Rubric Name: Stage 3 Grading Rubric for Kellys Salon Assignment

       Criteria90-100% Far Above Standards80-89% Above Standards70-79% Meets Standards60-69% Below Standards< 60% Well Below StandardsHigh/ Medium/ Low or N/A Rankings20 points

18-20 Points 

Rankings all demonstrate a strong understanding of course concepts, analysis and critical thinking; and are appropriate for the business in the case study and the process.

17 points

16-17 Points

Most rankings demonstrate an understanding of course concepts, analysis and critical thinking; and are appropriate for the business in the case study and the process.

15 points

14-15 Points

Rankings are designated and demonstrate a basic understanding of course concepts or analysis.

13 points

12-13 Points

Rankings are provided but selection may be lacking in demonstration of understanding of course concepts or analysis.

0 points

0-11 Points

Few, if any rankings provided or rankings are not appropriate for the process and/or the case study.

Explanation for Rankings60 points

54-60 Points

Explanations are at least three good sentences which use course vocabulary to clearly and convincingly justify rankings; demonstrate a strong understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking; and are focused on the business in the case study and the process and its data.

53 points

48-53 Points

Explanations are at least three good sentences which use course vocabulary to clearly justify most rankings and demonstrate an understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking; and are focused on the business in the case study and the process and its data.

47 points

42-47 Points

Explanations are at least three good sentences that justify rankings and refer to the case study process and/or its data.

41 points

36-41 Points

Several explanations are less than three good sentences, and/or do not adequately justify rankings; may be lacking in demonstration ofunderstanding of course concepts, analysis, and/or critical thinking; or are not focused on the business in the case study.

0 points

0-35 Points

Few, if any explanations are provided; explanations are incomplete or not compatible with rankings; or little effort demonstrated.

References10 points

9-10 Points

Two or more sources–one source should be within the IFSM 300 course content and one external (other than the course materials) are incorporated and used effectively. Sources used are relevant and timely and contribute to the analysis.  References are appropriately incorporated and cited using APA style.

8 points

8 Points

At least one source is incorporated and used effectively. Source(s) are relevant and contribute to the analysis. References are appropriately incorporated and cited using APA style.

7 points

7 Points

At least one resource used and properly incorporated into the text. Reference is cited using APA style.

6 points

6 Points

A reference source is included, but is not properly incorporated or used and/or is not effective or appropriate and/or is not relevant or timely; and/or does not follow APA style for references and citations.

0 points

0-5 Points

No research is incorporated or reference listed is not cited within text.

Format10 points

9-10 Points

Information is professionally presented, clear and easily understood; is written in third person and uses course vocabulary, correct sentence structure, grammar, and spelling. Generic strategy and process to be improved are correctly identified.

8 points

8 Points

Information is presented well; is clear, and uses correct sentence structure; written in third person, and has few grammar, and spelling errors. Generic strategy and process to be improved are correctly identified.

7 points

7 Points

Information is presented with some grammar and/or spelling errors. Generic strategy and process to be improved are correctly identified.

6 points

6 Points

Information is not professionally presented, may not be clearly written, and/or contains several grammar and/or spelling errors. Generic strategy and/or process to be improved may be incorrect or missing.

0 points

0-5 Points

Information is extremely poorly written; has many grammar and/or spelling errors; and/or does not convey the information adequately. Generic strategy and process to be improved are not provided.

Overall Score90-100% Far Above Standards90 or more80-89% Above Standards80 or more70-79% Meets Standards70 or more60-69% Below Standards60 or more< 60% Well Below Standards0 or more      

Discussion 1:

The HR department is responsible for many functions of a business, such as:

• Staffing

• Development of Workplace Policies

• Compensation and Benefits

• Retention

• Training and Development

• Dealing with Laws Affecting Employment

• Worker Protection

• Communication and Awareness of External Factors

It’s very costly for businesses to train employees, which is why HR takes retention very seriously. It’s a lot more efficient to train one employee and then retain them long term as opposed to hiring someone new every couple of months. This is why companies nowadays are very competitive in providing many quality benefits, such as health care and 401k. They want to make sure their employees are taken care so that the employees have no reason to seek work elsewhere. HR takes hiring very seriously as well. I’ve had the opportunity to take part in several interviews, and am familiar with the process HR goes through when pick the best candidate. Overall, HR plays a very important role for a business, taking care of employees in numerous ways. HR isn’t a cost center but rather a profit center. This is a business wouldn’t be profitable without its employees running the store. There wouldn’t be any employees without HR.

HRMN 300 Digital Textbook (2017) Chapter 1: The Role of Human Resources

Brooks, Art. “Overcoming Top Myths in HR.” HRM Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

Discussion 2

QUESTION 1: What does Strategic HR mean?

Strategy regarding human resources (HR) is the process of laying the framework for policies that address a spectrum of the processes like hiring requirement, training requirement, employee benefits, and internal the external environmental factors that can affect the business. The strategy efforts of the HR management department are intended to move employee’s’ efforts toward the organization’s goals and objects (Krishnan & Singh, 2011).

    Base on this week’s reading, I believe that we are studying HRM in the first week because it lays the foundation for what need to happen to move employees toward business objectives. Strategy from HR manager is meant to support the overall mission of the organization. To include writing and enforcing the policy are in aligned with the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives. HR management must also be aware of the internal and external environment to ensure they are allied with the organization’s goal and objective. For example, HR manager’s strategy will need to include organization culture, multicultural hiring, retention of employees, benefits and processes that move employee toward company objectives and goals. For external factor, HR managers will need to understand external threat, strength, weakness, and opportunity that effect employees and the overall organization, for example new laws and regulation (Business Jargons, n.d.).

Reference

Business Jargons. (n.d.). Strategic Human Resource Management Process. Retrieved from http://businessjargons.com/strategic-human-resource-management-process.html

Krishnan, S. K., & Singh, M. (2011). Strategic Human Resource Management: A Three-Stage Process Model and Its Influencing Factors. South Asian Journal of Management, 1(1). Retrieved 2017, from https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-2347124721/strategic-human-resource-management-a-three-stage.

Discussion 3

1. Databases are an integral part of Zillow; now consider and list some reasons that a business might use a database.

   Store customer information and buying history to target marketing campaigns

   Large business may store data for sale to smaller business

   To record business statistics for management reporting examples sales amounts, inventory, labor costs

   Creating schedules for large call centers and general workforce management functions

   Transactional processing in the credit card industry and banks

2. Zillow uses business intelligence to create a unique product for its customers, how can business intelligence be used in the course case study?

   They can sell their trending data to mortgage lenders to do a less expensive initial appraisal of the property. It is also used so homeowners can see the data on their house or a prospective house to help in home buying decisions. Customers may also use it to see the tending of their property value or their property in relation to similar properties.

3. In the course case study, how could a data mart be used to help with the release of a new-product launch?

   Data mart could be used specifically for lending data of the consumer, including salary, credit score, location, etc. This consumer data mart would be separate from the data mart for houses.

4. Categorize the five common characteristics of high- quality information and rank them in order of importance to the course case study.

   1. 1. 1. Timeliness
         2. Accuracy
         3. Validity
         4. Completeness
         5. Consistency
         6. Uniqueness

 5. Zillow uses a data- driven website to run its business, would this be useful to the business in the course case study? Explain why or why not.

1. A data driven website would not be useful for the Hair salon in the case study. It is a useful product because Zillow is an internet based company, the service they provide is an online tool for consumers relating to housing, therefore being data driven and having an accessible reliable user interface vie the web is critical to what they do. A hair Salon’s primary service they perform is cosmology with in person service at a specific location. The use of technology in the hair salon would be mostly to streamline internal business process and not to use an ecommerce model like Zillow does.

   Discussion 4

   I do understand that hackers could posses a great danger on an individual, however I was not fully aware of the damage they can do to a country, such as Estonia. After watching the video, I was really surprised at learning about the cyber attacks! The hackers affected all Estonia’s parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters. I think that hackers nowadays, could cause more harm to a country today than hackers back in the day, since technology has advanced tremendously. Databases for major businesses in the country could be stolen, and the hackers would have access to personal or political information such as people’s names, addresses, and financial information from businesses and organizations within the country. 

   I was able to find a web article by Darren Anstee, How DDoS attacks evolved in the past 20 years, which talks about a few DDoS attacks after the 2007 Estonia attack. In 2011, there was a DDoS on Sony, “allegedly used to disguise the theft of millions of customer records for PlayStation Network Users”. In 2013, Spamhaus was targeted for “naming and blacklisting cybercrime hosting, spam and botnet operations”. Later on 2014 Lizard Squad claimed to have been the ones to perform the DDoS attack on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on Christmas Day.

   I was able to pull some information regarding the arrack but not the exact ways the attack was conducted. The primary weapon was the ping attack, a simple request for a response from a Web server, hackers who could infiltrate individual Web sites, delete legitimate content, and post their own messages

   Repeated hundred of times per second. The pings then overwhelmed the served.  Then the computers, zombies, were made to repeatedly flood designated Internet addresses with a variety of useless network-clogging data. After, there were the Special Forces, hackers who could infiltrate individual Web sites, delete legitimate content, and post their own messages. I am assuming it took so much time to plan to conduct this attack on Estonia, and lots of preparation with technology and hacking skills to perform this (Davis, 2007).

   Firewalls could provide a certain form of protection, however they were not designed to protect against such attacks like DDoS. These attacks are way too large; they could help aid in the attacks, but they cannot completely prevent them from happening, maybe one day in the future an even larger form of protection could be created to diminish such attacks.

    References: 

     2007 cyberattacks on Estonia. (2017, February 20). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_cyberattacks_on_Estonia

   W., Gish. (n.d.). The Effects of Computer Hacking on an Organization. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effects-computer-hacking-organization-17975.html

   Anstee, D. (2016, December 29). How DDoS attacks evolved in the past 20 years. Retrieved from https://betanews.com/2016/12/29/two-decades-of-ddos/

   Davis, J. (2007, August 21). Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/2007/08/ff-estonia/

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