Abortion clinics operate in a nearly perfectly competitive market, close to their break-even point. Medoff (2007) estimates that the price elasticity of demand for abortions is -1.071 and the income elasticity is 1.24. The average real price of abortions has remained relatively constant over the last 25 years, which suggests that the supply curve is horizontal. By how much would the market price of abortions and the number of abortions change if a lump-sum tax is assessed on abortion clinics and raises their minimum average cost by 10%? Use a figure to illustrate your answer. By how much would the market price of abortions and the number of abortions change if a lump-sum tax is assessed on abortion clinics that raises their minimum average cost by 10%? Use a figure to illustrate your answer. (Hint: See Solved Problem 8.3.)

Scenario

The organization that you are a director of leadership and
learning for has been conducting engagement surveys among its
employees every two years to gain a deeper understanding of
employees’ views on areas such as customer service, the
organization’s overall strategy, job satisfaction, rewards and
recognition, and training and development. The most recent survey
was conducted this year, and the organization wants to carry out
another survey in two years.

Prompt

Your task is to evaluate the employee survey results using a
GROW Model Template and identify several survey questions that will
target leadership skill and behavior improvement for the next two
years. You will also represent the trends you’ve identified with
bar or line graphs. For this assignment, you will complete the
first five sections of the GROW model template:

• Identified Trends
• Employee Survey Results Data
• Focus Areas
• Reality—Current State
• Desired Future State—Where Would You Like to
  Be?

Specifically, you must address the following rubric
criteria:

1. In the Identified Trends section,
   identify any noticeable trends in the Employee Satisfaction Survey
   Results data and address the following in your response.
   1. Are there certain focus areas that have seen significant
      changes compared to others?
   2. How might one focus area impact another?

1. In the Employee Survey Results
   Data section, create bar or line graphs from the
   employee survey results data that best represent the trends you’ve
   identified above.

1. In the Focus Areas section, identify
   three focus areas to improve the organization based on your
   evaluation, and provide rationale.

1. In the Reality—Current
   State section, explain the current state for each
   focus area you’ve identified above according to the employee survey
   results. Consider the following in your response:
   1. The potential impact on survey results over time, the
      “why.”

In the Desired Future State—Where Would You Like
to Be? section, create a goal to address each focus
area you’ve identified within the next two years, and describe the
impact to the entire organization. Consider the following in your
response:
The desired result should be 10% improvement for the next
survey.