What is this and how, if at all, does the concept relate to some of the federal workplace laws (PDA, FMLA, FLSA, etc)?What legal advice would you offer to a criminal justice CEO if he/she wished to adopt a “no light duty–period” policy for his/her agency? [Focus only legal advice only]

Explain how courts “balance” the rights of public sector employees against the needs of their employers. Provide examples.

What is “donning and doffing” under the FLSA? What has the Supreme Court said about this? Are there any cases relating to this topic that involve criminal justice agencies?

Provide two sources per question, no specific length

In Part 2, you will add the following sections: Evaluation of Alternatives, Findings and Analysis, and References.

Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question under the following section headings:

• Evaluation of Alternatives (Make Questions 1-3)
• Findings and Analysis (Make Questions 4-5)
• References (Make Question 6)

Using the provided template, write Part 2 of a single-spaced report in which you:

1. Include and revise the sections from Assignment 2.1 (Problem Statement, Overview of Alternatives, Criteria, and Methods) per instructor suggestions.
2. Research the two (2) alternatives (i.e. possible solutions) that you’ve identified in your Part 1 Evaluation of Alternatives section. Record bibliographic information during research.
   1. Example: You might research other organizations that have attempted similar solutions to the problem you have identified and explore the results of those experiments. 
3. Use what you discover in your research to evaluate each alternative by each of your five (5) criteria.
   1. Example: If your research revealed that four (4) companies similar to yours increased productivity after allowing their workers to telework from home three days per week, you might conclude that one of your suggested alternatives – in this case, the option to telework from home three days per week – satisfies one of your criterion of “Productivity” as a high-potential solution to a problem you’ve identified (of decreased worker morale and productivity at Doe’s Electronics). However, additional research might frustrate a recommendation of this alternative if it is found to fall short of other criteria while a second alternative fares better. For instance, a telework alternative might be found to be too costly to implement; too frustrating for consumers who prefer daily, in-person customer service; or too divergent from the company’s brand, “Always there for you!”
4. Organize the assignment by your criteria. Explain in narrative form how each of your two (2) alternatives stacks up against your first criterion. Next, explain how each alternative stacks up against your second criterion, etc.
   1. Example: An abbreviated outline of what this longer section might look like based on the above example is below (Note: Only the first two [2] of five [5] required criteria are included to give you a feel for the structure). Your researched findings, represented as circled bullets below, should be explained in two to five (2-5) sentences. Include in-text citations and follow up with References in APA style):

      Evaluation of Alternatives

      • Productivity
      1. • Alternative A: Telework from home three (3) days per week
           • {narrate findings based on research article 1 here}
         • Alternative B: Offer two (2) extra Floating Holidays to each employee per year
           • {narrate findings based on research article 2 here}
      • Cost
      1. • Alternative A: Telework from home three (3) days per week
           • {narrate findings based on research article 1 here}
         • Alternative B: Offer two extra Floating Holidays to each employee per year
         • • {narrate findings based on research article 2 here}
5. Briefly summarize in narrative form the major discoveries that emerged from the Evaluation of Alternatives section.
6. Include a chart like the ones below to illustrate at a glance:

   Figure 1: Alternatives Analyzed by Criteria

   Criteria	Telework Option	Floating Holiday Option
   Productivity	Very high	Negligible increase
   Cost	Very high	Moderate
   Company Image	Increased	Negligible increase
   Worker Morale	Increased	Negligible increase
   Practicality	Moderate	Low
   TOTAL Feasibility* of Alternatives based on Criteria?	Moderate to High	Low to Moderate

   *Feasability = Capability of an alternative being carried out with success

7. Include an APA style (6th edition) References page that documents the two (2) sources (minimum) that you used and cited in-text in your Evaluation of Alternatives section. You may use secondary resources, or you may include one primary source and one secondary source. Remember that both in-text citations and References must be included (to avoid plagiarism) whenever you are directly quoting, summarizing, or paraphrasing researched material.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, single spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

For your presentation you will need the following:

• Ensure that your PowerPoint presentation fulfills the appropriate length requirements and professional style requirements.
  • You do NOT need to include all the sections from the report.
• Open with an engaging introduction of the topic of your report. Include one (1) title slide and one (1) introductory slide.
  • Be engaging.  Be funny or clever.  You will most likely need to include a slide that introduces the presentation that is separate from the problem statement.
• For the body of your presentation, cover the main points of your report. Create slides that reinforce and illustrate your main ideas. Follow basic design principles for effective slide content.
  • The slides you need will be
    • Introduction
    • Problem statement
    • Alternatives
    • Criteria
    • Evaluation (may need more than one slide for this)
      • You can include a separate slide for your chart as well
    • Recommendation
    • Closing
      • Be memorable here.  Wrap up the whole presentation.
    • Use PowerPoint voice-over and / or the notes section to present your slides.

 I HAVE ATTACHED PART 1 OF THE REPORT AS A REFERENCE!!!

For this assignment, use the three research articles located in the weekly resources, along with the Synthesis Matrix Chart to complete your assignment. Fill in the Synthesis Matrix Chart with the corresponding information from the articles. Use the chart to detect/identify commonalities in the ideas of the authors. Following the chart, write a two-page scholarly analysis of your findings.

Length: Completed Chart from three scholarly sources (as listed in the resources) and a two-page analysis of the findings from the chart

Your chart should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

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• Explain the concept of adding value in a business, and identify the major types of business.
• List three steps you can take to help make the leap from consumer to business professional
• Discuss the five major environments in which every business operates.
• Explain the purpose of the six major functional areas in a business enterprise.
• Summarize seven of the most important business professions.
• Identify seven components of professionalism.

Key terms: barrier to entry, business, business mindset, business model, competitive advantage, economic environment, etiquette, goods-producing businesses, IT, legal and regulatory environment, market environment, NGO, operations management, professionalism, profit, R&D, revenue, service businesses, social environment, stakeholders, technological environment.

Chapter 2

• Define economics, and explain why scarcity is central to economic decision making.
• Differentiate among the major types of economic systems.
• Explain the interaction between demand and supply.
• Identify four macroeconomic issues that are essential to understanding the behavior of the economy.
• Outline the debate over deregulation, and identify four key roles governments play in the economy.

Key terms: business cycles, capital, capitalism, competition, CPI, deflation, demand, demand curve, deregulation, economic indicators, economic system, economy, entrepreneurship, equilibrium point, fiscal policy, free-market system, GDP, HR, inflation, macroeconomics, microeconomics, monetary policy, monopolistic competition, monopoly, nationalizing, natural resources, oligopoly, opportunity cost, planned system, privatizing, PPI, pure competition, recession, regulation, scarcity, socialism, supply, supply curve, unemployment rate.

Chapter 3

• Explain why nations trade, and describe how international trade is measured.
• Discuss the nature of conflicts in global business, including free trade and government interventions into international trade.
• Identify the major organizations that facilitate international trade and the major trading blocs around the world.
• Discuss the importance of understanding cultural and legal difference in global business environment.
• Define the major forms of international business activity.

Key terms: balance of payments, balance of trade, culture, dumping, economic globalization, economies of scale, embargo, ethnocentrism, exchange rate, export subsidies, exporting, FDI, free trade, global strategy, import quotas, importing, licensing, multi-domestic strategy, multinational corporations, protectionism, stereotyping, tariffs, tax haven, trade deficit, trade surplus, trading blocs, transnational strategy.

Chapter 4

• Discuss what it means to practice good business ethics, and highlight three factors that influence ethical decision making.
• Define CSR, and explain the difference between philanthropy and strategic CSR.
• Distinguish among the four perspectives on corporate social responsibility.
• Discuss the role of businesses in protecting the natural environment and define sustainable development.
• Identify four fundamental consumer rights and the responsibility of business to respect them.
• Explain the responsibilities businesses have toward their employees.

Key terms: affirmative action, cap and trade, code of ethics, conflicts of interest, consumerism, CSR, discrimination, ethical dilemma, ethical lapse, ethics, identity theft, insider trading, NGOs, philanthropy, strategic CSR, sustainable development, transparency, whistle-blowing

Chapter 5

• Define sole proprietorship, and explain the six advantage and six disadvantages of this ownership model.
• Define partnership, and explain the six advantage and six disadvantages of this ownership model.
• Define corporation, and explain the four advantage and six disadvantages of this ownership model.
• Explain the concept of corporate governance, and identify the three groups responsible for ensuring good governance.
• Identify the potential advantages of pursuing mergers and acquisitions as a growth strategy, along with the potential difficulties and risks.

Key terms: acquisition, benefit corporation, board of directors, CEO, corporate governance, corporate officers, corporation, general partnership, hostile takeover, joint venture, LBO, limited liability, LLC, LLP, limited partnership, liquidity, MLP, merger, partnership, private corporation, proxy, public corporation, shareholder activism, shareholders, sole proprietorship, strategic alliance, unlimited liability.

Chapter 7

• Explain the importance of management, and identify the three vital management roles.
• Describe the planning function, and outline the strategic process.
• Describe the organizing function, and differentiate among top, middle, and first-line management.
• Describe the leading function, leadership style, and organizational culture.
• Describe the controlling function, and explain the four steps in the control cycle.
• Identify and explain four important types of managerial skills.

Key terms: administrative skills, autocratic leaders, balanced scorecard, benchmarking, coaching, conceptual skills, controlling, crisis management, decision-making skills, democratic leaders, employee empowerment, first-line managers, goal, interpersonal skills, laissez-faire leaders, leading, management, management pyramid, managerial roles, mentoring, middle managers, mission statement, objective, organizational culture, organizing, participative management, planning, quality, standards, strategic plans, SWOT, technical skills, top managers, values statement, vision statement.

Chapter 10

• Define motivation, and identify the classical motivation theories.
• Explain why many consider expectancy theory to be the best current explanation of employee motivation.
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of goal-setting theory.
• Describe the job characteristics model, and explain how it helps predict motivation and performance.
• Define reinforcement theory, and differentiate between positive and negative reinforcement.
• List five managerial strategies that are vital to maintaining a motivated workforce.

Key Terms: cross-training, engagement, equity theory, expectancy theory, goal-setting theory, incentives, job characteristic model, job enrichment, management by objectives (MBO), Maslow’s hierarchy, micromanaging, motivation, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement

Chapter 11

• Identify four contemporary staffing challenges, and explain the process of planning for a company’s staffing needs.
• Discuss the challenges and advantages of a diverse workforce, and identify five major dimensions of workforce diversity.
• Describe the three phases involved in managing the employment life cycle.
• Explain the steps used to develop and evaluate employee.
• Describe the major elements of employee compensation.
• Identify the most significant categories of employee benefits and services.

Key Terms: bonus, commissions, compensation, employee benefits, 401 (K) plan, glass ceiling, HR management, job description, job specification, layoffs, profit sharing, recruiting, salary, sexual harassment, stock options, termination, turnover rate

Chapter 12

• Explain the role of labor unions, and contrast the perspectives of employees and employers on the issue of unionization.
• Identify the three most important pieces of labor relations legislation enacted in the 20^th century.
• Explain how unions are structured, and describe the organizing process.
• Describe the collective bargaining process.
• Explain the procedures for addressing employee grievances and arbitrating disputes.
• Characterize the ongoing conflicts over union organizing efforts.

Key Terms: arbitration, boycott, collective bargaining, collective bargaining agreements, labor relations, labor unions, lockouts, mediation, right-to-work laws, strike

Chapter 13

• Define marketing, and explain its role in society.
• Identify three trends that help define contemporary marketing.
• Differentiate between consumer buying behavior and organizational buying behavior.
• Define strategic marketing planning, and identify the four basic options for pursuing new marketing opportunities.
• Identify the four steps in crafting a marketing strategy.
• Describe the four main components of the marketing mix.

Key Terms: cause-related marketing, consumer market, customer loyalty, diversification, market, marketing concept, marketing mix, positioning, 4ps, stealth marketing, target markets, transaction

Chapter 14

• Identify the main types of consumer and organizational products, and describe the four stages in the life cycle of a product.
• Describe six stages in the product development.
• Define brand, and explain the concepts of brand equity and brand loyalty.
• Identify four ways of expanding a product line, and discuss two risks that product-line extensions pose.
• List the factors that influence pricing decisions, and explain break-even analysis.
• Identify nine common pricing methods.

Key Terms: brand, brand equity, brand extension, brand loyalty, brand names, break-even analysis, break-even point, license, logo, product life cycle, product line, product mix, trademarks

Chapter 15

• Explain the role of marketing intermediaries in contemporary business, and list the eight primary functions that intermediaries can perform.
• Identify the major types of wholesalers, and summarize four trends shaping the future of wholesaling.
• Identify the major retailing formats, and summarize six trends shaping the future of retailing.
• Explain the strategic decisions that manufactures must make when choosing distribution channels.
• Identify five key attributes of distribution channel design and management.
• Highlight the major components of physical distribution and logistics.

Key Terms: agents and brokers, channel conflict, distribution mix, distribution strategy, e-commerce, logistics, marketing intermediaries, marketing systems, retailers, retail theater, wheel of retailing, wholesalers.

Chapter 16

• Describe the three major tasks in crafting a communication strategy, and identify four important legal aspects of marketing communication.
• Identity the major types of advertising, the most common advertising appeals, and the most important advertising media.
• Explain how direct marketing differs from advertising, and identify the major forms of direct media.
• Describe consultative selling, and explain the personal-selling process.
• Define sales promotion, and identify the major categories of consumer and trade promotions.
• Explain the use of social media in customer communication and the role of public relations.

Key Terms: advertising, advertising appeal, advertising media, brand communities, communication mix, conversation marketing, core message, media mix, product placement, public relations, pull/push strategy, search engine marketing, trade allowances.

Chapter 17

• Define accounting, and describe the roles of private and public accountants.
• Explain the impact of accounting standards such as GAAP and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate accounting.
• Describe the accounting equation, and explain the purpose of double-entry bookkeeping and the matching principle.
• Identify the major financial statements, and explain how to read a balance sheet.
• Explain the purpose of the income statement and the statement of cash flows.
• Explain the purpose of ratio analysis, and list the four main categories of financial ratios.

Key Terms: accounting, accounting equation, assets, audit, balance sheet, bookkeeping, calendar year, cash basis, current assets, current liabilities, depreciation, double-entry bookkeeping, EBITDA, expenses, external audit, financial accounting, fiscal year, fix assets, GAAP, gross profit, income statement, IFRS, liabilities, net income, Sarbane-Oxley, statement of cash flows.

Reply 1

I am a program manager at a large health insurance company. I work in IT and formal communication generally cascades from very high up, at an executive level, or communications follows an informal communication path. The formal communications follow the reporting hierarchy and are one directional, generally top down. The communications that are formal are almost always written and rarely oral. The written communications following the formal communication network are generally internal emails but can sometimes be articles posted on the intranet site for employees or annual reports to the employees, members, government or investors.

Working in the health insurance industry means significant government oversight and regulation. I believe this has influenced the corporate culture and it the company’s formal communication network. Knowing the high risk of litigation for insurance companies, I’m sure this has also influenced the formal communication network. The current communications meet the business needs because the written communications mitigate the risk around ambiguity and reduce the risk of litigation or regulatory fines.

Reply 2

The formal communication network within my company – a real estate company – consists of the traditional hierarchical structure with email and meetings being the main communication methods. Information is normally passed on as follows: Upper management will have monthly meetings with branch managers to keep them up to date with what is going on within the company. This meeting takes place at our corporate office. Management is responsible for informing their staff of what takes place in these meetings.This is done either by email or during departmental meetings.

As mentioned earlier, one of the main communication methods used in my workplace is email. Since we have several branches, email is the most efficient way to communicate. Our communications tend to be informal or casual among employees. When communicating with agents, vendors, or our parent company, emails are usually more formal. I have been there for over 13 years, and I have seen communication methods and culture change a lot during my employment. For example, we used to communicate often with paper memos, or we would hear information verbally from our department head. The company was very dependent on paper. Now, we may receive emails directly from the CEO, and paper memos are never distributed. Skype and Hangout are also becoming more popular and are even used to communicate with our parent company in real time. Although the basic formal network is still in place, it is evolving and taking on a more informal structure.This is mainly because our CEO likes to foster an open-door policy and a family-like atmosphere.

I believe that our current communication network has taken this form because of the way technology is changing. What may have met the company’s needs several years ago does not meet its current needs in the form efficiency and cost. Our current CEO is younger than the previous CEOs; therefore, he has a slightly different attitude about change and technology.He and our I.T. department are encouraging new forms of communication that meets the company’s needs much better in today’s real estate environment.

Reply 3

Personally, I believe communication is key in any organization or business. Without proper communication, each employee knows something different, and words get changed around very easily. I am currently interning under a Marketing Executive at a company called Swagelok. Here, the communication network is mostly formal, but each department head works together to make sure everyone in the lower part of the chain is included. At the beginning of each week the department heads meet with the President of the company to talk about upcoming performances and judge past performances. After this meeting, the marketing department head emails everyone to inform them about topics covered in the meeting. Also, each month, everyone in the company meets for a meeting covering the month as a whole and any changes that have/will occur. I think the reason email communication has become more prevalent is because technology is ever-changing. Everyone that I work with has his/her own office or cubical that contains a computer, so not having one isn’t an excuse. For the most part, I think emails are successful when keeping everyone “in the loop”. However, I also think meeting face-to-face is still extremely important in the work place. This first hand communication allows everyone to understand the importance of the company’s goals and objectives.

Reply 4

I am from China and I am currently studying as an exchange student in Troy. I have been studying in Troy for a year. During the year, I received important notices from school officials or teachers mainly through e-mail. Mail is more formal and detailed than verbal communication, and it can promptly notify all relevant personnel and greatly save time. In addition, once you find any questions, you can reply in time. This will help to find, discuss and solve problems.

There is a different experience，when I was still at a university in China. The teachers or the clubs often don’t use mailboxes to release information. They usually use QQ or WeChat, just like Facebook. Compared to e-mail, it has a more efficient feedback speed, which avoids missing the important information without checking the e-mail in time. For example, the teacher issued a question in the WeChat group. Students can discuss it quickly and use voice or text directly. This method is not as formal as email, but it gives people a relaxed feeling when answering or solving problems. And to a certain degree, the distance between students and teachers can be reduced. I think this is why we use WeChat more than email. Although I have not yet participated informal work, as far as I know, in many companies or enterprises, they often use WeChat or QQ for informal communication or notification. This way gives us the feeling that it is more efficient and more convenient. And it will benefit to communication with customers and smooth completion of work.

I need to response four replies, word limit: 150-200 for each one reply