In this assignment, you will use the Internet and other sources to gather and interpret information related to service and manufacturing organizations.

Select either a service or a manufacturing organization of interest to you. Research the organization using the Argosy University online library and the Internet. Based on your research, do the following:

• Identify and classify the types of expenses associated with the operation of the selected organization.
• Review the income statement and balance sheet of the selected organization. What is your overall initial impression of the company based on the financial data you reviewed?

Write a 2- to 3-page report detailing your findings in MS Word format. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Deliverable Length:  4-5 body pages

You are employed at a large global high-tech company that has offices worldwide in such places as Tokyo, London, Bombay, Toronto, Mexico City, Chicago, and Seattle to name a few. Although the sales has been reasonable these past few months even with the global economic crises, an internal crises exists related to employee morale being at an all-time low. There are many different beliefs on what is right and what is wrong across the board, especially when it comes to the cultural and communication differences and the technological equipment challenges. There are also concerns regarding the selfishness of the employees; where the employees do not enjoy working as a team. Your supervisor has asked you as the VP of the Service Department to prepare a research paper that will communicate information and solutions as well as provide a foundation of knowledge so that you can work with your peers and employees to solve these problems. At a minimum, your research paper must:

• Analyze and evaluate the different leadership theories and behavior approaches, including the Tuckman four stages of group development model.
• Evaluate the importance of the internal environmental factors that include the cultural, language, political, and technological differences.
• Apply the necessary steps to overcome the identified challenges with the different sources of power that must be taken into account.

Present your findings as a Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 4-5 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

Using the Internet and Strayer University databases, research Starbucks’ organizational culture and the key leadership and management traits used to execute the business strategy.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Suggest the key elements of Starbucks’ organizational culture that contributes to its success in a global economy. Indicate management’s role with creating and sustaining the organizational culture.
2. Assess the effectiveness of Starbucks’ management decisions in providing innovative offerings for its customers (e.g., WiFi, style of coffee, etc.) in order to achieve its current competitive marketplace advantage. Provide support for your rationale.
3. Determine one (1) key management competency that a successful manager at Starbucks is likely to have. Indicate one (1) way in which this particular competency is a good fit for the organizational culture.
4. Evaluate Starbucks’ ability to achieve long-term sustainability as a global leader in the coffee industry without the organization’s CEO, Howard Shultz.
5. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

 

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Examine the concepts of management related to modern-day work environments.
• Analyze the corporate environment, culture, and challenges for managing in a global environment.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in modern management.
• Write clearly and concisely about modern management using proper writing mechanics.

At the crime scene, you have completed the initial walk-through and are planning your collection of the evidence at the scene, when a new investigator approaches you and asks about the differences between individual and class characteristics of physical evidence.

“Didn’t they teach you this at the academy?” another investigator mutters under her breath.

The new investigator looks sheepish, but you assure him that you will get him up to speed regarding these characteristics of physical evidence. In this assignment, you will explain to the new investigator the differences between class and individual characteristics of physical evidence.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 3–5 pages:
  • Specifically, what are class characteristics of physical evidence? Explain in detail.
    • Provide 3 different examples that illustrate your explanation
  • What else must exist for evidence with class characteristics to be used in court? Explain.
  • Can a type of physical evidence be considered a class characteristic at one crime scene and an individual characteristic at another? Why or why not? Explain in detail.
    • Provide 2 different examples that illustrate your explanation.
  • What must an investigator consider regarding the use of class characteristics as evidence in court? Explain.
  • What must an investigator consider regarding the use of individual characteristics as evidence in court? Explain.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Written assignment- Audiences
What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. Analyze a popular film of the time. This paper should be 2-3 pages, in APA style, utilizing the college’s library resources. One scholarly article as a minimum should be included in your essay.

Bus 409 Compensation Management Course

Week 2 eActivity .•Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research laws within your state that would directly affect compensation practices. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 2 Discussion 1

Compensation Tactics” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, determine how the law you researched influences compensation strategies for all companies directly affected by the law in your state. Provide specific examples to support your response.
• Some people say that unions make it more difficult for companies to attain competitive advantage. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.

Week 2 Discussion 2

“Discretionary Employee Benefits” Please respond to the following:

• Analyze the various codes and acts regarding discretionary employee benefits discussed in Chapter 2 and determine which code or law has had the greatest impact on the largest number of organizations. Explain your rationale.

Week 3 eActivity .•Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research a publicly traded company or organization headquartered in your state with a focus on its approach to base pay system (i.e., seniority versus merit pay systems). Be prepared to discuss.

Week 3 Discussion 1

Seniority versus Merit Pay” Please respond to the following:

• Compare and contrast seniority (longevity) pay with merit pay. Determine the advantages and disadvantages of each, including specific examples to support your response.
• From the e-Activity, determine which type of pay structure would benefit the company or organization the most. Provide your rationale.

 

Week 3 Discussion 2

“The Pay-for-Performance Link” Please respond to the following:

 

• Analyze the link between well-designed performance appraisals and merit pay and make at least two (2) recommendations for improving the strength of that link across the greatest number or organizations. Provide your rationale.
• Examine the limitations of merit pay programs to determine which limitation is the most difficult to overcome and suggest ways to overcome these limitations. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

Week 4 eActivity .•Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research a company or organization for which you would like to work focusing on its current base of employee pay. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 4 Discussion 1

“Individual versus Group Incentives” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, compare and contrast the likely success of individual incentives, group incentives, and companywide incentives for improving employee performance.
• Referring to the same company, create an outline for an incentive pay program that would benefit employees and the company / organization. Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

Week 4 Discussion 2

From the e-Activity, determine if a person-focused pay system would benefit the company you researched. Provide specific examples to support your response.

• Analyze the advantages to employees and to employers of a person-focused pay program to determine if this would be a good approach for all companies and organizations in the U.S. to pursue. Explain your rationale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the most charged debates out there today concerning plastic surgery is whether or nit teens should be able to have it. The biggest problem with this debate is that legislation has yet to step in and say no way to the surgeons who perform these surgeries. Many people insist that the choice to have plastic surgery done should be made by adults only. Their number one reason is due to the fact that a teenager’s body is still growing.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has actually set guidelines that their certified doctors must abide by on how to determine if a minor should be allowed to have a surgery completed. The doctor’s decision must be based on the fact that the teenager’s body must ready for such an alteration as well as their emotional mentality must be ready.

The only real legislation involved with teenage plastic surgery is from the FSA who has stated that no person who is under the age of 18 shall be allowed a breast augmentation. But that is the limit to the government’s involvement. There are no laws to say that a teenager cannot have their ears, nose or chin worked on.

The truth is, that although the number of teenagers who undergo a plastic surgery has declined in recent years, there are still way too many procedures being done. One of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons representatives was even quoted as stating that is is most likely to do with too many doctors saying that the surgery can be done, but in reality it should not. It comes down to the all mighty dollar and how much money the doctor can safely rake in over any given time period.

A teenager’s body is still undergoing development even after the age of 18, and for any teenager to decide that something is not correct, even if it has not finished its growing, maybe an incorrect way to do things. Too many teenagers have chosen plastic surgery and in most cases like anything else associated with teenage life it comes down to socialized patterns. A teen who has plastic surgery done to look like a movie star, is only doing it in order to fit into a crowd that they would not have fit into to begin with. This may also lead to further emotional scars as that teenager grows older and wonders if the operation was a good choice.

Teenagers are obsessed with how they look and how others perceive them. No matter how much they change, they will never be perfect in their own mind’s eye. So what it really comes down to is that teenagers just may not be emotionally able to decide appropriately as to whether or not a procedure should take place. Many parents are also not helping the matter. The parents for some unknown reason will give the necessary consent as well as the cash for their minor child to undergo a procedure.

Throughout this course, you will review scenarios involving Company A, which has been acquired by Company B. Company A was founded in 1956 in Mobile, Alabama. The average age of its workforce is 57 and it is comprised of 40% Caucasian and 85% male. Company B was founded in 1997 in San Francisco, California. The average age of its workforce is 35 and it is comprised of 45% Caucasian and 50% male.

These two companies have been staunch competitors in the marketplace for several years and the employees of Company A are resentful of integrating with their former rival. There are many strategic and ethical challenges involved in this acquisition. A few of the goals of the acquisition project are listed below:

• Managing the Communication and Information Sharing:
  • The company wants to keep employees informed of how the acquisition will impact them.
  • The company wants to be sure that they provide enough information to satisfy the employees, but not provide so much that the employees feel overwhelmed.
  • The company wants to be sure that the timing of the communication matches their execution of the changes within the two organizations.
• Managing the Consolidation and Changes:
  • There is no doubt that there will be layoffs as a result of the acquisition. The company wants to do what is best for the acquisition in a way that inflicts the least amount of harm to the existing employees.
  • The company wants to make the decisions about who to layoff in the fairest way possible.
  • The company wants to try and limit exposure to potential discrimination (age and gender) stemming from the layoffs.
• Managing the Relocations of Some the Employees:
  • Another impact of acquisitions is that employees may be asked to relocate in order to maintain employment in the newly formed organization.
  • The company wants to manage the expenses and potential disruption with the relocations.
  • The company wants to assess relocations verses hiring new employees locally.

Let us look at the role and responsibilities of HR managers regarding managing the company’s goals related to the recent acquisition.

Instructions:

You have a wide variety of employees encompassing different ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds represented in these two companies. As a Strategic HR Director, your goal is to create a workforce that will effectively move the newly formed company forward.

Now, address the following issues:

• Identify all of the information you would need to effectively manage the three goals above.
• Identify the challenges and potential issues related to implementing the three goals above.
• Develop recommendations for strategies to address these challenges and help the newly formed company meet its goals.

Write a five-to-seven-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.

 

 

Prepare a 1,500- word paper identifying both organizational and individual causes of resistance to change.

Describe how Lewin’s theory of change can be used to overcome resistance to change.

Integrate the assigned readings to your discussion and properly cite your specific references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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