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Dimensions of CSVs

There are seven different dimensions of CSVs which are listed below.

Individualism

Masculinity

Power Distance

Uncertainty Avoidance

Long Term Orientation

Indulgence

Pragmatic Outlook

All of the above listed dimensions of CSVs have specific details and explanations. For example, in the Individualism, The high score is that the society expects an individual to take higher responsibility for oneself and family. While in the Low Score, one’s life is intertwined with a huge and large cohesive group (Barry, 2017). The description of each dimension is covered in the following graph.

Nine Nations of America

The Nine Nations of America or The Nine Nations of North America is a book that is written by Joel Garreau. In this book, the author makes the suggestion that America or North America can be divided into nine nations that have different cultural and economic features. This work of the author is known as “a classic text on the current regionalization of North America”.

The New England

This nation differs from my nation in almost more than a single way. The very basic thing in which it differs is its location and region that is composed of six states while. While the other things or factors include the economic condition of New England and the economic condition of state I am a part of and living in. Furthermore, the social patterns also one of the crucial factors that differs from the state of New England from mine.

References

Barry, J. B., (2017). CB ISBN: 9781337469951. Retrieved 15 January 2020, from https://www.amazon.com/CB-Book-Only-Barry-Babin/dp/1305577140

Week 1

Leadership and Management

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Response 1

The leadership and management are two topics, which has been a debate over the decades. However, leadership is the skill to influence others, and it is the position to make decisions and to lead people, not only followers. While, management is an art of science and management is a process to achieve the organizational aims and goals (Bohoris & Vorria, 2008).

There are two roles in the scenario; Linda and Roger and both are designated with some responsibilities in the same company. They are performing tasks related to management and leadership. Roger is assigned to formulation and evaluation of the software solutions in the company, and he knows to deal with the process of dealing with the problems when the company is exposed to issues, and he does not coordinate with the team, and subordinates. Centralized power and authority mean that he has no role as a leader because a leader involves his team in decision-making, and they plan together to find solutions for the problems, and a leader leads his team so that, they work together to achieve organizational goals, and objectives set collectively.

Linda is a manager and a leader at the same time, she knows how to involve her team in decision-making, and how to deal with the emergencies. A leader is the one who has a vision and believes in the efficiency of the organization rather than making short-term decisions. Linda, to gain the trust of her team and management in the company plans meetings, and she includes the team members in every step and the process of decision-making. A leader creates opportunities for the team members, likewise, Linda did, she wanted to provide training and wanted them to see the change. Linda makes situational decisions based on the effectiveness of the decisions.

Response 2

Roger in this scenario is a manager because he is not performing according to the skills of a leader. Managing a team means to control, guide and coordinate with the team to perform certain tasks as they told by the managers. Roger is assigned with the role of manager, and he is responsible for the managerial procedure and processes. He is only limited to a few tasks, which he performs, and guides his team to follow the instruction to any action. Roger has to control the team, and he is more responsible for technical activities like documentation of product designing, and processes. Roger is only performing the task of a manager, and he takes decisions in a centralized manner, and his team knows that he will be making the right decisions for the company. Roger takes the decisions without any fear when the company is exposed to a process, which uncovers the problems.

Linda is playing the role of manager and leader at the same time because she knows what leadership, and how to manage the working environment in the company by involving management, and her team members in the decision-making. Linda plans and takes actions according to the situations as Linda knows that making quick changes in the company would lead the company to compete in the industry. The inclusion of members of the executive board and planning for the meetings gives Linda the characteristics of a leader. Linda also knows that providing opportunities, and training to the employee would give the employees a chance to see the change, and they would be able to represent the company in the new market. The leader has a proper behavior and attitude while making decisions, and dealing with people in the organizations, and societies and a leader inspires others to follow him or her to achieve the goals (Surji, 2015).

Response 3

Management and leadership are two different processes, and one can be a leader and a manager at the same time. In the processes of management, the organizational goal are focused which are to be completed in a time duration by following its functions like formulation, evaluation and monitoring the tasks and it is more towards the administrative tasks, and leadership is the skill which brings the changes, provides roles, and encourages the effectiveness through the educated ways. Management is a process and leadership is a skill that can be charismatic, and leadership can be natural because not everyone can be a leader but they can become a manager.

Managers and leaders have different perceptions and unique styles of working in organizations and industries. A manager follows the process to achieve the goals and controls, and solve problems without taking much time, and managers focus on stability. While leaders are the ones who understand the significance of problems and the take time for decision making, they tend to tolerate the problems, and issues and their task relates more with the scientists, artists, and more creative people as compared to the managers(Zaleznik, 2004). Leaders tend to accept others with various backgrounds, and they encourage every member of the team to take part in the decision-making process, and they encourage decentralized ways of decision-making. The managers are more technical, and they make decisions by following the managerial processes.

Industries, companies, and organizations need both leaders and managers to achieve the goals and targets efficiently so, it is important to enhance both managerial and leadership skills to follow the visions of the industries. While leaders and managers both know the decision-making processes and skills which they have developed after being exposed to new experiences.

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Bohoris, G. A., & Vorria, E. P. (2008). Leadership vs management: A business excellence/performance management view. 10th QMOD Conference. Quality Management and Organizational Development. Our Dreams of Excellence; 18-20 June; 2007 in Helsingborg; Sweden. Linköping University Electronic Press.

Surji, K. (2015). Understanding Leadership and Factors that Influence Leaders’ Effectiveness. EJBM, 7.

Zaleznik, A. (2004). Managers and leaders: Are they different? Clinical Leadership & Management Review : The Journal of CLMA, 18(3), 171–177.

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

Communication in Crisis Situations

On October 31, the SpaceShipTwo ship crashed in the California Mojave Desert. It belonged to the company of Richard Branson Virgin Galactic and was intended for suborbital flights. As a result of the accident, one of the pilots died, and the second was seriously injured. This incident can put an end to Branson’s ambitious plans for the development of space tourism and slow down the development of the entire industry. The Virgin Group started with sharing facts of the crash and show their concern regarding who died and for their families. Sir R.Branson founder of Virgin group tweeted manty times and updated clients and provide his personal remarks about accident. Other than that he personally visit to see the event of accident and tell people about this crisis.

At a press conference on November 3 NTSB Executive Chairman Christopher Hart said the accident was largely driven by Elsbury’s actions. He unlocked the tail of the device ahead of schedule - at a speed of 1 Mach (speed of sound), while he had to do this at a speed of 1.4 Mach. In addition, the crew did not perform the necessary actions to translate the tail into a vertical position. As a result, four seconds after the tail section was unlocked, the ship began to rotate around its axis, and then fell apart.

The company use effective way of communication regarding their crisis. It was good communication strategy by explaining all and taking responsibility of the event. But there was another important point and that is the background of this incident . As follows from the Virgin Galactic text broadcast on Twitter, initially the tests went according to plan, but “serious anomalies” were found during the flight of the device. As a result, the ship crashed. Its wreckage scattered in a radius of eight kilometers. The crash investigation is carried out not only by the direct creator and test device - Scaled Composites, but also by the US National Transportation Safety Administration (NTSB). (BOYLE,2014)

Leaders need to be able to analyze an audience in every situation and develop a communication strategy that facilitates accomplishing their communication objectives, including selecting the best medium.”( Barrett, 2014, P.7).I believe the communication strategy of both . Sir R.Branson and Christopher Hart was very accurate because it is best way to disclose everything correctly and engage with public and to show your concern.

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References

Barrett, D. (2014). Leadership communication. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Retrieve from

https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/1259622991/cfi/6/22!/4/52@0:63.4

BOYLE, A. BREAKING NEWS SPACE ROCKET ACCIDENT VIRGIN GALACTIC

SPACESHIP TWO TEST MOJAVE CALIFORNIA 10/31/2014 Virgin Galactic spaceship crash in Mojave Desert–the remains of the spacecraft–October 31 2014 Virgin Galactic Majestic Flight Showreel–Long Version Stunning video shows Virgin Galactic test flight.

Reply to Everlyne Balusi

Thank you for your post and I have found it very interesting and informative post with good organized facts. You have discussed the communication crisis of Domino’s pizza. It is really important case and you have discussed it in a very good manner . Why you think oral communication is better way to communicate and handle this situation?

Reply to Tracy Billie

Thankyou Georgetta for such a nice post . I really enjoyed this informative post and can see some very good points in your post. You have discussed the communication crisis of orthodontist Dr. R. It is really nice to talk about your personal example and it is not easy to handle your personal example however you did a good job.

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

HR and its functions are increasing and becoming better day by day . “HRM exist in in a quickly shifting environment of globalization, cumulative diversity, and developments in technology”( HR Functions)

Paycor.

This software is for payroll it is easy to use and some other features are below;

Price: strived to ensure that all options offer a low price and / or excellent value.

Ease of use: Options do not require you to be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA); they are intuitive

Gross salary: Calculate the gross salary of an employee for each payment cycle based on hours worked, salaries and / or bonuses; manual or time entry

Net pay: Determine the employee’s net salary after processing payroll taxes and other deductions, such as insurance premiums, insurance, or 401 (k) savings plans

Payment: Pay employees with a direct deposit, checks and / or payment cards

Tax documents: Generate and print year-end reports, such as W2s tax forms for employees

Government requirements: Managing tax returns and submitting new state employment reports

Unemployment, employee compensation and disability: Calculation of deductions and payment management in accordance with the requirements of state and federal agencies

BambooHR.

BambooHR offers a single system for consolidating all data on employees and human resources, as well as for managing various types of human resources. The software can be applied to create a centralized database of worker profiles, can be accede by both employee and company. All the information’s like personal information, picture, salary, benefits rest time ,various documents and training is saved in profile. There are also some custom fields to add or record some other data as well.

Opportunities

Multicurrency Payroll Data

Online Document Storage

Organization chart

Training Tracking

Benefit Tracking

Vacation and Approval Requests

People data

History of work and salary

User Access Permissions

ENPS Employee Satisfaction

Information Security

Basic and Advanced Recruiting Functions

Time to report

Workflows and Permissions

Candidate Tracking System Module

Numerous HR challenges currently exist, including organizational cost pressures, globalization, a changing workforce, and technology.(Mathis, 2017, p. 36).HRIS are very important tools in human resource management. Both the software e.g., BambooHR and Paycor comes with an integrated application tracking (ATS) module. The component can be applied to create and publish jobs and record, assess and track the status of incoming applications. BambooHR is appropriate for global companies with 6 different languages

References

Mathis, R. L., & Jackson, J. H. (2011). Human resource management: Essential perspectives.

Cengage Learning. Retrieve from https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/9781337259033/cfi/6/8!/4/36/12/2/2@0:0

HR Functions retrieve from https://myclasses.southuniversity.edu/content/enforced/58883-

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Reply to Georgetta'sDQ

Thankyou Georgetta for such a nice post . I really enjoyed this informative post and can see some very good points in your post. You have discussed BambooHR and Payco online. I am agreeing these two are very good HRIS tools . Not only these are easy to use but also making HRM efficient like BambooHR has a free mobile app for iPhone and Android that syncs in real time with your Bamboo account.

Reply to Haley C White

Thank you for your post and I have found it very interesting and informative post with good organized facts.I am not much aware of Xcel HR Connect but after reading your post I am really interested to know about it . However, “Namely” is another good software and both functions alike.

Week 1 Discussion

My selected project is introducing new cloth bags for shopping and the reason for choosing this project is so simple. As we all know plastic is so harmful for our health and ecology , we need to replace plastic bags with cloth bags. If cloth bags come with variety of designs and at cheap cost ,people will definitely encourage to buy them. Even woman can use them as tote bag or a sign of fashion.

My selected project belongs to environment safety organization and people from all over the globe use bags to put things or for shopping.

According to Lester,” it is a unique process, entailing of a set of coordinated and controlled activities with start and finish dates, assumed to attain an objectives in compliance to definite requirements, including constraints of time, cost and resources” (Lester, 2014)My selected project fit the definition of project because it clearly have a goal and through this project, we can help to save our environment .

Cost may be a constrain in this project but there are various ways to deal with it. Like the cutout of different cloth factories can be used to make cloth bags.

In the management of a portfolio of projects, the process is a set of interrelated actions aimed at solving a specific management task. Selection of processes is necessary, on the one hand, for understanding the actions that should be carried out with respect to the portfolio of projects, on the other hand, for organizing work and establishing responsibility in this direction.

Not exactly in terms of functional management in one person, units may have different leaders for different functions.

Yes, because it is a single project and there are no other projects are related to this project.

References

Lester, A. (2014). Project management, planning and control: managing engineering,

construction and manufacturing projects to PMI, APM and BSI standards. Elsevier.

Replies to other students

Brandon Massingale

Thank you very much for sharing your project with us but it is not a very clear project what exactly you want to do with economic model. Otherwise your post provide very useful information about project management.

Brian Keef

It is really an interesting project, but I am only worried about the cost of this project . secondly you want to work on Nintendo switch console so do you want to offer a console which can be PlayStation and Nintendo both in one console or something else?

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

Part I

Considering the scenario II, I would propose the use of LLC as the main structure of the business. A limited liability undertaking is the run of the mill mixed up name used instead of a limited liability business. In this manner the limited liability business and the limited liability business both insinuate something fundamentally the same as. Following the clarification made above it is subsequently appropriate to express that a limited liability business (endeavor) is a legitimately known business institution that gives a limited kind of liability to its people (owners). It must be reviewed that the limited liability partnership as it is known isn't a business however then again is a kind of affiliation that is unincorporated. The fundamental existing component that is comparative between a limited liability partnership (business) and an association is that both have or give their owners limited liabilities (Miller, 2015).

The LLC bears the flexibility advantage over the standard association. In order to furthermore improve the importance of a LLC; it is a business component that has both the attributes of an association kind of business and a partnership.

The Internal income organization master has comprehended that the LLC are incredibly pervasive in view of their flexibility. The owners of these LLCs are generally called people and these people could go from individual to associations, outside institutions and even different LLCs.

Likewise, the American LLCs have an unlimited number of most prominent people.

Its moreover legitimate as coordinated by the IRS that particular business institutions can't be LLCs these institutions fuse:

a.Banks

b.Insurance companies

c.Philanthropic affiliations

LLC sort of business has been in nearness for quite a while and it has been gotten in various bits of the world, this kind of business is in like manner verified and bound by law in the a wide scope of countries. There exercises might be possibly exceptional anyway the essential decides that regulate their running proceed as previously. The different history stories will give a sensible a picture of how the LLCs work in the unmistakable countries and their directing principles. This paper will look at the recorded scenery of LLCs in the United States of America.

Part II

Product: Energy drink for Students (BuzzStud)

For the product I will chose demographical environment as the most effective environment. The demographical factors that will most effect my product will be age and gender. For example, the research shows that the consumers of most of the energy drinks are young and young adult males with hectic routines or an interest in adventures. Therefore, we have to lookout for this specific demographical category to promote our product. For this purpose, we need to make sure that our product is marketed through technological mediums as a “cool” yet “healthy” drink.

Objectives

Uniqueness: Energy drink not for recreational purposes but for helping students stay active for prolong periods of study time with little to no chemical and health hazards. This target is achieved with designing product in smaller packaging with careful use of ingredients within a medically approved limit only.

Objectives

With the new product BuzzStud, the business will strive to increase the health of Students by overcoming their craving of energy drink with a healthier option;

With unique formulation of BuzzStud, the drink is available in 3 different fruity flavors and with real fruit extracts;

The BuzzStud has been tested medically safe for daily consumption of 500 ml for youngsters

Business Type

The business will have a collaboration structure. Great position of a collaboration compared to a limited business is that you can set up a collaboration with any starting capital. With limited companies in any occasion accounts are required. All around, a collaboration infers less organization and a dynamically versatile structure. For instance, it isn't required to hold formal official get-togethers yearly or overall. This shows this sort of business is easier to run. Shareholders can't be expelled and can stop new incoming shareholders as demonstrated by Collaboration Act 1890 (Sutton, 2017). This is regarding the alterations in composition of the shareholders that surmise another firm to be made and the old firm can be separated if there are any changes. It moreover surmises that incoming shareholders won't be liable for what occurred before they join, and dynamic shareholders for what occurred after they leave. There are no necessities to disperse full cash related nuances, so there is more security for shareholders. Assets simply need be announced for appraisal and VAT. Another key favored outlook is that costs, threats and obligation is shared between the shareholders, remaining with the control of the to a base.

Downsides of collaborations

The guideline shortcoming of a collaboration is the unlimited liability of the commitments. All shareholders are liable together for the commitments and diverse liabilities of the firm. The liability applies to their private assets of the shareholders (Sutton, 2017). There is no full insurance over on offer for master liability claims. A shareholder is up 'til now liable after his going for the commitments gained by the firm while he was a shareholder and after his retirement if he didn't see his retirement. The response for this weight is to be a limited shareholder consequently the liability of the shareholder is limited for the commitments of the firm.

References

Sutton, G. (2017). How to Use Limited Liability Companies & Limited Partnerships: Getting the Most Out of Your Legal Structure. Hachette Audio.

Miller, M. R. (2015). The New York limited liability business law at twenty: past, present & future. Touro Law Review, 403-410.

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

Week 1 Discussion

Student’s Name

Institution

Question1: Research the construction industry to learn what the inputs are that are used by such a homebuilder to build homes (the homes are obviously the output that is being produced by the homebuilder). Be sure to include some inputs that are not strictly labor (in other words, include things that are pieces of equipment or resources other than people.

There are several inputs which are used for building a home would be materials or supplies as wood, siding, cabinets, nails, shingles, wiring and doors CITATION Ale15 \l 1033 (Murray, 2015). However, other items are dumpsters, designers, bulldozers, pumps and excavators are some of the equipment which was used as inputs.

Question 2: Give at least two examples of what a partial productivity statistic would be for some of the inputs that you identified

A partial output statistic for inputs would be the shingles and dumpsters. If the project makes a mistake to miscalculate the resources which are available, he or she would face a serious lack of output or delay in time. However, no dumpsters would cause any kind of delay of the project because they are not involve anywhere in the construction project.

Question 3: Give an example of something that would cause the partial productivity of a particular input to be reduced.

Partial productivity can be a measure of solution and therefore, can be used to determine the overall production. The increase in labor, using quality materials or equipment higher than previous materials can result to high production. However, the reduction of certain productivity input can be caused by increase of the cost of input. The capital investment on each input has directly effect on the output. Therefore, when the cost of a particular input increases during constructions process, the capital investment on the construction equipment would increase and this will have direct impact on the productivity.

Question 4: Give an example of something that could be done to improve the partial productivity of some particular input.

The improve productivity of a particular input, cost must be factored in. The total cost of expenses incur for a particular input must be review and this will help even to improve the overall productivity of a project. The partial productivity can be improved by increase the labor. In construction industry labor is an essential factor, which success of every component relies on CITATION Mar14 \l 1033 (Terry, 2014). Therefore, investment on compete and skill labor would improve the productivity of a particular input.

Question 5: Describe how the overall productivity of the homebuilder would be calculated. In other words, how could the total productivity of all inputs be incorporated in a total productivity calculation?

The overall productivity would be calculated based on the cost of production subtract the value of the price.

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY Murray, A. (2015). Partial versus Total Factor Productivity Measures: An Assessment of their Strengths and Weaknesses. Centre for the Study of Living Standards , 2-18.

Murray, A. (2015). Partial versus Total Factor Productivity Measures: An Assessment of Their Strengths and Weaknesses. International Productivity Monitor , 2-15.

Terry, M. (2014). Operations Management Defined. Measuring productivity growth in construction , 2-15.

Week 1 Discussion

Data Analysis in Decision Making

[Name of the Writer]

[Name of the Institution]

Data Analysis in Decision Making

Reducing Transportation Costs for Fleet of Delivery Trucks

One of the key value prepositions for the businesses these days is that how they are going to make sure that they tend to look at the value prospects in a proper manner, and based on the data they are able to make the right decision. Keeping this aspect in mind, when one talks about the fleet of delivery trucks, there are variety of ways through which they are going to be making sure that the eventual transportation costs is brought down (Wesley et al, 2017). Using the data to the advantage, it can be made sure that the broader narrative of the cost cutting can be taken care off. The first thing that CEO can do is that they should have an insight about the touch points that are prevalent in the journey and the routes that are taken by the vehicles. This insight is very important as it goes to show them what are the routes that are followed by them when they are taking any destination (Wesley et al, 2017). At the same time, the other thing that has to be done is the load that is going to be there in the trucks coupled with the fuel cost that goes into it. The final determinant is the mileage (Wesley et al, 2017). Based on this information, the CEO is going to be able to make sure that they take the right decisions with regards to the way overall cost narrative is going to be taken care off at the given point of time. The key aspect of the whole thing is to ensure that the data driven approach is needed to be adopted when it comes to the broader scheme of things. All these key variables are going to be utilized to make sure that what are some of the leakages in the cost and what is the subsequent strategy that can be used to bring the cost down (Wesley et al, 2017).

Discussion Post

In this day and age, it is imperative for all the business stakeholders to make sure what direction that they want to give to their business. In order for that to happen, it is very important that the decision making that is being done on their part is carried out in the manner that is well informed (Andersen & Petersen, 2016). Without informed decision making and not having clear insight of what is expected from them, it is quite hard for them to make sure that they are able to take the right decision that eventually benefits all the stakeholders who are part of the organization (Provost & Fawcett, 2013). One of the key things that is needed to be done by the businesses these days is that they need to have an insight about how they are going to be taking decisions based on the plethora of information that they have at their disposal these days (Albright et al, 2018). More organized the information is going to be, the more easier and clarity is going to be there as far as the broader organizational decision making is supposed to be carried out at the given point of time (Andersen & Petersen, 2016).

References

Albright, S. C., Winston, W., & Zappe, C. (2018). Data analysis and decision making. Cengage Learning.

Andersen, P., & Petersen, N. C. (2016). A procedure for ranking efficient units in data envelopment analysis. Management science, 39(10), 1261-1264.

Provost, F., & Fawcett, T. (2013). Data science and its relationship to big data and data-driven decision making. Big data, 1(1), 51-59.

Wesley, S., LeHew, M., & Woodside, A. G. (2017). Consumer decision-making styles and mall shopping behavior: Building theory using exploratory data analysis and the comparative method. Journal of Business Research, 59(5), 535-548.

Week 1 DISCUSSION

Week 1 Discussion

Mark Wrublewski

South University

Prof. King

BUS3055

6/29/19

Conducting business research

Market research will be conducted for determining why the sales of the firm have declined. This will involve targeting market segments and identifying the people living in those markets.

The data will be collected on consumer preferences and their attitudes towards the products. It also involves the identification of people's demand towards that product and impacts of prices and competitors. Data will also be collected on the strengths and weaknesses of the competitors. The threats are equally important for determining the position of the firm.

The employees connected for conducting this research will include market researcher and salesmen.

The outside consultants that can be hired for such research include external market researchers who are experienced and skilled. Sales and business analysts can also be hired for assessing the reasons for the decline of the company's sales CITATION Dav111 \l 1033 (Lyus, Rogers, & Simms, 2011).

Employees’ morale

Cindy must not revise the report before sending it to her boss’s boss. It is ethical to share the actual facts with her boss’s boss even when the results are negative. Cindy has an obligation to follow the ethical code of conduct that also reflects the necessity of not revising the report.

The ethical concerns of reliability and validity are applicable in case of concealing actual results. Hiding or manipulating actual results is unethical.

The boss wants more than what the actual fact says because he is aiming to get a positive response. For developing a positive response Cindy needs to manipulate the actual facts and share wrong ones CITATION Dav071 \l 1033 (Coultas, 2007).

Cindy also has an obligation towards the employees to share their actual responses without manipulating them. It is unethical to neglect her obligation of presenting employees concerns.

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY Coultas, D. (2007). Ethical Considerations in the Interpretation and Communication of Clinical Trial Results. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 4 (2).

Lyus, D., Rogers, B., & Simms, C. (2011). The role of sales and marketing integration in improving strategic responsiveness to market change . Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management, 18 (1), 39–49.

Week 1 DISCUSSION

Week 1 Discussion

Student’s Name

Institution

Date

Scenario 1 – Corporate Formation and Shareholder Liability

Ronald Powers is the sole shareholder of R. P. Properties, Inc. The company is therefore, owed by an individual which means that Ronald Powers is liable for all he liabilities of the company. Under the Company Act cap 110, a shareholder of company is limited by shares and therefore, the shareholders of a company have a limited liability. This means that a shareholder is liable for the debts of a company only to the nominal value CITATION Nat15 \l 1033 (National Paralegal College, 2015). In this case, it is evident that Ronald Powers can be sued or held liable for the debts accrued by the company. This is because Ronald Powers is the sole shareholder and therefore, it has 100% shares of the company CITATION Dav07 \l 1033 (Millon, 2007). It means that he becomes responsible for all the mistakes made by the company. However, if the R.P property was incorporated then the Ronald Powers would have not been held liable for the debts owed by the company. I therefore, believe that a legal action against Ronald Power would succeed before the industrial court.

It is also evidence that Ronald Powers was collecting mortgages on behalf of clients CITATION Mic15 \l 1033 (Lean, 2015). Based on the law, R.P. Properties was supposed to make necessary payment and failure to remit such payment make the company liable for the debts. However, the company mortgage owners have the legal obligation to sue the company and in this case, Ronald Powers would be personally liable for debts. This is because the company is owed by Ronald Powers and therefore, he is legal responsible for all the actions committed by the company.

Discussion Question Part II

The company will be called Metlink Enterprise. Metlink enterprise will be selling electronics devices through an online portal. It will be an e-commerce with a physical store in Alabama, where its head office will be located. Metlink Enterprise is to be a registered limited liability company. This is because limited liability company share liabilities and it is easier to raise capital, which is a major challenge in starting businesses. The main disadvantage of limited liability is the decision making process, which is very difficult and it takes long to make any major decisions. The profit is also shared among the shareholders.

Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY Lean, M. (2015). Liability of Corporate Shareholders: Piercing the Corporate Veil. Journal of Law and legal Practice , 2-34.

Millon, D. K. (2007). Piercing the Corporate Veil, Financial. https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=wlufac , 2-34.

National Paralegal College. (2015). Liability of the Corporation. https://lawshelf.com/courseware/entry/liability-of-the-corporation , 2-34.

Week 1 Discussion

Week 1 Discussion

Mark Wrublewski

[Name of the institution]

[Date]

For employees to use Web-based self-service applications in their companies:

Any form of implementation which integrates a website acting as a front-end, allowing the users for accessing any applications till the internet or any electronic device such as a computer or any other electronic device, having an internet connection, is referred to as a web-based application. The most commonly web-based technologies include self-service applications like Tablets, Smartphones, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and portable PCs like laptops ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"5jayF776","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Meuter, Ostrom, Roundtree, & Bitner, 2000)","plainCitation":"(Meuter, Ostrom, Roundtree, & Bitner, 2000)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":379,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/PwL0F8bO/items/YGEIB2ET"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/PwL0F8bO/items/YGEIB2ET"],"itemData":{"id":379,"type":"article-journal","title":"Self-service technologies: understanding customer satisfaction with technology-based service encounters","container-title":"Journal of marketing","page":"50-64","volume":"64","issue":"3","author":[{"family":"Meuter","given":"Matthew L."},{"family":"Ostrom","given":"Amy L."},{"family":"Roundtree","given":"Robert I."},{"family":"Bitner","given":"Mary Jo"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2000"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Meuter, Ostrom, Roundtree, & Bitner, 2000). New challenges have been realized by enterprises with benefits corresponding to the evolution in accessibility, speed and operations of the World Wide Web (www). The main benefit of the web-based applications, in comparison with the traditional desktop operations, is that these applications are accessible anywhere and everywhere, which brings an additional advantage to the organization. A variety of supplier side and consumer side software applications have direct integration with the business operations for improving the service delivery and ensuring the increase in productivity is widely used by the businesses of today. Using the employees to carry out predefined tasks using the applications which are web-based not only makes their duties easier but increases the relevance of the organization at the same time have been used widely by the organizations of today.

As the payroll or HR managers, have you ever thought what it would be like to spend the day without dealing with any request by the employee for updating their personal details, re-issuing the copy of the pay slip and checking their entitlement of holidays. It has been more than a decade that the technology software and infrastructure for supporting the PSS is around, but adopting to the updated infrastructure has been slower. The biggest advantage of the self-service is considered to be the reduction of payroll and administration costs of HR. But technically, there are a few barriers in implementing the PSS ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"hvGgFkQJ","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Negash, Ryan, & Igbaria, 2003)","plainCitation":"(Negash, Ryan, & Igbaria, 2003)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":380,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/PwL0F8bO/items/M9SNEDIR"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/PwL0F8bO/items/M9SNEDIR"],"itemData":{"id":380,"type":"article-journal","title":"Quality and effectiveness in web-based customer support systems","container-title":"Information & management","page":"757-768","volume":"40","issue":"8","author":[{"family":"Negash","given":"Solomon"},{"family":"Ryan","given":"Terry"},{"family":"Igbaria","given":"Magid"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2003"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Negash, Ryan, & Igbaria, 2003). A common setup would be allowing the employees for viewing pay history and advice, change the personal details, submitting timesheets and filing expense claims, alongside the HR-related tasks such as submitting job applications and the holiday requests.

References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Meuter, M. L., Ostrom, A. L., Roundtree, R. I., & Bitner, M. J. (2000). Self-service technologies: understanding customer satisfaction with technology-based service encounters. Journal of Marketing, 64(3), 50–64.

Negash, S., Ryan, T., & Igbaria, M. (2003). Quality and effectiveness in web-based customer support systems. Information & Management, 40(8), 757–768.

Week 1 Forum

Week 1 Forum

Aja McNeil (First M. Last)

School or Institution Name (University at Place or Town, State)

Response to question 1:

The marketing mix is a tool used to describe the marketing options in the form of 4 P’s that are, Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. The 4 P's can be declared as the marketing components, and they help in delivering marketing activities such as creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"a1u466g2fca","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Tanner & Raymond, 2010)","plainCitation":"(Tanner & Raymond, 2010)"},"citationItems":[{"id":1167,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/FGhKhGPG/items/5G3EB6JA"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/FGhKhGPG/items/5G3EB6JA"],"itemData":{"id":1167,"type":"article-journal","title":"Principles of Marketing v. 2.0","container-title":"Flat World Knowledge. Flat World Education, Inc., 2012. Web. 29 Mar. 2015.< http://catalog. flatworldknowledge. com/bookhub/reader/5229? e= fwk-133234-ch13_s01","author":[{"family":"Tanner","given":"John F."},{"family":"Raymond","given":"Marry Anne"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2010"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Tanner & Raymond, 2010). It is the typical way of viewing the marketing elements. The products are the tangible or intangible offering that is made to deliver. The promotion is communication of that offering to the potential buyers. The third P is Place which refers to the point at which consumer can get the offering. The last P is Price which is the monetary value charged against the product or service provided to the consumer. The marketing mix helps a marketer in developing a good marketing strategy, however, they are not enough to describe the marketing activities, and they do not exactly provide information about what marketers do.

Response to question 2:

A SWOT analysis gives an overview of the business or an individual’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The strengths are used to capture the opportunities, and the weaknesses and threats can be analyzed to take care in making the strategic plan. Strategic plans are made to achieve the overall goal of an individual or an organization. SWOT helps in identifying what strategies helped in the past, what actions lead to failure and helps avoid them in the future. The strategies or actions that helped in the past can be re-used to skip any risks or threats. Furthermore, SWOT analysis helps in the evaluation of strategies and defining the best course of action. Same goes with an individual or an organization. The internal analysis gives an overview of where a person or an organization stands, and what they need to do to reach at a certain goal using strengths and opportunities along with improving weaknesses and dealing with threats ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"a15c9oe086g","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ghazinoory, Abdi, & Azadegan-Mehr, 2011)","plainCitation":"(Ghazinoory, Abdi, & Azadegan-Mehr, 2011)"},"citationItems":[{"id":1168,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/FGhKhGPG/items/9WHATGLA"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/FGhKhGPG/items/9WHATGLA"],"itemData":{"id":1168,"type":"article-journal","title":"SWOT methodology: a state-of-the-art review for the past, a framework for the future","container-title":"Journal of business economics and management","page":"24-48","volume":"12","issue":"1","author":[{"family":"Ghazinoory","given":"Sepehr"},{"family":"Abdi","given":"Mansoureh"},{"family":"Azadegan-Mehr","given":"Mandana"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2011"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ghazinoory, Abdi, & Azadegan-Mehr, 2011).

References

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Ghazinoory, S., Abdi, M., & Azadegan-Mehr, M. (2011). SWOT methodology: a state-of-the-art review for the past, a framework for the future. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 12(1), 24–48.

Tanner, J. F., & Raymond, M. A. (2010). Principles of Marketing v. 2.0. Flat World Knowledge. Flat World Education, Inc., 2012. Web. 29 Mar. 2015.< Http://Catalog. Flatworldknowledge. Com/Bookhub/Reader/5229? E= Fwk-133234-Ch13_s01.

Week 1 Intro To Business

Your Name

Instructor Name

Course Number

Date

Title: Subtitle

Question 1

Given the toll non-biodegradable plastic use has taken on the planet and our health in the past century, most organizations and businesses are going out of their ways to reduce waste and go green. One such organization is Modern Twist, a company that uses silicone instead of plastic to reduce the use of plastic ware in society, considering silicone is biodegradable and recyclable ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"G4oisXZq","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Berro et al.)","plainCitation":"(Berro et al.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":889,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/Z469AS5F"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/Z469AS5F"],"itemData":{"id":889,"type":"article-journal","title":"From plastic to silicone: the novelties in porous polymer fabrications","container-title":"Journal of Nanomaterials","page":"123","volume":"16","issue":"1","author":[{"family":"Berro","given":"Soumaya"},{"family":"Ahdab","given":"Ranim El"},{"family":"Hassan","given":"Houssein Hajj"},{"family":"Khachfe","given":"Hassan M."},{"family":"Hajj-Hassan","given":"Mohamad"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Berro et al.).

Question 2

Kat Nouri, the mind behind Modern Twist, brought a change a decade ago with streamlining the use of silicon-based houseware, as opposed to plastic-based. This reduced the prevalence of plastic use in society in general and made people turn towards silicone. This change is being enforced by society’s desire to make this planet whole again and refrain from plastic pollution.

Question 3

The new business strategy integrated into its present strategy by Modern Twist is the elimination of single-use Ziploc bag. Thus, in order to remedy the situation with plastic pollution, Nouri produced “Stasher”. Stasher is a silicone-based Ziploc alternative that can be placed in hot water, freezer and even the microwave safely, without losing its shape ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"RPGOqsTM","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Chhabra)","plainCitation":"(Chhabra)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":887,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/D7HG8CW8"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/D7HG8CW8"],"itemData":{"id":887,"type":"webpage","title":"This Company Wants To Eliminate Single Use Plastics","container-title":"Forbes","abstract":"Kat Nouri already had a successful business that she had been running for over a decade. But she had a desire to do more -- to use her business as a vehicle to stop plastic pollution.","URL":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2019/08/25/this-company-wants-to-eliminate-single-use-plastics/","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Chhabra","given":"Esha"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",8,30]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Chhabra).

Question 4

With Stasher, Nouri aims to provide an alternative to plastic pollution caused by Ziploc bags. Given that the product is washable and reusable, it is rather effective at reducing plastic waste altogether ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"kiQ4NQuZ","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Chhabra)","plainCitation":"(Chhabra)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":887,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/D7HG8CW8"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/0omESN17/items/D7HG8CW8"],"itemData":{"id":887,"type":"webpage","title":"This Company Wants To Eliminate Single Use Plastics","container-title":"Forbes","abstract":"Kat Nouri already had a successful business that she had been running for over a decade. But she had a desire to do more -- to use her business as a vehicle to stop plastic pollution.","URL":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2019/08/25/this-company-wants-to-eliminate-single-use-plastics/","language":"en","author":[{"family":"Chhabra","given":"Esha"}],"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",8,30]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Chhabra).

Question 5

According to Nouri, she primarily used Social Media platforms, like Instagram to bring awareness to the issue and introduce Stasher to the masses. While she is not social media savvy herself, she has chosen to hire people from within her circle of employees for Modern Twist whom she believes to be a good fit.

Question 6

At present, Stasher is marketing itself as an alternative, reusable storage bag that is alternative to plastic and can help make the planet better. Unlike Ziploc bags, the ones that it aims to replace, Slasher is trying to market itself as a product that can be used as a storage bag in various ways. It can be used for school supplies, luggage, kitchen use and even to store food. With diverse use, it is gathering a name for itself which, with the increase is its audience, will be effective in reducing the use of single-use plastics.

Works Cited

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Berro, Soumaya, et al. “From Plastic to Silicone: The Novelties in Porous Polymer Fabrications.” Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 16, no. 1, 2015, p. 123.

Chhabra, Esha. “This Company Wants To Eliminate Single-Use Plastics.” Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2019/08/25/this-company-wants-to-eliminate-single-use-plastics/. Accessed 30 Aug. 2019.

WEEK 1 Project

Operation management in Amazon

Mark Wrublewski

MGT3059 Operations Management

12/8/2019

Operations Management is an activity to regulate and coordinate the use of resources in the form of human resources, tools, funds and materials, effectively and efficiently to create and add to the use of goods and services (Wisner, Leong & Tan, 2018).A large portion that must be the responsibility of this management is to become the main distributor or distributor of production results to consumers. They must ensure the product arrives within a certain time frame. Operations Management becomes important in an organization or business. There are three operational management objectives namely;

Acceptable Goods

Acceptable goods is that the goods produced must be in accordance with the needs or desires of consumers. Both the amount, color, shape, quality, taste, mode and price.

On time

On time is on time. In producing an item it must be on time. Starting from when it was done, when it was completed and until when it was distributed to consumers.

Economically

Economically, the goods produced must be economical. Economical here in the sense related to the price (price) must be affordable by consumers. “Most governments occur as part of a greater supply chain.

The supply chain is the system of industrial and service processes (often manifold organizations) that source one another from raw resources through manufacture to the final purchaser”( Schroeder, 2017). Operational management generally plays a role about strategic issues in determining "manufacturing" production plans as well as project management methods and the implementation of information technology network structures. On the other hand, they also do the following important things .The increase in the geographic coverage of delivery makes the goods of the online store accessible to customers even from the most remote settlements .

Previously, this required collaboration with several services, which increased the operational costs of the logistics, accounting and IT departments (Chan, Lacka, Yee & Lim, 2017). However, now the problem can be solved through cooperation with the delivery aggregator for online stores. Having concluded only one contract, the online store gets access to a full range of delivery methods with the maximum geographical coverage and optimal tariffs. And the buyer will not refuse to place an order due to the lack of delivery to his village or remote areas.

The Amazon’s COO task is to provide the customer at different stages of product selection and clearance with the maximum information about the conditions of payment, delivery and return. If the buyer cannot immediately understand how, when and where the order will be delivered, how much the delivery will cost, or if this requires waiting for the manager’s call back, the number of failures sharply increases. Also, the client’s transfer to the website of the transport company to calculate the delivery leads to refusals, where at the same time he will be asked to enter the weight of the purchased goods, their dimensions, etc. (Greasley, 2008).

What is the best way to disclose delivery options? Various widgets on the eCommerce website will give the client the necessary information, reducing the number of abandoned baskets and increasing conversion. Here are some examples of such widgets. At the purchase stage, when the user gets acquainted with the characteristics and price, you can also specify how much it will cost to deliver this particular product in various ways. This widget is convenient because the client does not need to proceed to check out in the basket to find out the delivery conditions.

Tracking deliveries in your system account will greatly simplify the work of the logistics department manager. Of particular note is the work with returns. There is no need to think about how, when and where to pick up goods not bought by customers, coordinate all steps with courier services. It is worth using tools to automatically calculate the cost and delivery time. The customer does not need to call the store and find out when he will receive his purchase. So the manager does not need to contact the client to inform how much the delivery will cost.

References

Chan, H. K., Lacka, E., Yee, R. W. Y., & Lim, M. K. (2017). The role of social media data in

operations and production management. International Journal of Production Research, 55(17), 5027–5036. https://doi-org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/10.1080/00207543.2015.1053998

Greasley, A. (2008). Operations Management. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved

from https://search-ebscohost-com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=268625&site=eds-live

Wisner, J. D., Leong, G. K., & Tan, K. C. (2018). Principles of Supply Chain Management a

Balanced Approach (5th ed.). Cengage. ISBN: 9781337406499

Schroeder, R. G. (2017). Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases (7th

ed.). McGraw-Hill College. ISBN: 9781260151954

Week 1 Project

Communication Strategies - Case Analysis

Mark Wrublewski

BUS3041 Managerial Communications SU02

1/21/2020

Superior food case study

The position of manager implies a great responsibility. This is not only a big salary, position and a separate office. It is also the responsibility for each of its employees - for their successes and failures, for their enthusiasm and rejection, for their burning eyes or the decision to leave you. After all, as has been said many times, they leave not from the company, but from the head. Therefore, avoiding the "unpleasant" talk of dismissal is cowardice and unwillingness to take responsibility for the decision made. These are strong negative emotions, sometimes aggression and tears. But this is the price that every leader is forced to pay.

The Case: Superior Foods Corporation Faces a Challenge

Superior foods is a big company with a large number of employees who engage in packaging and packing process sausages and meat ready for shipment with wearing gloves and uniform. It supplies food items to thousands of stores around the world. Jason’s company located in Kansas with more than 30,000 employees in 8 different countries. They have their processing units in Kansas, Arkansas, California ,Nebraska and Milwaukee. Japan signed an agree in 1988 to get “variety meats” including kidneys, brain, tongue, heart etc. but in 2011, the disease called mad cow outbreak in USA and effected the plant. There was a global reaction that badly effected the sales of Superior foods. But now Superior foods need to limit their production for some time (at least 3 months) till ban lifts and it will result 25% workers layoff. Now Manager need to communicate this bad news to employees

When announcing bad news, special attention should be paid to the following points:

It is important that the manager concerned learns the bad news directly from their supervisor, before a leak occurs. If the company has a human resources division, it is recommended to use it. Its members have a greater distance from collaborators and are specially trained to deal with these particular events.Take the time to properly prepare for the interview (if necessary, with a human resource representative): reasons, arguments, exact content of the bad news, appropriate place and date, etc.

Bad news is, and remains, bad news, regardless of how it is announced. Superiors should avoid wrapping it up and getting lost in endless introductions. After a brief introduction, the announcement must be made quickly. (Danzi, Perlini, Tedeschi, Nardelli, Greco, Scilingo, 2018). “The day before yesterday, during our general meeting, you were informed of the restructuring under way, and of the redundancies which we must carry out. Unfortunately, you are one of the people concerned ... ”

The Superior manager or president must ensure that the news has been received and understood. In fact, it often happens that employees do not want to hear bad news and repress what they have heard. The person concerned generally reacts strongly emotionally: aggressive behavior, rage, accusations, tears or nervous breakdown are normal reactions. The superiors must let them pass (by remaining silent for a moment for example) and show understanding, even if they themselves find it difficult to manage their emotions. In these moments, embellishing the bad news is not a good tactic. Moreover, when, on this kind of occasion, we talk about "seeing the positive side of the crisis", it passes for cynicism. “Leadership communication never exists in a vacuum”( Barrett, 2014).

The person concerned must be given time to digest the information. Allow enough time for maintenance. In addition, you should not be disturbed: no phone calls, unwanted intrusions into your office. The ideal is to end the meeting with a perspective on the future, a “what will happen next?” At this point in the interview, a human resources representative can take over and discharge the superior (by informing by example on internal and external services, employment agencies, approaches to the unemployment fund, etc.).

Supervisors often feel overwhelmed when they assume the psychological support of the employee concerned. They should not play this role but seek advice from a specialist in the human resources division or, if it does not exist, from an external person. (Stephanie Watts Sussman, & Lee Sproull,1999). When a superior must announce bad news, such as a dismissal, it is legitimate for the collaborator to project his rage or his disappointment on the one who transmits it to him. It is therefore not desirable that the announcer should also comfort the person (role of the savior), because that induces a confusion of the roles prejudicial as well to the one as to the other. This obviously does not mean that the two must no longer deal with each other until the termination of the employment relationship. We are simply arguing for a clear division of roles. In this case the best strategy is to write a memo addressing bad news.

Dear employees from Superior Foods Corporation:

As we all know mad cow disease is common and effecting lots of cows. It is not easy to tell this bad news. After critical analysis , we have reach to a decision to protect our company and above all our employees. It seems that due to ban on production and export ,we have to limit our productions at least for next 3 months or may be till the ban finishes. In this bad tie we have to shut down production unit and it will cause the lay off of our 25% workers. I know it is not easy ,and I am hoping and trying to find out ways that all ,will be done in better ways. If you have any questions , I am here to answer all your concerns.

Sincerely

President Superior foods.

References

Barrett, D. (2014). Leadership communication. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Danzi, O. P., Perlini, C., Tedeschi, F., Nardelli, M., Greco, A., Scilingo, E. P., … Del Piccolo, L.

(2018). Affective communication during bad news consultation. Effect on analogue patients’ heart rate variability and recall. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(11), 1892–1899. https://doi-org.su.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.06.009

Galante Pereira, A. T., Louro Fortes, I. F., & Galhanas Mendes, J. M. (2013). Communication of

Bad News: Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 7(1), 227–235. https://doi-org.su.idm.oclc.org/10.5205/reuol.3049-24704-1-LE.0701201331

Stephanie Watts Sussman, & Lee Sproull. (1999). Straight Talk: Delivering Bad News through

Electronic Communication. Information Systems Research, 10(2), 150. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.su.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23011450&site=eds-live

Week 1 Project

WARN Act Business Ethics and decision-making; analysis of HR Law

Mark Wrublewski

MGT3045 Human Resource Management SU01

1/21/2020

Case summary

A local textile plant having 100 full time workers along with 12 part time with 6 managers. All employees are salaried. The company was facing issue since last five years and now it lost of if its major client. They were struggling to recontract from last 6 months, but it was collapsed in 2 days. Company was short of cash even to pay for worker’s pay for previous two working weeks. The company called a meeting and announces about the closing of unit and terminated hourly workers in next 2 days and managers will get pay for net 2 months as they need to help closing unit. It was not easy for employees to get new job as it was not a big community and they did not get any compensation and unit closed without any prior notice.

WARN Act

“The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) protects workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide a notification for dismissal at work 60 days in advance to affected workers and local representatives of the city and state, for the closure of a factory / production plant or for a mass dismissal(eCFR - Code of Federal Regulations) . Advance notification of a job termination provides affected workers and their families, preparation time for job loss, time to find another job and, if necessary, time to receive training in another job skill or receive retraining to update their job skills and be able to compete successfully in the job market.

Case evaluation under WARN Act

The management’s human resource plan for the immediate plant closing was not correct plan. Ethically he give prior notice to close down any plant. Under WARN act , when the employer notifies its employees that they will be affected by the closure of a factory / production plant or by a mass layoff, the employer must use a specific method to notify its employees, that it is reasonable and that it ensures that they will receive the notification properly about the dismissal at work 60 days in advance but in this case employers not informed even they were terminated without any advance payment. In this case employees can file a case against employer and company under WARN act for compensation otherwise he will face fine.

Potential pros and cons of giving employees 60 days advance notice of a plant closing.

They can search for new job as it is not easy to get new job easily

They can manage their next month if they don’t get any job

If any training required for new job ,they can complete it

Some classes or courses can be completed to enhance skills in search of new job.

Can decided between jobs and decide best for them.

How to comply with the requirements of the WARN Act?

When the employer notifies its employees that they will be affected by the closure of a factory / production plant or by a mass layoff, the employer must use a specific method to notify its employees, that it is reasonable and that it ensures that they will receive the notification properly about the dismissal at work 60 days in advance, (example: postal mail, personal delivery with the option of a signed receipt, etc.). Also, another way to do this is to include the notification of dismissal in the envelopes of paychecks; however, a printed notice that is regularly included in each worker's paycheck envelopes does not meet the requirements of the WARN law. (Noah, 2012).

WARN notification required for the closure of a factory / production plant or a mass layoff. The closure of a factory / production plant that affects 50 or more employees for a period of 30 days in a workplace. Dismissal within a 30-day period that includes between 50 to 499 full-time employees, who are part of at least 33% of the workforce in a workplace. The dismissal of 500 or more employees is included regardless of the percentage of the workforce. The closure of a factory / production plant, dismissal or relocation of 50 or more employees within a period of 30 days regardless of the percentage of the workforce. Relocation is defined as the act of moving to continue working with the same company, in a different place that is located more than 100 miles away. (Yavitz, 2012).

Employer Responsibility

A manager who disrupts the WARN law is responsible for paying every worker an amount equal to the salary that the worker could have earned in the period of the violation and the health benefits, for the “time duration of the violation of up to a maximum of 60 days, but not more than half of the number of days the employee was working for the employer” (Kenny, 2008).

A daily fine of $ 500 for each day of the violation may be applied to the employer. Employees can receive a retroactive payment for the days that the employer fails to submit the notification of dismissal to employees, which must be paid at the level of the amount of salary / salary the employee earned at the time of dismissal or the average of salary / salary paid to the employee for 3 years, whichever is higher. In addition, the employer is responsible for the medical cost incurred by each affected employee, who was not protected by a health plan provided by the employer during the period of the violation. The employer is responsible for the violation period of up to 60 days or one half of the number of days the worker was employed, whichever is smaller.

Conclusion

WARN Act is really important act that goes in favor of employees for the security of their next 60 days after unit or plant closing . As it is not easy to find new job and employee need to have some resources to run their family till, they get new job.

References

eCFR - Code of Federal Regulations. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=f18db61fea39724441204e2bfcd16e29&ty=HTML&h=L&n=pt20.3.639&r=PART

Noah Yavitz. (2012). The Right to Trial by Jury under the WARN Act. The University of

Chicago Law Review, 79(4), 1629. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.su.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23317723&site=eds-live

Kenny, M. (2008). New Jersey Warn Act Creates New Obligations for Private Employers

Contemplating Plant Closings or Mass Layoffs. Employee Relations Law Journal, 34(1), 41–46. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.su.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=32022405&site=eds-live

Yavitz, N. (2012). The Right to Trial by Jury under the WARN Act. University of Chicago Law

Review, 79(4), 1629–1661. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.su.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=84557774&site=eds-live

Week 1 Project

Week 1 Project

Mark Wrublewski

South Stottlermyer

Prof. King

BUS3059

Research question

Who will be the potential customers of the product?

Will the product will target only one segment or more segments?

Proposed research

The proposed research is aimed at finding the potential market for the new type of cookies. The proposal will attempt to explore how new product will be introduced in the market and what strategy will be adopted for competing with the already existing firms. It is also focused on finding ways for generating sales and identifying the ultimate goal of the company (Griffee, 2005).

Research project design

The research design begins from determining what the researcher wants to achieve. The primary step of research design includes identification of the objectives that are based on research questions. The second step include identifying the research framework for the project CITATION Rog00 \l 1033 (Eston & Rowlands, 2000). The third step of research design involve highlighting core activities. The core question stresses on identifying which research strategy will be adopted for data collection. This section will highlight nature of the research such qualitative or quantitative.

Objective of research

To identify the potential customers of the product.

To determine if product will target only one segment or more segments.

Research framework

Theory of consumer preferences will be used for studying the attitudes of buyers. This will provide in-depth analysis of how consumers might respond to the new product. It will also assist in formulating strategy for targeting potential customers (Eston & Rowland, 2000). Surveying customers allow company to address their needs and adopt strategy for making it acceptable in the market.

Quantitative research

The quantitative research will rely on primary survey conducted from the customers. Quantitative research is easy to compute because results obtained from data can be interpreted. It is easy to quantify responses of participants in this approach CITATION Rog00 \l 1033 (Eston & Rowlands, 2000).

Data collection

Market research will be conducted for determining why the sales of the firm have declined. This will involve targeting market segments and identifying the people living in those markets CITATION Dav111 \l 1033 (Lyus, Rogers, & Simms, 2011). The data will be collected on consumer preferences and their attitudes towards the products. It also involves the identification of people's demand towards that product and impacts of prices and competitors. Data will also be collected on the strengths and weaknesses of the competitors. The threats are equally important for determining the scope of survival for new entrant.

The employees connected for conducting this research will include market researcher and salesmen. The outside consultants that can be hired for such research include external market researchers who are experienced and skilled CITATION Dav111 \l 1033 (Lyus, Rogers, & Simms, 2011). Sales and business analysts can also be hired for assessing the reasons for the decline of the company's sales.

Data analysis

It involves a process of evaluating data obtained from surveys through statistical tools and software. SPSS will be used for the analysis of data that will allow creation of descriptive statistics. Correlations will be used for determining the relationship of the product with consumers preferences. Test analytics and data visualization will be used for clear representation of data.

Presentation of results

The report will provide complete details on the results obtained from the surveys. Graphical representation will also be used for providing clear analysis of the results. Different figures are important for adding more clarity for the readers CITATION Dav111 \l 1033 (Lyus, Rogers, & Simms, 2011). The findings will confirm if they approve or reject the hypothesis. Synopsis of key findings will be written for giving brief information about the survey results.

References

Englander, M. (2012). The interview: Data collection in descriptive phenomenological human scientific research. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 43(1), 13–35.

Eston, R. G., & Rowlands, A. V. (2000). Stages in the development of a research project: putting the idea together. BMJ Journals, 34, 59-64.

Griffee, D. T. (2005). Research Tips: Interview Data Collection. Journal of Developmental Education, 28(3), 36–37.

Lyus, D., Rogers, B., & Simms, C. (2011). The role of sales and marketing integration in improving strategic responsiveness to market change. Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management , 18 (1), 39–49.

WEEK 1 Project

Week 1 Project

Mark Wrublewski

South University

MGT3035

Dr Flores

8/7/19

Project Charter: Inputs

Project Statement of Work

In the current economic climate, competition between companies is extremely fierce and successful this field requires real expertise. Businesses must strive to cut costs and streamline their existing processes to improve their results. The selected project is the introducing new cloth bags for shopping and the reason for choosing this project is simple

Business need

As we all know plastic is very harmful for our health and ecology so, we need to replace plastic bags with cloth bags.

Relevance of project

Because of our rash choice of plastic bags, the environment suffers. We are increasingly meeting these same packages flying in the courtyards of our houses, used packages cling to trees, clog down gutters, sewers, swim in ponds and float along rivers. There is no waste in nature: everything is born, dies, decays, and returns to the earth. Debris and packaging made of artificial materials gradually decompose too, but this happens very slowly. It's time for us to think about the right choice.

Product scope description

The object of this project is to introduce cloth bags and stop plastic bags. If cloth bags come with variety of designs and at cheap cost ,people will definitely encourage to buy them. Even woman can use them as tote bag or as a fashion.

Strategic plan

Our mission is to, “ introduce environment safe cloth bags at cheap price and to replace plastic bags with our beautiful cloth bags”.

Development of operations.

There are solutions to this, the most common of which is the implementation of various projects. Projects have become very common in the daily operations of companies and allow companies to develop their activities in the direction they want. A project always starts with a need and is created by the company's desire to enhance something specific area in action. This need will be developed into a project and carried out selecting the appropriate individuals to form the project team. The project team can become inside or outside the organization. Regardless, the project gives the customer to see their operations in a new way and to develop the company as a whole

Business Case

The main advantage of biodegradable bags is their quick decomposition. They can disintegrate in a few months, but they still leave behind microplastic, which does not decompose at all. A biodegradable bag essentially breaks up into small pieces of plastic. The smaller they are, the more they move in the environment and enter the food chain and our body. But there is a second type of biodegradable package: from corn and potato starch, soy or cellulose. Effectively they are used only in countries where composting is developed. Moreover, if such bags are recycled with plastic, they can spoil the whole batch with their organic composition. Another argument against them is a waste of resources. So, the corn from which the bags are made can be used as food, but as a result, whole crops turn into garbage. (Wagner, 2017).

Paper bags are not a panacea either. Besides the fact that they are not so convenient to use (easily get wet and dirty), they also occupy several times more space in landfills than polyethylene ones, and for their production trees are cut down and they use a lot of water. Therefore, paper bags should not be disposable either. Now the best option is cloth bags due because they are safe, cheap and environment friendly.

Agreements

For doing some agreements with super stores few emails required to do prior and after launching project.

Project Charter

Resources and Schedule In the first meeting between the project team and the client, information on available resources and a timetable for grouping it had to work. Without this information, the project team cannot function effectively and meaningfully.

Assumptions and constraints : it is assumed that due to cheap price and high motivation ( through awareness program). we will be trying to encourage people to replace plastic bags with cloth bags. Along with customers and general public , it is also important to talk with the managers of big stores to replace them plastic bags at cheap prices.

High-level project description and boundaries: This is simply a project of awareness in which it will be told people to use cloth bags instead of plastic or paper bags. This project is simply strict to bags only. No other item included in this project.

High-level risks : As the cause is social and environmental so there are not many high risks associated with this project. However, all the individual or companies associated with making or distributing plastic bags may be risk factor.

Summary milestone schedule : the proposed time for this project are next 6 months. Project team set up its schedule so that it met once a week and to collect ideas that were formed as the project progressed. between slurries consisted of creating a project query, analyzing data from the queries, ringing, reviewing development, importing all data in written form, and return and presentation of work. Intermediate milestone schedules were always agreed upon when this issue was discussed, and the content of the next meeting was agreed upon. The group agreed on indoor to complete the project so that the report should be ready one week before work to the customer for possible errors. Generally, the progress of a project can be measured by comparing project plans values ​​to current values. However, some progress is not possible so you can only measure your progress in terms of capacity and hours worked. (Wells & Kloppenborg, 2015).

Summary budget: The cost of this project will not be too much. As this is a kind of awareness campaign so the entire project will be of small budget and cost effective.

Stakeholder list: The stake holder including the project team, customers, business associated with plastic bags manufacturing and distributing. People associated with making of cloth bags and storeowner/ managers, where people use bags to put things.

Project team and their responsibilities: Once the project team has a full understanding of the project goals and resources, it can be the project starts. During the project, it is the responsibility of the team to do the best possible work and use their skills. Regular communication with the customer is important because reporting on the progress of the project can help both parties that the project is progressing and that it is moving in the right direction.

References

Meredith, J. R. and Mantel, S. J. (2014). Project Management: A Managerial Approach (9th ed.),

Wiley, ISBN-13: 9781118947029. Retrieve from

https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/9781119128380/cfi/6/18!/4/2/14/20/6/2@0:0

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (2013) (5th ed.) Project Management

Institute, retrieve from

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Wells, K. N., & Kloppenborg, T. J. (2015). Project management essentials. [electronic

resource]. Business Expert Press. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06146a&AN=sou.744434&site=eds-live

Wagner, T. P. (2017). Reducing single-use plastic shopping bags in the USA. Waste

Management, 70, 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.09.003

Week 1. Blog 1. Current Issues In Hospitality And Tourism

Week 1. Blog 1. Current Issues in hospitality and tourism

What obstructs tourism?

It is an increasing trend that hoteliers and investors are altering their services with the changing environment and the dynamic social life of the present day. They are modifying the services to reduce the operational cost, to enact the change needed for sustainable development and for changing the attitude of tourists toward the environment. Despite such modifications and developments, the hospitality and tourism industry is facing copious challenges. Since there is a continuous growth of hotels in each country and at the international level, therefore, there is an increasing trend of adopting state of the art and technologically modest business models. Major challenges in hospitality and tourism industry pertain to fixed costs, fluctuation in revenue generation, increasing demand vis- a- Vis low customer satisfaction and heightened costs of operations.

For Sigala, the major issue in hospitality and tourism is attached to the low and varied revenue stream ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"bcTRa9TX","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sigala, 2017)","plainCitation":"(Sigala, 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":63,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/RBRWDUEA"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/RBRWDUEA"],"itemData":{"id":63,"type":"article-journal","title":"Collaborative commerce in tourism: implications for research and industry","container-title":"Current Issues in Tourism","page":"346–355","volume":"20","issue":"4","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Collaborative commerce in tourism","author":[{"family":"Sigala","given":"Marianna"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sigala, 2017). Since the hospitality industry works over a system of fixed salaries and has to pay fixed costs for maintenance and repairs as like other industries follow, therefore the managers and forbearers need to scheme strategies for expansion in funds and revenue which must adapt to the expanding revenue demands. The major cause of low fund generation is the fact that customers will tend to demand best accommodation for lowest charges.

Taking forward this view, Jovicic argues that established brands in the hospitality industry are capable to bear the increased prices of operational costs and resultantly attract new customers each day ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"9aF2PjbA","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Jovicic, 2016)","plainCitation":"(Jovicic, 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":65,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/TZINV3H4"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/TZINV3H4"],"itemData":{"id":65,"type":"article-journal","title":"Cultural tourism in the context of relations between mass and alternative tourism","container-title":"Current Issues in Tourism","page":"605–612","volume":"19","issue":"6","source":"Google Scholar","author":[{"family":"Jovicic","given":"Dobrica"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Jovicic, 2016). This leaves a challenge for small investors in the tourism and hospitality industry. It also results negatively on standardizing the services, as it downgrades the amenities offered by the established brands. This pressing phenomenon is ever-increasing and has already resulted in categorizing the service providers based on the services they provide.

Another tenacious challenge for the tourist industry is the fluctuations in seasons. It leaves a challenge for investors and hoteliers as to how to maintain and improve business during a running season. Ateljevic writes that the tourist season is what everyone in the season is waiting for ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"VQxtBj85","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ateljevic & Li, 2017)","plainCitation":"(Ateljevic & Li, 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":67,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/Z24V9AKJ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/Z24V9AKJ"],"itemData":{"id":67,"type":"chapter","title":"Tourism entrepreneurship–concepts and issues","container-title":"Tourism and entrepreneurship","publisher":"Routledge","page":"30–53","source":"Google Scholar","author":[{"family":"Ateljevic","given":"Jovo"},{"family":"Li","given":"Lan"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ateljevic & Li, 2017). They prepare and remold their services to attract maximum tourists which leaves minimum business for hoteliers located at a small distant place. In order to avoid bankruptcy, these small investors then offer accommodation at lower cost which dampens a so-called standard of hoteling. It takes no longer to affect each chain linked with this industry.

Adding to the issues in hospitality and tourism, the investors in this domain are also negatively affected by the expanded usage of the internet. Even a single tourist will search and compare the cost offered by hotelier in his way. Not just this, the customer also requires a stable internet connection and unhindered supply of resources ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"WV7wap7r","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Rahimi, K\\uc0\\u246{}seoglu, Ersoy, & Okumus, 2017)","plainCitation":"(Rahimi, Köseoglu, Ersoy, & Okumus, 2017)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":69,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/LFMJPCL9"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/LFMJPCL9"],"itemData":{"id":69,"type":"article-journal","title":"Customer relationship management research in tourism and hospitality: a state-of-the-art","container-title":"Tourism review","page":"209–220","volume":"72","issue":"2","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Customer relationship management research in tourism and hospitality","author":[{"family":"Rahimi","given":"Roya"},{"family":"Köseoglu","given":"Mehmet Ali"},{"family":"Ersoy","given":"Ayse Begum"},{"family":"Okumus","given":"Fevzi"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Rahimi, Köseoglu, Ersoy, & Okumus, 2017). This is how things become unmanageable and contrary as to how they are portrayed. As the guests have become so conscious and knowledgeable, therefore it is hard to satisfy them with even the excellent services. Trip advisor suggests that if any tour operator or hotelier provide even the modest services, it remain successful in retaining his guests, who then normally pay good amount in return ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"pgAmsXx9","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}TripAdvisor survey\\uc0\\u8212{}TripAdvisor Support Forum,\\uc0\\u8221{} n.d.)","plainCitation":"(“TripAdvisor survey—TripAdvisor Support Forum,” n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":71,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/PJ4AYDPP"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/PJ4AYDPP"],"itemData":{"id":71,"type":"webpage","title":"TripAdvisor survey - TripAdvisor Support Forum","abstract":"Answer 1 of 14: I got a TripAdvisor travel destiny survey. I tried to take the survey but I couldn't answer the very first question because none of the responses they permitted was correct for me. It was very silly for example that one of the options for what...","URL":"https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g1-i12105-k11277089-TripAdvisor_survey-TripAdvisor_Support.html","language":"en","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",9,5]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“TripAdvisor survey—TripAdvisor Support Forum,” n.d.).

These issues suggest that there is quite a need for research regarding the psyche and approach of travelers. As there are many people attached to this industry and it remains a low income generating industry despite the fact that the number of tourists has increased, therefore it remains important to study this area from an academic point of view. The new research will by some way add new dynamics for hoteliers and investors.

References:

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Jovicic, D. (2016). Cultural tourism in the context of relations between mass and alternative tourism. Current Issues in Tourism, 19(6), 605–612.

Rahimi, R., Köseoglu, M. A., Ersoy, A. B., & Okumus, F. (2017). Customer relationship management research in tourism and hospitality: A state-of-the-art. Tourism Review, 72(2), 209–220.

Sigala, M. (2017). Collaborative commerce in tourism: Implications for research and industry. Current Issues in Tourism, 20(4), 346–355.

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