Effective diversity training and management of diversity initiatives are highly beneficial for all companies. Although view diversity programs as a legal obligation‚ there are many benefits that can be derived from effective diversity management. It fosters a respectful work environment‚ reduces workplace harassment‚ and improves employer branding. By training employees to respect others’ differences‚ employees become more understanding of one another‚ which improves their ability to work in teams
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Google failures. GOOGLE ANSWERS. In competition with Yahoo! Answers‚ Google created Google Answers a program which goal was to answer all kind of questions users could have. The program counted with a team of researchers guaranteeing correct‚ quality answers‚ despite this‚ users favored Yahoo!’s. WHY? First mistake Google made was charging clients for posts. People didn’t want to pay when they could use Yahoo‚ which is totally free‚ although their answers don’t have the same quality as the ones
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How does Microsoft conduct strategic planning and what role human resource management plays in that process? It is apparent that people are Microsoft’s greatest asset. Linking production areas and using an atmosphere that caters to the 30 year old average employee age‚ has made the company a fantastic place of employment. Human Resources is responsible for identifying‚ hiring‚ and retaining their gifted talent. Microsoft has also boasted as very generous compensation and benefits program that
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MICROSOFT: COMPETING ON TALENT CASE STUDY 5/09/07 Microsoft: Competing on Talent CASE STUDY OVERVIEW Microsoft has had a long standing practice of aggressively pursuing and hiring the brightest engineers in the software field. Yet by 1999 Microsoft had matured and many of its talent employees were leaving the company as documented in a Wall Street Journal article “As Microsoft Matures‚ Some Top Talent Chooses to Go Off Line”. The article reported
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Strategic Plan Analysis Paper University of Phoenix MGT/449 - Quality Management and Productivity LM08BAM02 John F. Salvagno July 23‚ 2009 Strategic Plan Analysis Paper The organizations that will be discussed are Century 21 Powerhouse Realty where I am employed at as a real
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CH 1 Quiz 1. Suppose your firm invests $100‚000 in a project in Italy. At the time the exchange rate is $1.23= 1.00 Euros. One year later the exchange rate is the same‚ but the Italian government has expropriated your firm’s assets paying only 80‚000 Euros in compensation. This is an example of a. Political risk 2. Country A can produce 10 yards of textiles or 6 pounds of food per unit of input. Compute the opportunity cost of adding one additional unit of food instead of textiles. a. 1 yard
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Debt is Good for You (01/25/2001) Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller published their famous theory about the optimal balance on debt and equity of the corporate finance. In the Modigliani –Miller theory they stated that the value of the firm is independent of firm’s capital structure. As the portion of debt goes up‚ the firm will be riskier‚ and the expected return will increase. In an efficient market‚ the business risk does not vary with leverage. But later‚ Modigliani –Miller theory modified
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Financial Management 1. Happy Valley‚ Inc. stock is valued at $51.40 a share. The company pays a constant dividend of $3.80. What is the required return on this stock? Po = D/Rs $51.40 = $3.80/Rs Rs = 7.39% 2. The Francis Company is expected to pay a dividend of D1 = $1.25 per share at the end of the year‚ and that dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year in the future. The company’s beta is 1.15‚ the market risk premium is 5.50%
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1. (TCO A) Use future or present value techniques to solve the following problems. (Note: You can use tables or a financial calculator. If you use a calculator‚ please provide the inputs you used to solve the problems.) (5 points each = total 20 points) a. Starting with $20‚000‚ how much will you have in 20 years if you can earn 5% on your money? b. If you inherited $100‚000 today and invested all of it in a security that paid an 8% rate of return‚ how much would you have in 15 years? c. If
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Finance Exam #1 1. True or false? A pure arbitrage takes advantage of price discrepancies by buying low and selling high in such a way as to place no wealth at risk. 2. SKR is the ISO code for the Swedish Currency‚ the krona. A Swedish band quotes SKR 8/USD Bid and SKR 9/USD Ask. These quotes are in: A. American terms B. Direct terms from a U.S perspective C. Direct terms from a Swedish perspective D. Indirect terms from a Swedish perspective 3. U.S. bank quotes $1.27/€ ask (€ is
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