Distinguish at least three simple steps in conducting an HR gap analysis.Differentiate five benefits of benchmarking that help an organization strengthen their position in a market.

Delivering on Strategy—Effective Tools

Gap analysis is as important in organizational effectiveness as it is in other HR approaches. You cannot improve an organization’s effectiveness without having a good grasp of the gaps between the current and ideal state of your organization. The HR leader may need to factor into gap identification several strategies and tools to ensure their interventions are effective.

Provide an introduction and conclusion and address the following in detail:

1) Differentiate five benefits of benchmarking that help an organization strengthen their position in a market.

2) Describe the four categories of a SWOT analysis.

3) Explain three major steps HR should take in conducting a SWOT analysis.

4) Distinguish at least three simple steps in conducting an HR gap analysis.

5) Explain at least two major HR areas impacted by supply demand planning in order to establish a workforce that can deliver a company’s business strategy.

Do you believe Corn #1 is the result of a cross between Pp and Pp? Why or why not? What is a dihybrid? What phenotype would a Ppss kernel have?

Genetics of Corn Lab

Instructions: Answer the questions below, based on Experiments 1 – 2.

Experiment 1 – A Monohybrid Cross

Count the kernels in 5 rows of corn kernels for Corn Cob #2 and complete the following table:

Number of Kernels Observed Number of Kernels Expected
Purple Smooth
Purple Wrinkled
Yellow Smooth
Yellow Wrinkled

Total number of kernels observed:

To calculate the number of kernels expected, multiply the total number of kernels observed by the percentage of kernels you predicted would have each phenotype as in Experiment 1.

Genetics of Corn Lab

Instructions: Answer the questions below, based on Experiments 1 – 2.

Describe Mendel’s First Law.

Describe Mendel’s Second Law.

Why is corn a useful model genetic system?

What is a monohybrid?

In Experiment 1, what percentage of the kernels you observed were purple?

Do you believe Corn #1 is the result of a cross between Pp and Pp? Why or why not?

What is a dihybrid?

What phenotype would a Ppss kernel have?

 

Why do you think that GE’s internal assessment and development system is so successful?

General Electric is the oldest component in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, transforming itself into a global digital industrial company with over 300,000 employees supporting customers in over 180 countries. Because it understands the importance of great leadership to the company’s success, GE takes succession planning very seriously. Knowing that every chief executive officer will eventually need to be replaced, it wants to start planning as far in advance as possible to ensure a smooth leadership transition. It also wants to identify and develop multiple CEO candidates to ensure that the company will be able to choose the best when the time comes. The board of directors understands that it is necessary to be forward-thinking and find someone with the capability to lead the company into the future. The board of GE wants to plan for Jeff Immelt’s replacement years before he is expected to leave the company and so they come to you for suggestions. After reading this chapter, you should have some good ideas to share with them.

In this chapter’s opening Staffing Challenge, you learned how GE combines succession management and career development to ensure a solid talent pipeline of project managers and senior executives. Working in a group of three to five students, reread the vignette. Be prepared to share with your class your answers to the following questions:

a. Why do you think that GE’s internal assessment and development system is so successful?
b. What additional ideas do you have that could help GE fill as many internal positions as possible with its current employees.

Explain how and where you determined your sample population and why your sample choice will get you the data you need.

WK 3 Business statistics

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 8 and 9 of the textbook.

You have been hired as a marketing consultant in your company, or a company or public service organization of your choosing. The organization is asking you to identify a sample population to determine the demand for a product or service they are planning to offer. You will need to provide an unbiased sample survey that best represents the population.

In your post,

· State the organization’s industry or purpose.

· Identify the product or services selected for conducting the survey.

· State the problem that the product or service will solve.

· Explain what the organization wants to learn about the product or services from the survey.

· Explain how and where you determined your sample population and why your sample choice will get you the data you need.

· Determine a sample size that will adequately represent the population for your example and how you determined this is an adequate sample size in your survey.

What are some of the primary challenges small businesses face when trying to implement social media marketing?

Social media has changed how small businesses market their products and services to their target markets. Traditional marketing is giving way to social media where more consumers appear to be getting and sharing information. Marketers can use Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest as well as others to build brand awareness, connect with prospects and customers, and encourage followers to share their products and services with friends and family to create a technological form of Word of Mouth advertising. This new form of marketing channel has created opportunities as well as challenges for entrepreneurs.

In this assignment, you are asked to review two different papers on the subject of social media marketing for businesses.

Taneja, S., & Toombs, L. Putting a face on small business: Visibility, viability, and sustainability the impact of social media on small business marketing. Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 18(1), 249-260.

Holt, D.Branding in the age of social media. Harvard Business Review. 2016, March, 40–48, 50. https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media
https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media

After reviewing the articles, answer the following questions.

Why is social media so attractive for marketing small businesses?

Based on the Academy of Marketing Studies Journal article, what are some of the primary challenges small businesses face when trying to implement social media marketing?

Based on the Harvard Business Review article, what is “crowd culture”? How can marketers use “crowd culture” to promote a product or brand using social media?

Why was Under Armour’s “ Will What Want” campaign so effective on social media?

Why have you chosen this topic? How does this topic relate to is it RELATED TO THE Seminar topic and business decision making?

Presentation mark breakdown
As what has been explained, and shown in the example, the non-presented components are what you gain the higher amount of marks. The sections are not to be addressed during the presentation, they are placed at the end for your tutor to mark after.
1 Topic Justification / Explanation- 300 words 20%
Why have you chosen this topic?
How does this topic relate to is it RELATED TO THE Seminar topic and business decision making?
What is the academic relevance of you topic?
Why have you chosen this topic within the topic you have selected to present?
What is the relevance of your topic?

How do you arrive at that answer? What is your line of reasoning and your evidence for it?What is your short answer to the question?

Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour

Question: “Do you believe that every employee is different?”.
Instruction: Critically analyse your response how you as a manager will use your understanding of individual differences to manage employees to contribute to organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

Notes:
• A critical research report requires a statement, a body of argument and evidence and a conclusion.
• In effect, the parts of the critical research report are responsive to the following questions:
o What is your short answer to the question?
o Body of the critical research report: How do you arrive at that answer? What is your line of reasoning and your evidence for it?
o What should the reader conclude from what you have presented?

Do you think that business practices in an Islamic country are likely to differ from business practices in the United States? If so how?

You are the CEO of a company that has to choose between making a $100 million investment in Russia or the Czech Republic. Both investments promise the same long-run return, so your choice is driven by risk considerations. Assess the various risks of doing business in each of these nations. Which investment would you favor and why?
Read about Islamic Capitalism in Chapter 4. Do you think that business practices in an
Islamic country are likely to differ from business practices in the United States? If so how?
Read the case on McDonald’s and Hindu Culture and answer the following questions:
a) McDonald’s has been reasonably successful in India, despite the country’s very different food culture. Why?

b) Do you think that McDonald’s could have and should have foreseen the problems it ran
into in India when using beef extract in its oil? What could it have done differently?

Critically evaluate the Lean Start Up Approach and reflect on what you have learnt about successful entrepreneurship and innovation. In doing so consider what other factors are critical beyond the ‘Lean Start Up’ Approach.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The student is required to utilise the knowledge and skills gained through the module to generate an idea for a ‘new’ venture, evaluate its possibility for ‘success’ and reflect on your learning. This could be for a business or social enterprise.

This will require you to:
-Use appropriate frameworks discussed during the module to generate potential ‘business’ ideas.
– Develop one of those into potential ‘business’ opportunity and present it in the form of a ‘Lean canvas’
-Apply appropriate approaches to Research the potential opportunity and re-evaluate your original ‘Lean Canvas’ with a clear indication of whether it is feasible.
-Critically evaluate the Lean Start Up Approach and reflect on what you have learnt about successful entrepreneurship and innovation. In doing so consider what other factors are critical beyond the ‘Lean Start Up’ Approach.

Assessment brief will be attached

Sources should include but not be limited to journals, conference papers that are not more than 10 years old.

How would you compare Option 1 to Option 2 ?Use the projections provided in the case to compute incremental cash flows for the Synnex  project, as well as its NPV. Does Option 1, building an ASRS, create more value for Synnex ?

End-of-Case Questions
Analyse the business case for Option 1 . How would you compare Option 1 to Option 2 ?
Use the projections provided in the case to compute incremental cash flows for the Synnex  project, as well as its NPV. Does Option 1, building an ASRS, create more value for Synnex ?
Based on your analysis, did Synnex make the right decision funding the ASRS project? Why, or why not?