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Fig Technologies wants industry research on gender and work-life attitudes to present an overview of the position of project managers in two geographic areas. You will present this report in a two-page (excluding the title and reference pages) assessment of the position based on information available. In your report, be sure to address the issues below.

Analyze the demographics of gender in the workplace with regard to position, pay, and expectations.

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of flexible schedules and work responsibilities.

Determine the potential human resources benefits of offering child and elder care in the organization.

Explain work-life balances regarding achieving greater results for the organization.

Support your recommendation through the use of at least two sources, one of which can be the textbook. Content should be two to three pages in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Have some fun with the assignment. Use your creative thinking along with your critical thinking to include your perspective of the findings and how to address the issues.

Question A

Is it time for U.S. labor law to be reformed? If so, what changes are necessary? What intellectual school of thought (e.g., mainstream economics, human resource management, etc.) underlies these changes?

Question B

U.S. law mandates basic democratic procedures within unions including election provisions. Many national leaders are regularly re-elected while there is greater turnover of leaders at the local level. What explanation can you give for this?

Answer both questions with creditable sources.

First, read this article: Nissan To Produce New Crossover Based On Kicks Concept. Also review “Establishment of the ‘Nissan Way’” (Figure 3, within Chapter 11, Section 4.2.3 in your textbook). 

Then, compare the “Nissan Way” organizational culture with the Brazilian jeitinho cultural trait as discussed in our Module Three reading. 

Now consider both of these cultural concepts working in tandem with each other. Identify one Nissan Way value and one jeitinho value that you believe would work well together. Also select one Nissan Way value and one jeitinho value that you believe could create dissonance or organizational conflict. 

Note that this is a challenge that Nissan currently faces, as in 2016, Nissan announced that it would begin producing a new crossover that will be sold globally, starting with Latin American markets. 

Following an investment of $192 million (U.S. dollars), the Nissan Kicks will be produced at Nissan’s Resende Industrial Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The facility was inaugurated in 2014 and currently produces compact vehicles March and Versa. After the start of production, Nissan expects to hire 600 new employees.

For additional details, please refer to the Journal Guidelines and Rubric document.

I have a written assignment due. I will attach the requirements needed to complete this assignment. Please be advised that there is a 400 word minimum for this assignment. Must use required reading for in text-citations. Must use APA formatting.

Note: Only up to 20% of content in the written assignment can be quotes from third parties. 

There have been some noted differences among private sector and public sector labor relations. Discuss in detail how public employees’ rights generally differ from those of private sector employees. Discuss right to strike and its impact on private and public employees. Identify and explain some of the challenges of public sector collective bargaining.
 

Your response should be at least 400 words in length.

1. Submit a case description (preferably one from your internship placement that you are or will be involved with). Identify and prioritize client needs. Then prioritize client needs. Discuss in writing the strengths and struggles of identifying these needs.

2. Interview a professional (on the phone) in a helping field. Ask the professional about his or her experiences with teamwork and collaboration (with clients, co-workers, and personnel in other agencies). Ask him or her to identify the keys to having a good working relationship.

3. Write a description of a memorable experience working with a team. Examine any strengths and barriers to the teamwork you described using the following concepts:

• communication
• values
• identity
• territory
• procedure
• allocation of resources
• competency
• goals

Introduction

Highly effective leaders need to be able to develop and communicate their vision to their followers. This discussion is designed to help you develop your visionary skills.

Tasks

Formulate a vision for your organization and communicate it to your classmates. If you are currently not working in a healthcare organization, formulate this vision for your organization. If you are not working, use this discussion to communicate your personal vision. In doing so, be sure to include:

• The organization’s or your mission
• Your vision for the organization or for yourself
• Your vision of where the organization or you will be not only in reference to healthcare but also in other industries

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1000 words as noted in the attached PDF. Submit your document to this Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.

Respond to your classmates throughout the week. Justify your answers with examples, research, and reasoning. Follow-up posts need to be submitted by the end of the week.

Application: Design-Build

Floods, storms, landslides, earthquakes, and many other types of natural disasters can leave an affected area without the ability to evacuate or to receive needed provisions. For example, transportation was severely limited on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina due to the destruction of major highways and bridges. Several communities became “islands” due to the destruction of these bridges. Because people could not leave or receive needed materials and goods, a different approach was applied to re-building the highways and bridges there.

Design/Build was the process used, and this provided for the quick rebuilding of three major bridges. This process contrasts with Design/Bid/Build and combines the design, permit, and construction into one overlapping process. Design/Build involves hiring the same designer/contractor to oversee a project’s design, bid, and construction. This process was so successful in Mississippi that the first bridge built, the St. Louis Bay Bridge, won an America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Transportation Award in 2007. Might this same process be applied to disaster recovery when re-establishing communication, business and industry, housing, and human services?

To prepare for this assignment:

• Review Chapter 9 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, and think about challenges to organizational learning in crisis management and how you might address them.
• Review the article, “What is Design-Build?,” and focus on the strategies involved in the design-build model and the challenges that might be presented by it.
• Think about the importance of keeping cultural and social justice considerations in mind when developing a design-build model.
• Use the natural disaster you chose for Week 8 or choose a different one, other than Hurricane Katrina, and research the demographics for the area where the disaster occurred. Think about the various cultures involved and challenges there might be regarding languages or traditions.
• Review the article, “Design-Build Effectiveness Study,” and think about how the concept of design-build can be applied to the natural disaster you chose.
• Review Table 9-2 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, and think about the new learning areas related to the natural disaster you chose.
• Keep the natural disaster you chose in mind as you review the article, “The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Failures of the Hurricane Katrina Response and How Psychology Can Help.” Think about ways to avoid the failures presented in the article.
• Review the discussions related to grief and loss in Chapter 12 of your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, and think about how they might impact the survivors of the natural disaster you chose.
• Review the article, “Social Justice Advocacy: Community Collaboration and Systems,” and think about related issues as they apply to the natural disaster you chose.
• Review the PBS video, “The Journal: Katrina Recovery Gone Wrong,” and think about how programs like the STEPS program might effect design/build strategies.
• Consider ways to incorporate cultural and social justice consideration solution strategies into your design/build plan.

The assignment: (4-6 pages)

• Briefly describe the natural disaster you chose. Be sure to include a brief description of the demographics of the area and references for information used.
• Describe ways you would address multicultural and social justice issues related to rebuilding and recovery.
• Describe and justify “design/build” strategies for the natural disaster you chose.

Articles

• Article: Design-Build Institute of America. (2010). What is design-build? Retrieved from http://www.dbia.org/about/Pages/default.aspx
• Article: U.S. Department of Transportation. (2006). Design-build effectiveness study. Retrieved from http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/designbuild/designbuild2.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/sports/basketball/under-armour-shoes-nike-stephen-curry-lebron-james.html

PART 1: Read this article, “In Sneaker Wars, It’s Also Curry (Under Armour) vs. James (Nike)”, on the use of celebrity endorsements in the competition between Nike and Under Armour. Think about a time when a celebrity endorsement influenced you to buy a product. In the discussion thread, describe the following:

1. The product and the celebrity endorsing it
2. How the endorsement influenced your decision to buy the product

 Question: Thoroughly discuss the Internal recruiting.(in Human Resource Management)

 discuss the chosen topic.

 prepare a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 5 slides per student not including the cover slide and the reference slide. Every slide needs to include 100 words in the Notes section. 

 You must use at least one reference, in addition to your book. You need to use in-text citations. Your in-text citation and your reference (on your reference slide) must be in APA format.