Questions Section 2 & 4

Blythe Reichert

Section 2 and 4 Questions for Nancy’s employee

Section 2 encompasses Chapter 4 & 5

Section 4 encompasses Chapter 9, 10 & Appendix C

Section 2-Chapter 4

1. What is the organizational format of Nancy’s for legal and tax purposes?

2. Why was that type of business structure chosen?

3. Was the choice of structure influenced by taxing regulations or due to liability concerns?

4. How are profits distributed?
5. Does Nancy’s have publicly owned stock?

6. If stock is sold is it preferred stock, common stock or a combination of both?

7. Do employees have ownership or stock options?

Section 2-Chapter 5

1. How did the idea for Nancy’s, as a business, come about?

2. How much was Ken Kesey involved with the formation or running of Nancy’s?

3. How does Nancy’s serve and benefit the community?

4. How did Nancy’s generate the startup costs it needed to get the business up and running?

5. Does Nancy’s have a method for conducting customer satisfaction surveys?

6. Does Nancy’s fulfill all of the available market niches?

7. How has the stress of ownership affected the owner’s personal lives and relationships with each other?

8. Does Nancy’s have a plan to expand and market into other demographics?

Section 4-Chapter 9

1. How does Nancy’s fulfill its human resources needs?

2. What does Nancy’s do to increase employee motivation?

3. How is employee morale?
4. What is the employee turnover rate?
5. What methods does Nancy’s employee to modify undesirable employee conduct?

6. Does Nancy’s employ job rotation to stave off job boredom and burnout?

7. Does Nancy’s employ a traditional or a compressed workweek?

Section 4-Chapter 10

1. How does Nancy’s go about fulfilling job vacancies?

2. Does Nancy’s recruit internally or externally?

3. How many people are employed by Nancy’s?

4. What is the selection criteria used when screening prospective employees?
5. How does Nancy’s assess work performance?

6. How competitive are the wages and benefit packages at Nancy’s compared to similar businesses in the area?

7. Does Nancy’s have a diversity requirement imposed by upper management?