OverviewThe purpose of this assignment is to continue your practice with the rhetorical, academic moves you are learning in your textbook, the "They Say, I Say" format, in order to compose a short response to a text. In They Say, I Say, you are learning how to define what others are saying, as well as craft your own response in order to produce academic writing and response. For this essay, you will work on synthesizing your skills in comprehension, analysis, summary/paraphrase/quotation, response, and anticipating objections.Furthermore, today's employers place a lot of value on thinking critically, ethical judgment and integrity, intercultural skills, innovation, and a life-long desire to learn. One way to continue to learn outside of school, get exposure to new ideas, and hone your own position is by regularly reading, viewing, and listening to high quality material, as well as discussing it with others. This assignment will allow you to organize your use of the templates in They Say, I Say, as well as show the progress you are making in the acquisition of academic skills and desirable professional qualities. Academic Values: Critical Thinking, Critical Analysis, Discourse, Claims Based on Evidence, Close Reading, Basic Web ResearchProcessFor this assignment, you will locate, analyze, and respond to a review or critical viewpoint related to a television show, podcast, movie, album, video game, social media platform, or other cultural product that you enjoy. You should choose an article that reviews or makes a critical argument about the tv show, movie, podcast, album or cultural product. (Here is an example of the type of article you might analyze about Game of Thrones: "Game of Thrones and the Paradox of Female Beauty (Links to an external site.)“.) After reading this assignment, you should start looking for an article on the internet that might interest you. Good examples of publications with thoughtful reviews and analysis include The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic.In order to respond to the text, you must first read it and comprehend the author(s) viewpoint, position, or argument. The first part of your assignment will therefore be an explanation of the author's position using summary, paraphrase, and perhaps some quotation. The second part of the assignment will be your response, using the concepts you learned in Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of They Say, I Say. Your essay will start to bring together and synthesize your growing understanding of the templates in They Say, I Say, and the practice with them we have been doing in this course, as well as introduce basic internet research.Therefore, on this assignment you will be assessed on comprehension, summary, analysis, understanding of the rhetorical situation, and the logic of your own response. You will also begin to use MLA format in order to design your document and cite your source(s) and practice generating an original title for your essay. Remember, you are not expected to know everything there is to know about academic reading, writing, and rhetoric, but to show that you are building the skills necessary for success in academic and professional contexts. The more practice you have, the better you will become!MLA FORMAT

Assignment: A Day in the Life of a New HR Director- A four part AssignmentIn Unit 5, you learned that your best friend had just opened a virtual training company GTEX Corp. (Global Training Exemplar) located in Chicago with their partner in London that would train employees in companies around the world. They asked you to consult for them on a project basis at that time. Several years later…GTEX Corporation is a great success. Your friend who helped found the company sold his interest to a larger entity but the company remains as GTEX . Because of their professionalism, GTEX grew exponentially. Now they have 200 employees and train employees all over the world. After working in International HR for many years, you accepted a job offer from GTEX to become the new HR director there. The first few weeks the previous director is still on the job, so you really do not get too involved but just acclimate yourself…until now! Click on the video icon below to enter your office and address the issues that await you on your first real day on the job as HR director.NOTE: You must go through this scenario one time. After that, you may go directly the "files" in the file cabinet needed for each part of this Assignment.Rubric:Review the assignment instructions and grading rubric.Video:Watch the required unit video.Assignment A Day in the Life of a New HR Director- A four part Assignment In Unit 5, you learned that your best friend had just opened a virtual training company GTEX Corp. (Global Training Exemplar) located in Chicago with their partner in London that would train employees in companies around the world. They asked you to consult for them on a project basis at that time. Several years later… GTEX Corporation is a great success. Your friend who helped found the company sold his interest to a larger entity but the company remains as GTEX. Because of their professionalism, GTEX grew exponentially. Now they have 200 employees and train employees all over the world. After working in International HR for many years, you accepted a job offer from GTEX to become the new HR director there. The first few weeks the previous director is still on the job, so you really do not get too involved but just acclimate yourself…until now!  To watch the simulation, click on the video icon in Unit 9 of your course. You will enter your office and address the issues that await you on your first real day on the job as HR director.  Use this template for your deliverables. Save the file and complete the Assignment using the template. Due at the end of Unit 9 This Assignment is a simulation in which you are the new HR Director of GTEX. You address a full day of challenges in your new job. The basic information is in this file. However, in order to have all the necessary information to be successful in this Assignment, you will need to go through the entire video simulation and access information per the instructions. You will submit one APA formatted document. Scenario: Access the Scenario on the Video icon in Unit 9 of your course. NOTE: You must go through this scenario one time. After that, you may go directly the "files" in the file cabinet needed for each part of this Assignment. GTEX Corporation is a great success. Your friend who helped found the company sold his interest to a larger entity but the company remains as GTEX. Because of their professionalism, GTEX grew exponentially. Now they have 200 employees and train employees all over the world. After working in International HR for many years, you accepted a job offer from GTEX to become the new HR director there. Unit 9 [HR420 | Employment Law] 2 The first few weeks the previous HR director is still on the job, so you really do not get too involved but just acclimate yourself to your new surroundings. Then day one of your taking over the job you arrive in the office and see that your inbox is full on your desk and a print out of your Microsoft Outlook Calendar® is on your desk. You decide that before you look at your emails you will examine your desk inbox. Select the letter on top of your inbox and begin your day! Part #1 Read the letter from Mr. Nigel and respond in an appropriate memo to HR Files Before you respond to this letter, you investigate the situation; consult the corporate attorney before creating a memo to yourself for reference. 1) Memo Re: Carlos Nigel Respond to the items in the template regarding Carlos Nigel. Write your response to the elements listed on the template document and title it 1) Memo re: Carlos Nigel. Part #2 Unionization Laws Memo: Do’s, Don’ts and Considerations In the scenario: you decide to look at your calendar that your assistant has printed out for you. It is 10 o’clock already. Click on the calendar to read your agenda for the next few hours. You see that you still have 2 meetings to attend. Summarize in a memo what information you will need for these two meetings: 1. Meeting with GTEX Attorney and CEO 2. Meeting with Union Organizers 1st Meeting Checklist with the company attorney and CEO: • After consulting your files, you put the synopsis of the laws you need to know for this meeting with the company attorney and CEO. • There are four laws that concern unionization. You reviewed 3 of these laws in the Learning Activities: o Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932) 2) The NLRA Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), 3) The Taft- Hartley Act of 1947, and 4) The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959). o You started this research in Unit 5 remember at the National Labor Relations Board website https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employeruni... Unit 9 [HR420 | Employment Law] 3 o You also summarize what the managers, and HR employees will be able to say, and not say, and what behavior complies with labor organizing laws (see above site). 2nd Meeting with Union Organizers: Then for the second meeting you look into the file cabinet and discover these notes left from your predecessor (check the file cabinet in the scenario in the course room regarding Union organization). Do some research at the NLRB site to see how you can create some guidelines that are within the law for an employer dealing with union organizers and employer/employee rights regarding entering the worksite, communication with employees etc. regarding the memo items below. Write a complete memo for this meeting based on your readings, Learning Activities, research, and the existing memo found in the HR File cabinet. 2nd Meeting Memo Checklist: • Read the existing Union organizing notes in the Scenario file cabinet. • Research the NLRB site for guidelines per above instructions • Write any notes • Address the following: o When and where will organizers be able to discuss possible union organization with employees? o How will they be allowed to disseminate information? o How will they be escorted during working hours to designated meeting areas to discuss with employees? *Complete these two meeting memos in the template document as 2) Unionization Laws Memo: Do’s, Don’ts and Considerations. Include checklist Items for both meetings. Part #3 OSHA E-mail Memo to Director of Cafeteria and Housekeeping Scenario: Your assistant now runs into your office saying that she supposes Fred, the assistant to the CEO forgot to tell you that OSHA is doing an inspection sometime next week. The CEO wants to know if you will be ready for this. You ask your Assistant to email the CEO to let her know you, as HR Director, are aware of the situation and will be ready and proceed to look into the file cabinet beside your desk to access the OSHA information. You take the notes from the file cabinet with you to your meetings and figure you will read this during lunch to refresh your memory. You know that this building is quite new (two years old) and as such is probably in fairly good shape. However, you know there will be Unit 9 [HR420 | Employment Law] 4 some areas on which the Director of the Cafeteria and Housekeeping is sure to need to concentrate. Later that day, you return to your office and sit down to draft an extensive email to the Director of the Cafeteria and Housekeeping regarding the OSHA visit next week. You include the following – select the computer screen to see your outline. Then fill in the areas necessary and include in your template document. Start your Email to the Director: Include the laws pertinent to this visit from OSHA regarding the items in the memo found in your file cabinet so your Director understands what you need to comply with during this visit. Then add it to the template document and title it 3) OSHA Email Memo to Director of Cafeteria and Housekeeping. Part #4 Memo to Darla McNally HR File re: FMLA Scenario: Finally, just when you think you can finally answer the load of emails that have flooded your inbox, your phone rings. Click on the phone to hear the following message from “Darla McNally regarding FMLA.” Now create a memo for your response by phone to Darla that you will insert in her HR file. Transcript of phone message in Scenario: Hi Director, I am sorry I don’t know your name, but I guess you are new! I’m Darla McNally. Anyway I am here in Milan and have just finished up a training session for Cortine Associates here. I really want to take a leave under FMLA. One of your assistants said something about my not being eligible. What’s with that? I certainly deserve a leave of absence considering this assignment. The baby is due in about a month and a half. Can I start my FMLA leave now or do I need to fill out some paperwork first? I understand you are busy… can you get back to me shortly? Your assistant has my number. I have to go, but I’ll speak with you soon! Oh, and welcome aboard! When you get off the phone, you quickly look up FMLA in your files (in the file cabinet) and then access Darla’s file in the file cabinet (click on it to open) and begin to write out what will pertain to the situation before calling her back. After you call Darla back, and insert the memo in her file, you now go home because you have had a challenging first real day on the job! Complete the memo in the template document and title it 4) Memo to Darla McNally HR File re: FMLA. Unit 9 [HR420 | Employment Law] 5 . Directions for submitting your Assignment  Complete all four parts of this Assignment using the template document.  Properly title and number all four parts into one Microsoft Word document in APA format.  Make sure that each part starts on a separate page. Compose your Assignment in a Microsoft Word document using APA format and citation style and include an additional title and references page. Save your file as UsernameHR420Assignment–Unit9.doc. Submit your file by selecting the Unit 9: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 9. Disclaimer: The organization and characters depicted in this exercise are fictional. Any resemblance to real organizations or individuals is purely coincidental.Assignment Memos Use this document to complete the four (4) memos to submit to the Unit 9 Assignment Dropbox. Memo re: Carlos NigelUnionization Laws Memo: Do’s, Don’ts and ConsiderationsOSHA E-mail Memo to Director of Cafeteria and HousekeepingMemo to Darla McNally re: FMLA 1)Memo Re: Carlos Nigel Respond to Mr. Carlos Nigel's letter regarding his concerns about privacy and termination. Concerning Privacy Analyze the scenario and then discuss the legal rights and responsibilities of the employer concerning employee privacy.Plan (see planning help below) how you will address the immediate situation regarding employee privacy. Make sure you explain how your plan addresses the employer rights and responsibilities.Determine if the employer has a legal basis for terminating the employee due to illness. Cite the laws regarding termination to substantiate your argument.Recommend steps will you take going forward in training company managers regarding the process and legal basis for termination. Planning Help: Analyze the problem(s) - What is it? What do you need to know in order to better understand the problem? What needs to be addressed in order of importance or priority? How will you address it? Make a list of the first steps to the last in order of priority to answer the above questions. Concerning Termination 2)Unionization Laws Memo: Do’s, Don’ts and Considerations Prepare for your day's meetings, writing down key information you will need to know for them. Checklist: Meeting with Lawyer & CEO: 4 Labor Acts synopsis (The Naorris-LaGuardia Act (1932), The NLRA Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, and The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959) and what Managers and HR employees should and should not say/do.Meeting with Union Organizers: Where and when will organizers be able to discuss possible union organization with employees? How will they be allowed to disseminate information? How will they be escorted during working hours to designated meeting areas to discuss with employees? 3) OSHA E-mail Memo to Director of Cafeteria and Housekeeping From: [Your Name here] To: Director of Cafeteria and HousekeepingDate: [insert current date] Please have your staff review the following for the upcoming OSHA visit next week. [Summarize the laws that apply to issues covered in the memo you found in the file cabinet.] Check all of the following in the Cafeteria and Housekeeping: [Insert a synopsis of a Checklist of Compliance items for OSHA visit- See URL in memo] I will be following up on the following items from HR so we can make sure we are in compliance: [List the items you as HR director will follow up on to help with compliance from HR based on the memo.] Please assign each employee a number of these tasks and report your current compliance. Then report back to me with how you intend to address any OSHA compliance deficiencies by the end of the workday Wednesday latest so we can discuss what needs to be done. Then let’s discuss these items on Thursday morning at 9 a.m. in my office or yours if that is more convenient. Regards, [Sign your name] OSHA Email Checklist: Provide the email you will send to the Cafeteria/Housekeeping Director including the following: A discussion of OSHA laws that respond to the notes memo found in the file cabinetPrepare a checklist of compliance items from the OSHA site (in memo) – give a short one paragraph summary based on this site’s checklists.Complete a list of items you as HR Dir. will follow up on in response to the File cabinet memo 4) Memo to Darla McNally HR File re: FMLA To: Darla McNally HR file Re: FMLA response to her phone callDate: Checklist: Insert any factual background information you will need to respond to Darla from her HR file in the File cabinetInclude an FMLA law synopsis pertaining to this caseHow will you respond to Darla?