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Assignment 1: “What Makes ______ the Best Place to Work and Why?”

Choose one (1) company that you believe would be an ideal company to work for based on working conditions, salary, opportunity for advancement and work involved. Use the Internet to research. 
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Evaluate the fundamental driving forces that shape the organizational environment of the selected company. Be sure to address the following: competing in a global marketplace, workforce diversity, ethics and morality, and technological innovation.
Examine the selected company’s specific practices or policies. Speculate on the major influences that these practices or policies have on individual and organizational outcomes.
Determine which practices related to work attitudes in U.S. organizations are most strongly affected by diversity and suggest a strategy to address the effects.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. 
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Evaluate human behavior in organizations and the forces shaping the behavior.
Analyze individual differences within organizations and their impact on organizational behavior.
Use technology to research issues affecting organizational behavior in order to deliver assignments which are clear, concise and have proper writing mechanics.
Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

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part 1 Using one of the two articles you just read, explain in a short paragraph why you think scientific evidence provided by Patterson or by researchers examining the effects of second-hand cigarette smoke was countered so strongly by the big petroleum and tobacco companies. How do you think the "big money" provided by these industries to fund alternate research efforts reflects the importance of the role of funding in research?
first article 
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/5894/20140423/neil-degrasse-tyson-cosmos-episode-7-the-clean-room-recap-clair-patterson-earth-age-and-danger-of-lead.htm
2nd article 
https://health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/20071114_cardio-tobacco/

Part 2 
I have uploaded the instructions for part 2 (these are the questions )
SCI 100 Question Development Worksheet

Answer the following questions. Your instructor will use these answers to evaluate the critical elements for Project 2.


1.    Why did you select your news story? What about the story makes it interesting to you both personally and scientifically?




2.    What did you already know about the topic before selecting the news story? What opinions or assumptions had you made about it?




3.    Which concepts covered in the course relate to your news story? How?




4.    What question do you have about the topic in the news story? Select one question that interests you based on your topic exploration graphic organizer and previous responses.




5.    Why would this question be important to a natural scientist?

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In this assignment, you will create an outline of an onboarding process. Summarize what you feel are the two (2) most important elements in on-boarding in the global environment.

Write a one to two (1-2) page memorandum to your Human Resource Director in which you:

Explain why an on-boarding process needs to be created. Then create an outline of an on-boarding process. Include a brief explanation of each step and explain why it is important.
Summarize what you believe are the two (2) most critical elements to consider when on-boarding in the global environment.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze international business strategy to identify human resource requirements and formulate supporting HRM plans that can improve productivity and contribute to the firm’s competitiveness. 
Select performance management processes to assess and improve performance throughout a multinational corporation.
Propose training programs to improve performance throughout a multinational corporation and address the considerations for effective learning in a diverse workforce of expatriates, host country nationals, and third-country nationals.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in global HRM.
Write clearly and concisely about global HRM using proper writing mechanics.

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10 page 12pt Times New Roman Font double spaced. Using scholarly sources 

In this order:
Company Background (Past, Present, and Future)

Current Business Model and Products (What is the company's mission statement, objectives, and vision?)

Cost Breakdown Process of Menu Products (In other words, they invest $1.50 to make $5.00. What are the cost breakdown of IN-N-OUT's cost of goods sold?)

External Supply Chain Network (What is the industry's food supply chain? It starts from ranchers, bakers, farmers and ends up at your table.  Explain how this network of interrelated activities function.)

Internal Operations Process (Does the name IN-N-OUT imply fast service?  Contrast and compare several fast food chains and how they  meet customer delivery times. Identify any bottlenecks.)

Re-engineered Process Flow (Once you have completed your research and analysis of the first 5 characteristics mentioned above, how would you improve IN-N-OUT's external and internal operations?  Process flow-charting works best here.)

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Module 03

Proposal for Research

Competency
Explore problem-solving skills for business analysis.
Scenario
You work for a taxi service in a large urban area. As the rideshare industry has continued to expand and while companies like Lyft and Uber dominate the marketplace, taxi services have struggled to compete. Rideshare service is faster and in most cases cheaper and now, with the ability of rideshare companies to gain licenses to pick up and drop off at your airport, you are really trying to find innovative ways to stay relevant. You know that there is a certain demographic that will not use companies like Uber or Lyft due to fear of technology, as well as safety concerns. You want to find out what that demographic is and develop a targeted strategy to reach those potential customers, and retain those that you still have.
As marketing manager for your company, you will work to define what your target market will be. In order to do this, you will first need to do background research to understand the competitive environment. You will also want to know what demographic your company caters to, and what their likes and dislikes are about taxi services. The same information will need to be gathered about rideshare customers. You will gather this information by developing a survey to be distributed via social media.
To accomplish this, you have decided to create a proposal to present to senior management that lays out your plan for constructing your survey and how the survey will help you develop a marketing strategy to increase your business.
Instructions
Using Microsoft Word, create a proposal that defines the problem your company is facing and how you will design your research to address the issue.
* Create an introduction that defines the problem. Include an overview of the competitive landscape using three outside sources (Rasmussen library databases, websites, annual reports).
* Present four demographic questions that address your research problem. Be sure to identify the measurement scale you are using and why. (nominal, ordinal, ratio, interval)
* Present four questions related to taxi services will help you understand customer likes and dislikes. Be sure to identify the measurement scale you are using and why. (nominal, ordinal, ratio, interval)
* Present four questions related to rideshare companies that will help you understand likes and dislikes. Be sure to identify the measurement scale you are using and why. (nominal, ordinal, ratio, interval)
* Explain why you are using social media to distribute your survey.
* Write a conclusion that explains how your research findings will be used to inform your marketing strategy.
Resources
FAQs
* Proposals
Library Resources
* Company & Industry Information page of School of Business Guide - recommended databases for researching companies and industries
* Consumers & Demographics page of School of Business Guide - recommended databases for researching consumer trends and demographics
* APA Guide

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Assignment 3: Recruiting, Selection, and Training
Due Week 6 and worth 200 points
Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research a company for whom you would like to work. Focus your research on the selected company’s approach to recruiting, selecting, training, and managing its workers.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Briefly describe the company you researched.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the company’s recruiting efforts and suggest two (2) recommendations for improvement.
Analyze the selection process of the company you researched and recommend two (2) areas for improvement.
Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems in general.
Determine the level of influence that training and talent management have on the labor force of the selected company.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems.
Explain how training and talent management contribute to an effective labor force.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

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Discuss the relevance of the concept of development of Non-Functional Requirements and Functional requirements as inputs to the Test Plan and the relationship to DevOps 

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Select a country, and create a PowerPoint presentation  which describes the country’s economy, answers how specifically it is impacted by the global economy and explain how the country’s macro-economy affects micro-economic decisions made by individuals and individual companies within the country. 

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Read the case at the end of Chapter 1, “TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN AT COSTCO?” Summarize the case first and then answer the questions:

In what ways does Costco meet the criteria for a "sustainable" organization?
What would you describe as Costco’s basic strategy as a retailer?
How do its human resource practices support that strategy?
Aligns with Lesson Objectives - LO4, LO5

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Read the case at the end of Chapter 2: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – PAYCHEX KEEPS PEOPLE BY HELPING THEM TO RETIRE and answer the questions:

What business benefits might result from Paychex’s efforts to make its benefits more valuable by helping employees get the most out of using them?
How do the principles of a new psychological contract apply to the situation described in this case?
Write a summary of at least 300 words in APA style, with a reference page and a cover page. APA requires double space. Your essay will be automatically submitted to Safe Assign so it can be checked for originality. There is not a target for matching but your instructor will be assessing that you have used your own words with proper in-text citations and quotation marks for direct quotes.

Aligns with Lesson Objectives - LO1, LO6

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You, Mike, and Tiffany meet in a conference room to begin to assemble your final presentation.

This presentation will be the project deliverable, so you want to make sure you have provided all of the requirements.

Mike begins, “I think we’ve done some pretty good analysis on our strategy. We just have to put the pieces together before the final presentation.”

“We do have some solid information, but we have to look at all the parts to see if we can remain competitive,” Tiffany adds.

Complete the following:

A balanced scorecard is used to align the business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. Based on your analysis of the company’s four perspectives in IP3, develop a complete balanced scorecard that helps put the pieces together for your final presentation. Once completed, answer the following questions.
What are the considerations that you need to be aware of to remain competitive?
Based on the research and analysis that you have done, can you compete in the market that you have chosen? Why or why not?
What primary factors led you to this decision?
What would you say to someone who would dispute your position?
How do you plan on evaluating the global marketplace in the future?

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Many people think that the Gettysburg Address is one of the greatest speeches in human history, why?