DB 6 1. Why should companies be interested in helping employees plan their development? What benefits can companies gain? What are the risks?   2. If off-the-job stress and dissatisfaction begin to create on-the-job problems, what are the rights and responsibilities of the human resource manager in helping the employee to overcome these problems? Are…

DB 7 1. As noted in the lecture notes and in Chapter 14, union membership as a percentage of employment has steadily decreased since the 1950s. What do you think are some of the important factors in this decline? What do you think the trends will be in the next 20 years?   2. What…

Discussion 9 DB 9 1. Executives at many companies refer to the payback of work/life benefits. How can this payback occur? To what extent do you think a work-life benefit like employer-supported child or elder care, flexible work schedules, and extended leave motivate employees and contribute to performance?   2. Describe the employee benefits at…

DB 10 1. Why do you think that few companies take the time to determine the effectiveness of HRM practices? Should a company be concerned about evaluating HRM practices? Why? What might people working in the HRM function gain by evaluating the function?   2. Write a short, real case study of an incidence of…

Question # 00652774  Discussion 3 DB 3   How does having effective performance methodologies allow a firm to adequately measure economic performance? What is the role of an effective transfer pricing methodology in allowing effective performance measurement?

Discussion 2 DB 2 What information could be lost if a firm were to buy a supplier of its intermediate goods and incorporate that firm into its existing operating structure?

question Written Assignment 3 What signals is a firm sending when it decides to advertise? What promises are the firm implicitly making to the audience for the advertising? What happens if those promises are not kept by the firm? If possible, provide real-world examples from current events.   Your paper should be 2 to 3…

Written Assignment 2 What is the role of timing in deciding to enter or exit a market? Firms decide to enter a market based on current and historical information, but time lags can change the economic environment. What are the risks a firm faces in deciding to enter or exit a market? Again, use examples…

Unit 8 Managerial Economics Determine whether each of the following would cause a shift of the aggregate demand (AD) curve, a shift of the aggregate supply (AS) curve, neither, or both. Which curve will shift, and in which direction? What will happen to aggregate output and the price level in each case? The price level…

Government Intervention Analysis Health care resources for people with lower incomes:  Affordable Care Act expansion   Write a 700- summary of your analysis. Identify the intervention and the market failure leading up to the intervention.   Include the following in the paper:   Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based…