Personnel HRM Paper

Topic 1 – Risk Management – Title Post As: LastName_Topic1 (200 words)

Directions: Provide an initial response to only one option below (You MUST tell me which option you chose at the start of your posting).  Your response should state which option you chose and be one or two paragraphs long. Draw on information provided in chapters fourteen or the required videos (provide at least one citation) when addressing your selected option. Be sure to review the discussion rubric for assessment criteria. Remember, no reference is needed for the required text; however, provide a link or an APA reference for other outside sources cited in your response. Finally, you must reply to two of your peers original postings.

Option 1: Drawing on the video, Risk Management Basics, discuss risk management from the employer’s perspective related to employee health, employee safety, or employee security. Identify at least one potential conflict that may arise between management and the employee advocate.

Option 2: Drawing on your own experiences in employee health, safety, or security; relate a conversation where you acted as the employee advocate in a decision making discussion. What was the manager’s position from a risk management perspective? How did you handle the conflict? Please use a pseudonym for the employer.

Topic 2 – Unions and Employee Rights – Title Post As: LastName_Topic2 (200 words)

Directions: Provide an initial response to only one option below (You MUST tell me which option you chose at the start of your posting).  Your response should state which option you chose and be one or two paragraphs long. Draw on information provided in chapters twelve or the required videos (provide at least one citation) when addressing your selected option. Be sure to review the discussion rubric for assessment criteria. Remember, no reference is needed for the required text; however, provide a link or an APA reference for other outside sources cited in your response. Finally, you must reply to two of your peers original postings.

Option 1: After watching the required videos related to chapter fifteen, describe the power structure of today’s employment relationships. Do you think it is balanced within current legislation? Why or why not?

Option 2: After watching the required videos related to chapter fifteen; support your opinion, are labor unions good or bad for the employer, the employee, for the economy?

Option 3: Describe the benefits have nonunion employees have gained in their employment relationship from union member rights?

Topic 3 – Web Search – Title Post As: LastName_Topic3 (100 words)

Are you interested in being an HR professional, Supervisor/Manager, or working professional (degreed employee)?

Investigate the OSHA or NLRB web sites and identify one resource that you believe would support your professional aspirations related to risk management, employee rights, employer rights, or the employment relationship. Provide a brief summary of the resource as well as a link to the resource and correct APA citation. The summary requirement means you cannot just pick any resource or provide just a generic summary of the website. Pick something applicable to the topics provided and explain how it is applicable to you. This response should be 50 to 100 words in length. Finally, you must reply to two of your peers original postings. 

• Link to OSHA web site https://www.osha.gov/ 
• Link to NLRB web site https://www.nlrb.gov/