Overview Aligning a company’s human resources and business strategies is critical when seeking to increase competitive advantage. Some reasons that a business may seek to align or realign their business and HR strategies could include organizational restructuring, employee hiring and retention goals, social responsibility initiatives, and crisis management. The textbook broadly categorizes human resource strategies…

  Thinking of the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention and suicide assessment, decide which risk level the client is and discuss what interventions you would apply. A 14-year-old African American boy is sent for counseling by his school counselor because he has not been coming to school and is not performing when he is in…

 What are five things a crisis worker should explore with a client who is suspected of being homicidal? 

 How does someone engaging in self-injurious behaviors differ from someone who is suicidal? What interventions would you apply when working with a client engaging in self-injurious behaviors? 

ETHICAL COMPETENCIES IN HUMAN SERVICES Advanced human services professional practitioners are often faced with ethical dilemmas as they balance service users’ needs with the rules and regulations of organizations and systems. To help maintain this delicate balance and guide practice decisions, practitioners must follow codes of ethical conduct. In this Discussion, you consider how to…

  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…

Overview Aligning a company’s human resources and business strategies is critical when seeking to increase competitive advantage. Some reasons that a business may seek to align or realign their business and HR strategies could include organizational restructuring, employee hiring and retention goals, social responsibility initiatives, and crisis management. The textbook broadly categorizes human resource strategies…

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…

Overview 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…

  Thinking of the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention and suicide assessment, decide which risk level the client is and discuss what interventions you would apply. A 14-year-old African American boy is sent for counseling by his school counselor because he has not been coming to school and is not performing when he is in…