How could Atlas further enhance the alignment between its staffing function and its need to promote from within its organization? What are the three most important ethical principles that organizations should adhere to in their staffing philosophies, and why?

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Strategic Staffing at the Atlas Corporation

For the Unit 1 Complete assignment, write a narrative essay (minimum 1500 words minimum requirement) to address and discuss the questions and statements listed below. Use at least four scholarly sources and remember to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the essay’s READ and Attend sections. Cite the sources in APA format.

 

Read the case study of “Strategic Staffing at the Atlas Corporation” and answer the following questions:

  1. What is Atlas doing well concerning staffing?
  2. How could Atlas further enhance the alignment between its staffing function and its need to promote from within its organization?
  3. What are the three most important ethical principles that organizations should adhere to in their staffing philosophies, and why?
  4. What do you think are the most critical staffing outcomes that all organizations should track in their staffing analytics?

 

Discuss why you believe so many social functions in the U.S. are performed by nonprofit organizations rather than by government or for-profit firms and what the consequences might be if more social services were provided by nonprofits rather than another type of organization.

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Nonprofit organizations

Tremblay-Boire & Prakash’s article discusses how various theoretical perspectives can be used to understand the purposes and functions of nonprofit organizations. They cite several theories of the relationship between for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and between government and nonprofits.

Discuss why you believe so many social functions in the U.S. are performed by nonprofit organizations rather than by government or for-profit firms and what the consequences (both positive and negative) might be if more social services were provided by nonprofits rather than another type of organization.

 

If Will and Robert both decide to stay and try to advance needed changes, what changes would you recommend they focus on and how would you recommend they go about it? Would you, for example, share Will’s documentation of the problems within the company? Why or why not?

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Travelink case

What is your assessment of the situation at Travelink at the end of the case?

What are the underlying problems in the organization?

If you found yourself in Will or Robert’s situation, what would you do? Why?

If Will and Robert both decide to stay and try to advance needed changes, what changes would you recommend they focus on and how would you recommend they go about it? Would you, for example, share Will’s documentation of the problems within the company? Why or why not?

Have you ever been in a situation where you were a recipient of change and things went poorly? How did it affect you and others in the organization?

Did organizational systems and processes support, or at minimum, not impair the change leader’s messages? Was there a sense of continuity between the past and the anticipated future? How was that sense of continuity developed and communicated? What was the impact?

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 Leadership and Change Recipients

Think more specifically about an example of change leadership that you know.

  1. What was the nature of that leadership?
  2. Was the leader trusted?
  3. Did he or she deserve the trust given?
  4. What kind of power did the leader use?
  5. How were the messages about the change conveyed? Were they believable messages?
  1. Did organizational systems and processes support, or at minimum, not impair the change leader’s messages?
  1. Was there a sense of continuity between the past and the anticipated future? How was that sense of continuity developed and communicated? What was the impact?
  1. What can you learn about the impact of the leader on people and stakeholders as a result of your responses to the above questions?
  1. What can you learn about the impact of organizational systems and processes on the people and stakeholders?
  1. Talk to others about their experiences. Can you generalize? In what way? What cannot be generalized?

 

Why you don’t want to pay off an installment loan early, and ways to work this system to your advantage? How should you take out a loan to maximize your credit and “break even” with FICO?

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(EP9) Never Pay Off This Type of Loan Early

Click on the link type in the search the title below listen to the podcast and answer the following questions below.

https://rondilambeth.com/school-of-wealth/

Forget everything you think you know about loans. Rondi is here to tell explain to real way to build your credit, pay minimum interest, and benefit from your purchases. He explains how he has managed to save $14,000 on his $70,000 car — and how he plans to finance it for years to come to earn the benefit for his credit score, paying under $100 in interest.

  • Why you don’t want to pay off an installment loan early, and ways to work this system to your advantage?
  • How should you take out a loan to maximize your credit and “break even” with FICO?
  • Why paying cash for cars (or any large installment loan purchase) is a bad idea?

Your paper should be a 1-3 page paper title page, reference page, page numbers and in APA or MLA format

 

Describe the vision, mission, and values as individual components in the current state of the company. Explain the systems relationship of these elements, and how they are related to help the company achieve success.

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Analyze the impact of business processes on organizational performance.

Introduction:

Redman (2019) states that the world is changing quickly, change is hard, and many change efforts fail. A leader must have a good plan in place to navigate through these changes to stay successful. Now you will apply that knowledge to a company scenario, building an implementation plan into the process so it is actionable. Select one business from the current winners of the Malcolm Baldrige Award Recipients. **Here is the link: https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/award-recipients** Assume that you are the new CEO of this business who has goals of expanding your business. Depending on your choice, you can select one or more from the following list:

  • Expand nationally or internationally
  • Change your business offering(s) or target customers
  • Merger or acquisition
  • Another goal of your choice

For this 4- to 6-page APA-compliant paper (not including title and reference pages) respond to the following:

Section 1- Overview and Goal Description

Select the company that you will use for this paper. Provide an explanation and rationale for your choice. As there are many categories in the Baldrige site, you may want to explore an industry you know well or look to expand your knowledge by selecting an industry you are unfamiliar with for increased learning and knowledge building.
Describe the vision, mission, and values as individual components in the current state of the company. Explain the systems relationship of these elements, and how they are related to help the company achieve success.
Provide any additional background information (i.e., financials, primary products and services, etc.) to ensure the funding agency has an overview of the organization.
As the new CEO, identify the growth goal(s) you would like to achieve including a rationale for this choice(s).

Section 2- Vision Integration into Current State

Describe the current vision of the company. You may reuse the content from Section 1.
In your readings, you saw how a personal vision statement can be a foundation for creating a business venture and/or incorporation into the current vision of a company you will be leading. For this section, you will present a plan for how you would integrate your vision into what currently exists for the company you have selected for analysis. Support your thoughts with at least two sources from the readings, as well as two other sources you uncover in your research. For this section, you may use sources that are not considered scholarly as your additional sources.

Describe the types of income subject to. List types of income that are exempt from tax. Discuss how donations are used to determine tax base. Describe the gain or loss on the disposal of an asset.

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Tax

Describe the types of income subject to.

List types of income that are exempt from tax.

Discuss how donations are used to determine tax base.

Describe the gain or loss on the disposal of an asset.

 

Using what you learned about Schmitt and Simonson’s drivers of identify management regarding inconsistent image, determine whether the chosen facility’s logo and associated branding elements convey an image of consistency and order.

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Banner health care organization headquartered

Use the Internet to look for Banner health care organization headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. Take some time to look at the organization’s logo and other elements of brand identity.

Write a 275-400 word analysis

Using what you learned about Schmitt and Simonson’s drivers of identify management regarding inconsistent image, determine whether the chosen facility’s logo and associated branding elements convey an image of consistency and order. Be sure to support your analysis with rationale from the textbook and any other resources you may identify on the subject.

For the assignment, provide a link that shows at least two of the health care organization’s branding elements (such as their website, social media page, or press release) and explain, with rationale, whether the branding within these elements conveys consistency and order.

Describe what impact (positive or negative) the branding elements could have on patient choice

 

When is a claim certification required? What two requirements establish the maximum period for letter contract definitization? From what point in time is the government responsible for paying interest on a contract claim?

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EXERCISE #4: QUESTIONS

Identify four approaches to establishing an equitable adjustment.

  • a.
  • b.
  • c.
  • d.

Which of the approaches to pricing an equitable adjustment is normally considered best?

Identify the types of cost that you should consider in making an equitable adjustment.

In pricing work deleted from a contract, should you use the proposed price or current estimated price to perform the work?

When is a claim certification required?

What two requirements establish the maximum period for letter contract definitization?

From what point in time is the government responsible for paying interest on a contract claim?

Why do you consider the loss ratio in pricing a non-commercial item fixed price contract termination for convenience?

What basis is preferred for settlement of a non-commercial item fixed-price service contract termination for convenience?

Unit costs under a fixed-priced, non-commercial item contract will increase because 100 units were terminated from the original 500-unit requirement. Is the contractor entitled to an equitable adjustment?

 

Does the proposed material cost appear reasonable? Whose position on material overhead appears most reasonable? Is the cost of preparing the request for equitable adjustment allowable?

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EXERCISE #1: CONRAD CORPORATION

The Conrad Corporation is a clothing manufacturer that won a sealed-bid contract to produce medical personnel uniforms for the government. Now, several months later, Conrad has submitted a claim related to the government’s failure to provide government-furnished material (GFM). The following paragraphs outline contract events related to the claim: October 20, 1998—a contract was awarded for production of 101,400 uniform coats. The contract specified that the government would furnish the material required to produce the outer shells of the required coats. GFM consumption was estimated at 2.4 yards per coat for a total material usage of 243,360 yards. The contract called for the government to release GFM in quantities no larger than 50,000 yards to limit contractor storage space requirements at the Conrad plant.

October 5, 1999—Government Depot personnel notified the CO that the depot was unable to fill Conrad GFM requisitions because of a stock outage. Depot computer records indicated that there were 100,000 yards of material available, but a physical inventory failed to locate any of the required material or an acceptable substitute.

November 5, 1999—the CO notified Conrad that the required GFM was not available and that the government planned to convert the balance of the contract to contractor-furnished material (CFM). At that time, Conrad estimated that 95,000 yards of material would be required to complete the balance of the contract (39,584 units).

November 10, 1999—the CO issued a unilateral change converting the outer shell material from GFM to CFM. At that time, Conrad indicated that three to four weeks of uncut GFM inventory remained and projected a five- to six-week lead time for receipt of the CFM.

January 5, 2000—Conrad submitted a request for equitable adjustment, as follows:

Table 5.4—Conrad Proposed Equitable Adjustment

Material

Material Overhead

Other Direct Cost

Total Manufacturing Cost

G&A Expense

Total Cost

Profit

Requested Adjustment

95,000 yards @ $10/yard

5% of material cost

Estimation of cost impact of the change

10% of total manufacturing cost

15% of total cost

$950,000

$47,500

$500

$998,000

$99,800

$1,097,800

$164,670

$1,262,470

February 1, 2000—the CO requested assistance from the ACO, cognizant auditor, and technical personnel.

February 28, 2000—technical personnel found that:

* Conrad had purchased a reasonable amount of material.

* The proposed material overhead was excessive for the effort involved and the issuing and administering of a single purchase order. Estimated actual cost was $250.

February 28, 2000—the cognizant auditor did not question any of the proposed cost. The auditor did comment that the proposed indirect rates complied with the current FPRA.

March 5, 2000—the CO developed a negotiation position based on the audit and technical reports.

Table 5.5—Equitable Adjustment Negotiation Objective

Material

Material Overhead

Other Direct Cost

Total Manufacturing Cost

G&A Expense

Total Cost

Profit

Adjustment Objective

Accepted Conrad proposed amount

Accepted technical recommendation

Accepted Conrad proposed amount

Accepted proposed 10% rate 5% of total cost because costs are all incurred

$950,000

$250

$500

$950,750

$95,075

$1,045,825

$52,291

$1,098,116

March 31, 2000—after weeks of negotiation, the CO and the contractor could not reach agreement on an equitable adjustment. The major areas of difference were material overhead and profit. As a result, the contractor submitted a claim seeking payment under the Disputes clause of the contract.

Table 5.6—Conrad Claim

Material

Material Overhead

Other Direct Cost

Total Manufacturing Cost

G&A Expense

Total Cost

Profit

Requested Adjustment

95,000 yards @ $10/yard

5% of material cost

Estimation of cost impact of the change Claim preparation cost 10% of total manufacturing cost

15% of total cost

$950,000

$47,500

$500

$1,000

$999,000

$ 99,900

$1,098,900

$164,835

$1,263,735

April 5, 2000—the CO received a Claim Certification signed by the contract manager and dated April 2, 2000.

April 15, 2000—the CO received a Claim Certification signed by the plant manager and dated April 10, 2000. The second certification was identical to the first, except for the signature.

  1. Does the proposed material cost appear reasonable?
  2. Whose position on material overhead appears most reasonable?
  3. Is the cost of preparing the request for equitable adjustment allowable?
  4. Is the cost of preparing the claim allowable?
  5. Is the proposed G&A expense reasonable?
  6. How should the profit rate be determined?
  7. If the contractor is to be paid interest, what should be the first day for interest calculation? (Assume that the claim was submitted after October 29, 1995.)