Determine the major impacts that Zappos’s leadership and ethical practices philosophy have had on its stakeholders.

Assignment 4: Stakeholder Satisfaction

Resources

From Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, read “Case 11: Zappos: Taking Steps toward Maximizing Stakeholder Satisfaction.”
Use Strayer Library to locate at least four academic resources for this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Instructions

Write a 6 page paper in which you:

Analyze the manner in which Zappos’s leadership has fostered a culture of ethics in the company.
Suggest two actions that other companies can take in order to mimic this culture.

Determine the major impacts that Zappos’s leadership and ethical practices philosophy have had on its stakeholders.
Examine three of the ethical challenges that Zappos faces. Recommend three actions that Zappos’s leadership should take in order to address these ethical challenges.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the core values in relation to developing a culture of ethics.
Determine the manner in which the core values support the stakeholder’s perspective.

Analyze the major ethical challenges that Zappos has faced.
Determine whether or not you would have resolved these challenges differently than Zappos’s management.
Provide a rationale for your response.

Explain how you will ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement.

Assignment 4: Plan Summary

Overview

At this stage, you have a solid understanding of the problem the company is facing and you have provided a solution for your client. Now, you want Larson Property Management to accept your project plan. Mr. Larson and Ms. Johnson like your idea and would like you to present your project plan to the executive board.
Use the feedback from your instructor on previous assignments, the textbook, and any other resources provided in the course to create a professional project plan that you will be hypothetically presenting to the Executive Board of Larson Property Management.

Instructions
Please include the following elements:
Table of Contents.
Executive Summary.
Organizational Plan and Analysis.
System Blueprint and Type.
Recommendation for an HRIS Vendor.
Project Management Roadmap and Cost Justification.
Maintenance and Evaluation.
Conclusion.

Do not simply copy and paste Phases I–V. The previous phases were considered raw data, and now you will be summarizing and finalizing your findings. Use the feedback you received from your instructor to improve your proposal. You want to apply critical thinking to describe the data you have obtained.

Write a 6 page proposal in which you:

Identify the current issues the business is facing based on the details of the scenario, and provide a plan and analysis for an HRIS based on those issues.

Provide a blueprint for the new system, and propose a type of HRIS for the organization that you believe is the most efficient and effective. Discuss the function that the HRIS serves, and identify how that system will solve the business issue.

Compare and contrast at least three HRIS vendors. Based on this comparison, make a case for the one vendor that you recommend for your client.

Determine how you will implement the HRIS using one of the change models discussed in the textbook.

Create a project management roadmap for the client with projected timelines. Discuss the costs associated with the implementation, justifying your claims with a cost benefit analysis.

Explain how you will ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement.

Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Examine the business functions and business processes.

Management Information Systems

Deciding on a Topic:

Here are a few guidelines when deciding on the research focus
Select an industry

Identify an Information Systems that is used by this industry
Examine the business functions and business processes
Identify and research the impact of an MIS topic on that IS
The scope of the research must be contained within the US
Your research will explore how you can effectively manage the information system to
better aid the growth of the company

What strategies could be applied to solve the problems and provide recommendations to solve the problems for excellence performance in Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Company being researched-Amazon

Understand MIS as a field of study, scenarios of MIS practices in the US

Identify an Information Systems that is used by this industry (Amazon)

Examine the business functions and business processes – identify the major functions (finance, HR, marketing, etc)

Describe the business functions and major processes/procedures within those functional areas

Identify what MIS exists to support these areas – investigate the problems/challenges of MIS

What strategies could be applied to solve the problems and provide recommendations to solve the problems for excellence performance in MIS

Describe goal alignment between the hiring process and the organization strategy.

How to Hire Right the First Time

There is no best way to hire new employees – a strategy that works for one organization may not be best suited to another. Hiring practices and strategies vary based on position, location, resources, and industry. The purpose of this assignment is for you to begin researching and analyzing the concept of sourcing, selecting, and hiring new employees. This assignment will also provide a vehicle for you to review the process in an organization with which you are familiar, thereby building a foundation from which you can learn and assess.

For this assignment, you will write a four- to five-page paper (excluding the title and references pages) analyzing the manner in which an organization with which you are familiar hires new employees.

Assess the hiring process of the organization.

Explain how and where the organization sources candidates.

Identify who determines the recruitment and selection process.

Identify who reviews resumes and performance background checks and who determines if drug or medical assessments are necessary.

Explain who makes the decision on what the ideal candidate “looks like” for the position (i.e., job requirements and qualifications).

Examine the roles that managers, recruiters, co-workers, and candidates play in the hiring process.

Assess the organizational strategic components related to the hiring process.

Describe goal alignment between the hiring process and the organization strategy.

Evaluate how the organization’s strategy affects the hiring process.

Evaluate how human resources (HR) can change organizational strategy when the strategies create issues for the hiring process.

The How to Hire Right the First Time paper

Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

Must use at least three scholarly or peer reviewed sources, in addition to the course text. One of the resources must be obtained through the sources on the SHRM (Links to an external site.) website.

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

How will you help support end-users to ensure they get the full benefits of the function’s products?

Remember that there are many ways to develop your company’s analytics function. Use the information from this appendix and the additional resources at the end of this book to help you create your own roadmap, like the one in Figure M.1. List the steps you will take and the roadblocks (i.e., challenges) you anticipate along the way. You might have more or fewer points on your map—this figure is just a way to get you started. Use the space below the map to expand on the steps or roadblocks you identify in the figure.
Step 1
Roadblock 1
The Practical Guide to HR Analytics
Usefulness of your reports while building the department’s visibility.

What strategies will you include to communicate with stakeholders about the new function?

How will you help support end-users to ensure they get the full benefits of the function’s products?

 

Discuss how Supply Chain disruption could affect the delivery of projects.

Advanced Project and Logistics Management

1.Discuss how Supply Chain disruption could affect the delivery of projects

First of all, and to continue on to the introduction, we should look into the EACH CHAPTER through the lens of four supply chain elements: Integration, Operations, Purchasing, and Distribution, and focus on how these are related with the chapter MAIN IDEA. But before we do that we should cover the MAIN IDEA (as per chapter title) in each chapter.

Also, at the beginning of EACH CHAPTER, we should cover the literature research findings that all of us have come up with.

At the beginning of this chapter, we should present how is the delivery of the projects is affected by supply chain disruptions as viewed by scholars, researchers, and industry experts.

At the same time, we should (as mentioned in the brief) display an understanding of the importance of innovation in Logistics and Project Management, Implement and critically evaluate advancements in Project Management and Logistics – all of this from the perspective of delivery of the project in this chapter.

We should be able to (as per brief) Analyse critically advances in Project and Programme management focusing on value generation including Agile, Lean, and Benefits Management,

Critically review world-class innovations and emerging technologies in Logistics (i.e. Additive Manufacturing, Big data analytics, drones, etc)

Critically review world-class innovations and emerging technologies in Project, Portfolio, and Programme (3P) i.e. Virtual technologies and augmented reality environments, Output driven Project management (Benefits Realisation, Target Value) – all of this from the perspective of delivery of the project in this chapter.

List a minimum of 10 risk directly associated with the goal, purpose, or outcomes of the project.

Risk Register Template (Attached)

List a minimum of 10 risk directly associated with the goal, purpose, or outcomes of the project. Risks, positive or negative, must be specific to the project and defendable as a viable risk. At a minimum, 30% of the listed risks should be positive (i.e., if you have 10 risks, at least three should be positive).
Risks should be listed in order of importance or criticality. R1 should be more impactful to the project than R5.

Risk categories should correspond to those listed in Heldman et al. Chapter 6. Technical, Quality, and Performance, Project management, Organizational, and External. (Attached- Chapter 6 – pages 91-106)

Risk Response Strategies should correspond to those listed in Heldman et al. Chapter 6 and be appropriate for the type of risk (Threat or Opportunity).