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This is an essay. attached is what needs to be done.

Read Case Study 10-2, “Must a Union Process a Grievance of a Nonunion Employee?” on page 463 of your textbook. Then, answer the questions provided. 

1. What are nonunion employee rights under the LMRA? 
2. What is meant by the union’s duty of fair representation? 
3. When has the union met its obligation of fair representation? 
4. Has the union in this case met its fair representation obligation? Explain. 

Your response to these questions should be a minimum of 1 page in length. Use APA format to cite and reference all quoted and paraphrased material, including your textbook. Please be sure to include your reference list on a separate page.

 Each student is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 7 slides including the cover slide and the reference slide. Every slide needs to include 75 words in the Notes section. 

Please, ensure that your name is on the cover slide. You must use at least one reference, in addition to your book. You need to use in-text citations. Your in-text citation and your reference (on your reference slide) must be in APA format.

Topic for PowerPoint Presentation

The Civil Right Rights Act of 1964. Each group member will pick a topic and thoroughly discuss the chosen topic. You should tell (1) why it is important, (2) how it has impacted the workforce, and (3) if that topic has impacted you. 

I have a written assignment due. I will attach the requirements needed to complete this assignment. Please be advised that there is a 300 word minimum for this assignment. Must use required reading for in text-citations. Must use APA formatting.

Note: Only up to 20% of content in the written assignment can be quotes from third parties. 

COMPETITION – MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER ANALYSIS

Due Date

Week 10

Note: While representative of possible situations faced by Target & Walmart, all scenarios in this assignment are fictional.

Real Business

As you learned this week, understanding your competition and adjusting your own business accordingly is critical to a business’s success. A large discount retail store like Target competes not only with other discount retail store stores but also with those stores that offer just some of the products Target does, such as grocery stores. Keeping track of all these competitors is quite a task; that’s why large companies have a team of market researchers dedicated to managing that research.

Your Role

This week, you’ll assume the role of a Market Research Manager at Target.

WHAT IS A MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER?

Market Research Managers are responsible for creating and improving processes for gathering information on various market conditions, competitors, and consumer trends in their companies’ industries. They are typically responsible for managing a team of researchers and reporting their findings to the head of the department. Teams across the company then use these findings to help improve products, guide marketing efforts, and more.

As a Market Research Manager, part of your role is to consistently analyze Target’s position relative to its competitors and report on these findings. As part of this process, you complete a SWOT analysis for each of Target’s main competitors each quarter. The quarter is coming to a close, and your boss has asked for the latest SWOT analysis for Walmart.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Research

Search online and find 1-3 articles that discuss the competition between Target and Walmart. For each article:

• Provide a link to the article.
• Identify which aspects of the article will be helpful as you conduct your SWOT analysis.

Step 2: Strengths

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

• Identify 1-2 strengths Target has in comparison to Walmart. For each strength, explain your rationale.

Step 3: Weaknesses

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

• Identify 1-2 weaknesses Target has in comparison to Walmart. For each weakness, explain your rationale.

Step 4: Opportunities

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

• Identify 1-2 possible opportunities Target has to be more competitive with Walmart. For each opportunity, explain your rationale.

Step 5: Threats

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

• Identify 1-2 possible threats that might diminish Target’s competitiveness with Walmart. For each threat, explain your rationale.

Step 6: Who Will Come Out Ahead?

Based on your SWOT analysis, do think that Target or Walmart is better positioned over the long term to come out ahead? Why?

Step 7: Real-World Application

Conduct a SWOT analysis for your company and one of its biggest competitors using the methodology outlined in Steps 1-6.

answer 5 questions

related to international policy

i Task 1: Knowledge Questions

Question 1

Read the document “7 HR best practices” provided on Canvas under additional information. What roles Human Resources can play in the formulation and implementation of an organisation’s strategic plan?

Question 2

If Bounce Fitness decided that in order to be effective it must develop high performing self-managed teams. Name common human resources practices that could be adopted to support this direction.

Question 3

Read through The Fitness Australia business Principles and Guidelines and the National Fitness industry code of practice, provided on Canvas under additional information. 

List the types of emerging practices or environmental trends that could impact on Bounce fitness staff.

Question 4

1. What types of information would Bounce Fitness needs to consider when predicting future labour needs?
2. Describe strategies that could be used to agree on human resource philosophies, values and policies with Bounce Fitness Managers
3. List options for sourcing Bounce Fitness labour supply and skill requirements.

Question 5

Describe the benefits and disadvantages of using one of the following options for the provision of human resource services.

1. External provision by a consultant or contractor or
2. Outsourcing the work to an external service provider or
3. Allocating the work to existing staff

Benefits Disadvantages

External provision by a consultant or contractor 

Outsourcing the work to an external service provider 

Allocating the work to existing staff 

Question 6

1. How could new technology be used to support human resource plans for Bounce fitness? 
2. Give examples of risks that need to be managed in relation to a strategic human resources plan.

A) The use of technology provides a positive impact in the Bounce Fitness and enhances a high productivity. The entire operations could be carried out easily using the advanced technology with the help of dedicated staff members. The entire working among the newly recruited members could be understandable and the completion of the activity becomes very less. The use of technology reduces the workforce in the Bounce Fitness and makes a better mode of practices in the working. The chance of error becomes less from the use of technology and enhances a better skill.

Question 7

Refer to the “Annual Strategic Human Resources Plan documents for Bounce Fitness” provided on Canvas under additional information. Name its key elements and requirements. 

      Unit 7 Discussion  Discussion Topic        

How Money Affects the Economy

This  Discussion deals with the various forms and uses of money, the roles of  the Federal Reserve System, money supply, money demand, and monetary  policy instruments.

Read  Chapters 14 and 16, and remember to include references and links to the  websites that you feel are important contributors to your posts  (comments). 

The Federal Reserve may increase or decrease money supply depending on the economic condition.

1. What policy instruments does the Fed use for the monetary policy?
2. What  are the pros and cons of using expansionary and contractionary monetary  policy tools under the following scenarios: depression, recession,  inflation, and robust economic growth? Which do you think is more  appropriate today?

1-2 paragraphs

apa format

references

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Daniel Goleman, a psychologist, was the first to popularize the trait emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EI. Emotional intelligence is a person’s capacity to be aware of her or his emotions and feelings towards others to influence their thinking and actions. The four components of EI are:

• Self-awareness: This is your ability to read your own emotions accurately to know how your actions or lack thereof affect others.
• Self-management: This is your ability to control or regulate your emotions and act with integrity.
• Social-awareness: Gives you the ability to understand the needs of others and show empathy towards them.
• Relationship management: this is your ability to communicate clearly and convincingly, reduce conflict and build strong bonds.

Application: Crisis Plan—Evaluation and Analysis

Strategies and elements of a crisis plan should be reviewed periodically to ensure they are up-to-date and to add possible solutions learned from recent crisis experiences. Evaluating a crisis plan typically involves examination of “what went right and what went wrong.” Changes that evolve from the evaluation process can include changes in leadership that result from failure to execute strategies and/or legal and ethical issues. Responding procedures may undergo changes because even “what went right” may be improved upon or expanded. Furthermore, resources may be updated because they are usually problematic for implementing any plan, particularly for a disaster of enormous scope. Financial considerations may be evaluated as well, and national, state, and local foundations and government agencies/departments may respond to revisions by providing resources in the form of grants to individuals or organizations. Plans and grants should continually be reviewed and renewed through this cycle of analysis.

To prepare for this assignment:

• Thinking about Hurricane Katrina, review pp. 164-175 of the article, “After Katrina: Building Back Better Than Ever,” and think about how the recommendations made might be applied to other natural disaster situations and/or locations.
• Review Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 17 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, paying particular attention to the information on response efforts to Hurricane Katrina.
• Review Chapters 9 and 12 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, focusing on how organizational learning can be a useful part of crisis management evaluation and analysis.
• Review the article, “Project CREST: A New Model for Mental Health Intervention After a Community Disaster.” Consider how response analysis led to the development, in this example, of a useful new disaster intervention training.
• Review the article, “Styles of Suicide Intervention: Professionals’ Responses and Clients’ Preferences,” and reflect on how the authors investigated and analyzed professional responses to client suicide.
• Using Hurricane Katrina as your natural disaster case study, think about and evaluate the strategies used in the Mississippi crisis plan.
• Research the impact of Hurricane Katrina on either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line.
• Then consider which elements or strategies of the Mississippi crisis plan might be applicable and/or relevant to use in Alabama or Louisiana.
• Research the demographics for either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line and determine how the Mississippi crisis plan could be used in either of those states.
• Consider what you think might need to be added to the Mississippi crisis plan were it to be applied to recovery efforts in either Alabama or Louisiana.

The assignment: (4–6 pages)

• Based on your evaluation of strategies and the situation in the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster, explain which strategies you would use and why.
• Based on your analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan, explain which elements of the plan might be relevant/applicable to either Alabama or Louisiana.
• Identify any element of the plan that might be missing for either Alabama or Louisiana.