Management

Ethical Dilemma Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important part of business for many of today’s companies. Many times, however, its CSR efforts are overshadowed by publicized ethical dilemmas. Wal-Mart is a great example of this. They have a webpage devoted to their CSR efforts: https://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility. Wal-Mart also has a page devoted to Ethics & Integrity. (https://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/global-ethics-compliance.) The other side of the Wal-Mart coin, however, contains a slew of ethical issues including claims about labor law, discrimination, etc. Visit and evaluate both Wal-Mart webpages provided and summarize its efforts for CSR and ethics. Do you feel the CSR/ethics strategies Wal-Mart employs benefit the community, or do you feel it is more of a ploy to make itself look better? Explain and support your conclusion. How does Wal-Mart ensure equitably of CSR globally? Does Wal-Mart’s CSR violate foreign companies’ laws or ethics? Justify and support your response. Write an essay of at least 500 words, double-spaced, with proper reference citation per current APA guidelines. Ensure you have a cover page, introduction, body, and conclusion for your essay.

With the high rate of immigration along with higher birth rates, the Hispanic population in the USA is growing more than ten times faster than the general population and will comprise 30 percent of the US population by 2050 (Ueltschy, 2011). Assume that you are a marketing manager for a youth clothing manufacturer who has just read about the megatrend of the rising Hispanic influence as consumers in the United States. Explain this megatrend and indicate why it might be important to your company’s marketing campaign. Watch the video below: Ueltschy, L.C. ( 2011 ), Targeting the growing Hispanic market: ethnicity and media preferences, Marketing Management Journal, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 10 – 21

Case Study -Harley-Davidson What is Harley-Davidson’s strategy? How successful has this strategy been? What resources and capabilities are needed to compete within the motorcycle industry? In relation to these resources and capabilities, how does Harley-Davidson compare with other leading motorcycle companies? How effectively does Harley’s strategy exploit its key strengths while protecting itself from its key weaknesses? What threats to continuing success does Harley-Davidson face?

As a consultant you are appointed by Mecury security company to do Pestel analysis for them they want to open a company at Western Cape (South Africa)

Answer the following questions, after reading the case, Competition in the Craft Brewing Industry in 2017 (p. 261 of the textbook) What are the strategically relevant components of the U.S. and global craft beer industry macro-environment? What is competition like in the craft beer industry? Which of the five competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? What competitive forces seem to have the greatest effect on industry attractiveness and the potential profitability of new entrants? What does your strategic group map of the craft beer industry look like? Which strategic groups do you think are in the best positions? The worst positions? What key factors may determine the success of a start-up or smaller, craft brewery? Identify the strategic issues facing craft brewers in 2017. What effects may these issues have on the industry? What recommendations would you make to a smaller, craft brewery to improve its competitiveness in the market while mitigating any current and future risks?

Part 1 Career Motivation Test. Take the test at the following cite. The full results are $7. CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE TEST (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/career/career-motivation-test) Review your results. Then discuss, how accurate do you think the results were. Why or why not, and can you give any examples to support this? Then discuss how your current work either supports or does not support your work motivation profile. What would an ideal job look like in your chosen field or industry in terms of its motivational properties for you? (or, do you need to be in another field to find this type of motivation?) Be sure to connect it to some of the key ideas from the motivation literature (e.g. need for social interaction, achievement, status, altruism, etc.), citing sources as appropriate. Part 2 Discuss how one or two of the theories of motivation studied this week helped you better understand a current or past situation you have encountered in work or other organizational context involving other people, for example peers, direct reports, a department, etc. Be sure to , briefly describe the theory, citing the textbook and other materials. Then, discuss what insight it has given you over a real situation you have faced. Note: Do not choose Maslow’s theory. This is a foundational theory upon which others are built. If you like Maslow, consider using Herzberg’s or ERG which are similar. Textbook: Helm-Stevens, R., Kipley, D., (2018). Organizational behavior theory for high performance management. Cognella, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-5165-0794-8 Chapters 4 & 5

You have assumed the head leadership position over a small department within a public sector agency. You have inherited a small but diverse team of employees.Your staff consists of the following individuals:Melanie has been with the organization for close to 10 years and spends much of her day surfing social media sites. She enjoys her job for the perceived job security and benefits but has little interest in pushing herself for additional monetary gain. When confronted about her social media use and lack of a desire to advance herself, she complains that she does not have anyone to “look up to” within the organization.Patrick is the most senior employee. Although he has an excellent record, he is going through a very difficult divorce and is only about one year away from retirement. He has become increasingly preoccupied with these matters. Regardless, having previously served in the military and having worked public service for his entire professional life, he expects much out of himself and has expressed a keen desire to involve himself with your managerial decision-making processes as soon as he is able to sort out some of his home issues.Tom, the newest employee, is fresh out of college. He is young and energetic, although not a week goes by where you do not catch him browsing salary surveys or private sector job listings; nevertheless, he is an overly productive employee, and he confides in you that he is worried that he is producing much more than his salary seems to reflect. He also questions the impact that the organization’s work and his own work, in particular, are actually having on anyone.To complete this assignment, you will need address the components below.Develop a concise motivation profile on each of the staff members.Correlate motivational theories to this real-world scenario.Summarize leadership strategies related to such aspects as work life stages, expected responses to rewards and punishments, and the degree to which followers feel they fit the ideal motivation mold of public sector employees.Consider how not being mindful of appropriate leadership strategies can be harmful to organizations. Your case study findings and recommendations must be at least two pages in length, be double spaced, and be written in 12-point Times New Roman font.

A competency model is a set of knowledge, skills, behaviors, or attributes, which defines what is needed by a person to be effective in a particular leadership position. The two articles this week titled; A leadership competency model: Guiding the NAON process and Leadership Competencies from the SHRM website, introduce the concept of competency models and provides an example of a leadership competency model. Study the practice of competency modeling and existing leadership competency models. Using the Ashford University Library, search for a minimum of three scholarly sources on competency models and develop a competency model for a particular leadership position, such as college president, mayor, college athletic coach, or chief executive officer. In your paper Provide an overview of your competency model. List three to five specific skills, abilities, behaviors, attitudes, and/or knowledge areas you believe are important for success in the position. Clearly define and provide examples of each. Illustrate how you would go about evaluating leaders in a specific leadership position using your model. Discuss how your model of leadership assists in the development of leaders.

For this assignment, first review the background materials with a focus on Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model. Make sure you are familiar with the four leadership styles covered in the situational approach including Directing, Coaching, Supporting, and Delegating and situations where you are supposed to use these four styles. Also, familiarize yourself with the more complex Path-Goal model and Fiedler’s Contingency model. You don’t need to know these two models in as much detail as the Situational model to complete this assignment, but make sure you understand the main idea of these models as well as some of their main advantages and disadvantages. Case Assignment For each of the following situations, explain which of the four leadership styles covered in the Situational model should be used and explain your reasoning with references to Chapter 4 of Avery (2011) and at least one other required reading from the background materials: You are in charge of a team of architects. They are highly skilled but have strong opinions and do not necessarily follow instructions. These architects are independent thinkers who are used to doing things their own way. You are in charge of a fast-food restaurant. The employees are all teenagers who have not yet graduated from high school, and this is the first job for most of them. You are the supervisor of a team of software engineers. They are all highly skilled and highly motivated, and are used to working independently. All of them believe in the mission of the company. Each of the three models (Situational, Fielder Contingency, Path-Goal) covered in this module involves both “inputs” and “outputs.” For example, Situational Leadership involves taking employee commitment and competency as inputs and then—based on the employee information—choosing Directing, Coaching, Supporting, or Delegating as an output. Create a table comparing and contrasting the three models in terms of inputs and outputs, and include a 1- or 2-paragraph discussion of your table. Based on your table in Part 2 above and the readings, which of the three models do you think is most useful? Take into consideration both its ability to adapt leadership styles to realistic situations you may face, as well as ease of use of the model. Assignment Expectations Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions. Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials List supporting references and cite sources in proper format. Use appropriate writing style in essay form (organization, grammar, and spelling). Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 11-14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal. Ibarra, H. (2015). Situational leadership. [Books24x7 version] Evans, M. G. (2002). Chapter 4: Path-Goal theory of leadership. In L. L. Neider & C. A. Schriesheim (Eds.), Leadership. [Books24x7 version] Ayman, R. (2002). Chapter 7: Contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Challenges and achievements. In L. L. Neider & C. A. Schriesheim (Eds.), Leadership. [Books24x7 version] Now take a look at the following readings for more detail about the Situational Leadership, Fiedler’s Contingency, and Path-Goal models. Pay close attention to both the “inputs”—such as traits of the employee or the situation—as well as “outputs,” which are the leadership style that you should use for the given situation and type of employees. Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2012). Chapter 12.4: What is the role of the context? Contingency approaches to leadership. In Organizational behavior. Saylor Academy.

Imagine that you have been hired by a federal agency to recommend implementation of a records management and retention process. This is your first job that involves working with records management and retention rules. Discuss the individual tasks that you think would be appropriate to include in this area of responsibility. Also discuss the general rules for electronic record management and retention. Include in the discussion some of the pros and cons of instituting a formal record management process and implementation plan, including tools and resources that you think may be useful in supporting the work.