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Yogurt Yak (YY) was founded in the basement of Mary Seldon’s home in Ottawa in 2018....

Yogurt Yak (YY) was founded in the basement of Mary Seldon’s home in Ottawa in 2018. Mary was between jobs trying to keep costs down when she created the first batch of Yogurt that became the winning formula for YY. Albert Water, a friend of Mary, dropped by to help Mary move to an apartment and was treated to a taste of the yogurt. The product was an instant success leading to a highly profitable business. The success of YYs yogurts was due to the natural ingredients used in production. Many other manufactures included gelatin, colouring and chemical additives that customers did not want in their food. The yogurt also had an amazing taste that was recognized in multiple food awards. The company was small and hired all local employees. By January 2020 YY had 150 employees. Mary and Albert started thinking about expanding the product line to include three cheeses and a cheese bread. The cheeses and bread had already been market tested and won awards in Europe in food contests.

You have been hired to build the HR department. When you met with the Mary and Albert you were told the following:

 We hired quickly and paid employees the going rate at the time for similar jobs in similar nearby companies.

o For all 140 food employees working on the production line and shipping the pay is minimum wage $14.00/hour. Approximately $26,000/year to $30,000/year depending on number of days and hours worked.

o Eight employees are in management all receiving the same pay of $60,000/year

o We pay ourselves (Mary and Albert) $80,000 each plus we own 100 per cent of the company shares. Our aim to put as much of the company profits back into the company growth.

 We have dental, vision and pharmaceutical benefits where the employee is covered for 80 per cent of their costs with dollar limits for each on the maximum coverage.

 Vacation time is the amount legislated by the Ontario government – no more.

 There have been no pay increases and no performance evaluations since the company was started because the growth has been fast. Nothing is written down. When there is an issue Albert or Mary talk to the employee and that has worked.

 There is no official HR department – up to now Albert did everything and he admitted that he could have done more but he did not have the time.

 You ask to see the HR employee files and were told the only information they have is in one file that has each employee’s pay information and nothing else.

 There is an issue with employee absenteeism and turnover – this Mary believes is impacting the company financially and in terms of quality and growth opportunities. Some employees are leaving going to other local companies. Mary and Albert don’t know why but they are guessing it has something to do with how they are dealing with HR and this has spurred them to hire you.

 There are some health and safety measures in place.

 Both Mary and Albert are reluctant to outsource the HR designing and management so instead they hired you. They understand some HR activities maybe better outsourced but you will have to limit and make a case to them for any outsourcing. 4 The reason they don’t want to outsource is they believe HR is critical to the success and growth of the company so they want a say in how HR is designed and managed. By outsourcing they feel they would have less input.

-There is no union yet.

Question: Explain how you would integrate HR ideas as covered in class/the course into the organization. Step by step how would you do it (i.e. outline the steps with explanation) and what would you do and why. There will be three HR employees, that you will need to hire, as well as you as the Director of HR. With justification you can change or establish any organizational HR elements (e.g. compensation, benefits, hiring, selection, performance manage etc.). The goal is to make HR complement and support the growth and success of the company going forward and to fit the company’s strategic plan. Recognize that currently YY has next to no HR elements/policies/procedures in place other than the hiring and paying of employees. Even how the hiring was done is unclear since the person who did most of the hiring has left YY.

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Discuss police in schools, including an example of a school-based program with a school and police...

Discuss police in schools, including an example of a school-based program with a school and police partnership. Explain your view of police officers in schools.

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Assume that we want to construct a confidence interval. Do one of the​ following, as​ appropriate:...

Assume that we want to construct a confidence interval. Do one of the​ following, as​ appropriate: (a) find the critical value t Subscript alpha divided by 2​, ​(b) find the critical value z Subscript alpha divided by 2​, or​ (c) state that neither the normal distribution nor the t distribution applies. Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn​ girls: nequals290​, x overbarequals31.9 ​hg, sequals6.1 hg. The confidence level is 90​%. Thank you in advance!

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We are interested in conducting a study to determine whether a study intervention significantly improves college students’ test scores.

 

We are interested in conducting a study to determine whether a study intervention significantly improves college students’ test scores. The population’s GPA m = 2.64 and s = 0.42. We hope that intervention will improve girls’ body esteem scores by 0.25 points. We plan to recruit a sample of 36 students. We set our alpha level at .05 for two-tailed test. Determine the statistical power that this proposed study would have; report your answer as a percentage.

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8. Assume that male and female births are equally likely and that the birth of any...

8. Assume that male and female births are equally likely and that the birth of any child does not affect the probability of the gender of any other children. Suppose that 650 couples each have a baby; find the mean and standard deviation for the number of girls in the 650 babies.

9.A sales firm receives an average of four calls per hour on its toll-free number. For any given hour, find the probability that it will receive exactly five calls. Use the Poisson distribution.

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Assume that different groups of couples use a particular method of gender selection and each couple...

Assume that different groups of couples use a particular method of gender selection and each couple gives birth to one baby. This method is designed to increase the likelihood that each baby will be a​ girl, but assume that the method has no​ effect, so the probability of a girl is 0.5. Assume that the groups consist of 41 couples. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (c) below. a. Find the mean and the standard deviation for the numbers of girls in groups of 41 births. The value of the mean is muequals nothing. ​(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not​ round.)

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It is claimed that if parents use the UCHOOS method of gender selection there is a...

It is claimed that if parents use the UCHOOS method of gender selection there is a greater than 50% chance of have a girl. Determine the true proportion using a 95% confidence. Assume the sample data consist of 56 girls born in 105 births. A random sample of 19 green M&Ms has a mean of .8635 grams and a standard deviation of .057 grams. Test the claim that the mean weight of all green M&Ms is different than .8535 grams. Assume an alpha value of .05.

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9. You and your spouse just adopted twin girls, little Heather and Beth. You want to...

9.

You and your spouse just adopted twin girls, little Heather and Beth. You want to make sure they

are taken care of for the next 22 years. (A)Based on the following information, how much life

insurance needs to be purchased for the husband, if any? (B) How much, if any, needs to be

purchased for the wife? Assume 3% inflation rate.

Market Labor Value

Husband: $72,000

Wife: $15,000

Household Production Value

Husband: $15,000

Wife: $40,000

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Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn​ girls: nequals193​, x overbarequals32.2 ​hg, sequals6.4...

Here are summary statistics for randomly selected weights of newborn​ girls: nequals193​, x overbarequals32.2 ​hg, sequals6.4 hg. Construct a confidence interval estimate of the mean. Use a 90​% confidence level. Are these results very different from the confidence interval 31.1 hgless thanmuless than33.1 hg with only 15 sample​ values, x overbarequals32.1 ​hg, and sequals2.1 ​hg?

What is the confidence interval for the population mean mμ​?

Are the results between the two confidence intervals very​ different?

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The pornography industry is one of the most lucrative in the nation— some estimates are that...

The pornography industry is one of the most lucrative in the nation— some estimates are that it grosses more than $4 billion annually—however the women and girls who work in this industry see very little of that money. Prostitution as well is highly profitable for a growing number of pimps and human traffickers selling both women and children. What are the legal and moral differences between these two types of sex work, and how have changing social norms contributed to the legal status of both today?

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