Manager Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Managerial context

Managerial roles and styles vary from company to company. This depends on various factors which include the type of company, the managerial level, the resources under one disposal and many others.

Three different managers were interviewed in this case. The managers included a Public Relation (PR) manager in a public relation firm, a production manager in a manufacturing firm and a human resource manager in a media house.

Managers can be at different levels depending on the nature of the company. The different levels determine the chain of command in a given company. There are basically three managerial levels. These include the top, the middle and ...

Facilities Management in Healthcare

My Role as a Facilities Manager in a New Construction Project
Facilities management plays a major role in clinical operations management. It is an essential component in ensuring that all operations run smoothly. Facilities management improves facility efficiency, service quality, safety and patient satisfaction. It also ensures a clean and healthy environment.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is planning to construct an improved medical center. The center will increase hospital bed and space. The project is expected to solve several issues facing the hospital such as undersized facilities and safety laws mandated by the state. The project’s ...

Approach to change

India has an ever developing readiness and intercultural adaptability to change. In a country seen to have medium tolerance to risk and change, innovations ought to have a history full of benefits in order to be accepted and implemented. Unlike in other countries, failure in India results to a long-term erosion of one’s confidence by the individual and others as well. Given this inherent attitude, it’s a prerequisite for a manager to exercise intercultural sensitivity, especially when overseeing group meetings. The same is expected when discussing and critiquing contributions from the participantsFor instance, when a manager is presiding over an end of the ...

An organizational hierarchy of reporting relationships from the top to the bottom is referred to as the chain of command. Apart from establishing accountability, the chain of command lays out an organization’s decision-making power and the lines of authority. The chain of command in my structural organization flows in a vertical manner (Daft et. al 1986). The hierarchy ranges from the managers, to the supervisors, to the workers and finally to subordinate staff. The manager is the formal authority in the organization and is responsible for controlling the general activities of the organization. The manager expresses the formal ...

In this critical thinking essay, we are going to describe a possible variant of how to deal with problems with suppliers. The main task is to provide the best solution to the existing problem and maintain professional relationships with the supplier company. In order to provide the reasonable solution, we are going to brainstorm on the following areas – goals, trades, alternatives, relationships, expected outcome, consequences of winning or losing, power, possible solutions.
The task of a project manager is to deal with all the aspects of company’s relationships. Jim Lewis defined a project manager as a person who ...

Part 1

It was on a Monday 3rd April 2016 when I was asked by my immediate manager at Unilever Company, to come up with a marketing plan. The plan would aim at increasing the production rate through online sales on the firm product lines. The development of the plan was to be done in collaboration with the company’s internet marketing department. I was given a period of two for the setting of the plan.
Shortly, after conversing with the web marketing team on the same, I realized the deadline would elapse before the work was accomplished and the deadline ...

Introduction

The fundamental and most basic definition of project management is about the people getting their things done. The organizational definition of project management is a bit different. In organizations it is the methods, skills, experience processes and knowledge to achieve the objectives related to a certain project. In organizations, projects are carried out to achieve outputs and benefits via planned objectives. A successful project is one which is completed in the allotted scale of time and budget, this is done through proper management of the project. There are few principal components of project management, which are to be followed in order ...

INTRODUCTION

Organizational environment has been among the most widely assessed discipline in the management sciences domain. Role and behavior of employer and employee, being the central players in organization, affects the organizational environment significantly. The discussion in the underlying case study revolves around the four main characters including two employees and two managers. The leadership approaches of managers’ and the employees’ level of motivation in the presence of those leadership styles have been central theme in this discussion. Alex and Stephanie are the state’s university students both work in the local super market to make ends meet and help ...

Question 1: Observing a nurse manager

Having observed the nurse manager for one hour on two occasions, it was apparent that the nurse manager was a transactional leader. This could be seen from how the nurse manager related with junior nurses; the nurse manager was the one giving orders around while the junior nurses have to follow the orders. On several occasions, the nurse manager was seen complimenting some junior nurse for their good work. Despite the nurse manager exhibiting transactional leadership, the relationship between this nurse and the junior nurses seemed to be positive since for more than once, the nurse manager could be seen ...

S.M.A.R.T Goals and Actions
S.M.A.R.T Goals and Actions
The first S.M.A.R.T goal involves the effort to enrich safety by incorporating the “follow safe rigging & lifting practices” and “work in confined spaces safely” to some up with lifesaving rules in all security operation. The steps are:

Identification of the hazards associated with these operations, which is realized through a thorough risk analysis.

Precisely mapping out the Responsibility of each person in rigging and lifting, to ensure that no part of the process is left unmanned.

Identification of the Lifting limitations of devices and equipment being used, to avoid overloading.
Establishment of clear Communication lines and procedures. This will also include warnings given before the processes start, ...

The professionalism of the manager ultimately determines the fate of the company. This assertion has been repeatedly confirmed the practice. Knowledge, experience and responsibility of the manager are the key conditions for the development of the company.
In the difficult economic environment it is necessary to pay special attention to the qualification of the management personnel. A true professional is able to benefit even from the crisis. The successful management is characterized by both integrity and multifaceted originality. In the development of successful management it is necessary first of all to appropriately use effective communication techniques. Every day a ...

According to Dr. Martin Luther king junior critical thinking is a vast field that encompasses various aspects of everyday life. It is therefore much more complicated than simply engaging in mental activities aimed at arriving at a certain conclusion. According to Dr. Martin Luther king true education encompasses a coalition of character and intelligence. He further stresses that the most dangerous villain might in fact turn out to be the most intelligent member of society who just so happens to be at a state of moral bankruptcy. Thus morality is very important in critical thinking and arriving at an amicable solution that has ...

Organizations function as an independent entity in the business environment. The action, behavior and culture of an organization is shaped and governed by its employee’s managers and stake holders. In each organization there are certain vital components that influences the way it behaves and function. The book Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge examines some of these vital components and presents research to highlight their importance. The role of a manager is to identify these components and incorporate them in daily processes to improve efficiency productivity and effectiveness. In this paper I discuss some of these vital components and ...

What is the manager’s role and responsibility in implementing change within the department?

A manager is an important and crucial person when the handling of other staff is concerned but especially with regards to the managing of change which remains perhaps the singularly most important part of any single organization. The manager’s role is not only singular but is absolutely crucial if any change is to be brought about in this respect. First of all the manager should begin by assessing the situation in the workplace he controls and how his staff are looking at the change process. This may mean that the manager will have to take certain unpopular decisions ...

Abstract

The paper begins with a detailed introduction of Hotel Beacon and Lotte New York Palace, highlighting the frame of reference, the grounds for comparison and the thesis statement. The analysis that follows assesses the person-organization fit, the person-job fit, and the steps of recruiting, the applied cut-off, evaluation of abilities and personalities and finally the competency models that the firms use in the hiring process.

Introduction

The analysis presents a famous Hotel in New York, Hotel Beacon, and a successful restaurant, International House of Pancakes in Glendale, California, United States. Comprehensive qualitative interviews on the issues of recruitment and staff ...

Authoritative decision making style is where the manager decides the goals to be achieved by dictating all the policies and procedures to be followed. In this style of decision making the manager controls and offers directions on all the activities to be carried out without any consultations or participation from the subordinates. He has a clear vision of what he wants achieved and has the knowledge, resources and information to get there (Gonos and Gallo 2013). The manager solely makes the decisions because his employees are incapacitated to help, and he clearly lays down the expectations on each employee. This ...

Credit Managers

Credit managers handle various crucial affairs and contribute significantly in optimizing profits of the company. They also play significant role in reducing losses of a company. Considering their important roles, they need some skills in order to carry their responsibility. This paper intends to discuss skills, role and opportunities of credit managers along with discussing the importance of organizational culture in credit management.
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Credit managers should possess problem solving skills. Credit managers face a variety of challenges and issues in their career and they can successfully tackle all these challenges if they have problem solving skills. Since they ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Introduction

Cogent, critical thinking in role-playing skills assist managers in maintaining salubrious workplace conditions. This exercise assesses an application to the problem of Lauren’s case study in figuring out what happened, and remedy a dispute arising in the office. The framework for arriving at a decision rests upon four key steps, which include the following: (a) identify, (b) gather/analyze, (c) consider options, and (d) develop well-reasoned ideas. Besides the buzzword of ‘sustainability,’ perhaps the most often discussed business topics revolve around issues of ethics and communications – which often arise in the ...

INTRODUCTION

This scenario is emphasizing on the problem which the managers face when they are lenient with the employees. Similarly in this case the manager wished to be cordial with his subordinates but in turn the subordinates started misusing his leniency. Everyone started breaking the barriers of work place ethics and starting taking their jobs lightly. The performance of the employee was also deteriorating with the passage of time.

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

Importance of professionalism
In a professional environment it is important that the employees understand their responsibilities and are aware of the rules of the company. An inefficient employee is costly for ...

Internal and External challenges a Manager Faces

Internal challenges a manager faces can be at a personal level and an organization level. Internal organizational challenges may include reducing the number of staff, having to work with a reduced budget, dealing with a reduction in sales, having to handle the consequences of newly implemented technology that has failed, hiring the right and qualified individuals, firing underperforming employees, how to deal with outstanding employees. Personal challenges may include behavior challenges. For instance, how does one respond to crisis? This could be inform of temper or understanding or may be showing empathy in cases where there is loss of life.
External factors ...

- My experience of acting as a branch managers involved a variety of diverse duties to be performed and challenges to be met. It was quite challenging for me to ensure compliance of staff’s performance with all laws and regulations, direct staff’s work and provide on-site leadership. At first sight it seemed to me that facilities manager’s duties are far less important than mine, but then I understood that particularly facilities manager is a person, who organizes the workspace, manages all the services, obtained by the firm and provides directions and control to ensure qualitative performance of facilities support ...

A project manager’s task is to induce right people, at the right time to address the right issues and to make the right decision. In a nutshell he is required to plan, monitor and control the project. Broadly, a project manager’s basic skills can be divided into Personal Skills, Technical Skills to understand complexity of the project and apply PM tools knowledge, Management Skills and Coping/interpersonal Skills. We all are aware of the importance of personal, interpersonal and management skills of a project manager. But what about Technical Skills? There are primarily two school of thoughts: Authors ...

I have desired to graduate with business management economic in fashion marketing for such a long time spanning from my childhood. However, this couldn’t be possible due to a number of reasons. First I had to depend on government support for school fees since my mother was not employed. Indeed I had to go through difficulties to make ends meet. With these hardships joining college after high school was not possible. In fact it was a thought that I erased from my mind. However, the hope of going back to school didn’t fade. Every time I considered the option of ...

The book by Goldsmith and Crawford aims to investigate the major ways cities can use data and technologies to become data-smart and responsive. The important peculiarity of the book is that it departs from both entirely theoretical and technological approaches, using case studies of specific U.S. cities and the departments of city councils. These case studies helped the authors single out several most common barriers to the true responsiveness of cities and elaborate on the ways to overcome them. Particularly a successful overcoming of barriers is perceived by the authors as the major deliverable of change management in public ...

Introduction

Recently, the role of a managerial accountant is widely discussed in the scholars. Johnson and Kaplan (1991) argue that management accounting is “too late, too aggregated, and too distorted to be relevant for managers’ planning and control decisions” (1). Haedr (2012) considered the mediation effect of management accounting information on motivation using contingency theory stating that “MAI usefulness accounts for a full (i.e. complete) mediation effect only on the relationship between centralization and MCS effectiveness.” (n.p.). As the number of views cannot present a unified opinion on the matter, the purpose of the current paper to reveal whether the functions of the ...

2. Rater errors refer to the errors that occur in a systematic manner when judging or appraising a person (Deb, 2006). Some of these errors are discussed as below.
Halo effect: This refers to the tendency to allow one or more job characteristics of an employee to over shadow other aspects. This happens when the strongest positive or negative characteristic of the employee is used to generalize the overall performance of the individual.

Central tendency: This error happens when the managers consider all employees to be average in their performance and over look the individual characteristics and overlook the actual ...

As a brand manager of a large consumer products company, the sources of power that goes with the position are as follows: legitimate power, reward power, expert power, and referent power . Legitimate power is vested by the organization in terms of the position as brand manager of toothpaste. As such, it was explicitly stated that as part of the job, the responsibility entails designing strategies that would encourage the advertising and production groups to promote and manufacture the toothpaste more effectively. Likewise, legitimate power is also vested of the position as explicitly stated in the company’s policies and procedures. Accordingly, ...

New HR Manager Strategy

Introduction
Business environment constitutes one of the most complex profiles of interpersonal relationships and communication. The reality shows that employees of the modern organizations value not only the work, job function and compensation that is involved in their position, but also are motivated by a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, individual for each of them. It is evident that working environment and social relationships, which employees build in the companies, constitute important part of their internal motivation. With that in mind, the “outsiders” opinion, management and leadership styles will always be seen as different from the corporate culture ...

Project Management

The Accidental Project Manager (Cont.)
Looking back at the interview with Professor Warburton and Ed Shea, the discussion highlights the concept of being an accidental project manager and how a simple task is regarded as managing a certain project. Calling upon someone to take up the responsibility of initiating tasks to achieve an end goal by utilizing resources is classified as project management whether or not the person given the PM responsibility likes it or not (Ricahrson et al., 2015). The interview was able to provide a good sense of understanding the concept of accidental project manager from another ...

The realization of a successful project always requires professional input of both the PM and TD. Evidently, this is always a showdown of who the king of the project is and who is not. In a wedding scenario, in most cases, there are two import groups. One group, the wedding committee, plays the PM role and the other, event manager, plays the TD role. In this case, the wedding committee is tasked to ensure every wedding logistics is done to perfection such as the people who will be attending, decide on the venue, organize food stuff and ensure there ...

Hi, communication should be the number one priority in project management. Communication skills will sustain good relationships and enable the project manager to deliver his or her intentions to the team. The lack of interaction can pose a great challenge to the management of a program probably the reason communication was grouped as a difficulty in Lecture 1 (Roger and Vijay, 2015). Imagine an area where people do not understand each or are too proud to listen to one other. Take the example of the construction of the Tower of Babel in the Bible where human beings sought to ...

1. What organization factors or areas would you research before planning a SAP-HCM implementation?

There are diverse organizational factors that should be considered and researched upon before planning and implementing a SAP-HCM. This is for the key reason to ensure that the change process is suitable to all the members of the organization. Some of the factors to be considered encompass of financial status of the organization. Before implementing change in an organization, the association should have enough funds to enable the change process to take place. Without enough capital, an organization might experience various problems in implementing the change process.

Another factor to consider before implementing change in an organization encompasses the workforce ...

The Name of the Class (Course)

The Name of the School (University)
The City and State
Introduction
The emergence of Windows server 2012 has revolutionized the entire network environment, because it has made easy the process of installation of Operating Systems (OS), which was initially a very cumbersome task for computer users across the globe (Lavapie, 2012). It has simplified the process by eliminating activities, which used to be done before the actual installation of the OS, for example, configuration of CMS, formatting and partitioning of hard drives. Installation of an OS involved the use of DVDs and CDs, and there would occur ...

Susan was a human resource manager at Concreos, a software company. She joined the company soon after she had finished college and had been working with them for over a decade. When she joined Concreos, it was a startup with 15 employees. In the decade she had been with them, the company had grown leaps and bounds and now employed 250 employees. When she joined the company, she was the only woman and since the number of employees was really low, it did not really matter to her. As the company grew and they needed to hire new people, her department grew bigger ...

What skills credit managers possess in order to manage the credit function efficiently?

Credit Management:Credit management is the process of collecting and controlling payments from the customers. Credit management is one of the functions of the banks or companies to control credit policies, to improve the revenues and reduce financial risks (Burt, 2004). A good credit management system is an essential part of an organisation, as it reduces the amount of capital tied up with the debtors and minimise the company’s exposure to the bad debts and doubtful debts, it is also important when considering the cash flow, as it is profitable for the company, and also helps the business to ...

Question 1:

Of the five key processes, the most important is the planning process. This is the process that helps set the tone for the project. It is important since proper planning ensures that the project is run smoothly since the process involves organizing all aspects of the project (Rosenau, & Githens, 2005). The planning process ensures that all preparations put into place for the successful management of a project. During the planning process, the project manager assembles his team and defines the scope, budget, and schedule of the project in this stage. It is important that the team is aware of the ...

Equal and Equitable Treatment

Managers should learn to balance equal and equitable treatment of their employees. However, the application of equal treatment should be in moderation since it may affect employee morale. For instance, if there are employees that perform their duties well and there are some that do not, treating them equally may create disharmony among the employees. This can be in terms of equal bonuses or responsibilities. The manager should ensure that compensation is based on the level of performance of the employee.
Rewards based on performance aid in increasing the productivity and performance of the employees (Goerg, Kube, and ...

Introduction

Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination.
The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

Identify the key external and internal strategic issues and forces impacting upon WGF.

William Garden Furniture is a small business that is owned and established by Martin William twenty years back. Since its origin, Mr. William is the managing director and sole owner of the business. William Garden Furniture principally serves the high-end customers and manufacturers up-market wooden chairs, tables, and benches for gardens. William Garden Furniture had fought very hard to develop a sound market reputation, and the underpinning factor for its success is its highly skilled craftsmanship. Unfortunately, after 8 years of its start-up, William Garden Furniture started encountering a number of internal and external strategic issues that are still ...

The chain of command in a structural organization flows in a vertical manner (Daft et. al 1986). The hierarchy is from the managers, to the supervisors and subsequently the workers and subordinates. The formal authority in the organization is the manager who controls the day to day activities of the organization. The formal authority expressed by the manager involves hiring and firing of main departmental heads, additionally the manager is in charge of commissioning of projects. The manager is also directly involved with ensuring that the operational aspects of the organization precede well. The legal authority is bestowed on ...

Project Management

Suppose that you are a project manager, and you face the challenge — to complete the project in a very short period of time. In case the usual working schedule will not allow you to finish a project before the deadline, you will be forced to search for a way out of this complicated situation. One of the possible solutions is increasing the amount of resources to be spent on the development of the project. A project manager can reduce the expected duration of the project by assigning more workers, overtime work, or by assigning additional materials and equipment (Project ...

Organization Behaviour

1 Task 2 - Analyse the scenario
Motivation is the force that drives people into action and encourages them to exert more effort towards carrying out something. Employees who are well motivated are more comfortable and will have feelings of happiness and fulfilment. Johansson and Heide (2008) points out that besides, being well motivated workers tend to produce high-quality results and are more productive than their counterparts. In the case study, the workforce is less. They are overwhelmed in the course of their duty. They are not able to work overtime because their terms of service are contractual. The ...

Introduction

As the Director of Security at the New York metropolitan airport that services both public and private carriers, I was expected to address the biological threat that faced the organization. News of the anthrax scare had disrupted the normal operations of the firm and employees become unsettled because of the threat. The anthrax scare prompted me to facilitate a rapid identification of the source of the biological threat as well as the route of exposure. The paper will comprehensively address the public and private-sector resources that could be utilized to respond to the threat. Moreover, it will also highlight ...

There are several penalties that have been imposed on the healthcare facility, according to the manager in charge of OSHA standards compliance. First, a penalty of $ 7,000 has been imposed on the facility in a number of occasions due to a serious violation on the OSHA standards leading to the serious injuries or death of some of the hospital employees. Second, the facility has been penalized once for non-serious violation, where it failed to adhere to the safety issues related to employee protection when handling hazard materials that would have resulted to the injuries of the employee. A ...

It is the responsibility of a supervisor of any organization to welcome new workers and make them aware of the values and culture that drives the organization. On-boarding enables the organization’s new employees to grasp and comprehend what goes on the context of work and learn how to fit in and be part of the organization. Onboarding is a process that involves several steps which must be followed to ensure new employees adapt to the organizational environment:
Scheduling an onboarding session. The supervisor, together with the human resource manager work in coordination to arrange for an onboarding session. ...

A random (probability) sample is a sample, where each element of the population has a certain, predetermined probability of being selected. This allows a researcher to calculate how well the sample represents the population, from which it is allocated (designed). This selection is sometimes also called random sampling.

Probabilistic sampling methods include:

♦ simple random sampling,
♦ systematic sampling,
♦ cluster sampling,
♦ stratified sampling.
Simple random sampling is a kind of probabilistic sampling method. Data selection is based on the assumption that the probability of being selected in the sample is known and is the same for all the cases together. The probability of being included ...

Questions

- Traditional model emphasizes on high levels of formalization and centralization. The main key elements in this model involves unity of command where single person is in charge of employees and other problems. On the other hand, human model it focuses on trying to match the employee goals with that of the organization. The main key elements involve employee sharing of power and employee ownership in which the employees have the authority in running the organization.
- Human employee supervision model is not possible in a practical situation. Human model has complicated the process as it involves goals constraints, ...

“ARE WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT VICTIMS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE MALE NORM?”

Introduction
Billing (2011) analyzes the state of gender pressure on women at different workplaces. The accepted assumption is that there exists a pressure on women within workplaces because of their gender characteristics. Social environment shows some norms that are male dominance. At many workplaces, managers claim that there is equality between genders. In contrast, according to many academicians, workplaces have a male dominant culture and women workers are treated differently from male workers (Acker, 2006).
After being regular workers, women managers go into transformation. The organization culture expects them to fulfill some requirements for being managers. According to many ...

Introduction

It is said that in this world, change is the only permanent thing. Indeed, changes in the nursing profession and health care industry are inevitable as a result of external and internal catalysts. Policy reforms occur because of social, economic and political pressures. Knowledge is created every day, technology evolves at a fast pace, and consumer demands change. Organisations must respond effectively by modifying their strategic goals, structures, systems, processes, and culture (Anderson & Ackerman-Anderson, 2001). As a result, the professional roles of nurses expand, clinical practices improve, the work environment benefits from redesign, and patients receive better care. For this reason, change ...

1. The effective and ineffective cycles are similar in some ways, although they have opposite effects. What are the similarieties? What are the effects of each? Share your personal experiences with both of these cycles.
The effective cycle occurs when the manager has confidence in the performance of the employees. Minimal supervision is applied since he acknowledges the aptitude of employees doing a magnificent job and this result in higher performance levels because the employees feel cherished and valued; while in the case of ineffective cycle, the manager may use force and set rules to be followed by employees ...

Question #1: In the e-Activity, it is stated that some women in the military who have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment believed that their superiors failed to react appropriately, and at times they have even believed that they were blamed for their allegations. Formulate a plan in which you detail the appropriate steps that managers should take if employees approach them to report an incident of sexual harassment. Determine the type of evidence that you believe an employee would need in order to substantiate his or her allegations.
Any respectable company should properly train managers with specific ...

Affiliation

Team Work

Team work is an effort of a group of individuals who come together with an aim of facing a common situation and tackling the task towards success. This requires that each team member be ready to lead and also prepare to be lead at one point or another. It requires an overall group focus on the common mission to override the individual goals of each member. Therefore, at some point, everyone has to sacrifice for the rest of the members (Parker, 2011).
As the Direct Superior in a giant technological company having a new product manufacture assignment scheduled for launching ...

Vice president’s comments on cost and schedule variance

The concerns of Spokane’s vice president were valid because the cost and schedule variances had gone up between the second and the third month. The total cost variances for all the work packages in the second month were $14,000, a figure that went up $25,000 in the third month, reflecting a -78% surge in the total cost variances. Also, the scheduled variances indicated by the vice president were correct, as it showed that the period between the second and the third month experienced a 45% slippage on schedules. However, the information on the table is not ...

Human Resource Management

Comparison among San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York’s Provisions on Grievance Procedures
A grievance can simply be defined as a concern, complaint or problem related to the working environment. Due to the diversity at the workplace, people have different beliefs, opinions and thoughts about how to approach work and as a result they often have grievances relating to issues that arise from the workplace procedures. The Las Vegas collective bargaining agreement defines a grievance as a dispute or a difference of opinion between the employer and the Union with regard to the meaning, interpretation and application of ...

1. The causes of conflicts in Linux software packages are discussed as follows:
32-bit vs 64-bit conflict: Conflict between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the same package often arises. Some processors are able to run programs that use different register and pointer sizes as seen in 64-bit X86 processors running in legacy mode 32-bit executables (Artho et al., 2012). For this to happen, all the shared libraries needed by the processor must also be available as 32-bit libraries. The way to go about this is the support by distributions to allow side by side installation of both 32-bit and ...

Critical Thinking About HR

Critical Thinking about HR
1. The main purpose of this article is to discuss the talent war, which is currently based on human capital and the talent in which employees possess in the business marketplace. Some are so talented, in fact, they are lured away from their current place of business in an effort to help create success elsewhere. Because the authors are discussing Human Resources, human capital, in this case, refers to talent one can bring to a company or organization or company they work for. The article makes references to LeBron James moving from one team to ...

Introduction

Conducting a job analysis for a job is an important task for any business entity. Job analysis helps an individual or an organization understand the needs, skills or the expected outcome of any job. It also guides an organization into correctly matching the required duties of a job with the most competent personnel (Brannick and Levine, 2002). Besides that, they help organizations in evaluating the performance of workers and determining the ideal remuneration package for employees. There are various methods of conducting a job analysis, some of them include; interviews, observations, questionnaires and checklist. This paper will conduct a job analysis for a restaurant managerial ...

Introduction

Stars Hollow Hat Company is a manufacturing firm that manufacturers and coincidentally looks for market for her finished good. Given this nature, the firm would thus require three major departments along which the job families shall be aligned. These include: management, production and sales. The following discourse focuses on firm in terms of the probable job families that would project the firm into greater heights of development.

Management/ administration: members of this department are charged with the supervisory role of the entire firm. They are mandated with the day to day decision making and ensure that both the process of ...