1. Your firm has just added six H-1B workers to your 50-person department. You have been asked to help get one of the workers "on board." Your manager wants you to introduce him to other team members, provide him with some basic company background and information, and explain to him how work gets done within your organization. Your manager has also asked that you help your new coworker become familiar with the community, including residential areas, shopping centers, restaurants, and recreational activities. Your goal would be to help the new worker be productive and comfortable with his new surroundings as soon as possible. How would you feel about taking on this responsibility? How would you go about doing this?

2. You are in the last stages of evaluating laptop vendors for a major hardware upgrade and standardization project for your firm. You will be purchasing a total of 800 new laptops and tablets to deploy to the worldwide sales force. One vendor's product carries a Bronze EPEAT rating; the other vendor's product would cost an additional $96,000 but carries a Gold EPEAT rating. The two products are very evenly matched on other key factors, such as performance, features, reliability, and support costs. How would you decide between the two vendors' products?