BUSI526 BDE Week 2 Case Study

Instructions

Read the Application Case: Seeking Gender Equity at Starbucks (Dessler, Ch. 2). After reading the case, answer the questions below. The text of your case study submissions (not including your reference page) should be at least 1.5 pages long (maximum 3 pages). See Assignment Expectations for more information regarding the required elements for these case studies. Do you agree that it is inequitable to offer the corporate workers better benefits than the store partners? Why? Is that what the law would seem to say? What arguments would you make as Starbucks' CEO concerning why the current policy is fair? How would you handle this situation if you were running a company that was confronted by a shareholder making these demands? Remember to include at least two scholarly sources to support your position. See Assignment Expectations for more information regarding the required elements for these case studies.

 

 

 

BUSI526 BDE Week 7 Research Paper - The Connection of Fringe Benefits to Job Satisfaction accounting for the application of

 

Instructions
You will write a 10 to 12 page applied research paper on a current Human Resource topic of your choice. (This page requirement does not include your title page and reference page.) See Assignment Expectations for more information regarding the required elements for this paper.

 

Topic: The Connection of FringeBenefits toJob Satisfaction accounting for the application of Human Resource Management.

 

 

 

BUSI522 Week 8 Integrative Case

Instructions

Read the integrative case "The Donor Services Department" beginning on page 608 of the textbook. Answer the following questions: (1) What is the main issue in this case? Defend why. (2) How can the Donor Service Department become more effective? (3) Describe intergroup conflict in the Donor Service Department. (4) How could empowerment change the situation at the Donor Service Department?

BUSI522 Week 8 Discussion 8

Consider our topics this week: Conflict, Power and Politics. Then research an industry that has had to change (examples airlines, auto industry, cable companies, telephone companies, etc.) Choose a specific company within that industry and explain what that organization did: (1) The forces of change. (2) Decision making processes and models. (3) Intergroup conflict with the change. (4) The impact of power within the organization. (5) The role of organizational politics and collaboration on the change.

BUSI522 Week 7 Case Analysis 3

Read the case analysis "Shoe Corporation of Illinois" beginning on page 456 of the textbook. Also, be sure to review the Exhibit 11.9 which is a partial Organizational Charter of Shoe Corporation of Illinois.  Conduct research beyond the textbook (at least two references are required) and then address the following: (1) Analyze the organizational structure. (2) Provide recommendations for improvement in information flow. (3) How would you characterize the current interdependence between departments?  How should it be improved?  (4) Given that the president's intent is to change shoe styles frequently, how could innovation be fostered?

BUSI502 Week 6 Exam 3

When does cloud computing make sense for a large corporation that already has an IS organization? Give an example of when cloud computing might make sense for a start-up company

BU490 Exam 1 SCORE 100 PERCENT

Quiz
Question 1 (5 points)
 
Theoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we 
Question 1 options:

A)     actually do.


B)     actually believe.   
 


C)     should do.


D)     should believe.

Question 2 (5 points)
 
When making a decision, selecting the alternative that meets the minimum decision criteria is known as
Question 2 options:

A)     flipism.


B)     satisficing.


C)     normalcy bias.


D)     optimism bias.

Question 3 (5 points)
 
In an ethical decision-making process, moral imagination helps individuals make ethically responsible decisions. In which of the following steps is moral imagination critical?
Question 3 options:

A)     Considering the available alternatives 


B)     Identifying the ethical issues 


C)     Identifying and considering the decision's impact on stakeholders  
 


D)     Determining the facts 

Question 4 (5 points)
 
Which step follows comparing the alternatives of how a decision affects stakeholders?
Question 4 options:

A)     Making a decision 


B)     Identifying the ethical issues involved 


C)     Identifying key stakeholders


D)     Monitoring and learning from outcomes 

Question 5 (5 points)
 
Which of the following is a recommended approach for teaching ethics?
Question 5 options:

A)     Teachers should teach ethical dogma to a passive audience.


B)     Teachers should understand that their roles are to tell the right answers to their  students.


C)     Teachers should challenge students to think for themselves.


D)     Teachers should consider acceptance of customary norms as an adequate ethical perspective.

Question 6 (5 points)
 
Social sciences such as psychology and sociology are different from ethics because they're-________ in nature.
Question 6 options:

A)     clinical


B)     conjectural 


C)     descriptive 


D)     normative 

Question 7 (5 points)
 
Which of the following is considered a social role? 
Question 7 options:

A)     Librarian 


B)     Manager 


C)     Citizen 


D)     Student-body president 

Question 8 (5 points)
 
Organizational________refers to a corporation's set of identifiable values that establish the expectations for what's considered normal within the firm.
Question 8 options:

A)     code 


B)     policy 


C)     structure 


D)     culture 

Question 9 (5 points)
 
________establish the guidelines or standards for determining what one should do, how one should act, and what type of person one should be.
Question 9 options:

A)     Laws 


B)     Roles 


C)     Attitudes


D)     Norms 

Question 10 (5 points)
 
Which of the following is a power granted to the US Treasury secretary under the Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act?
Question 10 options:

A)     Specifying which employees are eligible to be paid bonuses 


B)     Reviewing how companies give their bonuses 


C)     Specifying what criteria must be considered when elevating people to upper-management positions


D)     Reviewing the constitution of companies' boards of directors 

Question 11 (5 points)
 
Within a business setting, individuals must consider the ethical implications of both personal and professional
Question 11 options:

A)     decision making.


B)     laws.


C)     self-interest.


D)     desires.

Question 12 (5 points)
 
No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. Which of the following functions serves to organize and ease relations among individuals?
Question 12 options:

A)     Self-rule 


B)     Autocracy 


C)     Social contract 


D)     Personal norms 

Question 13 (5 points)
 
Free market economics is grounded in the________framework of ethics.
Question 13 options:

A)     rights-based 


B)     legal 


C)     utilitarian 


D)     principle-based 

Question 14 (5 points)
 
The omission known as change blindness occurs when decision makers
Question 14 options:

A)     are adamant on maintaining status quo due to a fear of change.


B)     fail to notice gradual changes over time.


C)     want to bring about a change on a whim.


D)     overlook a sudden change.

Question 15 (5 points)
 
Social sciences, including psychology and sociology, differ from ethics by
Question 15 options:

A)     giving directives about how people should act.


B)     being normative rather than descriptive.


C)     inquiring why people act the way they do.


D)     providing an account of how people should act.

Question 16 (5 points)
 
Which of the following statements is most accurate? 
Question 16 options:

A)     Ethics of principles is based on rules, whereas utilitarianism is based on consequences.


B)     Ethics of principles is based on human rights, whereas utilitarianism is based on self-interest.


C)     Ethics of principles is based on self-interest, whereas utilitarianism is based on human rights.


D)     Ethics of principles is based on consequences, whereas utilitarianism is based on rules.

Question 17 (5 points)
 
A rights-based framework of ethics would object to child labor because such practices
Question 17 options:

A)     violate our duty to treat children with respect.


B)     violate laws that are widely accepted in developed countries.


C)     aren't economically feasible in the modern era.


D)     run counter to the principles of most world religions.

Question 18 (5 points)
 
Which of the following conditions makes issue identification the first step in the ethical decision-making process?
Question 18 options:

A)     When the issue is presented from the start 


B)     When the stakeholders in the decision can't be determined 


C)     When the ethical predicament of the situation is hard to determine 


D)     When the responsibility for the decision lies with one person 

Question 19 (5 points)
 
________is the first step in making an ethically responsible decision.
Question 19 options:

A)     Comparing and weighing alternatives 


B)     Monitoring and learning from the outcomes 


C)     Considering the available alternatives 


D)     Determining the facts of the situation 

Question 20 (5 points)
 
Which of the following is considered to be an institutional role?
Question 20 options:

A)     Teacher


B)     Citizen 


C)     Sibling    


D)     Spouse