Jay Morgan also utilizes an excel spreadsheet to perform payroll functions and prints the payroll checks, all of which are very time consuming. Due to the rather large size of the company and the number of locations the HR department would benefit by utilizing a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). This type of system would have the ability to streamline staffing, employee relations, and payroll. BUSINESS ASSESSMENT Castle Family Restaurant is a medium to large size business in the restaurant industry employing approximately 300-340 employees. The business currently has eight restaurant locations in the California area to which Jay Morgan acts as operations manager and HR manager.
Darien Industries Darien Industries operates a cafeteria for its employees. The operation of the cafeteria requires fixed costs of $4,700 per month and variable costs of 40 percent of sales. Cafeteria sales are currently averaging $12,000 per month. Darien has an opportunity to replace the cafeteria with vending machines. Gross customer spending at the vending machines is estimated to be 40 percent greater than current sales because the machines are available at all hours.
Los Angeles is often referred to as the “gang capital of North America” home to some of the world’s most notorious gangs. It is houses over 400 separate gangs and an estimated 39,000 gang members, while LA county has more than 1300 street gangs with over 150,000 members. These gangs have the power to affect the way Los Angeles is arranged demographically. The majority of Los Angeles’s gang population is African-American and Hispanic. Los Angeles’ neighborhood demography is constantly changing due to a gradual change in gang culture overtime from the 1940s through 1965 and the 1970s through the present.
This means that employees may be disgruntled about the socialization process, and not by the job itself. Analysis of reasons for leaving revealed that the main reasons were for career advancement, to travel and work elsewhere, for a complete career change, and because of dissatisfaction with the job role. According to the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual turnover rate for any industry in the US in 2006 was 23.4% (nobscot.com). Telesouth is losing nearly twice as many employees in the first year after the recruitment/selection process. The consequences if this issue is not dealt with are the loss of $20,000 per person and a decreased sense of
In spite of this, they have a hard time retaining employees. According to the service industry part-time employment, employee retention is a major challenge. The turnover rate for X-tra Kleen is roughly 43 percent every 90 days, a major hit to the bottom line. It cost $505 to advertise, interview, background screen, drug test, orient, provide uniforms, and train a new employee. The combination of these figures averages to be $43,430 every quarter.
At a later day the Pfizer CEO, Hank McKinnell, mentioned the memo was “a really bad idea,” assuring the city that Pfizer would not pull out of the Discovery site. Anxiety intensified in the city as the merger date approached. In late April 2003 employees were notified of the reorganization and layoff decisions made by Pfizer, which caused more anger and confusion in the community. Analysis: I. (1) Ethical Assessment of Hank McKinnell’s Actions and the WARN Memo Based on the case study, it is my opinion that unfortunately Hank McKinnell did not handle the Medicare situation in an ethical manor, however, Hank McKinnell’s actions with regards to the WARN memo were ethically neutral, as this was a transactional requirement on the part of the government.
The high turnover was another large cost for the company which was already dealing with the rising cost of its raw material. Some additional facts about the plant: Out of the 1,120 plant employees, 970 were hourly, unionized employees and 150 were non-union, salaried. According to the plant’s organizational chart (Exhibit 2), the
To solve this market failure, government intervention seems to be the only feasible solution so far. The government can either subsidize or ban unpaid internships. However, subsidy is not reasonable because based on cost-benefit analysis. It costs the government too much to solve this market failure. On the other hand, banning unpaid internship opportunities is not effective because if business could not afford to provide internships, young graduates cannot gain experiences and provide positive externalities to the society.
In 2008 when the economy started to take a downward turn, businesses began to cut back on employee travel, consumers were being more conscious about their spending. Airlines had to come up with a strategy by charging consumers for check bags, headphones pillow and blankets to increase revenues to offset high fuel prices. The Airport Transport Association determined that each cent increase in the price of a gallon of jet fuel cost the industry an additional $190 million to $200 million a year (Thompson, Strickland, & Gamble, 2009). New competition included Virgin America which is a low-fare carrier with a hub in San Francisco and administrative offices in New York City. It serviced flights between San Francisco and New York.
References V. Appendix With today’s economy slowly plummeting, businesses are struggling to stay afloat. When companies start losing money, they come up with ways to draw the customers back in, like discounts, free bowling sessions, and food and beverage coupons and deals (Appendix 1). I work at AMF Semoran Lanes in Orlando, FL. Because of the unemployment rate going up, and because of the holiday season, people have to prioritize their money. They want to make sure they have an excellent Christmas for their children and families, so they are going to cut back on entertainment Right now the national unemployment rate has gone up to 8.6%.1.