...READTHEORY Name________________ Date________________ • Reading Comprehension 2 Level 4 Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. Next week I am on vacation. While I am on vacation, I will work on two projects. First, I will fix the washing machine. The washing machine has been broken for two weeks. To fix it, I will need three tools: a screwdriver, a wrench, and a clamp. It will take one day to fix the washing machine. Next, I will fix our back porch. This is a bigger project. It will probably take about two days to fix the back porch, and will require a screwdriver, a hammer, nails, and a saw. My vacation starts on Monday. I have a lot of work to do, but hopefully I can relax after I finish my work Questions 1) Which of these tools will the author use more than once? A. B. C. D. a screwdriver a hammer a clamp a saw 2) As used in paragraph 3, what does require mean? A. B. C. D. need use find buy 3) Which of the following tools does the author not need to fix the back porch? A. B. C. D. a screwdriver a wrench nails a saw 4) What is the earliest day that the author can finish both projects? A. B. C. D. Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday © Copyright Read Theory LLC, 2012. All rights reserved. 1 5) On which project will the author need to use the most tools? A. B. C. D. fixing the washing machine fixing the back porch both projects need the same number of tools neither...
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...| Interests | 1. Salary 2. Bonus 3. Moving Expense Coverage 4. Job Assignment 5. Starting Date 6.Vacation Time 7.Location 8.Insurance Coverage | 1. Salary 2. Vacation Time 3. Insurance Coverage 4. Start Date 5. Bonus | BATNA | Have another job offer available | Not recruit me and negotiate with another recruiter | Reservation Price | Sal: 86 Date: July 1Loc: San FranciscoJob: Division ABonus: 10%Vac: 5 days (7th on priority list)Move Exp: 100%Ins: Plan E (8th on priority list)NET: 6600 (half of total points of 13200)Anything less isn’t acceptable Anything more win | Sal: 88 Date: July 15Loc: San FranciscoJob: Division ABonus: 10%Vac: 5 days Move Exp: 100%Ins: Plan E | Target Price | Start of high (This is a win for me!)Sal: 90 Date: June 1Loc: San FranciscoJob: Division ABonus: 10%Vac: 25 daysMove Exp: 100%Ins: Plan ANET: 13200 | For the recruiter Sal: 82 Date: Aug 1Loc: New York? Unless headquarter are in San Francisco (both benefit) Job: Division A?Bonus: 10%Vac: 25 daysMove Exp: 100%Ins: Plan A | Sources of Power | Insurance and vacation time | Salary | Weaknesses | Salary cannot be lower than$86,000,Would lose great amount of points if they offered anything less | | Opening Move | PropositionLocation : San FranciscoJob Assignment: Division A | | Potential Concessions | Willing Vacation Time: 5 days for Salary of $90,000(bid down to $86,000 but nothing less...
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...University of Redlands Makebra Bridges – Human Resources Management Because of limited resources, many small businesses have difficulty recruiting & retaining top talent. In this paper, I will discuss how companies use indirect-financial incentives to gain a competitive advantage. How Small Businesses Provide Competitive Compensation Packages in a Global Environment. Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Salary vs. Compensation ..………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Indirect Financial Payments ……………………………………………………………………………….. 5 1. Employer Match Incentives 2. Cash Rewards 3. Flexible Hours 4. Tuition Reimbursement 5. Paid Time Off Employee Rewards …………………………………………………………………………….……………… 12 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………….……………… 13 INTRODUCTION In today’s workforce, small businesses—companies with 100 or less employees—are making a BIG impact. * There are more than 23 million small businesses in America--accounting for 54% of all U.S. sales. * Since the 1970s, small businesses have provided 55% of all jobs and 66% of all new jobs. * The 600,000 plus franchised small businesses in the U.S. account for 40% of all retail sales and provide jobs for some 8 million people. * The number of small businesses in the United States has increased 49% since 1982. * Since 1990, as big business eliminated 4 million jobs, small businesses added 8 million...
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...Compensation Strategies Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 5 Research Findings 6 Health Benefits 6 Retirement Planning 7 Employee Rewards and Incentives 8 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 11 References 12 Executive Summary We need to re-evaluate our current employee package. Our compensation strategy needs an entire tune-up. We do not offer competitive benefits that will entice the type of employees we want working for our company on a long-term basis. A new, improved, and luring employee benefit package will help set us apart from our competition. Our current benefits policy includes: Paid vacation for salaried employees only after 1 full year of continuous service, paid sick days for salaried employees only after 1 full year of continuous service, medical and dental only to all employees after 6 months of continuous service, holiday dinner for corporate employees and their spouse/domestic partner. We can improve these areas and add some other options to our current employee package, Our current health benefits are through an HMO, which is the best option at this time. Perhaps in the future when we have become a 500+ employee company we can look at the other option, a PPO coverage with an additional option to include an HSA account. Our current HMO plan provides coverage with a small co-payment and a 20/80 % coverage with a $1000 annual deductible. The only way I can see right now to...
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...GROUP MEMBERS: FOZIA MUBARAK KHAWAR KHAN MOHMAND HUMAIRA JAHANZEB MUHKUMUDDIN ADNAN AKBAR VACATION TO FLORIDA Scope Statement • A 14 days’ vacation to Florida with a total budget of $10,000. Constraints • Only cash will be used. • $3000 in a savings account for the vacation and another $7000 in a certificate of deposit that would not mature until the start of the second week of our vacation. • Travel by air to Florida. • Stakeholders include husband, mother, daughter and son. • Non-refundable tickets with one stop. • First class two bedrooms • Eating three good meals a day was particularly important and saving money by eating fast food could spoil the vacation and the medical costs could easily exceed the savings on food. • Using a Cadillac or a Lincoln for a week in Florida. • Spending two days in travel, two days lounging around the hotel or resort, and ten days at the theme parks. • There were two or three theme parks that both the kids were interested in visiting and they wanted to “do it all.” • $30 limit on souvenirs for the immediate family. Assumptions • Assume a “moderate risk” with a $500 contingency reserve. • $7000 will definitely mature by the expected date without any banking/otherwise issues. • The cash in hand is a safe option with no chances of theft. What is not Included • No tour guide • No laundry at hotel Risk Management Plan Methodology • Meetings • Brainstorming • Delphi technique Roles and Responsibilities • Risk...
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...many days it is willing to pay for personal leave is very important. Employers offer employees leave in many forms such as vacation, sick time, personal time, paid time as a part of benefit package. These policies really make a difference. They develop a positive working relationship between employee and employer and also increase the commitment of the employee towards the organization which leads to more profits, promotes good working habits and help human resource manager to easily keep track of the employee attendance. This research paper is about paid and unpaid personal leaves for employees. These leaves are not under leave of absence laws. They are not required by the federal law to be granted to the employees and they are purely given by the company as a benefits package or bonus. In the body of the paper, I will discuss about the definition of these days, main goal of these leaves, number of days, rules and regulations on how to use these days, a new policy being introduced in many organizations known as PTO (Paid Time Off Policy) to benefit employees and managers in the place of paid personal leave, benefits and disadvantages. Paid Personal Days Definition: These are the days paid by the employer to the employee as a part of comprehensive benefits package or given at the request of the employee or some legal contract made by the employer with the company while joining, when the employee takes time off from the work. Purpose: The main purpose of these days include...
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...Current Date «AddressBlock»{Address Block} RE: New Club Ownership Welcome to Calypso Vacation Club! You are embarking on an unequaled adventure in vacation club ownership with Calypso, the leader in vacation club ownership. With hundreds of resorts worldwide, and dozens of affiliate partners, Calypso offers the ultimate in vacation experiences. We are glad you chose to us! The following Quick Start Guide will get you started on your travel experiences. Of course, our Vacation Travel Assistants are available weekdays from 9:00-5:00 EST, and just a phone call away at 1-800-555-7192. For even quicker booking and access to online support, visit us at http://calypso.active.com. Happy travels! Your Calypso Support Team Calypso Vacation Club Relax with Us! Calypso Vacation Club Relax with Us! Welcome to the Club! This new owner guide is designed with you in mind. The Calypso Vacation Club is your destination for family fun, exciting travel, and rewarding stays around the world. We are certainly glad you are have chosen to spend your valuable vacation time with us by purchasing {number o«Points_Purchased»f points} points in the vacation club. Your purchase means you will be able to choose from over 120 resorts worldwide, all owned and operated by Calypso. You can be assured of excellent and reliable service as we strive to make your vacation dreams come true. This Quick Start Guide explains the details of your club ownership, including an overview of the points system...
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...cruises for businesses and consumers. It competes by providing very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sales people, excellent tour guides and tour coordinators service at a competitive, but not the cheapest price. The Mall Stores and Marketing Eagle has 5 travel stores in large Malls in metro areas of the U.S. The mall stores are places where people can come to get brochures about vacation products and where they can buy vacation products. One of the challenges that Eagle had was that it was unable to attract young people to come in the mall stores and to buy products. How can it create a gathering place for people who love talking about their “trips”. Susan, the marketing manager believes that: “Eagle needs to create a real buzz for our trips. To do this we have to improve our marketing activities and reach more people in their 30s and 20s. It would be great if we could transform our mall stores into an engaging environment for learning from and interacting with customers. Also, it has also been impossible for us to keep our sales people busy during the day. They have little to do during the day, but during the evening customers have to wait 30-45 minutes to ask our sales consultant questions. We are losing customers because they leave before we can talk to them. We offer free coffee and TV programing to customers, but these have not worked. Many customers leave before we talk to them. One of the problems is that our employees do not have any medium that allows them to answer...
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...Check for Understanding: Storytelling 1 – Objective 2 Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow. (1) "It's going to be one of those days," Marek thought to himself as he looked up at the board labeled DEPARTURES. His flight was delayed. He thought back to how the day had begun. When he woke up, the sun had been shining brightly and robins that had built a nest outside his window were chirping loudly. He'd jumped out of bed, anxious to start the first day of his vacation. But he'd tripped over the clothes he'd carelessly dropped on the floor the night before and banged his knee on the closet door. (2) Now he sat at the airport thinking, "I guess I should have known this morning! Maybe it was an omen." He wasn't exactly sure what an omen...
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...Salary Compensation and Benefit Submitted to: Miss Bilqees Presented by: Syed Taha Ali Shah Rizwan Ahmed Hashmi Danish Basheer Sahito Shaikh Basit Sohail Ayesha Iqbal Table of contents: Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 What type of business do you have?……………………………………………………..…………………………………4 Does your company have a bonus or incentive plan? ………………………………………………………………4 What is procedure of bonus? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Maximum number of vacation days which you offer? .................................................................4 Do you have a specific time period when employees must take their vacation? ………………………5 Do employees accumulate vacation time from year to year? ......................................................5 What is the number of Paid Holidays offered by your company in a year? ……………………………….5 Do you provide funeral or bereavement leave? ……………………………………………………………………….5 What is the average working Duration/Hour of an employee? ...................................................6 Do you agree that the shift system is convenient than adopting a fixed timing to work? …………6 Do you provide documented job description to your employees? ……………………………………………6 Which type of compensation payment system do you prefer? …………………………………………………6 What is your organization's compensation policy? ......................................................................6 Do...
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...cruises for businesses and consumers. It competes by providing very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sales people, excellent tour guides and tour coordinators service at a competitive, but not the cheapest price. The Mall Stores and Marketing Eagle has 5 travel stores in large Malls in metro areas of the U.S. The mall stores are places where people can come to get brochures about vacation products and where they can buy vacation products. One of the challenges that Eagle had was that it was unable to attract young people to come in the mall stores and to buy products. How can it create a gathering place for people who love talking about their “trips”. Susan, the marketing manager believes that: “Eagle needs to create a real buzz for our trips. To do this we have to improve our marketing activities and reach more people in their 30s and 20s. It would be great if we could transform our mall stores into an engaging environment for learning from and interacting with customers. Also, it has also been impossible for us to keep our sales people busy during the day. They have little to do during the day, but during the evening customers have to wait 30-45 minutes to ask our sales consultant questions. We are losing customers because they leave before we can talk to them. We offer free coffee and TV programing to customers, but these have not worked. Many customers leave before we talk to them. One of the problems is that our employees do not have any medium that allows them to answer...
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...Planning the Perfect Family Vacation Destination to Celebrate My Parents’ 25th Wedding Anniversary Lynnette Ramirez Ramirez Travel Agency Prepared for The Ramirez Family November 02, 2011 Lynnette Ramirez 8318 Kirkbrook Dr Houston, TX 77089 November 02, 2011 The Ramirez Family 5627 Lakefield Dr Houston, TX 77033 Dear Ramirez Family: I am thrilled to finally present to you the enclosed report on planning our upcoming family vacation to celebrate our parents’ 25th anniversary. The report contains my recommendations on where we will be going, activities we will be doing and the estimated price the trip will cost each person. My recommendation is that we go to the Dominican Republic. It has been over 7 years since we last visited our hometown and what better way to celebrate our parents’ anniversary than for them to be surrounded by the entire family. The date selected and the estimated price of the entire trip includes everyone’s budget and busy schedules. I hope that you find this report useful in my plans to celebrate our parents’ anniversary. If you have any questions or concerns that you would like to discuss, please let me know as soon as possible so I can make changes as needed. Sincerely yours, Lynnette...
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...Individual Assignment #3 November 20, 2014 Discretionary benefits are an important commodity to both employees and employers. Today, it is expected to have some type of leave program and companies, although not required by law to have them, use these benefits to attract the best talent. They are also a way of rewarding good performance. Employees’ use of paid time off gives them the chance to rest and relax without having to worry about decreased pay. They then come back recharged and ready to excel, which benefits the company. “Most firms that provide high-quality benefits do so because they think it is the right thing to do and allows them to maintain a competitive edge with improved recruitment, retention, productivity, and morale” (Perrin et. Al, 2007, p. 1098). The problem lies with having a program that is flexible for the employees but yet doesn’t interfere with company operations. Abuse of leave programs creates an environment of mistrust and unexpected absences can cause delays and more work for co-workers. Firms must consider the many factors, such as number of employees, ages, and the type of work, when deciding what type of leave program to have. There is not a one size fits all design. For the employer, their ultimate goal is to have a leave program that prioritizes the organization’s goals first. Most companies have a traditional leave program whereas leave is separated into vacation days, sick days, and personal days. Vacation days are scheduled in advance...
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...Human Resource Management Analysis Sidra Mirza Superior community institute Bachelor of Business studies LEVEL – 2 PROJECT #1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS COURSE NAME- Human Resource Management COURSE CODE – Submitted by – Sidra Mirza Submitted to – Mrs.Madeeha Omar Date of Submission – 26/11/2013 Human Resource Management Analysis Sidra Mirza About the Project This project is based on a survey of Al-Ahlia cooperation insurance company situated in Saudi Arabia for the purpose of human resource management analysis. In this project I had to conclude whether the company has satisfying HR policies and if yes then to what extent are these policies being implemented. For this purpose this project includes The background of the company, its current human resource policies ,interview with the HR manager, Reflections of the employees regarding job content, work environment, compensations etc. Gathered through research and questionnaires, the problems and the challenges employees and company are facing, conclusion on the basis of findings and recommendations in order to overcome the problems and issues for further improvement. Human Resource Management Analysis Sidra Mirza About Al-Ahlia Cooperative Company Al-Ahlia for Cooperative Insurance Company founded in 2007G. , as a Public Shareholding Saudi Company with a capital of SR 100.000.000 pursuant to the commercial register No.1010238441, in accordance with principal of the Cooperative Insurance...
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...Running head: Career Development Plan four Career Development Plan four –Compensation By Emery Sutton Human Resources Management 531 Instructor Ken Santiago U of P 8-5 -2010 employment team Memo-compensation pay From Interclean management To sales team employee Goals for organization and employees 1. Building confidence in employee and achieving team progress. 2. Motivating the sales team 3. Making sure top sales employee are compensated for good perfromance The structure for the formation of the compensation plan is based on the needs of Interclean and the sales team. The compensation for employees will be based on base pay + commission. This seems to me to be the best method of obtaining maximum performance from the sales team. Management Jim Martin- experienced and knowledgeable/take care of their customer/meet and exceed sales plan/try new ideas/75,000 YR head manager of sales Tom...
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