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    Organizational Behavior

    What are the primary differences between face-to-face and virtual teams? Can the Aberdeen model be implemented in organizations that rely heavily on virtual teams? Why or why not?

    Creating employee surveys

    5-7 slides, 3-4 paragraphs discussion... i am having trouble getting started The CEO has asked the Vice President of Human Resources to have the HR team to put together a CF&F Employee Survey that would assess the level of employee engagement. The CEO and Vice President believe that engaged employee are productive, innovativ

    I will need to make decisions by using the correct evaluate of the decision

    You have recently been hired to a new organization and are sitting in to observe a meeting between one of your co-workers, Milhouse, and a salesman who is trying to sell an additional part to a machine that your company recently purchased. The salesman is well into his routine, and has already gotten your co-worker to admit that

    Determining Optimal Order Quantity and Annual Inventory Cost

    The 23,000-seat City Coliseum houses the local professional ice hockey, basketball, indoor soccer, and arena football teams as well as various trade shows, wrestling and boxing matches, tractor pulls, and circuses. Coliseum vending annually sells large quantities of soft drinks and beer in plastic cups with the name of the colis

    Management

    What are the elements in the 'climate of performance' and why is each important?

    Human resoures and employee performance appraisals

    Jennifer and Mel disagree over the importance of having performance appraisals. Mel says its quite clear whether any particular learn in motion employee is doing his or her job. Its obvious f, for instance, if the salespeople are selling, if the web designer is designing, if the web surfer is surfing, and if the content manageme

    You're the Management Consultant

    You have been approached by the senior managers of Lartor, a high-tech company, to advise them on whether to outsource the production of a range of new electronic video products that are currently under development to foreign manufacturers or whether to establish a foreign subsidiary to manufacture its own. While keeping manufa

    Describe how you would measure performance. Be specific.

    The following multiple goals were identified by General Electric: Profitability Market position Productivity Product Leadership Personnel Development Employee attitudes Public responsibility Balance between short-range and long-range goals General Electric is a huge, highly decentralized corporation. At the ti

    Organizations' Performance Comparison

    Pick a well-known company that you feel is performing very highly and one that is not. Provide ten reasons why the two companies' performances are so dissimilar.

    Evaluating Performance

    When expanding and investing in projects overseas it is essential to understand such things as return on equity (ROE) and setting hurdle rates. Using internet sources (you may want to start with the websites listed below) gather information on ROE and hurdle rates. Post a two to three paragraph explanation of these terms and the

    Identifying and Solving Problems in a PErformance Assessment on 3 Facilities

    You have been tasked with assisting the three facilities in Oregon. The "T" facility manufactures toner cartridges, the "P" facility manufactures PC printers, and the "S" facility manufactures stamped metal parts, injection molded plastic parts, and some assemblies for the T and P facilities. The T and P facilities are located i

    Andre has asked you to evaluate his business, Andre's Hair Styling.

    Andre has asked you to evaluate his business, Andre's Hair Styling. Andre has five barbers working for him. (Andre is not one of them.) Each barber is paid $9.90 per hour and works a 40-hour week and a 50-week year, regardless of the number of haircuts. Rent and other fixed expenses are $1,750 per month. Assume that the only ser

    Applying the Organizational Behavior Theory...

    What is the value of learning and being able to apply organization behavior (OB) theory. How relevant is the growing body of research about OB topics to the student--particularly, to the student practitioner? It is easy for the practical person to believe that work offers the most important lessons about business challenges a