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    Training and Development - "The New Tort of Negligent Supervision"

    Training Evaluation, Validation Negligent training is a legal term for the lack of training or inadequate training that can be used in a lawsuit to prove the organization did not use reasonable care and thus did not provide an employee with all the knowledge and the basic skills to provide a safe environment for the guest. I

    Training and Development

    Training Evaluation, Validation Barbara Maddock, the Director of Information Technology, stopped you on your way to lunch to inquire about ways to evaluate some training. She is planning some training in the area of providing better customer service in the technical support center. You had to rush off to a meeting, so you to

    Performance Management Program: Training and Development

    Training and Development You and the other members of the HR team have conducted an analysis of your organization and found that performance management processes are highly inconsistent among departments. Some departments have a process of a formal annual appraisal, while other departments do not provide employees with any d

    Normative Model vs. Staff Meeting Force Field Approach

    See attached file. Write a memo to Dr. Babcock to compare using a normative model for the questionnaire items versus the staff meeting force field approach. Be sure to indicate which of the two processes you recommend the organization use to create the descriptions of the values. The aim of having behavioral endpoints to t

    Knowledgement Management Case Study

    See attached file. This is a case study I created on Knowledge management. It contains 4 definitions which have been extracted from different sources. Please provide your expert opinions based purely on the 4 provided definitions. The 3 questions in the case study relate directly to the 4 definitions. Any supporting

    Growth versus Values Solution

    Based on a solution that you assisted with last year (#298983) regarding Ethical and Social Responsibility at New Belgium Brewery, can you assist with a few follow-up questions: Based on the company's current status (i.e. they appear to be successful and growing), Should New Belgium focus on growth and becoming a bigger player

    Management/Problem Solving

    Please help with the following problem. Consider the basic steps in the problem-solving process (identify the problem, identify the causes, identify alternatives, etc.). Identify a problem that you have encountered recently and identify which step of the problem-solving process was the easiest to complete, most difficult to

    Research Methods:

    A researcher posted three research questions. Research Question 1: Did topics of the visual coverage of the Iraq War differ between The New York Times and The Guardian newspapers? Research Question 2: Did the visual coverage of the human toll and destruction during the Iraq War differ between The New York Times and The Guardian

    Research Methods:

    Using Table 1.1, what type of research does the following statement describe? Explain and defend your analysis.(Book; Exploring Research 7th ed) The type of research is correlational. Data will be collected from the health and safety records from the past five years for the 50 fitness centers used in the study. The fitness

    Process Management

    1. Bottlenecks in a Process You purchase parts from three different countries and receive them all in your factory in the U.S Control chip= China Transmitter = Japan Housing = USA Key Ring = China Research the country of Japan (Which Provides the transmitter). Identify issues that could affect the supply chain (i.e.

    HR

    Analysis #1: Telephone sales employees: What are your career-related concerns and recommendations? Analysis #2: On-site sales employees: What are your career-related concerns and recommendations Analysis #3: Team leaders: What are your career-related concerns and recommendations?

    Licensing Innovative Products: Dyson Case Study

    The text refers to James Dyson's difficulties in licensing his innovative vacuum cleaner (see http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/dyson_fills_a_vacuum.html for further information). What lessons would you draw from Dyson's experience concerning the use of licensing by small firms to exploit innovation?

    Macroeconomics: Forms of economic systems

    For this portion, fill in the blank with the word that best completes the statement. There are several forms of economic systems in existence today. In a pure [___1___] system, resources are directed and production is coordinated by the government. Under pure [___2___], private property ownership abounds, and the free market

    Which architecture makes most sense for this company?

    A small company in Des Moines wants to set up an IT architecture for its workforce. The company recently moved to an older building that has solid walls and ceilings. Furthermore, most of the staff like the flexibility of moving around the open office space to perform work on their laptops. Which architecture makes most sense fo

    What is the role and function of case management?

    Answers are provided in the solution for the following questions. 1.) Describe the role played by managed care in case management. 2.) Model case management steps applied to a case. What would be done in each step in the particular case you're applying it to. 3.) List the components of assessment. Describe how you would ass

    Time Warner Cable's Options for Growth

    Evaluate Time Warner Cable's options for growth. Identify the core competencies of your organization and options for growth within the organization. Explain how these new opportunities can affect economic transactions between firms.