Why do you think the company reached the decision to diversify? What steps do you believe were taken? Explain your response using sources found during the research of your selected company.

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Critical Thinking for Business Decisions

For this assignment, analyze the diversification strategy of either Disney or Kimberly-Clark using the documents linked within your Soomo webtext. Explain how critical thinking applies to decision making based on your review of a real-world scenario. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Application: Explain how critical thinking for decision making is applicable to the scenario. Use evidence to support your explanations.
What makes critical thinking crucial for decision making?
Analysis: Explain how information (such as facts, opinions, and published reports) is used to determine or establish the context. Use evidence to support your explanations.
Why do you think the company reached the decision to diversify?
What steps do you believe were taken? Explain your response using sources found during the research of your selected company.
Conclusion and related outcomes: Describe the role of logic, evidence, and arguments in the company’s decision-making process.
Was the decision to expand products, services, or value chain successful? Why or why not?
To begin, choose one of the following to focus on for this assignment and review the corresponding document provided in the Soomo webtext.

What is a supply chain strategy? How does the supply chain strategy support the business strategy? How can supply chain professionals utilize a supply chain strategy to gain a competitive advantage?

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Unit 2 – Discussion Board

Supply chain strategy includes a long-range plan for the design and ongoing management of all supply chain decisions that define the structure, function, facilities, and priorities of the supply chain. Competitive priorities differentiate companies from their competitors to gain competitive advantage.

What is a supply chain strategy?
How does the supply chain strategy support the business strategy?
How can supply chain professionals utilize a supply chain strategy to gain a competitive advantage?

Was your country’s economic system more socialist or capitalist in 1990? Was it more or less socialist or capitalist in 2020? Explain the direction of change and what it suggest about the effectiveness of “Democratic Socialism”.

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Scandinavia — Worker’s Paradise or Capitalist Haven

Perhaps you’ve “felt the Bern” (Sen. Bernie Sanders) or heard other like sources talk about the Socialist (Worker’s) Paradise to be found in Scandinavia. Most often the focus is on Sweden, though the other two countries sometimes get similar attention. Here’s the gist of it: Scandinavia has given the world a “third-way” economic model referred to as Democratic Socialism that successfully integrates the wealth creation of Capitalism with the social safety net of Socialism. In this model, government grows in size and reach into individual lives and business operations with the associated increase of taxation for both groups. However, the benefits provided by said government outweigh the cost, according to the advocates. These same sources then go on to advocate this model for the United States.

Select a (just one!) Scandinavian country: Sweden, Norway or Denmark.
Review the definitions of Capitalism and Socialism below. Using these as a guide, look at the behavior of your chosen state within the framework provide.
Research its economic and political behavior from 1990 to 2020.
Now analyze.
Was your country’s economic system more socialist or capitalist in 1990?
Was it more or less socialist or capitalist in 2020?
Explain the direction of change and what it suggest about the effectiveness of “Democratic Socialism”.
Provide evidence for your conclusion.
Did the size of government grow or shrink during this time?
Did businesses have more or less control by the government during this time?
Did the tax rate for business and individuals grow or shrink during this time?
Using these and other questions that support your points, make your case — is your country more Capitalist or Socialist today?

What did you think the probability of winning the car was, before you watched the video? . How can you use probability and probability rules in arriving at the answer? What probability ideas does this demonstrate and use?

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MODULE 3: PROBABILITY PROJECT

The purpose of this Probability Project is to show your understanding of what you have learned in Module 3. You will watch a video and apply the appropriate probability concepts from this module. You will discuss your !earnings in a 2-page paper as outlined below.
Instructions
This is a fun assignment to do. In chapter 5 you learned about basic probability and learned about conditional probability. Now, you get to see these two in action. You may have heard of the TV game: “Let’s Make a Deal,” where at the end of the show, contestants are presented with 3 doors and they are informed that behind one of the doors is a brand-new car. So, the contestant chooses one of three doors. Then the game show host (First one was Monty Hall), opens a door and reveals a goat. Then Monty asks if the contestant wants to switch or not. So, the question is, what is the probability of winning? Should I stay, or should I switch? What would you do?
Imagine that the set of Monty Hall’s game show Let’s Make a Deal has three closed doors. Behind one of these doors is a car; behind the other two are goats. The contestant does not know where the car is, but Monty Hall does. The contestant picks a door and Monty opens one of the remaining doors, one he knows doesn’t hide the car. If the contestant has already chosen the correct door, Monty is equally likely to open either of the two remaining doors. After Monty has shown a goat behind the door that he opens, the contestant is always given the option to switch doors. What is the probability of winning the car if she stays with her first choice? What if she decides to switch? Think about what you think the answer is: stay or switch?
1. Watch a TEDEd video that explains the problem: “Should I stay or should I switch doors?”
2. Write a paper that includes:
a. What did you think the probability of winning the car was, before you watched the video? (3 points)
b. Information from the video what the answer really is (3 points)
c. How can you use probability and probability rules in arriving at the answer? What probability ideas does this demonstrate and use? Explain and give examples. You may use other sources as well but make sure to cite them (you may want to watch the extended version of the video if you are not sure, watch the Monty Hall Problem video. (15 points)
d. Are you surprised by the answer to the question “stay or switch”? Does it make sense? (3 points)
e. 2 pages long, using size 12 font, double spaced, cover page, references included. (3 points) References Should I stay or should I switch doors? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ed.ted.com/featured/PWb09pny

What is the difference between economic, social and cultural capital? How do they interact to produce socioeconomic class?

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Difference Matters

What is the difference between economic, social and cultural capital? How do they interact to produce socioeconomic class?

How should Julia construct an advertisement for the job? How can she ensure that the ad attracts well-qualified candidates? What principles should she be mindful of?

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Midterm Exam

This exam includes four sections featuring open-ended written questions. These questions ask you to apply your knowledge of human resource management systems in practical, realistic contexts. Your goal in this exam should be to demonstrate your ability to take an informed and thoughtful approach to human resource decisions. Please separate your answers to each assignment question by using headers.
1. Strategic HRM and Job Design
You are providing human resource management consulting to a client in Albany. Your client is Julia, owner of a dry cleaning business in downtown Albany, Julia’s Dry Cleaning. The company does dry cleaning, pressing and tailoring for walk-in customers and processes all uniforms for several security firms in the area. The company currently has 14 employees and is beginning to plan for expansion. Julia knows her sales have grown 15% over the last year. She hopes to continue at this rate. She has asked for your help with planning. She thinks she needs an assistant to help with office tasks, but she might also need someone to handle overflow at the walk-in counter.
1. What questions should you ask her to help determine the kind of human resources she really needs?
2. Assuming she’s sure she wants an administrative assistant, how would you go about determining what this person’s job would consist of? How should you identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics needed for this position?
3. What steps could be taken to ensure this job is appealing and engaging for the employee?
2. Recruitment
Julia is ready to hire that administrative assistant and needs help with a recruitment plan.
1 Where would you suggest she go to do her recruiting? Identify five appropriate sources and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each for this client.
2 How should Julia construct an advertisement for the job? How can she ensure that the ad attracts well-qualified candidates? What principles should she be mindful of?
3. Selection
Julia needs help with preparing a process for selection and interviewing.
1 Assuming that Julia has a large number of applications, how should Julia narrow the list of candidates and decide who to interview? What do you think she should focus on?
2 Create an interview procedure for Julia. Assume that she will be the one doing the interview. What process should she use? What kind of questions should she ask?
3 What steps should Julia take to minimize bias during selection? What advice would you give her in order to avoid legal liability and ensure an ethical selection process?
4. Training & Onboarding
Julia would like your help to create an orientation procedure for this new employee.
1 What types of things might the employee need to learn about this company and this job?
2 Using what you’ve learned about onboarding, put together a sample orientation program for Julia. Pay attention to how people learn. We want this to be a productive experience both for the new employee and for the organization as a whole, so think strategically…(is it sufficient to offer coffee and donuts along with required forms to fill out? What should orientation really accomplish?)

How could an organization measure the effectiveness of its pay-for-performance plan(s)? From an employee’s perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

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Organizational Pay for Performance

The paper may be based on a business entity of your choosing from the public or private sector and must answer the following Research Questions:

1. How could an organization measure the effectiveness of its pay-for-performance plan(s)?

2. From an employee’s perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

3. From an employer’s perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

Include an explanation of how you will measure whether the solution is successful in addressing the problem and meeting the needs of the business, employees, and customers.

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Solution Evaluation Tools

The purpose of this assignment is to explain how you will evaluate and measure the success of the problem solution you intend to implement in the organization.

This solution evaluation process will be used to determine the potential success of your implemented solution. Success can be measured using both qualitative and quantitative methods, therefore it is important to determine which tools and metrics you will use to evaluate the data you have collected.

In this assignment, you will use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the financial outcomes of your solution. Create a data chart or graph to most effectively display the cost-benefit evaluation metrics that you will use to measure the success of your solution. Review the study material “Cost Benefit Analysis Solution Evaluation” Excel spreadsheet to assist you. Then, write 250-word explanation of the degree of confidence you have regarding the cost-benefit analysis and the assumptions you are required to make for cost, risk, benefits, and the financial outcome of your proposed solution. Include an explanation of how you will measure whether the solution is successful in addressing the problem and meeting the needs of the business, employees, and customers.

This summary will be used as part of the Business Proposal Presentation in Topic 7 and within the Final Business Proposal in Topic 8. Evidence of revision from instructor feedback will be assessed on the final business proposal.

Explain how our product (shoes) will get from a warehouse in California to various festivals (ie. Lollapalooza) throughout the U.S. efficiently.

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Hypothetical shoe company.

Explain how our product (shoes) will get from a warehouse in California to various festivals (ie. Lollapalooza) throughout the U.S. efficiently.
Put any citations in Chicago format. As many sources as needed there is no minimum or maximum for this section.
This is a follow on to a current project that requires a short explanation of the logistics, transportation , and distribution. It is for a hypothetical shoe company.

Identify what legal claims Sunshine Yoga might have against The Friendly Dawg and landlord Lou, based on those tort laws and related legal principles.

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Final Project – Scenario

The Friendly Dawg is a retail pet supply store owned by Dave Dawgs. Dave has worked in the store since high school and took over running the store after his father died two years ago. Originally the store sold only pet food and supplies, such as animal food, bird cages, water bowls, pet beds, and so forth. Upon taking ownership, Dave added fish tanks with fish for sale. Recently he built a kennel and cages in a former storage area in the rear of the store in order to sell live animals, such as snakes, birds, dogs, and cats. Landlord Lou came by during renovations and asked what was going on. One of Dave’s employees told Lou that The Friendly Dawg was expanding its inventory and needed the space. Landlord Lou told the employee, “Very exciting! Good luck!”
A few weeks later, landlord Lou began receiving complaints from the neighboring tenant, the Sunshine Yoga studio, that the noise from the dogs and parrots was very disruptive.
The signed lease between Dave Dawg’s deceased father and Lou describes the business as a pet supply store only and does not mention selling live animals. The lease specifies a rent in the amount of $500 a month. Sunshine Yoga does not have a written lease. The owner of Sunshine Yoga, Jasmine, met Lou one night in a bar two years ago where he verbally offered to rent her the space for $300 a month. Jasmine claims that landlord Lou told her that night that she could rent from him forever and that he would never evict her.
Lou called Dave, asking him to quiet the animals. Dave said he would try, but the complaints from Jasmine continued. Dave also demanded that Lou improve the air-conditioning system, claiming it was too hot in the rear of the store for his animals and it was causing them to become agitated. Landlord Lou refused, claiming that air-conditioning was not meant to cool that area and it was not his job as landlord to take care of live animals.
Dave stopped paying his rent, claiming that he was not obligated to do so because Lou was breaching his obligation under the lease to maintain the property in good repair. The next day, a dangerous snake escaped through the air vents and slithered into the neighboring yoga studio, frightening Jasmine, the owner, such that she had a heart attack.
After recovering, Jasmine stopped paying her rent, claiming that the premises were unsafe due to the presence of wild animals. She also claimed that she has been very depressed and anxious as a result of the ongoing situation. And she contends that she has lost clients because of the noise coming from The Friendly Dawg.
The Friendly Dawg has been a good tenant, enjoys a strong customer base, and pays more in rent than Sunshine Yoga. Sunshine Yoga has always been late with rent, and Jasmine constantly bothers Lou over minor issues.
Directions
Write two short papers—one on contract law and one on tort law.
Contract Law
Evaluate the potential rights, claims, defenses, obligations, and remedies for each party from the perspective of contract law. Determine whether landlord Lou has a right to evict either party. Use reliable resources, such as the textbook and other course resources, to support your evaluation. Specifically, include the following components in your evaluation:
Contract between The Friendly Dawg and landlord Lou
Analyze the scenario to determine whether a valid contract still exists between The Friendly Dawg and landlord Lou.
Explain the elements of a valid contract, and identify which contract elements, if any, exist between The Friendly Dawg and landlord Lou.
Analyze the potential rights, claims, defenses, obligations, and remedies available to both landlord Lou and The Friendly Dawg in this scenario.
Support your analysis by referencing specific legal principles or laws.
Contract between Sunshine Yoga and landlord Lou
Analyze the scenario to determine whether a valid contract still exists between Sunshine Yoga and landlord Lou.
Explain the elements of a valid contract, and identify which contract elements, if any, exist between Sunshine Yoga and landlord Lou.
Analyze the potential rights, claims, defenses, obligations, and remedies available to both landlord Lou and Sunshine Yoga in this scenario.
Support your analysis by referencing specific legal principles or laws.
Grounds to evict
Describe whether, based on your analysis of each party’s rights and obligations, landlord Lou has the grounds to evict either The Friendly Dawg or Sunshine Yoga.
Support your conclusions by referencing specific legal principles or laws.
Include a References section and cite your sources using APA style.
Tort Law
Evaluate the implications of tort law in this scenario and what legal claims Sunshine Yoga might have. Use reliable resources, such as the textbook and other course resources, to support your evaluation. Specifically, include the following components in your evaluation:
Tort law: Define what tort law is and how torts may affect business practices.
Relevant tort laws: Identify tort laws relevant to the scenario, specifically the incident involving the snake.
Legal claims
Identify what legal claims Sunshine Yoga might have against The Friendly Dawg and landlord Lou, based on those tort laws and related legal principles.
Support your conclusions by referencing the applicable tort laws and related legal principles.
Include a References section and cite your sources using APA style.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following two papers:
Contract Law
Your submission should be a 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Tort Law
Your submission should be a 1-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.