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    Problems in Competency Frameworks

    What do you see as a major problem in constructing a competency framework? Do you find these frameworks used regularly in your industry or culture( Europe or Middle East )?

    The nature of staffing, legal compliance, planning, job analysis, and rewards

    Describe why an organization would choose competency-based job analysis over the more traditional form of job requirement job analysis. What are the pros and cons to each approach? The attachments are as follows: - The Nature of Staffing - Support Activities: Legal compliance, planning, job analysis and rewards - Support

    Business Formations Ideas and Visions

    For business ethics and dilemmas in the hypothetical business situations below, discuss the basic elements of business formation: A. Idea/vision for the business B. Identify legal and regulatory issues to be considered in creating/modifying this business C. What legal entity choice would you make for this business and

    Revolutionary Product Proposal

    Scenario: You are an employee with Triangle Solutions, a large firm. Your firm has consistently trailed its main market competitor the last three years and wants to establish market leadership. With this goal in mind, Triangle Solutions is providing significant funding to Research and Development to come up with a new product

    Seal Bidding

    1) In your opinion, is the sealed-bid method better than the negotiation method? Give an example. 2) Provide an example of a case where you would want, as a bidder, to use the negotiation method. Explain your preference. 3) Speculate on the reasons for the concern addressed in the report. 4) Assess the recommendati

    Action Research in the Workplace

    Hi, Can you explain where and what I'm required to reflect on in the following action research project? And what should I concentrate on to demonstrate clarity of thought, maturity of thinking and so on? It details what I should cover in the action research findings but where and how should reflections come into it? And is it

    Referrals

    What should you like to know about yourself or showcase to others in the letters of referral you are collecting? What specifics in the letters speak to your skills and accomplishments?

    Business Proposal for Triangle Solution

    I need help with the following regarding Triangle Solution (a fiction potato chip company that manufactures their own products) from an intrapreneurial approach. The 1st that needs to be discussed is its market, and the 2nd is its principles.

    Charity, Problem Solving and Future of Social Entrepreneurship

    1) I have to review the article attached from the Journal of Business Ethics. The outline of the article critique has to be in the following manner: - A brief introduction of the article. - A statement of the problem. - A description of procedures. - Flaws in the procedural design. - Analysis of the data. - Limited and j

    Compensation and benefits in the job search

    In your role as a compensation specialist and with your experience in Human Resources, they have now asked you to put together a presentation about benefits so that their students can understand what they need to look for in regards to benefits when they begin their job search. The CDC would like for you to discuss: - the major

    Business Threats

    Human Error and Natural Accidents: 1) (Physical resource damage) Disaster 2) (Random information modification) Mistakes 3) ( Destruction of information) Erasure 4) (Systematic Information Modification) Incompetence 5) (Disclosure of confidential information) Exposure Acts of Malicious Intent: 6) (Physical resource dama

    ABRINQ Foundation case: Topics: Social Exclusion - Poverty - Discrimination

    Questions: -Define and explain the success of the organization -Role of social entrepreneur: Values (what he believes in), skills (what he is able to do) -What surprises you about the Foundation? -What is common between the strategies? 1) Creating and maintaining partnerships: Complex network of key people: Who Have infl

    Applying Ethics to Case Studies

    1. Jim Smith has worked for the ABC Insurance Company for the past twenty-three years. Jim graduated with a top-notch accounting degree and he also has his MBA. Bar none, Jim is considered by everyone in his organization to be a brilliant accountant. At issue is that Jim's brilliance may be coupled with just a little too much "c

    Teaching Entrepreneurship

    1. You are interested in being your own boss and have the chance to buy a franchise office supply store that is for sale in your city. You will need outside investors to help pay the franchise fees and other start up costs. How will you determine if this is a good entrepreneurial opportunity and make your decision about buying t

    Entrepreneurial Business Plans

    Part 1: I need assistance developing 3-4 power point slides concerning financial issues, to do a proposal for a new product called "Green Roasted Coffee", on a presentation for the CEO's of Triangle Solutions and their board of directors. Each slide should have 200 words for speaker notes including citations and references.

    Starting a housekeeping company

    Hi, If anyone would give me some honest info I'd appreciate it very much! My interest of business is starting a housekeeping company in NY. Now, since I don't have a business license or insurance, I need some help with the following... I already have a few clients... but I want to have someone start working for me becaus

    What Makes an Effective Leader?

    For W. Reed Hastings, Netflix founder: - Discuss 3 factors or characteristics that you think makes this individual (CEO) an effective leader. - Discuss 3 factors or characteristics that an industry source thinks makes this individual an effective leader. - What do you think will be the key cultural or organizational legacy

    Perspective of Leadership & Minimizing Leadership Problems

    I need help with this case study. Any help is truly appreciated with this two to three page analytical review. 1. Which perspective of leadership best explains the problems experienced in this case? Analyze the case using concepts discussed in that leadership perspective. 2. What can organizations do to minimize the leade

    Innovative Products

    Define the term innovation. Then, research what you think is an example of an innovative product or service. Include the following within your discussion: Part 1: My product is the Think Pad. - What is your product, and why do you feel the product you have selected is innovative within its industry? - How was the product i

    Being an Entrepreneur

    Part A: What is intellectual property? Why is it called "intellectual" property? Why is intellectual property such an important issue for entrepreneurial firms? Part B: Identify and briefly describe the three types of patents. Part C: What is a trademark? Why are trademarks important? Part D: What is a copyright? Wh

    Discussion: Being An Entrepreneur.

    Part A: What is a founders' agreement? Describe the purpose of a buyback clause and why it's important. Part B: List and explain four (4) steps entrepreneurs can take to avoid legal disputes. Part C: List and briefly describe three (3) specific steps that an entrepreneurial organization can take to build a strong ethica

    Discussion on Company Downsizing and Retaining the Best Employees

    Hi, I need some help to provide a formal outline of an upcoming research paper. Along with the outline, I am required to provide at least 15 references for the research paper. The outline should provide an overview of the major components of the research paper. Below is an outline overview. A good outline will be anywhere from

    CEO Compensation - Is it worth it?

    Please help with the following problem. On average, CEO's are paid 531 times that of the rate of the average hourly worker. Are CEOs worth 531 times the average hourly worker's pay? If so, why? If not, why not?

    CEO Succession Plan

    Hewlett-Packard has had a series of major leadership (CEO) changes in the last years. Carly Fiorina was replaced by Michael Hurd. More recently Michael Hurd was fired and Leo Apotheker became CEO. And very recently Meg Whitman (formerly EBay CEO) was named CEO of HP. The HP CEO succession has been very frequent and dramatic. P

    CEO Salaries and Company's Success

    Do you think there is a correlation between CEO salaries and the degree of success of a company? If you were to take a sample of companies with comparable size, market capitalization, and product category, and plot CEO salaries against the net profit of their respective companies, do you expect to find a linear correlation betw

    Pro Forma Income Statement

    Attached is a Pro Forma inscome statement that I need assistance in filling out. The product or business idea to be utilized is attached as well. Create a Pro Forma Income Statement utilizing RMA industry standards. Innovation Technique The company, through extensive research has come up with an innovative product whic

    Etiquette and Image Consulting Venture

    I need help with the following questions as I attempt to develop a description of a venture. The questions relate to an etiquette and image consultant, one-owner, corporation type business. The business operates only in the United States. 1.Describe your product or service in detail from the customer's perspective. 2.Explain

    Understanding Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship

    Create a situations that illustrates what might happen if your research company's entrepreneurial product was brought to the market though intrapreneurial means. Discuss the different risks, skill sets, organizational assets, and funding that would occur. How would the keys to success would have been different though both