This Cabinet-level organization (Department of Homeland Security) was created by Congress and President George W. Bush to consolidate security efforts related to protecting U.S. geography. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a part of this department. The E-Verify system resides…
When this law was first passed, it specified the protected age range of 40 to 70. Anyone younger than 40 or older than 70 was not covered for age discrimination in the workplace. Amendments were made a few years later…
This law provides that government agencies must make known to the public their data collection and storage activities and must provide copies of pertinent records to the individual citizen when requested—with some specific exemptions. Those exemptions include law enforcement, congressional…
The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) was passed immediately following September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon in Virginia. It gives…
There are five levels of employment-based visas. They are prioritized so that once the first-level immigrant applicants are processed, the next level of priority will be considered. That will continue until the maximum allotment of visas is reached. In recent…
Under some circumstances, it is possible for people from other countries to come work in the United States. There are several classifications of workers that can be used, depending on the type of work to be done and the level…
The role of strategy is one that aligns all functions in an organization to “row together” toward defining the organization’s goals and direction. The creation of strategic goals requires a vision of growth that is associated with the organization’s mission,…
• Approaches to project management (e.g., traditional, lean, Six Sigma, agile, critical chain) and processes (e.g., initiating, planning and design, launching/executing, monitoring and controlling, closing) • Concepts of systems thinking (e.g., related parts, input-processes-output) and components of an organizational system…
• Define the changes in terms of human behavior The speed of integration is determined by how you manage the human elements of the change. Remember to define the changes in terms of what people need to be doing differently.…
Project Management Principles and Practices. Projects come and go in the life of HR professionals. There are projects for the implementation of new benefit programs, assessment of new recruiting sources, and all the projects associated with new paths of a…