...Kudler Fine Food’s has different departments within that can use some kind of a change at some point. This report will cover a proposal for a much needed change in the sales department of Kudler’s Find Foods. The reason for this communication is to gain approval from higher management to gain the ability for modification program in the sales department. This report will also cover some important information regarding the requested change and why the change is requested. The four dimensions of change management and their relevance to the change in the sales department and project management. The final topic is the expected return on investment in reference to the requested change. Change The type of change that Kudler would benefit from is a modification program within the sales department. The program will provide information to higher management regarding any changes and allow for easy control over changes while ensuring everyone involved in the change sees the same picture. Huge changes such as a modification program have to be approved and reviewed by higher management so beginning there would benefit Kudler the best. Kudler Fine Foods is currently struggling with selling specific items and the interest in the wine appreciation classes and a modification needs to be made to bring light to those products and additional services. A change done properly could help the classes rise to the top in demand as well as the products in those classes. Higher management is looking...
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...Assignment #1 – Electronic Surveillance of Employees Explain Where an Employee Can Reasonably Expect to Have Privacy in the Workplace When employees go to work, and clock in for all intensive purposes they are on company property and company time. Anything that occurs, or is said has to portray the company in the best way possible. When employees are on company property it is my opinion that the organization reserves the right to monitor their employees. The only place an employee should reasonably expect to have privacy is in the restroom area. When you first get hired by a company all your information regarding your social security, maiden names, emergency contacts, work history, incomes, even credit history, and background checks are examined. If it’s privacy regarding personal information people are concerned about there is nothing to protect. Your employer already has all your information on file. What is important is that the company discloses to their employees that they will be monitored and recorded, and by signing a contract they are giving up their privacy rights. Explain Whether it Makes a Difference if an Employee is in an Open Area or in an Enclosed Office An employee that is on the clock is expected to be productive. There should be no reason why conversations taking place should not be work related, and if not they should still be appropriate for the workplace. Nothing illegal, inappropriate or disrespectful should occur or be discussed in open or closed...
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...accidents, and strategies to handling accident investigations. The author’s intended audience is the numerous organizations to the promotion of safety and health in the workplace. Performing a job hazard analysis is basically conducting an assessment of the work that each employee performs on a daily basis. According to Battles (2011), a thorough analysis in tales “completing a survey of the tasks where injuries occur or could occur”. To conduct this type of analysis one must first locate areas of the job where employees might become injured. Then, note all possible causes and their root (Battles, 2011). A job hazard analysis is a method that focuses on job task to identify hazards before they occur. According to OSHA “The analysis focuses on the relationship between the worker, the task, the tools, and the work environment” (Battles, 2011). By doing a job hazard analysis companies will be able to find hazards before they appear thus cutting down on job injuries and loss of work time due to injuries, legal fees, and medical expenses. Safety and health managers should always be prepared to respond to accidents effectively and quickly. Accidents will not always happen the way one expects, so managers should always be prepared to the unexpected. Employees will always look to management for guidance and proper response. Being prepared allows for an immediate investigation plan of action by...
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...Kudler Fine Foods Ethical Program XMGT/216 May 8, 2011 Kudler Fine Foods Ethical Program In order to build an Ethical Organization Profile it is very important to understand the culture and operations of the business. Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale specialty food provider. Kudler places strong emphasis on quality and the ability to provide one stop shopping for the finest foods across a large spectrum of products. The company currently has three locations that boast 8,000 square feet of retail space which host six specialty departments. Kudler Fine Foods has a fresh bakery, fresh produce, a butcher shop with meat and seafood, packaged foods, cheese and specialty dairy, and most importantly fine wines. The owner, Kathy Kudler, is aware that it is through her customers’ satisfaction that her stores will find success. Kudler connects with its customers with a knowledgeable staff that promises to make the shopping experience delightful and pleasing. While Kudler Fine Foods’ vision is to be the premier gourmet grocery store for savvy customers, Kudler does not ignore their social responsibility, “Kudler Fine Foods uses only the finest organic ingredients. Whenever possible, we purchase local produce from organic farmers. We use unbleached flour in our bakery goods and we don’t add unnecessary preservatives to our products. Food is rotated from the shelves on an ongoing basis. Those items that are still in “good” condition are donated to local homeless shelters and food...
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...Introduction Air Southwest Company started in 1967 and in 1971 they changed their name to Southwest Airline Company (). Southwest is America’s low-cost carrier. Southwest’s vision is “to become the World’s Most Loved, Most Flown, and Most Profitable Airline (). Southwest’s mission is, “dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit (). Their values are to be a warrior spirit, have a servant’s heart, have a “fun-LUVing” attitude, and be a passionate team player. A warrior spirit is someone who works hard, desires to be the best, be courageous, display urgency, persevere, and innovate. For the servant’s heart they believe to follow the Golden Rule, adhere to the principles, treat others with respect, put others first, demonstrate proactive customer service, and embrace the Southwest family. For “fun-LUVing” Southwest believes in having fun, do not take yourself too seriously, maintain perspective, celebrate successes, and enjoy work. For being a passionate team player, Southwest believes in safety and reliability, friendly customer service, and low cost (). The three sphere of…. Are economic, political and civil society. There needs to be a balance in the three spheres to be successful in ….. Southwest has current programs in the three spheres and the environment. Under the economic sphere…. Under the political sphere…. Under the civil sphere…. Under the environment…. Recent events...
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...Q1. Rank in order the new actions according to how employees will react-for example, from that’s fine to that’s overkill to that’s insane?? Answer: - Thermostats protected by locked boxes, will set at 80* in the summer and 70* in winter. It represents these temperatures are the allowed ranges, not the actual set points. We usually set the temperature between 76 and 80 during the summer and between 66 and 68 in the winter when in heating mode. So, I would have opinion that employees would have find it ‘’OVERKILL’’. Few suggestions that would make a company to energy oriented usage. a. Keep the air conditioner not cooler then 78* and the heater not warmer than the 68*, set the AC temp higher or the heat temp. Lower when you are away, or turn it off completely if no required. b. Microwaves, personal refrigerators, and fans will be banned if any electrical cord found to be cut, THATS SEEMS TO BE INSANE. As it cannot be considered as the fault of all employees, it make occur by default as well. c. Use the ceiling fans found in all the rooms to stay cooler and to help AC do its job. As well as computers turned off after 7pm would make me feel THATS FINE, as it helps to save energy. d. Recycling barrels availability throughout the building seems to be impressive idea. So employees will consider it THATS FINE Q2. Then think about any actions that you and the local managers may be able to take that will offset some of the resistance of employees. For example, can...
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...working to make ends meet, and after two years he earned 13,000 dollars, and was ready to go into a partnership with a man named Carl Wallin. In 1901 the two opened their very own shoe sore, Wallin & Nordstrom, in downtown Seattle. John’s business philosophy was based on exceptional service, selection, quality and value, which ended up becoming a retail legend, also allowing them to build a customer base, and open their second store in 1923. In 1928, John Nordstrom sold his share of the company to his sons, and in 1933 Carl retired and sold his shares to the Nordstrom brothers. Nordstrom’s began building their reputation becoming the largest independent show chain in the U.S. In 1960, the company expanded offering customers shoes and fine apparel, called Nordstrom Best. Then in 1966, they offered men’s clothing and children’s wear. The company went public in 1971 just after the sales passed $100 million mark, and the company was recognized as the largest volume West Coast fashion specialty store. This same year, the name was changed to Nordstrom, Inc. Nordstrom’s today focuses on catering to customer’s needs, and individuality. They do not categorize their merchandise by departments, but by individual’s lifestyles. Nordstrom’s now offers generous size ranges and a selection of the finest apparel, shoes and accessories for the entire family, along with renowned service. Nordstrom’s mission statement is, "At Nordstrom, we value the richness that diversity brings to...
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...age-discrimination award. The purpose of this paper is not pass judgment on Schering-Plough for its termination of Fred Maiorino, or whether their actions were right or wrong. We deal in the facts, not the morality of the situation – that is, an aging worker has a real or imagined failure to perform, in doing so he is eventually terminated from his job and prematurely ends a long and otherwise distinguished career. The focus of this paper is instead on the management failure that occurred – the lack of success in motivating Fred, the actions taken that led to a loss of confidence both in his employer, and Fred’s employer’s confidence in him, and more. All of these factors accumulated into the eventual loss of a distinguished and well-known employee in an industry that relies heavily on the interpersonal relationship and trust between a doctor and his pharmaceutical rep. Once Jim Reed determined that Fred wasn’t performing to his expectations, Reed took several steps to try and rectify the situation. Each of these actions will be mentioned in brief here, and then discussed more fully in the ‘recommendations’ section. To begin with, Reed offered Fred written encouragement, and also took steps to ‘coach’ Fred, gave him access to medical journals intended to help improve his sales pitch, and took a more personal interest my...
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...Kudler Fine Foods ECO 365 August 19, 2013 Christopher Rakovalis Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods evaluation and examination of the market trends in the industry in which operates presentation takes special interest in this paper. How market trends play a role in the market structure, effect of new companies entering the market, prices, and technology, productivity, cost structure, price elasticity of demand, competitors, supply, and demand analysis, and effect of government regulations will show in following parts of this presentation. Market Structure To apply analysis of market trends and market structure of Kudler Fine Foods it is important to understand meaning of the market trends. Market trend is key indicator that allows investors and traders to capture the profits. That involves short and long-term profits along with price fluctuation. That is way to determinate profit and losses. Market structures have direct impact on the outcome on the market. The structure includes organization of key components like how much of control they will have over the price in the market, number of firms in the market, and type of product selling on the market. The main goal of lining up the factors is to forecast market outcomes of Kudler, as well to explain each of them. That involves the product offered, which is also sold by other supplier. Because there is many buyers and sellers on the market there is limitation affecting...
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...Story A Common Misunderstanding: "I'll Know Results When I See 'Em'" Employee Ed is a new employee at a print shop. He has been hired to run a machine that prints out high-quality pictures. The pictures go to other departments, including the Catalog Department, to use in brochures, catalogs, advertisements, etc. Ed's new supervisor, Supervisor Sam, is new on the job, too. He's worked hard to get where he's at. He was an expert at running the collating machine. Sam's machine took printed images from machines like Ed's and organized them into the Catalog Department's final product, a catalog. Sam doesn't like Ed at first. Ed looks just like Sam's brother whom Sam does not like at all. Still, as a new supervisor, Sam tries to give Ed a chance. Sam wants to be sure that Ed does a good job. He isn't all that sure what "good job" means, but he thinks he'll know it when he sees it. So Sam sends Ed to a course to learn how to run the print machine. The description of the course said students would learn all about the machine. That should work out fine. Training for Skills -- or a Good Time? Teacher Tom wants to convince supervisors to send employees to his course. Tom claims the result from his course is that each student will know how to run the printing machine. Tom hasn't really thought about how to achieve that result. He knows a lot about the machine and likes to tell people about it. So he thinks he'll be a fine teacher. Tom includes a lot of lectures in the course. He tells students...
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...standards under the Act and to provide employees with a work place that is free of any hazards that could endanger life, physical integrity and/or cause death (Cekada & Janicak, 2016). Under this act, employers have an obligation to use all resources available in order to provide a safe work environment by eliminating hazards and preventing new ones, even if there is no established standard (Cekada & Janicak, 2016). The employees have the responsibility to comply under the Act by following all rules and safety standards that are relevant to their occupation. The General Duty Clause can be used by OSHA inspectors under many circumstances: 1) On February...
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...R. Williams Construction v OSHRC Rachel R. Taylor Strayer University Business Law -510 Dr. Laqua Perkins June 1, 2014 On September 19, 2002, a trench collapse at a sewer-construction project at the Chumash Casino Project in Santa Ynez, California, killed Jose Aguiniga, a Williams employee, and seriously injured Adam Palomar, another Williams employee. On the day of the collapse, the trench was ten to twelve feet deep and between three and four feet wide at the bottom. The trench was about thirteen feet wide at the top and more than forty feet long. The sides of the trench rose vertically from the bottom for approximately five feet, after which they sloped backwards at about a forty-five degree angle. An earthen slope at the west end of the trench provided the workers' only access to and egress from the bottom. Ground water seeped into the soil continuously. Williams used a number of submersible pumps to remove the ground water that seeped into the trench. Although the pumps could be pulled up and cleaned from the top of the trench, it was the practice to do so from inside the trench. Adam Palomar and Jose Aguiniga, two Williams’s employees, were generally responsible for cleaning the pumps and did so as needed throughout any given workday without receiving specific instructions. On the day before the accident, a hydraulic jack shoring system, which supported the trench wall, had been removed. On the day of the accident, Palomar and Aguiniga entered the...
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...This project investigates the influence employee turnover and Management Style had on Manson restaurant from a business outlook. Henry Richardson Oxford Brookes University Ruskin College 14richhe@ruskin.ac.uk Table of Contents Introduction 3 Background 4 Evaluation 6 Conclusion 7 Appendix 9 References 10 Introduction I worked in London for 12 months at Manson Restaurant, which was a fine dining restaurant. I was running the front of house bar during the opening hours of Manson that was a busy West London Restaurant. I took a keen interest in the business, financial planning and strategy while I was assistant manager. I was accountable for all bar staff, daily targets costs, stock, and general up keep with attention to health and safety. I feel that having been the assistant manager; this has placed me in a beneficial stance when talking on behalf of the business, and gathering problems from the staff and how the restaurant was run. I worked there for 12 months and by the end I was one of the longest lasting members of staff by two months. Staff turnover is one of the problems that are going to be discussed in this project. From working at the restaurant for a year I could see that employees where coming and going far too often. In the restaurant industry, high turnover rates remain an everyday battle. The financial impact cuts deep into budgets and lowered employee morale is often an unavoidable result (Raya, 2013). Whilst working at Manson I had three...
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...Introduction In the modern day, it has become increasingly important for Organizations to be morally correct in the way that they conduct their business and corporate activities. Companies with strong ethics programs have found that these efforts can reduce potential costly fines, decrease vulnerability, improve reputation, provide access to capital, favorably influence their bottom line, positively affect their employees' commitment to work and enhance customer loyalty (The importance of being ethical 2000). One of the most important perks of being ethically correct is the potential avoidance of fines and extra legal costs that the organizations could incur by avoiding their moral and ethical duties towards their customers and also to society at large, which along with the goodwill that comes with being an ethical company boosts the potential of profitability of the organization. Companies and their employees are required to comply with national, international, and local laws governing their operation. Failure to comply with these standards can be costly in terms of time, resources, brand image and employee and customer loyalty. In addition, the development of strong ethics initiatives can greatly reduce the chance of fines resulting from wrongful, fraudulent, discriminatory or illegal activities (The importance of being ethical 2000). Hiring ethical people is one of the most important factors involved in creating and sustaining an ethical organization, if not, the most as ethics is directly...
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...does not address the issue of prostitution, but prevents child sex trafficking and punishes those who are caught soliciting the offense. If I were to implement a new law into the statutes of the U.S.C., I would be sure to make prostitution a felony instead of a misdemeanor. If the offender continued in his or her debauchery, then the law should place a harsher penalty on that person. This penalty doesn’t necessarily have to incarcerate the person, but place him or her under restraint from doing anything outside of a normal, functional job that keeps them away from prostitution. The restraint could be an ankle bracelet that tracks where they are at all times. Then if the person continues to prostitute, they would be place in prison for an extended amount of time. The harsh penalties would most likely deter individuals from acting in such a way, and make them turn away from their degrading lifestyle. Now that my opinions have been exposed on the alteration of the law on prostitution, I want to talk about the potential harms and benefits of the legalization of prostitution. First, let’s talk about the potential harms. In a documented Journal of Trauma Practice authored by Janice Raymond, the first argument explicates on the “Legalization/decriminalization of prostitution is a gift to pimps, traffickers and the sex industry.” The argument for this...
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