introduction to sociology

Kyle and Pam Smith have been married for eight years. They have two young boys—Ryan, age four, and Zach, age two. Both Kyle and Pam work at full-time jobs. Kyle is in construction, and Pam works in a construction company's office. Pam would like to go back to school and get an M.B.A. to advance within her company. Explain what societal factors might lead to a gender gap in the performance of housework and child care. minimum 500 words

You are hired as a consultant by the national corporate office to address consistently lower performance scores for at least the past five years at one branch office in DeLand, FL near a train station. While the performance ratings are still average to just below average in some cases, the scores are considerably lower than at all of the other branch offices across the country. In addition, productivity declines consistently during each summer. The job positions with poorer performance include indoor and outdoor jobs and occur with all of the positions at the branch position. Performance evaluations are identical for each of the jobs across the branches (for example, performance evaluation criteria for the production manager in DeLand, FL are the same criteria for the production managers at each of the other sites.) Upon, first review, you find that the items on the performance evaluations seem to be consistent with the expectations in each of the written job descriptions. It is now time to visit the DeLand site. The corporate office has allowed you to make suggestions directly to supervisors at the DeLand office, implement any training programs you deem to be helpful, and then report your findings to the corporate office, What are some of the things that you anticipate might account for the lower ratings? After an objective analysis of the job responsibilities, comparisons with job descriptions, interviews with staff, and systematic observations, your suspicions are confirmed. How will you address them and what suggestions will you make to the corporate office?

1) write a speech addressing various officials or delegates present explaining the services offered by local government and also the challenges they face.

Companies may abuse or ethically misuse information systems in regard to customers and employees. Have you or someone you know experienced such abuse? If so, how was it handled? If not, how would you begin to take steps to eliminate such abuse or misuse?

When reviewing what the company plans on accomplishing when implementing its strategy, how does the Balanced Score Card help? What are its strengths? Weaknesses? Explain. Can this be used as a tool to facilitate strategic planning? Explain.

What's the role of trust and rapport in leadership?

A true leader possesses trust and builds rapport with others. When people have a good rapport and trust each other, it’s an emotional tie between them. It’s a bond in which they would do anything to better the other person in an act of pure selflessness and love before they would better themselves. According to Manning, there are six principles for the effectiveness of trust; deal openly with everyone, consider all points of view, keep promises, give responsibility, listen to understand, and care about people. An example of a leader I trust and have built a rapport with, is my current boss. He has taken the time to understand me and learn what motivates me and what values I possess, and he uses them to benefit me. He knows I value my family time and will allow me to leave work early on days that are slow to spend time with my family. I, in return, know he values his vacation time and coming back to a smooth-running business. So when he goes on vacation, I work overtime to ensure everything is taken care of at work so he doesn’t have to stress about it when he returns.

Contrast this with the role of trust and rapport in authority figures.

In contrast, someone in authority may not possess trust and rapport. They may obtain the title, but not the relationship. I had a previous manager who used to take credit for my work and pass it off as his own. I respected him to a certain extent to do what he requested, but I did not trust him, nor did we have a rapport. He was the type of leader who “ruled with a strong arm and forced employees to obey or face the consequences.” (Manning 2014, 40). The consequence was threatening my employment.

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There are many contributing factors that will determine the success of a group. These factors include group size, homogeneity or heterogeneity of group members, competition with other groups, perceived or measured success, and exclusivity. Craig Paiement also states that homogeneous teams are predicted to be more effective due to the commonalities that they share. However heterogeneous groups can improve effectiveness by encouraging mutual learning or increasing the group's variable strength. Please share a time when the above factors contributed to either the success or failure of a group you worked in within an office setting organization and explain why you believe those factors contributed to what happened.

The focus of this question is to analyse the external operating environment of a Higher Education (HE) Sector and discuss potential impacts on the HRM functions of a HE provider such as a University. Use Jackson and Schuler (1995) HRM model to analyse the external environment of the HE Sector that you are familiar with. Identify and discuss the factors of the environment and their potential impact on the HRM functions of an HE provider of your choice.

• Identify a HE provider (e.g. a university) in Australia or in your home country/state/territory. Briefly describe the profile of the HE provider and discuss its mission and vision.
• Discuss the external environmental factors presented in Jackson and Schuler’s (1995) HRM model.
• Use Jackson and Schuler model to analyse the factors of the external operating environment of your chosen HE provider.

Question 1 : The focus of this question is to analyse the external operating environment of a Higher Education (HE) Sector and discuss potential impacts on the HRM functions of a HE provider such as a University. Use Jackson and Schuler (1995) HRM model to analyse the external environment of the HE Sector that you are familiar with. Identify and discuss the factors of the environment and their potential impact on the HRM functions of an HE provider of your choice.

• Discuss the different functions of HR. The typical HR functions are:
  • planning, resourcing and retention,
  • recruitment and selection,
  • training and development,
  • remuneration and rewards and
  • employee relations.
• Discuss the impact of each external environmental factor on the HR functions of the chosen HE provider.

Mitsubishi Corporation plans to enter the markets of Ghana with its new Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)-- the
Mitsubishi Sogo Sosha Model. You are the Sales Manager of Mitsubishi Corporation for Middle East and African
Markets. Prepare a report for the Board of Directors detailing the feasibility of the proposed venture. Your report
should include the following:

1.1 An analysis of the situation in the aforesaid country by using appropriate tools. (15)
1.2 Industry and its characteristics in the country. (20)
1.3 Recommended strategies and explain why they are the best fit. (10)
1.4 Implementation plans. (15)

MARKTING CASE STUDY

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Target Corporation is the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States, behind Walmart, and a component of the S&P 500 Index. Founded by George Dayton and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company was originally named Good fellow Dry Goods in June 1902 before being renamed the Dayton's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910. The first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962 while the parent company was renamed the Dayton Corporation in 1967. It became the Dayton-Hudson Corporation after merging with the J.L. Hudson Company in 1969 and held ownership of several department store chains including Dayton's, Hudson's, Marshall Field's, and Mervyn's.

Target established itself as the highest-earning division of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation in the 1970s; it began expanding the store nationwide in the 1980s and introduced new store formats under the Target brand in the 1990s. The company has found success as a cheap-chic player in the industry. The parent company was renamed the Target Corporation in 2000 and divested itself of its last department store chains in 2004. It suffered from a massive and highly publicized security breach of customer credit card data and the failure of its short-lived Canadian subsidiary in the early 2010s but experienced revitalized success with its expansion in urban markets within the United States.

As of 2017, Target operates 1,834 stores throughout the United States. Their retail formats include the discount store Target, the hypermarket Super Target, and "flexible format" stores previously named City Target and Target Express before being consolidated under the Target branding. Target is often recognized for its emphasis on "the needs of its younger, image-conscious shoppers," whereas its rival Walmart more heavily relies on its strategy of "always low prices.

Target Corporation decide to start its discount store in Saudi Arabia. The Target management hired you as Marketing Manager for its Saudi Arabia operation. You have to establish marketing department starting from the Analysis of market, formulate overall marketing goals, objectives, strategies and tactics within the context of an organization's business, mission, and goals designing and planning the entire function.

1- To establish the marketing function of Target Corporation, Saudi Arabia, you have to formulate the followings:

a. Vision

b.Mission

c.Business objective.

d. Product and type of services.              

2- Develop a marketing Plan for Target Corporation, Saudi Arabia. Define the SWOT analysis for Target Corporation, Saudi Arabia.

3- Analyze the Micro and Macro environment of the Target Corporation, Saudi Arabia.

4- How Target Corporation, Saudi Arabia will establish, develop, and enhance mutually beneficial relationships with customers? Discuss all the activities to establish, develop, and maintain customer sales?

5- Identify the various consumer decision processes for the Target Corporation customer?

6- How will you establish the market research for making better decision to establish and enhance the marketing?   

7- How Target Corporation, KSA will evaluate market segments and choose the best ones to serve? How it will create value propositions to meet the requirements of target customers?

8- How Target Corporation, KSA will manage all of their products and services? What are the steps in the best development process for new products?