Cut Salaries or Cut Jobs?

When moving to another country and culture in order to manage a subsidiary, it is important to remember that what works in one country may backfire in another.

Write a paper on the topic of cutting salaries or cutting jobs.

Address the following “Tools” in your paper:

• What are the benefits of across-the-board pay cuts?
• What are the benefits of reduction in force (mass layoffs)?
• How would you advise this Japanese expatriate working in the United States?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.