Author: chris

As the HR manager of a distribution and warehouse firm with 600 employees, your job is to discuss the company wellness program at an executive staff meeting next week.  In preparation for that meeting you are to write a research paper that discusses the following topics:

Explain what a wellness program is.

How it can benefit the company and employees.

Explain the process for establishing it

Consult the website www.welcoa.org

Must be between 750 – 1250 words (approx 3-5 pages) with references

WRITER U200973 MUST COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.
PLEASE FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTION LISTED. THE ESSAY IS SEPERATE FROM THE 11 QUESTIONS THAT HAS TO BE ANSWER. ESSAY MUST HAVE INTRODUCTION, BODY AND CONCLUSION. WHEN ANSWERING THE 11 QUESTION PLEASE LIST THE QUESTION THEN PLACE THE RESPONSE UNDER. ANY QUESTION PLEASE ASK.

INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW:

READ THE TWO STORIES THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE BOOK WRITEN BY JACK LONDON. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO STORIES.

THESIS INTRODUCTION: THIS MUST BE IN THE INTRODUCTION

DO YOU FEEL THAT THE WRITER ACTUALLY INCORPORATES HIS LIFE EXPERIENCE INTO HIS STORIES?

GET 4 QUOTES ABOUT USING HIS EXPERIENCE FROM THE STORIES.

ANSWER THE ELEVEN QUESTIONS LISTED ON A SEPERATED PIECE OF PAPER.

1. Amba says that Christology is the church’s word about the Christ. What are the 3 sources she turns to in order to speak about Jesus?

2. Amba describes several different “figures” of Jesus (for example, Christ the Glorious King)… which one does she conclude is the one that African women “worship, honor, and depend on” and why?

3. What do the Gospel stories about Jesus’ relationship with women do for African women’s theology? (this is touched on in numerous places in the article)

4. How do African women continue the tradition of traditional Christian Christology? (see pg 63)

Describe how you would design a logistics network consisting of only one warehouse.  In the discussion, include the steps you need to take in order to design the optimal network.  What information and data is needed to make this determination?  What strategy will be employed in this network?

Imagine that you are the HR Director at your current organization or an organization with which you are familiar. As the HR Director, you must use different employment law requirements to create methods and policies that support the promotion of a diverse workforce. Select one (1) job opportunity that you have held or with which you are familiar within the same organization for this scenario.

(Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.)

Write a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

1. Develop three (3) recruitment methods for the job opportunity in question, and suggest two (2) ways that each method helps one to avoid discriminatory practices. Justify your response.
2. Outline an application process that details the organization’s method of accepting all applications, as well as its method of validating applicants’ attainment of the required credentials (e.g., reviewing resumes, collecting transcripts, verifying certifications, etc.) for the job opportunity.
3. Develop a five- (5) step procedure for the HR Department to use in order to maintain all applicants’ records in case a discriminatory charge occurs.
4. Decide on three (3) background checks that the HR Department must utilize, and justify the relevance of each background check for the job opportunity.
5. Choose three (3) employment tests (e.g., drug tests, medical examinations, HIV tests, generic tests, polygraphs, honesty tests, psychological tests, intelligence and skills tests, and physical fitness, etc.) that the HR Department should use. Justify the relevance of each selected employment test to the job requirements.
6. Formulate a policy for making both the hiring and promotional decisions related to the job opportunity. Specify the major challenges and potential adverse impact of using subjective criteria for assessing soft skills. Next, suggest one (1) plan to mitigate the adverse impact. Justify your suggestion.
7. Recommend two (2) types of reasonable accommodations for both disabled applicants and applicants needing special religious considerations. Argue two (2) legal reasons for not being able to sufficiently provide such reasonable accommodation for each group.
8. Select one (1) case in which a court charged an organization with an affirmative action violation and one (1) case in which a court charged the organization with not managing harassment issues more expeditiously. Recommend an action plan geared toward preventing the issues addressed in both cases within your selected organization. Justify your recommendation.
9. Choose three (3) work-life conflicts that the HR Director should consider within the selected organization. Then, outline a policy geared toward resolving each conflict through the use of related employment laws. Justify your response.
10. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine employment laws that apply to the selection, development, and management of employees.
• Evaluate policies and processes that promote a diverse workforce.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in employment law.
• Write clearly and concisely about employment law using proper writing mechanic.

Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

Using the regression results and the other computations from Assignment 1, determine the market structure in which the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company operates.

Use the Internet to research two (2) of the leading competitors in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry, and take note of their pricing strategies, profitability, and their relationships within the industry (worldwide).

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price.
2. Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
3. Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.

TC = 160,000,000 + 100Q + 0.0063212Q2

VC = 100Q + 0.0063212Q2

MC= 100 + 0.0126424Q

4. Determine the possible circumstances under which the company should discontinue operations. Suggest key actions that management should take in order to confront these circumstances. Provide a rationale for your response. (Hint: Your firm’s price must cover average variable costs in the short run and average total costs in the long run to continue operations.)
5. Suggest one (1) pricing policy that will enable your low-calorie, frozen microwavable food company to maximize profits. Provide a rationale for your suggestion.

(Hints:

• In Assignment 1, you determined your firm’s market demand equation. Now you need to find the inverse demand equation. Having found that, find the Total Revenue function for your firm (TR is P x Q). From your firm’s Total Revenue function, then find your Marginal Revenue (MR) function.
• Use the profit maximization rule MR = MC to determine your optimal price and optimal output level now that you have market power. Compare these values with the values you generated in Assignment 1. Determine whether your price higher is or lower.)

6. Outline a plan, based on the information provided in the scenario, which the company could use in order to evaluate its financial performance. Consider all the key drivers of performance, such as company profit or loss for both the short term and long term, and the fundamental manner in which each factor influences managerial decisions.

(Hints:

• Calculate profit in the short run by using the price and output levels you generated in part 5. Optional: You may want to compare this to what profit would have been in Assignment 1 using the cost function provided here.
• Calculate profit in the long run by using the output level you generated in part 5 and cost data in part 3 and assuming that the selling environment will likely be very competitive. Determine why this would be a valid assumption.)

7. Recommend two (2) actions that the company could take in order to improve its profitability and deliver more value to its stakeholders. Outline, in brief, a plan to implement your recommendations.
8. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze short-run and long-run production and cost functions.
• Apply macroeconomic concepts to changes in global and national economies and how they affect economic growth, inflation, interest rates, and wage rates.
• Evaluate the profit-maximizing price and output level for given operating costs for monopolies and firms in competitive industries.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial economics and globalization.
• Write clearly and concisely about managerial economics and globalization using proper writing mechanics.

For this final project component, you will use the skills you gained in this unit’s study activities to implement a Best Buy store locator application for Smart Homes using the Ruby language and the Rails framework. The Ruby on Rails Store Locator requirements are the following:

1. The Web application must use Best Buy’s BBYOpen API.
2. The Web application must contain the following two user interfaces:
   • The application must start with a Web page that allows the user to enter a zip code and a desired search radius in miles. Once the required data has been entered by the user, there should be a submit button to execute the search request.
   • Upon submitting the search request, the user should be presented with a Web page that contains a table of stores nearest to that location.
     • As an option, you may choose any mapping Web service (such as Google Maps) to display the search results onto a map.
3. Your completed Ruby on Rails Store Locator solution should do the following:

• Demonstrate your ability to implement a non-trivial Web application using the Ruby programming language and Rails framework.
• Demonstrate your ability to integrate third-party application programming interfaces to communicate with a Web service.
• Demonstrate your ability to implement a user interface that accepts user input without error

Check assumptions before doing computations in any problem
Problem 1

Find the margin of error using the confidence limit values.

Determine the sample size required to have a margin of error of 50 mg with a 95% confidence level.

Problem 2

Problem 3

Assume the sample is a random sample.
Is the Z-interval procedure, the t-interval procedure, or neither appropriate to find a confidence interval for this problem. Justify your choice by showing which assumptions are met or not met.
Problem 4

The assumptions were met for computing a 95% confidence interval for the mean duration of imprisonment, µ, for all East German political prisoners with chronic PTSD. The confidence interval is from 18.8 months to 48.0 months.

Write the interpretation of this 95% confidence interval.