28 Jan 2- You work for a hospital

Activity 6

1- How would you explain the difference between role development and career development, both of which can be used as retention strategies? Why is it a good idea to implement each of these strategies? (150-200 words)

2- What one strategy would you implement to retain required skilled labour? You do not have to limit your ideas to those provided in the text. You might have your own ideas as to how organisations can retain skilled labour. Why do you think you chosen strategy is most important or would be most effective in retaining skilled labour? (100-150 words)

Activity 7

1- What would you do to manage diversity in the workplace? You do not need to restrict your response to ideas presented in the text. Provide at least 10 examples.

2 Write a diversity policy that support an organisation’s requirements for diversity in the workforce. (1 page)

Activity 8

1- Outline the advantages or disadvantages of the following different methods that can be used to source skilled labour.

a) Outline recruitment (at least five advantages and one disadvantage)

b) Company website advertising (at least one advantage and two disadvantages)

c) Newspapers (at least four advantages and three disadvantages).

2- Your organisation installs home theatre equipment. You have several teams that carry out installations and each team is overseen by a supervisor. One of your supervisors has resigned and you now need to source skilled labour to fill that position. You feel that some of the team members might be suitable for the positon. What recruitment strategy might you use in this situation? How would you do this? (100-150 words)

Activity 9

1- How might you communicate workforce objectives and rational to relevant stakeholders/employees? Provide at least 10 examples.

2- You work for a hospital. Previously, specific nurses were given all weekend shifts. Feedback gathered from other nurses that revealed that all nurses would like the opportunity to work weekends when greater shift penalties are paid. The organisation has decided that from now on weekend shifts will be distributed equally amongst all nurses. Write a memo to be distributed to all the nurses that work for the hospital communicating objectives and rationale of the changes to relevant stakeholders (150-200 words)

Activity 10

1- Identify two groups other than employees whose agreement and endorsement you would seek when setting objectives and targets and creating workforce plans. Explain why their agreement should be sought. (75-125 words)

2- Your organisation has decided that employers will no longer give employees rostered days off to compensate them for working overtime. Instead, employees will now be paid for any overtime they complete. What would you say to obtain agreement and endorsement for these changes? You should provide a transcript of a three minute speech that you would give to employees outlining the objectives of this change. You need to show that you have considered objections to or barriers to employee endorsement of this change. (200-300 words)