Scenario B: The Oxford Corporation has introduced a new program called "Stay and Grow with Oxford." It has several different components.1. The company operates in a rural area where there are few minority employees. It has set up regular meetings for its minority employees in the area to meet, exchange information about activities and housing options, and socialize.2. Since many of the managers are nearing retirement age, one component of the program pairs older managers with promising young minority managers in order to offer their youthful counterparts career advice and introduce them to the company's top management.3. Because members of some minority groups recognize holidays other than those celebrated by the majority, the company has introduced a flexible work system that allows
these employees to take time off during their holidays.The third component of Oxford Industries' "Stay and Grow with Oxford" program, allowing members of minority groups to work a flexible schedule that allows them time off to celebrate holidays recognized by their group, is an example of
A. alternative work arrangements.
B. employee promotions.
C. support groups.
D. mentoring.
E. career displacement.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
A percentage-of-sales-revenue approach to setting a media budget is more complex than a task-and-objective approach
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is true with regard to FTL?
a. Carriers transit times are much shorter. b. They make more frequent stops. c. The risk of damage to products is higher. d. Freight frequently needs to be repackaged en route.
Inexpensive and inflexible transportation modes tend to
A) perform poorly. B) perform very poorly when plans change. C) perform well when everything goes as planned. D) all of the above
Hirons Air uses two measures of activity, flights and passengers, in the cost formulas in its budgets and performance reports. The cost formula for plane operating costs is $56,840 per month plus $2,874 per flight plus $13 per passenger. The company expected its activity in November to be 86 flights and 255 passengers, but the actual activity was 89 flights and 257 passengers. The actual cost for plane operating costs in November was $305,100. The spending variance for plane operating costs in November would be closest to:
A. $10,867 U B. $2,219 F C. $2,219 U D. $10,867 F