Assignment 2: Human Resources Policies and Procedures
Due Week 7 and worth 320 points

Continuing with the scenario from Assignment 1, imagine that you have been hired as the Manager of Human Resources for the acute care hospital. Your first task is to create a set of policies and procedures to ensure that the organization’s HRM processes are aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives. You are also responsible for completing a hiring plan, training plan, compensation and benefits plan, and a performance appraisal.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. 1.     Examine a significant way that the Joint Commission has influenced the basic functions of HRM and predict the likely impact of the policies and procedures at the your acute hospital. Provide support for your rationale.
2. 2.    Analyze the importance of collaboration between HR and department managers when filling open positions, indicating the most likely impact on the hiring process.
3. 3.    Create a detailed outline of a training program for managers. The outline should include, at a minimum, interviewing techniques that both help managers identify the best candidate for the job and meet the requirements of appropriate employment laws and regulations.
4. 4.    Determine the most significant factor that should be considered in order to develop a compensation and benefit plan that is fair, competitive, and aligned with the organization’s strategic objectives, indicating the direct impact of each factor on the elements.
5. 5.    Recommend a performance appraisal method that you believe would be the most effective for the organization and support the reasons for your decision. Provide support for your recommendation.
6. 6.    Create a strategy to effectively manage both performance- and behavioral-based employee problems, which will lead to the desired behavior result.
7. 7.    Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

•  Question 2

The textbook authors suggest that many practitioners of health care personnel office’s did not stay in the field because

•  Question 3

One reason why the HR model is infrequently used in the United States may be:

•  Question 4

Large HR departments are likely to have:

•  Question 5

One reason why HR departments are often referred to as “the police” of the organization is because:

•  Question 6

What regulation is most closely tied to the Bill of Rights’ “pursuit of happiness” clause?

•  Question 7

What regulation remains as the country’s basic wage-and-hour law?

•  Question 8

The Rehabilitation Act was the precursor to the:

•  Question 9

What position encompasses the changing requirements of the entire organization?

•  Question 10

The difference in perspectives between a line manager and a HR manager about rewarding employees is:

•  Question 11

What three activities will almost all human resources department be intimately involved in?

•  Question 12

Which of the following statements sums up the textbook’s position on a manager’s visibility and availability?

•  Question 13

According to the textbook, which of the following actions can hurt a manager’s credibility with employees?

•  Question 14

What is a difference between the job summary and the principal duties performed sections of a position description?
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•  Question 15

The term “exempt,” when used in position descriptions, means:

•  Question 16

The frequently occurring delay between the time an offer of employment is accepted and when the company has the individual start work exists because:

•  Question 17
If a lawsuit is filed against the organization regarding reference checks, who is legally responsible?

•  Question 18

Why is it best for department managers to have the HR department check the references of potential candidates?

•  Question 19

The civil service classification system is a process that:

•  Question 20

The hiring process for individuals seeking employment at state and local health care organizations covered by civil service:

•  Question 21
Which question is illegal to ask in an interview?

•  Question 22
Interviewers should focus most of their interview questions in what area?

•  Question 23
Which question about a candidate’s age is allowed on an application or in an interview?

•  Question 24

Employees learn better when:

•  Question 25

Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. 1.     Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis.
2. 2.    Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response.
3. 3.    Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation.
4. 4.    Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.
5. 5.    Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale.
6. 6.    Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations.
• Evaluate the effects of major employment laws on HR functions in health care organizations.
• Evaluate the competencies necessary for effective health care human resources management.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics.