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Then select the class Fund Human Resource Mgmt and select assessment 1
From there please read the requirements for the paper, and the required/suggested sources needed to be used.

Write a research paper in which you address the recruiting and selection functions of a selected organization, based on information you have gathered

and analyzed about the organization.

Attracting top talent that fits the organization is of considerable importance. The ability to attract talented people is one of the foundational

skills for any HR professional and one that will be utilized throughout your career. In addition to attracting top talent, you must make the decision

about whom to bring on board and in what relationship: full time, part time, or contract.

Preparation

Before beginning the assessment, complete the following:

Choose an organization to use for this assessment. It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar. It must be an

organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information in order to complete the assessment. You may use the same

organization for the other assessments.
If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be

documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee.
Research the recruiting and selection functions of the chosen organization.

Deliverable

Based on your research into the recruiting and selection functions of the organization you selected, write a research paper in which you complete the

following:

Describe the organization’s current state of labor (for example, shortages, surplus, et cetera), including any recent changes in labor needs

(shortages, temporary workers).
Explain the recruiting policies and methods being used by the organization.
Analyze the talent acquisition processes of the organization.
Explain the selection process used, including testing, background checks, drug screening, interviews, and so on.
Analyze elements of the organization that contribute to its image as an employer (for example, compensation, geographic location, size, et cetera). How

do these elements affect the ability of the organization to attract and retain talent?

Please note: You must address all the required elements of this assessment. If details for any of the bulleted points are unavailable, research the

topic and present recommendations you believe would be best for the organization, along with your supporting rationale.
Additional Requirements

Your submitted assessment should include a title page, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page.
Be sure you support your analyses with references to at least two resources.
You should format this assessment as a research paper following APA 6th edition guidelines for both style and citing sources, making sure that you also

use correct grammar and mechanics.

Be sure you answer these criteria’s as well:
-Analyzes the organizational labor situation.
-Evaluates recruiting policies and methods.
-Evaluates the talent acquisition processes.
-Analyzes the selection processes.
-Evaluates elements that affect the ability of an organization to attract and retain talent.

Please thoroughly read through the requirements and complete Assessment 1

 

 

 

In the readings this week were several articles on personal characteristics and skills needed in this profession in the area of IT audit and

data analytics. I would like each of you to identify one of the four areas from the PwC article Data Driven that you are most likely to do or

have the most interest in at this point. Explain what that area interests you and what you see yourself doing in 10 years.I would then like for

you to describe, using all of the readings for the week, the skills needed to be successful in that career over the next 12-15 years. Then, I

would like for you to do an honest self-assessment of your skills identified in the articles that you possess at this point and conclude how

well you are currently prepared for this work.

As an example of this, I will do briefly do a self-assessment of my Excel skills. I have not tried to give you an example of the entire

assignment, just the type of self-assessment one might do.

The EY article, Analytics Mindset, people in data analytics should have a mastery of excel. I have significant experience using excel to

manipulate data and have used advanced functions such as VLOOKUP and Pivot tables. However, a key skill within excel that I need to improve is

speed. For example, I typically use the mouse when highlighting data. Audit managers and partners have reported to me that employees who do

not regularly use the keyboard, instead of the mouse, will not acquire the speed necessary to complete jobs on time. Thus, a key skill I need

to improve in Excel is mastering the key strokes to improves my efficiency using the tool.

To get the best grade on this assignment, you need to demonstrate that you have been thoughtful in doing this. In the self assessment, you need

to explain why you rated yourself in various ways. Note that I used the EY article to identify a key skill. You should not necessarily assume

that that is the only way to do this assignment.

The assignment should be no more than three pages single-spaced. You will be graded in part on how well you respond to the items in bold. You

may use other material than the articles to sufficiently answer the questions.

Writing structure, grammar, organization, coherence, answering the questions asked, and seriously endeavoring to thoughtfully respond to what

was asked all count.

Please answer all of the questions thoroughly in 3 pages single spage

Explain what that area interests you and what you see yourself doing in 10 years.

The area in the Data Driven PwC article that interest me is Audit. In the next ten years, I envision myself working in public accounting and

being an audit manager/partner.

I would then like for you to describe, using all of the readings for the week, the skills needed to be successful in that career over the next

12-15 years.

Please describe the skills needed to be successful in Audit based on the readings

An honest self-assessment of your skills identified in the articles that you possess at this point

Conclude how well you are currently prepared for this work.

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IS Audit Basics: Perspectives From a Seasoned Practitioner
Ed Gelbstein, Ph.D.
It was a bit of a surprise and a huge compliment to be invited to contribute to this column after many years reading the words of Tommie

Singleton in this space. I shall do my best not to disappoint. To give you a hint as to where this column is going during the upcoming year, let

us start with a summary of some lessons learned in my many years dealing with information systems, technologies and audits.
Change is fast and profound. Over the last five decades, technical innovation and new legislation relating to data and information have caused

major dislocations. These, in turn, have created the need for new approaches to IS/IT audit. Some of these changes are outlined in figure 1.

While this table is certainly incomplete, the conclusion is that continuous learning is inescapable. Thus, we are required to learn how to learn

and then how to unlearn and relearn.1 Failure to do this is a guarantee of professional stagnation and failed careers.
In the IS Audit Basics column, I plan to reflect the lessons I learned both as an auditee and as an IS/IT executive and auditor. I intend for

them to be thought-provoking as opposed to sets of procedural “do this” statements.
What We Know We Know
Dependency on IS/IT has become irreversible and its governance and management rely on audit competencies and independence. Innovation cycles are

likely to remain short and bring with them new vulnerabilities and management challenges.
Besides, internal and external threats keep changing and, unless mitigated, these could have an adverse and potentially serious effect on

organizations. The frameworks for information assurance, security, risk and governance evolve as experience is gained and lessons are learned.
The same is true for audit standards and guidelines. It is prudent to assume that the domains of IS/IT audit have become so large that it is now

unlikely that anyone can know everything about it. This makes the development of IS/IT audit strategies that much harder.
On the positive side, the audit profession offers many opportunities for personal and professional growth: progression to chief audit executive

(CAE), membership in audit committees, consultancy and senior management roles. The choice is yours, but only if you are prepared.
The following is a good reminder of what the concept of “auditor” covers:2
• A……Analytical
• U……Unbiased
• D……Diplomatic
• I…….Independent (and inquisitive)
• T……Thorough
• O……Objective
• R……Reliable
Having worked with (and learned much from) many capable auditors, there have been occasions when I came across others who would have done far

better to have pursued a different career. Why? Because they showed themselves to be one or more of the following: arrogant, disorganized,

undisciplined, opinionated, cynical or emotionally incontinent. Let us say that they were not respected by their victims.
Your Credibility and Other Good Things of Which to be Conscious
Credibility is the essential asset for any auditor. If your independent assessments cannot be backed by your credibility, they are worthless

and, therefore, as an auditor, so are you. Credibility is built over time by developing knowledge and experience. It helps to:
• Fully understand what your CAE considers to be “good enough”
• Make certain at all stages that anything you say and write is supported by evidence—be it audit tests that you have personally conducted

or documentation you have reviewed
• Maintain confidentiality by discussing audit findings and results with only those who need to know
• Remember that gossip, rumors and other inside information are not evidence
• Not jump to conclusions
Integrity is another fundamental requirement for an auditor, involving honesty, fair dealing (or objectivity) and truthfulness.
Finally, after passing the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) examination, you are likely to be dealing with experienced professionals

from whom you can learn much. Make sure you take the time to do so, as this is the best way to broaden your understanding and experience of the

audit process and the interpersonal and political dimensions of the job. Ask lots of questions, particularly “Why?,” until you are satisfied

with your understanding.
It is good to remember that while management understands the role and importance of audits, when the time comes, auditors are rarely welcome.

After all, when the auditors descend on a team carrying out project or operational work, the result is disruption: The auditors need

documentation and access to data, request meetings over a period of several weeks or more, and keep asking awkward questions.
Bear in mind that some auditees may have had bad experiences if previous auditors created the impression that they were focused on criticism,

assigning blame or engaged in the mindless pursuit of perfection. Besides, if members of previous audit teams were not well informed about the

role of IS/IT in the organization—its criticality, structure, resources, past performance and related issues—they may have been perceived as not

making good use of the time assigned in the audit plan or focusing on irrelevant areas.
It is important for auditors to understand the auditee’s history: What was the scope of past audits? What actions were recommended (particularly

those worded “shall” rather than “should”)? And, how many of these implementations were re-audited? It is also important to find out how many of

the recommendations were not implemented and why.
Knowledge of the audit history should include the approach taken by your predecessors, the audit strategy, the adopted standards and guidelines,

and, especially, the interpersonal relations between past auditors and auditees. A history of disagreements, conflict and lack of trust is hard

to recover from and can easily result in mistrust and resistance.
About the Next Column
The next column will continue this introduction to the realities of IS/IT audits by exploring what makes an audit successful from the

perspective of the many parties involved: the auditors, the CAE, the audit committee, senior management and, not least, the auditees.
Given that audits are an activity carried out by people who interact with other people, topics related to soft skills will appear in future

columns because successful audits depend on how such interactions take place.
Conclusion
You can be confident that IS/IT technologies will continue to change and with them, audit practices. Be prepared!
Endnotes
1 Alvin Toffler, www.alvintoffler.net/?fa=galleryquotes
2 Tangient, “Introduction to Audit,” boruetthsm, boruetthsm.wikispaces.com/file/view/Auditing.ppt
Ed Gelbstein, Ph.D., has worked in IS/IT in the private and public sectors in various countries for more than 50 years. He did analog and

digital development in the 1960s, incorporated digital computers in the control systems for continuous process in the late 60s and early 70s,

and managed projects of increasing size and complexity until the early 1990s. In the 1990s, he became an executive at the preprivatized British

Railways and then the United Nations global computing and data communications provider. Following his (semi)retirement from the UN, he joined

the audit teams of the UN Board of Auditors and the French National Audit Office. He also teaches postgraduate courses on business management of

information systems. He can be contacted at gelbstein@diplomacy.edu.
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A very good insight into audit basics( IT& non IT) looking forward to the next installment!
Posted by Patrick904 on 12 Jan 2015
This is a great article and I long for the next article from Ed Gelbstein. Ed, in your article you made mention of an auditor not drawing his

conclusions from hearsay or gossips. My question is incase one hears of such gossips, what should you do as an auditor. Do you investigate it?
Posted by Seyram676 on 21 Jan 2015
My favourite line from this article is: “Credibility is the essential asset for any auditor. If your independent assessments cannot be backed by

your credibility, they are worthless and, therefore, as an auditor, so are you.” Maybe we need to incorporate a “C” for credible into the

following list: •C….. Credible •A……Analytical •U……Unbiased •D……Diplomatic •I…….Independent (and inquisitive) •T……Thorough

•O……Objective •R……Reliable
Posted by Jasbir on 11 Feb 2015
Excellent read, anxiously waiting for the next article.
Posted by Kamran461 on 03 Aug 2015
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Part 1
Write a paper (1,450 words) in which you analyze and appraise each of the (15) articles identified in Topic 1. Pay particular attention to

evidence that supports the problem, issue, or deficit, and your proposed solution.

Hint: The Topic 2 readings provide appraisal questions that will assist you to efficiently and effectively analyze each article.

Refer to Topic 2: Checklist. attached below”

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is

not required.
Part 2
Identify a theory that can be used to support your proposed solution.

Write a summary (225 words) in which you:

Describe the theory and your rationale for selecting the theory.
Discuss how the theory works to support your proposed solution.
Explain how you will incorporate the theory into your project.

For many companies, change is a constant thing. A company that can smoothly navigate organization change is one that is more nimble and better

able to meet market demands for products. In this assignment, you will develop a change management plan that is similar to what a business today

might use to implement change.
Assume you are the supervisor of a product development team that designs cell phone applications for your company’s newest cell phone.

Unfortunately, this model has not been performing well in the market and your company has decided to discontinue production.
Your team is being asked to discontinue their current operations and move to the design and development of applications for a new smart phone.

This will require new skills and experience that some of your team members do not possess. In addition, management has asked for a shortened

timeline meaning your team will have to put in considerable overtime hours.
You are to develop a change management plan for leading your team through these changes, including reorganization. You will review your plan

with your boss.
Research change management plans using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select at least two

authoritative resources, one of which may be your text, to use in this assignment. Be sure to use real-world situations when presenting examples

in your response.
Download and review the Change Management Plan template. Analyze the case information and fill in the template.
*Please note that I will download the Change Management Plan Template and I will upload for you as it is a required material for this

assignment.
Write a detailed change management plan covering the following:
• Identify two reorganizational changes and their impact on the team.
• Offer suggestions and strategies for managing the change including:
o Two ways to communicate the reorganization plans with the team
o Two ways to gain buy-in from the team
o Two ways to deal with resistance from the team
o Two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change
• Identify two specific ways you will inform your supervisor of plans and progress.
• Identify five action items required in order to implement the change.
• Identify seven potential risks along with a plan of the action to take if a risk occurs. Explain your solutions.
Give reasons and examples from your selected resources in support of your assertions.
Write a 5–6-page paper in Word format. Be sure to include your filled-in Change Management Plan template. Apply APA standards to citation of

sources.
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Identified two reorganizational changes and their impacts on the team. Justify your responses. 28
Suggested two ways of how you can communicate the reorganization plans with the team. Include your justification. 28
Suggested two ways to gain buy-in from your team. Include your justification. 48
Suggested two ways to deal with resistance from the team. Include your justification. 28
Suggested two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change. Include your justification. 28
Identified two ways you will communicate the plans and progress to your supervisor. Justify your decision. 28
Identified five action items required in order to implement the change. Justify your response. 20
Identified seven potential risks along with a plan if a risk occurs. Justify your solutions. 28
Writing Components:
Organization (16)
usage and mechanics (16)
APA elements (24)
Style (8) 64
Total: 300

Ishmael Book Report

According to Daniel Quinn, why are humans always failing? According to Ishmael, why is the view that humans are always failing wrong?

 

Section Warm-Up
Journal: Prove It!

The illustration shows the mixing of two colorless aqueous solutions (lead nitrate and potassium iodide) in a sealed flask to form a yellow precipitate

(lead iodide) and a colorless solution (potassium nitrate). Record your answers to the following questions:
• What is meant by the phrase, “conservation of mass?”
• How would you prove that mass is conserved in this reaction?
• The equation that represents this reaction is Pb(NO3)2(aq) + 2 KI(aq) PbI2(s) + 2 KNO3(aq). In what ways does this equation show conservation

of mass?

Access the latest annual report, or Form 10-K, of a publicly-traded company of your choice using the company’s website or www.sec.gov. You can

usually access from a company’s website by clicking on investor relations, then annual reports, and search for latest form 10K. From the SEC

website (www.sec.gov), search for the selected company’s name and then search for its latest form 10-K. Using form 10-K of your selected

company, answer the following questions in an essay format.

Identify three accounts on your selected company’s and balance sheet that provide evidence that the company utilizes accrual accounting. Ensure

you provide explanations as well as the income statement account that would be affected by the adjustment process.

Identify and explain three income statement accounts that may result in accrual and deferrals adjusting entries.

Explain depreciation expense, amortization expense, accumulated depreciation, and accumulated amortization? In the financial statements and

notes of your selected company, identify the four accounts. How much was each of these four accounts for the most recent year and on which

financial statements were each reported?

What are income taxes and income tax expense (or provision for income taxes)? In the financial statements and notes of your selected company,

identify cash paid for income taxes as well as income tax expense (or provision for income taxes). How much was each of these accounts for the

most recent year and on which financial statements was each reported?

Ensure you include the form 10-K page numbers in your citations for each response. Include retrieval link for the 10-K as one of your sources

so your instructor can verify the information.

Create a 200- to 250-word outline of your approach and division of tasks for the Emergency Preparedness Drill.The assignment can be in bullet

point format and provide a general overview of your approach to the assignment and determined responsibilities. More instructions are at the end

of the uploaded file.

Emergency Management Scenario One

SEVERE WEATHER FLOOD
Major portions of the city have been affected by sudden severe weather with hail and heavy rains. These have caused the North River to flood

parts of the City of Mertzville. These incidents are reported across a large-scale area. You have received an emergency declaration from your

Mayor and are asked to immediately respond and implement the Incident Command System (ICS) and emergency management response.

Overview: The North River flows south through the City of Mertzvile. This river flows through the entire town. This includes flowing past an

industrial business park where several manufacturing plants and where houses store various dangerous chemicals and much of the cities food

storage, and the cities vibrant downtown riverfront district, which includes, shopping, restaurants, and condominiums. This severe flooding has

caused the North River to displace all businesses within one block of the river and some residences in the downtown riverfront area.

The North River has not flooded in over 100 years and this event was unplanned. The assignment requires a response plan to the flooded area

along with the coordination and implementation of a disaster response.

You have the flexibility to improvise or realistically create information or details not included in the emergency management materials.

Critical elements of this assignment focus on your ability to understand differing ways and means to apply the emergency management process and

approach to safely manage critical incidents. These incidents often involve tough decisions including assignments, personnel, equipment,

training, and other factors affecting employees.

*** Provide the 200- 250 words outline by answering the following ***

Recovery approach to the North River Flood
a. Over all approach
b. Include how to prevent the North river from flooding again
c. Mitigation concerns

The assignment can be in bullet point format and provide a general overview of your approach to the assignment and determined responsibilities.

The Toulmin essay will help you practice what you have learned so far in this course. First, you will choose a topic of interest. Make sure that you choose a topic with two opposing sides. Then, you need to research that topic in order to specify the topic’s scope, so it can be easily discussed in 1000 word essay. For example, you may be interested in learning more about traffic issues in the United States. However, that topic is too large to cover in a 1000 word essay. After researching peer reviewed articles that discuss US traffic issues in general, you may discover that the metro system in the District of Columbia is underfunded and underutilized. Through your research, you found that you could make a claim that more funds should be made available in order to upgrade the metro system, which would improve traffic issues in the District of Columbia. This would make for a stronger, specific argument.

The following overused topics may not be used in your essay:
gun control,
abortion,
capital punishment,
gay marriage,
gays in the military,
mandatory drug testing,
euthanasia,
childhood obesity,
women in the military,
diets (including the Paleo diet),
workout regimens (including CrossFit),
underage drinking, dangers of smoking (including e-cigarettes and synthetic marijuana) salaries for college athletes
and the legalization of marijuana.

This essay must include a minimum of five sources. Three should be peer-reviewed sources, preferably from the APUS databases. From the library welcome page, click on Advanced Search at the bottom of the page and then check the “peer reviewed” sources box filter. This video will hopefully clarify the term, “peer-reviewed”: http://youtu.be/rOCQZ7QnoN0. You may use eBooks; however, as discussed in your textbook, books generally are not as current as peer-reviewed articles. You may also use primary sources (interviews, statistics, etc); however, these primary sources should be obtained from experts within that field. If you cannot find strong sources for your chosen topic, then change your topic. If you have a question about the validity of a source, please email me, or post your question to the open forum. Note: Consider your audience as laymen in the field with only general knowledge of your topic.

Make sure to include the following sections in your essay:

an introduction and claim,
background,
body,
and a conclusion.

Within the body of your essay, make sure to include the following in any order:

support for your claim,
opposing or alternate views,
the strengths and weaknesses of your opponents’ claims,
and your rebuttals of their claims.

After you have written your essay, please make sure to revise the content of your essay. Lastly, be sure to edit your essay by checking grammar, format, and smaller technical details. Please make sure your essay is written in third person.

The Annotated Bibliography

An annotated Bibliography (AB) is due with your Toulmin essay. Using the MLA guide, list each source as it will appear on the Works Cited page of your essay. Summarize each source in two or three grammatically-correct sentences. These short summaries are the “annotations.” The following is a sample of an “annotated bibliography.”

Annotated Bibliography (Centered)

Clark, Irene L. The Genre of Argument. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Print.

Clark’s textbook identifies the major steps to developing a well-researched and well-written argumentative essay. Professional essays are included in the text as models.

Ward, Russ. Logical Argument in the Research Paper. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace, 1997. Print.

For your second paper, write an explanatory synthesis of “CQ Researcher: The Gender Pay Gap,” “The Wage Gap: Unconscious Bia in Judging

the Value of Predominantly Female Professions,” “American Women and the Wage Gap,” and “CQ Researcher: Women and Work”. In this explanatory

synthesis, you should explainseveralpossible causes of the gender wage gap and what laws/legislation is being pursued in order to close the

gap. You should use the information in the sources to explain those points. You should synthesize your sources by addressing one causeor piece

of legislation at a time, rather than addressing one source at a time. Because you will not have the time or space to discuss all of the

possible causes of the gender wage gap or all of the legislation being considered to help close it, you will need to focus on those causes and

pieces of legislation that you think are the most important and identify those in you thesis statement, but you are not making an argument

about their importance. The sole purpose of this paper is to explain the major causes of the gender wage gap and what types of legislation has

been proposed to combat it.

Paper two will be worth 15% of your final grade. Because you are dealing with a number of sources, your paper must include parenthetical

citations whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize the articles. You will be held responsible for all the grammar and organizational topics

we have covered in class up to this point, so do not forget to revise and proofread as you type your essay. Should be 3-4 double spaced pages

long.