MANAGING PEOPLE AT WORK

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This task is designed to start students thinking about the complexity of managing people at work and the range of issues relevant within the field of employment relations. When it comes to debates about employment relations matters, there is no black and white, no right or wrong. Employment relations stakeholders often have different and sometimes competing views, and expected alliances can often shift depending on the issue. Students are encouraged to approach any employment relations matter objectively, recognise that there will be a number of perspectives on the issue, and critically evaluate all viewpoints before arriving at a conclusion. Details: Relevant Article: Campbell, I. and Burgess, J. (2018) ’Patchy progress? Two decades of research on precariousness and precarious work in Australia’, Labour & Industry: a Journal of the Social and Economic Relations of Work, vol. 28, no.1, pp 48-67. Question: In your own words answer the following: a. According to the authors, what are some problems with casual work? b. According to the authors, what are some problems with employment precariousness? c. According to the authors, why is job quality an important concept? Instructions: Read the article outlined above by Ian Campbell & John Burgess (available on vUWS). In your own words, construct a brief report that clearly addresses all three parts of the question outlined above. Your report should include an opening statement that addresses the purpose of the task and includes a precise reference to the article utilising the Harvard WesternSydU method. Please address each part separately using headings where appropriate. A separate conclusion is not required. No other research for this assignment is required. Guidelines: Assignments should be in Arial, 11 font, 1.5 spacing with appropriate margins As the report is short, you do not need to provide an executive summary, table of contents or appendices, though these may be required in other Report style assessments at UWS All students must use Harvard WesternSydU referencing. The 500 word limit must be adhered to within the acceptable range of + or – 10 per cent This is an individual assessment task – if a submitted report is assessed as not being the work of a single author then academic misconduct rules apply. Resources: Download the journal article from the Readings and Resources page of the vUWS site. Download the Harvard WesternSydU style guide for referencing, on the Readings and Resources page of the vUWS site,or the WSU Library webpage.

IFRS and GAAP comparison: The Effect on R&D Accounting

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IFRS and GAAP comparison: The Effect on R&D Accounting

– relevant theoretical framework to develop research hypotheses, and later, to employ it in interpreting the results. – a research methodology to collect and analyze data. For example, I might adopt a quantitative research approach using a secondary data sources to collect data from companies’ reports applying panel data techniques, such as fixed-effects and GMM models, to statistically analyse the data. – relevant academic references to justify methodological choices!

Strategy Implementation Evaluation and Control Grading Guide

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Strategy Implementation, Evaluation and Control Grading Guide

Write a 1,050-word report on the company you selected in Week 3 (Ford Motors), following up on the Individual Assignment of Week 3 (Environmental Scanning), and address the following: Strategy Implementation Discuss International Strategy. Discuss Strategic Implementation. Explain the influence of Governance and Ethics. Discuss the Company Social Value. Discuss Innovation and Diversification. Discuss Legal limitations. Evaluation and Control Explain Strategic Metrics. Discuss Key Financial Ratios. Cite at least 3 scholarly references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Organizational hierarchy

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Develop the organizational hierarchy of your company (see below) Continuing on the back-end of your business plan (PA4), organization is key for the success of your new business venture. Organizing your resources to yield maximum returns and fulfill financial obligations while providing solutions to target customer needs is the main theme. In this phase of your business plan you must outline the duties and responsibilities for getting your new business venture through fruition. This would include who will actually write the business plan and who will implement the plans to build a venture. An understanding of how to make a venture team work effectively, constructing a solid external Advisory Board, describe the roles of other stakeholders involved in the venture, and have a plan for legal organizational options for the venture and the implications for liability, protection, and taxes.

Price and Channel Strategy

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This assignment is designed to help students analyze and understand how price setting and go to market (distribution) are interrelated and affects the profitability and growth of the business.

It has been designed to be a short overview on purpose: the concepts of pricing and distribution are complex and a general understanding is what should be absorbed in one week of study. Assignment Steps (Apple iPhone) Construct a minimum 700-word plan for setting price and a distribution model (place/distribution) in Microsoft® Word.

This plan should address at least three elements (from the Price and Place/Distribution list below) of the Price and Place/Distribution section of the marketing plan. Price and Place/Distribution: Distribution Strategies Channels, Mass, Selective, Exclusive Positioning within channels Dynamic/Static Pricing Strategies Channel tactics (Pricing) Daily pricing, promotion pricing, List pricing The plan will be a continuation of your global or multi-regional business you chose in Week 1. (The company is Apple and focused on the Apple iPhone) This will be incorporated into your overall marketing plan for Week 6. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Cost Turnover

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Human Resources Coordinator. Calculate turnover costs for the job, assuming the voluntary resignation of a long-term employee in the position (no, not necessarily you). Remember to consider economic and non-economic costs in your analyses. Describe any difficulty you have coming to an accurate accounting of these costs. What recommendations could you make to the organization to manage these costs?

Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace

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Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace

Consider an interpersonal relationship you have had in the workplace. For this assignment you are asked to analyze the relationship using the following questions: What was the nature of the relationship? How does this relationship impact your perception (selection, organization, interpretation), impression management, the performance of your self-concepts—including some of the different strategies of interpersonal communication discussed throughout the course? What intercultural barriers are present within this relationship (consider factors of gender, sex, ethnicity, and age, for example)? How did you address these barriers? What are the verbal and nonverbal challenges within this relationship? How do these affect the relationship? What conflict, if any, has occurred, and how have you managed this? What strategies can you employ to enhance this relationship? Final Paper Instructions: Include an introduction. It must provide a clear statement of your position on the topic. Your paper must be at least 8-10 pages long, not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include. Examine each area of the consultancy report by providing citations from at least five sources. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find sources. A credible source is defined as: a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article a government-based website or publication a trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as SHRM.org and TD.org Your paper is expected to have depth and offer a thoughtful analysis. The paper should be based on references to scholarly materials (rather than on introductory textbooks, popular website writings, or musings, for example) and should support your claims with evidence.

Organizational Ethical Dilemmas

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Description Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the articles The 5 Biggest Corporate Scandals of 2016 (Links to an external site.) and The 10 Biggest Business Scandals of 2017 (Links to an external site.). You will be writing an eight- to 9-page paper (not including title or reference pages) focused on current events that applies topics covered in this course related to recognized uses and uses you can envision. The articles this week focus on business or corporate scandals. Choose one business or corporate scandal from either The 10 Biggest Business Scandals of 2017 (Links to an external site.) or The 5 Biggest Corporate Scandals of 2016 (Links to an external site.) to research and review. In your paper, 1)Explain whether the organization acted socially and ethically responsible regarding the incident. 2)Describe what the organization should or could have done differently. 3)Describe who or what was responsible for the incident. 4)Explain the best way to ensure that such incidents do not recur, if possible. 5)Recommend the best way for society, and stakeholders, to prevent future incidents of this type. The Final Case Analysis: Organizational Ethical Dilemmas Final Paper Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must utilize academic voice. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. Must critically address the paper topic. That is, positively or negatively respond to the content and then defend your position. If multiple positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend rejecting them. Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text. Must document any information used from sources in APA style Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style a

Analysis of the Unilever and MTN cases from Everybody’s Business using the principles of Nozick and the principles in Natural Capitalism

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Do an analysis of the Unilever and MTN cases from Everybody’s Business using the principles of Nozick (which is Libertarianism) and the principles in Natural Capitalism. All of these texts have a positive view on how business, in particular big business can improve the developing world. This is in some degree of contrast with our principles from last week and they will be in direct contrast with what we will be studying next week. This assignment is a lesson in seeing the world from different perspectives. You will do a concise introduction and conclusion. For the body of the text, please be sure that you do not summarize the Unilever and MTN cases for me in 2 pages. I have read them. What I would like is analysis. Where would Nozick see his principles in action? Hawken uses many examples as well in his claims of Natural Capitalism, would his case and Miller’s case have commonality and is there a principle in this? How? There is a lot of material here so you have some degree of flexibility in your answers. Just make sure you define and apply the necessary Libertarian principles.

HR Challenge: Choosing a Performance Appraisal System

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HR Challenge: Choosing a Performance Appraisal System

 

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Scenario You are a newly hired HR professional in a medium-size company, which is a video gaming company that is globally recognized as a leader and groundbreaking competitor. It is a young firm that has grown quickly, from one having no HR staff to having five HR professionals supporting over 700 employees and a performance appraisal system that has been in place for several years. The management team is not all that comfortable with any system of appraisal but has accepted that one is required. The organization currently has a healthy employee engagement program. Part of the program is a yearly organizational satisfaction survey that over time has provided employee input about what they perceive as a lack of performance appraisal effectiveness. Employees feel the current performance appraisal system is not capable of identifying struggling and failing employees. At the same time, it is also described as not having the capacity to recognize the best performers in the organization. That is, there is a stated desire from employees for a performance appraisal system that can better differentiate performance outcomes. The current performance appraisal system is similar to the traditional academic evaluation system with five levels of performance: superior, outstanding, contributing substantively, developing, and needing improvement. The leadership in the organization insists that a new three-level (superior, contributing substantively, and needing improvement) will favorably respond to the employees’ viewpoint. This new appraisal system that tracks the assignment of each level by employee would limit how many high threes would be given every year, thus most people in the organization would fall into the category of contributing substantively. Your Challenge As an HR professional in the organization, you desire the best outcome for your organization and its employees, and are not sure if this three-level system would be best. Your challenge is to select the best course of action among the following options and recommend that action to the leadership team. You can recommend 1) they retain the current five-level performance appraisal system, 2) they adopt the three-level system with forced-distribution preferred by the leadership team (superior, contributing substantively, and needing improvement), or 3) an alternative. Assignment Instructions Prepare a 2–3-page plan that states your recommended course of action. Along with your recommendation, include the following: An analysis of how your proposed solution contributes to organizational goals and strategies. A description of the legal factors you considered in making your decision. A brief explanation of the role you will take to influence the eventual outcome. Consider aspects of leadership, negotiation, and consultation. A discussion of the two SHRM behavioral competencies you think are most directly applicable to a successful resolution of this challenge, and why