Person-focused Pay at Mitron Computers

The technicians at Mitron Computers are integral to the company’s success. Mitron builds custom personal computers for several office supply chains. The company’s ability to build a quality product to specifications in an efficient manner allows Mitron to hold an advantage over competitors. However, recently the company has experienced some delays in shipments, and the plant manager is growing concerned.

Mitron works directly with the retail locations of the office supply chains to meet the needs of customers ordering computers with specific capabilities. A customer at a retail store orders a computer with certain components and the order is sent to Mitron to be fulfilled within a specified time frame. The technicians work in teams to build the computers to the desired specifications. It is a complex process and the technician’s ability to build the computers efficiently has helped build Mitron’s reputation as a quality producer of personal computers.

Depending on the specifications, building each computer can involve between 10 and 18 different steps. Most technicians have the knowledge and skills to complete one or two of the steps, but some technicians can complete multiple steps. The technicians that can complete multiple steps provide the company greater flexibility in scheduling and ensuring the computers are built on time. Each step in the building process involves intricate procedures and a technician must take the initiative to attend training to learn each new step. However, there is little incentive for the technicians to attend the training.

The technicians work in teams to build the computers and they are paid an hourly pay rate plus a team-based bonus payment for each computer that is built on time with no defects. The teams are comprised of technicians that have complementary skills, but the company has had some delays when a team member with the skills to complete a certain step is absent or already working on another computer. This problem occurs often as few technicians have the skills to complete the higher-level steps in the building process. Most technicians do not want to take time away from their work to attend the training as they will likely lose some of their team-based bonuses.

Holly Turner, Mitron’s human resources director, has been asked by the plant manager to examine the technician’s pay structure to determine if a change in the structure could impact the technician’s efficiency. Holly is confident that the more steps each technician can complete, the more efficient Mitron will be in building computers. Therefore, Holly is considering implementing a person-focused program that would tie the technician’s pay to the steps in the building process that they are trained to complete. By doing so, Holly believes the technicians will be more likely to attend training and learn the new skills. With more technicians trained to complete the higher-level steps in the building process, the teams will be better prepared to meet shipping deadlines.

(Minimum of 500 words for each question, this excludes the reference section at the bottom from your word count. You are also required to use a minimum of four scholarly external source references. Use proper APA guidelines, you only have to make reference to the author and year of publication in your in-text reference, but APA guidelines encourage you to also provide the page number. Failure to do so will result in an incomplete with 0 points for the question)

1. Identify and describe at least three advantages of a person-focused pay system at Mitron. (500 word minimum)
2. Identify and describe at least three disadvantages. (500 word minimum)
3. What approach would you recommend for Holly to take in designing a person-focused pay system? Explain the reasons for your recommendation. (500 word minimum)

Rationale: Throughout the semester, we will be covering select topics out of several chapters. One of the main content goals of this class is application; that is, for you to develop the skill of applying the content you learn to real-life situations. At the same time, two educational goals of this course are to give you the opportunity to work on your writing skills and critical thinking skills. These assignments are designed to achieve these goals. If done well, the end product may also provide you with excellent writing sample that you can use in future scholarship applications.

Directions: Below you will find one question that will ask you to apply some content in order to answer the question. You need to provide a written response for it.

Chapter 14 – Sexual Difficulties and Solutions

As your authors have discussed, and as you may know, many people feel insecure about whether or not their sexual partner is satisfied. Communicating about what we find and do not find pleasurable feels uncomfortable and awkward; and hence, figuring out what one’s partner likes and doesn’t like often becomes a guessing game. The unfortunate consequence of this phenomenon is that some individuals will “pretend” (or fake) satisfaction because it is easier to do so than strike up a conversation. Let’s assume you have a friend struggling with this very issue. What evidence would you give this friend to advise against faking sexual satisfaction? What recommendations would you have?

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY:

– The response will be graded for grammar, format, and the accuracy of the answer, so be sure to take your time and proof read. Also, ((be sure to address each part of the question)).

– Format: The response should be typed with the following format: 1 inch margins, single spaced, 12 point Times New Roman. Your name should be in the upper right corner (and nothing else), and you should write the title of your response as the chapter the question coincides with. Your grade will be reduced if these guidelines are not followed.

– The response should be one page. Keep in mind that it’s the quality of your response, not quantity, which counts.

A small legal firm has hired you as a consultant to make recommendations for their security posture after a recent compromise of their cloud storage service through email phishing. They have decided to expand their business to an additional office location and will need to share data between the two locations. They have 75 employees at their main office and 28 employees at the new location about 100 miles away. They have added two small data centers at each location. The data centers are in the center of their facilities. Their data is considered as proprietary and sensitive.

To properly protect this company from attacks you need to research physical, logical, and administrative controls. List your recommendations and include detailed justification for your choices using a “defense in depth” methodology. Describe HOW each control supports security.

Minimum requirements should include:

Network Security Controls

Endpoint Security Controls

Physical Entry controls

Administrative Controls

Disaster Recovery Controls

You can add additional items that you see as being beneficial.

Minimum is 2 pages in APA Format

Supreme Court Ruling Analysis

The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices who are responsible for deciding whether or not laws are in line with the U.S. Constitution. These individuals serve life-long appointments once they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. Below is a list of some of the most controversial decisions in the last few decades by the Supreme Court. These cases are often mentioned by politicians during campaigns because the issues are still debated, even after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Write an essay analyzing one of the following key Supreme Court rulings:

• National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-393?page=3
• District of Columbia v. Heller: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_07_290
• Roe v. Wade (abortion rights): http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_205
• Obergefell v. Hodges: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556
  

Your essay must be at least 500 words long.

Answer these questions to complete your analysis of your selected Supreme Court ruling.

• Tell the reader which of the five key Supreme Court ruling you selected to analyze.
• What was the law being challenged in the case?
• Tell me any of the states or government entities that were part of the case.
• Who was the Petitioner in the Case?
• What was the Petitioner’s argument?
• Who was Respondent?
• What was the Respondent’s argument?
• What part or parts of the Constitution were discussed in the case?
• Why were those parts of the Constitution discussed in the case?
• What was the final Supreme Court ruling by
• • What was the final score of the case was (for example 5 to 4 or 7 to 2 or some other combo that, in most cases, adds up to 9)
  • What was the date that the case was decided?
  • Which side won, was it the petitioner or the respondent?
  • What did it mean that this particular side won?
• This is the most important part of the assignment: how does this case currently impact your life and the lives of Americans? Explore the political and electoral consequences of the ruling. Don’t just say, for example in the case of Roe v. Wade, women can now have abortions because only a small percent of the population is of childbearing potential – how did the case impact everyone else more generally? Think about how even this current or most recent presidential election was impacted by the ruling you have analyzed.
• Provide a reference list.

Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course.

Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font.