What other strategies would be a good fit for your company profile? Provide a brief overview of these strategies.

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I will need 2-3 pages

Deborah enters your office, and you notice that she looks apprehensive. “Hi, Deborah. What’s up?” you ask, hoping that nothing is wrong.

“Well, your team is doing an excellent job researching, and you’ve been keeping me up-to-date on your findings. My concern is that we are approaching this from a narrow-minded approach.”

“How so?” You ask. You are puzzled. “Our team has been looking at every aspect of the company and considering both internal and external pros and cons.”

“We need your findings put into some kind of management system so we can really see where we are headed regarding our global expansion. I think we need to cover our bases here. Please report back to me next week with your thinking put into a framework.”

Complete the following:

  • A balanced scorecard suggests that we view the organization from four perspectives (the learning & growth perspective, the business process perspective, the customer perspective, and the financial perspective). Briefly discuss these four perspectives analyzing what each means to your organization? Based on this analysis:
  • What other strategies would be a good fit for your company profile?
  • Provide a brief overview of these strategies.
  • Why is it important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global expansion?

Second part 2-3 pages

You decide that Deborah has brought up another good point that should have been discussed in the beginning of the project. You make a note to add this to a list of project management ideas to help make future projects go smoother.

Complete the following:

  • What other strategies would be a good fit for your company profile?
  • Provide a brief overview of these strategies.
  • Why is it important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global expansion?

Explain how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer.

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The secret to Wal-Mart’s success has long been attributed to its strong culture. Wal-Mart employees are referred to as “Walmartians” which is a sign of a unique culture shared by them. This culture is responsible for a company of this magnitude to be able to sustain its entrepreneurial spirit decade after decade.

In early days, Wal-Mart achieved remarkable growth rates and was the first trillion-dollar company in the world. With amazing success came criticism. Wal-Mart once held the record for being sued the maximum number of times. Its practices and culture were held responsible for killing small local retailers. It was also criticized for gender-based discrimination, it’s overtime policies, and using sweatshop products.

Go to Walmart’s Website and review the employment benefits it offers, located at http://walmartstores.com/Careers/7750.aspx.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Explain how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer.
  2. Speculate on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices.
  3. Predict the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union.
  4. Speculate on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. 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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Summarize the differences between employee relations and labor relations.
  • Examine the relationship between management and unions.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
  • Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

Describe which step of the model (Notes attached) you believe will be the most difficult for you to apply in the field and why.

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Each part has to have at least 500 words

Use Question/ Answer format.

As Cooper (2012) indicates, the goal for public administrators is for a formal ethical decision-making process to become more of an “intuitive decision-making skill” (p. 37). Applying this model repeatedly to different scenarios will help you develop this skill.

Respond to the following:

  • Using a real-world ethical dilemma, summarize how you would apply each step of the design approach in responding to that ethical dilemma.
  • Describe which step of the model (Notes attached) you believe will be the most difficult for you to apply in the field and why.

Reference

Cooper, T. L. (2012). The responsible administrator: An approach to ethics for the administrative role (6th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

M8D2: The Responsible Administrator Part 2

Each part has to have at least 500 words

Use Question/ Answer format

For this discussion, reflect on the ethics and leadership concepts you have studied during the course. Consider how you would describe what it means to be a “responsible administrator” and how you believe leadership styles factor into being a responsible administrator.

Respond to the following:

  • Summarize what it means to you to be a “responsible administrator.”
  • Describe how your leadership style factors into being a responsible administrator.
  • Select one practical ethical or leadership aspect you studied during the course and describe how you will implement it in your current or desired role.

Develop a response to Mr. Jenkins that addresses how the parameters of search and seizure will change by involving the police in the investigation at this time. Support your answer.

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Project 1

Scenario Characters:

You: Information Security Specialist, Greenwood Company

Hubert Jenkins: Human Resources Director, Greenwood Company

Mike McBride: (former) engineer, New Product’s Division, Greenwood Co.

**Characters will carry through Project 1, 2 and the Final Project. However, please remain conscience of who you are/what roll you play in EACH project and in regards to specific questions.

For the purposes of this project, imagine you are an Information Security (InfoSec) Specialist,an employee of the Greenwood Company, assigned to the company’s Incident Response Team.

In this case, you have been notified by Mr. Hubert Jenkins, Human Resources Director for the Greenwood Company, that the company has just terminated Mr. Mike McBride, a former engineer in the company’s New Products Division, for cause (consistent tardiness and absences from work).  Mr. Jenkins tells you that at Mr. McBride’s exit interviewearlier that day, the terminated employee made several statements to the effect of “it is okay because I have a new job already and they were VERY happy to have me come from Greenwood, with ALL I have to offer.”  McBride’s statements made Mr. Jenkins fear he might be taking Greenwood’s intellectual property with him to his new employer (undoubtedly a Greenwood competitor).  In particular, Mr. Jenkins is worried about the loss of the source code for “Product X,” which the company is counting on to earn millions in revenue over the next three years.  Mr. Jenkins provides you a copy of the source code to use in your investigation.  Lastly, Mr. Jenkins tells you to remember that the Company wants to retain the option to refer the investigation to law enforcement in the future, so anything you do should be with thought about later potential admissibility in court.

The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”  While the 4th Amendment is most commonly interpreted to only affect/restrict governmental power (e.g., law enforcement), the fact that a formal criminal investigation is a possibility (and the Company has no desire to be named in a civil lawsuit) means you must consider its effect your actions.

With the above scenario in mind, thoroughly answer the following questions (in paragraph format, properly citing outside research, where appropriate).

  1. Prior to any incident happening, it is important for any company to implement a “forensic readiness” plan. Discuss the benefits of a forensic readiness plan and name what you believe are the top 3 requirements to establish forensic readiness within a private sector business. Support your answers. (Please note that while cyber security and digital forensics have overlaps in incident response preparation, please limit your answers here to forensic readiness in the digital forensic arena, not cyber security.)
  2. Mr. Jenkins, out of concern for the theft/sharing of the “Product X” source code, is pushing requesting that you or your supervisor start searching the areas in which Mr. McBride had access within the building. Can (or Mr. McBrides’s supervisor) search McBrides’s assigned locker in the Company’s on-site gym for digital evidence?  Support your answer.
  3. Can (or Mr. McBrides’s supervisor) use a master key to search McBrides’s locked desk for digital evidence after McBride has left the premises?  Support your answer.
  4. The police have not been called or involved yet, however, Ms. Jenkins asks how involving the police will change your incident response. Develop a response to Mr. Jenkins that addresses how the parameters of search and seizure will change by involving the police in the investigation at this time. Support your answer.
  5. There is a page in the Company’s “Employee Handbook” that states that anything brought onto the Company’s property, including the employees themselves, is subject to random search for items belonging to the Company.  There is a space for the employee to acknowledge receipt of this notice.  Mr. McBride has a copy of the handbook but never signed the page. Does that matter? Explain.
  6. Greenwood Company uses a security checkpoint at the entrance to the building. A sign adjacent to the checkpoint states that the purpose of the checkpoint is for security staff to check for weapons or other materials that may be detrimental to the working environment or employee safety. Screening is casual and usually consists of verification of an employee’s Company ID card. Can security staff at this checkpoint be directed to open Mr. McBrides’s briefcase and seize any potential digital evidence?  Support your answer.
  7. You know that it is important to document the details of your investigation if the company wants to insure admissibility of any evidence collected in the future. However, Mr. Jenkins has never heard of the term “chain of custody.” Write an explanation to Mr. Jenkins of what the chain of custody is, why it is important, and what could occur if the chain of custody is not documented. Support your answer.