Day: October 28, 2020

please respond to both questions below using the reading or material required:

1)Perform an Internet search to identify at least two companies in different industries that have entered into outsourcing agreements with firms with specialized services. In addition, describe what value chain activities the companies have chosen to outsource. Do any of these outsourcing agreements seem likely to threaten any of the companies competitive capabilities?

Reading: Chapter 6: Strengthening a Company’s Competitive Position: Strategic Moves, Timing, and Scope of Operations

Book: John Gamble, Arthur A. Thompson, Margaret Ann Peteraf. (2018). Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2018. (ISBN: 978-1259927638)

2)Now that you understand more about international management especially negotiating and strategy, Explain what traits and skills you currently possess that would aid your success as an International Manager.

Reading: Chapter 6: Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Decision Making

Book: Helen Deresky (2017). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases (9e).  ISBN: 978-0-134-37604-2. Publisher: Pearson Higher Education; Copyright 2017

The materials you generate for this assignment will be integrated into your final paper, so you will be refining them as you move forward. In this assignment, address the following:
Identify the public agency you wish to study.
Identify the problem on which you wish to conduct the policy analysis, with an evaluation of how that problem fits within the organizational mission.
Evaluate the potential costs and benefits of engaging in a policy analysis process to assess organizational problems and priorities.
Analyze factors you may use to frame the problem into a manageable scope.
Analyze contributing factors one must consider to determine if the problem has too broad or too narrow a focus, using examples to illustrate how the problem concerns the broader community.
Provide specific examples to explain how the problem affects the needs of all groups within the community.
Evaluate the organizational problem in terms of the organizational mission using a SWOT analysis.
Provide examples of how dealing with the issue reflects ethical practices by the public agency.

In every course you take at PG, you are a member of a learning community. All members are working to strengthen their professional skills and achieve their academic and career goals. Discussion allows you to see new perspectives and achieve further personal growth. Discussion Boards are an important part of your learning, allowing you to asynchronously interact with your classmates and instructor.

Using the assigned readings and supplemental academic research, you will address the topics presented on the Discussion Board. Be sure to review the Discussion Board rubric to review all expectations.

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In every course you take at PG, you are a member of a learning community. All members are working to strengthen their professional skills and achieve their academic and career goals. Discussion allows you to see new perspectives and achieve further personal growth. Discussion Boards are an important part of your learning, allowing you to asynchronously interact with your classmates and instructor.

Using the assigned readings and supplemental academic research, you will address the topics presented on the Discussion Board. Be sure to review the Discussion Board rubric to review all expectations.

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Scenario
For this assignment, imagine that you are the Vice President of Human Resources (VP of HR) for CapraTek. The Western sales division has had more turnover than any other part of the company. Since 2010, there have been six different sets of directors and deputy directors for the organization. In three years, the Western sales division has lost 80% of its clients. The other sales division has only lost 2% of its clients. The marketing-science office at the corporate level has been deeply involved in redesigning product development and sales processes, which have become more complicated. It has also become harder for customers to qualify for financing. These actions, while presented as quality efforts, have not led to positive outcomes. Over time, these conditions have raised prices above all competitors. While the organizations products are of great quality, it could be some products are over-engineered and possibly too taste specific.

Aside from the low morale, the level of turnover at the senior ranks of the division has done harm to employees at all levels of the division. Frontline sales professionals, supervisors, support staff, support leaders, middle managers, and stakeholders are confused about quality standards and approval stages. The CapraTek CEO and COO have consistently selected sales directors and deputy directors from outside the organization, but all were soon terminated for poor performance. The next set of directors was selected internally from the sales professionals, and they were also terminated after about 18 months. Additionally, the job description for this position has been studied and refined multiple times; this is not the issue or answer for this assignment.

Your Challenge
As the VP of HR, consider the following actions and for each one:

Describe whether you would execute this action.
If you would execute this action, explain how and why.
If you would not execute this action, explain why not.
Actions to Consider
Seek consulting services: Seek consulting services from a professional search firm that will take the place of the company human resources staff performing the recruiting effort. The private search firm will search for candidates and conduct pre-assessments and interviews before the final candidates are presented to the company. Please provide evidence as to why this would be a good decision.
Hire from within: Continue to hire candidates from within the organization using the current process of allowing HR and the CEO and COO to make the selections. Provide evidence-based rationale to support your decision.
Conduct an external search: Begin an intense internal search within CapraTek for director and deputy director positions to be run by HR, leading to a robust list of candidates for consideration. Describe why or why you would not take this course of action.
Assignment Instructions
Prepare a 34-page paper that states how and why you would take each course of action, or if you would not take a specific action, explain why not. All three Actions to Consider must be addressed. Along with your recommendations, include the following:

Analyze options available for addressing issues with employee turnover, product development and the sales process, rise in product prices, and operational morale.
Weigh the pros and cons of taking each action.
Determine whether you would take each action.
Explain how available options could be executed.
Explain briefly what steps you would take to accomplish any of the actions you would choose to take.
Provide the rationale for each decision to either take or not take a course of action.
Describe key factors that influenced your decision.
Include material from your references to support your conclusions.