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Research shows that many low-skilled workers struggle to access workplace training and development. Discuss the employability implications of lack of access to training and development for low-skilled workers and what can be done to improve the situation for workers.
In your answer, you must use and cite the three references below, and also conduct your own research to find at least FIVE other appropriate sources (i.e. minimum of eight academic references in total).
Castellazzi, S 2016, Employability and Access to Training : A Contribution to the Implementation of Corporate Responsibility in the Labor Market Download Employability and Access to Training : A Contribution to the Implementation of Corporate Responsibility in the Labor Market, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, 2016. Chapter 1
OECD (2019), Getting Skills Right: Engaging low-skilled adults in learning Download Getting Skills Right: Engaging low-skilled adults in learning, (www.oecd.org/employment/emp/Links to an external site.engaging-low-skilled-adults-2019.pdf).
Wotschak P 2020, When Do Companies Train Low-Skilled Workers? The Role of Institutional Arrangements at the Company and Sectoral Level Download When Do Companies Train Low-Skilled Workers? The Role of Institutional Arrangements at the Company and Sectoral Level, British Journal of Industrial Relations 58:3 September 2020, pp. 587–616
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/media/70-20-10.html refernce

LMZ Company has solicited your assistance in developing a Total Rewards Program. The company was started 30 years ago by a husband and wife who are now transitioning into retirement and transferring the company in six months to their oldest son of five children. The company was positioned to allow several departments to transition to remote work due to COVID-19. They still maintain a small office within the local town that has approximately 40 employees that continue to work on-site. The new owner (son) is concerned about re-branding and possible competition. The owners (couple) will still be a part of the company as senior advisors and play a role in decision-making and are concerned about the role of their other children who also work within the company in various roles and total compensation including benefits once their son pays for re-branding and new marketing efforts. 
Your primary role will be to develop a Total Rewards Strategy Program for this company while keeping its structure and potential family values in mind.
Instructions
4 page Total Rewards Strategy in which you:
Design an original total rewards strategy for LMZ Company.
Identify the first steps that the consultant needs to take to develop a total rewards program for the LMZ Company.
Outline how compensation, well-being, benefits, development, and recognition will be implemented.
Identify at least three concerns or problems that could impact the Total Rewards Strategy.
Identify at least three advantages of a total rewards approach and provide an example of how the identified advantage can be beneficial for both the organization and the employee.
Discuss how the new Total Rewards Plan will be monitored and reviewed for potential changes and identify the personnel involved in this process.
Use 3-5 quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality academic resources.

Follow rubric verbatim
Part 1: 1page
Part 2: 2-3 pages
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What to Submit
Submit this assignment as a Word document. It must be 3–4 pages in length. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. If you need writing support, you can access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.

Summarize two examples of human resources and business strategy frameworks or best practices.
Describe two different approaches to how a company can align their human resources and business strategies.
Recommend one of the approaches for a company that wants to increase diversity or competitive advantage.
Support the recommendation with specific evidence related to the chosen outcome (diversity or competitive advantage).
Use three quality sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Help Resources

SHRM Body of Applied Skills and KnowledgeLinks to an external site..

Business Source Ultimate.

IBISWorld.

Human Resource Strategy – Adapting to the Age of Globalization [PDF] Download Human Resource Strategy – Adapting to the Age of Globalization [PDF]. (SHRM Special Report)

U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLinks to an external site..
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The main objective of this assignment is to allow you to evaluate and experience both the theory and practice of international human resource management within the global context. The principal objective of using the scenario method is to acquaint you with situations that might be encountered in a real business environment. 
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This week you read about the strategic design of work tasks and determining employee jobs. You also explored the important task of recruiting talented employees. For this discussion consider how designing employee jobs and recruiting the right people is an important part of HRM strategy.
Scenario
Imagine you are head of the HR department and you have been asked to review five applicants for the salesclerk position at your company. The job description for the salesclerk includes:
Greeting customers as they enter the store.
Working at the point-of-sale counter to process transactions.
Assisting customers in locating products by reviewing inventory and calling other store locations.
Suggesting new items to customers.
Entering sales data and keeping records of special orders.
Arranging items to engage customers.
Building customer relationships.
During the interview process, you learn the following about each applicant:
The Applicants
ALICE
Alice has 10 years of experience in sales but can be distracted easily. She will not work on commission and cannot work weekends. She can be a little obstinate but has an excellent job history. She also requires ADA accommodations due to an injury sustained during military service.
MARY
Mary has just one year’s experience, but she is very congenial and loves working with people. Her work schedule is very flexible, but she can become a little stressed at times and periodically needs to leave quietly and regroup for a short time. Mary also considers herself a human rights advocate with an emphasis on race relations and is known to voice her opinions related to racial injustice to others.
JAMES
James has seven years’ experience, a master’s degree in business, and aspirations of owning a company soon. James is a devout Christian. He is known to make biblical references often, encourages others to attend his church, and has requested 80 hours in advance to attend religious conferences within the next six months.
SAM
Sam has six years’ experience and is willing to work all shifts. Sam is transgender, prefers gender-neutral pronouns (they/them), and is looking for a new job due to bullying at a previous workplace.
JUSTIN
Justin has five years’ experience, is hardworking, flexible, and has a great job history. Justin is also someone you met in college, dated briefly, and have not seen in a few years.
Post a Response
Decide which candidate would be the right fit for the salesclerk position, who did you select?
Describe the thought process that led to your decision and your reasons for not selecting one or more of the other candidates.
Justify your choice, including all of the considerations or factors that influenced your selection.

ADDRESSING AMBIVALENCE USING CHANGE TALK
Ambivalence occurs when service users have conflicting motivations about the desired change. On one hand, the service user may see the benefits of the change. On the other hand, service users may see equal or greater benefits to maintaining the status quo.
In this Discussion, you will determine which “flavor” of ambivalence the service user in your case study is demonstrating. Then, you will consider how to use change talk to help them move beyond their ambivalence.
Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
Review the Learning Resources on change talk. Pay particular attention to the different “flavors” of ambivalence and how to evoke change talk to help service users move beyond ambivalence.
Go to the Hart City virtual community using the link that is provided in the Learning Resources. Once you are in the community, review the case study you were assigned.
Identify which flavor of ambivalence your service user is demonstrating.
Identify the Hart City case study you were assigned in the subject line of your post.
Post a description of which flavor of ambivalence your service user is demonstrating, and explain why. Finally, explain how you would evoke change talk to help the service user move beyond their ambivalence. Be specific and use examples to illustrate your explanation. 
References
Walden University, LLC. (2020). Hart CityLinks to an external site. [Interactive media]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com
Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2023). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (4th ed.). The Guilford Press.

Chapter 11, “Offering Information and Advice” (pp. 191–202)
Chapter 12, “Supporting Persistence” (pp. 203–212)
Chapter 13, “Planting Seeds” (pp. 214–228)
Chapter 14, “Responding to Sustain Talk and Discord” (pp. 229–252)
Chapter 15, “Practicing Well” (pp. 253–264)

 Merit-based pay links pay to performance to reward individual contributions for employees and to provide encouragement for employees to perform at their best. While there are positive considerations for implementing this type of pay program, there are also drawbacks depending on the business environment.
Identify at least three ways that a merit-based pay system can support a business environment and at least three ways that a merit-based system can detract from a business environment.
Provide solutions to mitigate or combat the detractions or potential concerns related to implementing a merit-based pay system within a business environment.
Share your experiences in your narrative.

 An organization’s culture can have a big impact on its ability to successfully implement quality improvement initiatives. By examining situations where quality improvements were prevented from being implemented, we can learn the elements of a culture that can quickly make improvements impossible even when those improvements will lead to the saving of many, many lives.
Read about these three examples of problematic organizational cultures: this article about Florence Nightingale; this discussion about Ignaz Semmelweis; and this article about a culture of blame and denial. Then, consider what elements of those organizational cultures were problematic. In the examples of Nightingale and Semmelweis, you will also see how these people applied logical analyses (analogous to the problem-solving frameworks discussed in this module) of metrics and data they collected.
In your initial post, address the following:
Introduce yourself to the class by discussing your background in the nursing and healthcare administration industry.
Discuss your initial reaction to the examples of resistance to improvement initiatives.
Describe a few reasons for hesitancy toward the different quality improvement initiatives.

Do you think those reasons apply to today’s healthcare industry?

Three examples Links:
this article about Florence Nightingale:

Civil War Medicine: Florence Nightingale, The Influencer

this discussion about Ignaz Semmelweis:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333090/
culture of blame and denial:
https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/issuearticle/going-from-a-culture-of-blame-and-denial-to-a-culture-of-safety

As an organization develops a Total Rewards Strategy, one of the primary catego

As an organization develops a Total Rewards Strategy, one of the primary categories to consider is the compensation category. For a company to maintain a competitive edge, pay adjustments should be made based on job market fluctuations. As such, it is imperative to know where to begin as an HR professional.
Discuss the steps needed to make an informed decision about pay adjustments or to develop a pay structure.
Identify at least one method for gathering valid market data, at least one decision factor associated with collecting market data, and at least one data source.
Discuss how the chosen data align to make organizational decisions, or potentially hinder progress for an organization.
Share your experiences in your narrative.