What do you see as the most disruptive technology or innovation either in real estate or how companies relate to and interact with real estate going forward? Working by yourself, pick a single technology (see below for examples) and briefly:

1. Briefly introduce and describe the technology/innovation.
2. Why do you think the technology will be disruptive to real estate?
3. Identify and discuss any concerns around adopting the technology (i.e. misuse, personal privacy, etc.)?

Examples of new and innovative technologies include:

• Drones, Robots, and Autonomous Vehicles
• Virtual Reality, and 3-D Modeling and Printing
• Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Artificial Intelligence
• Blockchain, Smart Contracts
• Mobile Connectivity, Internet of Things
• Innovations in Data Gathering/Processing (i.e., Big Data)
• Innovations in Building Materials and Building Techniques
• Financial Innovation (i.e., Crowdfunding, Insurance)
• Metaverse (virtual worlds)
• This is by no means an exhaustive or complete list.

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Questions to Consider (End of Chapter)

1. What are reasonable accommodations? How does a company determine what is “reasonable” and what is not?
2. What similarities exist between perceptions about the competence and performance of workers with disabilities and older workers?
3. In the $561,000 DuPont disability discrimination judgment, even if Ms. Barrios had been unable to walk, what steps could have been taken to assist her if the need to evacuate the building arose? Speculate on reasons this case was not resolved before Ms. Barrios was terminated or after she filed her discrimination charge with the EEOC but before the jury trial.
4. How can recommendations for employment equity for people with disabilities be helpful in ensuring equity for other non-dominant group members?

I’m working on a management project and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

1. Your most recent employee engagement/satisfaction survey results are in and your employees ranked their engagement/satisfaction level a 3.4 out of 10
2. Your general manager has tasked you to increase satisfaction from a 3.4 out of 10 to at least 8 out of 10 (or higher). You only have 6 months to accomplish this goal.
3. How would you seek to increase your employees’ level of engagement/satisfaction? (Keep in mind Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs). Include a month by month plan to increase engagement/satisfaction and a plan to sustain your results.
   Please submit either in a word document or PowerPoint presentation. (There is no minimum or maximum for this assignment).

For any business, whether traditional or online, you just can’t underestimate the Power of Business Planning. In today’s highly competitive landscape, a solid business strategy has become the entrepreneur’s new bread and butter. Your business’s success depends on the right type of strategy, and the right type of strategy can in turn lead to higher sales, new customers, and long-term growth.

For each section of the business plan, you will conduct research on your industry of interest, the competition, industry trends, market opportunities, etc. Using your research, you will develop a business plan that includes the following components included in the following Business Plan Template: business_plan_template_2019.doc

Case Study

You are the Chairman of the Board of a well-known, publicly traded corporation. You are personally responsible for convincing the Board to fund a new product design that ultimately failed when it was placed on the market, causing extreme losses for the corporation. The shareholders now want to hold you personally responsible for all the losses to the corporation and have filed a derivative lawsuit in the name of the corporation in which you are the defendant. Please describe how you would defend yourself using the Business Judgment Rule. Create and describe any facts you think will support your position under this Rule. Limit your facts to only those that will support your position under this Rule and no others.