Your annotated bibliography is now due for your course project. The bibliography should contain at least three scholarly sources listed in APA format. Each annotation should include the following:

• A brief description of the source
• A short summary of its primary points or arguments

….Diversity In AT&T

Diversity Management Project

My company is AT&T, an IT company that deals with data networking, system integration and software engineering among other services. This company is interesting not only because I am employed there but it works tirelessly to improve their customer experience by developing products that are more flexible each day by continuous innovation, introducing new services and improving the existing products and increase their network flexibility (Modrák, and Pandian, 2012). However, AT&T in the past has been faced with a diversity issue within the organization.

Back in 2008 there was a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a sales representative against AT&T. The sales representative Lakecious Edwards was passed over on three separate occasions for promotions that went to white employees, two of whom were under disciplinary review. When another job opening was posted, the same manager falsely told AT&T managers that Edwards was not interested in the job.  The jury found race was a motivating factor in the company’s repeated failure to promote her.  Because she had complained the jury also found that AT&T was at fault for retaliation.

When a person is discriminated against multiple things are affected.  Employees tend to lose lack of interest in the job, which affects their job performances.  He or she does not maximize their full work potential at a 100 percent. Seeing promotions being given to someone based on their race and not because of their qualifications can placed a sour taste in one’s mouth. An action of this kind creates a heart of stone of a good, committed, and loyal employee.  Any type of discrimination is bad for the company especially racial discrimination.  Good, loyal, and committed employees are more likely to become disloyal, quit their job, which in return can create a high turnover.

The potential ramifications that the organization will face could be losing skilled employees; that can also be costly.  Losing great employees can hurt the company because then the company has to hire and train new employees, which will cost them money. Most importantly racial discrimination can hurt the company’s reputation that can damage the success of the company. Sometimes organizations underestimate the effect of unhappy employees. They can easily bad mouth the company to their family and friends. Depending on how influential the person is he or she can convince their family member and friends to take their business elsewhere. This type of ramification can also ruin the organization reputation.

References

Burns, R. (2008, August 12). AT&T Loses Racial Discrimination Lawsuit. Retrieved
 April 10, 2016, from http://www.blackenterprise.com/money/consumer-affairs/
 att-loses-racial-discrimination-lawsuit/

Modrák, V., & Pandian, R. S. (2012). Operations management research and cellular manufacturing systems: Innovative methods and approaches. Hershey PA: Business Science Reference.

 

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Please use the notes provided to calculate the correct return.  Please show your work for the calculation.

·  EOM = End of Month

·  BOM = Beginning of Month

·  Subscriptions occur at BOM

·  Redemptions occur at EOM

·  The compounded return calculation is:
(August Ending Balance – (July Ending Balance + August BOM Subscriptions) – August EOM Redemptions)/(July Ending Balance – July EOM Redemptions)

·  July 2016 ending balance is $1,002,309.02

·  There are not any transactions in July

·  August 2016 ending balance is $1,105,836.41

·  August 2016 transactions include a subscription of $100,000.0

 

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You’ve been debating on making a purchase for yourself.  This is a product you’ve wanted for a while, but one that requires budgeting because you will be making monthly payments. 

Select a product in which the demand for the product is clearly affected by the strength or weakness of the overall economy such as new homes, cars, appliances, smart phones, etc.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address the following: 

• Identify and define two economic indicators that reflect the strength of the economy (e.g. real GDP, unemployment rate, inflation rate, interest rate, housing starts, etc.).
• With these economic indicators in mind, how has the economy affected the demand for and supply of your selected product over the last 2 years?
• What was the impact on the supply of the product and the impact on the demand for the product?
• Explain the impact on the price of the product and your decision on whether or not to buy the product.
• Include responses to the following: 
• How might you apply what you learned about supply and demand to your work place or your understanding of the product you are considering purchasing?
• How do the concepts of macroeconomics help you understand the factors that affect shifts in supply and demand on the price of the product?

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources

APA format

 

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Discussion:

Read:  Why does the Federal Government have an Inspector General? https://www.ignet.gov/

Compare / Contrast an Inspector General and a Corporate Internal Auditor.  Why the differences.  If agencies have an Inspector General, why does the General Accountability Office exists?  Posting:  How does this differ from CPA role?http://www.gao.gov/about/index.html

 

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“Week 2 Discussion” Please respond to the following:

• Select two (2) out of the five (5) discussion questions presented on page 37 of your textbook. Answer your chosen questions, and justify your answers

I’ve attached an example of answers from my class discussion. Can you answer these same two questions in different wording.

1. What are potential problems with having a staffing process in which vacancies are filled (1) on a lottery basis from among job applicants, or (2) on a first come-first hired basis among job applicants?

If vacancies are filled on a first come first serve or lottery basis then jobs would be filled by individuals who many not be qualified. It would also not give an opportunity for managers to interview and fill positions by person/job or person/organization match. Another problem that may occur is over staffing. Over staffing would occur because individuals will be hired but if the individual does not have the required qualification then the individual will be employed but not working, just sitting around. The company would be over staffing with unqualified individuals and work would still not be completed.

2. Why is it important for the organization to view all components of staffing (recruitment, selection, and employment) from the perspective of the job applicant?

I believe it is very important to view all components of the staffing selection from the perspective of the job applicant to ensure the company looks appealing to the outside potential applicant. If your staffing process does not look appealing to potential applicants when the company is hiring nobody may apply for the position. Having a strong and appealing recruitment process peaks the interest of potential employees. This is a way to ensure good strong potential individual apply for open positions. It will also make the hiring process so much easier on HR and the hiring manager so they do not have to go looking for candidate.

 

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