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Compensation

1. (TCO A) The new CEO of your company, who just came from a competitor, has just asked you to discuss the organization’s compensation system. As the compensation manager, you tell him about the organization’s nearly 500 employees in about 70 different job titles who are located in three locations in L.A. He asks you […]

research

Your team is a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in Germany. As a team, choose a country in which you would like to start a manufacturing plant. Research and write on the following issues: What competitive advantage does this country have? What are some of […]

Project

Describe a typical project scenario that uses borrowed resources. Describe where they are borrowed from and how the project manager can assert some control over them.

Functions of management

While we study controlling last, it doesn’t occur last. In real life, the four functions are not separate, individual steps, but are interwoven seamlessly into managerial decision making and action. Planning includes setting goals. Those goals become the performance that we measure in the controlling function. What do we want to achieve with this organization […]

Functions of management

Controlling is one of the four functions of management equally important as planning, organizing, and influencing even though our book really devotes little time and attention to it. Most management books do the same thing. I don’t get it personally because I think it is such an important function and without it whatever managers do […]

Change management

Assume you are the supervisor of a product development team that designs cell phone applications for your company’s newest cell phone. Unfortunately, this model has not been performing well in the market and your company has decided to discontinue production. Your team is being asked to discontinue their current operations and move to the design […]

Project management

Describe three ways to manage resources in integrated project management. Comment on the importance of the project management system in the process of assigning resources to a particular project or task, and how the attributes of a project team are important in these assignments.

Global Marketing

What is a market skimming pricing strategy, and when would you use it? Consider the three global pricing alternatives: ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric pricing. Which pricing strategy would you recommend to a company that wants to engage in global marketing? Explain the strategy and why you would recommend it for your particular company. Why is […]

Administration process

Describe the administration process involved with a benefits program and how federal and state legislation plays a role in the process.

Relationship between pay structure change and market conditions

Explain the relationship between pay structure change and market conditions. Discuss the major issues and sub-issues that influence the employee’s pay.

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