You are the HR Manager for a group of car dealerships for Auto Plaza. Last year the owner wanted to move from a low base pay plus high commission pay structure for the car salespeople to a pay-for-performance model. This pay-for-performance model based the incentive...
Using the same company you selected in Week 2, review the last three years of annual reports (paying particular attention to the shareholder letters) and address the following. · Briefly outline the challenges presented by the CEO or CFO in the areas of forecasting...
This week, you learned how Lean is used to reduce inventory, eliminate waste, and improve processes. In preparation for Course Project Part B, answer the questions below. Be sure to include specific references to this week’s course materials to support your response....
In this exercise you are playing the role of an analyst at one of the major news organizations in the United States. Today there was another police killing/shooting and your boss needs detailed information on police killing from 2013 through 2020. This MUST be...
An important law in economics is the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”. Discuss what this law is and provide an example of diminishing marginal utility you’ve encountered recently.
Every company has, to a greater or lesser extent, an information subsystem—that is, a means by which it gathers data, interprets it, and makes it available to employees through a distribution system. Whether we are talking about marketing information, cost...
You are currently a Human Resources Director at a company located in New England that has 220 employees on site. Recently, a new employee (Chloe) has voiced concerns to the CEO that she is being sexually harassment by her manager (Stan). The manager, Stan, is friendly...
1. What does an organizational environment include? What is the impact of rapid environmental changes on organizations? 2. Describe some factors causing environmental complexity for an organization of your choice. How might this environmental complexity lead to...
Prepare an issue analysis of an incident that occurred in a health care organization and create a leadership action plan that will help to address the specific incident but will also help to drive safety and quality improvements throughout the organization. The issue...
· What is net neutrality? What is its connection to information ethics? · Why did the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pass net neutrality regulations in 2015? Why were these regulations repealed since then? · What are the rights and responsibilities of the...
Summarize the Limewire case. Explain how this case relates to copyright protections. · How did LimeWire’s business model and technological infrastructure challenge traditional interpretations of copyright law and secondary liability for copyright infringement? ·...
An essential tool in Operational Excellence is Workflow Mapping. This tool helps stakeholders visualize complex work systems (including material and information flows) and address disconnects, redundancies, and gaps in how work gets done between the beginning and end...
