HEALTHCARE --

ASSIGNMENT 1

Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. 

It is important that health care organizations train and mentor potential successors for critical positions. One way organizations do that is through succession planning. Define succession planning, explain its importance to organizational vitality, and discuss the succession planning process.

The initial post should be at least 500–700 words. 

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years. 

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate's posting? 
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting? 
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting? 
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings? 

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

ASSIGNMENT 2

Benefits are quite possibly one of the most important recruitment and retention tools that an organization has. For this assignment, you are tasked to create a benefits package for employees at your local health care organization. (This can be a fictional health care organization).

• Discuss and explain the mandatory benefits that the organization must provide to their employees. 
• Additionally, choose 3–4 voluntary benefits that your organization will provide to each employee and why those benefits are important in recruiting and retaining health care professionals. 
• In choosing the voluntary benefits, make sure you include your rationale for choosing those benefits and provide a full description of each benefit. 

Your paper should be 5–6 written pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page.

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 5 scholarly sources from the last 5 years. 

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

ASSIGNMENT 3 

Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. 

Discuss the 3 phases of the labor relations process: recognition phase, negotiation phase, and administration phase. Why is it important for human resources managers to have an understanding of labor relations?

The initial post should be at least 500–700 words. 

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years. 

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate's posting? 
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting? 
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting? 
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings? 

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

ASSIGNMENT 4 --- 

Synthesizing what you have learned throughout the course, develop a human resources plan or strategy for an urgent-care clinic.

At a minimum, your plan or strategy should consider the following: 

• Staffing 
• Recruitment 
• Retention 
• Development 
• Compensation

Your paper should be 8–10 written pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page.

Note: Use APA style to cite at least 7 scholarly sources from the last 5 years. 

Please submit your assignment.