Career Management: Interviewing; You will be a recruiter for a large chain of national department stores, looking to fill manager trainee positions. Then flip the switch and you will be a candidate for the jobs. The company is specifically looking for candidates who demonstrate these three qualities: initiative, dependability, and willingness to assume responsibility.

● As the recruiter(s), discuss how you would assess the applicant in each of the three desired qualities? What questions would you ask or what would you use as an indicator to determine whether the candidate possesses the quality?
● As the applicant(s), discuss what you would say to convince the recruiters that you possess each of these qualities (You have yo think outside the box).

Please analyze why “Machiavellian Thinking/Machiavellian Tactics” could be potentially damaging for modern leadership approaches. Please explain your answer.

Delivering negative news involves a buffer or cushion statement, an explanation, the negative news itself, and a redirecting statement. Whether you choose a direct or an indirect approach, the message should be delivered clearly and concisely, with respect for the receiver and the organization.

Q1. (Please answer) When should you use an indirect approach in delivering a negative news message? Explain your answer clearly.

Q3. Consider the following scenarios and complete the short exercise associated with them...

(a)Sales have decreased for two consecutive quarters at your business. You have been instructed by senior leaders to inform your sales team that their hours, and base pay, will be reduced by 20 percent. While you may have a few members of your sales team that are underperforming, you want to retain the entire team. Write a negative news message (in appropriate memo format to your sales team) in a direct or indirect approach informing your sales team of the news.

(b)You have observed and documented an employee being late and taking long breaks for the past two weeks. This employee has been a good employee for many years but seems to have issues recently... Following best practices from the theory, write out a summary of the conversation you need to have with the employee. (You may answer by role-playing the components of your “plan”).

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a federal government response to corporate ethics problem. In your opinion, and using support (citations) from your readings, does this Act do enough to help solve ethical dilemma among public corporations in the US? If not, what other actions would be appropriate?

what factors need to be considered when choosing a location for the following businesses:

(a) fast-food outlet

(b) dentist’s surgery

(c) agricultural machinery supplier

Building an Organization Capable of Proficient Strategy Execution: Three Key Actions. Start a discussion thread, explain how the three Key Actions need to work together for proficient strategy

Compare and contrast the three corporate concentration strategies. Identify a struggling company that could benefit from one of these strategies? What might you advise this company’s executives to do differently? Clearly show the reasons you consider the firm to be struggling and link these reasons to your advice.

I need a positive feedback about the common below made by my classmate.

• All organizations weight pros and cons when making large decisions. When making the decision to pursue a global strategy the organization must take into account factors of probable investment that is required, the amount of traffic by estimation and much more. In the end if the business feels that in the long run revenue will succeed then the company would pursue the investment to strategize to go global.
• The most valuable resource a company can have is their reputation. Expanding globally can harm the reputation of the company that has other worries such as suppliers, competitors and third party vendor to set up the business and may not work the way it should. A reputation is already set because of the services and quality provided and if it change happens it could potentially harm the business.

For example, Apple does business globally. Their main supplier was Foxconn in China, this changed in 2010 when they were accused of low wages, long hours, poor working and living conditions basically sweatshop conditions and it backlashed. Now Apple has diversified their suppliers

• Cultural distance is the cultural disparity between the internationally expanding firm’s home country and its targeted host country. A firm’s decision to enter certain international markets is influenced by cultural differences. A greater cultural difference can increase the cost and uncertainty of conducting business overseas. Basically cultural distance increases the liability of foreignness. For example McDonalds started selling Beef burgers in India which is a country populated my majority vegetarians for religious purposes therefore affecting the business.
• IKEA’s external challenges include finding new sources of supply to support more store openings, opening new stores to encourage growth, increased competition, economic conditions, change in the market. Internal challenges include maintaining growth and design, replacing CEO’s, keeping costs low. Finding new sources of supply to support each store may be the greatest threat in my opinion. But if they focus on low cost it is possible.
• Expanding takes a lot of time, effort and attention to detail. It is important to take into consideration the deforestation and global warming issue

two pages paper on any topic related to HR and what you have learned and how you will take this knowledge into your future career.

How do organizations decide and adopt emerging technologies today?

What have you observed? In your our own organization? Anywhere else? The way they decide, does it work?

Answer the following question in a minimum of two paragraphs.

Bob wants to form a company with Bill but is concern about expenses and taxes. Bill is known to be careless with money and seems to always have debt issues. If you were to advise Bob, what you recommend regarding his options in forming a business (partnership, corporation, Limited Liability Company)? Explain the consequences of your options.

A person named Rein petway answered with  

the most suitable form of business that Bob can choose for his company is an LLC. It is a form suitable for new small businesses that involved more people but require limited liability of each. A partnership firm will not provide limited liability and thus all expenses, liabilities will have to be shared along with the profits and decisions. This will make it difficult to run the business with Bill's careless money spending behaviors. A corporation will provide limited liability advantage but has double taxation involved which will increase the taxation and expenses issue for Bob.

chegg, it is your job to respond to Rein Petways response with at least two paragraph!

1.) What are some options for a company if their strategy is not working?

Your answers will be short essays and should be three full paragraphs or longer

Impact of technology on business

You are enamored by a new, emerging technology. You think it can benefit your organization. Where will you look in the organization and how would you know they will benefit from

I need a positive feedback about the comment below made by my classmate.

How do organizations make decisions to pursue a global strategy?

-One major reason is the nature of the industry in which they operate. Firms that pursue a global strategy are typically highly centralized and at the same time bring in cultural diversity and creativity as well as best practices.\

How can expanding globally become a threat to a multinational enterprises (MNEs) reputation? Explain with the help of a real-world example.

-One of the most valuable resources that a firm may possess is its reputation. A firms reputation can have several dimensions, including a reputation for innovation, customer service or brand reputation. Apple’s brand is an example, its brand stands for innovation and superior customer experience. Their reputation is one of their most important resources. The brand is valued at #230 billion, making it one of the most valuable brands in the world.

What is meant by cultural distance? How does it affect a firm? Use a real-life example of a business affected by cultural difference.

-cultural difference is the degree to which norms and values or working methods between companies and consumer preferences differ between countries because of differences in their national characteristics. Cultural difference does not seem to affect how much capital firms invest and whether they enter through a joint venture or fill ownership. Interestingly, cultural distance has a strong negative effect on subsidiary performance but no effect on the performance of the whole multinational company. An example of cultural difference s as they pertain to the workplace include employees who are younger or older than their co-workers, employees who hold higher degrees than others in the workplace and individuals who grew up either metropolitan areas or small towns.

What are IKEA’s external and internal challenges? Which ones pose the greatest threat? Why? How would you address the challenges?

- The one that faces the great threat is the lack of adequate supply of wood. This is because lack of wood supply implies that the company does not have the potential of expanding globally. Such a situation will occur since it does not have sufficient raw materials to sustain the conduct of its business activities. Moreover, deforestation has become a global issue, which implies that the company may lack carbon credits. As such, the target market may decline as potential customers become sensitive to the global issue of deforestation. The problem lack of adequate supply of wood can be solved if the company can engage in environmental activities, which involve planting of trees. This will ensure that the company has the ability to access its own raw materials, as well as from other sources. Further, IKEA should partner in business and environmental activities with companies that produce wood. As such, it will become easy for IKEA to acquire raw materials.