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A minimum of two postings of between 200 and 300 words each are required in response to each forum discussion question.
Access the forum discussion questions using the relevant links on the subject's Portal page. You are required to post at least one direct response to each of the forum discussion questions and one response to other people's postings. In order to stimulate discussion, lecturers may make postings from time-to-time and these can be responded to also.
Outsourcing
John Doucette, CIO of United Technologies, states that ‘If you're not the lowest-cost provider of that service, you need to contract it out' (Overby 2003). However, central to the Zappos business model and its success was to make insourcing decisions based on the criticality of the function to customer service.
Based on the readings in the ‘Outsourcing' section and your own experience or research of outsourcing, how viable do you think outsourcing is as a human capital strategy?
You may wish to consider one or more of the questions below in your response. These are suggestions only. You can consider other issues:
o With pressures on costs, is outsourcing inevitable?
o Does outsourcing give businesses a competitive edge?
o What needs to be done to make outsourcing successful?
o Should outsourcing always be under consideration as part of an organisation's strategic HR management?
Best recultment practices
How does an organisation best execute recruitment? What are some exemplary strategies from your own or another organisation that have provided desired outcomes? Why do you think these strategies resulted were successful?
Write a paragraph or two with a brief rationale and respond to the posts of at least two other students.
Pay Equity and Comparable Worth
Pay equity is the principle that employees undertaking the same or comparable work should receive the same level of remuneration irrespective of their gender. In all areas of HR practice, including determining pay levels, it is unlawful for Australian employers to discriminate between employees purely on the basis of gender. However, in Australia, as elsewhere, the gender pay gap persists.
a Why does the gender pay gap persist, who is responsible for it, and what (if anything) can be done about it?
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Research the different methods of business decision making
: Research the different methods of business decision making. Present the best method you have found. Develop a business financial problem and use the method you have chosen to analyze your dilemma and come up with a solution based on the method you ch..
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Solve and graph the following inequalities on a number line
: Solve and Graph the following inequalities on a number line x + 7 > 11 1/8 ≤ 1 - 1/4x -1 ≤ 2 - 3x 16 or 5/6x > 5 -7 + z ≤ 3z + 7 and 2(z - 3) 4y-4/3>-4
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Assuming that actual warranty costs are incurred exactly
: Company sells a machine for $6,500 under a 12-month warranty agreement that requires the company to replace all defective parts and to provide the repair labor at no cost to the customers. Assuming that actual warranty costs are incurred exactly as e..
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Ethics training for law enforcement officers
: Include in your paper a proposal for a seminar in ethics training for law enforcement officers. In your proposal choose five areas of ethical conduct and that will be stressed in the seminar
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Does outsourcing give businesses a competitive edge
: Does outsourcing give businesses a competitive edge - what needs to be done to make outsourcing successful?
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Develop a smart-formatted goal related to your profession
: develop a SMART-formatted goal related to your professional leadership applicable to your current practice setting or future leadership aspirations.
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Lawsuit problem - brad and richard
: Brad moves to dismiss the action on the ground that the complaint was not specific enough and therefore must be dismissed because it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Under North Carolina case law, is Brad correct
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Explain why this product appeals
: Use the Internet to locate one (1) online advertisement that appeals to you. Save one (1) image of the advertisement and upload it to the discussion. Underneath the ad, please describe the target market for this product. Explain why this product appe..
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Checking account at first bank payable to the order of bill
: Abe draws a check for $100 on his checking account at First Bank payable to the order of Bill. Bill cleverly raises the check to $1000, indorses it, and negotiats it to Chen, Chen then presents the check for payment to First Bank, which oays her $1,0..
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