Business Studies

Business Studies may be defined as a combination of inter-related business subjects which lead to learning of basic knowledge and skills. It is a course in education that is designed to cover the basic elementary knowledge and skills in organizing business enterprises as well as general office administration.

Think about how you would feel if there were no rules regarding how your credit card.

Think about how you would feel if there were no rules regarding how your credit card.

  1. Think about how you would feel if there were no rules regarding how your credit card information was stored on merchants’ websites. Consider whether you would purchase items online. Would the Internet be as big as it is today if we had no laws or information security policies regarding data that makes up an e-commerce transaction? Provide rationale for your answer.
  2. Imagine that you work for an organization that has no Internet use policy. Employees use the Internet in whatever way they want using company-owned personal computers. Could this cause a problem for the organization? Why or why not?

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BUS409 Week 5 Discussion Person-Focused Pay

BUS409 Week 5 Discussion Person-Focused Pay

Write the policy for the Pleasantville School District’s person-focused

pay program that will be shared with the teacher. At a minimum, be sure

to address the person-focused pay program’s:

  • Purpose and description, including effective policy dates.
  • Eligibility requirements. (Who is eligible to participate in the program?)
  • Acceptable types of education and training. (What is eligible for reimbursement?)
  • Awards for successful completion of training or education (promotional opportunities, compensation, non-monetary rewards, et cetera).
Here are some items to help with the question.

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Recognizing the Need for Change

Recognizing the Need for Change

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and author of the article, “Transient Advantage,” discusses several traps that can blind a company to the need for imminent changes to their strategy to preserve competitive advantage. These traps, discussed in the second half of the article, include: the first-mover trap, the superiority trap, the quality trap, the hostage-resources trap, the white space trap, the empire-building trap, and the sporadic-innovation trap.

Locate and post a link to an article in The Wall Street Journal, or another reputable source, about a company that fell victim to one or more of these traps.

  • Identify the trap(s) and discuss why you believe the company’s management missed the warning signs.
  • What were the impacts that resulted from falling for the trap(s)?
  • Drawing on the guidance offered by Sherman in Chapter 6, what could they have done differently to avoid the trap(s)

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Discussion – Economic Development

Discussion – Economic Development

Assume you are a vice president in charge of a new business-to-business e-commerce division of a well- known major international auto parts manufacturer. A cyber squatter has registered the company name as a domain name. What are your options to secure the domain name for your company? Discuss the steps you should take to ensure worldwide protection of your domain name.

Remember to include in text citations for all sources, as well as a work cited.

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BUS409 Week 6 Discussion Internally Consistent Compensation Systems

BUS409 Week 6 Discussion Internally Consistent Compensation Systems

Respond to the following:

undefinedYou have recently been hired as the HR manager of a small furniture manufacturing company that has 63 employees. These employees include everyone from line workers to upper management. You are the first HR person the company has had. One of your first assignments was to evaluate the fairness of the company’s current compensation system.

undefinedBased on your evaluation, you have discovered a number of inconsistencies:

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  • Some line workers earn more than managers.
  • Some managers earn twice as much as other managers even though the work is similar.
  • Some line workers are making significantly more money than others even though they are performing the same work.

undefinedWhat recommendations would you make to improve the consistency of the company’s compensation system?

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  • Be sure to provide the rationale for your recommendations.

Requirements: two to three paragraphs

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