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Module 1 Applied Assignment 1

Prepare a paper analyzing the role of Macro Environmental Analysis and Perceived Task Environment at your workplace, or an organization of your choice. In the paper, discuss one trend initiator from each STEEP category and explain how each one impacts the development of organizational, human resource, and compensation strategies at the organization you selected. Then, evaluate current strategies and discuss whether you believe MEA and PTE have influenced the organization’s pay philosophy and pay structure, or if you believe the current strategies should be revised to align with the Macro Environmental Analysis you performed. Support your analysis with at least two recent (2005-present) scholarly sources on MEA.

•The analysis should be presented in APA format.

•The analysis should be 5-7 pages in length, excluding the title page and reference list.

•The “Applied Assignments Scoring Rubric” can be found in Doc Sharing.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 2 Applied Assignment 2

Prepare a paper that describes the major employee groups (exempt and non-exempt) that make up an organization. Compare and contrast the two as defined by the FLSA.

•The paper should be presented in an APA format.

•The paper should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title page and reference list.

•The “Applied Assignments Scoring Rubric” can be found in Doc Sharing.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 3 Applied Assignment 3

Prepare a paper that explains the strategic differences between pay for performance and pay for knowledge systems. Include an analysis of how various pay plans used for teams align with pay for performance and pay for knowledge systems.

•The paper should be presented in an APA format.

•The paper should be 4-6 pages in length, excluding the title page and reference list.

•The Applied Assignments Scoring Rubric can be found in Doc Sharing.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 5 Applied Assignment 4

Prepare a paper that presents the 5-step process for constructing a pay structure. The paper should present the steps in chronological order and explain the main objective of each step, as well as describe the key considerations of each. Use at least two recent articles (not older than 5 years) to inform your work in addition to the Martochhio textbook.

•The analysis should be presented in an APA format.

•The analysis should be 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title page and reference list.

•The “Applied Assignments Scoring Rubric” can be found in Doc Sharing.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 6 Applied Assignment 5

Imagine you are designing an incentive plan for your organization’s (or an organization of your choice) middle managers. Create both short-term and long-term incentives, explaining why you feel they will be motivating to middle-managers. Why does this group require separate consideration?

•The analysis should be presented in an APA format.

•The analysis should be 3-4 pages in length, excluding the title page and reference list.

•The “Applied Assignments Scoring Rubric” can be found in Doc Sharing.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 8 Applied Assignment 6

Read the North American Expansion for Threads Apparel case study on page 352 in the Martocchio text, and then prepare a 2-3 page paper that presents your analysis of the case by answering both questions. APA is not required for this paper.

Submit this assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.)

Module 3 Labor Legislation Presentation

In Module 1, you selected one piece of protective labor legislation to study.

In Module 2 you prepared and submitted a PowerPoint presentation on that piece of legislation that defines it, explains the background of the law (the civil issues that culminated in its passage), the intention of the law, its basic provisions, and impact on an organization’s compensation structure/system or specific components of the compensation system.

Please post that presentation here by 11:59 PM Monday night. (The presentation should be between 7 and 10 slides in length, not including title slide and reference slide.)

Then, review all of the presentations posted in this forum. Select one (1) and respond to that classmate by 11:59 PM Thursday night by asking one question about the legislation that will deepen your understanding of its background, its implications for your industry, or the future of the legislation. Be sure your question is open-ended so that your classmate will be able to provide a substantive response.

Lastly, reply to the question asked about your own presentation by 11:59 PM Sunday night.

Module 7 Compensation Project Draft

One member of each team will post a draft of the team’s entire project to this Discussion Board. Then, each student will provide feedback to each of the other teams about their projects, including suggestions for improving their documents.