In the United States, participation in unions has steadily declined in the private sector but in the public sector, it has increased. In this unit's discussion boards, comment on the reasons for this.

• Is there no longer a need for union representation in companies? Is the decline simply because the needs of the worker have changed? Have basic needs been met and therefore, the things that the union offers are no longer burning issues for many (most) employees in the private sector?

• Why is union representation rising in the public sector (education, government, service jobs)? Are the needs different in these professions? Are the protections offered with a union contract of greater concern with these professions now?

What might get you to consider joining a union if given the choice? What conditions would have to exist and why might you become interested?

1. Describe how to protect and use corporate data – employees, customers, suppliers, and business partners.

2. Define privacy in common sense.

• Explain the relationship between protection of privacy and corporate business well-being.
• Explain employee email privacy and employer monitoring of Web surfing in the company.
• Explain corporate use of information about employees’ off-the-job behavior (e.g., lifestyle, marital arrangements, social networking, and so forth).

How might you compare and contrast the organization of the healthcare systems of the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom?

1. You are the proprietor of a fledging computer graphics company in Shanghai, China. The sophisticated business application software you need for your business normally sells for 2,900 renminbi (around $350) at computer stores in Shanghai and online. But with an income of just little more than $5,000 a year, you cannot afford to buy the original graphics software for your business. An associate has told you she can get you all the software you need, and more, for only $30. Yet, you have financially strapped friends who code software for the global software companies that make the very programs you need.

1. Do your personal circumstances make it ethical for you to purchase the pirated software?
2. What would you do if you were told about a new government effort to actively punish users of pirated software?
3. Does a software company bear any responsibility for subcontracting work to low-wage markets where its finished product is unaffordable for the same coders who worked on it?

I need a SWOT analysis of Chipotle

Q1: You are given a responsibility as IT manager to implement knowledge management system for Ajman University (AU) students. How would you design a knowledge management system that will help student during registration process:

a)         What issues can a KM system be of help for them (AU students) in registration process? [2]

b)         What are the needed infra structure, mechanisms and technologies, and applications that could be used in managing the processes of that system? [2]

c)         Give a sequence of sub-processes that could be used in that system [2]

Describe the ins and outs of Change Management. Address the following issues:

• What factors should be taking into consideration by software developers when developing large-scale systems?
• What problems can arise when multiple people are working on a single project at the same time?
• What difficulties can arise when developers are located at different sites?
• What documents should be used to facilitate Change Management and why?

Case Application 3: TEAM FUN!

Tony, the new director of human resources, and Edna, the compensation and benefits manager, are hanging employment legislation posters in RETREAT, the TEAM FUN! employee cafeteria. Edna offers, “I remember some woman who applied for a job to advertise men’s baseball gear and sued when she didn’t get the job. The EEOC said she had no case. A couple of years ago, we moved Fred from fitness demos to stock management because he couldn’t do the treadmill or lift the big weights anymore. There was talk about an age discrimination case because he was 57, but that never went anywhere.” Tony asks, “Do you realize that all of the warehouse workers are male and all the RETREAT workers are female?” Edna replies, “What’s your point?” Tony waves his hand at the EEOC information they have displayed. Edna shrugs, “This is the best job I ever had. If you ask anyone else who works here, they will say the same thing.”

Questions: 1. What is the probable defense for the baseball gear job (BFOQ, 4/5ths rule, glass ceiling)? Explain.

2. Why didn’t Fred’s age discrimination case go anywhere?

3. Is TEAM FUN! open to discrimination charges in other areas?

4. What should be done to protect TEAM FUN! from discrimination charges?

What is your view on the “returns” of a college degree? Remember that the cost is not only the tuition, but also the opportunity lost due to the hours you have to devote to it. Given that, is it worth it? What about a graduate degree?

12. A manager reported that 50 employees were working in the operation at the beginning of an accounting period, and 70 employees at the end of the period. During the accounting period 20 employees voluntarily left their employment and 4 employees were terminated. What was this manager's overall employee turnover rate in the accounting period?

50%

400%

500%

40%

[Questions 16-18] Use the following labor expense information for answering the next 3 questions.

16. Comparing the labor cost percentage, which day is the least productive day?

Friday

Saturday

Thursday

Sunday

17. What was the manager’s sales per labor hour on Friday?

$ 52.00

$ 42.00

$ 48.00

$ 50.00

18. Comparing the number of guests served per labor hour, which day is the most productive day?

Sunday

Friday

Thursday

Saturday

Question 20-21]  Ice bear operates a fine dining restaurant called the “The Egloo.” His labor productivity ratio of choice is guests served per labor hour. His standards are as follows:

• Servers = 10 guests per labor hour
• Buspersons = 25 guests per labor hour

Use the Guest Forecast chart below to answer the following questions 20 & 21.

20. How many busperson labor hours should Ice Bear schedule for the time period from 8:00 to 9:00?

8

5

7

6

21. How many server labor hours should Ice Bear schedule for the time period from 12:00 to 1:00?  

18

20

21

17

[Question 23-24] Use the following chart for the next two questions.

The Egloo – Compiled data from 2019

23.Calculate the sales per labor hour using the above chart.

$ 24.23

$ 26.19

$ 21.53

$ 11.75

24. Calculate the labor expense percent using the above chart in question 23.

65.5%

38%

25%

30%

choose one type of knowledge conversion and explain it ?

What do ADA and FLSA have to do with job analysis?

         ADA: Essential job functions vs Marginal job functions

        FLSA: exempt employees vs non-exempt employees

***needed as essay answer***

1. Fully explain the statement/quote (from Porter’s article, What is Strategy) below and why it is true. In your answers, please explain what is meant by operational effectiveness. I want you to explain the quote as if you were informing those top managers around you (I am not asking you to type a transcript of your conversation) in order for them to realize how your company is going to achieve true competitive excellence and not settle for mediocrity. Explain the quote in a real practical, business way.

“Constant improvement in operational effectiveness is necessary to achieve superior profitability. However, it is not usually sufficient. Few companies have competed successfully on the basis of operational effectiveness over an extended period, and staying ahead of rivals gets harder every day.”

In your response to this question, I want you to incorporate the following terminology/concepts along with full explanations of what the terminology/concepts mean: imitation, benchmarking, diffusion of best practices, the productivity frontier, competitive convergence, and zero-sum competition. These concepts will help you to answer the quote.