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You will be reading and discussing two different topics this week. Provide explanation, references to readings and lectures and outside references in your answers. Discuss and respond to your classmates’ postings throughout the remainder of the week.

First, download and read the

Sample Flextime Policy

and

Alternative Work Arrangments

documents. You can also use the web to search for more information on Flextime policies among different organizations to support your discussion. After doing this, answer the following:

· Just how flexible is flextime? Does it have any limitations? Discuss any limitations and why these would be important to the modern manager.

· Although it is clearly in the employees’ interest to have flextime, why is it important to employers? In short, why should they care?

· Is there anything that you feel an organization should do after implementing a new flextime policy?

Second, visit

http://www.pepsico.com

‘s and

http://www.cocacola.com

‘s web sites for evidence of their corporate culture. Post your responses to the following questions:

· What methods of embedding organizational culture are evident on the

PepsiCola

Web site? What are your impressions of the organizational culture of PepsiCo after visiting the Web site?

· What methods of embedding organizational culture are evident on the

Coca-Cola Company

Web site? What are your impressions of the organizational culture at the Coca-Cola Company after visiting the Web site?

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