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Implementing Programming Languages An Introduction To Compilers And Interpreters 1st Edition Department Of Philosophy Aarne Ranta - Solutions
Go to www.thomsonreuters.com, the part of the Web site for the Thomson Corporation that provides career assistance for current Thomson employees and job seekers. Click on Career. What does Thomson Reuters provide on the site that helps prospective and current employees? Be specific and explain how
If you were asked to develop a career management system, what would it look like? How might you evaluate whether it was effective? What information would you use to develop the system?
How has the Web influenced career management for employees? For companies?
What are the manager’s roles in a career management system? Which role do you think is most difficult for the typical manager? Which is easiest? List the reasons why managers might resist involvement in career management.
What is a psychological contract? How does the psychological contract influence career management?
How does the protean career concept differ from the traditional career concept on the following dimensions: pattern, development sources, goal, and responsibility for management?
What are the three components of career motivation? Which is most important? Which is least important? Why?
Why should companies be interested in helping employees plan their careers? What benefits can companies gain? What are the risks?
Discuss the implications that the career development model presented in this chapter may have for training and development activities.
What stage of career development are you in? What career concerns are most important to you? Are these concerns consistent with any one of the development models presented in the chapter?
Go to www.eldercare.gov, the Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. What resources are available on this Web site? What topics do these resources cover?
Go to www.aoa.gov, the Web site for the Administration on Aging (AoA). Review the Web site. Is this site useful for employees seeking information about elder care? Explain the type of information available and how it is useful.
Several Web sites provide guidance to working and nonworking parents: www .en-parent.com (for the entrepreneurial parent), www.wahm.com (for work-at-home moms), and www.AtHomeDad.com for stay-at-home dads. Visit one of these sites. Summarize the resources available at the site. Evaluate the
Visit the Web site www.careerjournal.com. This Wall Street Journal Web site has articles related to career issues.a. Click on the tab titled Career Strategies. Choose an article to read.b. Write a one-page paper or send an e-mail to your professor (per your professor’s preference) summarizing
Go to www.workingmother.com, the Web site for Working Mother magazine. Review any five of the “2008 100 Best Companies” for work-life policies. What common practices do they use to help employees balance work-life conflicts? What important practices are missing from the five companies you
Interview a relative or friend who is currently employed. The interview shoulda. Identify her current career development stage.b. Identify a special career management challenge she faces.c. Find out how her current employer is helping her deal with the career management challenge.d. Evaluate her
What are the advantages and potential disadvantages of telecommuting for employees? For companies?
Are work-family programs the same as work-life programs? Explain.
What advantages and disadvantages might a company gain by rehiring retired employees?
How could you help downsized survivors remain motivated and productive? Rank your recommendations in order of importance. Provide a rationale for your ranking.
Why should managers be trained as part of establishing supportive work-life policies?
Why do employees plateau? How could you help a plateaued employee? Discuss the characteristics of a plateaued employee who might resist your help.
What is a dual-career path? What are the characteristics of an effective dual-career path?
How are career paths useful for employees? How can they contribute to company effectiveness?
Why are content and process important in the design of employee orientation programs? What content should an effective orientation program include? What process should be used?
Describe the stages of organizational socialization. What are the employees’ needs at each stage?
One way to diagnose transfer of training problems or to ensure that transfer of training occurs is to complete the matrix shown below. This matrix considers the responsibilities of the manager, the trainer, and the trainee for transfer of training before, during, and after training. Complete each
Go to www.boozallenhamilton.com, the Web site for Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm. Click on Careers. Review the links in this section of the Web site. Find out information about the company’s training programs. Does the company have a work environment that supports training? Explain.
Go to www.buckman.com, the Web site for Buckman Laboratories. Buckman Laboratories works with industries worldwide, providing advanced chemical treatment technologies and extensive technical service to help solve complex industrial problems. Its expertise spans a broad range of specialty
This assignment relates to Application Assignment 2 in Chapter4.You now receive the following e-mail from the vice president of operations. Prepare an answer. Thanks for your recommendations regarding how to make the “Improving Service Quality Program” a success. To improve hotel staff ability
Develop specific recommendations that the instructor could use to make this class a learning organization.
Listed here are questions designed to measure trainees’ motivation to transfer training. Ask several working friends, colleagues, or fellow employees these questions. Also, ask them to discuss why they responded the way they did. For each of the following statements, indicate whether you strongly
Develop a questionnaire to measure the degree to which the work environment supports transfer of training. Include the questions and the rating scales you would use. Use the checklist in Table 5.5 as an example.
What is knowledge? Why is knowledge important? How can companies manage knowledge?
Discuss the major emphases of the identical elements, stimulus generalization, and cognitive theories of transfer.
Is training transfer an important issue in the companies where you have worked? How is transfer evaluated in those companies?
What technologies might be useful for ensuring transfer of training? Briefly describe each technology and how it could be used.
Which is the most important feature of the learning organization? Which is least important? Why?
Discuss how trainees can support each other so that transfer of training occurs.
What could be done to increase the likelihood of transfer of training if the work environment conditions are unfavorable and cannot be changed?
Distinguish between the following: (1) maintenance and generalization and (2) learning and transfer.
Consider three time periods (pretraining, during training, and after training) and three parties involved in transfer of training (manager, trainer, trainee). Construct a matrix showing what each party can do to facilitate transfer of training at each time period.
You have a one-day classroom experience in which you need to help a group of engineers and software programmers learn to become project managers. After training, they will have to manage some significant projects. Discuss the instructional characteristics and activities you will use to ensure
Detailed lesson plans have important information for trainers. List the different types of information found in a detailed lesson plan. Also, indicate the importance of each type of information for learning.
Under what circumstances might a traditional seating arrangement be superior to a fan-type seating arrangement?
How does practice help learning? What could a trainer do in a training session to ensure that trainees engage in metacognition?
Assume you are training an employee to diagnose and repair a loose wire in an electrical socket. After demonstrating the procedure to follow, you let the trainee show you how to do it. The trainee correctly demonstrates the process and repairs the connection on the first attempt! Has learning
Consider the ages of persons in the class mentioned in the previous question. What suggestions would you make to the instructor or trainer as to how to better teach the course, given the generations represented in the class?
What value would it be to know that you were going to be training a class of persons between the ages of 20 and 35? Would it influence the approach you would take? How?
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network (O* NET) is designed to meet the goal of promoting the education, training, counseling, and employment needs of the American work force. Go to online.onetcenter.org/. Choose a job family and then select a job within the family. What
Go to www.uawford.com, the Web site for the UAW-Ford National Programs Center. Choose one of the joint programs to investigate. Search the Web site to find information about the program. What is the purpose of the program? What activities does the program include? Who participates in the program?
Go to www.walmartstores.com, the Web site for Wal-Mart. Click on Careers and then click on Diversity. Review Wal-Mart’s diversity efforts. What has Wal-Mart done to strengthen its diversity? Rate the company’s diversity efforts in the following categories: Top Management Support, Employee
Go to fairuse.stanford.edu, a Web site called Copyright and Fair Use created by Stanford University Libraries. How does work fall into the public domain? That is, how can you use someone else’s work for free without having to obtain permission to use it?
You are in charge of preparing a team of three managers from the United States to go to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where you have recently acquired an auto assembly plant. The managers will be in charge of reviewing current plant operations and managing the plant for the next three years. You have one
The Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America is the oldest teen mentor organization in the country. Go to its Web site at www.bbbsa.org. Read about the corporate partners; read the newsletters and press releases on the news stories in the News Room. Identify the benefits that a company receives by
Go to the Web site for Hewlett-Packard (HP) at www.hp.com. Click on About US, and then, click on Diversity Inclusion. Hewlett-Packard is known for its commitment to diversity. How does HP demonstrate this commitment? What is the diversity value chain? What are the implications of the value chain
What are Lifelong Learning Accounts? Do you think they help retain employees or encourage them to train and then leave the company? Explain your rationale.
How can companies ensure that talented women have access to development programs?
List and discuss the steps involved in developing a succession planning system. How might a succession planning system differ between high-potential employees and employees with midlevel managerial talent?
Discuss the implications of a skill-based pay system for training practices.
What are some potential advantages and disadvantages of attitude-awareness-based diversity training programs?
What are school-to-work transition programs? Why are they needed? How do they benefit companies?
What does “managing diversity” mean to you? Assume you are in charge of developing a diversity training program. Who would be involved? What would you include as the content of the program?
The director of sales and marketing for a Warner Brothers theme park has been working in Madrid. She is getting ready to return to the United States. What should Warner Brothers do to ensure her successful repatriation?
What are virtual expatriates? What are their advantages and disadvantages for the company and the manager?
What does the “rigor” of a cross-cultural training program refer to? What factors influence the level of training rigor needed?
List the five dimensions of culture. How does each of the dimensions affect employee behavior?
Discuss the steps in preparing a manager to go overseas.
What are some potential legal issues that a trainer should consider before deciding to run an adventure learning program?
Go to www.dukece.com, a provider of custom corporate education programs. Click on Client stories and read one of the client success stories. Prepare a brief summary of the business issue, approach, learning experience, execution, and outcome. Why do you think the program was successful?
Go to www.keirsey.com. Complete the Keirsey Temperament Sorter or the Keirsey Character Sorter. (You will have to register first.) These are examples of assessment instruments that can be used for development. What did you learn about yourself? How could the instrument you completed be useful for
Go to General Electric’s Web site at www.gecareers.com. Review the entry-level leadership and experienced leadership programs. Overall, what type of development activities are included in these programs? Choose one program and describe it (development activities, length, participants). Compare
Read the article, “Baby Boomers Seek New Ways to Escape Career Claustrophobia,” in The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2003: B1. It describes the challenges of motivating managers who have limited opportunities for advancement. Write a two-page memo outlining your recommendations for developing
Your manager wants you to create a one-page form for development planning. Create the form, and provide a rationale for each category you include on it.
What can companies do to ensure that tuition reimbursement programs are worth the investment?
How do volunteer assignments and job experiences contribute to employee development?
Discuss the characteristics of the most effective company development strategies. Which characteristic do you believe is most important? Why?
Discuss reasons why many managers are reluctant to coach their employees.
What is coaching? Is there only one type of coaching? Explain.
Many employees are unwilling to relocate geographically because they like their current community and because spouses and children prefer not to move. As a result, it is difficult to develop employees through job experiences that require relocation (e.g., transfer to a new location). How could an
Your boss is interested in hiring a consultant to help identify potential managers from current employees of a fast-food restaurant. The manager’s job is to help wait on customers and prepare food during busy times, oversee all aspects of restaurant operations (including scheduling, maintenance,
Why do companies develop formal mentoring programs? What are the potential benefits for the mentor and for the protégé? What is the best way to match mentors and protégés?
How can competencies be used in employee development?
What role does assessment have in employee development? Can assessment alone be effective for development? Why or why not?
8. Go to www.youtube.com. Search for “Training in Second Life” or “Training Simulation sin Second Life.” Choose and review a video of one of the many different types of training offered in Second Life (e.g., medicine, nursing, management). Provide a brief description of the training and
Go to www.capellauniversity.edu, the Web site for Capella University—a university that offers online courses. Click on Online Learning on the left side of the page. View the short course demo and watch the video “Night in the Life of a Capella Learner.” Based on the video and course demo,
Go to www.isense.com, the Web site for InterSense, a company that develops and markets motion tracking projects used for commercial applications. Click on either Military or Industrial markets. Click on Learn More and then review the simulation. What are the advantages of the simulation you
Go to www.mzinga.com. Mzinga provides software solutions for learning. Click on Technology. Then click on Mzinga Social Learning Suite. What learning solutions are provided by the Social Learning Suite? Do you believe that these solutions are effective? Why?
Go to www.skillsoft.com, the Web site for Skillsoft, a company that specializes in providing e-learning solutions. Move the cursor over Info Center, then over Demos. Click on Business Skills Demos. View one of the e-learning courses. Does the program create a positive learning environment? How?
The Interactive Patient is a realistic interactive computer simulation of a patient’s visit to a physician’s office. The Interactive Patient is a Web-based training program used to train medical students at Marshall University and to provide continuous education credits to practicing
Using only the Web, further investigate any new technology discussed in this chapter. Utilizing any search engine on the Web (e.g., Google, Yahoo), conduct a search for information about the technology you have chosen. Find information describing the technology, hints for developing or purchasing
How can interactive voice technology and imaging help with training administration?
What are some potential problems with using virtual reality technology for training?
Are training support technologies always needed? Justify your answer.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of multimedia training?
Go to www.5off5on.com, the Web site for Pit Instruction and Training, a company that provides training for racing pit crews as well as team training. Enter the site. Click on Lean Performance U and read the description of the program. Next, click on Video Tours and Media. Click on Lean Performance
Go to www.drumcafe.com, a company that specializes in corporate team building through the use of drum circles. Review the Web site and answer the following questions:a. What are drum circles? What skills can participants develop?b. What recommendations would you make to a company that uses drum
Go to www.doleta.gov/atels_bat/, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship Web site. Complete one of the following activities by writing a short paper and/or discussing your answers in class.a. Click on High Growth Job Training Initiative. Choose and click on one of the
Review one of the following Web sites, which feature simulations: www.incomeoutcome.com or www.celemi.com. Describe the situation that the simulation is designed to represent. What elements in the simulation replicate the work environment? How could the simulation be improved to ensure that
Divide into teams of two students. One student should be designated as a “trainer,” the other as a “trainee.” The trainee should briefly leave the room while the trainer reads the instructions for folding a paper cup (see p. 288). After the trainers have read the instructions, the trainees
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