...Summary of American Ways In chapter 9 of the book American Ways, the author provides a thorough analysis detailing the manner in which the American educational system works. The author starts by emphasizing the importance that is attached to education. The American society is shown to have different classes either in the lower stratus, the middle class or in the upper class. However, it is through education that everyone is provided with an opportunity to prosper and become whatever they desire. Established in 1825, the American public school system operates under the principle of equal opportunities for all Americans regardless of their social and economic background. The author also adds that the public system is funded through tax papers money. Despite the existence of the public school system which is shown to be very efficiency and accommodates a majority of the American population, there are other types of schools which are ether run by religious organizations or by private entities that target the upper class. Althen, Doran, and Szmania (276) say, “In spite of these dangers, public education is likely to remain one of the most important institutions in American society. Although it has many flaws, no acceptable substitute for it has yet been found”. Financial success is a great motivator for most students and American students are not an exception. This is emphasized in the book which explains that Americans have the desire to be financially successful and one of the...
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...46 million Americans did not have health coverage in 2008, and 25 million American adults were underinsured (p. 124-125). For most people, this can be attributed to the high cost of premiums, co-pays, and deductibles. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the history of the trend of rising health care costs, the influence rising costs have on the delivery of health care, how rising costs create disparities in health care, and two ways that nurses can address inadequate access to health care. Access Trend In the U.S., there are more people today than ever before, unable to access quality health care. “Access is the ability to obtain needed, affordable, convenient, acceptable, and effective health care in a timely fashion” (Mason, Leavitt, & Chaffee, 2012, p. 124). This lack of access is attributable to the high cost of health care, which makes it unaffordable for the working poor, and those working for small businesses, to pay for adequate health care. There is an inverse relationship between the cost of health care and good patient outcomes. It is estimated that $7,000 per person, including children, is spent on health care in the U.S., yet the country does not rank in the top 15 of industrialized countries in terms of good health outcomes (Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer), 2009). The fragmented way health care is delivered results in excess administrative costs, which translates to higher costs to consumers of health care. For those without coverage through...
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...Employment Discrimination Trends HRA 596 July 26, 2012 Executive Summary The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for investigating any legitimate claim of discrimination. Since it was created in 1965, the EEOC has investigated hundreds of thousands of claims on race, age, sex, age, religious, and disability discrimination. These investigations are then compiled into detailed reports that show the type of discrimination and the number of claims filed for each per year. These reports demonstrate that in spite of the EEOC’s continued prevention efforts in the form of education and outreach programs, the number of discrimination claims have continued to increase. The reports by the EEOC also demonstrates the current and previous trends in discrimination claims, which allow one to get an idea of which claims are prioritized, although all claims are dealt with and taken seriously by the EEOC. Employment Discrimination Trends The role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is to ensure that federal laws put in place to prevent employment discrimination based on an applicant’s “…race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information” (“Overview,” n.d., para. 1). The EEOC is responsible for preventing or investigating any claims of discrimination that occur based on these criteria. The EEOC also educates employers on discrimination laws and methods of ensuring...
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...world. The decision making model of ethics emphasizes the responsibility of individuals for the decisions they make in business. These decisions impact one’s own personal integrity and also have consequences for many stakeholders with whom business organizations interact. But, personal decision making does not exist in a vacuum. The case study in this paper is about Merrill lynch and to identify what were the ethical issues involved with this company. Every organization has a culture fashioned by a shared pattern of beliefs, expectations, and meanings that influence and guide the thinking and behaviors of the members of the organizations. Corporate Culture Merrill Lynch, one of the largest brokerage firms on Wall Street, has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a racial bias lawsuit that wound through the federal courts for eight years, including two appeals to the United States Supreme Court. The payout in the suit, which was filed on behalf of 700 black brokers who worked for Merrill, would be the largest sum ever distributed to plaintiffs in a racial discrimination suit against an American employer. Soon after the suit Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch. (Weise) Merrill Lynch organization has broken the rule of ethics, which it had discriminated all black people that worked for Merrill. A company should not discriminate just because one is of a different race or where they come from but to have some morals and ethical standards by which they operate. Of course there...
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...context: Laws of men ; not laws of nature Law: Law is ordinance of reason promulgated by the authority for the common good o 4 elements Reason Rule of action Anything that governs us is of reason Promulgated/Promulgation o Act of making o Informing others of the law o Congress is mandated/required to publish laws By the authority Congress makes the law Everything that we do is provided by the congress National in scope Local scope: mini-congress o Ordinance: available only to the place where official is elected Ordinance For the common good Majority: 50%+1 Territory Not limited to the land Pertains to the land, water, sea and air Countr has exclusive power and right If you’ll go to the other country, you’ll pay You have to know your territory o As a sovereign people, you are free to go to your territory without asking permission Government Agent of state ; not the actual state Forms of government o Monarchial Run by royalties Saudi, Brunei, Bahrain, UAE The King and Queen has actual powers Note: England is not a monarchial country ; the establishment of king & queen there is ceremonial only o Parliamentary Makes law Run by a prime minister Provinces will elect members of parliament Members of parliament will choose prime minister In this context, anytime they can change a prime minister o Presidential The act of directly choosing a leader Sovereignty Capability of a country to decide on its own in running its business...
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...Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ............................................…………….………..................... 3 II. Theoretical Aspect (Literature Review) ..........………………................................. 6 3.1. Definition of Equal Employment Opportunities............................................... 6 3.2. Definition of Discrimination............................................................................. 6 3.3. Definition of other laws regarding equal employment………………….……..7 III. Practical Aspect ..........…….....…….......................................................................... 10 4.4. Background and description of Hy-Vee Inc.…................…………..……..... 10 4.5. Discussion………… ……………................................................................. 11 IV. Conclusions and Recommendations…...………................…………….................. 12 5.6. Conclusions ..........………................................................................................ 12 5.7. Recommendations .........……...……................................................................ 13 List of References…………………………………………….....………….…………….…………14 I. Executive Summary For my research paper, I have choose to analyze the equal employment opportunities within Hy-Vee Inc. Equal employment opportunity is a very specific yet broad determination of what is allowed and what is seen as discrimination. A lawsuit...
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...Executive summary The concept of this report is about marketing intervention, which is the price ceiling and price floors. Price ceiling is actually set below the equilibrium price by lowering the price of the goods so that consumers can be able to afford the goods, then price floors which is set above the equilibrium price by increasing the price of some goods in order to protect the interest of some certain producers, and also to see the efficiency and inefficiency of both the price ceiling and price floors. Efficiency which is the economics allocating there resources in a good manner for example government rent control policy and inefficiency, is when the resources are not proper allocated an its example which is the black market and then some graphs that represent the price ceiling and price floors with their explanations and then lastly the real world example of price ceiling and evaluating the effective policy. Price ceiling and price floor are both price controls and also for government to interfere in the free market that changes the market equilibrium price. Price ceiling basically happens when the government puts a legal limits on how high a product price can be and it also disallow prices to exceed a certain maximum that causes shortages in order to be affordable by the consumers, there will be a shortage of goods when ever the price is set below the market price, in this situation demand will be higher or supply will be shortage because consumers will be demanding...
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...Business Research Report Compensation Strategies Assessment Code: RWT1 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 4 Finding Number 1 4 Finding Number 2 5 Finding Number 3 5 Recommendations 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Executive Summary The XYZ Manufacturing Company harnesses employee happiness to produce high quality goods. Happy employees equates to loyalty and long term employee – employer relationships. To continue this formula, there are 3 strategies that will assist: 1) Group Performance Compensation, 2) Hourly Job Compensation, and 3) Contingent Employee Compensation. Group Performance strategy will foster teamwork, collaboration and higher production outputs. The diverse skill set of the group will allow them to work independently with minimally supervision. Bonuses for meeting and exceed manufacturing goals will be offered. The Hourly Job strategy will compensate all employees for their actual time spent working. Employees that are paid hourly have been found to be happier and more loyal to their employer. Profit sharing bonuses will be offered to keep the employees vested in the company thus keeping overtime to e minimum. Contingent employees will allow the company to meet the demand of peak production without the costly investment of higher regular employees. These contingent employees will be skilled temporary / seasonal workers and independent contractors. They will be hired to meet the just in time production...
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...mates for their support in giving me guidance as well and I would like to thank everyone whom I missed or haven’t mention above in helping me in many ways to complete this case study on time. Executive Summary The Serendib bank has faced a major problem and they are not having the workforce to do there day to day activities in the organization. Throughout this Case study we focus on the Main parts of Reward Management as it is the given issue throughout the organization. The New CEO’s radical changes to the rewards system has been a major issue and it should be corrected and the solutions as well as the suggestions I saw is added in this case study with the use of the study materials as well as the knowledge which was shared by our beloved lecturers. The Government Policy changes have a major effect on Serendib and it is shown in the Case study on how to embrace this change and adpt it to making the Rewards management system in this given Case Study. Table of Content Contents 1. Problem Statement. 2. Alternatives. 3.2 Theoretical View 3. Conclusion 4. Implementation 5. Sources 1. Problem Statement. A problem statement is a situation where the problem that needs improvement is identified. And given below are the problems that were identified in the case of the Serendib Bank.:- Serendib bank celebrated its 50th anniversary and appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Maya Perera who was a top...
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...Compensation Strategies for 2014 Assessment Code: RWT1 Student Name: Student ID: Date: 9/15/13 Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Research Findings Salaried/Hourly Compensation Commission/Productivity-Based Compensation Longevity Compensation Recommendations6 Conclusion7 References8 Executive Summary This report reviews three different compensation strategies PepsiCo can develop and implement within all of our PepsiCo. Brands and businesses for our employees. Compensation is one of the most important and rewarding factors for our employees based on our organizational health survey conducted in 2011, so a thoughtful and thorough approach should be taken as we think about changing the way in which our companies reward our employees for the work they perform on a daily basis. Salary and hourly compensations are easy and constant ways of paying the employees of our companies. Salary and hourly compensation can be a set wages employees will earn based on their job description. This wage will not change based on seniority or merit. The stability of this type of compensation system is appealing to employees as they are aware of how much income they will receive on a regular basis. Hourly based pay has very little room for opportunity of growth for the employees. Commission/productivity based pay also known asperformance based pay is a relatively common and popular approach to compensation where the employee is paid by the employer based on their job...
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... Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 4 Finding Number 1 4 Finding Number 2 5 Finding Number 3 5 Recommendations 6 Conclusion 7 References 8 Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of three different compensation strategies for potential implementation into our firm. Performance based, skill based, and piece rate pay plans are defined and analyzed. The focus of the topics included in the analysis includes employee retention, recruitment, morale, and productivity The performance based compensation considered is individual and team based bonus programs. This seems to be the most common form of incentive based compensation and has shown to be effective in many cases. This is also a relatively easy strategy to implement. Skill based pay is a strategy that puts emphasis on developing employees into skilled workers, as well as recruiting skilled workers. Employees are paid based on their skills rather than on the job that they fill. Its goal is to garner a quality producing team. This strategy is a bit more difficult to enact as the technical skills required in our industry are ever changing. Piece rate pay is a pay structure that offers a set amount of compensation per item produced. It has been shown to dramatically increase production while simultaneously decreasing absenteeism. It is also one of the more difficult pay structure transitions to...
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...Questioning Assumptions about Health Care Systems Executive Summary The United States Health care system is the subject of much debate. At one extreme are those who argue that Americans have the best healthcare system in the world, pointing to the freely available medical technology and state-of-the-art facilities that have become so symbolic of our system. At the other extreme are those who accuse our system of being fragmented and inefficient, pointing to the fact that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country in the world, yet still suffers from a substantial rate of uninsured, uneven quality, and administrative waste (Sultz, 2013). A review of U.S. healthcare expenses by the Institute of Medicine revealed that thirty cents of every dollar spent on medical care is wasted, adding up to $750 billion annually (http://www.iom.edu, 2012). The Institute of Medicine report identifies six major areas of medical waste: unnecessary services; inefficient delivery of care; excess administrative costs; inflated prices; prevention failures; and fraud (http://www.iom.edu, 2012). Americans spend twice as much on health care per capita than any other country in the world. In fact, according to a series of studies by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co, the US spends more on health care than the next ten biggest spenders combined: Japan, Germany, France, China, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Brazil, Spain, and Australia (http://www.mckinsey.com, 2008) Introduction ...
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...Table of Contents I. Mission Statement II. Executive Summary III. The Business • Strengths and weaknesses • Legal Structure • Business Description • Organizational Structure • Service Description • Objectives • Keys To Success • Company Summary • Company Ownership • Location • Management and Personnel • Litigation • Risk Factors IV. The Marketing • Markets (Segmentation) • Overall potential market • Competition • Distribution and Sales • Marketing Strategy • Overall Industry Analysis • Market Analysis • Strategic Alliances • Technology • Future Products/Services • Industry and Market Trends • Sales (Strategy) V. The Financials • Uses of Funds • Income Statement • Cash Flow Statement • Balance Sheet • Income Projection • Break-Even Analysis VI. The Supporting Documents Mission Statement: Globally equalize the entertainment playing field by giving every individual an unbiased opportunity at accessing the right doors and taking control of their destiny. Executive Summary: MusXtreme LLC is an Internet company that embodies one of the four main facets of the entertainment industry, music. Musxtreme.com connects musical talent to the industry...
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... Actual Word Count: 3,857 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of this project is to analyse McDonald’s human resources practices from a strategic Human Resources management perspective. Strategic human resource management is a concept that relates to the way an organisation links its human resource strategies and practices to the organisation’s objectives and strategy. Since it’s a ‘strategic’ approach to human resource, the company’s strategy according to (Johnson, Scholes & Whittington 2011; p3) should be ‘the direction and scope of an organisation over a long- term, which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences’. However there have been many debates varying from academics to critics about what strategic human resource management (SHRM) actually embraces and implies for organisations. Definitions range from 'a human resource system, that is tailored to the demands of the business strategy', (Snow, 1984)to 'the pattern of planned human resource activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its goals' (Wright and McMahan 1992). However, organisations that invest in SHRM anticipate receiving a return on their investment. Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 Company Overview 4 Mission & Values 4 McDonald’s Strategy 4 McDonalds Human Resource Planning (HR practices) 5 Equal opportunities to diversity management 5 Managing Cultural Diversity in McDonalds...
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...security. Terrorist attacks from the air have been the threat that looms largest in Americans' minds. As a result, we've wasted millions on misguided programs to separate the regular travelers from the suspected terrorists -- money that could have been spent to actually make us safer. Consider CAPPS and its replacement, Secure Flight. These are programs to check travelers against the 30,000 to 40,000 names on the government's No-Fly list, and another 30,000 to 40,000 on its Selectee list. They're bizarre lists: people -- names and aliases -- who are too dangerous to be allowed to fly under any circumstance, yet so innocent that they cannot be arrested, even under the draconian provisions of the Patriot Act. The Selectee list contains an equal number of travelers who must be searched extensively before they're allowed to fly. Who are these people, anyway? The truth is, nobody knows. The lists come from the Terrorist Screening Database, a hodgepodge compiled in haste from a variety of sources, with no clear rules about who should be on it or how to get off it. The government is trying to clean up the lists, but -- garbage in, garbage out -- it's not having much success. The program has been a complete failure, resulting in exactly zero terrorists caught. And even worse, thousands (or more) have been denied the ability to fly, even though they've done nothing wrong. These denials fall into two categories: the "Ted Kennedy" problem (people who aren't on the list but share...
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