Employee Handbook for ABC Corporation             The fair labor standards act (FLSA) initiates the lowest salary, overtime payment, recordkeeping, and youth employment level affecting the federal, local, and state government employees. The minimum wage requirement by the FLSA is $7.25 per hour, which was passed on July 24, 2009. Most of the Sates have this law, although some provide more employee protection, and the employer is required to comply with both. Employees under this act must receive overtime payments for over 40 hours worked in a week. The rate should not be less than time and one half of their basic rate of pay. The act states that employees must get their minimum salary, and they should not work for more than 40 hours weekly without receiving the overtime payment at their regular rate. The net wage that each employee gets should depend on the number of hours he/she has worked. Mealtime should be paid for as working time while meeting time is voluntary should not be paid for. Every employer under this act must keep records for each non-exempt…

Can Colossal Corporation terminate Alex without any notice or a hearing? Employment at will indicates that the organization can fire the worker at any time with no particular warning or reason. The employee has a similar right and can quit the organization any time with no particular notice period or any particular reason. There are three exceptions to an employee at will; If the employee has filled several claims or the employee has been a whistleblower to an organization issue when the employee is protected under personal contract. When an employee is covered by union agreement. Colossal Corporation can terminate Alex at any time with no type of notice or hearing. This is the case since he is covered under employment at will cause. Did Alex, Nick, Bill, or Juanita commit any crimes? Out of all the provided individuals, Alex is the primary culprit who had illegally moved the stolen goods from Colossal Corporation. He can be convicted of theft. The rest, including Juanita, Bill and Nick, doesn’t have any idea of the crime they have; therefore, the three can’t…

In your opinion, is the film ‘The Corporation’ a demonization of corporations produced by left-wing radicals? Or is it a fair critique of their overbearing power and influence?             The film “The Corporation” is not a demonization of corporations but a fair critique of the overbearing power and influence of corporations. This is in consideration to the facts presented by Bakan in line with what is happening today. It is a fact without reasonable doubt that corporation powers and influence has pocketed government officials through bribe and other forms of corruption to an extent that they can just carry out activities recklessness without fear of legal consequences. Many are the cases where corporations have been accused of illegal actions which harm the environment like pollution and the cases forwarded to the government. But what has been the outcome of the cases? After a short period of time in pretense that the case is being pursued the operations of many corporations resume as normal and without any change. Even, emitting more pollution than before in attempt to compensate for the lost…

Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal case Company Analysis The Union Carbide Corporation is an American Organization that has established different branches globally, such as the India Corporation that was began in the 1970s because of the government relaxation of its laws to gain more international investments (Steiner & Steiner, 2012). The American and the India government joined up to form an organization based on an agreement that results in the formation of the Union Carbide Company within the Bhopal area in India. There were various reasons as to why the United States decided to establish its operations at Bhopal. One of these reasons includes an excellent communication and transport network within the location, which has assisted in the free movement of products and services globally (Steiner & Steiner, 2012). Consequently, it is vital to note that the India government had critically ignored the threats posed by establishing an organization in a location with a considerable margin population. First of all, this region is a slum that has a vast number of residential employees, which increases the possibility of an occurrence…

Hitachi Consulting Corporation Case Study 13-14 Each department in Hitachi Corporation had an independent legacy system that worked independently of the other systems. When the Corporation required an enterprise-view of the workforce, it was very difficult to integrate all the systems in the organization to assemble/aggregate the needed data. The problem was caused by the elongated use of traditional systems such as spreadsheets. The management did not align its operations with dynamic technology. The organization culture built a workforce used to the legacy systems and did not realize better ways of accomplishing their tasks. These problems caused the company to incur a lot of costs in their day to day operations. The Corporation also needed many workers to accomplish the task in different parts of the company, a problem solved by collaborative work. 13-15 The following were the information requirements for Hitachi’s new HR system. First, they need a single system to act as a central repository for HR data at all HCC’s regions. This requirement would help solve the problem caused by unnormalized data. The centralized data repository ensures…

Toyota Motor Corporation Introduction Toyota Motor Corporation became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world in the year 2008 (Magee, 2008). The company has nearly 600 subsidiaries, which are all involved in automobile production, commercial vehicles, industrial vehicles, and automobile parts (Magee, 2008). The company is Japan-based headquartered in Toyota City, Nagoya. The company started in 1933, founded by Toyoda Sakichi. The company produced its first car in 1936 (Magee, 2008). The company later faced an economic downturn as a result of the Second World War, and it was forced to suspend some of its automotive production. In the 1950s, the company came back to work and had been growing since then. In the 21st century, the company has experienced significant growth owed to its innovations such as Lexus (1989), a luxury car and Prius (1997), a hybrid-powered vehicle (Magee, 2008). For Toyota to excel in the market, it has utilized several globalization and growth strategies. Global strategy is a strategy a company takes to compete internationally. A growth strategy is the action plan created for helping a business gain…

  Effects of covid-19 on digital marketing The attack of the covid-19 pandemic has brought the whole world at a standstill in all aspects. It has affected businesses, schools, health facilities, and socialization. Literary, everything has been grounded. General marketing and branding have not been spared. The pandemic has impacted all industries and businesses in one way or another. Different companies have either partly or entirely shut down. It has led to a rise in massive buying in some sectors, especially food. It is hard to identify all implications of the global actions to curb the spread of the virus because there are diverse impacts in all sectors. One thing to note is that covid-19 effects will have a long-term impact even if we go back to our usual way of life within months. The business world that has been forced to close down or are struggling through these difficult times will take a lot of time to pick up if they ever do. Covid-19 has not made it easier for any business as working from home sounds so typical…

Case Study: Nucor Corporation             The present paper will discuss four concepts and subsequently link them with the Nucor Corporation.  Two concepts will be derived from journal articles, whereas the other two will be strategic management models: vision and mission aspect; and strategic planning. Ashridge Model (Chun & Davies, 2001) The first concept is the Ashridge Model (Chun & Davies, 2001). Giving a mission to an organization is essential as it offers a competitive advantage as well as other unprecedented benefits. However,  the Ashridge mission model highlights the best approach to apply in coming up with a mission statement. It defines the mission as a statement that consists of four dimensions, namely; purpose, strategy, values, and behavioral standards.   Figure 1: Ashridge Model (Chun & Davies, 2001) The top-most element of the model is the purpose. It depicts the goals of the organization or answers the question of why it exists. Another element is the strategy. For the organization to realize its purpose, a strategy must be in place. Therefore, for the best purpose, strategic planning (will be discussed in…

 Market Analysis: Encana Corporation  The report examines the customer persona in detail of the Encana. It gives information on how a target customer persona is determined and the importance of having a target persona. It examines an overarching strategy that Encana creates value for the customers by producing products that helps support their needs. Through the feedbacks gotten from the customers, Encana can improve on the products. Identification of the target persona helps the Encana to communicate the right information to the right group of people. It also examines a strategy with mix recommendations, utilizing all the 7ps by incorporating all the seven elements because they focus on the target audience requirement.  Encana had its headquarters in Canada but has opted to move to U.s and change its name to Ovintiv in search of better market opportunities.  Encana should ensure that it finds in the target audience and produces goods that meet their demands to expand its target market. Introduction Encana is a natural gas company that was based in Canada with its headquarters in Calgary. Its primary focus for…

 innovation at Apple Inc. Corporation Innovation in the current business world is one of the major determinants of whether a company survives in competition or fails. In Guide to Innovation, Stainleigh (2008) describes innovation as ‘’a collaborative process through which organizations abandon old paradigms and make significant advances” (38). The underlying drive of innovation in an organization is the ability to not only formulate ideas but also implemented them in a way that propagates positive implications. Through innovation comes cultural change, which seeks to align the new business developments and products with consumer preferences (Gupta & Prinzinger, 2013). Lack of such an alignment has often lead to potential enterprises running out of business despite being market leaders at some point in time, such as Nokia and Yahoo. This paper assesses innovation at Apple Inc. Corporation, culminating in a discussion of the culture of the organization before and after the shift and an assessment of the level of success that the company realized. Organization Culture before the Shift The majority of Apple’s success today is attributed to Steve Jobs, which is…