Carter Cleaning Company The Performance Appraisal After spending several weeks on the job, Jennifer was surprised to discover that her father had not formally evaluated any employee’s performance for all the years that he had owned the business. Jack’s position was that he had “a hundred higher-priority things to attend to,” such as boosting sales and lowering costs, and, in any case, many employees didn’t stick around long enough to be appraisable anyway. Furthermore, contended Jack, manual workers such as those doing the pressing and the cleaning did periodically get positive feedback in terms of praise from Jack for a job well done, or criticism, also from Jack, if things did not look right during one of his swings through the stores. Similarly, Jack was never shy about telling his managers about store problems so that they, too, got some feedback on where they stood.

This informal feedback notwithstanding, Jennifer believes that a more formal appraisal approach is required. She believes that there are criteria such as quality, quantity, attendance, and punctuality that should be evaluated periodically even if a worker is paid on piece rate. Furthermore, she feels quite strongly that the managers need to have a list of quality standards for matters such as store cleanliness, efficiency, safety, and adherence to budget on which they know they are to be formally evaluated.

Questions

9-20. Is Jennifer right about the need to evaluate the workers formally? The managers? Why or why not?

9-21. Develop a performance appraisal method for the workers and managers in each store.

Carter Cleaning Company The Career Planning Program Career planning has always been a pretty low-priority item for Carter Cleaning, since “just getting workers to come to work and then keeping them honest is enough of a problem,” as Jack likes to say. Yet Jennifer thought it might not be a bad idea to give some thought to what a career planning program might involve for Carter. Many of their employees had been with them for years in dead-end jobs, and she frankly felt a little bad for them: “Perhaps we could help them gain a better perspective on what they want to do,” she thought. And she definitely believed that career support would have an effect on improving Carter’s employee retention.

Questions

10-19. What would be the advantages to Carter Cleaning of setting up a career planning program?

10-20. Who should participate in the program? All employees? Selected employees?

10-21. Outline and describe the career development program you would propose for the cleaners, pressers, counter people, and managers at the Carter Cleaning Centers.

Answer question 9-20, 9-21, 10-19, 10-20, 10-21

This paper must be 3-5 pages

The Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has asked your CFO to develop a report of what has transgressed in the area of executive compensation in U.S. corporations to ensure that they are aware of what has happened in this area. Your CFO has asked you to develop a report that includes the areas of executive compensation, the complaints from employees, the rationale from the executives, and what the U.S. government has done about these complaints.

The student should write report to the CFO that addresses the following:

• Explain why you believe that employees are outraged about outlandish executive compensation while their own pay has been reduced.
• Describe your assessment of at least 1 example of compensation packages that appeared to be for the benefit of the executives, regardless of the cost.
• Analyze the rationale of executives in cases when their compensation package is outwardly perceived as excessive.
• Explain what the government has done in the attempt to curtail these apparent abuses in compensation.
• Recommend what you believe constitutes an ethical executive compensation plan.
• Include at least 3 properly researched facts as they apply to the debate of CEOs and excessive compensation.
• Follow APA guidelines in citing the references.

Assignment 3: Strategy & Action Plan: Outcomes 1, 2, and 3

Using the findings in your literature review, you will design a strategy to solve the business dilemmas identified in the business case for each course outcome. This Assignment will require high order thinking skills to ensure your strategic solutions to the business dilemmas are in line with the strategy of your internship organization at all levels. This will require a great deal of communication with your internship direct supervisor and other organizational leaders to ensure your strategies to solve the business dilemmas are viable. The key to successfully completing this Assignment will be your ability to demonstrate persistence, strong communication skills, organization, coordination, and high order thinking. To successfully complete this assignment, execute the following requirements:

• Propose a primary solution to the business dilemma problems/opportunities for each course outcome based on the findings in the literature review.
• Develop a purpose statement clearly explaining the features and benefits of each proposed primary solution to the course outcome business dilemmas.
• Establish measureable SMART+C objectives for each of your primary solutions to the business dilemmas for each course outcome.
• Explain possible risks and barriers that pose a threat to the primary solution and explain how to minimize the threats.
• As a contingency plan, propose 1 alternative solution to the business dilemma for each course outcome based on the findings in the literature review.
• Explain how the primary and alternative solutions to the business dilemmas are aligned with your internship organization’s vision, mission, and values.
• Create a step-by-step action plan to implement the primary solution to the business dilemma for each course outcome.
• Action plan identifies policy, system, process, and procedure changes needed for successful implementation of the proposed solution to each course outcome.
• Employ effective persuasive and expository writing techniques.
• Use the Grading Rubric for this Assignment to ensure your success.

NO PLAGIARISM. MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK…

MUST FILL OUT CASE STUDY QUESTIONS PROPERLY WITH ANSWERS THAT CONSIST OF 175 WORDS OR MORE PER QUESTION.

CITE AT LEAST 1 REFERENCE WITH ALL REFERENCES PROPERLY DOCUMENTED IN APA FORMAT

A short and brief scenario will be given to each pair of question. Logical explanations must be provided to support statement.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the reasons for regulatory agencies and ethical considerations regarding regulatory compliance.

Assignment Steps

Discuss Case 15.2 Food and Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation with your Learning Team. This case is found in The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, pg. 459.

Develop a 350- to 700-word case study using the following format: facts, issues, rule, analysis, and conclusion.

Discuss the purpose of regulatory agencies and how laws are balanced with ethical concerns.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.