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Assignment 4: Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures, and Plans Regarding Unions, Privatization, Pensions, and Productivity, Part 4 Due Week 10 and worth 250 points Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1, 2, 3, and 4 Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: Determine whether your selected agency should have union representation. Defend your position with at least two reasons. (Title this section “The Agency and Unions”) Determine whether your selected agency should privatize its services. Defend your position with at least two (2) reasons. (Title this section “The Agency and Privatization”) Analyze at least two (2) of the agency’s policies, procedures, and / or plans regarding pensions. (Title this section “Employee Pension Plans”) Recommend at least three (3) actions the agency could take to improve in the areas of productivity and performance evaluation. (Title this section “Recommendations for Improving Productivity and Performance Evaluation”) Appropriately incorporate at least four (4) quality sources. A quality source can be either popular, such as a news article, or scholarly, such as peer reviewed works. In the case of public administration, government websites are appropriate quality resources. Note: Wikipedia, SparkNotes, and similar websites do not quality as academic resources. Visit the Strayer University Library at http://research.strayer.edu to conduct research. 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 or school-specific 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 course learning outcomes associated with this assignment is: Develop a proposal for strategic public personnel management within a sepcific federal agency

Description Berkshire Hathaway’s Investment Strategy Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has almost a “personality cult” organizational culture which essentially revolves around one man and his investing prowess. The man’s name is Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha.” Historically, Berkshire Hathaway’s business model has been to purchase insurance companies. One great thing about insurance companies is the “cash float,” which works as follows. Suppose that a person purchases a $100,000 whole life insurance policy from Berkshire Hathaway and pays premiums of $4,000 per year to Berkshire for this policy. The Berkshire Hathaway company is obligated to pay the $100,000 death benefit when the person dies; in the meantime it gets to invest the $4,000 per year “float.” Warren Buffett, who has been a very savvy investor, has made a huge fortune from investing this float money. But recently, Berkshire Hathaway has been moving away from purchasing insurance companies with large floats and has been buying major industrial businesses instead. In 2010, for example, it completed a $44 billion purchase of one of the nation’s largest railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). Berkshire paid for this acquisition with $15.8 billion in cash it had on hand, and the remainder in Berkshire Hathaway stock. Mr. Buffett, who was born in 1930, is now well beyond the age when most workers retire. For this activity, answer: How does Mr. Buffett’s age affect Berkshire Hathaway’s recent strategic moves such as buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad instead of another large insurance company? What does Berkshire Hathaway’s purchase of BNSF Railroad say about where Buffett thinks the price of energy (oil and gasoline) is going to be in the future? How does the energy efficiency of shipping goods via rail compare with shipping goods via truck or airplane?

Description Solution : Carpet Dealer Management System Source: https://www.cdms-inc.com/ IV. Expected Improvements The purpose of this section is to explain why the project is needed. It should address the following: •How will the proposed solution address the stated problem or take advantage of the business opportunity? •How does the proposed solution align with the business strategy and/or objectives? •What benefits can the organization achieve from this solution? Use the following categorizations and identify some benefits in each area: O Financial benefits O Non-financial benefits •What other value might the organization gain from this solution?

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This is an extended essay for my final year where I have to chose a research question and then conduct research on a certain topic. I have chosen the gig economy, specifically how Uber affects the economy in my home city of Kiev Ukraine. In the paper I have to talk about primary methods that I have used however I did not actually conduct any research because I could not conduct it in Ukraine. However, the paper still needs to include a description of how the research was conducted. As for secondary research I have listed some sources that I was meant to use so if you could add them into the bibliography. Intro: Introduce the concept of the gig economy State the experiment (to see how the gig economy truly works check the effects of Uber in the capital city of Kiev Ukraine on both big enterprises as well as individuals. judge how Uber as well as other companies that are part of the gig economy culture affect the labour markets Identify research methods and describe the ways in which research will be collected i.e Interview with large firm that uses Uber as main way of transport Interview individuals who use Uber and why they chose it over using a taxi or private car hire Using secondary research to find information about the rest of the world books: WWSSWS and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (Mike Isaac) (only parts are relevant) articles: – The Economist “Worries about the rise of he gig economy are mostly overblown” The Economist “How governments should deal wit the rise of the gig economy” The Ecvonomist “ Self employed or employee? How Britain wrestles the gig economy” “Workers on tap” FT “Uber and L’yfts valuations explode the gig economy” FT “The Uber game” Jstor “Working more for Less” Describe findings of both primary and secondary research Summarise the questionnaires and provide findings in the appendix of How Uber operates in Ukraine Thus show how the gig economy is affecting both developed economies as well as developing economies and whether it helps the economies development or creates inequalities and problems in the labour market and possibly other markets