Category: Economics

Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Analyze the process of unionization and collective bargaining in an organization
Scenario
You are working as an HR analyst for a company that employs 400 employees and manufactures household items. The order fulfillment department has begun the process of campaigning to organize a union. This is a significant number of employees; they make up 40% of your company’s workforce.
As an HR professional, it is critical that you be familiar with the laws and regulations surrounding the process of unionization. You may be called upon to support supervisors, managers, or nonunion employees with questions during an active campaign. Human Resources acts as a valuable resource to an organization about what is and is not legally permitted during the union organizing process. Your organization’s failure to comply with laws and regulations during a union campaign can have a lasting impact and may result in monetary fines.
Directions
In the first section of this project refer to the following list of primary steps in a union campaign. While the entire process of a campaign has many more steps, these are the most crucial and the ones that are most prone to rule violations by either company management or the union:
Organizing Campaign: Employees and union representatives work together to gather employee support for a union.
Authorization: 30% of employees “sign” cards to authorize union representation and have an election.
Union Files for Election: Election is conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, and 50% of the employees vote for union representation.
Employees with Union Representation and Management Create a Contract: A collective bargaining agreement is negotiated.
To complete the first section of this project, create a table with these headings: Union Campaign Step, Prohibited Management Activity, and Prohibited Union Activity. For each listed step, you will document three activities that management are not permitted to enact during an official union campaign. You will also document two activities that the unions are not permitted to enact during the campaign.
In the second section of this project, refer to the Collective Bargaining Agreement excerpt provided in the Supporting Materials section. Consider the rights of management and the rights of the union. Describe benefits and drawbacks of the collective bargaining agreement for the employer. Complete your examination of the collective bargaining agreement by giving an example of a situation where there might be a conflict between management rights and the contract provision. Describe how you would advise management to resolve this situation.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Campaign Steps Table
A. Management Prohibited Activities: Describe three management activities that would be considered prohibited at each stage of the campaign process.
B.Union Prohibited Activities: Describe two union activities that would be considered prohibited at each stage of the campaign process.
2. Common Provisions for Collective Bargaining
A .Benefits: Discuss at least four benefits of the collective bargaining agreement for the employer providing specific examples to support the claims.
B. Drawbacks: Discuss at least four drawbacks of the collective bargaining agreement for the employer providing specific examples to support the claims.
i. What items fall under the rights of management?
ii. What items fall under the rights of unions according to the NLRB?
C. Rights Conflicts: Describe an example situation where the rights of management may conflict with the collective bargaining agreement.
i. Consider the example in the Collective Bargaining Agreement excerpt in the Supporting Materials section.
ii. Discuss your advice to management on how to resolve the conflict.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Resource: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Use this excerpt from a collective bargaining agreement to complete the second part of your project.

Name the Stage of Change for this client and if not in the Action Phase, how could you motivate this client to engage treatment?
Ms. Clark is in the preparation action stage. She is committed to making change and thinking about ways to stop drinking so much. She doesn’t want to quit all together but will if that’s what it took. She prefers some medicine from Dr. Seal to help with anxiety in order to start cutting back. She mentioned it would be nice for her to have someone to talk to as well. I could motivate the client to engage treatment by sending her back to Dr. Seal to see if he wants to prescribe anything right away or wait. Knowing she is more willing to cut back if she has medication, I would encourage her to set up an appointment with a talk therapist first and try to get a few sessions in before deciding or not that medicine is a good idea. I would give her a therapist she could get set up with right away.
Barsky (2006) says, “A client could be an individual, family, group, organization, or community,” (p. 117) and provides some guidelines for you to consider when making this determination. Using these concepts of your reading, who would you define as the client? Justify your answer with the readings/lecture and information in the video. (This reading is located in Module 3 if you want a refresher.)
The client is an individual. Based on Barsky (2006), one determines who the client is by asking 5 questions. Summing up the 5 questions would be, Who is willing, Who is required by law, which individuals are necessary, who needs to participate in assessment, and who is the worker competent and able to work with (Barsky, 2006). Ms. Clark is being seen for herself. She is the only person willing to work with the social worker. She is the only one participating in the assessment. She is not required by law but willingly coming on her own.
As you envision this client, what resources would you use to develop an initial assessment? Who else would you want to reach out to for additional information, with client permission?
As I envision the client, I would use the CAGE screening tool to develop my initial assessment. It is a simple 5 question screening that would give me an idea of where my client is at (Mack et al., 2016). Knowing my client wants a prescription drug, I would also have her take the Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale (AASE) To see if she has a high chance of not being tempted to drink as much as she is while taking a prescription medication (DiClemente et al., 1994). It would show me how much she is tempted and how well she could abstain. I would reach out to a psychotherapist who can do talk therapy and if that therapist sees the needs for medication, then to get in contact with a psychiatrist.
Mack, A.H., Brady, K. T., Miller, S.I., & Frances, R. J. (2016). Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders (4th ed.). Guilford Press: New York.
DiClemente, C. C., Carbonari, J. P., Montgomery, R. P., & Hughes, S. O. (1994). The alcohol abstinence self-efficacy scale. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1994.55.141
What strengths does this client (individual, family, group, organization, or community) possess that can be mobilized to gain help and healing?
The strengths of the client are that she is highly motivated. She is willing to put in the work. Ms. Clark recognizes that she is drinking more than she would like and that it could be a potential problem. She is aware of her anxiety and stress and really wants help to alleviate the anxiety. She is thinking about her children and her job and she wants to continue to be a good mother and provider for her family. She is willing to do what it takes to get better.

Part 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP Create the table that contains the following information for the most recent quarter where data required for this exercise is available. Please note that using the data for previous years and/or previous estimates will produce grade zero for this part of the project. b) Calculate the percentage (the proportion) of each category in nominal
GDP and in real GDP. 2. Write a report (2 pages double – spaced), which contains an analysis of the results you received.

Your discussion should include the relevance of one economic/business concept from this week’s chapters. Indicate the concept at the beginning of your post, and highlight that concept at least once in your discussion. Task: Respond to the following questions and, if appropriate, include your personal experience or observations as part of your answer: Many U.S.firms have outsourced their production and service to other countries. In fact, most iPhones and other smartphones are made not in the U.S. but in China. Many politicians, notably President Trump, and commentators argue that the government should protect domestic jobs in this country by penalizing the practice of outsourcing jobs to other countries. How are you affected by this practice? Are you hurt by outsourcing as a consumer and as an ordinary resident in the U.S. If you are from another country, you may talk about your experience in that country. Keep in mind that your discussion should include the relevance of at least one economic/business concept from this week’s chapters.

Question:
(a) Describe the trends over time in the economic wellbeing of two or more countries. (Mexico and Canada)
(b) Describe why economic wellbeing differs across these countries and across time.
(c) Be sure to consider the sources of output and output growth (such as factors of
production and productivity of those factors); as well as the effects of trade on
economic wellbeing. See Chapter 1 of “A Concise Guide to Macro Economics” by David A. Moss.
(d) How does your analysis of wellbeing depend on the measure you use?
Data:
Link: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator
GDP (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP growth (annual %)
Gini index
Submit:
Essay (3-4 pages)
Reference list
Figures plotting above data
See suggested format
See grading rubric

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 9, 10 and 11 from your textbook, Principles of microeconomics and How to Calculate Total Cost, Marginal Cost, Average Variable Cost, and ATCLinks to an external site..
A firm operating in perfect competition has no influence over market price. It can sell any amount at the market-clearing price. The only one major decision to make then is about what quantity should be produced. When it decides the quantity to produce, then this quantity—along with the prices prevailing in the market for output and inputs—will determine the firm’s total revenue, total costs, and ultimately, level of profits.
For the Costs and Revenue in Perfect Competition Assignment, you will submit an MS Excel spreadsheet and a paper (word document) in Waypoint.
In the Costs and Revenue in Perfect Competition Template Download Costs and Revenue in Perfect Competition Template(MS Excel), fill in the missing values in the given table.
Make sure to use the “formula” feature. (The numbers in the table change. So, if you don’t use the “formula”, your answers will be incorrect because of the changing numbers.) Please refer Excel Formulas and Functions TutorialLinks to an external site. for guidance.
Calculate marginal cost (MC), marginal revenue (MR), average fixed cost (AFC), average variable cost (AVC), and average total cost (ATC).
Graph all the cost curves and the MR curve.
Find the profit-maximizing price and output.
Calculate the profit (or loss).
In your paper, based on the readings for the week and your calculations in the worksheet, answer the following question:
Explain if the firm should remain open or temporarily shut down when the price drops to $10.
Discuss why firms in perfectly and monopolistically competitive markets stay in business despite having zero economic profit in the long run.
The Costs and Revenue in Perfect Competition paper
must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process and provides some library search tips.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.
See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Intro – An overview of the essay’s focus on exploring how AI impacts the economy, including its benefits and challenges.
Topic 1 – Productivity and Economic Growth
– how AI enhances productivity through automation and innovation, leading to overall economic growth and increased GDP.
Topic 2 – Job Creation in Tech Sectors
-how AI development and deployment create new jobs in technology and related sectors, contributing positively to employment and economic diversity. 
Topic 3 – Creation of New Markets and Industries 
– how AI fosters the development of new markets and industries, such as autonomous vehicles and AI-driven healthcare, driving economic innovation and growth.
Topic 4 – Ethical and Privacy Concerns 
– the ethical and privacy issues associated with AI, including the costs and complexities of addressing these concerns and their impact on AI adoption and economic benefits.
Topic 5 – Security Risks and Dependence 
– the security risks and dependence issues related to AI, highlighting the potential economic losses and increased costs of maintaining and securing AI infrastructure.
Conclusion 
Must be 1 page each total 8 pages

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you:
Evaluate a selected company’s or organization’s recent (within the last six months) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty.
Recommend advice for improving risk management and provide justification for the recommendation.
Examine an adverse selection problem the company/organization is facing and recommend how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions.
Determine the ways the company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem, and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with moral hazard.
Describe a principal-agent problem in the company/organization and evaluate the tools the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency.
Examine the organizational structure of the company/organization and suggest changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Explain why those changes would result in an improvement in profitability.
Use five sources to support your writing, including one published within the last six months about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced. At least three of the sources must be quality resources. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.

In the first two assignments,
you looked at: (1) how NVIDIA and Intel 
Iare positioned to take advantage of opportunities and manage
risks and (2) how well each is currently managing
their performance. As part of this analysis, you identified potential areas for
improvement and considered whether a merger or acquisition could strengthen
their financial performance.
Based
on your insights and recommendations, Buffett is now asking for an assessment
of what the future holds for these businesses. In order to deliver this,
you must be able to accurately forecast cash flows (the money that comes in and
the money that goes out). Like any predictions about the future, these
forecasts require the collection and analysis of reliable data, including leading
indicators in the broader economy as well as the market forces that impact
competitive dynamics. This analysis will enable you to make smarter decisions
about how to plan for the future in order to maximize returns, minimize risks,
and beat the competition. 

Greetings,
half of the thesis is finished, more than half. Qualitative data written with references. I need quantitative data and methodology to get everything done. If there is a possibility to do it in relation to qualitative data, I would send you the paper. some questionery will be good and also one or two hypothesis.