Employability And The Benefits Costs And Effects Of Employability

THE-Final- Version A 1of 3 2020-2021/Second Cut-Off Date :April 28, 2021 Cut off Time :8:05 pm Total Marks :100 Contents: Warnings and Declaration …………………………………………………………… .…………………………… .……………………………… .... 1 Question 1…...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .……………… .…..….2 Question 2………… .……… ...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .2 Question 3………… .……… ...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .3 Please note that your answers must be on the answers ’form that you can download itfrom your LMS account for every course Plagiarism Warning: As per AOU rules and regulations, all students are required to submit their own THE-Final work and avoid plagiarism. The AOU has implemented sophisticated techniques for plagiarism detection. You will be penalized for any act of plagiarism as per the AOU's rules and regulations. Declaration of No Plagiarism by Student: Ihereby declare that the submitted THE-Final work isaresult of my own efforts and Ihave not plagiarized any other person's work. My submission through the official forms and channels are considered as confirmation and approval on what is mentioned earlier regarding plagiarism. B207B: Shaping Business Opportunities II- KSA Take Home Exam for Final Assignment 2020-2021/Second B207B/ THE-Final- Version A 2of 3 2020-2021/Second QUESTIONS: Answer the below questions based on the course material, your own experience and information search on the internet and in academic sources from the AOU e-library. (i.e. companies ’webpages, AOU e-library databases … ) Question 1 (35 marks, 300 words) In the current HR employer-employee relations, there ’smore emphasis on improved employee degree of autonomy and responsibility. HR is also placing more focus on employability. Use areal business example to discuss what is meant by empowerment era, employability and the benefits, costs and effects of employability. Question 2 (35 marks, 300 words) One of the foundations of Amazon ’ssuccess is the company ’sintelligent use of CRM (Customer Relationship Management). Amazon ’sCRM software captures customer data at the point of purchase, which ituses to instantly customize its users online experience. Amazon ’sinterface is simple and easy to use. Customers can view their own order history and how much they ’ve been spending. Returns are handled easily through the system. Re-ordering is abreeze and purchases can be tracked through every state of the delivery process. CRM software allows Amazon to collect personal and payment details and makes itvery easy to customers to buy products again. It sends tailored offers, promotions and recommendations to customers based on their past purchases and interests. Customers can deal with almost every issue they might have through their accounts. And if there ’s something that does require acustomer to speak with acustomer service assistant: CRM to the rescue again. Amazon staff have customer details, meaning quick and efficient resolution to all problems – and more satisfied customers. Amazon ’suse of CRM has been influential in the growth of its services. With these smart and automated practices, it’snot hard to see why Amazon are crushing the competition. Required: A. Discuss what is meant by relationship marketing and discuss at least four of its benefits for Amazon. (25 marks) B. Discuss the relationship between relationship marketing, customer lifetime value, satisfaction and loyalty and profit. (10 marks) B207B/ THE-Final- Version A 3of 3 2020-2021/Second Question 3 (30 marks, 300 words) Simon worked for awell-known sports gear manufacturer but found that the organizational culture within the organization was very negative indeed. Workers were treated like machines, on an input – output basis –only as good as what they were targeted to produce. If they produced more than their target, they were not valued for this –there were no incentives to do so. If they consistently failed to achieve their targets, they were sacked. This meant that Simon never bothered to exceed his target because he was never made to feel valued for doing this. In light of the above: A.Discuss in some details the five levels proposed by Maslow ’stheory. (25 marks) B.Evaluate the level of Maslow ’sneed that Simon was stuck on. What could the manager do to motivate him? (10 marks) End of Assessment