Category: Management

An organization provides many products and services. This means staff must be able to do many types of jobs, which means they need to have certain skills. However, many experts believe that the American workforce is lacking some of the most essential skills. For example, 92 percent of top executives believe there is a skills gap (Wastler, 2013). In addition, the overwhelming majority believe the gap is in “soft skills”—communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration (Wastler, 2013).

Take a position on whether you agree or disagree with the notion that Americans are lacking the most basic job skills and that it forces employers to seek applicants from other countries. In preparing your response, ensure that you properly in-text cite all sources used in the support of your stated positions and the example or examples you chose to utilize. The response needs to be a minimum of 250 words. Also, you will need to include the references at the end of your posting.

References

Wastler, A. (2013). Jobs skills gap: The basics become a problem. Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/id/101012437

Study the real estate market in the 10 cities with the best prospect of growth in the next years and determine a list of cities where a group of 5 houses can be bought, fixed and sold with a 20% profit.

answer to question Board.
) Identify a leader in an event. What stands out about their strengths and weaknesses? What were the consequences of their actions? This question will take some time so start early in the week to develop and research.
2) What value is project management? Why is this a skill a disaster/EM needs to practice?

Design of a Graduate Development Programe
Coursework Title:
Individual assignment A: Design of a Graduate Development Programme
Task Details/Description:
Your task is to plan a development programme for a new graduate on completion of his/her degree programme within an organization of your choice. You have two options:-
Base your assignment on an organization with which you are familiar through your placement year.
Focus on an organization where you would ideally love to work in the future. This may involve research through the internet or other means to gain background information.
Even though you may be drawing on your own experience and aspirations, the assignment should be completed in the third person, i.e. as though written by a third party- an HRD specialist, for example.
The development programme should last for three months, and should incorporate both on and off the job training. You MUST have a specific organization in mind to provide the background for your development programme. You are allowed to make reasonable assumptions, for example, the job the graduate will perform on completion of development, and person-related training needs.
You should take into account the following:-
The objectives for the development programme
How the plan fits with the HRD strategy of the organization
Psychological and sociological learning theories to underpin proposals
A range of interventions based on formal as well as informal learning
How the learning will be evaluated
You should present a detailed timetable of the development programme, stating your objectives for the programme, and detailing the business case for your proposal.
You should specify how you will evaluate the effectiveness of the event.
Module Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1.Professional Skills:
Apply the theories learned on the module and design a learning intervention for a live case study organisation ensuring the alignment between the systematic training design and organisational strategy.
2.Intellectual Skills:
Critical evaluation, reasoning, analysis, synthesis.
3.Knowledge & Understanding:
Explain the different facets of training design and critically examine the contextual factors that impact upon that shape training design.
Identify the individual components of training design and critically examine their core underlying theories.
Critically evaluate the role of key stakeholders in the planning, design and delivery of training interventions.
Evaluate the extent to which each of the learning theories can be applied to androgogy and the way in which these can be operationalised in a workplace context.
4.Transferrable Skills:
Time management, communicating ideas effectively, planning and organising, working independently, discussing in teams, job analysis, secondary research skills and ICT skills.
Presentation Requirements:
Font Size: 12 point Arial or Times New Roman
Line Spacing: 1.5 line spacing
Referencing: Harvard Style Referencing throughout
Report format but ensure that you construct a narrative and focus on continuous prose as much as possible.
You will need to make a start on your assignment at an early stage to meet the deadline comfortably. You will see that each week is closely linked with a chapter within the recommended textbook- Mankin 2009.
Assessment Criteria
Theoretical analysis 40%
Theoretical issues highlighted to set work into broader
context, e.g. learning theory, training needs analysis, factors in the
organizational context impacting upon learning (organizational
learning?), types of learning events and rationale for their use,
how the effectiveness of the programme might be evaluated.
Application 40%
Organization selected upon which to base assignment.
Appropriateness of learning interventions proposed given the
business challenges faced (e.g. relationship to business strategy).
The extent to which the timetable is realistic, given business
constraints (e.g. costs, time, implications for other employees).
Presentation 20%
Report format but ensure that you construct a narrative and focus on continuous prose as much as possible. Bring together theoretical and practical
perspectives. Well structured, written (language and spelling)
and referenced.

2 Assignment: Research Proposal for Strategic Plan
Week 2 Assignment Instructions: Choose an organization as the focus for the Strategic Plan. Write a proposal of no more than 750 words, outlining the research approach you will use for your Strategic Plan, due in Week 6. Include the following:
-How you intend to ensure the organization’s vision, mission, and people strategies and values statements are aligned with the proposed strategic plan.
-Sources you expect to use to perform an external environmental analysis
-Sources you expect to use to perform an internal environmental analysis

A critical analysis of information systems within an organisation and its potential impact on management decision making
Assignment 1
A critical analysis of information systems within an organisation and its potential impact on management decision making
Guidelines
1. Select an organisation with which you are familiar and consider the different types of information systems within that organisation.
2. Critically analyse the information systems in relation to their potential impact on management decision making. (Depending on the size of the organisation and the information available, you can focus on one or more information systems.)
Key content areas for the report will be discussed during the weekly timetabled classes.
3. Present your findings in a report format, following the structure and guidelines provided on Blackboard.
4. The word count is a maximum of 3,000 words.
Only the main body of the report contributes to the word count (i.e. executive summary, contents page, reference list and appendices are not counted).

Portfolio Management and Decisions
Study the real estate market in the 10 cities with the best prospect of growth in the next years and determine a list of cities where a group of 5 houses can be bought, fixed and sold with a 20% profit.

Bus 499 Merger, Acquisitions, and International Strategies
Choose two (2) public corporations in an industry with which you are familiar – one (1) that has acquired another company and operates internationally and one (1) that does not have a history of mergers and acquisitions and operates solely within the U.S. Research each company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion.
2. For the corporation that has not been involved in any mergers or acquisitions, identify one (1) company that would be a profitable candidate for the corporation to acquire or merge with and explain why this company would be a profitable target.
3. For the corporation that operates internationally, briefly evaluate its international business-level strategy and international corporate-level strategy and make recommendations for improvement.
4. For the corporation that does not operate internationally, propose one business-level strategy and one corporate-level strategy that you would suggest the corporation consider. Justify your proposals.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Case Write-up for MANGT 420
40 possible points
You may choose from any of the three following cases from the textbook. Write a 2-3 page paper summarizing the case and answering three questions at the end. You are allowed to discuss the case with your classmates if you wish, but you must write your own paper.
1.- IKEA; starting on page 375; summarize the case and answer 3 of the 4 questions
or
2.- Temporary Worker (Craigslist); starting on page 409; summarize the case and answer the 3 questions
or
3.- US Airways; starting on page 440; summarize the case and answer 3 of the 4 questions
Required Text:
Griffin, Managment, Houghton Mifflin, 11th Edition. We will follow the text, mostly in order, throughout the semester.