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In Unit III, we will examine Hiring, Compensation, and Retention. In a nutshell, compensation and employee motivation complement each other. Modern day organizations make every effort to retain and motivate employee to perform at the highest level.  Keeping good employees is a must in today’s highly competitive global marketplace. Two components of compensation include direct (wages, etc.) and indirect financial payments (paid vacation, etc.). Human resources play an integral role in educating management on important factors involving compensation and motivating employees.Below is a great video on compensation management:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ILd9w2vngReminder: Submit your Unit III Essay explaining new compensation strategy for mid-level manager position you need to fill.  Address all questions noted in the assignment.For this assignment, write an essay explaining your new compensation strategy for the mid-level manager position you still need to fill. Your audience is the chief executive officer (CEO) and other supervisors in your organization. In this essay, include the items listed below.?    After a brief introduction, explain how equal employment opportunity laws impact the organization’s compensation strategy.?    Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of pay-for-performance and competency-based pay. What strategy would you recommend for your organization, and why??    Explain how various motivational theories can factor into your development of a multi-generational compensation package for your whole organization that includes indirect benefits. Be sure to give specific examples of how different generations of applicants or employees will be affected.?    Explain your proposed compensation package, which should include direct and indirect benefits and how the package will affect hiring and retention. Be sure to specifically identify how much you will pay the mid-level managers, and indicate how it compares to your state and the federal minimum wage. You can search the Internet for sites that list comparable pay data. You should identify a low, medium, and high pay range for the mid-level manager.?    Explain how you will assess the effectiveness of the compensation strategy a year from now.Your essay will contain a one-page appendix in which you will create a chart of your compensation strategy. This chart should have three columns, which should address the areas listed below:?    legally mandated benefits,?    direct benefits (include how much you will pay the mid-level managers), and?    indirect benefits.Your essay will be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting the appendix, title page, or references page. You must use at least two sources to support your essay. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, and make certain to include in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Unit 3 – Discussion Board  View  Assignment Details for Unit 3 – Discussion Board as PDF Assignment Overview Type:  Discussion Board Unit:  Global Business Issues Due Date:  Tue,12/8/20 Grading Type:  Numeric Points Possible:  75 Points Earned:  Points Earned not available Deliverable Length:  200–250 words View objectives for this assignment Go To: Assignment Details Assignment Description Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central). Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 200–250 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Click here to visit a government Web site listing trade agreements the United States has with other countries. Select one of these trade agreements as the subject of this assignment. Identify the trade agreement you selected and the country affected by this trade agreement. Answer the following questions as though your company were planning to start operations in the country affected by the trade agreement you selected: How would this trade agreement impact your strategic decision making? Consider the areas of the trade agreement that most threaten a successful strategic partnership with an offshore outsourcing possibility. USTR. (n.d.). Free trade agreements. Retrieved from http://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements

The writing test for Professional English consists of a written advice for a specific existing company (in this case Coca-Cola) regarding the implementation of SDG’s in the company’s business strategy. For this assignment you have to use four mandatory sources (see attached files): – The SDG Compass Guide – The book Business and sustainable development goals by Rob van Tulder – The company’s most recent annual report, as published on its website – Text A: Sustainable development goals for people and planet In addition to the mandatory sources mentioned above, you can add one or more extra sources you found yourself. In the SDG Compass Guide five steps for implementing sustainability in a business’s strategy are explained. Four of these five steps form the framework of your advice; what the general contents of each step are, is briefly summarized below. 1) Understanding SDG’s: provide a theoretical framework in which you explain what SDG’s are, why they were introduced and how they are connected to CSR. Also, you have to discuss relevant research on this subject. 2) Setting priorities: discuss the company’s value chain and identify in which area or areas specific sustainability goals could have the most impact. Make sure to substantiate your choices, at least referring to the theoretical framework. 3) Setting goals: discuss relevant goals for the company to set and substantiate your claims with relevant arguments. 4) Integrating SDG’s: propose a way for the company to integrate the recommended SDG’s into its core business, as explained in the SDG Compass Guide. In addition to these four steps, add an appropriate introduction and conclusion (a call for action) to your advice. Also, make sure you refer to the sources you used, using the APA style in the text and reference list. Finally, make sure to start your advice with an executive summary. Additional requirements – Think of a main research question you are going to answer with your advice (and sub-questions). All research questions should be: Focused on a single problem or issue Researchable using primary and/or secondary sources Feasible to answer within the timeframe and practical constraints Specific enough to answer thoroughly Complex enough to develop the answer over the space of a paper – Your advice consists of a minimum of 2500 and a maximum of 4000 words, not counting the executive summary and reference list. – You have to paraphrase information from the sources you used. Please take the professional context into account. – Please make sure to acquaint yourself with the rubrics. The rubrics are not only meant to assess your writing skills by the time you will have handed in your final result, they also provide guidance during the writing process. See attached files for the rubrics. – Pay attention to the lay-out!

Proposal Assignment In many careers, employees are required to write proposals that persuade others how to resolve specific problems.  For this assignment, you will identify a specific problem related to your current or future career and then provide a solution that resolves this issue.  Students will need to consider their purpose, audience and context: Exactly what are you proposing? Why? What measurable, testable outcome do you want to result from your proposal? Who is your audience? What are your audience’s needs, attitudes, and concerns in relation to the issue? To what degree might he or she resist change? How is this proposal related to the company’s roles mission and policies? Is it affected by broader cultural, social, or global forces? Students will also need to research the problem and possible solutions:  Students will research the background and history of the problem. Break the problem into parts, investigate causes and effects. Review solutions attempted in the past, noting successes and failures. Identify and study all possible solutions with the goal of choosing the best solution to resolve the problem Consider ethical dimensions of both the problem and your proposal. Your proposal could be either internal or external; this will depend on the problem that you selected and your audience.  Requirements: I UPLOADED TWO PROPOSAL EXAMPLES SHOWING EXACT FORMAT AND HOW IT SHOULD LOOK.   Must Include-  Title Page Cover Letter Table of Contents/ Table of Figures Executive Summary Introduction Define Problem Review solutions attempted in the past, noting successes and failures. Recommendations/Solutions Cost/Budget Conclusion Appendix (if necessary) References Page Your Proposal must be submitted as a Microsoft Word Document  APA format for citations  Length- 6-12 pages not including Cover page, Table of Contents page and References pages MY PROPOSAL TOPIC: Negative impacts of a Walmart Being Built in a small town. Use real-life examples in the paper as support as well. I provided an outline with my reasons DO acknowledge the positives, but make sure the negatives outweigh them A possible solution could be building the Walmart outside of the town.

You are a research analyst for a publicly traded company, and you’ve been assigned to give a presentation on how a company uses performance metrics in corporate valuation. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words and CITATIONS: -Think about how you would present return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS) to a group of investors or senior management. -Explain the use of ROE and EPS in evaluating the value of a company. Include how to calculate ROE and EPS. -Why is understanding ROE and EPS important to a company’s value? -Share an example of a company whose ROE and EPS you calculated. What do these results say about the company?

Assume that you are the CFO of a Company contemplating a stock repurchase next quarter.  You know that there are several methods of reducing the current quarterly earnings which may cause the stock price to fall prior to the announcement of the proposed stock repurchase.   What course(s) of action would you recommend to your CEO?   If your CEO came to you first and recommended reducing the current quarter’s earnings, what would be your response?    Additionally, you are required to support your position by using at least one recent reference from an academic journal or prominent business publication (e.g., The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Fortune, Investor’s Business Daily, etc.). A recent reference is one that has a publication date that is less than one year old as of the beginning of the semester. Importantly, references from websites do not qualify unless those websites are part of a reputable print publication. For example, Investopedia.com can be used, but it does not count as a reference that satisfies the criteria of a recent reference.

Is Wal-Mart good for America? Some people of course argue that Walmart reduces living standards, hurts retail trade, disrupts communities, and relies on government programs to provide healthcare for many of its workers. Others argue that Walmart has improved America’s standards of living, with lower cost for consumers, greater employment opportunities, and healthier communities, especially for the least affluent.

Read the article that I have attached and answer the following question:  What are the benefits and risks of requiring diversity and/or anti-bias training in organizations? No plagiarism!

ANALYSIS & REFLECTION PAPER #3: A Case Study in Negotiation DUE: Sunday, November 29, 2020   Using the text, Getting to Yes, (Fisher, et. al, 2011) you and a partner will analyze a negotiation one of you have personally experienced in the last 12-18 months. You each will bring a real-life negotiation to your initial meeting and together you will decide which one to use. Together you will co-write your own Case Study Paper and create a corresponding PPT and submit both jointly.   Include the following in your submission: Step 1: TITLE: Create an engaging title for this Case Study.   Step 2: KEY QUESTION/ CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME: You will create a key question that this case study will attempt to answer. It may be a negotiation challenge to overcome, a specific aspect of this negotiation that needs further analysis. It may connect to the complexity of negotiation or how the keys to principled negotiation are the solution to becoming more successful at negotiation. Whatever your question is (and it can be 1-3 sentences), make sure that it gets answered by the end of your case study.   Step 3: INTRODUCTION and BACKGROUND: Briefly explain the details of this negotiation (who was involved, when, what the negotiation was about, what exactly was said or done in the negotiation). Provide important details that will help the reader fully understand the nature of the events surrounding the negotiation.   STEP 4: ANALYZE & PROVIDE SOULTIONS: Analyze the negotiation using the framework of the 4 keys of principled negotiation (as outlined in the textbook), discuss the following questions in your paper: o how could you separate people from the problem? o what are the keys interests v. positions for each party in this negotiation? o what options for mutual gain are available? o are there any objective criteria that could be used in this negotiation? o what does a win-win-solution look like for all parties involved in this negotiation?   Step 5: CONCLUSION: Make sure your conclusion summarizes and answers the key question/ challenge to overcome that you posed at the beginning of this case study. Also include the key 1-2 things might you would recommend the reader do in future negotiations to achieve a win-win successful outcome.   WHAT DO YOU SUBMIT? Please note, for this assignment, you will submit two items: 1. A well-researched, meaningful, interesting Case Study Paper, (15 marks) and 2. 2. An interesting, creative PPT that reflects the learning from your Case Study (5 marks).   There is no slide limit for the PPT but be sure to follow APA 7th Edition Style Guidelines for citations and include a reference slide for all references used in your presentation.

Please read the Wikispeed case and the two articles and answer the following questions.  1. Please summarize the article on “Embracing Agile” by Rigby et al. 2. Building on the Wikispeed case, how does the Wikispeed approach differ from tradition product development processes? 3. What would be elements of the Wikispeed approach that could be applied to traditional manufacturing firms?