Group Assignment / Case Study Wk 11 35 marks 3000 words

You are an importer of glassware (crystal wine glasses) from

the Czech Republic. You have about 100 retailers all over

Australia but most of the glassware is sold in Sydney and

Melbourne through small gift shops. The challenges you have

are as follows.

1. The retailers place small orders of less than $1000 each

  time. These orders are expensive to process and deliver.

2. The retailers are unable to place orders in advance; they

  do however expect fast delivery.

3. Five percent of the glassware is broken on arrival at the

  retailer and you spend a lot of time dealing with returns

  and refunds

4. You are using Australia Post to deliver the glassware from

  a centralised warehouse in Melbourne but it seems to be

  very costly and slow

5. Many of your customers pay their invoice late. You are

  afraid of chasing them up because of the risk of losing

  them as customers.

6. You order more stock from the Czech Republic two or

  three times a year, but you have little information on what

  to order and when. You make sure that you fill one 40 feet

  container every time. You have no real control over what

  is in the warehouse and which products are selling well

  and it takes about 12 weeks for the container to arrive

  from order.

7. The pricing for the products are based on individual

  contracts between you and every retailer. This system is

  very costly and time consuming to maintain.

8. You have just got an enquiry from Myers that would if

  successful double your volume of sold products in

  Australia. You are not sure if you are able to handle this

  volume in terms of warehousing and distribution.

Based on the scenario above you have two alternatives that

you want to investigate.

1. 1 Outsource the whole logistics process to a 3rd party

2. 2 Improve your existing structure.

Prepare a report for a Board meeting where you compare and

contrast the two alternatives and how they would solve your

 problems. Make a recommendation based on this.

Assessment Criteria for Group Assignment    

Report structure, referencing and written report.

Knowledge of concepts, critical analysis of issues

Investigative and research skills shown

Implications for company and strength of arguments.

Report (20 marks)

Presentation (10 marks)

TOTAL 30 marks

Prepare a 500-650 word essay, complying with APA guidelines and other criteria in the rubric. You may choose one of the following prompts:

1. How has being an NSCS scholar influenced my career and life choices?

2. Why should students join NSCS?

Due Week 10 and worth 300 points

You are the HR manager of a relatively new retail company that has both retail stores and Internet sales.  Your company is steadily growing in revenue and profitability. The company realizes that in order to retain the solid, highly productive workforce it currently has in place, it is important to enhance the base compensation and benefits package offered to the employees. The company currently offers a basic compensation program and only federally mandated benefits. Employee surveys suggest the compensation and benefits program may be out of date. Employees are beginning to consider leaving the organization.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Propose two (2) methods an HR professional could use to determine incentive pay. Specify the principal manner in which the proposed methods take into consideration individual, group, and company performance. Justify your response. 
2. Examine the core legal requirements affecting employee benefits in today’s competitive environment. Determine the legally mandated benefits that the company must currently offer to its employees. 
3. Recommend at least three (3) additional benefits that the organization should consider providing to its employees. Suggest at least two (2) important concepts that a company must consider when designing benefit plans. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Assess the efficiency of common techniques for effectively communicating compensation and benefit plans to employees. Support your answer.
5. Suggest two (2) ethical risks of making incentive pay a large portion of employees’ total compensation. Propose two (2) recommendations for ways the company might mitigate or reduce these risks.  
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the influences on and various approaches to compensation.
• Analyze issues related to developing and implementing employee benefit packages.
• Apply relevant theories and knowledge to human resource practices in organizations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.