Assignment 5: Employee Compensation and Benefits
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a narrative and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit two (2) sections for the completion of this assignment.
Imagine that you have just been hired by a new company as the director of the HR department. You have been tasked to hire a new secretary for the department and to develop an employee compensation and benefits package that will be used for that position upon hire. Develop a PowerPoint presentation to present this information to your Vice President. Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Website, located at www.bls.gov, for information regarding organizations and pay in your geographical area.
Section 1: NarrativeWrite a three (3) page paper in which you:
Choose the type of organization for which you are designing the package.
Develop an employee compensation and benefits package for this new position. Support your ideas for the compensation/benefits package.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Section 1 of 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.
Section 2: Presentation Create a twenty (20) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
4. Provide an overview of the employee compensation and benefits package that you developed in the narrative portion of this assignment.
5. Determine if the employee will be exempt or nonexempt and discuss how overtime will be handled.
6. Suggest other benefits that might be considered within the next few months to enhance employee performance and provide job motivation.
7. Provide information on how government regulations will influence the compensation.
8. Examine data from two (2) organizations listed in the BLS Website with packages similar to yours, focusing on salary, compensation, and benefits in order to convince upper management that your package should be accepted and implemented.
9. Describe how the competitive compensation and benefits package will align with the HRM strategy.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Design training and development systems to improve employee performance.
Develop competitive compensation and benefits packages that align with HRM strategy.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics.

After viewing these 12 Angry Men video clips, create a Word document and answer the following questions.
Clip 1. The judge has given the jury their instructions. They have assembled in the jury room and are just settling down to the business at hand. This scene introduces us to most of jurors. You’ll probably recognize several of the actors. As you watch, notice the group roles being performed by the various jurors. It will probably be helpful to print out the group roles sheet in this week’s Content. It is very helpful to watch the clips more than once. Respond to each set of questions before going on to the next clip.
There were some discriminatory comments that will be interesting to follow up on in later clips and discussion. For now, let’s discuss the following questions:
Which group roles do you see being performed?
Which Situational Leadership style does the foreman seem to be using?
Did you notice any body language or facial expressions?
Clip 2: As the group seems to be in the Storming stage, they continue to go around the table.
Using the 5 approaches to conflict, how did the group – and/or individual members – deal with the conflicts we see in this segment?
How was the challenge to the foreman’s leadership handled?
Which nonverbals did you notice?
Clip 3. We learn more about the facts in the case in the following segment.
Which roles do you see being performed here?
Which nonverbals did you notice?
Clip 4. They have gone around the table and each person has had a turn. No one has changed their mind as we watch what happens next.
Do you think the results would have been the same if the voting had been by show of hands instead of secret ballot?
What is the group’s reaction to the results of the secret ballot?
Which nonverbals did you notice?
Which role was the older man who voted not guilty performing?
Clip 5. Although there is still conflict, the group has moved into the Performing stage.
What about the dynamics of the group are different in this segment, that would indicate a move from Storming to Performing?
Why do you suppose several of the men were playing tic-tac-toe?
What do you notice about the conflicts in this segment, compared with the conflicts in previous segments?
Clip 6: The group continues to examine the evidence in the case. Most of them are now working collaboratively together.
Which individual role is this member using?
Who is the leader of this group now?
Why do you think so?
How would you describe the group’s cohesion now, compared with the beginning of the film?
Give specific examples of behavior.
Clips 7 & 8. The jury continues to deliberate but seems to be stuck, when this scene opens. The noise of rain can be heard in the background.
How are the conflicts in this segment different than those earlier in the film? Does it indicate a “slip” back into the Storming stage? Why or why not?
Why do you suppose the foreman decided to use a hand vote this time and not a secret ballot?
What type(s) of conflict – task, relationship, or process – do you see here?
How has the group’s attitude toward diversity (that is, differences in background) changed since the beginning of the film?
Which leadership style do you think the character played by Henry Fonda is using in the beginning of Clip 8?
The group goes on to discuss the possibility that since the woman saw the murder scene immediately after she got out of bed, she probably wasn’t wearing her glasses. The fact that she wasn’t wearing her glasses casts serious doubt, for most of the jurors, that she could have clearly seen the murder and identified the murderer. Two members change their vote to not guilty, leaving one lone juror voting guilty.
Clip 9. The picture that the lone juror tore up is of him and his son. He had previously said that he and his son hadn’t spoken for years, and that his son was “rotten”.
Why do you suppose the lone juror changed his vote to “not guilty”?
How were the dynamics of this jury similar to those of a work-related team?
How were the dynamics here different than what we typically see on a work-related team?

Conduct a search to find a leader in health care. As an idea, you might explore the websites of for-profit and non-profit organizations and find the bios of their CEOs. Select a leader in health care to further examine. Which leadership theory best describes this individual’s leadership style? What is the rationale that supports your findings? Provide specific examples to support your response.
Use the : MHA601 Library Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for help with locating a scholarly source for this discussion. Your initial post should be at least 300 words. Support your response with a minimum of two scholarly sources.
Guided Response: Review your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two posts substantively in a minimum of 100 words by Day 7. In your responses, compare and contrast the leadership style and applied leadership theories of your classmates’ chosen leader and your own.

Assessment Instructions
Preparation
Choose an organization to use for this assessment. It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar. It must be an organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information in order to complete the assessment. You may use the same organization for the other assessments in this course.
If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee.
Research the compensation and benefits of your selected organization. These topics are fluid and ever-changing, and a very good resource of information for these topics is the Capella library. Please search for sources published within the last 1–2 years for your assessment as you describe the compensation and benefits programs your chosen organization offers.
Deliverable
Based on your research into the compensation and benefits of the organization you selected, write a research paper in which you complete the following:
Describe the formal pay structure within the organization.
Describe any benchmarking activities the organization undertakes, including information on whether the organization offers a competitive compensation structure or incentives.
Describe any profit sharing or stock ownership programs that are available.
Explain which benefits offered by the organization are legally mandated and which are voluntary.
Analyze the cost of the benefits to the organization.
Explain how benefits are communicated to employees.
Analyze the environmental factors that have influenced the compensation and benefits of the organization.
Describe any problems associated with the compensation policies of the organization.
Analyze any current issues related to compensation and benefits faced by the organization.
Please note: You must address all the required elements of this assessment. If details for any of the bulleted points are unavailable, research the topic and present recommendations you believe would be best for the organization, along with your supporting rationale.
Additional Requirements
Your submitted assessment should include a title page, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page.
Be sure you support your analyses with references to at least two resources.
You should format this assessment as a research paper following APA 6th edition guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that you also use correct grammar and mechanics.
There is no required minimum or maximum page length; however, you should strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each bullet point, while also being as clear and concise as possible.
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