The follow
ing post has three assignments;
1.Social and Economic Conditions in history
Analyze the historical significance of the subject
in relation to one of the follow
ing topics: Social Conditions or Economic Conditions
2.Effect of Airborne on the hotel industry in New York
Write an essay paper on the effect of AirBNB on the hotel
industry
in New York City
3. Determining the Proper Job Classification
Assume you are an HR Consultant that has been hired to hel? Comfort Assisted Liv
ing with a recent grievance that was filed by one of its employees. You will not be work
ing on the legal aspects of
the case, but you will help the company determ
ine if the employee's job classification is correct. Comfort Assisted Liv
ing has an HR Department but would like to obta
in an outside op
inion.
The employee, Gregory Williams, is currently work
ing as a Senior HR Specialist for Comfort Assisted Liv
ing. His current job duties are provided
in the Supplemental Information document posted
in
our classroom. Mr. Williams has been
in the position for 5 years and had consistently received "outstand
ing" rat
ings on his performance evaluations until this year when he received a "meets
expectations" rat
ing. A month ago, he saw a job announcement that Comfort Assisted Liv
ing placed on Monster.com for a Deputy VP of HR. Mr. Williams was angered by the job announcement because he
felt he was already perform
ing the duties stated
in the announcement. When he asked his supervisor about the job, he was told that the Deputy position was a new one that was be
ing created and that
he would have to apply for the job just like everyone else. Mr. Williams disagreed and felt his current position should be reclassified to that of a Deputy VP of HR. He has filed a grievance with
Comfort Assisted Liv
ing and you have been hired to determ
ine if Mr. William's current job is equivalent to the new Deputy position. You have been told upfront that it has been years s
ince the
company conducted a job analysis for its HR positions so you might have to beg
in there before mak
ing your determ
ination. Also, you have heard from employees that work with Mr. Williams that he has
been slack
ing on the job lately. Accord
ing to them, he rout
inely comes
in late, takes extra long lunches, and does not submit all of his work on time. At least one of his coworkers said Mr.
Williams was hav
ing health issues and that he might have to undergo chemotherapy. Another coworker said the health issues weren't with Mr. Williams, they were with his young daughter, who has a
mysterious illness that doctors are hav
ing difficulty diagnos
ing. You've checked his leave records and noth
ing is on file regard
ing an FMLA request and there is no documentation regard
ing possible
medical issues.
In complet
ing this assignment, you will showcase that you can conduct a job analysis and use the results to develop a job description, which will help address organizational needs/concerns. You
will also demonstrate that you have an understand
ing of the ethical issues
involved with job analyses, job evaluation, and job design. Additionally, you will show that you understand the HR context
and have mastery of the fundamental student competencies identified by UMUC's Graduate School
includ
ing: communication and critical th
ink
ing.
Steps to Completion
Review the
information
in the Supplemental Information file and relevant course material regard
ing the nature of a job analysis and its relationship to job descriptions and job classifications.
Determ
ine what additional
information you will need
in order to determ
ine if Mr. Williams is justified
in his claim.
Decide which of the four most commonly used methods of job analysis (observation,
interviews, questionnaires, functional) you will use and be prepared to defend your choice.
Determ
ine how you will overcome some of the most common problems
in perform
ing a job analysis. Our course material discusses several of them.
Review and understand the key ethical considerations when conduct
ing a job analysis and design
ing a job description.