Start a new business

Assume that you are about to start a new business. What type of business would it be?  Why would you select this type of business that is best for you?  Be specific and explain your product or service offerings. (minimum of 3 paragraphs with more than 3 sentences per paragraph)

How would you organize your business structure and why (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, LLC, franchise)? Explain why you made this choice over the other options available. Discuss how your business lends itself to best suit the particular business structure you chose  (minimum of 2 paragraphs with more than three sentences per paragraph)

Discuss the specific resources that would be necessary (location/space, capital, human, materials/merchandise, technology, information) and other resources and intangible property in order to start and run your business? Discuss each type fully.  (minimum of five paragraphs with more than three sentences per paragraph)

Discuss each of the five functions of the business (Organizing, Financing, Production, Marketing, Employment) as they pertain to your business and how you will address each one of these in your company.  (minimum of five paragraphs with more than three sentences per paragraph)

Discuss three external forces that will likely impact your business. Explain in detail how will you address each of these challenges.  (minimum of three paragraphs with more than 3 sentences per paragraph)

Identify and discuss your target market.  How would you market your business in order to attract your target market? Be specific.  (minimum of two paragraphs with more than three sentences per paragraph)

How could you use social media to promote your business? Provide an example of a social media post, you would use. Be sure to identify the and platform for this post.  (minimum of two paragraphs with more than three sentences per paragraph)

Conduct a SWOT analysis on the possibility of starting your new business.  Provide at least two items in each category. Use the chart below.

Do not include the questions in our project.

Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive

Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive indicate that from 2016 to 2017 work related back disorders were responsible for the loss of 3.2 million working days. For the economy, that’s a huge amount of lost working time, but on a more personal level these numbers show the big difference a back injury can make to someone’s working life. For each case included in the statistics, the average number of working days lost was 16.5 days.

 

Based on the above situation, you have been hired as a consultant to develop a back injury prevention program. How would you apply FIVE (5) strategies to make sure the back injury’s problems could be reduced in the workplace?

Primary function of HRM

The primary function of HRM is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees attaining organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the areas of HRM that have been discussed in this course:

  • Performance management
  • Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection
  • Human resources development
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Employment and labor laws and regulations

Provide a high-level overview of each HRM area listed above.

Potential effectiveness of an accommodation strategy

Employer associations prefer that the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) use accommodation strategies to achieve compliance and oppose the criminalisation of ‘wages theft. Discuss the potential effectiveness of an accommodation strategy over a deterrence strategy relative to the each of the three main reasons that employers fail to comply. In the discussion, comment on why general deterrence is an important part of the FWO’s enforcement strategies?

Dominant form of rule-making

The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) intended that the dominant form of rule-making would be enterprise bargaining, with Modern Awards serving as a safety net. The decline in the number of employees and employers covered by enterprise agreements suggests that the Modern Award system has become the dominant form of rule-making. Discuss both (a) the deficiencies in Australia’s agreement-making system and (b) potential reforms to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) that could make bargaining of some kind the dominant form of rule-making.

 

How personal behaviour demonstrates responsibility for general workplace health, safety and welfare

State how personal behaviour demonstrates responsibility for general workplace health, safety and welfare, in relation to:

– recognising when to stop work in the face of serious and imminent danger to self and/or others

– contributing to discussions and providing feedback

– reporting changed circumstances and incidents in the workplace

– complying with the environmental requirements of the workplace.

Functions and powers of the FWC

Later in 2022, there will be a summit meeting of the new Federal government (the Australian Labor Party), employer associations and unions to identify reforms to the industrial relations system. Keeping in mind the overall s.3 Object of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Ct), discuss whether it is likely that the functions and powers of the FWC will be changed. The discussion must make reference to particular functions and powers of the FWC.

Strategic Workforce Planning

Strategic Workforce Planning Final Assignment In this final assignment, assume that you are working for Siemens Wind Power Division, as a Division HR Business Partner. The Corporate HR department has asked all divisions to assist in a company-wide workforce analysis project with the goal of understanding the supply and demand issues related to filling certain Critical Talent Roles, including recommending if prior historical trends are suitable for predicting future supply and demand needs. Your analysis and findings will be reviewed by Senior Management and, if approved, will be directly passed along to the Corporate Talent Analytics Department in order for them to begin determining how many recruiting labor—hours will be required to fill current and potential future needs. Your Department has identified the Wind Turbine Service Technicians, both part time and full time, as a Critical Talent Role. Your manager has asked you to complete a workforce assessment and recommendation for this position. The project requires examining external supply and demand [using provided web sites, with limited additional research} as well as internal turnoverfjob movement patterns. Sources to consider for this assessment I Internal: company website I External supply: Dnetcenter.com, and other personal research I External demand: BLS, and other personal research I Internal: transition matrix and historical interviewing patterns I Analysis of all data in order to make recommendations. Using these data sources, you are required to recommend steps for the future. This work is divided into three steps: 1} Data gathering for supply, demand and internal mobility patterns, 2) Data analysis (looking at all data sources critically) and 3) Recommendations for the future. This approach will allow the organization to understand this Critical Talent Role from all perspectives

Outsource the recruitment and selection function of the human resource division

Karabo Enterprise decided to outsource the recruitment and selection function of the human resource division, to one of the recruitment agencies in South Africa, Kgomotso Holdings. They decided that Kgomotso Holdings is the best organisation to outsource the recruitment and selection division to, based on their thorough knowledge of the recruitment and selection process. Kgomotso Holdings has been nominated as the recruiter of the year, and has won the award for the “Best Placement Company of the Year" at the Eafazi 2D21 Annual Awards. lIEJutsourcing the recruitment function to Kgomotso Holdings will enable Karabo Enterpriseto recruit employees with specialised skills in supply—main management Karabo Enterprise currently has no qualified employees that cat conduct a recruitment and selection process for supply—chain specialists in their employment. Hence, they have outsourced the recruitment and selection function but still have the responsibility to oyersee the process from beginring to end. 1 Certain aspects of the recruitment and selection process are still done in the organisation [Karabo Enterprise]. This includes determining of remuneration and benefits of the successful candidates, the induction process and the allocation of appointed employees to the appropriate division at Karabo Enterprise once training has been completed. This was decided to ensure that Karabo Enterprise continues to keep abreast of what is happening with new employees in the organisation. Based on the scenario, apply part two of the two-part model for outsourcing and discuss what decision you could have made regarding what to outsource and indicate which option you think Karabo Enterprise chose or selected or applied. {2D}

Engaging and informed way to influence others

Contribute confidently to discussions in a clear, engaging and informed way to influence others.

Consider times where you have had to be courageous in speaking up. Perhaps you have had responsibility of ensuring
people practices are applied within the organisation or improving practices in HR, L&D and OD?
• Think about how you engaged people. What research/data did you use to inform them? How did you influence?
• Talk about what you could do (if you haven’t had the experience).