Module 1 – Case

Telecommuting

Assignment Overview

Telecommuting

With technological advancements, many employees are able to work from
home one or more days per week. Telecommuting is becoming more popular
and allows an employee to take advantage of technology and complete
tasks from home or a coffee shop. With globalization and
organizations hiring employees from different countries, it becomes
imperative for employers to embrace telecommuting because of the added
benefits for not only the employees but also the employer. Some of the
advantages for both the employer and employees are highlighted in the
following table:

Telecommuting Benefits

Employer Benefits	Employee Benefits
Allows for a larger pool of diverse employees when recruiting Assists with retention efforts Reduces organizational costs	Enhances employees’ personal lives and health May enhance employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment levels Autonomy

Interestingly enough in February
2013, the CEO of Yahoo (Marissa Mayer) implemented a policy to stop the
company’s popular working-from-home program. According to Cohan (2013), a
memo sent to Yahoo employees emphasized the following:

• “We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.”
• “Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and
  cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings.”
• “Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home.”

Although Marissa Mayer of Yahoo has been widely criticized for her
decision, it is important to note that she has to look out for what is
in her organization’s best interest. As a CEO, difficult decisions must
be made that may not always satisfy and resonate with all employees.

Drawing on the material in the background readings and doing
additional research, please prepare a 4-5 page paper (not including the
cover and reference pages) in which you:

• Analyze the pros and cons of telecommuting from a human resource
  professional perspective and discuss the added value of telecommuting
  when recruiting new talent. Also, what impact will telecommuting have on
  an organization’s overall image?
• What trainings could you provide for efficient telecommuting?

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be evaluated on the following points:

• Precision – Does the paper address the question(s) or task(s)?
• Clarity – Is the writing clear and the concepts articulated
  properly? Are paraphrasing and synthesis of concepts the primary means
  of response to the questions, or are excessive use of quotations how
  thoughts are conveyed? Are headings included in all papers greater than
  2 pages?
• Breadth – Is the full breadth of the subject addressed?
• Depth – Does the paper address the topic in sufficient depth?
• Grammar, spelling and vocabulary – Is the paper written well – is
  the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary suitable to graduate level work?
• Referencing (citations and references) – Does the paper use citations and quotation marks when appropriate?
• Critical thinking – Is the subject thought about critically, i.e., accurately, logically, relevantly, and precisely?

Go to a university website to see their top 3 events, writing down how they sale the tickets and the marketing strategy. where the revenue coming from? (I prefer you reserach university in Alabama)

For this assignment, I want you to look in your surrounding area at any sports team (of any division) and see what they are doing for this type of promotion. What events (brief description or photo) are they hosting, follow and report the engagement of their social media pages, peruse their website and critique it, and highlight the top three events/promotions/gimmicks that you are seeing out there that they are doing successfully.

Summary

This doesn’t necessarily have to be a sports team, you may explore and brainstorm ways in which revenue could be generated for MWR at your base, a non-profit organization, highlight what a Convention & Visitors Bureau may be doing well, or some other HSTM related entity.

A great deal of follow-up and research will need to be conducted.

While there are technically no wrong ideas, credit will not be given for an idea unless it was thoroughly researched and justified. This includes financials that have been “vetted” by the appropriate experts in that field. While interacting with any professional in your area, please be respectful and explain this is for a class project and may not be able to come to fruition.

The presentation can be power point or a written paper (1,200 word minimum/16 slides). This project should be detailed as it relates to the origin of the ideas, practicality/reality of the proposed revenue generators, implementation. The use of a mission statement, goals, objectives, strategy, tactics, and roles is highly encouraged.

The criteria for the project will be as follows:

_____ (15 points) brief description of another university or sport organization in a city/town closest to you.

_____ (20 points) Content to include APA citations*(see below), social media & website review, top three events/promotions/gimmicks.

_____ (5 points) PowerPoint presentation or written paper (1,200 minimum words/ 16 slides (not counting title & references).

_____ (40 points) TOTAL

*How to submit References in APA Format

References to other publications must be in APA style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency.

You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author’s name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:

For books: Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.

e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.

For book chapters: Surname, Initials (year), “Chapter title”, Editor’s Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), “The early pathways: theory to practice â?? a continuum”, in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.

For journals: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, Journal Name, volume, number, pages.

e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), “Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century”, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.

For working papers: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.

e.g. Mozier, P. (2003), “How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments”, working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.

For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of Encyclopedia (year) “Title of entry”, volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) “Psychology of culture contact”, Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71.

(For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above.)

For newspaper articles (authored): Surname, Initials (year), “Article title”, Newspaper, date, pages.

e.g. Smith, A. (2008), “Money for old rope”, Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.

For electronic sources: if available online the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed,

e.g. Castle, B. (2005), “Introduction to webservices for remote portlets”, retrieved from Http:website.com on 21 January, 2018.

As an assistant vice president at a regional bank, your boss has tasked you and the other AVPs to work in a group to acquire $100 million of residential mortgages to be securitized in a pass-through MBS. There must be between 250–300 mortgages in the portfolio, none of them with a maturity below 200 months or greater than 360 months. In the interest of time, your boss suggests that the group assign group members to find (meaning create some hypothetical) a group of diverse mortgages (meaning each with a different interest rate, principal amount, and maturity) and then as a group, aggregate each member’s mortgages into a pool to calculate the portfolio WAC and WAM. Your group’s task is to provide your boss with a summary spreadsheet that shows the individual mortgages and the portfolio’s WAC and WAM calculations, along with a memo of at least 300 words that explains the following:

• The number of residential mortgages in the portfolio and the range of principal values, interest rates, and maturities
• The residential mortgage portfolio’s WAC and WAM
• A discussion of the WAC of the pass-through MBS the group has created and whether it represents a coupon rate indicative of a high credit quality or a lower credit quality pool of mortgages. Include in the discussion the MBS issue’s spread over the comparable Treasury rate.
• Include in your analysis at least 1 outside source for the Treasury rate.

200 words per question. 3 APA cited references. No PLAGERISM!!!

1. Define and describe the major literary forms (genres) contained in the New Testament.

2.Which part of the New Testament was written first? Who was the author and when did he write?

3. What evidence do we have of diversity in the early Christian community? What portrait of Jesus was painted in the “fifth gospel” of Thomas?

4.Discuss Jewish relations with Rome. What led to the Jewish Revolt of 66-73 CE, and what were its consequences for the Jewish people?

5.Why are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called the Synoptic Gospels? Define Synoptic and explain its application to the first three Gospe6.

6. According to the Synoptic accounts, what were Jesus’ characteristic modes of teaching? Define the term parables and aphorism, and give examples of each.

7.Describe some of the scholarly methods used to study the Gospels. Define these scholarly terms, and explain how each functions in analyzing a document: historical criticism, literary criticism, and narrative criticism.