Discuss how the HR department can assist in helping companies address environmental factors.

Select a familiar company, either one you work for or one you know well. a. Identify 1 internal and 1 external HR factors that may affect this organization’s culture. 2. Select a second company that is in a very different product market and/or physical location than the first company. a. Compare/contrast at least one internal and one external HR factor that affects this company’s culture differently than your first company. 3. Discuss how the HR department can assist in helping companies address environmental factors. 4. Post your responses in the discussion forum titled 1.4 HR Factors Affecting Organizational Culture Discussion.

Identify five human resource management functions. a. Briefly define each of these five areas. i. Reflect on how HR professionals and managers should work collaboratively to maximize the impact of the major functional areas

identify five human resource management functions. a. Briefly define each of these five areas. i. Reflect on how HR professionals and managers should work collaboratively to maximize the impact of the major functional areas. ii. Consider how HR assists the organization in achieving its objectives. b. Create a graphic depiction of HR functional areas.

Consider Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” A common (mis)interpretation of the poem is that it’s about taking the nontraditional path. Why would this narrator tell a story where he/she clearly alters events?

Consider Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” A common (mis)interpretation of the poem is that it’s about taking the nontraditional path. However, it seems to be more about a poem about rationalizing one’s actions, as described in the video below. After reviewing the video, comment on this tendency of humans to rationalize actions. Why would this narrator tell a story where he/she clearly alters events?