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Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets. Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your company’s widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently, the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which increase your costs and delays delivery. Your company has fifty (50) employees in the following departments: sales, assembly, technology, and administration. 

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Design an organization motivation plan that encourages: 

a. high job satisfaction

b. low turnover

c. high productivity

d. high-quality work

2. Propose two (2) methods to motivate all of the employees in the organization. Rate these methods in order of importance.

3. Propose three (3) ways to motivate the minimum wage service worker. Support your suggestions with a motivation theory.

4. Analyze the relevance of the individual worker in today’s organizational context.

5. Re-create and complete the following Individual Work to Teamwork chart using Microsoft Office or an equivalent such as OpenOffice. 

The left-hand column is filled with terms that describe an individual worker. Fill in the right-hand column with descriptive terms that suggest the desired change in behavior from individual work to teamwork. Use Chapter 8 as a reference. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. 

Individual Work to Teamwork
INDIVIDUAL WORKER	TEAM MEMBER (change in behavior from individual to team member)
Talks
Me oriented
Department focused
Competitive
Logical
Written messages
Image
Secrecy
Short-term sighted
Immediate results
Critical
Tenure

6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

·         Explain the variety of motivational theories and job design considerations.

·         Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups.

·         Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational behavior.

·         Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.

 

 

For all the problems, to receive full scores, you have to show your complete and accurate work. If you only provide the final answers without showing your computations, you will not be assigned a full score (or you will miss the opportunity of receiving partial credit).

 

Problem 1: Line Balancing (9 points)

Employees at ABC Assembly Line work from 6am to 2pm Monday through Friday.  Everyone on the assembly line is allowed a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks.  Other cross-trained associates cover lunches and breaks for the associates on the assembly line so the line doesn’t stop.  On your second week at ABC Assembly Line, you record the processes of the assembly line are laid out in the following manner:

Task                       Predecessor

 1                             none

 2                             1

 3                             none

 4                             2

 5                             3

 6                             4, 5

 

 

The intern the summer before recorded the following observations:

Task 1 average cycle time = 1.1 min

Task 2 average cycle time = 0.8 min

Task 5 average cycle time = 1.4 min

 

You complete the 20 observations at each of the other 3 stations and record the following:

Task 3 average cycle time = 52 sec

Task 4 average cycle time = 36 sec

Task 6 average cycle time = 63 sec

 

Due to quality issues in the field causing $300k worth of parts to be recalled, a new quality check Task 4a needs to be added after Task 4 and the quality check must be completed before Task 6 can begin.  The Quality Assurance Team estimates this new process will take an average of 27 seconds to complete.  Prior to adding this quality check task, the line was achieving an output of 300 units per day and the Plant Manager needs to maintain that output.

Assuming the new quality check task is added, do the following:

a)      Draw the precedence diagram with the processing times for each task displayed (2 points).

b)      Compute the Takt time for the line (1 point).

c)       Assign tasks to work stations using the greatest amount of time remaining as a heuristic rule (2 points).

d)      Compute the efficiency and percent idle time for the system (2 points).

e)      Determine which work station has the least amount of idle time (1 point).  Determine which work station has the greatest amount of idle time (1 point).

 

 

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The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices who are responsible for deciding whether or not laws are in line with the U.S. Constitution. These individuals serve life-long appointments once they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. Below is a list of some of the most controversial decisions in the last few decades by the Supreme Court. These cases are often mentioned by politicians during campaigns because the issues are still debated, even after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Write an essay analyzing one of the following key Supreme Court rulings:

·  National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius

·  District of Columbia v. Heller

·  Roe v. Wade (abortion rights)

·  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

·  Obergefell v. Hodges

Your essay must ADDRESS:

Answer these questions to complete your analysis of your selected Supreme Court ruling.

·  Tell the reader which of the five key Supreme Court ruling you selected to analyze.

·  What was the law being challenged in the case?

·  Tell me any of the states or government entities that were part of the case.

·  Who was the Petitioner in the Case?

·  What was the Petitioner’s argument?

·  Who was Respondent?

·  What was the Respondent’s argument?

·  What part or parts of the Constitution were discussed in the case?

·  Why were those parts of the Constitution discussed in the case?

·  What was the final Supreme Court ruling

o  What was the final score of the case was (for example 5 to 4 or 7 to 2 or some other combo that, in most cases, adds up to 9)

o  What was the date that the case was decided?

o  Which side won, was it the petitioner or the respondent?

o  What did it mean that this particular side won?

·  This is the most important part of the assignment: how does this case currently impact your life and the lives of Americans? Explore the political and electoral consequences of the ruling. Don’t just say, for example in the case of Roe v. Wade, women can now have abortions because only a small percent of the population is of childbearing potential – how did the case impact everyone else more generally? Think about how even this current or most recent presidential election was impacted by the ruling you have analyzed.

·  Provide a reference list.

Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course.

Week 6: Group Negotiation, Difficult Situations and Third Party Approaches – You Decide

 

Scenario Summary

A supervisor in a large accounting firm is scheduled to interview a job candidate who comes highly recommended and has excellent qualifications. Jim has an accounting degree (bachelors) from a prestigious Ivy League school and has been working on his MBA by attending an online program for the last 18 months and is close to earning his degree. In addition, he has been working for one of your competitors for several years and has excellent references attesting to his ability. Your payroll budget has recently been reduced significantly as a result of a declining client base, and your manager has the final authority in establishing salaries for the new hires, but generally is responsive to what his supervisor’s propose to a job candidate. In addition, the HR Director has established salary ranges for new hires that are to be adhered to, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as candidates with special expertise, the ability to bring in additional clients, or excellent credentials, including having the CPA certification.
 

Your Assignment

Your role is to determine whether distributive or integrative negotiations will be preferred in this scenario between the job applicant and the supervisor, and discuss the other potential negotiations that may occur between the other individuals who have an interest in hiring the job applicant. Your analysis should include your rationale for the preferred negotiation strategy for each negotiation based on the specific objectives of each of the participants in each scenario. Your responses to each question should be 50–100 words.

 

What is the appropriate negotiation strategy that would be most advantageous for Sharon and Jim in this scenario, distributive or integrative bargaining? What are the factors that should be considered in making this determination?

CPA yet. 2. What factors do you feel will contribute to the Accounting Supervisor and her Manager in determining the salary that Jim should be offered as a new hire? What are some other considerations that could be made to entice Jim to accept the job assuming that his salary demands could not be met? What are Jims and the Accounting Supervisors interests?

3. What are HRs interests in this scenario, and what would be the potential negotiation strategy between the Accounting Manager and HR assuming that there is a decision that the published salary range for attracting Jim will have to be exceeded in order to hire him?

4. Propose a negotiating outcome for each of the possible negotiations that could occur in this scenario and defend your responses. 

This assignment is adapted from the module 2 case. Be sure to read the module 2 case study scenario found in the Course Content area of our classroom carefully, then begin to develop your white paper ideas. Your white paper should identify major American employment-related laws and regulations and include a clear and comprehensive interpretation of these laws as they apply to Pomodoro, Inc. Your paper should be three to five pages in length and include citations and references in APA format.

“Your new boss has made it clear she wants the firm to comply with U.S. employment regulations. In addition, she wants to inform the firm’s staff that a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any sort is in effect. Develop a three to five page white paper defining the important harassment and employment-related laws and regulations in place and outlining the points you want to include as you develop and publish your firm’s harassment policy. (Research topics might include but are not limited to: harassment, wage and salary legislation, employment laws, and OSHA regulations.) And please remember! Your firm has both American and international employees so you will want to include a discussion of policy implications for your company’s global workplace.”

Module 2 Case:

The goal of corporate officers is to position their business entities in the marketplace to ensure optimal competitiveness. This goal applies whether the entity produces goods, services, or information, or whether the entity is an international conglomerate or a start-up venture. Management faces special challenges, for example, in the case of mergers. The challenge can be greater when units that span international boundaries merge. Human resource managers must always be aware of the influences, whether environmental, organizational, or individual, to lead their businesses through challenging times.

In the following scenarios, your company has just been subsumed by a large multinational firm, Pomodoro, Ltd., a food and beverage industry giant. Your previous company, Thompson Snack Foods, manufactured and distributed snack foods in the southeast United States. Your product line included organic potato and corn chips, pretzels, and peanuts. You have been asked to stay on as HR manager, and you look forward to working with the new management team. Your new boss, recently transferred from the firm’s offices in Brussels, has called a meeting for Monday morning.

Scenarios

1. Develop a PowerPoint presentation for your new boss, the stateside director of operations, who has concerns about your firm’s ability to comply with federal HR regulations. In your presentation, identify the HR unit’s policies and procedures for keeping abreast of changes in HR laws. Describe in detail your sources for tracking the status of pending legislation as well as the provisions for complying with recently enacted laws. Your sources might include Web sites, HR-related organization memberships, magazines, and listservs.
2. Your boss has also requested information about the latest government regulations on sexual harassment. Conduct a Web search and then prepare a two-or-three-page memorandum for your boss outlining the procedures you recommend the firm adopt to reduce potential liability if charged with sexual harassment.
3. Your new boss has made it clear he wants the firm to comply with U.S. regulations. In addition, he wants to inform the firm’s staff that a zero tolerance policy for harassment of any sort is in effect. Develop a PowerPoint presentation for use at a sexual harassment training seminar at your firm. Begin by defining harassment. Session attendees would include American and international employees.
4. On October 17, 2000, an immigration law titled the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act was enacted. The high-tech industry heavily supported the provision that allowed H-1B employees to start work immediately. Research this law and develop a three-page position paper identifying the issues most important to your firm. Why was the high-tech industry so heavily invested in the bill’s passage? Be sure to discuss thoroughly the pros and cons of the bill.
5. Develop a white paper defining the issues you believe most critical for HR managers to address. Then develop a training plan for a midsize manufacturing corporation (500–1,000 employees). For this exercise, simply list the courses by topic that you would include. As a follow-on exercise in subsequent modules, you will be asked to develop a full-blown training program plan for the firm.

 

Develop a three- to five-page white (position) paper defining the important harassment and employment-related laws and regulations, and outline the relevant application points. Some of the topics might include, but are not limited to, sexual harassment, wage and salary legislation, recruitment, interviewing, affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and ADA. Write the position paper knowing that the audience (those who will read the paper) will be both American and international employees; therefore, you will want to write it in such a manner that all can understand the implications, although they are not all U.S. citizens.