MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 5-2

DISCUSSION QUESTION 5-2

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 5: The Employment Relationship and Immigration Laws; Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations; Employment Discrimination

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)

 

Please answer the following regarding labor relations legislation that has been enacted over the years:

 

a.       Explain relationships between the Wagner Act and the Taft-Hartley Act.

 

b.      Evaluate this statement: The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects all American workers.

 

A 2-page response is required. (50 points) (2 pages)

 

Grading Rubric

 

Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.

 

  

MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 5-1

DISCUSSION QUESTION 5-1

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 5: The Employment Relationship and Immigration Laws; Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations; Employment Discrimination

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 1 (50 points)

 

Please answer the following in connection with unemployment compensation and worker’s compensation:

 

1. Evaluate: Everyone who loses his or her job is entitled to unemployment compensation.

 

2. Analyze: It is important to know whether one is an employee or an independent contractor in case the person is injured at work.

 

3. Evaluate this statement: Workers’ compensation legislation considers fault.

 

4. Explain why someone might think this statement is true: The worker’s compensation system is not always beneficial to workers.

 

A 2-page response is required. (50 points) (2 pages)

   

MB655 Business Law Activity 4

ACTIVITY 4

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 4: Law and Business Associations

 

 

Activity 4: Theories of Product Liability

 

Your activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

View the following video: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/consumer-group-demands-new-car-seat-safety-standards/.

 

Then read this article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-03/audi-loses-124-million-texas-verdict-over-seat-back-failure.

 

Based upon what you learned in Lesson 3, please do the following:

 

Part A        Prepare an argument that explains the theories of recovery consumers might use in similar product liability lawsuits.

 

Part B        The 11 year old boy in the lawsuit mentioned in the video and article above was not in a booster seat. The father, seated in the front, was not wearing a seatbelt. Explain what defenses may be available to car manufacturers when similar injuries are involved. Consult Chapters 11 and 12 of your textbook. (100 points) (2-pages required.)

 

Grading Rubric

 

Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.

   

MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 3-2

DISCUSSION QUESTION 3-2

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 3: The Law of Torts; Product and Service Liability Law; Agency Law

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)

 

Discuss the differences between compensatory, punitive, and nominal damages. Provide an example of punitive damages, including a citation for the case. (50 points) (2 pages)

 

A 2-page response is required.

  

MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 3-1

DISCUSSION QUESTION 3-1

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 3: The Law of Torts; Product and Service Liability Law; Agency Law

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 1 (50 points)

 

Explain the differences between disparagement and defamation. (50 points) (2 pages)

 

a.       Define malice as it is used in connection with defamation.

 

b.      Discuss the defenses that are available to claims of disparagement and defamation.

 

A 2-page response is required.

    

 

MB655 Business Law Activity 2

ACTIVITY 2

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 2: Business Ethics; The International Legal Environment of Businesses; Law of Contracts

 

 

Activity 2: Case Analysis

 

Read the case of Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Murley, 703 F.3d 456 (2013), found in your textbook. Prepare an analysis of the case, using the following headings to guide you. Your activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style. (100 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

 

Part A        Parties to the Case, Facts of the Case, and Business Reasons for the Dispute

 

Part B        Issue to be Decided and The Analysis of the Issue by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

 

Part C        Holding of the Court, The Reasons for the Holding, and The Implications for Business

MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 1-2

DISCUSSION QUESTION 1-2

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 1: Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)

 

Evaluate this statement: The First Amendment protected all kinds of speech equally. (50 points)  (A 2-page response is required.) Then provide two examples of the U.S. Supreme Court’s position on freedom of speech as that right pertains to businesses.

    

MB655 Business Law Discussion Question 1-1

DISCUSSION QUESTION 1-1

MB655 Business Law

 

Lesson 1: Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

 

Discussion Question 1 (50 points)

 

Explain the roles of courts of original jurisdiction and those of appellate jurisdiction. (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

   

MR601 Stand-Alone Project Strategic Cultural Change

MR601 Survey of Human Resource Management

Stand-Alone Project: Strategic Cultural Change (300 points)
You are the Assistant Vice President of Carpetbagger's Chemicals, a sixty-year-old company that provides chemicals used to create and install indoor and outdoor carpet. Your company has thrived on a “good old boy” network based on relationship selling and personal delivery using a fleet of company-owned, light-utility trucks driven by members of your sales force.
Recently, your competition is threatening from several directions. Other chemical companies, using national and regional transportation carriers and Internet sales, are offering faster turn-around and lower prices. In addition, carpet made in Asia and Australia is gaining in popularity in the United States. Sales have been down for three years, and costs continue to rise.
The board of directors of Carpetbagger's Chemicals recently hired a new president to help turn the company around. He has determined that it is necessary to create radical change to make Carpetbagger's Chemicals profitable again. These changes will ultimately affect the very culture of your organization. There are three (3) top priorities for the new president.
1. Retool the sales force to be more aggressive.
2. Move delivery of products from the sales force to independent national transportation carriers (which will negate the need for the fleet of light utility trucks for the sales force).
3. Create a new, international sales division to explore marketing Carpetbagger's Chemicals to carpet makers in other countries.
Develop a plan to support this new strategy through human resources.
This Stand-Alone Project is comprised of four (4) parts. Your Stand-Alone Project responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the project itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (300 points) (A 10-page report, organizational chart, and 20-slide MS PowerPoint presentation are required for the combination of Parts A, B, C, and D.)

Part A Write a report detailing how each of the following will support the change. (120 points)

1. HR Strategy

The new president of Carpetbagger's Chemicals has communicated his three priorities. Now, you must decide how human resources will support those three priorities while staying within your current budget. What, specifically, should you start now, to support the change in your own department? Which HR functions will need to change to support the new priorities? Would it help to outsource any HR function or any portion of an HR function?

2. Recruiting

a) You may recall that the three priorities of your new company president are as follows.
1. Retool the sales force to be more aggressive
2. Move delivery of products from the sales force to the fleet of light independent national transportation carriers
3. Create a new, international sales division to market Carpetbagger's Chemicals to other countries

b) As you develop your plan, think about the following questions.
1. What new staffing and recruiting efforts will have to be made?
2. Will you need updated job descriptions?
3. Will you need new Job Analyses?
4. Will you need to hire/replace existing employees?

Begin the planning process now for the employees in your recruiting department. List specific deliverables that you will need from them before your company can move ahead. Also, consider the costs associated and how new staff will fit into the organizational chart.

3. Compensation and Benefits

Consider how your compensation and benefits teams will help support the new strategic initiatives of Carpetbagger's Chemicals. Specifically consider the following.
1. Should you implement a new salesforce pay plan?
2. Since Carpetbagger's will be taking salespeople out of the delivery business, should you adjust their compensation?
3. How will the international sales division be evaluated differently from the current national sales force?
4. How will in-country vs. international managerial jobs be priced?

Also, think about the costs associated with the above considerations and make notes of them for your Stand-Alone Project.

4. Training and Development

The new initiatives from upper management are going to require all sorts of training. The old sales force will need new sales training. Employees will need to know how to support the independent national transportation companies through Bills of Lading, Safety Information, and general expectation management. In addition, the new sales division will require product knowledge training and sales training. Create a proposal to provide training in all of the pertinent areas. Include plans for measuring training effectiveness.

5. Employee Relations

Change can be tough. These may be stressful times for employees at Carpetbagger's Chemicals. This is especially true for the sales staff. What will you do to help relieve the stress? Will your initiatives be formal or informal? Required or voluntary? Will you offer special contests or incentives? Consider how you will communicate the upcoming change to employees. What medium will you use? How will you handle grievances after the change? Prepare now for the massive changes soon to come.

6. Global HR

One of your corporate priorities is to create a new, international sales division to market Carpetbagger's Chemicals to other countries. Consider the following.
1. How would you recommend this new division operate?
2. Would you outsource the sales to overseas companies, move existing employees overseas, or move key managers overseas and hire locals to sell the product?
3. What challenges will you face?
4. What country should you begin your international business in?

Part B Create a new organizational chart for the company. (Both MS PowerPoint and MS Excel have functions that allow users to create organizational charts. You may also download organizational chart templates from http://www.office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/). (30 points)

Part C Since this initiative is new and not within scope of the current budget, you will need to provide a detailed proposal highlighting additional human resource department costs for communication, new staff (if necessary), training (design and delivery), employee relations, pilot programs, consultant fees, etc. By the way, the new Company President is a tightwad, so keep your costs low. (50 points)

Part D Prepare a 20-slide MS PowerPoint presentation to communicate your plans to the board of directors. (100 points)

   

MR601 Activity 6_16 Outsourcing case study

Activity Instructions: Outsourcing Case Study

 (A 4-page response is required.)

Part A	You are the director of HR for a company that sells an upscale line of gourmet snack foods.  Your company has a 30-employee call center that takes calls from customers about order and payment issues.  Your boss talked to someone on the plane during a recent business trip and has become interested in outsourcing the call center to an off-shore firm in India.  “We could save 80% on labor alone!” he exclaimed. You have heard that about half of outsourcing off-shore work is terminated fairly quickly.  Write a paper outlining the pros and cons of off-shore outsourcing in this situation.  Present at least three (3) positive and three (3) negative sides of the issue.  In true, objective fashion, present the facts, but let your boss make up his own mind.  (60 points)
Part B	Discuss an example of one (1) company that is successfully outsourcing work offshore and one (1) company that tried outsourcing offshore but terminated the effort.  (40 points)