Week 10 EOC: My Plans

My plan for the rest of my career or shall I say my journey of life because my plan doesn’t just consist of my career it’s much more. It will start with my career starting by me graduating from the Art Institute of Las Vegas with a bachelors degree of fashion design. By then I want to already be a foot into the fashion industry either working behind the scene dressing actors, models, and famous people for their shows. I just discovered that I would like styling better than designing sometimes because I like making mood boards and dressing people. I’ve also discovered that I love making gowns and can be good at it so, on the side I will design gowns for anyone who needs a gown for a event. That’s where I came up with having a night out clothing line and a wedding gown line, because I want to make every girl feel beautiful within themselves. Later I decide to go back to school for interior design because I always loved decorating my room and houses on my sims game. I feel I should’ve just went for school for that in the first place but I thought I’d follow my mother’s foot steps and try designing clothes since I’m already good at being a interior designer in my eye’s. Then I want to do both and be successful and a legend and a role model for young girl to follow their dreams. If they put their minds to it and go with it, they can come out successful for themselves not for their families or anyone, just for them. I love what I do now and just hope it takes off and goes as I planned because I’m willing to go over some bumps and through loops to get to where I want to be which in the end of this plan, not wealthy but stable and not worried about how to pay for bills, and paying of my student loans for life. I would like to be peaceful and happy traveling and relaxing after my long lived journey of life.

Week 9 EOC: The Apartment

In the movie “The Apartment” there were a lot of sexual and work harassments that occurred throughout the movie. “Most HR managers and the organizations for which they work for would agree that they have a moral obligation to ensure that their workplaces are free from unnecessary hazards and that conditions in the workplace are safe for employees' physical and mental health. Regardless of whether they agree about moral responsibility, they all must recognize their legal responsibilities to ensure healthful working conditions.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg332) Once the movie started there were immediately wrongful acts occurring like Bextor the main character was doing personal work and phone calls on his actual work time, which for sure is not allowed at any work force. Another example of work place harassment that I captured while watching was the people that are on a higher level in the company then Bextor, would use Bextor and promise him a jump of levels which therefore is going beyond their authority. “Bullying. Harassment that can occur on the playground, in the workforce, or any other place. Usually, physical and psychological harassing behavior is perpetrated against an individual, by one or more persons.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg339) Examples of sexual harassment in the movie were scenes of bosses and higher leveled men in the office were having affairs with the ladies from their company, that there is a big violation. Another is the main boss messing with one of his employees and making her think he is truly all about her but in reality he is just with her for the sex, which is a big violation specially for the boss of the company and it all starts from him and other men slapping her butt without her consent. “In U.S. legal terms, sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Such environments are unsafe for employees both physically and mentally. In real-life terms, harassing behavior ranges from repeated offensive or belittling jokes to outright physical assault. In the hospitality industry, workers can be subject to extreme forms of harassment by coworkers and customers.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Pg339)

Week 8 EOC: 9 to 5

Watching Nine to Five for the first time, all I can say is wow, and think if we did that today we would be in so much trouble with the state and more. Throughout the movie, I was able to identify and record a lot of unethical behavior from the men and women in the work field. For instance the first thing when getting hired on is to go through proper training, well in this movie the new comers got little to no training and that’s because of the trainer did not want to train in the first place. “On-job training can be easy. The steps involved in its planning and delivery are not complicated. However, the process does take time, and a commitment of financial resources is required to effectively plan and deliver it.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Page 216) The next thing I noticed was the boss being inapproite with his employees, for instance he would knock something off of the desk and then while the ladies with their low V shirts, the boss can see down the shirt and admire the ladies breast. That therefore is against right’s and rules of the work force which shows that the manager was not fully trained and or is not following his job training rules. “The coaching step includes activities to help ensure that the training will be effective; that is, that performance-based training objectives are attained.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Page 225) Now of course there’s more wrongful things that in the movie like the women totally taking over the office, because the intern can sign the bosses name but there was bribing and the manager not accepting input from his employee’s even if it’s a good idea. Here the manager is not even following his training rules therefore his employers are going to follow his foot steps and disobey the rules as well. “ In practice, however, on-job training is frequently not done well. As suggested by other commonly used names (e.g., tag-along training, shadow training, and buddy system training), some supervisors erroneously believe that trainees can learn simply by watching and helping a more-experienced peer. Unfortunately, this approach ignores all or most of the important planning steps. Trainers who have not learned how to train, who must do so as an add-on to their existing responsibilities, and who have been taught from equally unskilled trainers are not likely to be effective.”( Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley-Page 215)

Week 7 EOC: Profile Statements

Educated Fashion designer with a fast paced work ability to finish tasks before or on time. I’ve got great communication skill that clients deserve and love. Opened to learn new things rather than doing my own technique. I have a lot to bring with the skills of patternmaking, sewing, sketching, and styling.

Creative, intelligent, self motivated with a strong attention to detail on everything I do. Sewing, draping, patternmaking, sketching, and styling is what I bring to the table of skills. Confident professional communicator with great listening skills.

Week 6 EOC: Perform job analysis, write job descriptions, and job specifications.

Title	Design Coordinator
Reports to	Design Director
Responsibilities	·         Professionally communicate via email and in person with outside vendors, design, production and buying team members. ·         Attend weekly design and production meetings, and final sample review. ·         Perform miscellaneous administrative tasks when needed. ·         Responsible for keeping the design binders up to date and organized. ·         Locate and then distribute any incoming sample packages sent from vendor to appropriate person(s). ·         Update line sheets weekly. ·         Log and photograph all initial and final samples in preparation for buyer review. ·         Communicate comments and/or product approvals to the vendor after key meetings. ·         Daily update and maintain PDM ·         Work closely with designers to ensure precise and timely responses to all approval requests and queries.
Qualifications	·         Must exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills. ·         Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks, and manage time effectively to meet deadlines. ·         Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external partners. ·         Exhibits strong attention to detail and organizational skills. ·         Capable of running meetings and keeping the team on task. ·         Strong follow-up skills. ·         Microsoft Office. ·         Web PDM experience is preferred but not required. ·         Basic sewing skills are preferred but not required.
Education	Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Business, or a related field.
Location	Philadelphia, PA

I believe this job would be perfect for me simply because it’s what I would like to do which is be apart of the making process and be close to the designer so that I could learn enough to where, when I’m ready to stop working for someone and branch off to work for myself I would have the knowledge to run my own company and staff. At the moment I do not know what company I would like to be apart of but I do know I want to specialize in couture gowns, and dresses. 

Week 2 EOC: Case Study:HRM In Action

f I was the hotel manager, I would not support the house keepings supervisors’ action and decisions on the incident. My response to Tara would have to be that she has no heart at all to think anyone would miss their child’s graduation when they only get one. Also just because we are busy and other workers who usually call out sick left and right, can handle a little more work load. I’m pretty sure in the policy books and what not, that don’t say she couldn’t call out sick because in my eye’s she did what anyone of the employees could’ve done that day which was wake up and say they are sick. “Written company policies can be fairly easily relayed to unit managers, but it is simply not possible for you as a unit manager to know every governmental regulation that could affect your segment of the hospitality industry, and some laws change regularly”(Page 56, Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley). In my eyes she went by the policy and called in sick instead of being a no show at work, at least she called and gave a reason now it may have not been the real reason but it was something rather than nothing. Donna does everything she can for the company like picking up someone else’s shift when they call out which means she is not spending time with her family at home, she’s been there for nine years and still continue to her job with a smile, and she’s most likely always on time or early. This shows her dedication and loyalty to the job and the company, so one call out when she never ever calls out sick is just wrong to treat her unfairly and make up a lie of her quitting. 

Week 4 EOC: My Opinion

For attractiveness to be a factor in selecting someone for a job position I mean it makes sense even though it’s a pretty harsh thing to do. But everyone in the world does it with food, getting a girlfriend, and choosing an outfit. Weird huh? Yea I know but it’s true, I hate people that sit there and say it doesn’t matter what the person looks like but they judge them by that anyways This being a hiring factor not always a good thing because they can be cute and attractive for the interview but once hired some people change and appear as something else. For example, anyone can clean up and show up and after go back to however they truly dress and act. “The boss turned down an older, more experienced worker for a promotion and, instead, hired someone from the outside who was younger because he said the company “needs new blood.”(Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley, Page 326).  Now I don’t find a problem with them judging when it comes tattoos or personal hygiene because that’s understandable depending on the job appearance the company has in mind. And if the applicant comes in with a foul smell that you can’t stand that’s on the applicant not the company. Everyone deserves a chance no matter their appearance, because they should be judged by their ability and what they can bring to the company. “Local, state, and federal laws significantly affect a hospitality manager's efforts in recruiting employees. An employer can no longer seek out preferred individuals based on non-job-related factors such as age, gender, or physical attractiveness.”(Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley, Page 103). I do feel they should judge by scars simply because everyone has scares and some extreme scars, people have no control of getting. I honestly haven’t heard of anyone getting fired or not hired because of their scars so I don’t believe it’s a factor. “While most of today's hospitality employers are too sophisticated to formally and blatantly utilize individual characteristics such as race, religion, or gender when evaluating or terminating employees, equally sophisticated HR managers responsible for administering the process should be alert for the following signals that an informal discrimination system is in place.”(Hayes, D. and Ninemeier, J. (2008). Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry. Wiley, Page 323).