To the best of your ability, please answer the five questions for each of these four scenarios.

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A$.$ A company specializes in internet$-$related services and products that includes online advertising

technologies, search cloud computing and software. The mission of the organization is to help

organization the world$$s information and make it accessible. The company emphasizes

innovation with minimal organizational hierarchy. The company attempts to keep costs

contained and support and reward both individual and team contributions. Employee team

work is emphasized and employee flexibility is stressed with employees capable of adopting

many disparate roles. Management relies on its employees and seeks to express their

appreciation both monetarily and non$-$monetarily.

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$1.$ Do you think this company pays more compared to its competitors? Why?

$2.$ Do you think this company would prefer to hire to staff its employees internally or externally?

$3.$ What do you think are the key employees skills this company would seek among its workforce?

$4.$ Do you think this company focuses more on efficient production or more on new cutting$-$edge

products and services?

$5.$ Would describe this company as more customer differentiation $($product leadership$)$ or cost

cutter $($operational excellence$)?$

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B$.$ A leading software company specializes in data analytics, business intelligence, and data

management software and services. The mission of the organization is to give its customers the

power to make analytical decisions. The philosophy of the company is that happy employees

make good business sense. It believes people will focus on work when they are at work and

should not focus on work when away from work. The company emphasizes the holistic

integration of work and play, art and science and business and life. The investments made in

the company$$s health, and well$-$being is intended to create a dedicated workforce with low

turnover.

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$1.$ Do you think this company pays more compared to its competitors? Why?

$2.$ Do you think this company would prefer to hire to staff its employees internally or externally?

$3.$ What do you think are the key employees skills this company would seek among its workforce?

$4.$ Do you think this company focuses more on efficient production or more on new cutting$-$edge

products and services?

$5.$ Would describe this company as more customer differentiation $($product leadership$)$ or cost

cutter $($operational excellence$)?$

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C$.$ A membership$-$only shoppers warehouse company provides a wide selection of merchandise.

The warehouse club store competes on the basis of low prices. The company also sells a

mixture of products that is targeted at a higher customer income segment. The company seeks

to minimize costs with especially low prices of products sold in bulk. The company philosophy

stresses not minimizing the wages of its workforce in order to attract and retain a higher quality

workforce in order to create employee satisfaction.

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$1.$ Do you think this company pays more compared to its competitors? Why?

$2.$ Do you think this company would prefer to hire to staff its employees internally or externally?

$3.$ What do you think are the key employees skills this company would seek among its workforce?

$4.$ Do you think this company focuses more on efficient production or more on new cutting$-$edge

products and services?

$5.$ Would describe this company as more customer differentiation $($product leadership$)$ or cost

cutter $($operational excellence$)?$

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D$.$ A leading seller of natural and organic foods supermarket attempts to provide consumers with

healthy and delightful food. The company seeks to increase shareholder value through profits

and growth. It also seeks to satisfy and delight customers as well as engage employees.

Significant input is sought from the workforce. Each new hire of the organization must win a

majority vote from team members before receiving a permanent position. Work is organized

around self$-$managed teams who make decisions generally reserved for managers.

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$1.$ Do you think this company pays more compared to its competitors? Why?

$2.$ Do you think this company would prefer to hire to staff its employees internally or externally?

$3.$ What do you think are the key employees skills this company would seek among its workforce?

$4.$ Do you think this company focuses more on efficient production or more on new cutting$-$edge

products and services?

$5.$ Would describe this company as more customer differentiation $($product leadership$)$ or cost

cutter $($operational excellence$)?$