Category: Business and Management

Formative Assessment: Employee Development Plans 
In this formative assessment, conduct research into the current practices in your organization related to employee development. Most organizations have some type of plan to develop their employees at all levels.  
Prepare an outline that features the components of your organization’s employee development plan.  
Consider these questions: 
What types of activities are available for employees to enhance their skills? 
How do employees learn about these activities or opportunities? Are they listed on the website? Is it part of the hiring/onboarding process? Are they emailed to the entire team? 
Are these opportunities available monthly? Quarterly? Yearly? 
What opportunities are available for high-performing employees who want to move up the ranks?  
What are the strengths and weaknesses in this plan? 
What leadership approaches do you notice as you research the various activities? 
I work for the VETERANS HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

Instructions
1. This assignment consists of 10 questions.
Each question is worth 20 points.
2. You need to work out all the problems provided in this document.
3. You need to provide details/explanations of your solutions, indicate any
formulas you are using, and clearly show your work.
4. This assignment is 20% of your final grade for this course.
5. It covers the material from weeks 6 through 9 (theory related to matrices)

In this assignment, you will analyze a complaint letter that outlines significant concerns within CapraTek related to wage disparities, gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination. Your task is to propose preventative measures that could have been implemented by the company, to avoid legal liability. Your analysis and recommendations should consider salient facts from the complaint letter, applicable U.S. federal laws or regulations, potential harm to the company and its employees, and ethical implications. Furthermore, you will identify individuals and departments responsible for implementing the proposed measures and suggest possible legal defenses for the company in case of litigation.
Assignment Requirements
Analyze the complaints within the CapraTek Employee Complaint Letter [DOCX] and associated liability. Develop recommended measures that could have reduced liability for CapraTek. In formulating your analysis and recommendations, include the following:
Summarize salient facts alleged in the complaint letter, identifying viable legal liability exposure for a company.
Describe associated U.S. federal laws or regulations and how they are relevant to the identified liabilities.
Discuss the potential harm to the company, its employees, and its workplace culture that could result from a lawsuit emanating from the selected complaint.
Propose multiple realistic preventative measures that could have been used to avoid legal liability, using objective and fact-based arguments.
Identify the individuals and departments that would need to be involved in the proposed measures.
Suggest possible, viable legal defenses the company could assert in a litigation context in order to defeat the complainant’s claims, including a rationale for use of the strategies. Suggesting legal defenses typically involves a challenge to the allegations themselves, any contribution on the part of the employee bringing the case, a lack of credible evidence, or other potential factors beyond the control of the employer, et cetera.
Analyze the ethical implications of the scenario and suggest measures that address ethical issues.
Apply a recognized ethical code or framework (e.g., the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Society for Human Resource Management Code of Ethics) and clearly connect the conduct to ethical principles.

Please answer the following questions in 200 words or more. Place the essay answer in the submission box as a single Word Doc by Sunday at 11:59 a.m.
Read the following cases. Describe the issues in each case, determine the issues, then clearly explain the differences between bilateral and unilateral contracts using the analysis from each of the cases. Provide one example of a bilateral contract and one example of a unilateral contract. Bilateral Contracts: Izadi v. Machado (Gus) Ford, Inc., 550 So. 2d 1135 (1989).
Unilateral Contracts:
Cook v. Coldwell Banker, 967 S.W. 2d 654 (1998).
Keep the following in mind when drafting your essay:
1) When addressing legal opinions, use the IRAC method. IRAC stands for Issue, Rules, Analysis (sometimes referred to as application), Conclusion. Discussing an opinion using an IRAC will ensure that you address the relevant aspects of each opinion. 2) Write the essay in a manner where it is clear you understand the concept. Repeating concepts from the text does not illustrate to me that you understand the material. The best essays will include an example or illustration of the concept discussed.
3) NO PLAGIARISM! Remember that, even when discussing case law or information from the text book, you must quote and cite any material taken directly from the case. As a general rule, keep quotations to 10% or less and paraphrase all other relevant information.

Case study is in the image should be used along with other sources. Case study text comes   from Business Ethics : A stakeholder and issues management approach by Joseph Weiss  

Dear Class,
You and your team have been charged, by Senior Management, with designing a training targeted at improving the overall Cultural Intelligence within your organization. 
The training module should contain an Introduction, a description of the training components and logistics, and a set of clearly articulated Learning Objectives that guide the training topics and methods chosen. 
Each group member will be responsible for creating at least one learning objective and the content that will be covered related to the objective. Suggested activities to help training participants achieve the learning objectives should also be included.  
Each member will need to be conducted research to both create the learning objective and to assist in the creation of content.  Citations used should clearly bolster the choices being made. 
Learning objectives should be ‘SMART’ (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound)
The Training should cover the following topics at a minimum:
Elements of culture
Metacognitive Strategies
The Cultural Intelligence Model
Self-Efficacy and Cultural Intelligence

It should have 5 chapters
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2- literature review
Chapter 3- Methodology
Chapter 4- data presentation
Chapter 5- conclusions and recommendations

In this activity, you will compose a business letter that includes an inquiry (question). 
Scenario: You are the manager of the Strategic Partnership department of Peachy Keen Images, located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Now that you have informed the legal department of your intent to make a business partnership with All’s Fair Distribution, you need to create a follow-up inquiry.
You have met with the team at All’s Fair, and you know a few things about the cost to you. You have decided to add a new color and cut of a shirt to your business. Send an inquiry letter using the template below and include the following:
Explain the new product you would like to carry 
Remember, it’s both a new cut and color
Explain that you think it will be quick to sell
You anticipate that it will be a “hot ticket” item because of the new cut and color
Ask the business how much more it would cost to add this product to the contract
You want to inquire how this might change the negotiations you already have in place
Your inquiry must be written using professional language and be free of grammatical errors.
Template:
(Sender Information only has)
Company Name
Address
Date
(Who are you sending to info)
Name
Company
Street Address
City, State Zip
Salutation:
Body of letter Paragraph one
Body of letter Paragraph two
Closing,
3 spaces
Name
Title

Please use the following links and view the attachments. 
https://www.bplans.com/sample-business-plans/
https://brandastic.com/blog/best-ways-to-advertise-your-business/
https://naibuzz.com/much-money-ryan-toys-review-makes-youtube/

Write a two to three page application paper, using the reading from the PowerPoints slides attached as your sources also to reflect on your ability to apply the material to everyday situations. All papers should be completed in APA format – please utilize the APA template available