third-party interventions

Discussion Question 5_11: Instructions Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to each of the following discussion questions. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer each discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the questions themselves. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document them in a bibliography using APA style.

Discuss the following:

Explain the following third-party interventions: mediation, fact-finder, and binding arbitration. Provide hypothetical examples of each. Compare four (4) tactics that a union might use to break an impasse. Do not discuss the three (3) interventions discussed in “a” above.

Discussion Question 5_12: Instructions Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to each of the following discussion questions. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer each discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the questions themselves. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document them in a bibliography using APA style.

You are an employee relations manager. Your last employee values and behaviors survey showed low ratings in the following three (3) areas:

A casual regard for company property and minor theft Among the salesforce, a lack of concern for and failure to apply ethical principles when dealing with clients A lack of familiarity with company ethics policy. Respond to the following. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

Access the Ashworth online library, ProQuest, and come up with three (3) creative initiatives to improve employee commitment to ethics in the workplace. Discuss three (3) methods to communicate your initiatives to employees. This item is “out of scope” for current budget, so you cannot use means beyond normal communication tools (weekly newsletter, etc.).

Activity 5_13: Instructions Activity Instructions: Employee Performance Appraisal Guidelines (100 points)

Your company has just decided to implement annual employee performance appraisals. This is a new process for all levels of employees and management feels there may be reluctance or hesitation to put much effort into this process. Your task is to create a PowerPoint presentation for those persons who will be administering the performance appraisals.

The following content should be present in the PowerPoint presentation.

A discussion of four (4) common dangers in filling out rating-scale appraisals. Five (5) recommendations on how to avoid appraisal problems. Four (4) tips/techniques for delivering an employee performance appraisal, such as making some suggestions about how to have a performance appraisal meeting or interview with an employee. In addition, the presentation should be interesting to the viewers, providing a pleasant viewing experience.

Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (100 points) (A 10-slide PowerPoint presentation is required.)