Week 4 - Discussion- Due by 10am CST - 6/23

Week 4 Discussion Template

Organizational Strategy and Employee Performance

This week, you explore the importance of job design, job training, and performance appraisal systems. You explore performance development actions that contribute to supporting a diverse workforce. You also explore how organizational strategy influences each of these areas. Based on the readings for this week, consider how organizational strategy is enhanced or hindered by each of these functions.

With these thoughts in mind:

· Select a topic from this week's readings that interests you the most.

· Consider a real-world situation that relates to or could be addressed utilizing primary concepts from the assigned readings.

Post by Day 4 an answer to the following questions:

· How does this topic impact organizational strategy?

· What are the strengths and weaknesses of HR approaches (job design, job training, or performance appraisal systems) related to the chosen topic?

Your post should be approximately 200–250 words in length.

Below are three UNRELATED EXAMPLES of how to cite within a paragraph in APA format. You need to cite resources in your Discussion Post to support and justify your thinking:

Haag and Cummings (2003) base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and...

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and... (Haag & Cummings, 2003).

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time. They stated that “…IT is the most important aspect that needs attention by upper management” (Haag & Cummings, 2003, p. 89).

Now, draft your response of at least 200–250 words below:

After you have finished addressing all elements of the Discussion prompt, do not forget to include your references in APA format. You will need to write the references to any resources that you cite in your Discussion Response. Below are examples of references, including your course text. When complete, please copy and paste your response in the appropriate thread in the Discussion Forum.

References

Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2014). Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.

Below are UNRELATED REFERENCES from a journal, a newspaper, and website. These references are only intended to illustrate correct APA formatting:

Ismail, A., Mohamad, M. H., Mohamed, H. A.-B., Rafiuddin, N. M., & Zhen, K. W. P. (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership styles as a predictor of individual outcomes. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 17(6), 89–104.

Porter, E. (2014, May 13). The politics of income inequality. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/business/economy/the-politics-of-income-inequality.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A18%22%7D

Walmart. (n.d.) Our business. Retrieved from http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/

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