You have asked to discuss the following questions at a staff meeting with top management next week. Is a defined benefit plan better than a defined contributions plan? Is there a combination of retirement plans that should be offered instead? Could our retirement plan be used as a successful recruitment and retention tool? W
Why is it beneficial for government organizations to evaluate their employees? How might evaluations affect the employees and the organization? How often, and how in-depth, do you think employees should be evaluated for the evaluations to be most effective?
1. How is it that, even among the best performing industries, only some companies do well? How can some companies in poorly performing industries still do well? 2. Generally speaking, for companies in the same industry, what factors would explain differences in company performance over the long term?
Discuss the lessons that organizations can learn about customer relationships and customer contact employees from the following experiences: In shopping for a cell phone, a customer met a salesperson who introduced herself, asked her name, went through the features that related to her needs, and didn't try to sell her the mos
Within the following text, and other sources, please outline an approach to improving performance in the workplace, useful for an organization. Moseley, J. L. & Dessinger, J. C. (2010). Handbook of Improving Performance in the Workplace Volume 3: Measurement and Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer (Wiley Imprint).
1) Describe the difference between a Key Performance Parameter and a Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter and state why they are important to the warfighter? 2) In your own words explain what an "Information exchange requirement" is.
How might personnel management practices differ in government, private sector, and nonprofit organizations? Which might be the most challenging?
There are six functions of management. Understanding your organization, or one of which you are familiar, is there one function that is more important than the others? Or, are they all equally important? Support your answer.
1. Imagine yourself as a potential member of a team responsible for designing a new package for breakfast cereal. Do you think interpersonal skills would be equally important if the team is organized face-to-face versus a virtual team? Why or why not? Might different types of interpersonal skills be required for the two types of
Question: Identify and briefly explain the various factors that can possibly affect a person's performance at work. You can classify them under the following four variables: - Individual variables - Physical and Job variables - Organizational and Social variables - Situational variables
Can someone with poor credit and/or poor personal money management successfully manage the finances of a health services organization? Why or why not? Give examples.
Identify potential problems managers/supervisors can experience when appraising employee performance and also suggest some solutions to overcome such issues.
I need help in composing a topic and where to find the research to prove the case. Please see the attachment.
Scheduling people to work late, or "graveyard", shift is a problem in almost every 24-hour company. An article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Scheduling workers who fall asleep on the job is not easy" describes night-shift dilemmas at an oil refinery and a police department. Scheduling is also a difficulty for airline that f
Lets say for instance that an assistant director used the agency's internet to pull up pornography and to solicit women for prostitution. This has been taking place for at least six months and has been occurring regularly at least three to four times a week. One day, the assistant director schedules an appointment with Human Res
Discuss the topic of physician behavior. What success and challenges have you witnessed or experienced? Organize your observations around the four principles, which are: 1. Relationships matter; 2. Let the data speak for itself; 3. Peers are a powerful influencer of physician practice patterns; and 4. Peer leader must unde
Discuss the notion of "demand management". are you familiar with this? if so, What kind of demand management services are you experienced with? Discuss the pros and cons of at least two.
Discuss the transformation of buyer-supplier relationships. What are the three levels, Transactional, Collaborative and Alliance, of buyer-seller relationships and their relative differences?
An overall review of the process followed to establish, fill, evaluate and compensate the position of receptionist within an organization with references.
#1. In an effort to remedy quality problems, you reorganize some positions in your department and implement new, higher standards for qualifying for those positions. Many of those who don't make the grade are women over 40, and they sue for discrimination. They argue that the reorganized positions involve essentially the same sk
Suppose you are the CEO of a manufacturing company with three large locations and 2,000 employees. Three of his direct reports are the Vice President of Manufacturing, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Vice President of Human Resources. How do you structure a compensation plan based on performance for each of these mana
Trying to find information on the impact Total Security Management has on an organization?
You are the newly appointed department manager. Your department has not been performing well, and you have been investigating why. You soon realize that the firm has had no formal performance appraisal system. Supervisors that need to do a better job have not been receiving any kind of formal feedback. To correct this situati
The key attributes of Value management are management style, positive human dynamics, and consideration of external and internal environment. Provide an example of each of these attributes of VM for a successful project you have been involved with. Which of these attributes do you feel provided the most return in value and why?
I need help analyzing questions. This pertains to Casino Management. Question: Describe what "the cage" is in the casino. What is the role of the "Cage"? How important is where it is located in the Casino and how should it be managed? Answers need to be at least several paragraphs. Any help is appreciated.
Watch this TED talk featuring Daniel Pink. Explain your agreement or disagreement and add in theory and thoughts about individuals and motivation. Video Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
Evaluate Schein's argument that: "Inattention to social systems in organizations has led researchers to underestimate the importance of culture: shared norms, values, and assumptions - in how organizations function." Create a document, in the format of an e-mail drafted for a human resources (HR) manager, explaining the applicab
I need two case studies of organizational empowerment initiatives - one successful and another unsuccessful. The most recent cases should be from the last one or two years, especially taking into consideration the downturn of the economy. There are two types of empowerment initiatives: - Direct, where the organization defi
Research and review two of the following companies listed below and answer all of the questions in essay form. Cemex (www.cemex.com) United Technologies (www.utc.com) Unilever (www.unilever.com) Toshiba (www.toshiba.com) Smith Corona (www.smithcorona.com) 1. What corporate and global strategies does the company appear
EMAIL: ANGRY CUSTOMER "BRASKASHOP" MANAGER RESPONSE Assignment Procedure: As the BraskaShop store manager, you must respond to this message by email. Treating your instructor as the customer, write and send an email response. 1. Examine routine letters, Review the you-attitude, Review tone, Examine language choices 2. Car