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Balanced scorecard assessment purpose - Answer Indicates strength and weaknesses in certain areas that are contributing to the strategy's failure or success. Employer rights - Answer Employers are generally entitled to direct the work of their employees and to benefit from work performed by employees (unless limited by employment contracts). They are also entitled to protect their assets from damage or loss. Defensive "covering" behaviors - Answer Occurs when an organization recruits a diverse workforce but, consciously or otherwise, promotes assimilation rather than inclusion. Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB - Answer Did not commit an unfair labor practice by barring nonemployee union organizers from its property. The court noted that the NLRA confers rights only on employees, not on unions or their nonemployee organizers. R&D functions ability to work effectively - Answer Rely on expertise and problem solving in team structures. Lump-sum increase (LSI), or performance bonus - Answer One-time payment that does not typically adjust the base wage rate. Premium pay - Answer a payroll system that increases the regular hourly wage rate for the night shift or other special conditions (e.g. working in certain location, overtime, etc.) Gainsharing - Answer group incentive program that measures improvements in productivity and effectiveness and distributes a portion of each gain to employees Weingarten rights - Answer guarantee employees the right to union representation during investigatory interviews by the employer -Management must inform the union representative of the subject of the interview. -The representative must be allowed to speak privately with the employee before the interview. -The representative can interrupt to clarify a question or to object to confusing or intimidating tactics. -The representative cannot tell an employee what to say but may advise the employee as to how to answer a question. -At the end of the interview, the representative can add information to support the employee's case. Measurement and Evaluation Phase of D&I (Gardenswartz and Rowe) - Answer Process measures: assess "how we did, what went well, what didn't and why,"(e.g. feedback on the experience) Results measures: assess the difference it made to the organization (e.g. decrease in turnover, savings) Thomas Donaldson's framework for making ethical decisions in a multicultural environment (MNE)- Practices are acceptable - Answer - if the home country would have allowed the practice when it was a similar level of development of the host country - home and host have similar econ dev, but MNE cannot compete without the practice and it does not violate a clear fundamental right Thomas Donaldson's framework for making ethical decisions in a multicultural environment (MNE)- Practices are unacceptable - Answer - if the home country would NOT have allowed the practice when it was a similar level of development of the host country - home and host have similar econ dev. However, MNE can compete without the practice OR it does violate a clear fundamental right Reservation - Answer where the laws mandate a percentage quota or other special considerations for specified minority groups or ethnic communities. Based on the concept that historic national discrimination against a given minority requires counterbalancing favorable "affirmative actions." Effective strategic planning and management - Answer Calls for focusing on core competencies—the unique advantages the organization possesses. Core competencies are integral to creating value and are difficult for competitors to imitate. Center for Creative Leadership's research - Answer concluded that key jobs, important people, Hardships, and training are critical to leadership development ADDIE model - Answer Analysis - needs analysis is the process used to identify, articulate, and document the organization's developmental needs. Identify gaps between actual and desired performance Design - broad goals and objectives are developed and broad plans for the treatment of the content and the strategy for implementation are made. Development - choices are made among the many types of learning activities, methods of training delivery, and technological tools that can be used. Implementation - the program is delivered to the target audience. Evaluation - consists of comparing the program results to the established objectives to determine whether the original needs were met. Delphi Technique - Answer A decision-making technique in which group members do not meet face-to-face but respond in writing to questions posed by the group leader.