are intended to ensure that the treatment of employees and volunteers is based primarily on their job performance. Common types of activities guided by the laws and regulations are, for example, hiring and firing, benefits and compensation, affirmative action, rights of privacy, discrimination and harassment, and wrongful termination. One of the fastest growing types of lawsuits brought by employees against their organizations is wrongful termination of employment. Other common types of lawsuits
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Learning Objectives | | | After reading this chapter, you should be able to: * Define entrepreneurship and small business. * Investigate the importance of small business in the U.S. economy and why certain fields attract small business. * Specify the advantages of small-business ownership. * Summarize the disadvantages of small-business ownership and analyze why many small businesses fail. * Describe how you go about starting a small business and what resources are needed.
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You are the independent Human Resources Consultant hired by Teddy's Supplies to help explain to the company what the case against them will entail. You have gleaned the facts from your investigations into the situation to date. You have never talked with Virginia Pollard. The case is currently in the appeals stage and the company executives have some questions for you. Answer them using the most recent legal information you can find. 1. Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the
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Chapter 4 Information Systems and Human Resource Planning True/False 1. Human resource planning is the process of making decisions regarding acquisitions. Answer: True Page: 118 Moderate 2. There has been a shortage of laborers familiar with high-tech skills in the recent past in the United States. Answer: True Page: 120 Moderate 3. Changes in the labor market have led to skill shortages as well as areas of oversupply. Answer: True Page: 120 Easy 4. The federal government
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The 15th amendment to the Constitution granted African-American men the right to vote in 1870. (Marx, 2014) “By 1877 southern white Democrats had overthrown every new state government and established state constitutions that stripped black citizens of their political rights. To circumvent the 14th and 15th amendments, legislators created clever devices that would disenfranchise black citizens for the next 80 years.” (May, 2013) These devices included poll taxes, literacy tests and property requirements
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Assignment 1 The Coca Cola Company is a multinational corporation with a portfolio of more than 3,500 beverages, from diet and regular sparkling beverages to still beverages such as 100 percent fruit juices and fruit drinks, waters, sports and energy drinks, teas and coffees, and milk-and soy-based beverages which are sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011, Coca-Cola was the world's most valuable brand. Originally
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embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice. Knowledge management is the process of transforming information and intellectual assets into enduring value. It connects people with the knowledge that they need to take action, when they need it. In the corporate sector, managing knowledge is considered key to achieving breakthrough competitive advantage.KM emerged as a scientific discipline in the earlier 1990s. It was initially supported solely by practitioners, when
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Gender Disparity In Relation to Managerial Positions in the Organizations in Mombasa County: Case of County Government of Mombasa. Introduction This chapter introduces the study by looking at its background and stating the problem. It further gives the objectives of the study, research questions, and significance of the study, its scope, the assumptions and the conceptual framework. This research seeks to unravel the factors for gender disparity in managerial positions within Mombasa
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show other companies what a benefit it can be. Workforce diversity is a term that arose in the 1970’s and hasn’t stopped rearing its head to society. McDonalds was one of the first companies in the seventies that had a department devoted to affirmative action. Pat Harris is currently McDonald’s chief diversity officer overseeing an evolving diversity initiative. She existed with the company during the early stages of workforce diversity. Harris claims that she doesn’t use the word program to describe
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Nhung Le Ms. Rodriguez ETH/125 31 March 2012 Cultural Competence 1. Explore race relations in your community. What is the cultural/racial make-up of your community (For demographics of the city you live in search http://factfinder.census.gov/ , or other credible source)? Are you a member of the majority or minority racial or ethnic group in your community? What does it mean to be ________________ (your race) in your community? What does it mean to be ________________ (your ethnicity) in
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