you have just been hired to redesign the layout of a moderate priced restaurant in midtown New York city. you serve two meals daily. lunch and dinner. in analyzing some of the critical elements restaurant

UNITE is a union that was established in the late 1800s to represent workers in the hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels, foodservice, and gaming organizations. The union is very active in gay, lesbian, and transgender issues. Employees enjoy the protections that are offered by working at a unionized establishment, however they are concerned about rights to privacy as they relate to mandatory testing in the workplace.

In practicing progressive discipline, all of the following are acceptable disciplinary actions that may be utilized by companies EXCEPT:

Demotion

Transfer

Written warning

Public disciplinary action

Lois Quam

Founder, Tysvar, LLC

After accompanying Will Steger on a trip to Norway and the Arctic Circle, Lois Quam's interest in global climate change was sparked. There she witnessed firsthand the astonishing changes in the polar ice masses and the resulting impact on wildlife. Inspired by Steger's call for action to reduce global climate change, in 2009 Lois Quam left Piper Jaffray, a leading international investment bank, to become the founder and CEO of Tysvar, LLC, a privately held, Minnesota-based New Green Economy and health care reform incubator. In 2010, Quam was selected by President Barack Obama to head the Global Health Initiative. This case is a retrospective of her executive experience at Tysvar.

“I'm focused on ways to finding solutions to really significant problems and taking those ideas to full potential,” Quam said. “I want to bring the green economy to reality in a way that is much broader than financing. I want to focus on areas where I can make the most difference bringing the green economy to scale.”

Tysvar works with investors who can create the change they wish to see in the world rather than simply reacting to events as they unfold. The company is a strategic advisor and incubator of ideas, organizations, and people working to facilitate and build the New Green Economy (NGE) to scale. Tysvar's goal is to contribute to a viable, profitable, and socially responsible industry of sustainability, clean technology, and renewable energy sources.

Conscientiously working to play their part to create a more sustainable world for the next generation, Tysvar's efforts include new creation of NGE industries, jobs, and investment opportunities, contributing to building NGE public policy frameworks, trade for import/export of clean technologies, and renewable energy sources around the world.

“We stand on the brink of a very exciting time in the world,” according to Quam. The interest in developing renewable energy sources to replace dwindling fossil fuel supplies and reduce carbon dioxide emissions is worldwide. “It is a very difficult time in the financial markets right now to do this, but that will change. Good companies will find ways to get things done.”

“I am an optimist about our future,” said Quam, “Which is why I started Tysvar. The challenges we face from climate change are immense, but so are our capabilities, and the rewards and benefits to humanity are even greater in the New Green Economy.”

Lois Quam named her company after the hometown of her grandfather, Nels Quam. Tysvar is a majestically beautiful area in western Norway which is becoming a clean technology hub as part of Norway's growing NGE leadership and will soon be the site of the world's largest off-shore wind farm.

Lois Quam has continually worked for a better tomorrow. In 2005, Quam was named Norwegian American of the Year. She believes there is much to learn from Norway: From balancing work and life, allowing parents to fully participate in the economy while still being active parents, to how successfully Norway is immersing itself in new energy technologies such as wind and biomass. As an arctic oil producing nation with a carbon tax since 1993, Norway has reinvested its oil wealth to become a world leader in renewable energy.

Internationally recognized as a visionary and leader on universal health-care reform and the emerging NGE, Lois Quam embodies the skill sets needed to succeed in this new economy. Named in 2006 by Fortune magazine as one of America's “50 Most Powerful Women,” Quam has worked as head of Strategic Investments, Green Economy & Health at Piper Jaffray, a leading international investment bank; served as president and CEO of the Public and Senior Markets segment at UnitedHealth Group, a $30 billion division she helped create and run; chaired the Minnesota Health Care Access Commission, which led to legislation that brought health insurance to tens of thousands of Minnesotans; and served as a senior advisor to Hillary Clinton's task force on health-care reform. She graduated magna laude from Macalester College in St. Paul and went on to attend the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a master's degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.

Lois Quam believes the New Green Economy will produce high quality jobs, improve our national security via less dependence on foreign fuels, and prevent the most damaging consequence of all: irreversible and diminishing climate change. She and Tysvar are committed to establishing universal health-care reform in America. They believe universal health care is the answer for dependable, affordable health care for all Americans and that it is necessary to help rebuild the American economy and restore American competitiveness worldwide.

Recognizing this, President Obama recently appointed Quam executive director of the State Department's Global Health Initiative. This $63 billion project will help developing countries improve their health care systems, with a special emphasis on women, children, and newborns. In accepting this position, Quam decided to step down as CEO of the company she founded and hand leadership to Norwegian Terje Mikalsen, co-founder and former chairman of Norsk Data.

“Although we are sad to see Lois leave the firm, Tysvar will continue to follow through on her vision to help bring the new green economy to scale and make quality health care affordable and accessible to everyone,” Mikalsen said on Tysvar's Web site. “We wish Lois all the best as she assumes her new position at the State Department. Her vision and leadership will help improve health care delivery and access for millions of people around the world.”

On Earth Day Lois Quam gave a speech at the University of St. Thomas on the emerging opportunities in the NGE after which she said, “I enjoyed sharing …how we can all use these key capabilities as a platform for doing something you love. Imagine: helping to build the NGE with a purposeful passion. It doesn't get much better than that!”

In another speech she illustrated her philosophy:

The change required to combat climate change and conserve biodiversity will create a change in business and society similar to the Industrial Revolution. The new energy realities require nothing short of an energy revolution, a thorough retooling of our energy economy in ways that match up with the realities of the 21st century. It will affect every aspect of daily life and business, creating an immense set of opportunities for investors, businesses and individuals.

For investors, there are highly diverse and immense opportunities to create and scale new sources of energy, adapt our current methods of production and improve daily life in ways that drive down global warming emissions.

It will also create unprecedented depth and breadth of opportunities for businesses and investors…. clean energy will always be in strong demand …the world will always have massive energy needs, and they will always have to be balanced against the needs of the environment …the clean energy industry is fueled by the laws of nature—and there is no force as powerful or promising.

Think about what we can achieve working together at this conference and as a region …and think about the time sometime in the future when our work is reaching critical mass, when our environment is safer and our energy is cleaner, when we too will have our eureka moments, our moments of life-changing and world-changing discovery.

The answering should be from your own words.

1.   How does Lois Quam use emotions and moods in her speeches to convey her viewpoint? Cite examples to support your statements.
2.   Based on what you have learned about Lois Quam, create hypotheses about the attitudes of her colleagues at Tysvar while using the three basic components of attitudes in your theories.
3.   Take a moment to research the Global Health Initiative. Why do you believe LoisQuam waschosen to lead this program?
4.   Research question: Search news reports, Web sites, and blogs to find out more information on Tysvar. How is the company faring in its quest to make the world cleaner and safer for future generations? What implications might that have on Tysvar's employees, their attitudes, and job satisfaction?

1. In what ways collaboration overload can have an impact on decision making?
2. What biases play into managers continued use of collaboration tools and modes?
3. How collaboration overload (requiring employees to use multiple collaboration mechanisms or become employed in open-office environments) affects innovation and creativity? What some of the positive and negative effects?

does there any teories about solve thus problems in a company?

What are the advantages and drawbacks of universities using social media to communication with stakeholders -- students, potential students, alumni, donors, etc?

Do you think there are more or fewer communication barriers when using social media?

Be thorough in your answer. What should managers do to be sure they communicate effectively when using social media?

Looking at the rules and regulations that universities are establishing, do you think that business organizations shoud have rules for employees using social media?

What types of rules do you think you be necessary?

What have been your experiences -- both positive and negative -- with social media. From your experiences, what guidelines could you suggest for managers and organizations?

UNITE is a union that was established in the late 1800s to represent workers in the hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels, foodservice, and gaming organizations. The union is very active in gay, lesbian, and transgender issues. Employees enjoy the protections that are offered by working at a unionized establishment, however they are concerned about rights to privacy as they relate to mandatory testing in the workplace.

It is recommended that unionized organizations use approaches to discipline that include the elements of advance warning, immediacy, consistency, and impersonality. This is otherwise known as the:

Progressive discipline rule

Hot stove rule

No-fault rule

Just cause rule

UNITE is a union that was established in the late 1800s to represent workers in the hospitality industry, including restaurants, hotels, foodservice, and gaming organizations. The union is very active in gay, lesbian, and transgender issues. Employees enjoy the protections that are offered by working at a unionized establishment, however they are concerned about rights to privacy as they relate to mandatory testing in the workplace.

UNITE’S vice president explains that under the law, employees can get fired for any reason, as long as the cause is not discriminatory. This is referred to as:

Employment-at-will

Just cause

Hot stove rule

Fair treatment

Describe the role(s) and functions of a project manager. Use your own personal experiences to describe why these are important. Your answer should be no shorter than three typed pages. And, you must cite information from ALL thirteen chapters of the book (even the ones we did not specifically cover in class). For example, a project manager must effectively communicate with team members (ch.1)

*I dont expect anyone to write anywhere near 3 pages for me, but if you really want to share your thoughts I wont hesitate to read it. Im more so looking for examples or others experiences and how to layout my paper incorporating all the functions and roles of a project manager*

Compare and contrast the two MAIN generic business level strategies used by two different mobile phone producers to gain and sustain competitive advantage, using two specific companies of your choice.

Assume that you are a manager in a factory and your supervisor has asked you increase productivity without hiring additional workers or incurring overtime. Describe how you could motivate the existing workers using one content perspective and one process perspective. Support your answer.

Prompt 1: What do you personally want to see in an organization's culture? This can be written in first person. Explain the type of environment you personally think would represent a positive, successful organizational culture, where you would want to work and, if you were, manager, what would do to create that desired culture.

Directions: In a six slide PowerPoint presentation, address the questions below. *If you do not have PowerPoint, you may write your information in a Word document (Slide 1: Slide 2: etc.).

SLIDE 1: Share a link or image of an advertisement that you find to be interesting

SLIDE 2: What is the ad trying to sell?

SLIDE 3: Describe how you feel this ad is trying to influence the audience

SLIDE 4: Describe who you think the target audience is

SLIDE 5: Describe any ethical issues that may be present here

SLIDE 6: Apply one of the three sociological perspectives to your ad (Conflict Theory, Functionalism, or Symbolic Interactionism)

Business risk management
Samsung Company Question: gather information on its loss exposures, loss history, after loss activities, or anything that may help you understand its risk and risk management strategies. Finish a Risk Audit Report for your target company.

Assume that you were just hired as a manager at a company where there are absentee problems with some of the employees. Discuss at least two kinds of reinforcement that you could use to help resolve the situation. Next, summarize at least two strategies that you could use for the frequency of providing reinforcement. Discuss which option you anticipate will work best and explain why.