Marjorie Benton

The Broken Employment Contract

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Integrative Experience in Human Resource Management

Case Study “The Broken Employment Contract”

Read Case #15 on pp. 50-53 “The Broken Employment Contract” and write a paper answering questions 1 through 5.

  • Write between 750 words using Microsoft Word in APA format (only the body of the paper counts towards the word requirement)
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, two references must be from EBSCOhost.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style

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When a person is hired, one of the first things an organization does is provide an employee with its written human resources policies. Doing this has elicited questions concerning whether giving an employee these policies will give rise to an employment contract between the employee and the organization. The answer to these questions is that an employer’s written HR policies can be construed as an employment contract, especially when they are poorly drafted (Stone et al., 2019). HR policies generally contain rules and regulations governing how employees should operate within the workplace (Stone et al., 2019). These policies are often contained in employee handbooks. Organizations should refrain from making legally binding promises in their HR policies (Stone et al., 2019). Furthermore, failure to include disclaimers indicating that the policies are guidelines rather than offers to contract or contracts will give rise to an implied contractual relationship between an organization and employee (Stone et al., 2019).

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The Broken Employment Contract

Marjorie Benton

High-performing organizations

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The proposal should give a high-level overview of the project. It should provide some general
information about the organization the project is meant for, a description of the problem or opportunity
that will be addressed with your innovative idea, and an overview of the technology that will be
integrated in your solution. It should also provide a scenario that exemplifies the how the solution will
serve the customer or end-user or organization. You can do this by developing a scenario(s) that
illustrates your vision in a brief narrative. The goal is to help the reader envision your innovative
solution.
The proposal should be presented using the following sections:
1. Title Page of the Proposed Project
2. Introduction (up to 0.5 page)
3. Potential Client (0.5 – 1 page)
 General description of the organization that the project is intended for
4. Problem/Opportunity (0.5 – 1 page)

 Description of problem/opportunity that your innovative idea will address
5. Potential technology solution (0.5 – 1 page)
 Overview of the technology that could be used to address the problem/opportunity.
Keep this at a pretty high level (general level). You will present a more detailed
description in the next part of the project.
6. Pros and Cons of implementing this technology (0.5 – 1 page)
 Identify positives and negatives of implementing this technology. Positives would be
benefits. Negatives could be things like outcomes that may not be desirable

Requirements: 4 Pages

I am working on a project and I want to focus on the company Walmart. The problem I am looking to discuss is their current overstock issues with their inventory. The part of the project as listed above will focus on a technology to help with inventory management.

Hope this information is sufficient

Problem: Inventory issues causing overtstock

Opportunity: Propose a technology to walmart to assist with Inventory ManagementB954.edited.edited

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The retail e-commerce industry is growing at an incredible pace. Spurred by the success of organizations such as Amazon and customers’ changing needs and preferences, organizations in the retail industry are changing their business models to remain viable within their markets (Industry Insights, 2021). No person would have predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic would infect over 200 million people worldwide when the pandemic started. Most governments around the globe adopted strict public health and safety measures to combat the pandemic (Industry Insights, 2021). Even though the pandemic had numerous, devastating impacts on most industries, primarily due to the decline in consumer spending, the retail e-commerce industry was shielded from most of these effects (Industry Insights, 2021). The pandemic generated immense fear of infection, prompting customers to change their buying behavior. Many people began avoiding shopping malls and purchasing the items they needed from online stores (Industry Insights, 2021). According to PWCs June 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse

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High-performing organizations

Marjorie Benton

pharmacological management of the disease

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R135 Liver Cirrhosis.edited(1)

 

Each student will clearly write a title for this topic: For examples, “Pharmacological Effects of Anti-Hypertensive Medications in the Management of Hypertension”.

 

Submission Instructions:

  • The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
  • The paper should be formatted per current APA and 5-7 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
  • Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

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The premise that stressors, including addiction and a particular brain region known as the mesolimbic dopamine system, can cause a breakdown in self-control is the foundation of the pathophysiology of the disease state. The mesolimbic dopamine system is in charge of motivation, pleasure, and reward, but drugs have the potential to harm it over time. When someone takes addictive substances or engages in other goal-directed actions, it attempts to create pleasurable experiences. Thus, addicts want this section of the brain to continue functioning normally because it makes life ‘enjoyable.’ An autoimmune hepatitis condition associated may result in cirrhotic patients. Autoimmune diseases and illnesses are not infectious or transmittable. These illnesses develop when your immune system attacks your own cells, leading to irrational physical symptoms. The National Institutes of Health reports that many Americans suffer from an autoimmune disease. Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and type 1 diabetes mellitus are the most prevalent autoimmune diseases (DM1).

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pharmacological management of the disease

Marjorie Benton

High-performing organizations

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The detailed description of your innovation project should provide enough information to propose the
project to a client. The technology, deployment plan and organizational impact of the solution should
be addressed. The idea here is to compel the reader to embrace the solution. Treat this as a proposal
that you are trying to “sell” to the client.
MODIFIED (October 6): This assignment should be presented using the following sections:
1. Title Page of the Proposed Project
2. Introduction (up to 0.5 page)
3. Project Background (1-1.5 page)
a. Background of Organization (from PART 1)
b. Problem or Opportunity (from PART 1)
c. Proposed Technology Solution
4. Technology Solution Description (2-2.5 pages)
5. Deployment Requirements (0.5 – 1 page)
6. Organization-wide Impact (0.5 – 1 page)
7. Sustainability Plan (0.5 – 1 page)
8. Summary (0.5 – 1 page)
The page lengths provided above are approximations. In some cases, the template will dictate the
length of a section.
The paper should be concise. Please use the template. The body of the assignment (narrative portion)
should be 6-8 double spaced pages (not including title page) using the Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Please keep the length of the paper within guidelines provided.

Requirements: 7 Pages

Please see the attached template for this part, along with PART 1 that you assisted me with.

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The company became a publicly traded entity in 1972 after being listed on the New York Stock Exchange (O’Connell, 2020). Less than 20 years after this, Walmart was one of the largest retailers in the country in terms of revenue. Walmart was initially geographically restricted to the lower Midwest and the South (O’Connell, 2020). Despite this, the company operated retail stores from coast to coast by the early 1990s. The growth of e-commerce retail forced the company to adapt and change its business model (O’Connell, 2020). Due to these changes, Walmart operates not only its traditional brick and motor stores but also online stores (O’Connell, 2020). This move has allowed the company to become the second-largest e-commerce retailer in America. Furthermore, its online store’s sales revenue accounts for approximately 13% of Walmart’s overall sales revenue (O’Connell, 2020). Even though the company trails Amazon Inc. by a considerable margin in e-commerce sales revenue, it is slowly gaining ground, evidenced by the fact that its –commerce sales revenue grew by 79% in 2020 and a further 1% in 2021.

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Organizational Climate

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1. Your organization has been doing an Organizational Climate Survey for the past ten years. Every year the consulting firm you hired has presented the results to your senior management team (SMT). The SMT discusses the results to the mangers. You’ve joined the organization as Manger of Organizational Development. After some discussion with employees you’ve determined that these results were never given to the employees nor has anything ever been done with the results. Overall the results indicate low motivation, and job dissatisfaction. You also discovered that turnover is at 60%. Many people leave within one year of hiring. Include in your post:
o Describe the steps you would take in analyzing the situation.
o What specific recommendations would you make? Why?
o How SPECIFICALLY will you present your suggestions to Senior Leadership? What strategy would you use to present your ideas?
o Using a force field analysis model(driving and restraining forces), describe in detail the driving and restraining elements you anticipate as you work with this organization in implementing needed change.
o Pick two restraining forces and describe how you intend to overcome them.

Requirements: 2 pages

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One of the recommendations that the manager needs to implement to address the issue presented in the case provided is to communicate the assessment results with the employees. The manager should receive the results pertaining organization’s climate survey. This allows them to compare whether the results coincide with their own responses. Secondly, the manager needs to address the employees’ concerns raised through the survey results (Varma, 2017). For instance, the manager needs to identify factors contributing to employees’ low motivation, job dissatisfaction, and higher attrition rate. In so doing, it will allow employees to feel that they are part of the organization.

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Organizational Climate

 

Marjorie Benton

Basics of management

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Management has often been described as a universal process, meaning the basics of management are transferable and applicable in almost any environment. Do you believe a good manager in a bank could be equally effective in a college or university? Explain your reasoning.

make sure you cite all sources and use peer reviewed articles if possible.

Requirements: 400 words

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Technical skills are specific to a particular discipline or field and confer competence on the acquirer of the skills, for example, banking skills that make a banker competent to perform banking activities. On the other hand, conceptual skills make an individual capable of connecting and appreciating the working dynamics of an organization and the interconnectedness of the diverse departments in an organization (Matsudaira, 2019). Finally, our interpersonal skills require a person to be properly sociable in a way that allows them to work within a team and inspire productivity through their influence on other people.

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Basics of management

Marjorie Benton

Poor performance management system.

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Download, read, and reread the case Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset. Your paper will essentially summarize the case, specifically focusing on what challenges Nadella faced as a leader, what steps he took to overcome those challenges, and whether he succeeded or not. Your responses must be supported by the facts of the case, and make appropriate reference to course materials. 1. What was Nadella’s diagnosis of the problems at Microsoft? a. What were the biggest challenges he faced when he took charge? b. Which of Lencioni’s 5 areas of dysfunction in teams were most present at Microsoft? c. What goals did Nadella set for transforming the organization? 2. In thinking about Nadella’s style and the steps he took as a change leader, address the following: a. Drawing on Daniel Goleman’s “Leadership that Gets Results” (from Week 3), which styles of leadership most closely match Nadella’s demonstrated behaviors? Explain. b. Which of Jack’s “8 Rules of Leadership” are most evident in Nadella’s initiatives? Explain using specific examples from the case to support your response. c. In terms of company culture, how did Nadella change specific systems and processes to improve teamwork? d. Nadella frequently uses the term “growth mindset.” What does this mean, and how did he foster it? 3. How effective have Nadella’s efforts been? In particular: a. What metrics should be used to evaluate the success of his efforts? Why? a. What else could Nadella and his team do to sustain the wins they have achieved so far? b. What additional challenges do you expect he will face?

Requirements: 4 pages

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Avoidance of accountability is another dysfunctional area in Microsoft whereby leadership was not held accountable for the culture they created. The most driven team members who lack a clear plan of action hesitate to question the actions and behaviors of peers despite being counterproductive for the group (Patrick, 2002). Inattention to results is an area of dysfunction at the company since the organization utilized the stack ranking performance management system. It pitted staff members against each other, whereby after every six months, some employees would receive a poor rating regardless of their contributions. Team members prioritize their individual needs, such as recognition, over the group’s collective goals (Patrick, 2002).

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Marjorie Benton

Project schedule management.

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Answer the following:

  1. What does the author state is “project success”?
  2. What are some of the unique needs of the “next generation of employees?”
  3. Explain the “New World Disorder”
  4. The author concludes that the ethical vows should include a focus on two things. List what these are and explain what they mean.

Requirements: 400 words

, please use book and the article for the reference.

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Cost estimates must be evaluated and adjusted during the project to consider new information as it becomes available, and hypotheses are tested. As a project progresses in its life cycle, its estimation accuracy will rise. The next generation of employees views their work based on their interactions with their colleagues and what they expect from their employers (Wagner, 2019). Currently, employers are hiring a new graduate who values creativity, enthusiasm, energy, and the ability to use technology to solve problems. In addition, the unique generation values diversity, flexibility, equity, and inclusion within the work environment. With the advance in technology, the new generation of employees has easy access to a wide variety of information and knowledge which impacts their decisions and daily lives.

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Marjorie Benton

Management theories.

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As you read in the text, management theories are dynamic.

As you read in the text, management theories are dynamic. In other words, they change over time, sometimes very rapidly. In addition, management theories have often been cumulative, meaning that later theorists tend to build on theories previously advanced by other scholars. Thus, a new theory becomes the starting point for yet another theory that can either refine or refute the management thinking of the day.
One way to prepare for your career as a manager is by becoming aware of management trends today. The best (and easiest) way to do that is by regularly combing through business websites and periodicals. You will always find at least one article that relates to management concepts, and as you scan the business press over time, you will see which theories are influencing current management thinking the most. By understanding management history and management today, you will be better able to anticipate changes to management ideas in the future. This exercise is designed to introduce you to the business press and to help you make the connection between the concepts you learn in the classroom and real-world management activities. Done regularly, it will provide you with invaluable insights into business activities at all types of organizations around the world.
Activities
1. Find a current article of substance in the business press (for example, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Inc.) that discusses topics covered in this course. If you are having trouble finding an article, read through the table of contents on pages v–viii to familiarize yourself with the names of concepts that will be presented later in the term. Read your article carefully, making notes about relevant content.
2. Write a summary of the key points in your article. List the terms or concepts critical to understanding the article, and provide definitions of those terms. If you are unfamiliar with a term or concept that is central to the article, do some research in your textbook. Relate these key points to the concepts in your text by citing page numbers.
3. How does your article relate to the management theories covered in this chapter? Explain the situation detailed in your article in terms of the history of management.

Requirement:

Submit the results in a 2-page, double-spaced document. Be prepared to discuss the article 11/29.

Requirements: 2 pages

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The control theory is evident in this article as Buckingham (2022) illustrates how the effects of annual reviews are demoralizing to employees affecting their morale, commitment, and trust in the organization, and some may resort to quitting entirely. The control theory states that the feedback from the appraisals influences employees’ behaviors. Therefore, the input received will shape the employees’ behavior. The article demonstrates how negative feedback affects employees’ motivation, mainly when they are being gauged by poor performance in the past while they are doing well at the moment.

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Industry and organizational environment.

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In order to be successful, companies have to respond to ongoing and changing demands inside and outside of the organization. Some companies are able to adapt more effectively than others to PESTEL factors impacting the organization. For this assignment you are going to identify and evaluate the strategy for the below case

  • Capital One

Each of these companies have been in the media recently regarding their organizational strategy. Your analysis should include the following sections:

  • Introduction of the company chosen and general background information. This introduction should clearly outline the purpose of the paper (approximately 1/2 page).
  • Conduct a PESTEL and SWOT analysis of the company chosen. This will require going beyond the provided case study and company website to analyze and understand the industry and organizational environment of the case study you have chosen. This should be written out in paragraph format and should emphasize key aspects of the remote environment (approximately 2 pages).
  • Conduct a Porter’s Five force analysis on the industry of the case study you have chosen. This analysis should be used to identify the level of competition and areas where the featured company is doing well or how they could improve in specific areas. (approximately 1 page).
  • Conduct a VRIO and Value chain analysis of the organization. This section should identify the key primary and support activities and provide an assessment of their ability to sustain a competitive advantage (approximately 2 pages)
  • Provide recommendations on how the company from your chosen case study could improve their position in the industry providing evidence to support your position. The recommendations should incorporate course related concepts and be evidence based (I.e., using peer reviewed articles, approximately 2 pages).
  • Conclusion summarizing key points (1/2 page).

General Formatting:

  • Paper length: 8 double spaced pages
  • APA formatting (11 pt New Times Roman font, standard page margins)
  • Include a title page with your first and last name
  • A minimum of 5 references in APA formatting

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The economic factors address several factors, such as the inflation rate, the country’s economic performance, the interest rate, inflation rate, taxation, exchange rates, and consumer disposable income, among other factors. One of the economic factors impacting Capital One is the declining consumer spending due to the reduced level of consumer disposable income. A second factor is the volatile exchange rate of the US, which impacts Capital One’s short- and long-term investments. Thirdly, the US economic performance has been stable for the last ten years except during COVID-19. However, stability and normalcy are gradually being achieved, which is an advantage for Capital One. The fourth factor is the vast availability of core infrastructure in the country, which has been facilitating and improving the activities and operations of Capital One.

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