18 Jan EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

MGT511 Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management

Module 2 Case

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Assignment Overview

Compensation and Strategy: Controlling Benefits Costs

The ability to adequately control employee benefit costs today is often the difference between organizations that are successful and those that are not.

This is even more complex with the recent governmental focus on health insurance and the attempts to roll back the Affordable Care Act. If you are interested in mandated health insurance in the U.S., a Google search will result in several sources; for example:

Levy, N. and Kim, K. (July 2017). A side-by-side comparison

of Obamacare and the GOP’s replacement plans (2017). The

Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-pol-obamacare-repeal/.

Case Assignment

For this assignment, you are asked to write a blog discussing:

1 How health insurance benefits impact (a) an organization’s business results, and (b) employee wellbeing.

2 Discuss how businesses today attempt to control their health insurance costs while still using benefit packages as recruitment and retention tools.

3 Give practical examples and real-life business examples of health insurance benefit best practices (include employer names from your readings/research).

Use at least 3 library sources and/or module materials to help strengthen and support your response. Paper length: 3-4 pages, not counting the cover and reference pages.

Submit your paper by the module due date.

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be evaluated using the criteria as stated in the Case rubric. The following is a review of the rubric criteria:

• Assignment-Driven: Does the paper fully address all aspects of the assignment? Is the assignment addressed accurately and precisely using sound logic? Does the paper meet minimum length requirements?

• Critical Thinking: Does the paper demonstrate graduate-level analysis, in which information derived from multiple sources, expert opinions, and assumptions has been critically evaluated and synthesized in the formulation of a logical set of conclusions? Does the paper address the topic with sufficient depth of discussion and analysis?

• Business Writing: Is the essay logical, well organized and well written? Are the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary appropriate for graduate-level work? Are section headings included? Are paraphrasing and synthesis of concepts the primary means of responding, or is justification/support instead conveyed through excessive use of direct quotations?

• Effective Use of Information: Does the submission demonstrate that the student has read, understood, and can apply the background materials for the module? If required, has the student demonstrated effective research, as evidenced by student’s use of relevant and quality (library?) sources? Do additional sources used provide strong support for conclusions drawn, and do they help in shaping the overall paper?

• Citing Sources: Does the student demonstrate understanding of APA Style of referencing, by inclusion of proper citations (for paraphrased text and direct quotations) as appropriate? Have all sources (e.g., references used from the Background page, the assignment readings, and outside research) been included, and are these properly cited? Have all sources cited in the paper been included on the References page?

• Timeliness: Has the assignment been submitted to TLC (Trident’s learning management system) on or before the module’s due date?