Jamal, the HR Director for a growing marketing firm, announces that the firm is planning to implement the integrated talent management approach in the future.
Which of the following actions should the employees expect the firm to perform in the future?

a. Downsizing to save costs and increase efficiency.
b. Treating the major phases of the employment life cycle as individual units and integrating them at the time of performance appraisals.
c. Connecting multiple processes such as performance management, training and development, and career management.
d. Merging with other organizations to acquire additional talent.

After discussing the options, the strategic management team has agreed that the pod coffee idea works well with the company's mission statement and decides that the company should move forward in exploring the pod coffee idea. in order to make sure that the pod coffee idea is a good one, and to see if there are other potential future endeavors to pursue, you must analyze the market situation and formulate a strategy. your boss asks you to start working on the pod coffee idea. what is your first stepa. your first step is to formulate a strategy for how to market the pod coffee concept. b. your first step is to consult with your boss and find out what he thinks about the pod coffee idea. c. your first step is to do some research to find out what your competitors are doing. d. your first step is to analyze the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

You decide that structural changes must be made at holden evans immediately to deal with the additional product lines. equipment and employees will have to be moved around to optimize production of all of the products in house. this shouldn't be too difficult because many of the vitamins and supplements are produced using similar processes. you have several options available to facilitate this process. which of the following methods do you think is the best choice? select an option from the choices below and click submit. because the changes may result in the loss of several key employees, you hire outside consultants who specialize in hr law. this way any employee terminations will not result in lawsuits. you select an outside consulting firm that your company has never worked with before, but it has a reputation for using new technology in product lines that are similar to yours. you select several trusted managers to facilitate the transition of operations from overseas. these individuals can gather information and also smooth any rough spots that may occur.

Select the correct answers. mila is at a flea market. she has $50 in her wallet. she decides that she will spend $15 on jewelry, $20 on a pair of jeans, $5 on a t-shirt, and $10 on something to eat. she likes a one-of-a-kind t-shirt, but the seller is not ready to sell it for less than $8. she thinks of five ways to deal with this situation. which two choices indicate a trade-off?