Day: September 4, 2020

Your discussion topics are:

1. What duration and credit risk exposure do you think work best in our current interest rate environment? Why?

2.Readers Choice: Find recent financial news that interests you and impacts the stock marketpost a link to your article, make a comment.

Answer each question in a separate post.

You need to post a link in every forum regardless of whether you have Reader’s Choice or not. Be aware that articles from “Investopedia” and “Wikipedia” do not count…you need to be more academic than that 🙂

Competencies
Evaluate the challenges and benefits of employing a diverse workforce.
Design a plan for conducting business and managing employees in a global society.
Critique the actions of organizations as they integrate diverse perspectives into their cultures.
Evaluate the role of identity, diverse segments, and cultural backgrounds within organizations.
Attribute different cultural perspectives to current social-cultural dimensions.
Analyze the importance of managing a diverse workforce.
Scenario Information
Your company has been nominated for a national diversity award associated with your efforts and dedication to diversity initiatives in the workplace and their impact on the organization and community. You have been asked to summarize your efforts for the year in a slide presentation for the diversity committee who selects the winner. Be sure to include details of the changes you made in your organization and the impact the changes made.

Instructions
As part of your nomination, you have been asked to create a slide presentation.  Remember your audience when giving your presentation and include the following slides:

Title slide
Highlighting the importance of workplace diversity
Discussing the points that were included in your diversity plan
Describing how culture and inclusion impact your organization
Providing examples of how diverse workgroups work together in the workplace
Gives examples of strategies used to incorporate Hofstede’s cultural dimensions in a global workforce
Provides best practices for managers associated with managing a diverse, global workforce
Conclusion slide that includes a summary of why you should win this award
Any additional, relevant information
References

rubric
Highlighted the importance of diversity in the workplace using clear examples and a well-defined synopsis of the presentation.
Discussed the main points that were part of the diversity plan for the company using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Discussed how culture and inclusion impact the organization using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Provided strategies using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions in a global workforce and how these different workgroups worked together using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Provided an overview of best practices for managers using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Presentation included all appropriate slides, references if needed,

Develop an 8 – 10page paper (exclusive of title page, abstract or references).  Develop three main sections:  Introduction, thematic literature review (labeled with appropriate topic headings), and Conclusion.  For the literature review section, you should develop thoroughly enough to merit at least three sub-heading levels. A minimum of 7 peer-reviewed sources should be used.

The literature review should address the following question:

Is it possible to develop executive compensation plans that effectively link the interests of the executive with the firm’s bottom line ?