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Write a report to the CEO of Lunchbox UK Ltd to address the range of HR issues facing The Gallery.

Question

N.B. You must use relevant concepts, perspectives and models from the literature to support your case.

Taking the role of an HR consultant, write a report to the CEO of Lunchbox UK Ltd. Your report should address the range of HR issues facing The Gallery, but you are asked to focus in particular on the following:

• Jennie’s approach to implementing change;
• Ways of reducing the wage bill by 5% within six months;
• The sources and nature of conflict at the Gallery;
• How the potential conflict that may arise from the cost control measures being introduced can be avoided.

Your answer should include reference to the perspectives/frames of reference that management bring to their approach to ER, as well as considering specific policy and practice to address the situation.

How could Tesco could use Collaborative Commerce to boost efficiencies in their supply chain?

Task:
Prepare a report outlining:
• How could Tesco could use Collaborative Commerce to boost efficiencies in their supply chain?
• What opportunities have Tesco gained by setting up Tesco.com and, what challenges do you feel Tesco may have faced?
• How does Tesco use Electronic Commerce to ascertain consumer behaviour and satisfy consumer preferences?
Your report should be referenced using CU Harvard and contain no more than 2,000 words.

Discuss the importance of sustainable procurement for organizations in gaining competitive advantage.

Your task
Using the case of a firm you have selected as well as relevant published journal articles (at least 5) and secondary sources such as company reports, the trade and the business press, discuss the importance of sustainable procurement for organizations in gaining competitive advantage. You should strive for a good balance of a review of relevant literature and analysis of the selected case.
Case selection might be based on various factors, including but not limited to:
• prominent recent problems in the supply chain related to sustainable purchasing,
• firms that particularly strongly emphasise their sustainability credentials,
• firms that you may know about or be interested in.

Critically assess the main employment relations issues and challenges that have faced government, employers and trade unions in post-apartheid South Africa.

choose one session to write 2300 words essay:

Session 3. Student presentation: What are the main features of the Japanese system of employment relations? How far do you agree with the view that employment relations in Japan has largely been unaffected by the pressures of globalisation?

Session 4. Student presentation: Critically assess the main employment relations issues and challenges that have faced China in recent years.

Session 5. Student presentation: Critically assess the extent to which the management of employment relations in the United States is dominated by an anti-union philosophy.

Session 6. Student presentation: Critically assess the extent to which the policies of recent governments in Australia have undermined the country’s traditional system of employment relations.

Session 7. Student presentation: What is the ‘dual system’ of employee representation in Germany? Critically assess the main issues and challenges that have faced the dual system of employee relation and its effectiveness as a means of representing the interests of workers.

Session 9. Student presentation: Critically assess the main employment relations issues and challenges that have faced government, employers and trade unions in post-apartheid South Africa.

Principles and scope of procurement management.

Section 1: Principles and scope of procurement management
See module revision slides on Moodle located under the “Assessments tab” for main learning outcomes in Week 1
Sourcing strategies and service sourcing
See module revision slides on Moodle located under the “Assessments tab” for main learning outcomes in Week 2
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