Math 300 Statistics

 

Take a position on this statement: In setting up a hypothesis test, the claim should always be written in the alternative hypothesis. Provide one (1) example to support your position.

 

 

Assignment 1: LASA—Organizational Design and Culture

 

Many companies find they are forced to remodel their traditional hierarchical structures, which were originally built around functional specialization and centralized authority, to compete in today’s marketplace. Companies often draw on the following five tools of organizational design to make their organizations leaner, flatter, and more responsive to change. The five tools are:

 

• Empower managers and workers
• Reengineer work processes
• Implementing self-directed work teams
• Rapid incorporation of Internet technology applications
• Networking with outsiders to improve existing capabilities and create new ones

 

In addition, there are many managerial tasks that shape corporate culture and the leadership skills needed to engage the full organization to produce great results. Examine the dynamics of the elements that must be brought together to create a corporate culture, such as core values and business principles, operating practices and behaviors, ethical standards and attitudes, and work climate and people management practices.

 

Considering the five tools of organizational design, managerial tasks and leadership skills, examine the practices followed by your selected organization and include the following in a 8–10 page APA formatted paper in MS Word:

 

Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.

 

Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.

 

Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.

 

Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.

 

Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.

 

Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.

 

Describe the ethical model being used by the company.

 

Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.

 

Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.

 

Avoid plagiarism: Using someone else’s words or ideas in your paper without proper acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism and is unacceptable in any situation. Make sure you have properly documented the source of original facts, ideas, and interpretations that you use in your paper. This must be done whether you summarize information or paraphrase what you learned from a particular source.

 

Submit your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Saturday, June 7, 2014.

 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Describe which of the five tools of organizational design your selected organization uses to maintain and improve productivity while achieving cost savings. Use detailed examples in your response.	28
Explain how work groups are utilized in your organization to accomplish the stated goals of the company.	24
Describe the motivational practices used by the organization to promote better strategy execution. Include some illustrative examples in your response.	28
Explain how, if at all, the reward system in the organization ties incentives directly to achieving higher productivity and performance targets.	24
Explain the evaluation and feedback process used in your company to assess employee performance.	24
Identify the elements in the organization that affect how cultural change is implemented.	28
Describe the ethical model being used by the company.	24
Present your overall opinion of the organization’s corporate strategy approach. Is the strategy execution effort delivering the expected results? Explain and illustrate your conclusions.	28
Describe what specific actions have been taken to delegate authority to middle and junior managers and to create a sense of empowerment among employees. Explain and illustrate your answers.	28
Written Components: Organization (16) usage and mechanics (16) APA elements (24) Style (8)	64
Total:	300

 

 

 

To understand figurative language, we need to understand the implied __________________ the author is making.

Assignment 2: Pay Increase Demands of Employees

You are an HR manager with Spring Valley Laboratories. The organization pays its employees according to specific pay grades and ranges but maintains secrecy surrounding the specific numbers.

Nancy Lopez, a highly skilled medical technician, discovers that a male employee whose qualifications, experience, and job profile are similar to Nancy’s is getting a considerably better package than she. Nancy serves a notice to the executive director, John Morrison, and threatens to resign if the organization does not grant her an immediate pay increase.

John does not want to lose Nancy because she is a skilled employee who has performed well in her eight-month career with the organization. John writes you an e-mail and seeks your advice on the case. You check Nancy’s employment records and find that Nancy was given the compensation package that she had asked for during her final interview. You also find that Nancy’s package is toward the lower limit of the pay range applicable for her job position. Nancy’s salary is due for review after four months.

Based on this information frame your response to John. The response should answer the following:

• Is Nancy’s case a situation where a pay increase is called for? Why or why not? Justify your response with facts.

• Is Nancy’s case eligible as a pay inequity grievance? Why or why not? Explain.

• How should Spring Valley Laboratories handle the situation? Provide John with a detailed plan of how the situation should be handled.

• What impact would granting or not granting Nancy an immediate pay increase have on other employees? Why?

Articulate your response to John’s e-mail. Your response should be in e-mail format and approximately two pages in MSWord. Use structured text (bolding, headings, bulleted lists, tables/charts) where appropriate to improve communicating your points. Send your email response to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Ensure that the tone of your response is formal and appropriate for the audience and use references to support your response.

Object pronouns include you, she, he, it, and we (True or False