Create a 4-6-page action plan that addresses improvements in discriminatory practices and provides clearly defined policies that are intended to increase employee morale and workplace safety. The audience for the plan is senior management. When organizational leaders and union leaders work together collaboratively, both sides increase their capacity to deal with unionization issues in a proactive manner through strategy development and action planning, resulting in positive change that reflects all stakeholder interests. SHOW LESS By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: • Competency 1: Develop a comprehensive human capital strategy to support an employee-centered health care organization. o Recommend an employee-centered plan of action that will address improvements in discriminatory practices. • Competency 4: Apply professional and personal skills to influence organizational action and build relationships with key stakeholders. o Explain how the collective bargaining process can be used to develop organizational policies and practices. o Consider options for reformatting the action for external stakeholders. • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration. o Write coherently to support a central idea in an appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Scenario As an HR manager in a unionized hospital or other health care organization, it has come to your attention that the collective bargaining process can be used as a focal point for the formation of policies and practices that will improve the organization's employee-centered philosophy and, therefore, assist in the implementation and humanistic enforcement of key provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and the Civil Rights Act. Deliverable Complete the following parts of this assessment based upon your research and understanding of methods of addressing the scenario described above. Part 1: Problem Description and Analysis Complete the following: • Explain and suggest ways that collective bargaining and legal mandates can advance the strategy of improving working conditions and environmental ambience in a health care organization. • Explain how the collective bargaining process can be used to develop organizational policies and practices. • Include some of the obstacles inherent in the collective bargaining process that might hinder effective development of policies and practices. • Explain how the National Labor Relations Act provisions related to protected activities of employees can be used to foster improvements in workplace conditions. • Explain how the Civil Rights Act provisions related to discrimination based on gender can be employed to foster improvements in a safe and secure work environment. Part 2: Recommendation: Action Plan Recommend an employee-centered plan of action that will address improvements in discriminatory practices by: • Reducing workplace sexual harassment. • Fostering improvements in collaborative working arrangements. • Encouraging open and clear communication among staff and management. • Developing and maintaining a secure work environment.
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