After reading the article, analyze the scenarios provided below, and choose one to discuss in your case study paper. In your case study, be sure to address the following items:

Begin the discussion by identifying which of the scenarios you chose. Include a brief statement that identifies your style of conflict management. Use the information provided in this unit to develop a process to resolve the conflict.

Describe how you would handle the workplace investigation for the chosen scenario. As a result of a merger, the organization decided to decentralize its human resource management (HRM) functions and create area human resource (HR) generalists across the United States. One of their responsibilities is to handle all employee relations issues.

You report directly to the senior vice president of HRMin the corporate headquarters in New York, and there is a dotted line reporting relationship to the vice president of field operations in your area, which is located in the Midwest.

You just arrived at your new location for this position about six days ago. Armed with the information you have learned in Units I and II and aided by your own experience and ability to research, please read the scenarios below, and select one for this assignment.

Please answer the questions, and follow the guidelines presented. Scenario #1: It is Sunday evening, and you receive a phone call from an employee, Ellen, who lives several states away. However, she lives and works in your area of responsibility.

Ellen is emotional and states that she can no longer tolerate her young coworker being sexually abused by the manager in their three-person office. She gives you the coworker's name and phone number, and she tells you that the young woman wants you to call her later that evening when her husband will be asleep.

As requested, you call the coworker, Tammy, and she states that she is afraid of losing her job. Tammy is emotionally upset and says that she fears that if her husband knows about what the manager is doing, he will confront him at the office, and there may be violence.

Tammy informs you that the manager has a violent temperament and is prone to explosive outbursts.

Based on your knowledge of employment law, conflict management, and investigation procedures, what would be the best way to handle this situation?

For example, what laws are involved? Where do you start? Who do you notify? When do you start? What do you tell the coworker (Ellen) and the employee (Tammy) who made the complaint? In this situation, you are the employee relations representative for the organization.

What is your role in the investigative process? Describe the steps you will take to investigate this employee complaint.

In your response to the scenario you have chosen, follow the guidelines below:

Be sure to include academic sources to support your positions/conclusions.

You are required to use at least 3 sources beyond the required reading for this unit. Be sure that your analysis is highly relevant, thorough, and remains on topic.

Accuracy should be strong, with close attention to detail in all parts of the assignment. Writing should be clear and concise with solid sentence structure and should be free of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Your paper should be at least three pages in length.

All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations in APA format.