Discussion: Standard of living compare to the US

Discussion: Standard of living compare to the US

Discussion: Standard of living compare to the US

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: All Chapters

Lecture (PDF): Presentation (Luthans 10e) – All Chapters (in Course Documents)

A minimum of 15-20 resources which can be a combination of websites, journal articles, news articles

Activity Instructions
Your final paper should include the following sections:

Section 1. Introduction and Country Selection

Identify the name of the country you will research for the ESA assignment.

Explain your selection by listing at least 3 reasons why you are choosing this country.

Section 2. General Characteristics

Describe the location, size, population, principle industries, language, religion, literacy, and type of government of your country.

Section 3. Economic Conditions

Discuss the standard of living (What do the people own? How does the standard of living compare to the U.S.? Ideally, this should be measured in purchasing power, accounting for the difference in currency and cost of living.)

Identify the income distribution (Proportion of upper, middle, and lower classes?)

Explain the wage levels (Compared to U.S.? Compared to rest of world?)

Explain the employment levels (Unemployment rate? Participation rate of women, minorities, youth?)

Describe how wages are determined (Supply and demand? Government policy? Collective bargaining?)

Examine employer-provided benefits.

Discuss working conditions (Hygiene and safety?)

Discuss skills available (Shortages in particular areas?)

Section 4: Organizational Topics and Human Resource Management Analysis

1. Organizational Topics, discuss the following:

Performance evaluation and discipline

Recruitment and training

Dispute resolution

Grievances over rules application

Impasses resulting from disputes establishing wages, hours and working conditions

Employee participation in decision-making

2. Human Resource Management Analysis of (your country’s name), discuss the following:

Benefits

Liabilities

Potential solutions

Section 5: Governmental

Describe the extent of government intervention in private employment.

Explain the existence and impact of labor laws.

Section 6: Personal

Explain the ideology, ethics, and values of people (individualistic or group-oriented, role of religion in employment, reaction to authority and organizational needs)

Discuss employee motivation (How “hard working” are employees? What motivates their performance?)

Section 7: Conclusion

Summarize your key findings and include a recommendation as to whether to locate or not locate in your chosen country.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.