Communication from employers
Module 4 - Case
WORKPLACE RELATIONS, VALUE CREATION, AND THE FUTURE
Assignment Overview
We will conclude this course by looking at the contributions HRM might make to creating value for private-sector organizations and how employee relations and/or union relations fits into that process.
Begin by reviewing the following:
Case Assignment
You are a professional in HRM and are in charge of your employer’s company blog for the week. In your introductory blog you start out by showing the following video:
(The Centre Online, 2014)
Your first blogger asks you:
· Is there risk that technology will over-power life as we know it? What impact will technology have on the employee-employer relationship? How will this impact HR labor/employee relations activities?
· How would you respond?
Write your response as 3-page blog, adding a small visual or two for impact. Include at least two outside sources to validate your comments. The format is up to you, however, this assignment might work well in an essay format using Word (e.g., similar to an opinion piece found on an editorial page in a newspaper or online news).
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM trends, drawing on your background reading and research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work.
Prepare a paper that is conversational in nature.
Include a cover page and a list of references. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.
Module 4 - SLP
WORKPLACE RELATIONS, VALUE CREATION, AND THE FUTURE
Signature Assignment: Oral Communications, Reinforced Level
Begin by viewing the following video on globalization:
Inch, J. (2015). Future Globalization. TEDxSuzhou. Retrieved from https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mnet-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mnet&p=youtube+future+globalization+Jason+Inch#id=1&vid=ce7b0d2161327f9ad2b7382a5a25b358&action=click
In this SLP 4 assignment, you are the top human resources manager in a hospitality organization. You are responsible for your organization’s human resource function with HRM offices in Brazil, Russia, and China, as well as in a few developing countries.
You have just received an email from your boss (the CEO). He wants you to help explain to the top managers at 10 of your employer locations how the impact of globalization is changing the world of work. He has asked you to prepare a slide presentation (8-10 slides) with speaker notes at the bottom of each slide (in a comments section). Also included in the 8-10 slides should be a cover page and a List of References page. Your boss will give this presentation to his top management staff next week. In the presentation he wants to explain why it is important for all managers and supervisors to think globally and incorporate the influence of globalization into their workplace practices. Your boss wants you to email him the slides with speaker notes “today if possible, and tomorrow at the latest.”
You are currently sitting in an airport in China with a 10-hour delay. It is time to prepare and send in this presentation. You have prepared slides and notes for your boss before. He wants appealing slides with meaningful speaker notes so that he doesn’t need to add content.
References utilized for this assignment should be included in a “List of References,” using APA format.
Please upload your presentation by the Module due date.
Oral Communications Emphasis
As you may recall in HRM520 SLP for Module 1, emphasis was placed on the first step to building oral communications skills—deciding what to cover.
Now at this “reinforced” level, the HRM522 SLP 4 takes oral communications a step further by working on your slide presentation skills.
In HRM 599 (Integrative Capstone), your oral communications skills will be further developed. In Module 3 Case in HRM599, you will complete an audio presentation component to bring your final speech outline and slide presentation alive.
These three assignments build upon each other and aim to offer you the opportunity to enhance and practice your oral communications preparation and delivery skills.
The grading rubric MBA/MSHRM Oral Communication has been developed to measure student success in meeting the HRM522 SLP 4 expectations related to oral communications. Rubrics for the other two courses are included in their respective oral communications assignments.
Required Material
The Centre Online (2014). Did you Know, in 2028. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEFjWbXog0 . (for Case 1)
Inch, J. (2015). Future Globalization. TEDxSuzhou. Retrieved from https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mnet-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mnet&p=youtube+future+globalization+Jason+Inch#id=1&vid=ce7b0d2161327f9ad2b7382a5a25b358&action=click
Leonhard, G. (2016). Digital Transformation: Are You Ready for Exponential Change? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ystdF6jN7hc .
Leonhard, G. (2017). Technology vs. Humanity—The Future is Already Here. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=DL99deFJYaI
Meister, J. (2017). The Employee Experience is the Future of Work: 10 HR Trends for 2017. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2017/01/05/the-employee-experience-is-the-future-of-work-10-hr-trends-for-2017/#45b61b020a6c
Meister, J. (2016). Future of Work: Three Ways to Prepare for the Impact of Intelligent Technologies in your Workplace. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2016/07/06/future-of-work-three-ways-to-prepare-for-the-impact-of-intelligent-technologies-in-your-workplace/2/#3e2eb95f6575 .
NHRD Network (2016). Global Perspective—Labor Relations & Future of Workforce. E-Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.nationalhrd.org/files/ENewsLetters/2016-17/Jul_Aug/cstory1.pdf .
NUS Business School. (2017). Speaking up or staying quiet: Understanding employee voice behaviour [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA5hGKE3EZE
Optional Material
Daum, J. H. and Gruber, K. F. Sustainable value creation. Retrieved from http://www.iioe.eu/fileadmin/files/projects/Sustainable_Value_Creation.pdf
Lynch, P. (2010). Employee voice: a critical element of organizational success, Business Alignment Strategies website, retrieved from http://www.businessalignmentstrategies.com/research/employee-voice.php