Wgu Business Task P1

Problems #65 - #94 from page 311. Please provide your answer after each problem and submit the file with your answers through Blackboard.

(Please note: Task 1, 3 & 4 have been combined together into one report. Task 2 is separate and can be found on page 9)

Upon investigation in to the claim of constructive discharge under the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 my research found this claim to be irrelevant and unjustified. A constructive discharge happens when an employee is legally justified in claiming that he/she was forced to resign because the employer has made working conditions intolerable.

Review this package together and explain what you expect to do. Based on your discussion, develop and select the questions for data gathering exercise.

Point of View .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Case Context ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Problem Definition ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Framework of Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 1 Analysis

8  1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8  1.2 MOTIVATION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8  1.3 OBJECTIVE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9  2 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................................................................................... 11  2.1 COST, EFFECTIVENESS AND MARKET SHARE OF THE DIGITAL OVER THE PRINTED MEDIA ............................................................................................... 11  2.2 THE NEED TO THE CHANGE OF THE BUSINESS MODEL ............................................................................................................................. 15  2.3 BUSINESS MODELS – THE BOOK INDUSTRY ....................................................................................................................................... 16  2.3.1. Click & Brick (C&B) Model .......................................................................................................................................... 17  2.3.2 The Stimulus

Step one in Vickers’ book is to “understand the problem” – I am going to follow this point via its sub-steps (Vickers takes each main step of the process and sets it into smaller more manageable steps) to provide an outline in solving the issue provided.

The old way of doing business as usual has become costly across the board on the local, state, and

ix Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Problem Statement ........................................................................................................... 1 Objective of the Research ................................................................................................ 2 Methodology and Approach............................................................................................. 2 Thesis Organization ......................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 Background ............................................................................................................ 4 Wear and rock abrasiveness ............................................................................................. 5 NTNU rock drillability testing system ............................................................................. 6 Drilling Rate Index, DRI .......................................................................................... 7 Assessment of DRI ................................................................................................... 8 Cutter Life Index, CLI .............................................................................................. 9 Calculation of

16 6. SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................................... 16 7. Critical Set of Issues ....................................................................................................... 17 7.1 Critical Issues Weightage .......................................................................................... 19 8. Problem definition ........................................................................................................... 19 9. Culture of shared organisational values .......................................................................... 20 9.1 Advantages of shaping the shared organisational culture .......................................... 21 10. Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 24 References: ........................................................................................................................ 26 Page 3 of 26

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS TABLE OF FIGURES 1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................2 1.1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................2 1.2 PROBLEM DISCUSSION......................................................................................3 1.3 DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM...........................................................................3 1.4 PURPOSE ..........................................................................................................4 1.5 DEMARCATION ................................................................................................4 1.6 OUTLINE OF THE THESIS ...................................................................................4 2 THE SHARED SERVICE CENTER.................................................................8 2.1 A DEFINITION OF SHARED SERVICES .................................................................8 2.2 ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN A SSC....................................................................8 2.3 MOTIVES FOR CREATING A SSC .......................................................................9 2.4 SOME

There will be different sections describing different aspects that have to be analyzed. It will be concluded by giving

Statement of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................ 1 CONTEXT OF THE STUDY ............................................................................. 1 PROBLEM STATEMENT ................................................................................ 4

Preface ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Management Summary .................................................................................................................. 4 Background ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 8 Work