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 ASSIGNMENT :  20% turn it in threshold

To fully complete this case assignment, please read and analyze the assigned case. Be sure to speak in OB language throughout to reflect your knowledge of the terminology and concepts covered this week. Your response must be numbered as outlined below, and provide the following:

1. Situation

2. Problem

3. Question

4. Solution

5. Recommendation

6. Prediction 

CASE

The Velma Company designs and manufactures high-tech communications equipment. The firm is a world-class supplier, and its three largest customers are Fortune 50 firms. Velma also has major clients in China and the European Union. Over the last five years the company’s sales have tripled, and the biggest challenge it faces is hiring and retaining state-of-the-art people. In particular, there are two groups that are critical to the company’s success. One is the design people who are responsible for developing new products that are more efficient and price competitive than those currently on the market. The other is the manufacturing people who build the equipment.

In an effort to attract and keep outstanding design people, Velma has a very attractive benefit package. All of their health insurance premiums and medical expenses are covered (no copay or deductibles). The company contributes 10 percent of their annual income toward a retirement program, and these funds are vested within 24 months. So a new design person who is earning $75,000 annually will have $7,500 put into a retirement fund by the company, and the individual can make additional personal contributions. Each year all designers are given 100 shares of stock (the current sales price is $22) and an option to buy another 100 shares (the current stock price is $25 and this option is good for 10 years or as long as the person works for the firm, whichever comes first).

The manufacturing people are on a pay-for performance plan. Each individual is paid $7 for each unit he or she produces, and the average worker can turn out three units an hour. There is weekend work for anyone who wants it, but the rate per unit does not change. Each year, the company gives manufacturing workers 50 shares of stock with an option to buy 25 more shares. The company also gives all of the manufacturing people free health insurance and covers all medical expenses. 

Another benefit is that everyone in the company is eligible for five personal days a year, and the company will pay for any unused days. Velma also has a large day care facility that is free for all employees, and there is a state-of-the-art wellness center located on the premises.

Last year the company’s turnover was 9 percent, and the firm would like to reduce it by 50 percent this year. One proposed strategy is to strengthen the benefits package even more and make it so attractive that no one will want to, or could afford to, leave. Some top managers privately are concerned that the firm is already doing way too much for these employees and are troubled by the fact that exit interviews with designers who left in the last year indicated that many of them were unaware of the benefits they were receiving. For example, most of the designers who have gone elsewhere reported that they were attracted to the stock offered them, yet they did not exercise the options to buy additional shares of Velma stock because they were not sure what the financial benefits were to them. The manufacturing people who left reported that $7 per unit was acceptable, although a higher rate would have resulted in their remaining with the firm. The manufacturing people also liked the stock that the company gave them, but were somewhat confused about the options they held.

Both groups—designers and manufacturing personnel—seemed pleased with the contribution that the company made to their retirement program, but most of them did not put any additional personal contributions into their retirement fund. When asked why, the majority of them were unaware that this could be done on a before-tax basis, thus temporarily shielding the contributions from taxes and making it easier to build a nest egg for the future. Finally, all of those who left said that they liked the child care benefit, although most of them did not have young children so they did not use it, and they thought the wellness center was also a good idea but they were so busy working that they admitted to never using the facilities.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 250 words:

• 1. When selecting a candidate for a position, what are some of the qualities and attributes that you look for in evaluating a resume and an in-person interview?

It is increasingly vital that health care administration leaders are aware of the world around them. Through understanding and reflecting on current events in health care administration, leaders may develop solutions to health issues and challenges on a local, regional, or national scale.

For this Discussion, select a current event in the field of health care administration leadership whereby the leader used a systems thinking approach. Reflect on the leadership featured within the event and consider how the leader’s specific characteristics impacted the outcomes of the event. Additionally, think about whether the leader’s use of systems thinking might have affected event outcomes.

Post a brief description of the current event you selected. Then, describe the positive and negative characteristics of leadership represented in that event. Finally, explain how the leaders in the event used a systems thinking approach and how systems thinking affected event outcomes. Be specific and provide examples.

Support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and the current literature.

Chapter 8-Case Study 2-Performance Management System Helps Freeport-McMoRan Switch Strategic Gears

Answer the following questions:

·  Why did Freeport-McMoRan need a performance management system? How might it have helped the company adjust its strategy?

·  Do you think a pen-and-paper performance management system could have been as effective as the web-based system Freeport-McMoRan adopted? Why or why not?

The following requirements must be met:

Write 1,500 words using Microsoft Word in APA 6th edition style.

Use an appropriate number of references to support your position, and defend your arguments. The following are examples of primary and secondary sources that may be used, and non-credible and opinion based sources that may not be used.

Primary sources such as government websites (United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Census Bureau, The World Bank), peer reviewed and scholarly journals in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library) and Google Scholar.

Secondary and credible sources such as CNN Money, The Wall Street Journal, trade journals, and publications in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library).

Non-credible and opinion based sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. should not be used.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased statements, information, etc.) in the paper and list each source on a reference page using APA style. An overview of APA 6th edition in-text citations, formatting, reference list, and style is provided here.

Download an APA sample paper from the Purdue OWL here.

View your assignment rubric.

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no

more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from

sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used

as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that

will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric

aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Create a portfolio of communication documents based on one of the scenarios by doing the following:

A. Compose a motivational email to internal staff that discusses two advantages and two disadvantages of

the product and explain how to mitigate the disadvantages should they occur.

B. Compose an informational email to external stakeholders (i.e., investors, shareholders) that discusses two

distinct organizational and/or financial impacts the product will create.

C. Compose a consumer-facing blog post that highlights three distinct benefits of the product and informs

the consumers what sets this product and/or business apart from others in the industry.

D. Compose a persuasive letter to the business partner to discuss their challenges in meeting your

production needs.

E. Compose responses to the customer complaint about the product that was posted on the company’s social

media page by doing the following:

1. Develop a public response that acknowledges the customer complaint and improves the company

image within the social media page.

2. Develop a direct private message with a proposed adjustment (resolution) for the customer.

F. Evaluate the communication strategies and methods (i.e., email, letter, blog, and social media) used in items

A–E by doing the following:

1. Explain how the communication strategies support or do not support the desired outcomes and provide

examples to support your conclusion.

2. Explain how the four communication methods effectively or ineffectively serve the target audience and

provide examples to support your conclusion.

G. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or

summarized.

 NO PLAGARISM

Discussion post 1-7 attached, chapters 1 and 2 added for discussion post 1-3.

Please view the attachment and no negotiations on firm price. 

Most consumers and many in the industry do not know how delivery drivers are employed or remunerated. It may be eye-opening. Labor relations, legislation, unions, and wage issues are taking the spotlight as these jobs are becoming a crucial part of the supply chain.

Module 2: Week 1 Discussion Background Readings

Leaked Memos Show Instacart is Running a Union-Busting Campaign (2020)

How Much Does Instacart Pay? Find the New Instacart Pay Structure Here (2020)

Instacart Shoppers Plan a Series of Actions in Protest of Company’s Wage Practices (2019)

Factbox: California’s Gig Worker Law Could Sting ‘Last Mile’ Delivery (2019)

9 Postmates Tips to Earn More on Your Next Shift (2019)

7 Ways to Make More as an Amazon Flex Driver (2019)

Six Tips for Attracting (and Keeping) Distribution Labor (2019)

Amazon Flex Drivers Are Using Bots to Cheat Their Way to Getting More Work (2020)

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION POST

Use this week’s background readings to understand the human resource implications of last mile delivery workers. Add at least one other recent resource for the post:

• Provide guidance on the legal ramifications of last mile delivery.
• Based on research, provide information on the two most critical human resource issues facing last mile delivery.
• Using the resource beyond this week’s readings, provide real-world media coverage of last mile delivery and how it is portrayed. (The article should be less than two years old.)

Annotated Bibliography 3 Due Friday, August 14 at midnight. Work must be submitted by August 15 at midnight as class will end at that time.

Each student will be responsible for completing 3 annotated bibliography assignments throughout the semester.  For each assignment, you are required to read two articles and complete an annotated bibliography for each article (scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles).  

 You will have an annotated bibliography assignment (AB) in week’s 1, 4, & 8. You are to research two peer-reviewed articles from the CU Library. You can find the directions to accessing the library at the top of our Moodle page. You are to complete two annotated bibliographies for each week’s assignment (week’s 1, 4, & 8). Your AB’s should be ½ to ¾ pages long. It should be double-spaced, and you are to use Times new Roman 12 font. For your AB, you must have: • Your name, date, course, and AB number at the top (see example) • APA Reference before the information (see example) Annotated bibliographies must be written in manner, in which, they are understandable. You must describe all-important data such as: • The participants • The reason the study was conducted • What research design was used (surveys, interviews, case study, etc.) • Which research analysis was used (MANOVA, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallace, etc.) • The results of the study along with any conclusions of the author(s) Your study must include all of these (if applicable). Your AB MAY NOT be copied and pasted directly from the source. There MUST NOT be any form of plagiarism in your annotated bibliography (or any other assignment). You are required to write this assignment in your own words. You should pick the topic for your AB from the objectives listed at the beginning of each week’s module or from the syllabus. Your AB’s will be worth 50 points apiece. That means the weekly total for the assignment is 100 points with a total of 300 points overall (100 points for week 1, 100 points for week 4, and 100 points for week 8).