Compare and contrast the following methods of job evaluation: ranking, classification, factor comparison, and point method. Please cite your sources in APA format and respond to three of your classmates’ postings.

The Environmental Protection Department (EDP) of Hong Kong Government would like to promote consumer conservation behaviors in the local catering industry. You are asked to conduct a marketing research to inform the EDP on the possible strategies it can adopt to reduce the use of plastic straws among consumers.

a) Suggest TWO appropriate types of research design that the EDP may employ. Justify your answers.

b) You are asked to design a questionnaire for assessing consumers’ willingness to reduce the use of plastic straws. Please propose THREE possible independent variables that may predict the dependent variable (i.e., willingness to reduce the use of plastic straws). For EACH independent variable, explain why you think it can influence the dependent variable, and write a measurement scale to measure it.

c) Propose THREE solutions to increase the generalizability of the findings of your proposed research. Explain each solution in detail.

d) Illustrate with THREE examples how an ethical researcher could exercise good practices in collecting data from respondents.

Discuss the future challenges and opportunities in logistics management.

Please read the case and answer the questions at the end. Please respond to two of your peers. Do you agree or disagree?

Jones Feed and Seed is a large regional warehouse that supplies agricultural products to retail stores. These products include pesticides that are used to treat animals and herbicides that are used to improve crops. For its warehouse operations, the company generally hires employees who have just finished high school. These employees work under the supervision of a more senior laborer, who is usually someone with about one year of experience working in the warehouse. The supervisor is in charge of interviewing job candidates and normally makes final hiring decisions.

Job Description

• Receive and count stock items and record data manually or using a computer.
• Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
• Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
• Keep records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling equipment.
• Move controls to drive gasoline or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• Move levers and controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, in order to load, unload, transport, and stack material.
• Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, cars, or lifting devices.
• Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.

Questions:

1. What training would you provide to the supervisors who conduct job interviews?
2. What are some primary safety concerns that the company should have about the warehouse operation?
3. What OSHA guidelines do the company need to follow and communicate to employees?
4. What kind of disabilities do you think could be reasonably accommodated for this job position?

Source: Information for job description from http://online.onetcenter.org/ (Links to an external site.).

ease read the case and answer the questions at the end. Please respond to two of your peers. Do you agree or disagree?

Josh's Toy Manufacturing is a manufacturer of small toys that are included in kids' meals at fast-food restaurants. Josh's uses plastic injection technology to produce toys efficiently. Price is the main criterion restaurant chains use to determine whether they will buy toys from Josh's or some other manufacturer.

One assembly line for toy manufacturing at Josh's has four machines. Each machine requires an operator. Operator skill is important since an effective operator can often manufacture toys twice as fast as an ineffective operator. The four operators on the assembly line at Josh's were hired a year ago when the new line began operation. Machine 1 is very loud, making its operation the least desirable job. Machines 2 and 3 are very similar and require operators to constantly push a variety of levers. Working on Machine 4 is the easiest job, as the operator does little more than monitor progress and push buttons. The four operators currently rotate every hour so that each operator spends two hours on each machine during an eight-hour workday.

Supervisors have noted that production output varies depending on which operator is working on which machine. The chart shows this variance.

Analysis suggests that lower production during Hour 2 mostly results from Fred's having trouble working with Machine 1. The noise bothers him more than the others, and he often takes short breaks to walk away from the machine and regain his composure. The relative high productivity during Hour 3 can be traced to having Bonnie work on Machine 4. Bonnie finds it especially difficult to work on Machines 2 and 3.

Given their current production process, the four operators produce an average of 2,610 units each day. If they worked all day in the Hour 3 configuration they could average 3,200 units each day, which would be a production increase of over 22 percent.

Questions:

1. Do you recommend that the four machine operators continue to switch machines every hour? Would you recommend that the operators be permanently assigned to the machines they currently operate during Hour 3? What do you think would be the consequences of any changes you might recommend?
2. How can the principles of the mechanistic approach to job design inform a decision about how to assign workers to machines? What about the principles of the motivational approach? the perceptual approach? the biological approach?
3. How could job analysis be used to improve this assembly line?

True or false and explain why .

True or false and explain why

GENERAL BUSINESS COURSE QUESTION:

Joe and Jill were talking about the role played by the Federal Reserve System in the United States. Joe seemed to be quite well informed about the functions and activities of our central bank. "You see, Jill, the Fed is the main guardian of our nation's economic stability," Joe declared. "In America, we don't want inflation and we don't want recession. To stretch the situation just a bit, we are frightened, absolutely terrified, by thoughts of hyperinflation and depression. So, the Fed maintains the right to alter the situation and protect us from these two monsters. And you ask, how they do that? The answer is the discount rate. That is the device that the Federal Reserve System uses to keep us safe."

Jill was enjoying listening to her friend explain it all. Joe continued, "Now the discount rate is the interest rate that the twelve Federal Reserve Banks around the country charge their member banks on a loan. So, when the discount rate goes up, all interest rates tend to go up. And, happy to say, when interest rates go up all over America, this tends to slow down any inflationary tendencies." Jill asked, "Does the Fed have other tools for stopping inflation?" "No," said Joe.

4) Judging from Joe's remarks, which do we as a nation fear the most - inflation or recession?

Notwithstanding the optimism of our new technologies from tech professionals and others. And notwithstanding the convenience, low costs, and unimaginable benefits from technology, the reality is, if the advancement continues at this rate, there is little doubt that within the life time of the millennial generation millions of jobs will be permanently eliminated.

This will impact knowledge workers as well as laborers. To avoid outcomes reflected in the recent study of the “Collapse of the White Working Class” should society began to look seriously at the Universal Basic Income? Does this allow us to minimize/avoid potential astronomical poverty rates and crime? Does the current worldwide health crisis (COVID 19-Pandemic) impact or change your opinion regarding UBI?

Formulate workplace scenario dealing with each of the following topic privacy. Recommend corrective action for each of these scenarios, so they fall in line with the current statutes and laws.

Make sure to provide a scenario for topic and provide a recommendation. The scenario and recommendation should be a minimum of 300 words in length.

GENERAL BUSINESS COURSE QUESTION:

Joe and Jill were talking about the role played by the Federal Reserve System in the United States. Joe seemed to be quite well informed about the functions and activities of our central bank. "You see, Jill, the Fed is the main guardian of our nation's economic stability," Joe declared. "In America, we don't want inflation and we don't want recession. To stretch the situation just a bit, we are frightened, absolutely terrified, by thoughts of hyperinflation and depression. So, the Fed maintains the right to alter the situation and protect us from these two monsters. And you ask, how they do that? The answer is the discount rate. That is the device that the Federal Reserve System uses to keep us safe."

Jill was enjoying listening to her friend explain it all. Joe continued, "Now the discount rate is the interest rate that the twelve Federal Reserve Banks around the country charge their member banks on a loan. So, when the discount rate goes up, all interest rates tend to go up. And, happy to say, when interest rates go up all over America, this tends to slow down any inflationary tendencies." Jill asked, "Does the Fed have other tools for stopping inflation?" "No," said Joe.

3) If tomorrow morning the Fed ordered that the reserve requirements for all banks would be raised significantly, what effect would that have on the money supply?

GENERAL BUSINESS COURSE QUESTION:

Joe and Jill were talking about the role played by the Federal Reserve System in the United States. Joe seemed to be quite well informed about the functions and activities of our central bank. "You see, Jill, the Fed is the main guardian of our nation's economic stability," Joe declared. "In America, we don't want inflation and we don't want recession. To stretch the situation just a bit, we are frightened, absolutely terrified, by thoughts of hyperinflation and depression. So, the Fed maintains the right to alter the situation and protect us from these two monsters. And you ask, how they do that? The answer is the discount rate. That is the device that the Federal Reserve System uses to keep us safe."

Jill was enjoying listening to her friend explain it all. Joe continued, "Now the discount rate is the interest rate that the twelve Federal Reserve Banks around the country charge their member banks on a loan. So, when the discount rate goes up, all interest rates tend to go up. And, happy to say, when interest rates go up all over America, this tends to slow down any inflationary tendencies." Jill asked, "Does the Fed have other tools for stopping inflation?" "No," said Joe.

7) Has the economy recovered from the last recession? What factors led you to your answer? You should be able to back up your opinion. Don't use blog opinions. Make sure your source(s) is/are based upon facts.

Threats are made against the nation and pose a security risk, every day, but the public is not always aware of these threats. For this week’s discussion question respond to the following prompts:

• Examine whether it is ethical or not for the government to hold such information from private citizens or if citizens should know about any cyber-attacks against the nation.

• Identify any legal ramifications that could arise if citizens were aware of all cyber-attacks made against the nation.

Describe two ways that performance measurement activities can be an asset to an organization that provides financial support to public health agencies.