What do you believe are the most valuable ways your functional area can contribute to the success of this new strategic direction?

The materials for this module are the Toy Industry/Jakks Pacific case reading from Module 3 , the ‘UPDATE on Jakks’ provided in the Module 4 folder, and Chapter 10 of the textbook.
This is an INDIVIDUAL assignment.

Think as if you are the Vice President in charge of your functional area of Jakks. Write a brief memo addressing the following tasks/questions:

1. What do you believe are the most valuable ways your functional area can contribute to the success of this new strategic direction?

2. With which other functional area(s) will you need to coordinate with, get support from, or give support to in order for your area to be effective in supporting this new direction? Explain the important cross-functional relationships you identify.

3. Does this change require your area to do something new? If so, describe any new, additional resources or capabilities you believe your functional department needs to be effective in this new strategic context.

Create a peer culture; Free up communication; Craft a learning environment. discuss in some detail the behaviors that each principle would trigger in case they’re implemented in a company. Do you actually use any of them with your teams? Why?

Three management questions

Write a paragraph for each question:
1. In the light of all the debates about the need for more creativity in companies we should start by making a potential business case for it. What specific conditions in the business environment would you say that justify investments in employees’ creativity on the part of companies? As usual, please focus just on one.
2. You have been discussing different strategies that Pixar uses in order to foster creativity: Empower your people; Create a peer culture; Free up communication; Craft a learning environment. discuss in some detail the behaviors that each principle would trigger in case they’re implemented in a company. Do you actually use any of them with your teams? Why?
3. In her article “If managers thought like designers”, Jeanne Liedtka, one of the leading academics in the topic, takes a provocative view of the current drawbacks in managerial functions that may be preventing innovation and business development.

What effect is the creation of a single market and a single currency within the EU likely to have on the competition within the EU? Why?

Regional Economic Integration, Textile Industry, and Apple Case Study

Regional Economic Integration
What effect is the creation of a single market and a single currency within the EU likely to
have on the competition within the EU? Why?
Write a 1-page paper to summarize your thoughts.
NAFTA, USMCA and the U.S. Textile Industry
Prior to the signing of the NAFTA agreement, many concerns were raised regarding the
potential for a significant loss of jobs in the American textile industry. Indeed, between 1994
and 2004, employment in the U.S. textile industry fell from about 858,000 to 296,000.
However, at the same time, U.S. consumers have enjoyed lower clothing prices and U.S.
fabric and yarn makers have seen a boost in their exports to Mexico.
QUESTION 1: Who gained from the process of readjustment in the textile industry after
NAFTA? Who lost?
QUESTION 2: With hindsight, do you think it is better to protect vulnerable industries such
as textiles, or let them adjust to the painful winds of change that follow entering into free
trade agreements? What would the benefits of protection be? What would the costs be?
QUESTION 3: On 1/16/2020, Senate passed USMCA, a revamped trade deal with Mexico
and Canada to replace NAFTA. Who would be the winners and losers of USMCA

Identity Theft and Cyber Crime and their impact on the field of Security Management

Identity Theft and Cyber Crime and their impact on contemporary security management

Identity Theft and Cyber Crime and their impact on the field of Security Management

Use at least the following sources

Core Reading:
Gill, M., 2014 Handbook of Security, Palgrave McMillan, London
Jacobs, G., Suojanen, I., Horton, K. E., Bayerl, P. S., 2021, International security Management: New Solutions to Complexity, Springer
Swanson, C. 2020, Professional Security Management: A Strategic Guide. Routledge

What is the most serious decision you have made or participated/ witnessed personally? What is the process you went through?

Decision making and Leadership. Identify an organizational/ company situation, in which you or a manager should make a critical decision for yourself/ him or herself or the company. Present the situation in detail so that we can analyze the situation and assess the most appropriate decision making tools and styles. Certainly, we need detailed information of the objective , the context /situation, the decision makers and their personalities, the process , values and culture, etc.

question 1) what is the most serious decision you have made or participated/ witnessed in a company you work /worked for? What is the process you went through? Who are invited in the decision making process?

2) what is the most serious decision you have made or participated/ witnessed personally? What is the process you went through?

I have attached document to answer question 3.
3) Use the worksheet and instructions and review your decision making tasks. Offer your learning in this discussion forum while posting your exercise worksheet at the exercise collection box.

Design a candidate profile that identifies the key leadership style and traits for the hospital.

Becoming a New Leader

Construct your personal definition of leadership. Consider you are the chairman of the board of directors for West County Hospital, a trauma 1 level facility in a low-income community. The hospital is conducting a nationwide search for a chief executive officer. Design a candidate profile that identifies the key leadership style and traits for the hospital. “Good to Great” author Jim Collins notes that one of the key ingredients for becoming great as a company is to have a Level 5 Leader

Develop the hobby project’s functional and technical requirements. Design the hobby project’s components, including size, shape, and quality.

Kitchen Cabinet Paint Project

Project Introduction, or Project Plan
You will write a 3–5-page document outlining the project specifics, such as its key objectives and scope, functional and technical requirements, key components, etc.

Instructions
Part 1: Project Introduction or Project Plan
Write a 3–5-page project plan in which you:
Document the hobby project’s key objectives and scope.
Develop the hobby project’s functional and technical requirements.
Design the hobby project’s components, including size, shape, and quality.
Implement the project according to the chosen design and components.

Discuss how HR practices at Zappos impact employees’ attitudes and behavior, as well as company performance.

Watch the three short videos below or find articles that describe HR practices at Zappos. Next, answer the two questions below.

1. “Zappos Company Culture – The Zappos Family on Nightline”:

2. “Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, featured on 20/20”:

3. “The Zappos Family – How They Work”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axlWBn7YQA4\

Case Questions

1. Discuss the key HR practices that are driving Zappos’ success?

2. Discuss how HR practices at Zappos impact employees’ attitudes and behavior, as well as company performance.

Clearly indicate your responses to questions 1 and 2
Be sure to integrate concepts/material from Week 1 in your response

What steps should the company take to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the future?

The Company’s Position

In its reply to the EEOC, the company maintained that Winthrop was terminated for sexual harassment and not on the basis of his race, sex, or any other manner of retaliation. The company also pointed out that after his termination on June 11, Winthrop had applied for unemployment compensation and the Employment Security Commission office hearing his appeal agreed that Winthrop was terminated for just cause. Consequently, Winthrop was disqualified for unemployment benefits for a period of nine weeks. The discharge of the claimant was for good business reasons to avoid instances of like nature in the future. The company argued that his sexual harassment charges were unsubstantiated and should be dismissed . Two weeks after forwarding the letter in Exhibit 4 to the EEOC, the Human Resource Director, J. Bevins, received a letter back from the EEOC  requesting additional information about the charges.

Questions

Did Mary Harper Jones experience illegal sexual harassment that is in violation of Title VII? YES or NO. Provide at least three reasons that for your decision.

What steps should the company take to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the future?

Consider the company’s handling of Winthrop’s termination. Do you think the company made the right decision to fire Winthrop? YES or NO. Why or why not?

Memo from Plant Superintendent to the Human Resource Director on Winthrop’s Termination

What skills and insights have you developed from carrying out the exercise? If you were doing the assignment with the benefit of hindsight, how would you do the task differently?

‘Leadership development is not just a matter for top management, but also for middle and first-line management ’. Critically evaluate this statement.
The purpose of the assignments is to encourage you to think about and apply what you know to real-world organisational situations and settings using the language of academic writers in the MD field. This is in line with ‘assessment for learning’ principles and external validation for MA HRM. This paper is required to demonstrate the following:
Demonstrate an ability to go beyond mere description and exposition and reproduction of textbook facts, models, theories etc.
Show critical awareness and the ability to argue coherently, conceptually, critically and persuasively
Show facility in the use of evidence to support your arguments.
Show an ability to use concepts to deepen understanding of organisational situations
Demonstrate sensitivity to how theory can assist and inform management, including HRD/HRM practice.

For cases, you are required to analyse an organisational situation in a given case study.
Include the following after the conclusion:
Self Learning Audit
Given the self- learning ethos of this module, it is appropriate that part of the assessment should test your skills as a reflective practitioner. This should be the ‘end piece’ to both assignments. It might address issues such as:
What skills and insights have you developed from carrying out the exercise?
If you were doing the assignment with the benefit of hindsight, how would you do the task differently?
The following criteria are used for marking the essay assignment. These are criteria which have been agreed with professional colleagues, external examiners and professional standards regulators.
Literature Review
Literature may be discussed and referenced throughout the script, we will be looking for evidence of:
Good breadth of sources
Wider reading beyond the textbook
Reading from contemporary articles/seminal or ground- breaking and classical articles as well as general studies
Professional referencing