Comment 1: Compensation is a key factor in employee retention. No one wants to continue working for an organization they feel aren’t paying them enough for the work that they do. With that being said this is not a universal ideology of retention and compensation though. in some lines of work the employees are less concerned about salaries and perks so it’s safe to say that not always do employees leave or stay with organizations because of salary and compensation factors. I do believe for the vast majority of the workforce its the exact opposite. Leigh Branham, CEO of Keeping the People, notes that 89 percent of managers believe people leave their jobs due to compensation, but 88 percent of employees actually leave for other reasons. I think the higher up you climb in an organization the more compensation starts to matter to you. Benefits play a major role in retention because most of the workforce is willing to work hard every day and stay with an organization if they feel like their benefits are good for the level of work they do.
Sources and references:
Bean-Mellinger, B. (2016, October 26). How Does Compensation Affect Employee Retention? Retrieved from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/compensation-affect-employee-retention-61399.html
Learning, L. (n.d.). Principles of Management. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/principlesmanagement/chapter/chapter-14-motivating-employees
Comment 2: Part A-
Total Rewards Philosophy is a breakdown of an organization’s vision and how it plans to design and decide salaries, incentives, and benefits. Rewards and compensation go hand in hand when the rewards are monetary but when they are not, the two are different. Rewards can be non-monetary like plaques given for hard work, extra time off, and free oil changes. Compensation is all monetary.
It is important to understand what motivates your employees so you know how to retain them. If you were a manager at a pizza delivery place and knew your employees would be motivated to make more per delivery. you could make it a competition where the employee who competes for the most deliveries and has the highest customer satisfaction gets paid $2 more per delivery for a week. Organizations provide monetary and non-monetary rewards to employees because for some employees it’s not completely about the money so rewards like extra days off and certificates presented in front of coworkers to recognize hard work would be better.
Part B-
Paid time off, ability to work from home, flexible work schedules are my top three benefits discussed in chapter 7. These are my top three because in this life things happen. Sometimes you want or need to have a flexible work schedule to handle real-life situations which is why this one is number one for me. Paid time off is a must-have benefit for any organization trying to keep their employees. During the year you want to go on vacations or simply just not have to work for a week or so. That is why this one is in my top three. Having the ability to work from home is something I have yet to experience but this is still in my top three benefits because if you give someone the ability to work from home as a benefit I guarantee that person is going to work hard each and every day to keep that benefit. As far as the employee, this is a great benefit to have because every so often you get to relax at home and not be in a stressful work environment while still getting the job done.
Sources and references:
Chapter 6 & 7
Learning, L. (n.d.). Principles of Management. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/principlesmanagement/chapter/16-5-the-roles-of-pay-structure-and-pay-for-performance/
Comment 3: With external recruitment, businesses source candidates outside of the organization. Job seekers who are not currently employed with the business are hired. Businesses can use recruiting skills and large candidate pool to make finding external applicants easier. Recruiters can use external recruitment methods to find candidates for their clients. There are several methods for finding candidates outside of your company. Such as Social media, web boards, recruiting events and referrals. Businesses can use internal recruitment to source candidates within the existing workforce. External recruitment gives you a larger candidate pool than sourcing within a business. By increasing the number of potential hires, businesses get more options to fill open positions. With internal recruitment, a job is offered to someone who already works for the company. One big internal is promotion, when need to fill a higher-level position, managers could promote an existing employee. Since managers already work with the employee, they would best know the worker’s capabilities and work ethic. Others can be internal advertisement, referral, and temp to hire. A big advantage to internal recruiting is that the employee knows the business, managers, and higher ups. The same goes with the managers promoting the employee, they already know what production he can bring to the table and the advantages they will have promoting such employee.
Comment 4: My 3 that to me are relevant are turnover rate, cost benefit ration, and cost per hire. Metrics report current, year to year numbers for areas of HR such as turnover, employee engagement and performance, and many organizations base incentives on management’s performance to HR metrics. HR metrics that are with corporate and business strategy add value and organizational effectiveness.
Resources:
Human Capital Analytics; Gene Pease, et al.
Managing Human Resources; Scott A. Snell and George W. Bohlander

ASSIGNMENT 3
POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE Due Week 9: 240 points
In business, power and politics greatly influence an organizational culture in turn hinder organizational productivity. In your role as consultant you observed power and politics influence on the corporate culture.
INSTRUCTIONS Create a double-spaced 6 to 7 page report that addresses the following:
1) Influence of Politics and Power • Explain how politics and power-play may have influenced the organization’s culture.
2) Sources of Power • Explore the sources of power and describe how management could use this influence to benefit your department and improve organizational performance.
3) Leadership Behavior and Culture • Make recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.
4) Leadership Influence • Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior. How does it influence organizational structure and performance?
5) References and Citations • Provide at least 2 quality resources. • In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
6) Formatting and Writing Standards • Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.
Week 9 Discussion
Organizations from time to time must make hard decisions (expand, layoff employees or close a facility). As a manager you will have to use work experiences, advice from supervisors and the organizational culture to support your decision. Organizational culture is the sum of the values and beliefs shared among employees.
Suppose you are a manager who is faced with having to reduce headcount (layoff one of your two employees) in your unit. Sales within the company have declined due to the downward spiral of the economy each department within the organization is faced with making the same decision. Fortunately, you only have to cut one job; others are reducing more.
Mary is in her mid-20s, single, college graduate, she is very hard working and was in the top 10% of the performance ratings this year, she constantly volunteers to travel, work weekends and evenings. However, she supports political causes that could be viewed as contrary to the goals of the company.
Alice is in her mid-40s, has two young children, her husband is a doctor, her performance is good, and she has above average performance reviews. However, she has limited availability on weekends and limitations onovernight travel due to her volunteer work with local charities.
As a manager who would you select to layoff and why?
What other factors can be used to decide who gets laid off in organizations?
How should an organization choose between a decision that is legal and in the best financial interests of the organization, but which could be viewed as unethical?

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Consider the results that you received on all of the self-assessments you have taken so far this term and the culture of your organization.
1) Where are the areas of conflict?
2) How do you work through these conflicts, and what aspects of the culture keep you at the organization?
See self-assessment results below for you reference:
What Is Your Jungian Typology? Campaigner personality
How Productive Are You? You’re on the right track with your productivity efforts, and you probably get your most important work done. However, you could be more productive. Use the productivity techniques to become more productive and efficient in your daily life.
Locus of Control- According to your score, you have a moderate internal locus of control.
Are You Experiencing Burnout? Be careful—you may be at risk of burnout, particularly if several scores are high.
Stress Scale- You have a high or very high risk of becoming ill in the near future.
How Good Are Your Communication Skills? Excellent! You understand your role as a communicator both when you send messages and when you receive them. You anticipate problems, and you choose the right ways of communicating. People respect you for your ability to communicate clearly, and they appreciate your listening skills.
How Good Are Your Problem-Solving Skills? Your approach to problem solving is a little “hit-and-miss.” Sometimes your solutions work really well, and other times they don’t. You understand what you should do, and you recognize that having a structured problem-solving process is important. However, you don’t always follow that process. By working on your consistency and committing to the process, you’ll see significant improvements.
How Good Is Your Team? You’re a solid team member working well as part of an effective team. Lower scores in this range show that there is room for improvement, though.
How Good Are Your Leadership Skills? Excellent! You’re well on your way to becoming a good leader. However, you can never be too good at leadership or too experienced—so always be on the lookout for what you can do to improve your performance.
How Good Are Your Management Skills? You’re doing a great job managing your team. Now you should concentrate on improving your skills even further. Also, think about how you can take advantage of these skills to reach your career goals.
How Good Are Your People Skills? Your people skills are good. You understand the give-and-take involved in complex issues involving people. You might not always approach situations perfectly; however, you have a sufficiently good understanding to know when and where you need to take steps to rectify things. Keep working on your people skills, and set an example for the rest of your team.
How Good Is Your Anger Management? Well done! You have a very good understanding of what makes you angry, and you know what to do when you start to feel signs of trouble. You’ve developed a wide range of anger management strategies, and you can be proud of these.
How Good Is Your Decision Making? You have an excellent approach to decision making! You know how to set up the process and generate lots of potential solutions. From there, you analyze the options carefully, and you make the best decisions possible based on what you know. As you gain more and more experience, use that information to evaluate your decisions, and continue to build on your decision-making success.
How Creative Are You? Creativity is one of your strengths, and innovative and creative minds are highly sought after. So don’t hide your ability! Look for ways to share your creativity process with others. Engage colleagues and teammates in creative pursuits, and promote creativity in your team and organization. And remember that you can always be more creative!
Do You Have Project Management Skills? Your project management skills are OK, and when projects are relatively simple, your outcomes are often good. However, the more complex the projects you manage, the less control you will have and the more likely you are to deliver below expectations. Take time to improve your planning skills and prepare for the unexpected. The more time you spend on your up-front planning, the better your project outcomes will be.

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Assignment 1: Reform Proposal – Changing a School District to a Learning Organization
Due Week 4 and worth 180 points
Students, parents, teachers, principals, central office staff, superintendents, and school board members all play important roles in school systems. Use the Internet to research a school district in your area and use the information you locate to complete this assignment. Imagine that you are a teacher leader and you have been asked to supply ideas to the selected school district to help it transform into a learning organization with more effective leadership practices. You will research one reform policy to assist in changing your district into a learning organization. Write a proposal to change your district into a learning organization.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Briefly (one (1) paragraph) describe the size and setting of the school district. Propose a new model in your reformed school. Describe the model and the reformed school into a learning organization.Evaluate the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods of adopting school reform policies. How could you change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization?Propose and describe three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.Propose the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy. Determine three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.Provide one (1) suggestion that will help to transition the each of the following stakeholders (all 7 below) from their current role to their role in a learning organization. Then pick 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each stakeholder supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization. Describe the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff. Then describe how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.StudentsParentsTeachersPrincipalsCentral office staffSuperintendentSchool boardDescribe the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff. Then describe how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.Include at least three (3) references with (1) of these needs to be from a peer-reviewed journal. Note: Make sure references are no more than five (5) years old from material outside the textbook.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:
Compare various models of school organization to distinguish effective leadership practices.Explore historical and traditional methods of adopting school reformation policies.Evaluate the components of school systems and attempts to reform specific aspects of the system.Differentiate between traditional bureaucratic school systems and learning organizations.Use technology and information resources to research issues in teacher leadership.Write clearly and concisely about teacher leadership using proper writing mechanics.Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Click here to view grading rubric.Points: 180Assignment 1: Reform Proposal – Changing a School District to a Learning OrganizationCriteriaUnacceptableBelow 70% FFair70-79% CProficient80-89% BExemplary90-100% A1. Describe the size and setting of the school district. Propose a new model for the reformed school. Describe the model and reformed school into a learning organization.Weight: 15%Did not submit or incompletely described the school district, new model for reformed school, and/or described the model and reformed school into a learning organization.Partially described the school district, a new model for reformed school, and/or described the model and reformed school into a learning organization.Satisfactorily described the school district, a new model for reformed school, and described the model and reformed school into a learning organization.Thoroughly described the school district, a new model for reformed school, and described the model and reformed school into a learning organization.2. Evaluate the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods of adopting school reform policies. Describe how to change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization.Weight: 15%Did not submit or incompletely evaluate the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods and/or described how to change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization.Partially evaluated the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods and/or described how to change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization.Satisfactorily evaluated the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods and described how to change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization.Thoroughly evaluated the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods and described how to change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization.3. Propose and describe three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.Weight: 10%Did not submit or incompletely submitted three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.Partially submitted three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.Satisfactorily submitted three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.Thoroughly submitted three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.4. Propose the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy and determine three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.Weight: 15%Did not submit or incompletely proposed the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy and/or determined three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.Partially proposed the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy and determined three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.Satisfactorily proposed the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy and determined three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.Thoroughly proposed the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy and determined three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.5. Provide one (1) suggestion that will help to transition each of the 7 stakeholders from their current role to their role in a learning organization. Then pick 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.Weight: 15%Did not submit or incompletely provided one (1) suggestion that will help to transition each of the 7 stakeholders from their current role to their role in a learning organization and/or chose 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.Partially provided one (1) suggestion that will help to transition each of the 7 stakeholders from their current role to their role in a learning organization and chose 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.Satisfactory provided one (1) suggestion that will help to transition each of the 7 stakeholders from their current role to their role in a learning organization and chose 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.Thoroughly provided one (1) suggestion that will help to transition each of the 7 stakeholders from their current role to their role in a learning organization and chose 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.6. Describe the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff. Then describe how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.Weight: 15%Did not submit or incompletely described the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff and/or described how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.Partially described the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff and/or described how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.Satisfactorily described the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff and/or described how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.Thoroughly described the Learning Organization and Model’s impact on students and staff and/or described how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.7. Include at least three (3) references with (1) of these needs to be from a peer-reviewed journal.Weight: 5%No references provided.Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.Meets the number of required references; all references high-quality choices.Exceeds the number of required references; all references high-quality choices.8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirementsWeight: 10%More than 6 errors present5-6 errors present3-4 errors present0-2 errors present