Key Functions of Business Operations

Please complete ONE of the following assignments, incorporating ideas and concepts from the week’s lecture and/or articles. Please feel free to incorporate outside resources as well. When submitting your assignment, please indicate which of the three options you have chosen. For Options 2 and 3, please make sure to double space your papers.

Option 1: Get Creative

Design and format a 10 – 15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on one of the learning objectives found in the Getting Started – This Week’s Activities folder for this week. The requirements below must be met for your presentation to be accepted and graded:

• Design and format each slide for a presentation, see example below.
• The “Add Notes” sections must total a minimum of 250 words for the entire presentation. Use these sections to explain and support information provided on your slides.
• Include a cover slide and reference slide (these slides do not count toward the 10 – 15 slide requirement).
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
• Identify sources on slides that contain reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) and list them on a reference slide.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be from sources like scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Weekly Related Articles

The Key Elements of Business Success from an Operating Perspective
Business operations is the facet of an organization where most of the direct labor takes place.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/key-elements-busine…

The 20 Most Important Questions in Business
What entrepreneurs can do is ask the core set of tough questions that govern the fate of any enterprise. Armed with those answers, they stand the best chance of beating some fairly dire odds.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/21/walmart-microsoft…

Five Leadership Lessons from Successful Small-Business Owners
No two businesses and industries are alike, but successful leadership principles are largely universal
http://www.openforum.com/articles/5-leadership-les…

PART 2:

Roles of HRM

Please complete ONE of the following assignments, incorporating ideas and concepts from the week’s lecture and/or articles. Please feel free to incorporate outside resources as well. When submitting your assignment, please indicate which of the three options you have chosen. For Options 2 and 3, please make sure to double space your papers.

Option 1: Get Creative

Design and format a 10 – 15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on one of the learning objectives found in the Getting Started – This Week’s Activities folder for this week. The requirements below must be met for your presentation to be accepted and graded:

• Design and format each slide for a presentation, see example below.
• The notes sections must total a minimum of 250 words for the entire presentation. Use these sections to explain and support information provided on your slides.
• Include a cover slide and reference slide (these slides do not count toward the 10 – 15 slide requirement).
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
• Identify sources on slides that contain reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) and list them on a reference slide.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be from sources like scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Weekly Related Articles

Human Resources – It’s Time for a Reset
A number of forces in the business environment have created new opportunities for HR to become a truly significant contributor to the performance of organizations.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardlawler/2011/11/3…

Is Your HR Department Friend or Foe? Depends on Who’s Asking the Question
Talk to human resources professionals, consultants and scholars who study the workplace and you will find two different views of HR.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?art…

Facing Modern HR Challenges Head-On
The proliferation of technology and changes in the business environment have increased the importance of human resources in the modern world. The major challenges facing human resources arise from this elevation of human resource activities to a core strategic function.
http://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/ar…