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Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Review Chapter 3, “Wages and Hours,” and Chapter 4, “Employee Benefits” in The Employer’s Legal Handbook.
3. Download and read the Inc. article “The New Rules of Branding Your Business Online.”
4. Locate via OCLS, download, and read SHRM’s HR Magazine article “Brand Your Company.”
5. Download and read the MIT Sloan Management Review article “Don’t Confuse Reputation with Brand.”
6. Respond to the following in your initial post:
   1. Wages and Hours ~OR~ Employee Benefits. From the table of contents located at the start of the textbook, select one of the topics of interest from Chapter 3 OR Chapter 4 for further study. Next, select one of the means below to compete the research. In the initial post, include your findings.
      1. Access the Bureau of Labor Statistics to locate current national or state data.
      2. Expand on the textbook information by accessing the free online resources (e.g., blogs, podcasts, videos, reports) from the publisher.
      3. Summarize a recent newspaper article (local, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc.).
      4. Interview a human resource management professional to find out more on the topic, especially as it applies to a particular company.
      5. Locate a professional website and describe the helpful resources available for HR practitioners (e.g., SHRM, World at Work, ATD, etc.).
      6. Describe your current workplace practice(s) and include a copy of the policy or procedure.
      7. Detail the employment law by means of additional information from the US Department of Labor’s Employment Law Guide: Laws, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services or other governmental website.
      8. Explain how the topic has been addressed by a particular state or locale (e.g., law(s), social acceptance, etc.).
      9. Identify key concepts provided by one of the “go-to” or supplemental sources cited by the author in the textbook chapter reading. (For this item, be sure to share in you post the textbook page number where it was mentioned.)
   2. HR’s Role in Corporate Branding. Complete the following:
      1. From the Fortune’s website, select one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For to summarize the basis for why the selected company received a “best” recognition from Fortune and to comparatively identify what your company could do differently to help it become a best-in-class organization.
      2. In the article by Johnson (2016), she writes

      By articulating our organization’s brand story, we gain clarity about what our shared purpose is. The understanding streamlines recruiting and adds transparency for workers around rewards and recognition. When we have the courage to tell our story authentically, we inspire employees toward a common goal. This reduces feelings of friction between individuals and replaces them with a greater sense of collaboration and comradery. (p. 35)Describe how well HR articulates your organization’s brand story, or that of a company with which you are familiar, and how HR might improve the company brand through storytelling based on the steps provided in Johnson’s article.

   1. Character or Reputation? Review the devotional scriptures and articles in 4.1 and respond to the following questions:
      1. What new insight did you gain from reading the articles and the scriptures?
      2. How can that insight carryover to workplace practices in the profession of HR?
7. Provide a detailed post that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking. Your initial posting should be 200–300 words long.
8. Your initial posting is to include the appropriate references for resources you have cited as a paraphrase or direct quote. Keep direct quotes and paraphrases limited to a maximum of 15% of your overall initial posting. For help on how to paraphrase, refer to the Purdue OWL Paraphrase website. For questions on APA style, go to OCLS APA Writing Styles Guides.