financial statements: the income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flow, and statement of retained earnings. Using your review of these statements, you will assess the organization’s financial performance and financial health. Provide quantitative and qualitative support for your assessment. Prompt: As a newly hired manager at your chosen company, you have the first task of reviewing the company’s past and current financial documents and making initial financial projections so that the company can begin planning for the upcoming year. Your report will include several tables, along with a comprehensive narrative describing the organization’s financial performance and health. Note that, in addition to the organization’s financial statements and website, other authoritative news sources—such as annual reports and external sites like Bloomberg—may offer insights that facilitate analysis or provide information on the organization’s priorities and challenges. Specifically, you must address the following critical elements from section II of the final project: A. Organizational Context 1. What key goods or services does your organization provide, and for whom, where, and why? How do these features of the organization (e.g., major products or services, customers, location) help set the boundaries for business decisions? 2. How is the company organized and managed (by product groups, geographic region, function, etc.)? How does that affect accounting and financial information and subsequent business decisions? B. Recent Financial Performance 1. Assess what the organization’s consolidated income statements for the last three years say about its financial performance. Use relevant indicators, graphs, and spreadsheets to support your narrative. (Include all spreadsheets in an appendix.) For example, what do the amounts and year-to-year changes in revenue, operating income, net profit or loss, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization tell you? Do any items stand out? 2. Assess what the organization’s consolidated cash flow statements for the same time period say about its financial performance. Use relevant indicators, graphs, and spreadsheets to support your narrative. For example, what do the amounts and year-to-year changes in cash from operating activities, cash from investing, cash from financing, and total cash flow tell you? Do any items standout? 3. Assess the organization’s underlying financial performance. Support your answer with the analysis above and relevant research. For example, is recent performance substantially affected by unusual events such as a major acquisition or spin-off? Is the business thriving or struggling in its industry? How do you know? C. Current Financial Health 1. Assess how the organization is capitalized and what that tells you about its financial health. Support your response with relevant graphs, spreadsheets, and indicators such as cash and cash equivalents, total debt, shareholders’ equity, current ratio, debt/equity ratio, and days sales outstanding (DSO). For example, does the organization have enough cash for payroll and other bills? Does it have the right mix of debt versus equity (stock)? How do you know? 2. Does the organization have the right amount of cash and other resources (key people, technologies, reputation, physical assets, etc.) to fuel future growth? What does this suggest for business decisions? For example, if it has too much cash, should it pay a large dividend, repurchase its own shares, or reinvest the excessfunds? 3. Assess the financial value of the company using relevant indicators. What does your assessment imply for future business health and performance? For example, what is the business’s current market value? What is its price-to-earnings ratio? What do these suggest about investor perceptions of the business’s future?

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The assignment I am currently working on is a Business plan.

The two listed below are needed for the business plan to be completed.

The organizations chosen is one of the nations largest not-for-profit health system called Kaiser Permanante.

The topic for the business plan is reducing Hospital Acquired Infections in the PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) at Kaiser Permanente. Please complete: -Market analysis (including competition). -Financial data overview: Include a summary of what financial data you examined or would examine.

For each financial statement, describe the specific factors that informed you (net revenue, profit loss, balance sheet major). ———————————————————————————————– Here is the full assignment that you can refer to for a better understanding. Please note that the two listed above is what is needed to be done.

Part 2: Action Plan Address the following items:

1. Brief description of the project (must have instructor approval).

2. History or rationale (including industry trend data as appropriate).

3. Market analysis (including competition).

4. Goals and outcomes (relationship to strategic focus).

5. Structure (including alliances, contractual relationships, etc.).

6. Financial data overview: Include a summary of what financial data you examined or would examine.

For each financial statement, describe the specific factors that informed you (net revenue, profit loss, balance sheet major).

7. Personnel/Staffing (including provider relationships as appropriate).

8. Implementation schedule: Develop an implementation schedule that identifies the resources and competences in your department and describe how they are matched to the strategic initiative. Identify how your action plan aligns to the organization’s strategic initiatives.