Assignment Questions:                                                      (Marks 10)

Talal has completed his Master’s in Business from SEU. Talal’s hobby is body building. He bagged several awards in body building. His father has a small jewelry shop. His mother running a beauty salon, while brother has a car rental service.

Talal is thinking seriously about his future. He realized that this is not the end, but the beginning of another phase of life. It is time to plan his future career. He doesn’t want to do any job. He want to do business but how and what business?

Talal is confused about what kind of business should he start, traditional or e-commerce? Though his family is running a traditional business, Talal has heard and learnt lots about the e-Business and e-marketing. The question he need to deal with whether he should join his father’s or brother’s business or he should do his own. He is also considering the financial aspects. Should he take from father? Or bank or other sources such as partnership, etc.

Therefore, this is a question with no easy solution. Considering the above situation prepare a Decision Making and Problem Solving Worksheet answering the following question:

Step 1: Defining and Clarifying the Question (1 Mark)

Step 2: Develop mind mapping for the alternative

Step 3: Generating Alternatives (1 Mark)

Step 4: Variables to consider (1 Mark)

Step 5: Weighing the considerations (2 Mark)

You may notice that the variables to consider are not of equal importance. Therefore, you need to weigh how important each variable is before you make your decision. In this activity, the following rating scale can be used:

Step 6: Weighing the alternatives (2 mark)

When weighing the various alternatives, how well each alternative fulfills the variables to consider can be expressed as scores. A different rating scale will be used to assess each alternative:

Note: Positive numbers (+2 or +1) indicate that the alternative is able to fulfill the variables, whereas negative numbers (-2 or -1) denote the opposite.

Step 7: Calculating a decision and Overall assessment (1 mark)

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If you understand the meanings of many words, you can be said to have a "good vocabulary." Words are the basis of thought. We think with words, we understand words, and we communicate with words.

A large vocabulary is a significant asset. It allows us to use precise words that say exactly what we intend. In addition, we understand more effectively what we hear and read. A large vocabulary also enables us to score well on employment and intelligence tests. Lewis M. Terman, who developed the Stanford-Binet IQ tests, believed that vocabulary is the best single indicator of intelligence.

In the business world, where precise communication is extremely important, surveys show a definite correlation between vocabulary size and job performance. Skilled workers, in the majority of cases, have larger vocabularies than unskilled workers. Supervisors usually know the meanings of more words than the workers they direct, and executives generally have larger vocabularies than employees working for them.  

Having a good vocabulary at our command doesn't necessarily ensure our success in life, but it certainly gives us an advantage. Improving your vocabulary will help you expand your options in an increasingly complex world.  

Vocabulary can be acquired in three ways: accidentally, incidentally, and intentionally. Setting out intentionally to expand your word power is, of course, the most efficient vocabulary-building method.  In addition, with all of the technology and tools at our disposal, such as the Internet, Siri, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, it is easy to look up and expand our vocabulary daily.

Consider your childhood--who/what was the most influential component of you developing your vocabulary? Explain.  

How strong is your vocabulary?

Discuss the possible solutions which company can implement to account for the capacity constraints?

Nike is completing a survey to get customers feedback about their athletic shoes.

1. The marketing manager at Nike is concerned about data accuracy issues in primary data research. To show that you are a trained researcher, provide two examples of how data accuracy can be compromised by inappropriate choices of the researcher in each of the following areas; a. Survey questionnaire design; b. Sampling plan for a survey, and, c. Data collection and recording. (3pts)

2. After much work, the Nike questionnaire for the survey comprised 5 questions (see below). Please set up a coding template for the first three questions by completing this table (you can add as many rows as necessary). (3pts)

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Nike Questionnaire

Q1. Have you purchased Nike athletic shoes in the last six months?

• Yes
• No

Q2. What attributes do you associate with the Nike brand of athletic shoes? (Select all that apply)

• Sporty
• Classic lifestyles
• Funky yet functional
• Masculine
• Feminine

Q3. Of the attributes you selected in the previous question, which one do you associate with Nike athletic shoes the most? (Pick only one)

• Sporty
• Classic lifestyles
• Funky yet functional
• Masculine
• Feminine

Q4. Indicate your overall level of satisfaction with Nike’s athletic shoes.

• (5) Excellent      
• (4) Very Good      
• (3) Average       
• (2) Below Average      
• (1) Very poor

Q5. On average, indicate how many pairs of athletic shoes (of any brand) you buy per year?

• (4) More than 5 a year         
• (3) 2-4 a year         
• (2) 1-2 a year                     
• (1) less than 1 a year

3. For Q4 and Q5 of the Nike questionnaire, the coding system specified in the survey questions has been entered in SPSS when defining the variables in SPSS corresponding to these survey questions. After running descriptive statistics in SPSS, you obtained the following results.

Indicate your overall level of satisfaction with Nike’s athletic shoes

On average, indicate how many pairs of athletic shoes (of any brand) you buy per year

A. Use the appropriate and relevant information in these tables to provide a descriptive analysis of the survey results associated with Q4 and Q5 (2 pts).

B. Discuss all additional descriptive analyses that you can conduct to improve your analysis of the responses obtained for these two questions (1 pts)?

A global chain coffee shops is closing 15 of its locations in six different countries, is expanding into two new countries with 8 locations. what might be the cultural, ethical, CSR and HR implications issues would they be likely to face?

If you understand the meanings of many words, you can be said to have a "good vocabulary." Words are the basis of thought. We think with words, we understand words, and we communicate with words.

A large vocabulary is a significant asset. It allows us to use precise words that say exactly what we intend. In addition, we understand more effectively what we hear and read. A large vocabulary also enables us to score well on employment and intelligence tests. Lewis M. Terman, who developed the Stanford-Binet IQ tests, believed that vocabulary is the best single indicator of intelligence.

In the business world, where precise communication is extremely important, surveys show a definite correlation between vocabulary size and job performance. Skilled workers, in the majority of cases, have larger vocabularies than unskilled workers. Supervisors usually know the meanings of more words than the workers they direct, and executives generally have larger vocabularies than employees working for them.  

Having a good vocabulary at our command doesn't necessarily ensure our success in life, but it certainly gives us an advantage. Improving your vocabulary will help you expand your options in an increasingly complex world.  

Vocabulary can be acquired in three ways: accidentally, incidentally, and intentionally. Setting out intentionally to expand your word power is, of course, the most efficient vocabulary-building method.  In addition, with all of the technology and tools at our disposal, such as the Internet, Siri, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, it is easy to look up and expand our vocabulary daily.

What are some strategies and methods you might use to expand your vocabulary (intentionally)?

As you were designing an instructional plan, which stage did you find most challenging? Explain what you will do to overcome this challenge.

Why is technology important in disaster response operations? Are there technological tools that could be used in emergency management?

When you write a business message, there are three drafts for the message. explain and differentiate between all three

Using the seven primary characteristics that capture an organization’s culture, list each and what you see Macomb Community College doing in each from a student view, to create the organization’s culture?.

What did aaron feuerstein consider his most important asset? why?

If you understand the meanings of many words, you can be said to have a "good vocabulary." Words are the basis of thought. We think with words, we understand words, and we communicate with words.

A large vocabulary is a significant asset. It allows us to use precise words that say exactly what we intend. In addition, we understand more effectively what we hear and read. A large vocabulary also enables us to score well on employment and intelligence tests. Lewis M. Terman, who developed the Stanford-Binet IQ tests, believed that vocabulary is the best single indicator of intelligence.

In the business world, where precise communication is extremely important, surveys show a definite correlation between vocabulary size and job performance. Skilled workers, in the majority of cases, have larger vocabularies than unskilled workers. Supervisors usually know the meanings of more words than the workers they direct, and executives generally have larger vocabularies than employees working for them.  

Having a good vocabulary at our command doesn't necessarily ensure our success in life, but it certainly gives us an advantage. Improving your vocabulary will help you expand your options in an increasingly complex world.  

Vocabulary can be acquired in three ways: accidentally, incidentally, and intentionally. Setting out intentionally to expand your word power is, of course, the most efficient vocabulary-building method.  In addition, with all of the technology and tools at our disposal, such as the Internet, Siri, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, it is easy to look up and expand our vocabulary daily.

Why might it be of value to intentionally expand your vocabulary? Explain.

Read the text and in group of two to five students answer the questions

As a new member of the board of directors for a local bank, Mr. Jack Nelson was being introduced to all the employees in the home office (Headquarters of a firm).

When he was introduced to Mrs. Johnson, he was curious about her work and asked her what the machine she was using did. Mrs. Johnson replied that she really did not know what the machine was called or what it did. She explained that she had been working there for two months and she has not received a clear list describing her tasks, duties and responsibilities yet.

At one of the branch offices, the supervisor in charge spoke to Nelson confidentially, telling him that "something was wrong," but she didn't know what. For one thing, she explained, employee turnover was too high, and no sooner had one employee been put on the job than another one resigned.

All branch supervisors hired their own employees without communication with the home office (Headquarters of a firm) or other branches. In case of job vacancy, the supervisor tried to find a suitable employee to replace the worker who had quit.

After touring the 22 branches and finding similar problems in many of them, Nelson wondered what the home office should do or what action he should take. The banking firm generally was regarded as being a well-run institution that had grown from 27 to 191 employees during the past 8 years. The more he thought about the matter, the more puzzled Nelson became.

He couldn't quite put his finger on the problem, and he didn't know whether to report his findings to the president.

Questions

1. Identify and describe two main problems faced by the bank's home office and branches in terms of HRM. Justify your answer from the text.

2. Discuss HRM ineffective practices that led to such problems. Justify your answer from the text .

3. Based on the Human Resources strategic qualities, discuss the way a high turnover rate can affect the efficiency of the bank .

Note : Answers in Word Format and in details and in Own Words

Write a two paragraph or longer response to the following question - Can you describe a company or business situation that you believe serves as an example of Corporate Social Responsibility? What, in your opinion, makes this example notable? Further, what lessons can we learn from this example? What does/will Corporate Social Responsibility look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic?   

Your short essay answer should focus on a company or business situation that demonstrates Corporate Social Responsibility. You will be describing an example from your own experience, or you may be describing a situation that you have found from careful research on the topic. Your task will be to find a company or situation that describes Corporate Social Responsibility. Examples of Corporate Social Responsibility in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic are of particular interest. (This is all one question)