What legal tests could be employed to determine whether Joy is an independent contractor or employee? Based on these tests, what is your conclusion as to Joy’s status: independent contractor or employee?

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CASE STUDY

Scenario:

Joy, an estate planner, works on a contract basis for our clients at Strong Estates. On occasion, we contract Joy to handle a specific client for a specific estate planning job. Per our contract with Joy for these specific clients, she is paid a commission on a weekly basis based on the overall fee received by the firm. When working for these specific clients, Joy is able to use our office space, equipment, and any supplies necessary to complete the job. To ensure a consistent work product and regulatory compliance, Joy submits her work to a supervisor, who approves it and sends it to the client on behalf of our firm. Recently, we had to lay Joy off in the middle of a job, and she filed for unemployment compensation.

Research relevant U.S labor laws on employee protection and personnel management.

Write a 850-word paper that will create awareness of the basic labor laws related to personnel management among the organization’s employees.

Address the following in your paper:

  • What legal tests could be employed to determine whether Joy is an independent contractor or employee?
  • Based on these tests, what is your conclusion as to Joy’s status: independent contractor or employee?
  • Discuss the applicable labor laws for protecting 1) the employee and 2) the independent contractor.
  • Discuss your thoughts on the organization’s liabilities when a contractor gets terminated from service.

 

Summarize the different theories explaining trade flows between nations. Recognize why many economists believe that unrestricted free trade between nations will raise the economic welfare of countries that participate in a free trade system

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International Trade Theory

Explain  why nations trade with each other.

Summarize the different theories explaining trade flows between nations.

Recognize why many economists believe that unrestricted free trade between nations will raise the economic welfare of countries that participate in a free trade system.

Explain the arguments of those who maintain that government can play a proactive role in promoting national competitive advantage in certain industries.

Understand the important implications that international trade theory holds for management practice

 

How much would it mean to you that a company operated in a sustainable way? Would you pay 5 percent, 10 percent, or 25 percent more for a product if the quality was the same as nonsustainable alternatives? What if the quality of the product was lower but the price the same?

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Sustainability Initiatives at Natura, The Body Shop, and Aesop

  1. With its three core companies (Natura Cosmetics, The Body Shop, and Aesop), Natura & Co SA blends three different business models for interacting with the customer. In the end, all three models are focused on sustainable business practices. What can other companies learn from Natura & Co SA on how to be sustainable?
  1. The Body Shop has been a leader in banning animal testing of cosmetics products worldwide since the 1980s and is tirelessly working to ban animal testing in the cosmetics industry. Is this part of being sustainable or is animal testing a different focus?
  1. Aesop is not using traditional advertisements or discount sales to promote its products. Instead, Aesop gets its promotional communication mostly by word-of-mouth for the design of its products, stores, and events, which are a singular mix of indulgent product experiences, thoughtful language,and modern minimalist design. If you had to interact with Natura & Co SA, which customer engage-ment model—Natura’s, The Body Shop’s, or Aesop’s—would be the best for you and why?
  1. How much would it mean to you that a company operated in a sustainable way? Would you pay 5 percent, 10 percent, or 25 percent more for a product if the quality was the same as nonsustainable alternatives? What if the quality of the product was lower but the price the same?

 

Discuss how the values can be integral to a company’s profitability and success. Identify best practices for cascading company values throughout the organization. Discuss the process you completed to create a personal values profile. List the values.

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Unit 4 Assignment

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 in an implementation plan into the process so it is actionable. Select one business from the current winners of the Malcolm Baldrige Award Recipients. Assume that you are the new CEO of this business who has goals of expanding your business. You can select one or more from the following list, or develop your own goals:

Expand nationally or internationally
Change your business offering(s) or target customers
Merger or acquisition
Another goal of your choice
Select a company that you have not used for another assignment. Practicing with more than one company will give you greater insight into how the processes you use may need to be tailored to the company or industry differences.

For this 6- to 8-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.
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 to provide additional context.
As the new CEO, identify the growth goal(s) that you would like to achieve including a rationale for this choice(s). Present any research and due diligence you have conducted on the efficacy of this goal, i.e., competition who have achieved/failed at this goal, possible Return on Investment (R.O.I.) or impact on company productivity or effectiveness.

Section 2 – Mission

Present research supporting the advantages and disadvantages of changing a company mission statement. Support your content with at least two readings/videos from the unit readings, as well as two other sources that do not need to be scholarly.
Identify what impact changing a mission statement could have on other company business processes. This should include descriptions for all stakeholders. Support your content with at least two readings/videos from this unit, and at least two other sources you uncover in your research (see note below for use of sources). You may also include any personal examples you have to share, if applicable.
Conduct research on at least two companies that have changed their missions statement, and:
Identify the differences between the original mission statement and the revised version. Discuss what the advantages and disadvantages were to changing the mission.
Review the revised mission statement and discuss if it met the standards set by Burkus.
Given the research you have conducted, as the new CEO of your company, will you be changing the mission statement? If you will be changing the mission, what process will you be using?

Section 3 – Values

Values-Based Leadership. In this section, you will be covering the items listed below. Support your content with at least two readings/videos from this unit, and at least two other sources you find in your research (see note below for use of sources). You may also include any personal examples you have to share, if applicable.
Describe the importance of values-based leadership.
Discuss how the values can be integral to a company’s profitability and success.
Identify best practices for cascading company values throughout the organization.
Discuss the process you completed to create a personal values profile. List the values.
Based on your research, describe the process you will use to complete the following. You may use both descriptive and graphic representation tools (i.e., flow charts) to present this process. If using a drawing tool, please include a link to your illustration, or attach a file to your post. (If you are unsure how to attach a link or file to your post, contact the help desk.)
Determine how completely the current values are embedded throughout the organization.
Gain stakeholder input into how your values can be incorporated into the current values.
Measure the success of this new values profile on business success.

NOTE: If your research efforts produce scholarly sources that support the research required to complete multiple items, then you will only need to use two sources plus the required readings.

Remember that:

All papers must be submitted in the current APA format. The Academic Success Center provides good resources and writing tutors for any additional support you will need.
All elements of the assignment must be covered to receive full credit.
Research sources, unless specified by the rubric will be considered scholarly sources.
For a review and tutorial on how to write a scholarly source and APA-compliant paper, review Getting Started with APA Style from the Academic Writer resource located in the left navigation of your course.

Discuss the reasons why companies should or should not consider a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program. Consider issues of security and privacy in your discussion.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Discuss the reasons why companies should or should not consider a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program. Consider issues of security and privacy in your discussion.

Requirements: 500-750 Words Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and Reference Pages

 

Identify what a business process is and mention its benefits and disadvantages. Discuss what a workflow diagram is and how it can help organizations.

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Discussion questions

  • Identify what a business process is and mention its benefits and disadvantages.
  • Discuss what a workflow diagram is and how it can help organizations.
  • Select an organization you are familiar with and share the details of the workflow diagram. How many steps are in the process? How many people are in the process? Did the process have errors, time sensitivity, bottlenecks? Is the diagram effective?
  • Discuss the biggest challenge and benefits of the workflow of your selected organization. How would you improve the workflow diagram for them?
  • Explain why your new workflow design is better and how it will improve the success of the organization.

 

Based on your reading and viewing this week, discuss how your decision-making in the leadership role of the Patient Zero simulation adopted either servant leadership or the art of persuasion. If it did not, why?

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Adaptive leadership through servant leadership and the art of persuasion.

We added the stewardship of adaptive leadership through servant leadership and the art of persuasion. Based on your reading and viewing this week, discuss how your decision-making in the leadership role of the Patient Zero simulation adopted either servant leadership or the art of persuasion. If it did not, why? Be specific about your thought process and why you made the decisions supportive or contrary to stewardship or persuasion.

Creating your own solutions, describe how you would improve your company’s culture through understanding the cultural values that drive the consumer behavior of your target customers.

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Customer service culture

Creating your own solutions, describe how you would improve your company’s culture through understanding the cultural values that drive the consumer behavior of your target customers. If you want to write using product examples, you may use any products that are in the market today or any imaginary products that could be in the market sometime in the future.

Be as specific as possible with the example(s) in each response.
* Become a mystery shopper to test your staff’s behavior
*Reward your people for embracing a multi-cultural environment

Using both examples the paper should have at least 3 pages of content. MicroSoft Word using APA 7th edition formatting. Include a cover page, an abstract page, a reference page, and one, double-spaced body page that answers the prompts you select from the list above

What is the difference between HR plans and HRM strategic plans? How are they the same? How are they different?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

What is the difference between HR plans and HRM strategic plans? How are they the same? How are they different?

Exercise Instructions: You are required to submit a 2-Page (Title Page and Content Page), APA formatted paper with substantial content. Substantial content requires staying on topic and fully addresses the assignment in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner. The deliverable length of your posting responses must be at least 2-pages, (Title Page and Content Page) APA format.

Link to Book:Author Removed At Request Of Original Publisher. (2016, March 22). 2.1 Strategic Planning – Human Resource Management. Pressbooks.https://open.lib.umn.edu/humanresourcemanagement/chapter/2-1-strategic-planning/

 

Analyze business transactions using the accounting equation. Identify and prepare basic financial statements and explain how they interrelate. Explain the steps in processing transactions.

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Business transactions

Analyze business transactions using the accounting equation.

Identify and prepare basic financial statements and explain how they interrelate. Explain the steps in processing transactions.

Describe an account and its use in recording transactions.

Describe a ledger and a chart of accounts.

Define debits and credits and explain double-entry accounting.