Author: chris

You are a compensation consultant who has been hired by Susan Superfit, CEO of “The Fit Stop”, to formulate a compensation strategy for her new company.

After reading the information provided in “The Fit Stop” case on pages 510 and 511 of the text, use the following steps and questions to develop the compensation strategy:

1. First determine what managerial strategy and behaviours would be most effective for this firm. What managerial style would Susan Superfit prefer and is it the one that you have recommended?

2. Use the five-step compensation strategy formulation process in Chapter 6 (Figure 6.1, p. 208), formulate such a strategy, and summarize it using a strategic template similar to that shown in Figure 5.2, p. 244. Give your rationale for each element of the strategy.

3.​Determine if a performance pay plan would seem to work best for “The Fit Stop”. If so which performance pay plan would work best for the firm and give you reasoning.

4.​Identify the benefits system (including specific benefits) that would make the most sense for this firm.

Your case analysis should have a general structure that includes an executive summary, sections on managerial strategy, desired behaviours, base, performance and indirect compensation, some general weighing of alternatives, the conclusions you reached and the resulting recommended compensation strategy. Your report should be written in 12 point font, double-spaced and total 7 to 10 pages including covering and reference pages.

For this assignment you are to analyze examples of food advertising from the print media. As Deborah Lupton states, “Food products, as commodities, are marketed to differentiate them from their competitors. Advertisements and packaging seek to create an image around the food stuff into which consumers can fit themselves, and which is not necessarily related to its nutritional properties, its taste, or its form.” The industrial food business is heavily dependent on persuading consumers to purchase value-added (processed) products – you will rarely see ads for fresh, unprocessed produce, for instance – and contemporary American culture (desire to spend less time cooking, acceptance of processed foods) means that many people consume these products. It is your assignment to analyze the strategies that are used to sell this product.

Collect three current ads and address at least the following questions: What kind of product is advertised? Who is the intended audience? What are symbols, images and cultural messages used to persuade the consumer to purchase? Which assumptions are made by the advertisers about consumers, their lives and their values? Which claims and promises are made? In your analysis, pay special attention to important social statuses such as gender and social class. You may add others (race/ethnicity, education, religion, marital status, age, etc.) if they seem relevant, even though we have not discussed those in depth yet.

research other articles or websites associated with the healing hospital paradigm. As you read, consider how this paradigm might influence your philosophy of caregiving. Any hospital with a healing component to its mission can be used as a resource.

1. Describe the components of healing hospitals and their relationship to spirituality.

2. What are the challenges of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and complexities of the hospital environment?

3. Include at least one biblical passage or parable that you believe supports the concept of a healing hospital and provide rationale for your selection.

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n the summer of 2012, JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, announced trading losses from investment decisions made by its Chief Investment Office (CIO) of $5.8 billion. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was provided falsified first quarter reports that concealed this massive loss.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Discuss how administrative agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) take action in order to be effective in preventing high-risk gambles in securities / banking, a foundation of the economy.
Determine the elements of a valid contract, and discuss how consumers and banks each have a duty of good faith and fair dealing in the banking relationship.
Compare and contrast the differences between intentional and negligent tort actions
Discuss the tort action of “Interference with Contractual Relations and Participating in a Breach of Fiduciary duty” and, if the bank you’ve chosen were to behave as JP Morgan did, would you be able to prevail in such a tort action.
With the advent of mobile banking, discuss how banks have protected the software that allows for online transaction to occur through automation.

differences and similarities of Gordon Silverstein’s concept of “juridification,” and Robert Kagan’s concept of “adversarial legalism.”

Purpose:  The purpose of this assignment is to take a position on a current events topic and, using research, make a convincing argument to support that position.

Learning Outcomes:
•    To argue your position in a clear and influential way.
•    Engage in writing as a process.  Consider who your intended audience is, and then draft a narrative to speak to them.  Revise, edit, and proofread your first and second drafts.
•    Use grammatical, stylistic, and mechanical formats and conventions appropriate for a variety of audiences.

Assignment:  This assignment builds upon the subject that you have done or will do your persuasive presentation on.  You are to take the subject that you presented on in class and write a thoroughly supported essay to argue your side of a debatable issue.

The world is in a state of constant debate.  For that reason, your class participation will be more important than ever; not because I will grade your participation any differently than before, but because you will be participating in a much larger international discussion.  To put it differently, by participating in class discussions you will not only engage in debate on your own and others’ topics in this class, but in some small way you will also be participating in the ongoing worldwide discussion of important issues.

“The War in Afghanistan”
Question: It appears that U.S. Middle East foreign policy is going to take yet another tactical turn in the “war on terror” with the recent reelection of President Obama. After scaling down operations in Iraq in his first term, the Obama team is at least rhetorically signaling that they will remove combat troops in 2014. By just about every measure, Afghanistan is still smoldering (and could possibly reignite) from the 2001 U.S. invasion and removal of the Taliban in Kabul. To the extent the Obama’s campaign promises become a reality, use the 9 theories we have discussed in the first part of the semester to explain the continuing conflict in Afghanistan.

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