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I think being sure to be balanced is important.  So, careful with wording where you are explicit when some things are still open for debate. Don't be afraid to be a little ‎contrarian in your writing, such as at the beginning where you state that the severity is quite bad but many of these statistics are seemingly changing on a weekly basis. In any event, it served as a good set-up. For your assessment.  

I think a section on your opinion as to how to make the global supply chains more resilient would be ‎great. I might like a little more explanation as to your conclusion that whole supply chains should shut down simultaneously when something bad occurs. This seems to be a call for tighter SC integration amongst often competing firms (at least in the west). This may be too much to ask them, as individual companies may still try to figure ways to keep supply going opportunisitically.  I know from my days at GM, we never would let the line shut down for instance, it was so costly. So, we would find ways to keep it working, even if it meant shipping a tiny amount of material via very expensive air freight. So, I wonder if those best practices can just suddenly be unwound due to an outbreak across whole supply chains? 

I think the move to local may make sense, but global people flows and contemporary cities seem to suggest, at least to me, that we don't want to just eat or buy local, we wish to engage with a plethora of products.  I wonder too if these local busineses ‎have the scale / can scale-up fast enough to repsond to new local demand? It seemed that you mentioned that they may be somewhat shielded albeit need materials from abroad, but I also wonder if these small organizations can get access to funding. Do they really want more credit to build local scale? Just some more food for thought.

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Implications for Leading and Managing in the Country Clusters (one section for each cluster): 

–  What approach(es) or style(s) of leadership are most commonly used, and which are most/least effective?
–  How are leaders developed in this context?
–  Provide any other leadership insights about leading in this country cluster

V.  Recommended Approach For Conducting Business with the Other Cultural Context: 

Student groups are to strategize and present an appropriate strategy with sufficient detail to explain how each country cluster should approach the other country cluster to conduct business. Identity key issues that need to be considered, for example, potential areas for disagreement or conflict. How might the two groups work together to best achieve success in cross-national business?
VI.  References [APA formatting is required]
      You must include a reference list of sources at the end of the PPT!

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Write a suggested procedure for dealing with computer and data access when an employee (including direct and indirect workers) terminates employment. What steps should be taken to protect the company’s IT data?

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The number and magnitude of data breaches have been increasing at retailers, banks, government agencies, and other institutions. The management team at your company has decided to develop plans for dealing with data security breaches. Because your company has many employees who telecommute and you employ a high percentage of contract and temporary employees, there are many factors to consider.

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What policies would you recommend to help ensure that insiders (including direct and indirect workers) do not steal sensitive corporate data or compromise the integrity of the computer system?

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What should be included in disaster planning for a large employer in Annapolis, Maryland, that is concerned about natural disasters such as floods and snowstorms that might shut down the company and parts of the city?

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As the HR manager of a distribution and warehouse firm with 600 employees, you plan to discuss a company wellness program at an executive staff meeting next week. The topics to cover include what a wellness program is, how it can benefit the company and employees, and the process for establishing it. To aid in developing your presentation to the executives, consult the website welcoa.org (Links to an external site.) and other applicable websites you can locate.

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What should an employer do when facing an OSHA inspection?

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What can first-line supervisors do to help control workers’ compensation costs, and how might they be rewarded for doing so?

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Your company has reaped the benefits of having long-term, tenured employees, but many of them are now approaching retirement. It is anticipated that approximately 20% of the company’s workforce will retire in the next three to five years. In reviewing the remaining workforce through HR planning efforts, you have become aware of work–life balance issues that need to be reviewed and addressed. The company president has requested that you prepare a retention plan outlining these issues as well as ways to address them. Resources to help you address the issues in the retention plan can be found at www.workfamily.com.  What steps will you take to identify key priorities in the work–life balance issues? How will you present a business case to gain management support for addressing those issues to help retain existing workers and to fill the positions vacated by retiring employees?

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What labor markets should be considered when recruiting to fill an opening for a housekeeping staff at a local hospital? What labor markets should be considered for staffing the chief surgeon for the local hospital?  Discuss ways a regional bank could effectively use the Internet to recruit bank tellers.

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Your small home health care service company of about 50 workers has traditionally recruited employees using newspaper print advertisements. Applications have been decreasing from these ads, so you are looking for alternative ways to generate more applicant flow. The company president has requested that you, as HR manager, prepare an overview of how educational/academic and Internet recruiting efforts might improve the recruiting traffic. Present pros and cons of these new methods and compare them to newspaper recruiting.  What will your company need to do differently to actively use educational/academic and Internet recruiting as you compete with other employers for qualified applicants?  As you recruit home health care professionals, identify the niche websites that you recommend be used for your Internet postings and the reasons for your recommendations. Identify possible educational/academic sources in your region.