What sort of thing does a company like Amazon need to communicate to its employees? To what extent is such communication successful and positive for employees? What goes wrong with it? How might it be improved?

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Amazon’s leadership

QUESTIONS ON AMAZON – CHOOSE ONE AND ANSWER IT AS AN ESSAY

  1. Communication

What sort of thing does a company like Amazon need to communicate to its employees? To what extent is such communication successful and positive for employees? What goes wrong with it? How might it be improved?

Use relevant theory and evidence from your Amazon case study materials to analyse the methods of communication between management and employees to answer these questions as an essay.

  1. Structure

The most significant features of Amazon’s structure are said to be:

  1. Global function-based groups (most significant feature)
  2. Global hierarchy
  3. Geographic divisions

Provide two examples of dissatisfaction expressed by Amazon employees and use theory of organisational structure to show how the company’s structure might lead to such dissatisfaction. Give two recommendations for changes to structural design that would improve employee experience.

  1. Culture

According to Amazon’s website (March 2022) Amazon is “Number 1 in Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Online Retail Services by UK Target Jobs Graduate Awards 2021”

Apply suitable theory in organisational cultures to features of the organisation to show to what extent employees in graduate positions might be likely to vote it the “Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Online Retail Services by UK Target Jobs Graduate Awards 2021”

  1. Ethics

In March 2022, a current UK Amazon employee working in the Midlands wrote this job review on the Indeed.com website:

“Not worth the stress. Management don’t care about you and would rather see you fail. They will find small little things to be able to fire you and when you try and progress (unless you’re a mate of a manager) you will not progress – and I mean you won’t even make team lead.”

Apply appropriate theory of organisational ethics to two examples of employee experiences to show to what extent Amazon treats its workers ethically.

 

  1. Motivation

Use case study materials the company website, news media and online reviews, evaluating theory and practice to show to what extent Amazon employees seem motivated to work towards the company’s objectives?

Answer this question by using theory to analyse examples from the Amazon case study materials to demonstrate what motivates the company’s employees and what demotivates them.

  1. Leadership

The Amazon website claims that:

“Our Leadership Principles aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging.”

Apply leadership theory to an analysis of four of the fourteen Leadership principles to show to what extent they contribute to the organisation’s success.

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.

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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.

To what extent are group-based interventions for the behavioural management of chronic health conditions a feasible and effective approach to care?

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Case study analysis

To what extent are group-based interventions for the behavioural management of chronic health conditions a feasible and effective approach to care? Choose up to two long-term conditions on which to base your answer.

Compare and contrast nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, and normal variables. In social science research, why isn’t it important to distinguish between interval and ratio variables? What percent of the area under the standard normal curve is within one standard deviation of (above or below) the mean? What does this tell you about scores that are more than one standard deviation away from the mean?

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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: MEASUREMENT AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Respond to the following short answer questions from Chapter Three in the Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett textbook:

If you have categorical, ordered data (such as low income, middle income, high income) what type of measurement would you have? Why?

D2.3.2. (a) Compare and contrast nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, and normal variables. (b) In social science research, why isn’t it important to distinguish between interval and ratio variables?

D2.3.3. What percent of the area under the standard normal curve is within one standard deviation of (above or below) the mean? What does this tell you about scores that are more than one standard deviation away from the mean?

D2.3.4. (a) How do z scores relate to the normal curve? (b) How would you interpret a z score of –3.0? (c) What percentage of scores is between a z of –2 and a z of +2? Why is this important?

D2.3.5. Why should you not use a frequency polygon if you have nominal data? What would be better to use to display nominal data?

 

Choose two modern leaders and assess their different approaches in leading their organization. Include the leadership theories that support each leader’s approaches. Indicate what you find they do effectively and how they could improve.

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OLB-7004 Week 3

For this week’s assignment, you will assess various approaches to leadership in multiple organizational contexts in the form of an infographic. Be sure to review this week’s introduction Spotlight for information on how to prepare an infographic. First, choose two modern leaders and assess their different approaches in leading their organization. Include the leadership theories that support each leader’s approaches. Indicate what you find they do effectively and how they could improve.

What kind of business and marketing strategies should entrepreneurs follow to find success? In particular, evaluate the different strategies that are used by entrepreneurial organisations at the start up phase, and during periods of growth, consolidation and underperformance. What are the quantitative and qualitative planning tools that entrepreneurs could use to assess and mitigate their risks? What are the common mistakes that first time entrepreneurs make?

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Business Plan for new idea, product or service

You are an inventor who has come up with a new idea for a product or service. You are keen to take this idea forward into a startup business. For this product or service, write a business plan to set up the business in the future. The product or service must be innovative (a new product or an improvement to an existing product) and you are expected to develop this idea into a viable technology-based business model. It is important that you demonstrate that you understand the market in which you are operating.

The structure of the business plan will be as follows:

(LO1 & LO2)
1. Drawing on the concept of causation and effectuation, conduct a feasibility study of your New Venture Concept, and explore the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship (Approximately 500 words).

(LO3 & LO4)
2. Conduct a competitive and STP analysis to evaluate the opportunity gap in the market and discuss why you are confident that this new business is feasible (Approximately 500 words).

(LO5)

3. Drawing on relevant frameworks and concepts, discuss your proposed business model and explain how the new venture will work. (Approximately 400 words)

(LO5)

4. What kind of business and marketing strategies should entrepreneurs follow to find success? In particular, evaluate the different strategies that are used by entrepreneurial organisations at the start up phase, and during periods of growth, consolidation and underperformance. (Approximately 400 words)

(LO6)

5. What are the quantitative and qualitative planning tools that entrepreneurs could use to assess and mitigate their risks? What are the common mistakes that first time entrepreneurs make? (Approximately 700 words)

Explain why they are considered a oligopoly How has the costly requirements of research and development along with patent protection affected the market structure of the pharmaceutical industry before covid-19?

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Basically You need to select 1 pharmaceutical company that produces a product that is with patent protection and are a monopoly. Explain why they are considered a oligopoly How has the costly requirements of research and development along with patent protection affected the market structure of the pharmaceutical industry before covid-19?

Write a report to Brew Dog CEO James Watt on the main problem(s) facing Brew Dog Report Assessment.

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Organisational Behaviour.

Write a report to Brew Dog CEO James Watt on the main problem(s) facing Brew Dog Report Assessment.

How did you contribute to the group work? What good practice did you see in other members of your group that made your group work effective? What practices did you notice that were disruptive to group work and how was it disruptive?

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Journal (review of presentation)

You should write between 250 and 500 words for the entry to be marked. The word limit is 500 words. you should reflect on the group work experience, up to and including the Presentation in Week 5, to include reflection on the following:

• How did you contribute to the group work?

• What good practice did you see in other members of your group that made your group work effective?

• What practices did you notice that were disruptive to group work and how was it disruptive?

• What did you learn on how to be effective in group work? How will apply it in the future?

• Identify 3 key concepts which you have learnt from the online Workbooks for Learning Goal 1.

Write a proposal to present to the Senior Management staff that addresses how to begin this diversification. Assume the business that has hired you is committed to training and education of people who have the talent, but may need some professional development, coaching, mentoring, etc.

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UNIT 7: Cultural Differences and Diversity in the Workplace

Submit a paper which is , exclusive of the reference page, and double-spaced. The paper should cite sources independent of the textbooks using APA format.

You have been hired by a company to help them diversify their workforce — your choose the type of company. Write a proposal to present to the Senior Management staff that addresses how to begin this diversification. Assume the business that has hired you is committed to training and education of people who have the talent, but may need some professional development, coaching, mentoring, etc. The CEO and Vice President for Human Resources have met with you and made it clear that diversity of all types is important, including cultural, gender and sexual orientation; they believe in inclusivity in the broadest of terms.

This company is looking for a proposal that is integrated into all key functions of the organization, including, Recruitment and Selection; Training and Development; Pay and Incentives; Performance Management and Appraisal; and anything else appropriate to the type of organization you choose. You should consider the geographic region where the company is located and the demographics of the people who live nearby. Along with proposal include recommendations for policies and procedures that need to be considered as part of this effort.