Category: Business

Major laws that encourage EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity

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There were several major laws that encourage EEO (Equal
Employment Opportunity). Please choose one law and describe in detail some of the following elements: The Law I choose was BBCS West, Inc vs Humphries. The document is attached to this assignment.
History of the law
Why the law was created
Who the law benefits
Who the law affects
How the law could be improved
Case studies pertaining to your chosen law
You may even create a new law and compare the two (if you choose to create a new law make sure to do so in detail).
Organization

The structure of the paper is clear and easy to follow.
The paper’s organization emphasizes the central theme or purpose.
Ideas flow in a logical sequence.
The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.
Paragraph transitions are logical and reinforce the flow of thought throughout the paper.
The conclusion reviews the major points.

Organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company,

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Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users.

Analyze the organization’s change process based on Kotter’s 8 Steps to Leading Change using the Organizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week.

Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis:
Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not?
What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change?
What strategies and tactics might have worked better?

Case Study Analysis: Airbnb

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In the accommodations market, Airbnb appears to have a significant advantage over its competitors as it relates to regulations affecting the operations of its business.

Develop a business strategy that will allow Airbnb to meet local, state, and international regulatory requirements and motivate individuals to benefit from participating in this space of the accommodations market. Address the following questions:

How can Airbnb ensure the ethical treatment of consumers?
Should there be a separate strategy for the international component of their business model?

Amazon

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word leadership styles report, including the following:

Restate the needed change within the organization you have been working on throughout this course, based on your Week 1 and Week 2 assessments.
Examine the various leadership styles you explored in Week 3 in the context of the organizational culture and proposed change. Explain the styles you considered and any supporting rationale for why you considered them.
Justify which leadership style or approach you recommend to best support the organizational change by doing the following:

Explain how this style will support sustainable organizational success.
Explain how this style integrates the organization’s mission and vision.
Explain how this style will increase value for stakeholders.

Nixon Wholesale Corp.

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Nixon Wholesale Corp. uses the LIFO cost flow method. In the current year, profit at Nixon is running unusually high. The corporate tax rate is also high this year, but it is scheduled to decline significantly next year. In an effort to lower the current year’s net income and to take advantage of the changing income tax rate, the president of Nixon Wholesale instructs the plant accountant to recommend to the purchasing department a large purchase of inventory for delivery 3 days before the end of the year. The price of the inventory to be purchased has doubled during the year, and the purchase will represent a major portion of the ending inventory value.

Instructions

What is the effect of this transaction on this year’s and next year’s income statement and income tax expense? Why?

If Nixon Wholesale had been using the FIFO method of inventory costing, would the president give the same directive?

Should the plant accountant order the inventory purchase to lower income? What are the ethical implications of this order?

Change Management Presentation

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Create a 12- to 13-slide Change Management Plan Presentation. Include the following:

Evaluate why this change needed to occur.

Evaluate how this change impacts the company on a global scale.
Evaluate how this change impacts employees.
Using Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model, chart strategies and tactics for positively implementing the organizational change. Include the following in your chart:

Develop strategies for each of the 8 steps in Kotter’s model.
Develop tactics to support each strategy.
Support each strategy you develop with a rationale for why the strategy and its tactics is expected to be effective.
Explain how this positive organizational change will help the company sustain a competitive advantage in the global market.

 

Amazon

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word leadership styles report, including the following:

Restate the needed change within the organization you have been working on throughout this course, based on your Week 1 and Week 2 assessments.
Examine the various leadership styles you explored in Week 3 in the context of the organizational culture and proposed change. Explain the styles you considered and any supporting rationale for why you considered them.
Justify which leadership style or approach you recommend to best support the organizational change by doing the following:

Explain how this style will support sustainable organizational success.
Explain how this style integrates the organization’s mission and vision.
Explain how this style will increase value for stakeholders.

A recent spate of mine disasters

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A recent spate of mine disasters that caused numerous fatalities refocused national attention on the question: is management doing enough to protect employees on the job? Recent serious Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations resulting in the deaths of two workers from falls due to the lack of harnesses or guardrails suggest there is still a long way to go.
Companies are responsible for providing a safe workplace for employees. So why do accidents like these continue to happen? In a word—money. It takes money to purchase harnesses, install guardrails, and otherwise ensure a safe and healthy work environment. And even more is needed to employ the staff necessary to enforce company safety policies. It is often less costly for a company to just pay the fines that are levied for violations.
As a supervisor at a company with frequent violations of OSHA regulations, you worry about your employees’ safety. But each time your company needs to implement a new safety feature, end-of-year employee bonuses get smaller. The money has to come from somewhere, management claims.
Using a web search tool, locate articles about this topic, and then write responses to the following questions. Be sure to support your arguments and cite your sources.
Ethical Dilemma: Do you report safety violations to management in the hope they will be corrected before someone gets hurt, or do you stage a total work stoppage to force management’s hand, knowing that either way you risk losing popularity at every level, and very possibly your job? Or, of course, you could say nothing and hope for the best. It is not a problem you created, and you’re just there to do a job, after all.