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How To Use Employee Referrals To Increase Workforce But Still Be
...Companies How to Use Referrals to Identify Diverse Candidates for a Job
Table of Contents
Introduction 2
Research Findings 3
Theoretical Framework 4
Findings of Literature Research 6
Case 8
Conclusion 11
Bibliography 12
Introduction
As Frank (2018) points out, over 33% of all US employees obtained their job with their current organization by way of referral from another employee there. Although employee referrals are an easy, fast and often tempting way to staff positions, the risk is that doing so can lead to a less diverse workplace, with 40% of all referrals tending to be white men (Payscale, 2018). The central question is: How can HR use employee referrals to increase the workforce but still be able to maintain diversity within the organization? The solution is to consider closely the source of the referral. Different relationships between the referring source and the referral have different workplace outcomes. For example, a……
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Bibliography
Bussin, M., & Christos, D. (2018). Blind hiring not as crazy as it sounds. HR Future, 2018(Sep 2018), 36-39.
CBS News (2017). Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/meet-bozoma-saint-john-the-woman-tasked-with-fixing-ubers-image/
Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Agency theory: An assessment and review. Academy of management review, 14(1), 57-74.
Frank, L. (2018). How to Use Employee Referrals Without Giving Up Workplace Diversity. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2018/03/how-to-use-employee-referrals-without-giving-up-workplace-diversity
Jensen, M., & Meckling, W. (1976) Theory of the firm: Man- agerial behavior, agency costs, and ownership structure. Journal of Financial Economics, 3, 305-360.
Larcker, D. F., & Tayan, B. (2017). Governance Gone Wild: Epic Misbehavior at Uber Technologies. Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-70, 18-3.
Payscale. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.payscale.com/data/job-referral s
ProActive Solutions. (2020). Agency theory. Retrieved from http://knowledgegrab.com/learners-zone/study-support/performance-management-review/framework-introduction-to-hrm/agency-theory/
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Royale Racing RP16
...Companies The Impact of Royale Racing on Race Club Engineering
Introduction
Royale Racing was established in 1968 by Bob King in Great Britain. The company produced single seater race cars until 1987 when the company closed its production facility. King had had some experience in working on speedway cars in New Zealand in his youth and after returning to Great Britain he opened a car lot, selling road cars. His father owned a motor showroom, which is where King learned to take his interest in cars in the first place (Ward). Operating his own lot, he acquired a used Elva on a trade-in and kept it around with the intention of racing the car—but the car caught the attention of other consumers and because he had experience in the speedway, he found that he had a skill set that was in demand in a niche market in England. Thus, he soon……
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Works Cited
1973 Royale RP16 Formula Ford. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-royale-rp16/
“About Royale Racing.” Royale FCS Competition Services. http://www.racingcarsforsale.co.uk/frameset-royale.htm
Brazilian Formula Ford. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/152-1970/cars/
Lawrence, Paul. Nowhere to Hide: The Story of Royale Racing Cars. TFM Publishing, 2001.
“Royale.” http://www.f3history.co.uk/Manufacturers/Royale/royale.htm?LMCL=nU3Mya
Royale Race Tires. “About Us.” http://www.royaleracetires.com/about-us/
Ward, Ian. “Royale Racing.” The World of Automobiles, volume 17. Pennsylvania State University, 1974.
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Branding Study
...Companies Nike Should Move Production to the US and Make America Great Again
Introduction
Nike is a global sport, clothing and shoe supplier and retailer with over 1000 retail outlets in the US and with global brand recognition. Since its founding in the 1960s, the company has dominated the sporting industry with its apparel, shoes, accessories and sporting products—from golf balls to tennis rackets. One reason for its success has been its ability to brand itself as the company that produces the products champions use. Nike is associated with winners like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods and LeBron James. When people think of Nike, they think of winning, and the trademark phrase of the company—“Just Do It”—has inspired millions of customers to put on Nike gear and go out onto the field to give it their all.
Overview of Firm
History
Nike was founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman as……
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Works Cited
“About Nike.” Nike, 2000. https://about.nike.com/
Global News. “Nike shoes burn on social media as Colin Kaepernick features in ‘Just Do It’ campaign.” Global News, 2018 https://globalnews.ca/news/4425379/nike-shoes-burn-colin-kaepernick/
Morning Consult. “Nike's Favorability Drops Double Digits Following New ‘Just Do It’ Campaign with Colin Kaepernick.” Morning Consult, 2019. https://morningconsult.com/form/nike-kaepernick-report/
Peters, Jeremy. “The Birth of ‘Just Do It’ and Other Magic Words.” The New York Times, 19 Aug 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/business/media/20adco.html?_r=3&ref=busine ss
Storey, G. “Nike and the importance of meaningful brand values.” Polpeo, 2019. https://polpeo.com/nike-and-the-importance-of-meaningful-brand-values/
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How Amazon Hedges Its Forex Risk
… serviced by one or more warehouses from which goods are dispatched. There is typically also a third-party vendor program, through which third party companies offer goods through Amazon. In those situations, the goods do not pass through an Amazon warehouse.
Amazon’s North America business unit features warehouses ……
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References
Amazon 2019 Annual Report. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/2020/ar/2019-Annual-Report.pdf
HowMuch.net (2019) Charting the most powerful reserve currencies in the world. HowMuch.net. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://howmuch.net/articles/worlds-top-reserve-currencies-2019
Mehta, N., Detroja, P. & Agashe, A. (2018) Amazon changes prices on its products about every 10 minutes – here’s how and why they do it. Business Insider. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-price-changes-2018-8
Reiff, N. (2020) Hedge. Investopedia. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hedge.asp
Roamy (2019) The consequences of Amazon’s pricing power. Medium.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://medium.com/goods-services/https-medium-com-goods-services-amazons-pricing-power-797e28b63fbd
Statista (2019) Annual net sales of Amazon in selected leading markets from 2014 to 2019. Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2020 from https://www.statista.com/statistics/672782/net-sales-of-amazon-leading-markets/
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Home Depot Response To COVID 19
...Companies Home Depot and the Pandemic
The novel coronavirus (COVID 19) has affected business operations across the globe because of the health and safety risk it poses. As the virus continues to spread and affect many people across the globe, governments have been forced to undertake measures that seek to protect people’s lives and properties. Measures adopted by governments have not only affected people’s normal lives, but also disrupted business operations. Additionally, businesses have been forced to make a series of changes in their operations in order to enhance the health and safety of their customers, workers and associates. Home Depot is an example of a business that has transformed its operations in efforts to adjust to the impact of the global pandemic. This paper explores how Home Depot is adjusting to the pandemic through changes in its operations. The exploration is based on application of relevant management theories and business……
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References
Cheng, A. (2020, April 1). Walmart, Home Depot Implement Safety Measures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic. More Companies Should Follow Suit. Forbes. Retrieved April 29, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/andriacheng/2020/04/01/walmart-home-depot-did-the-right-thing-on-this-front-to-flatten-coronavirus-curve-more-companies-should-follow/#60e61a9a24d3
Home Depot Product Authority. (2020). COVID-19 Update: How Home Depot is Responding. Retrieved April 29, 2020, from https://corporate.homedepot.com/newsroom/covid-19-update-how-home-depot-preparing-and-responding
Kawshala, H. (2017, February). Theorizing the Concept of Core Competencies: An Integrative Model Beyond Identification. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 7(2), 253-256.
Putra, Y.S., Sudarmiatin & Suharto. (2018, April 23). Analysis of Differentiation Strategies to Create Competitive Advantages in Facing Global Markets. In The first international research conference on economics and business, 254-269. DOI 10.18502/kss.v3i3.1888
Trefis Team. (2017, May 30). A Closer Look at Home Depot’s Growth Strategy. Forbes. Retrieved April 29, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2017/05/30/a-closer-look-at-home-depots-growth-strategy/#6c6e177b2e76
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Enron Corporate Scandal And Microeconomics
...Companies Microeconomics
Enron Corporation is an example of one of the largest corporate scandals in the history of the United States. Given a series of corporate mismanagement, Enron is regarded as a shocking example of corporate corruption in the modern business world. The company took 16 years to increase its assets from 10 billion to 65 billion, which was significantly reduced in 24 days (Gibney, 00:00:38-00:00:47). Enron’s corporate scandal has been the subject of numerous studies within the business sector as it offers significant lessons on economics and corporate management. Alex Gibney’s film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room provides insights on various topics that are relevant to microeconomics in relation to Enron corporate scandal.
One of the topics discussed in the video relating to microeconomics is market regulation, which is a board term used to refer to government policies that regulate the market. Market regulation is evident in the……
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Works Cited
Amadeo, Kimberly. “Deregulation Pros, Cons, and Examples.” The Balance, The Balance, 16 Jan. 2020, https://www.thebalance.com/deregulation-definition-pros-cons-examples-3305921
Gibney, Alex, director. Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room. YouTube, Magnolia Pictures, 20 Oct. 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIwFO4_SWQQ&has_verified=1
Kienitz, Paul M. “ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (2005).” Paulkienitz.net, Paulkienitz.net, https://paulkienitz.net/enron/smartest-guys.html
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Change Management At Nike
… three months since the outbreak of COVID-19 that started in China became a pandemic around the world. The current situation is untenable for companies like Nike that rely upon overseas labor for materials and production. It is understandable that some changes needed to be made for the … needed to be made for the foreseeable future as nations go into lockdown. But this is not a sustainable plan or strategy for companies that need laborers and supply chains. To maintain the livelihood of the nation at the same time that people are protected, changes need ……
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Bibliography and References
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Boehm, B. (2007). A survey of agile development methodologies. Laurie Williams, 45, 119.
Fernandez, D. J., & Fernandez, J. D. (2008). Agile project management—agilism versus traditional approaches. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 49(2), 10-17.
Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. (2011). Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perceptions of personality. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 90-92.
Cameron, E. and Green, M. (2015), Making Sense of Change Management: A complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change. Kogan Page: London
Kotter, J. P. (2012). Leading Change. Harvard Business Review Press.
TMZ. (2018). Kaep Deal Adds Up... WE GOT NIKE'S CUSTOMER BREAKDOWN. Retrieved from https://www.tmz.com/2018/09/06/colin-kaepernick-nike-contract-urban-consumers-market-research/
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C Suite Executive Leadership And Ethics
...Companies Beliefs, Practices, Challenges
Persons in positions of leadership inevitably encounter major ethical dilemmas and in fact make ethical decisions on a daily basis. Interviews with senior executives can reveal the complexities of ethical decision making at the executive level, as personal morals frequently disconnect from the ethical culture governing the organization or the industry’s regulatory climate (Bailey & Shantz, 2018). Bandwagon fallacies—the sense that because something is normative it is ethical—predominate in the workplace. An interview with C. Linden (name altered to protect the individual’s privacy) shows how personal ethical beliefs clash with the prevailing norms and values in the field. Employee diversity adds to the complications involved in executive ethical decision-making, according to Linden. The predominant ethical challenges usually relate to balancing two equally compelling ethical objectives, or weighing the pros and cons of a decision when there are no clear black-and-white resolutions. No genuine dilemma has a straightforward……
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Bailey, C. & Shantz, A. (2018). Creating an ethically strong organization. MIT Sloan Management Review. http://ilp.mit.edu/media/news_articles/smr/2018/60101.pdf
Crossan, M., Mazutis, D. & Seijts, G. (2013). In search of virtue. Journal of Business Ethics 113(4): 567-581.
Hatcher, T. (2008). The value of values in the C-suite. In Sims, R.R. & Quatro, S.A. (Eds.) Executive Ethics. Charlotte: IAP, pp. 97-122.
Hoekstra, E., Bell, A. & Peterson, S.R. (2008). Humility in Leadership: Abandoning the Pursuit of Unattainable Perfection. In S.A. Quatro & R. R. Sims (Eds.), Executive Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges for the C-Suite. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 79-96.
MacDougall, A.E., Bagdarasov, Z. & Buckley, M.R. (2008). Applying a primary risk management model to the C-suite. In Sims, R.R. & Quatro, S.A. (Eds.) Executive Ethics. Second Edition. Charlotte: IAP, pp. 211-234.
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Schwartz, M.S. (2013). Developing and sustaining an ethical corporate culture: The core elements. Business Horizons 56(1): 39-50.
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Warehouse And Material Handling
...Companies Abstract
This paper explicates a proposal for a warehouse for Electrical Appliances for distribution both within Singapore and overseas. Logistics plays a pivotal role in the integration of supply chains within industries. One of the key components within the supply chain of an enterprise is warehousing. The warehouse will be a private warehouse, which implies that it will be owned by the company. This will be important for the enterprise in regard to increased control, flexibility, and cost. Concerning warehouse location accessibility, Tangjong Pagar is considered to be the most suitable location for the warehouse. This is linked to low inbound transportation cost and also distance to the port of Singapore. In addition, there is ready and accessible manpower for the distribution operations. The appropriate racking system for storage of the finished product will be a combination of block stacking and adjustable pallet racking storage. This will facilitate flexibility within……
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Bhatnagar, A. (2010). Textbook of supply chain management. New Delhi: Sanbun Publishers.
Buurman, J. (2002). Supply chain logistics management. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Heizer, J., & Render, B. (2006). Additional Problems: Principles of Operations Management/Operations Management. Prentice Hall.
Interlake. (2019). Warehouse layout design. Retrieved from: https://www.interlakemecalux.com/warehouse-manual/warehouse-design/warehouse-layout
Mulcahy, D. E., & Sydow, J. (2008). A supply chain logistics program for warehouse management. Auerbach Publications.
Radaev, A., & Leventsov, V. (2018). THE METHODOLOGY FOR SUBSTANTIATING THE MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT OF A UNIT LOAD WAREHOUSING SYSTEM. International Journal for Quality Research, 12(4).
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Childrens Amusement Park
...Companies Marketing Plan for a Children’s Amusement Park
Executive Summary
The marketing objectives for this paper are to create a strategic marketing plan that considers the situational analysis, target segmentation, marketing mix, financials and controls needed to get the Park to the kids and get parents to buy an annual membership.
The vision for the Park is to be a safe place where all ethnicities and children are welcome and stimulated; where they can play games and have a snack zone with healthy but good-tasting treats. It is to be a place where parents are comfortable spending time as well while they allow their children to play on their own.
The mission is to reach this vision by adhering to the company’s main principles: 1) differentiate, 2) advocate, and 3) create. The first step is to make sure the Park is always offering something unique that sets it apart from other……
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Chyi, H. I. (2005). Willingness to pay for online news: An empirical study on the viability of the subscription model. Journal of Media Economics, 18(2), 131-142.
Douglas, E. (2019). Houston economy to grow bigger, slower than other Texas cities: analysis. Retrieved from https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/economy/article/Houston-economy-to-grow-bigger-slower-than-other 13903941.php#targetText=The%20Austin%20metro%20area%2C%20which,pace%2C%20according%20to%20the%20projections.
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