Despite the current conditions, unions have not given up and, in some instances, are trying new approaches or new locations to expand membership.   One such effort is the ongoing attempt by the United Auto Workers (UAW) to establish a foothold in auto factories in the South. An attempt was made at a VW plant in Tennessee early in 2014, and after a contentious and divisive campaign, the UAW lost a close election. However, the UAW apparently was not discouraged by this outcome and are at it again. In 2015 the UAW has continued an effort to organize a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, as well as the VW plant in Tennessee.

Search the web for all you can find both on the effort to unionize the VW plant in Tennessee and the Mercedes plant in Alabama.  The paper you will write will essentially have two sections, and should be appropriately separated. In section 1 you should analyze the approach/strategy utilized by the UAW in Tennessee, with the approach used in Alabama. What are the differences and similarities between the approaches? Are conditions in the two plants similar or different that would justify using either the same or a different approach? Why do you think they again focused on a plant making a German brand, what is the significance of doing so? Discuss these questions and whether you think the UAW will be any more successful this time around, in either Tennessee or Alabama.

 

In section 2 of the paper you will need to explore the social, political, and economic factors at play in the South. Why is an anti-union attitude apparently so prevalent in the South? Who does this opposition to unions benefit and why? Who does it harm and why? Would union-level wages and benefits provide an economic boost to many of the Southern states that have some of the lowest average incomes and highest levels of poverty in the nation? Why or why not? What do you believe are the reasons behind the opposition to unions in the South? And why is the UAW determined to unionize plants there?

 

write a 6-8 page paper (exclusive of cover and reference pages). The paper must be word-processed, double-spaced with 1” margins, 12 point font, follow APA 6^th Edition format, and be free of spelling and grammatical errors. At a minimum, you should utilize, cite within the text of your paper, and reference at least three sources for each of the two sections. Please see the rubric in the Weekly Materials section

-Explain the differences in political risk and return between a licensing agreement with a foreign firm and the acquisition of a foreign firm

 

2-Answer the following questions regarding indirect intervention.

a. Why would the Fed’s indirect intervention have a stronger impact on some currencies than others?

b. Why would the Fed’s indirect intervention have a stronger impact than its direct intervention?

 

3-Answer the following questions regarding PPP and the IFE.

Assume that the nominal interest rate in Mexico is 48% and the interest rate in the United States is 8% for 1-year securities that are free from default risk.

a. What does the IFE suggest about the differential in expected inflation in these two countries?

b. Using this information and the PPP theory, what is the expected nominal return to U.S. investors who invest in Mexico? Assume that the real interest rates in Mex

The purpose of this assignment is togive you the opportunity to: (a) better understand theories and concepts we discussed in this course, (b) implement theoretical concepts into practice, and (c) improve your critical thinking and writing skills.
Please carefully read the “Reenergizing Employees After a Downsizing” case study (located on the second page), and then prepare a written summary of your assessment about the below fourquestions. This assignment requires critical thinking in addition to an understanding of the course material. To answer the below questions, please use the relevant concepts and theories discussed in Chapters 2, 3, 5, and6which include task performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, motivation theories, psychological empowerment, justice, trust, and ethics.You must use and properly cite at least three external sources (e.g., books, journal articles. etc.)not including your textbook and lecture slides, to further explain your answers.
Questions:
1. Putting yourself in the shoes of Andrea, which of the four justice dimensions (distributive, procedural, interpersonal, informational) is most important in the morning briefing? Should Andrea be honest and informative in explaining corporate actions in the downsizing, or should she be more guarded?What would be the ethical implications of those two options?Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapter 6.
2. Drawing discussions on justice and ethics, what advice would you give to Andrea in terms of her use of the bigger compensation budget? Would you give everyone a short-term “retention bonus” or a more permanent raise? Or would you leverage those funds to support the changes in the work structure, especially for those staffers with an especially expanded workload? What would be the ethical implications of those options?Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapters5 and 6.
3. Whichmotivation theories and motivational factors would Andrea apply when combining areas for the staffers? Is there a way to give the new versions of their jobs a higher satisfaction potential than the pre-downsizing versions?Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapters 3 and 5.
4. How much voice and input would you recommend Andrea give to the staffers, as the Blaze transitions to its “new normal”? What are the pluses of giving such input and what would be the dangers associated with it? How could those dangers be mitigated? Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapters 2, 3, and 5.

Reenergizing Employees After a Downsizing
(This case study was developed by J. Colquitt, J. Lepine, and M. Wesson)
Andrea Zuckerman is the editor in chief of the Blaze, a small, college-town newspaper owned by a large national conglomerate. After the latest round of downsizing at the Blaze, Andrea is going tohold briefings today to reenergize the remaining employees and inform them about the new changes.In fact, she had been aware of the impending downsizing for some time. However,she had to hold her tongue while the corporate wheels turned. She did not agree with how the corporate consultants had determined who would go, which was largely determined by who had the highest salaries. Moreover, she did not agree with how the news was being delivered—not by her, but by a consultant who would be a complete stranger to all involved. “They are taking away our wisest,” she noted, “and they are taking away those folks’ dignity for good measure.”
Andrea was aware of the reasons behind the downsizing. She was, after all, working in a dying industry. Every newspaper, from the New York Times and Washington Post down to the smallest rag in the smallest town, had a sliver of the readership of a decade ago. First it was 24-hour cable news, then the Internet, then smartphones. Each made newspapers less central to the current events consumption of the folks in a given town. Corporate had tried to stay ahead of these trends when they bought the Blaze, an event that had been marked by a smaller round of downsizing as costs were cut, the paper was scaled back, and Tuesday and Wednesday deliveries were ended. However, there had been hope associated with those changes, with everyone assuming that corporate resources could help the Blaze reinvent itself and leverage new technologies to stay relevant.
This time around, the Blaze is confronting a “new normal.” Its function moving forward will be to serve as a local portal to the broader news resources offered by corporate. When folks in town log on to the Blazeusing either their web browser or their smartphone or tablet app, they will see a combination of local stories written by Blaze staff and national and world stories authored by staff at other papers under the corporate umbrella. Eventually the print version of the paper will be a weekend-only phenomenon, and even that will almost certainly end at some point. All these changes mean that the paper will need fewer reporters, photographers, artists, and section editors, not to mention fewer assistants. There may also need to be some restructuring and merging of assignments and duties.
Andrea is worried about what to say to the staff at the morning briefing. As the survivors of a poorly handled layoff, it will be on her to restore some semblance of morale. After all, the last thing the paper needs is its remaining staff giving two weeks’ notice. In fact, they are going to need to be more committed than ever, because more is going to be asked of them than when they were hired. She will have to be somewhat careful with this speech, of course, as the HR person installed by corporate—Jessie Vasquez—will no doubt remind her. Jessie is good at his job in many ways, even if Andrea complains about his general level of risk aversion. Jessie’s primary concerns will revolve around Andrea saying something that could either trigger a wrongful termination suit, or be used as ammunition if such a suit was brought by a staffer against corporate.
The afternoon briefing is going to be more complicated. That is where Andrea hopes to begin charting a course toward the “new normal,” so that everyone understands what they will be in for. The rumor mill has already been working overtime, and many of the scenarios being floated might actually wind up being worse than the eventual status quo. Therefore, it is important to begin discussing the future look of the Blaze quickly, to create some information to go along with the misinformation. Andrea does not want to make decisions about that future course too quickly, as nothing will undermine the staff’s confidence more than a collection of faulty ideas that gets revised a few months into its existence.
There are a lot of things to consider when contemplating the new operations of the Blaze. The paper has historically grouped its functions into five areas: state, city, sports, lifestyle, and business. It seems to Andrea that those five areas will need to get merged into two or three. The reporters, photographers, artists, and editors in those areas will still perform the same duties. They will just do those duties for a broader range of content than they did before. However, Andrea is undecided about groupings. Some groupings seem logical to Andrea, but maybe the staff working in those areas would find other combinations more appealing. Furthermore, it seems like the degree of “enlargement” will vary a bit. Some staffers will be taking on just a little bit more, whereas others will be taking on a lot more. The paper will need both groups to perform their tasks, and perform them well.
There is also the matter of who’s willing and able to shoulder a lot more rather than a little more. Andrea knows from experience that this can be a dicey issue. Some staffers excel at a narrowly defined set of duties but struggle once those duties are expanded. Others seem to lack any limit to what they can take on, at least in the short term. Aside from her own hunches, Andrea does not know how to tell one group from the other. Everyone at the Blaze filled out a bunch of assessments and inventories when corporate acquired the paper, and all that information should be in everyone’s personnel files. It may not offer definitive answers, but it is a good bet that the information would offer at least some insights.
Asking some staffers to take on a lot more while others are asked to take on a little more could be a recipe for controversy. Indeed, Andrea has already been getting complaints about the relative workloads across areas for years! In this regard, corporate might actually help for a change. It turns out that they tend to budget more for compensation-related expenditures in the wake of a downsizing. They have learned from experience that survivors sometimes need a bit of a bump to stay committed, and they have also learned that “downsizees” occasionally need to be hired back, this time at the going rate for the job market. Corporate can justify such expenses because the downsizing still results in a cost savings, even with extra for the survivors factored in. She may have to check with Jessie, but Andrea suspects she could leverage those extra funds in a creative way, to make the new pay structure match up with the new job structure.
Certainly there are a lot of moving parts to the kinds of restructuring that Andrea is contemplating. Although her role as the editor in chief gives her the best “big picture” sense of how all those parts look from 20,000 feet, it is still not clear that she knows everything she needs to know (even with Jessie’s help). On the one hand, it might be helpful to involve the Blaze’s staff in the decision making, as the future course of the paper gets charted. That would give them “buy-in” and ensure that all the bases are covered as a new structure takes shape. On the other hand, keeping reporters, photographers, artists, and editors on the same page is often like herding cats. What if she asks for suggestions and the staffers take off in completely different directions? Once the Pandora’s box of “input” is opened, it is not clear that even Andrea could get it shut again.
Although the new day-to-day work of the Blaze staff is foremost on Andrea’s mind, she cannot help but think of a bigger-picture issue that hangs over everything. Will the staffers still feel the same way about not just their jobs, but their vocations? It was hard enough when the Blaze was first acquired by corporate. Many of the staffers had been attracted to “Blaze 1.0” because it was a small-town operation. They could live in a charming place with a low cost of living, and could do their work the way they wanted to. The more corporate “Blaze 2.0” brought with it a certain degree of standardization, with corporate imposing some common work practices that it had honed in other, mostly bigger papers. Nevertheless, at the end of the day, everyone was still in the newspaper business.
Even if a new structure works out, and even if the compensation issues get solved, the move to “Blaze 3.0” poses a more existential threat. Is everyone still in the newspaper business or are they now in the web portal business? How much of their identity is wrapped up in the feeling of seeing someone read the paper at a coffee shop or pick it up off a doorstep? Finally, what does it mean for the Blaze to focus only on local news, no longer being able to weigh in on world and national events, issues, trends, sports, and buzz? These issues hit home especially deeply for Andrea. Not only was her father in the newspaper business, but also her grandfather was. They used to joke that “ink was in their blood.” One day there might not even be any ink.
Some motivational clichés could be sprinkled into the morning and afternoon briefings, of course. However, Andrea has never been the rah-rah type, and the pain of losing so many colleagues would likely cause such speechifying to fall on deaf ears. Maybe this is how encyclopedia salespeople felt, or typewriter manufacturers, once upon a time. Maybe there is something Andrea could do to retain some of the meaning and “romanticism” in what the Blaze does. The paper has always been so focused on the day-by-day, issue-by-issue pressures of the job. Maybe it has missed some opportunities to do something larger for the town or the nearby campus.
Instructions

Writing Tips:
Writing skills are often a factor in employers’ decisions to hire and promote individuals. Furthermore, it is difficult to lead and motivate others without the ability to effectively communicate your message(s). Therefore,you are strongly encouraged to take this opportunity to strengthen your writing skills.Here are a few helpful tips regarding good writing practices:
Make a clear, linear presentation of ideas using paragraphs to organize ideas and denote transitions.
Watch out for common errors such as: lack of an apostrophe in possessive nouns, using slang terms or inappropriate jargon, excessive use of abbreviations, lack of parallel noun/pronouns (singular/plural), and beginning a sentence with “this” or “that” without offering a clear indication to what the term is referring.
Be careful not to confuse words that sound similar when spoken, such as affect/effect and their/there/they’re.
Proofread thoroughly. Employing the spell check function alone often results in missed errors (for example, using “manger” rather than “manager”).

Content & Format:
Your written analysis must address the research questions and implement theoretical concepts into practice.
In your assessment, you are expected to include citations to relevant theories and concepts. You should have a minimum of THREEexternal references not including the textbook and lecture presentations.
References may be books, articles from technical journals (such as the Journal of Applied Psychology or Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes), professional periodicals (such as Fast Company or Business Week), or business journals (such as Harvard Business Review or Organizational Dynamics).
It is not acceptable to use opinion websites (e.g., blogs, Wikipedia, ask.com, and the like) as references.
If you quote or use materials from the textbook or lecture presentations, you do need to cite them in your paper. However, these sources do not count towards your required three external sources.
You should use the APA format for in-text citations. You can find more information about the APA format at the following websites:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
The paper should be typed, doubled-spaced, with a 12-point/Times New Roman font, and a 1-inch margin around the edges.
The paper should have a cover page that includes the title of the paper, your name, your section number, and your ID#.
Your paper should be minimum FOUR pages in length not including the coverand reference pages.

To enhance the student’s understanding of rhetorical theory and criticism.

2.  To provide students with the opportunity for in-depth analysis of a rhetorical artifact through the frame of a rhetorical theory.

3.  To refine the student’s written communication.

( Must first select a current artifact. This artifact must have been orifinally created or shared in 2015. It can be a song, a court case, a speech a commecial. Anything shared in 2015. I can give you the one I selected or you can select your own. ORIGINAL WORK, as this will be verified via turnitin.com. I will also give $25 extra if I get an A)

• Each student will select a rhetorical method to use in analyzing the artifact previously described in the short paper.
• Each student then will independently write a paper explaining and evaluating the rhetorical artifact.  This paper should be 8-10 pages.  The paper should be typed, proof-read, and professional looking.
• Each paper should have an Introduction (that arouses the reader’s interest, explicitly states the thesis of the paper, and previews the body of the paper), a body, and a conclusion (that summarizes the body of the paper, restates the thesis, and heightens the reader’s interest).  The introduction and conclusion should each be about a half-page long.  Yes, you may use the justification paper verbatim or revised for this part of the paper.
• The body of this paper should be divided into four sections (Please include these headings):

• Section One – Explication of the Artifact.  In this section the author should provide an overview of the artifact to be scrutinized.  For example, if it is a speech, who presented it, when and where was it presented, who attended the presentation, etc.  The intent here is to provide only enough information so that the reader will understand what comes next.  The author’s voice in this section is descriptive.  This should take less than a page.  Yes, you may use the justification paper verbatim or revised for this part

• Section Two – Justification for the Selection of the Artifact.  In this section the author should provide a well-argued rationale for why this artifact merits scholarly investigation.  This should take about 2 pages.  Yes, you may use the justification paper verbatim or revised for this part.

• Section Three – Analysis of the Artifact.  In this section the author should introduce the scholar’s method and then use the rhetorical method to reveal things about the rhetorical artifact that would otherwise be missed.  The author should use the terminology of the rhetorical scholar and go beyond the text level to reveal the subtext or latent level of understanding.  The author’s voice in this section is that of advocacy.  You are reaching conclusions, using the scholar’s ideas and language.  You must support these conclusions with the artifact or explanation of your reasoning.  This should take about 4-5 pages.  All of this writing should be new as this was NOT covered in the first paper.

• Section Four – Assessment of the Artifact/Rhetor.  In this section the author should identify a standard that the author wishes to use to assess the artifact/rhetor.  If the standard is something other than effectiveness, the author should justify the use of this standard.  The author should then render a judgment about the artifact.  Is it successful?  Why or why not? Is it ethical?  Why or why not?  This should take 1-2 pages.  All of this writing should be new as this was NOT covered in the first paper.

• The appropriate use of secondary sources (inartistic proof) in each section is required.  Each argument in section three should use the text (or description) of the artifact as support for the argument.  The ideas presented should be the student’s based on the student’s understanding of the artifact and the rhetorical method.  Ideas from others MUST be properly cited using the MLA or APA style manua

 A hardcopy is due at the start of class.  The paper must submitted to turnitin.com

Grading:

1.  Meeting the requirements of the assignment

2.  Writing quality

3.  Insight

4.  Accuracy

5.  Appropriate quantity, quality and use of references

6.  Argumentative quality of analysis and assessment

How can HR staff work with organizational managers to create an effective incentive and motivation plan to make employees more effective and efficient?

Use the Argosy University online library and your textbooks to read about HR incentives. Based on your assigned readings for this module, consider the relationship between employee compensation packages and productivity in your current or previous organization.

Next, respond to the following:

• What compensation and benefits have been used as incentives for employee productivity and motivation? Provide specific details and show the link between the compensation or benefit and the increased productivity or motivation with facts and figures (without violating any confidentiality rules).
• Evaluate how effective the compensation and benefits were at motivating employees and increasing productivity.

Beginning Saturday, November 14, 2015, post your responses to the appropriateDiscussion Area. Contribute to our discussion of employee benefit packages and their relation with the increased productivity and motivation.

Through Wednesday, November 18, 2015, comment on at least two of your peers’ responses. Do the following when responding to your peers:

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Do the following when responding to your peers:

• Read your peers’ answers.
• Provide substantive comments by
  • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
  • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
  • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
• Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
• Make sure your writing
  • is clear, concise, and organized;
  • demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
  • displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

• Grading Criteria

  Assignment Components	Max Points
  Initial response was: Insightful, original, accurate, and timely. Substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts. Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions.	16
  Discussion Response and Participation: Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner. Offered points of view supported by research. Asked challenging questions that promoted discussion. Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion.	16
  Writing: Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner. Responses were error free. Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited.	8
  Total:	40

DM3-Assignment 1: Discussion—Implementing a Data Management System

 

Many times organizations will make decisions based upon what other organizations are doing at the time or based upon the latest business trend. Think about the dot-com bubble as businesses soared and perhaps were also part of the major bust. Many organizations felt that they needed to join the crowd and have an online presence, only to realize within a couple of years that the decisions were made in haste, which resulted in many companies filing for bankruptcy. This era also had some companies that did not follow the trend only to realize within a couple of years that they were losing out on a new market, such as the online trading industry. This is why doing some research in the beginning can really help organizations make decisions based upon what is truly good for the organization.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research ways of making informed decisions.

Respond to the following:

• Why do you think managers, or business decision makers, get caught up in following the crowd versus making decisions that are truly going to add value to the business? For example, some businesses may make decisions that drive only short-term gains at the cost of future growth. Can such a blind leap be a good thing for the business? Is it worth the risk?
• How can managers ensure that they are not following a trend but instead doing what is truly best for the organization?
• Have you seen your organization make trend mistakes? What were the mistakes? How could these mistakes have been avoided or improved upon?
• How do you think business can learn from the mistakes of others or business decision mistakes such as the dot-com era?

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, November 14, 2015, post your response to the appropriateDiscussion Area. Through Wednesday, November 18, 2015, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Consider the following in your response:

 

• Provide a statement of clarification or a point of view with rationale.
• Challenge a point of discussion or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Max Points
Initial Discussion Response	16
Discussion Participation	16

In the lecture of this module, you were introduced to determining probable outcomes related to drawing cards from a 52-card deck. Using cards to demonstrate probability concepts is a classic approach to learning about dependent probability events. In this assignment, you are going to calculate the probabilities related to drawing cards from a standard deck.

Select three different five-card combinations or five-card hands from your favorite card game that utilizes a standard 52-card deck containing four suits (clubs, hearts, diamonds, and spades), with each suit containing 13 cards with numbers 2–10 and face cards ace, king, queen, and jack. Then, do the following:

• Using the concept of dependent probabilities, determine the odds that you would draw these hands (card combinations) directly from a deck of cards.
• Determine the probability that you would not draw these hands (card combinations) directly from a deck of cards.
• Think of another activity in life, besides playing cards, where the concepts of probability would be useful to the decision-making process and share it with the group.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 200 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, November 21, 2015, post your response to the appropriateDiscussion Area. Through Wednesday, November 25, 2015, review the postings of your peers and respond to at least two of them. Consider commenting on the following:

• How do your peers’ card probabilities compare to the probabilities that you determined for your card combinations?
• Do you think that knowledge of how to calculate probability would be useful for playing games of

Two examples of social psychology focused studies are:

A study that researches the impact of public awareness ad campaigns on public attitudes toward the severely mental ill

A study comparing types school administrator response to reports of bullying and victims’ willingness to report instances of bullying to their parents.

The following information is required for your proposal.  In your post, please place the heading My Research Proposal over this portion for ease of everyone being able to distinguish between the above and your actual proposal:

1. Proposed study’s topic and focus

2. Hypothesis (can be in a form of question or stating the Ho and Ha)

3. Participants (also sometimes referred to as “subjects”)

4. Proposed sampling method

5. Data gathering method

6. Method of analysis (The type of statistics you would use to analyze gathered data; not stats formula details, but which stats you would use).

7. An explanation of your study’s contribution/s to the field (the benefits to individuals, group’s and society as a whole of the study results.  Example: Using the first hypothetical social psychology study above, if we find that public awareness ads are associated with improved changes in attitudes toward the severely mentally ill might we use such study results as a means of advocating for Federal funding for expanding advertizing efforts; or if study results show no to little association between ads and public attitude changes, might we better serve the severely ill by pursuing other means of reducing stigma?

 

 

 

 

 

Each question should be answered with at least 30 words.

 

Q1: What is a friend function?

 

Q2: What are operator overloading rules?

 

Q3: Explain what does a destructor do?

 

 

 

 

PART II:

 

 

Write a 2 page research paper on overloading operators.  Explain the concepts discussed in the at least one example.  Use at least 2 resources (Wikipedia sources are not permitted) and list each resource used at the end of paper in the reference list section.

fter reading Chapter 3, you should be more familiar with the five stages of oral English language acquisition as they have been identified and discussed in detail. While the order of stages is sequential, the amount of time students spend at each stage can range from a few weeks (silent period) to several years (intermediate fluency). Watch and analyze the required video segment, Stages of Language Development, along with Table 3.2 in your text. As a beginning teacher, you and your peers might have difficulty identifying the “next step” you need to take in order to move a student to the next level of English proficiency. What are the challenges faced by teachers in moving children from one level to the next? Discuss the synergizing of teacher- student responsibilities in moving through the levels of language acquisition. As students progress through the five stages, what are some of the things teachers can do to assist students in this process? What are some of the things students should do to increase their own language mastery and inform teachers of some of the needs they may have?