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What was VW response in scandal, immediately and up to date?

Fallout of Volkswagen from scandal

Lydia has been acting as the IT manager for 21 months when it was decided to advertise the job. His director prepared the advertisement without specifying any qualifications or extensive experience in information technology, which had previously been part of the selection criteria. The Director decided to advertise the job internally. Lydia was the sole applicant and was appointed to the position permanently without an interview.

Required. What are your remarks and what needs to be done as HR practitioner?

You are a new program manager with responsibility for significant funding and external relations, and because of downsizing issues in your area, you have lost two valuable employees. You have been in the new job approximately two weeks; however, you have been in the unit for more than a year and seen how systems are managed. Out of the blue, a senior person (not in your area) comes to you and says he is taking most of your space (when the company had to let the 2 people go). He doesn’t ask your permission, nor does he seem the least bit concerned with what your response is. Select a conflict handling style (or choose your own) and discuss how effective/ineffective it would be in this scenario.  

What are responsibilities for the employees with access to classified information?

Plant Electronics Limited is considering producing three new computer boards on a daily basis. Each board will be produced from various combinations of plastic, copper and transistors. The amount of each resources required per unit, the unit profitability, and the availability of the resources are summarized in the following table:

You work as an admin assistant for three exectives. Mr. Rogers wants you to complete a long report by the end of the day. Mrs. Park needs a PowerPoint presentation, which requires research, by tomorrow morning. Ms. Gomez needs a spreadsheet analysis of sales figures completed by noon. Since you cannot complete all this work by the time required, you have a big internal customer service problem. How will you solve this problem so that none of the executives are disappointed? How can you avoid a similar problem in the future?

Companies need to be aware of the fact that there is a cost associated with bad service. Which one of the following options is a consequence of customers leaving the business due to bad service?

The South African liquor market is divided into four broad segments. Each one of these segments serves a specific market. Which one of the following most accurately describes the term “market”?

CID and ethics management 22 1. Some people blamed the wrong decisions on the engineers, but others blamed the company. Discuss the CID structure and explain whether the individual engineer or the company can be held accountable 3 2. Lots of articles were written about the ethical culture at VW and that it is to blame for what happened. Discuss the type of ethical culture that was prevalent at VW during the time of the scandal and how it contributed to what happened or did not happen. (Management, Board, Ethics management) 7 3. Having a Code of conduct is part of good ethics management. Study the current Code of conduct of VW and decide whether it is a directional code or an aspirational code. Motivate your answer. 4 4. Find specific sections from the current VW Code of conduct that should prevent a repeat of this scandal, if it is followed. (Link the section with a specific action that took place)