...Summary: Chapter 29 The real Harvey Wilks, in an authentic English accent, explains the reasons he and his brother, William, were delayed: their luggage was misdirected, and his mute brother broke his arm, leaving him unable to communicate by signs. Doctor Robinson again declares the duke and the dauphin to be frauds and has the crowd bring the real and the fraudulent Wilks brothers to a tavern for examination. The frauds draw suspicion when they fail to produce the $6,000 from the Wilks inheritance. A lawyer friend of the deceased then asks the duke, the dauphin, and the real Harvey to sign a piece of paper. When the lawyer compares the writing samples to letters he has from the real Harvey, the frauds are exposed. The dauphin, however, refuses to give up and claims that the duke is playing a joke on everyone by disguising his handwriting. Because the real William serves as scribe for the real Harvey and cannot write due to his broken arm, the crowd cannot prove that the real Wilkses are indeed who they say they are. To put an end to the situation, the real Harvey declares he knows of a tattoo on his brother’s chest, asking the undertaker who dressed the body to back him up. But after the dauphin and Harvey each offer a different version of the tattoo’s appearance, the undertaker surprises everyone by telling the crowd he saw no tattoo. The mob cries out for the blood of all four men, but the lawyer instead sends them out to exhume the body and check for the tattoo themselves...
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...MGMT 315 - Human Resources Management Bandag Automotive Automotive Parts Distributor to improve Human Resources function Introduction/ Executive summary Customer name: Bandag Automotive Location: Illinois, United States Industry: Automotive supplies – distribution and retail Employees and Customers * 300 employees * 5 retail stores * Service stations * Repair shops Organization chart Customer Profile Bandag Automotive is a family owned company based in Illinois that employs 300 people. The company’s sole business is automotive parts distribution through two divisions: business supply and retail stores. Business Situation Recently, Jim Bandag took over the company from his father, who founded Bandag Automotive. Jim’s focus is unlike his father’s family approach—his is more concerned with improving the company’s financial performance. As Bandag’s sales and profits have increased, so have its negative human resources and equal employment issues. Our client, Jim’s father, fears that these problems may affect the future income and the well-being of the company. In our opinion Jim changed the employer-employee relationship to one that requires a better HR management system, where his father’s paternal approach did not. Situation The current HR system is outsourced and consists of standard forms purchased from an HR supply company. Bandag Automotive uses application forms, appraisal performance forms, and honesty tests from this company. Compensation is...
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...Human Services in Action Unit 9 Assignment: Video Option Professor Dr. Bradley Jearldwan Williams HN115-01 February 10, 2015 1. Describe Jim’s self-concept Jim’s self-concept is that he is just an average student in college and that he was not naturally smart like his Dad. Jim also felt that no matter how hard he studies he will never be that A student like his parents want. 2. Explain, using examples from the video and course concepts, how Jim’s self-concept impacted his interaction with his father. Was it positive or negative? Jim believes that Substance abuse is the use drugs which can be for recreational use or it can be an addiction. The substance abuse can be with alcohol, prescription drugs or it can be with illegal drugs. Many people use substance abuse for relief of stress, pain, depression and anxiety. A social worker can be very beneficial option for a person with a substance abuse problem because they have many resources. The social worker assigned to the case gets counseling/therapy for the abuser and family members. A treatment plan is made which usually involves a drug rehabilitation program and 24-hour crisis intervention. The social worker also provides transportation and referrals for assisted living housing. The goal of the social worker is to get the patient a fully functional citizen without the use of drugs. Reasons for child and families needing a social worker are needing a stable home environment, financial support, child welfare...
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...GROUP 1: Srujana Lingampally Surya Yelamanchili Chuks Erinne Munyaradzi Mujeyi Document Information Document Details Group Members: | Srujana LingampallySurya YelamanchiliChuks ErinneMunyaradzi Mujeyi | Date Created: | Jan 25, 2015 | Group: | 1 | Assignment: | Lab 1 Ethical Dilemma | Course: | IT 6643 | Task History Date | Group Member | Description | 1/25/15 | Srujana Lingampally | Initial draft | 1/26/15 | Srujana Lingampally | Ethical Dilemma Scenario | 1/27/15 | Srujana Lingampally | Gather data systematically | 1/28/15 | Chuks Erinne | Analyze data Systematically | 1/29/15 | Surya Yelamanchili | Negotiate social contract | 1/30/15 | Munyaradzi Mujeyi | Judge each of the alternatives | 1/30/15 | Group Members | Conclusion | Table of Contents 1. Ethical Dilemma 2. Paramedic Method for Solving Ethical Dilemma 1. Gathering the data systematically: 2. Analyzing the data systematically: 3. Negotiating a social contract agreement: 4. Judging each Alternative according to ethical theories 3. Conclusion 4. References 1. Ethical Dilemma GS Bank is the nation’s leading financial institution for all the personal financial needs in America. Jim and Cathy are the two database administrators working at GS bank and also best employees of the bank for almost 10 years. They are also good friends, help each other at work and live in the same community as well. One day, Cathy was running certain database monitoring...
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...GROUP 1: Srujana Lingampally Document Information Document Details Group Members: | Date Created: | Group: | 1 | Assignment: | Lab 1 Ethical Dilemma | Course: | IT 6643 | Table of Contents 1. Ethical Dilemma 2. Paramedic Method for Solving Ethical Dilemma 1. Gathering the data systematically: 2. Analyzing the data systematically: 3. Negotiating a social contract agreement: 4. Judging each Alternative according to ethical theories 3. Conclusion 4. References 1. Ethical Dilemma GS Bank is the nation’s leading financial institution for all the personal financial needs in America. Jim and Cathy are the two database administrators working at GS bank and also best employees of the bank for almost 10 years. They are also good friends, help each other at work and live in the same community as well. One day, Cathy was running certain database monitoring job on banks customer database which had personal information such as credit card details, account balances, billing addresses of customers etc. Generally GS bank use to encrypt credit card numbers in the tables. When Cathy was running her monitoring job, she figured out that someone was decrypting these credit card numbers and saving onto their computer. When she further analyzed by computers IP addresses, she figured out that IP address belongs to her close friend Jim. She didn’t understand why Jim would decrypt customer’s credit card numbers and save it with him. Recently GS...
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...Case 2-1 Just-in-Time in Kalamazoo Summary and Assessment: President, Jim Ballenger’s, firm specializes in manufactured mini motor homes in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The majority of the mini motor homes are assembled from components purchased from outside vendors. It has come to Jim’s attention that transportation and inventory cost contributed to a relatively large portion of his components parts expenses. In an effort to reduce cost Mr. Ballenger considers implementing the just-in-time (JIT) system which was developed by the Toyota Motor Company. Mr. Ballenger and the rest of his management team are well aware of key principles, requirements and trade-offs that are necessary to occur in order to allow JIT system be successfully implemented. Unlike other kinds of management decisions, this one, due to its complicated nature, requires special consideration and financial calculations. Thus far, the company’s executive assistant created a summary of random sample of component inventory in numbers. The purpose of the summary is to identify which of two systems is more financially beneficial. Although cost-efficiency factor will have a weighty impact on management’s final decision, yet other more significant conditions will probably have a final say in the choice between the two production systems. Answers to discussion questions from chapter (pg 43): 1. What is the total annual cost of maintaining the components inventory under the present system? A: $1,151,522...
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...Case Study of Jim Margie Herndon PSYCH515 September 10, 2012 Dr. Napier-Ionascu Case Study of Jim Abnormal behavior and determining whether it qualifies a person with a mental disorder is complex and incorporates many differing perceptions. No concrete definition is assigned in terming behavior to be abnormal but there are six primary elements recognized. Mental disorders are assigned by professionals according to a classification system. The debate of whether this is the most sufficient system of assignment continues as some argue against the organizational structure based on the history and detail of an individual in classifying them under a label. A case example describing a personality, behaviors, and thought processes of an individual named Jim are analyzed to determine abnormal behavior and mental disorder qualifications. Determining Abnormal Behavior The case example of Jim is a summary of background information of a male named Jim to analyze how factoring the primary elements of abnormal behavior and the definition given by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (2000) fourth edition, to separate from, and then together, prove the complexity in determining the behavior of a person as abnormal and whether or not it would qualify them for a mental disorder. The Six Elements Butcher, Monika, & Hooley (2010) outline the primary elements of abnormal behavior as suffering, maladaptiveness, deviancy, violations of standards of society,...
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...Team case analysis Group 1: Rion, Anna, Eva, Helen, Tyrion, Feras Case 1.“When in Bogota…” Case summary. Jim Reynolds, an acquisition editor for Academia Press (college-level business textbook publisher) has arrived from New York, USA to Bogota, Colombia. He was intended to combine leisure and business. He met his old college friend Rodrigo Cardozo and spent some good time his family. But his primary aim was to conduct a series of meetings with directors of business schools at various Bogota Universities and establish business contacts in the Colombian market, as his company has seen future opportunities in Latin America. The deal was important not only to his company, but for him also, as it was a good possibility to get a promotion. He scheduled the meeting and went for the first one on Tuesday. He was supposed to meet 3 professors at 11:00, but two of them arrived half an hour later. Then they offered Jim to go for a lunch, during that time they were not discussing the business matters at all, all the conversations were about the dishes and the sights of Bogota, the professors seem to be simply not interested in Jim’s offerings. The lunch finished at 2:30, but Jim hasn’t accomplished his goal at all, he was didn’t understand what went wrong and very upset about it. When he came to his friend’s home later, he met friend’s father Dario, who was a businessman and had conducted business with people from different countries. He told about the meeting and asked for the advice....
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...Everyone Does It: Business Ethics Executive Summary Everyone Does It: Business Ethics Executive Summary The purpose of the report is to address the concept of business ethics. Vice President of Marketing and Sales for International Satellite Images (ISI) Jim Willis faces an ethical dilemma while drafting a proposal for negotiations of major satellite imagery contract. Synopsis of Case ISI is currently in negotiation with Higashi Trading Company (HTC) for satellite imagery. During a recent executive meeting, Jim learned that the ISI satellite subcontractor was having issues that would cause a developmental delay with the camera, postponing their launch date anywhere between twelve to eighteen months. This delay is a set back to their original proposed date and could potentially cost ISI the contract. Relevant Factual Information about the Problem or Decision the Organization Faced Jim brought the information of the delay to the attention of Fred Ballard, President of ISI, and sought his advice on whether a new launch date should be included in their proposal to HTC. Fred was adamant that Jim keep the original launch date on the proposal stating that it was standard industry practice to withhold negative information. Notifying HTC of delays and postponing their launch date could ultimately cause ISI to lose the contract and place the company in financial jeopardy. However, Jim’s concern is if HTC were to discover that the ISI team knew...
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...buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation during the Christmas season. The plot and its "twist ending" are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of situational irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern[2][3] on Irving Place in New York City. Plot Mr. James Dillingham Young ("Jim") and his wife, Della, are a couple living in a modest flat. They each have one possession in which they take pride: Della's beautiful long, flowing hair and Jim's gold watch, which had belonged to his father and grandfather. On Christmas Eve, with only $1.87 in hand, and desperate to find a gift for Jim, Della sells her hair for $20, and eventually finds a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch for $21. Happy to have found the perfect gift at last, she runs home and begins to prepare dinner. When Jim comes home, he looks at Della with an expression “that she could not read, and it terrified her.” Della then admits to Jim that she sold her hair to buy him his present. Jim gives Della her present — an array of expensive combs for her hair (referred to as “The Combs”). Della then shows Jim the chain she bought for him, to which Jim says he sold his watch to get the money to buy her combs. Although Jim and Della are now left with gifts that neither one can use, they realize how far they are willing to go to show their...
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...PART 1 CASE STUDY – COOPERATING and COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES 1. Problem: Identification and summary of key organizational behavior issues evident in the case. On this case study there are two scenarios/situations that are presented about cooperating and communicating across cultures. The scenario/situation begun when the company headquarters in Philadelphia sent Jim to Stuttgart, Germany to be the team leader for the introduction of a new laser for the eye surgery that will be launch in North America. Although Jim had never worked in Germany, he was selected because of his qualification, experience, speaks fluent German and a wife who is from Germany which makes him culturally prepared. Even though the launching of the new product was a success, there were issues, concerns and behavior that may have failed in the launching of the new product. Not in the order of priority, I have identified the following key organizational behavior issues either in the American or German perspective: * Culture Ready Environment * Leadership and Management style * Communication * Expectation * Motivation * Problem solving * Adaptability 2. Reflection on the identified issues along with recommendations or potential solutions to identified issues. Today, facing tough economic times, many companies are cutting resources, employees, and cost to survive the competition. Yet in spite of cut backs and struggles, the war for talent remain as strong as ever...
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...Case Study of Bowden Brake Service HRM 505-OL Marygroove College By: Victoria Flanders Thursday September 25, 2014 Case Study #1 Bowden Brake Service Problem/Issue Statement Should local finance institutions lend the money to Jim to expand his business? The owner, Jim Bowden, has been denied by the local finance institutions for loan in order to expand his business. Executive Summary *Assumptions were made and are presented in Appendix A* The owner, Jim Bowden owns a brake service shop. His business specialized in fixing car brakes and possible other repairs. Jim is seeking to expand his business, the owner had fill out financial form in the local finance institutions. Jim appeared to be very furious at the local finance institutions. As it turns out, all the finance institutions turned down his request for loan. Since his requests were turned down, Jim is unable to expand his business. The local finance institutions had recommended for the owner to look into ratio analysis. The problem is, both the bookkeeper and accountant are on vacation during the time of need. Jim is clueless about ratio analysis and is frustrated. There is a Human Resource Manager who was hired several months ago. This HR Manager had some training in managerial finance. The HR Manager offered to help the owner figure out the finance. At first, the owner felt skeptical because he did not think HR would know anything about finance. When the HR Manger discovered Jim needed a ratio analysis...
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...You Decide Worksheet Name Course Section HRM595 YOU DECIDE WEEK 6 Date Scenario Summary: A supervisor in a large accounting firm is scheduled to interview a job candidate who comes highly recommended and has excellent qualifications. Jim has an accounting degree (bachelors) from a prestigious Ivy League school and has been working on his MBA by attending an online program for the last 18 months and is close to earning his degree. In addition he has been working for one of your competitors for several years and has excellent references attesting to his ability. Your payroll budget has recently been reduced significantly as a result of a declining client base and your manager has the final authority in establishing salaries for the new hires but generally is responsive to what his supervisor’s propose to a job candidate. In addition, the HR Director has published salary ranges for new hires that are to be adhered to, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as the candidate having special expertise, the ability to bring in additional clients, or excellent credentials including having the CPA certification. Your Role/Assignment: Your role is to determine whether distributive or integrative negotiations will be preferred in this scenario between the job applicant and the supervisor, and respond to the questions regarding the other parties who have an interest in hiring the job applicant. Use the Worksheet to answer the questions related to this scenario...
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...I. Current Situation: A. Current Performance: International Satellite Images (ISI) had been building a satellite to image the world at a resolution of one meter. At the resolution, a trained photo interpreter could identify virtually any military and civilian vehicle as well as numerous other military and non-military objects. The ISI team had been preparing a proposal for a Japanese government contractor. The contract called for a commitment of a minimum imagery purchase of $10 million per year for five years. In a recent executive staff meeting it became clear that the ISI satellite camera subcontractor was having trouble with the development of a thermal stabilizer for the instrument. It appeared that the development delay would be at least one year and possibly 18 months. When Jim approached Fred Ballard, the President of ISI, for advice on what launch date to put into the proposal, Fred told Jim to use the published date since that was still the official launch date. II. External Environment: A. General Environment: For the problem ofISI satellite camera subcontractor it appeared development delay would be at least one year and possibly 18 months. For that reasonthe level of trust between the parties was very low since the Japanese insisted upon completion guarantees. External forces include: Industry practice is to publicize optimistic completion dates that are rarely met. The financial industry that has profitability expectations which may be impossible...
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...Ten Tips When Facilitating Discussion During an active meeting, you want lots of group discussion. Your role is to facilitate the flow of comments from participants. Although it is not necessary to interject you comments after each participant speaks, periodically assisting the group with their contributions can be helpful. Here is a tenpoint facilitation menu to use as you lead group discussions. 1. Paraphrase. Paraphrase what a participant has said so that he or she feels understood and so that the other participants can hear a concise summary of what has been said. Say something like: “So, what you’re saying is that we need to go slowly in changing our organizational structure.” 2. Check for Meaning. Check your understanding of a participant’s statement or ask the participant clarify what he or she is saying. “Are you saying that this plan is not realistic? I’m not sure that I understand exactly what you mean.” 3. Give Positive Feedback. Compliment an interesting or insightful comment. “That’s a good point. I’m glad that you brought that to our attention.” 4. Expand. Elaborate on a participant’s contribution to the discussion with examples, or suggest a new way to view the problem. “Your comments provide an interesting point from the employee’s perspective. It could also be useful to consider how a manager would view the same situation.” 5. Increase the Pace. Energize a discussion by quickening the pace, using humor, or, if necessary, prodding the group for...
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