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    Asbestos in Industry

    Review the attached case study. In your view, what moral duties, if any, did Johns-Manville as a corporation (or any other corporate or individual parties in the case) have that should have been carried out? Formulate the moral standards on which your view is based. Do your standards meet the consistency requirement?

    Reverse Discrimination Examples

    What is reverse discrimination? Please give an example and explain how it is reverse discrimination. Also, explain how a HR professional might handle the situation (in your opinion).

    The Elements of a Comprehensive Recruiting Effort

    What is your understanding of the elements of a comprehensive recruitment effort? Make sure to include some of the more typical recruitment methods for internal and external candidates. What are some of the ways an organization can broaden the diversity of the workforce through a varied recruitment effort?

    Using a 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference between the variances in assembly times (in seconds) of employees trained in a computer-assisted, individual-based program...

    10.49 The director of training for a company that manufactures electronic equipment is interested in determining whether different training methods have an effect on the productivity of assembly-line employees. She randomly assigns 21 of the 42 recently hired employees to a computerassisted, individual-based training progra

    Discrimination Legislation

    Identify some of the reasons driving the need for discrimination legislation. What possible conflicts exist with regards to ensuring compliance and promoting diversity? Compare and contrast the information provided in the textbook with experience within your own country, identifying differences and speculating on usefulness.

    Diversity in business, challenges, values, skills needed, limitations

    1. What is diversity? How important is a definition of diversity for managers and companies? How much does it need to change, if at all, as we move from company to company, go across borders, or operate as a multi-national organization? 2. As you read through the issues in the assigned cases and reflect on your own experience

    Report!

    Using the Hofstede or Globe cultural dimensions of the country, compare it to the USA or another country that you know.

    Identify the Definition of Cross-Cultural Competence.

    For this assignment you will need to read the following article: Cross-Cultural Competence in International Business: Toward a Definition and a Model Author(s): James P. Johnson, Tomasz Lenartowicz, Salvador Apud Source: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Jul., 2006), pp. 525-543 Published by: Palg

    Comparison of Small and Large Retailers

    Please provide an analysis for each concept listed below on "how would small and large retailers approach each of the following differently"? a. Diversity b. Recruitment c. Selection d. Training e. Compensation f. Supervision

    Management and Cultural Diversity

    Why is it important for a leader to be able to manage across cultures? Communicate your thoughts on the following statement: "Leaders who cannot understand cultural differences in people cannot lead or manage them."

    Starbucks Degree of Alignment

    Company: Starbucks Analyze the degree of alignment between the organization's stated values and the organization's actual plans and actions.

    Women and minorities often face 'a glass ceiling '

    Women and minorities often face what is called a glass ceiling. Why would some individuals hinder or block the advancement of people up the management ladder? Provide an example of the glass ceiling circumstance.

    Group Dynamics: Example Question

    Explain how you believe individual performance in groups is affected by the presence of others (social facilitation), the cultural diversity of group membership, and the number of others with whom one is working (social loafing). Use examples in your response.

    Article Critique Research

    Critically review a research article in the professional field of CHILD DEVELOPMENT. The object of my critique is to describe how the study followed or failed to follow the criteria for good research. Speculate on which of the writer's conclusions were warranted and which were not. Include the following topics in my critique of

    Listening Skills and Etiquette in Cross Cultural Communications

    1. Describe the role and importance of listening skills in cross-cultural communication. How can these skills be learned or improved? 2. Consider the following statement: "Each culture has its own norms of etiquette. In a diverse society like America, as well as in a globalized world, it is difficult to establish principles

    Important information about cultural differences.

    Your manager informs you that you have been promoted to a new position at one of the U.S. firm's foreign branches. She cautions you that based on some bad experiences she has had when she worked overseas, a heightened awareness and sensitivity to different cultural norms is required to be successful when you move to and work in

    Analyze Wal-Mart's Discrimination case

    See attached file. Refer to Wal-Mart's Discrimination case and answer the questions provided in essay format: 1. According to this case, which employment laws has Walmart been accused of violating? I say the Title VII of the CRA of 1964. 2. How might it have avoided those charges? 3. Which challenge do you think will be

    Virtual Group Charter

    Suggest a formal "Virtual Group Charter." At a minimum, the charter should contain a group name, specific rules for engagement, norms of expected behavior, and selection of a formal leader. Write this in the form of a Group Charter. Use at least four relevant references to support your rules of engagement for a virtual tea

    Cultural Considerations for differences in negotiations

    Discuss in what way international and cross-cultural negotiations differ. Recommend actions that negotiators can take to prepare themselves for the differences and support your recommendations. Discuss how you would describe yourself as a negotiator in regard to Hofstede's cultural dimensions. On which side of the continuum a