What are the drawbacks and benefits of hostile takeovers? What would be a good example of a hostile takeover that turned out to be beneficial for employees and one which hurt employees of the company which was taken over.
Based on research regarding base pay and the regulations governing equal pay, when and why do you think it is appropriate for a family-owned company to create a formal pay structure with job descriptions and salary ranges? At the opening of the business? After one year in business? When you employ enough people to fall within fe
"If line employees are required to work on quality improvement activities, their productivity will suffer." Discuss and give examples.
How should Mary go about increasing the number of acceptable job applicants so that her company need no longer hire just about anyone who walks in the door? What practical suggestions could you make that might help reduce turnover and make the stores attractive places in which to work, thereby reducing recruiting problems?
10. The operation manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that demand for bass drums may be related to the number of television appearance by popular rock group Green Shades during the preceding month. The manager has collected the data shown in the following table: demand for bass drums Green shades TV appearance
9. John smith has developed the following forecasting model: Y= 36+4.3X where Y= demand for 10K air conditioners X= the outside temperature a) Forecast the demand for 10K when the temperature is 70F? b) What is the demand for a temperature of 80F? c) What is the demand for a temperature of 90F?
A process that is considered to be in control measures an ingredient in ounces. Below are the last 10 samples taken. Please see the attached problem.
What does the phrase "Utilitarian morality places no value on observing rules" mean and how would you use utilitarian morality in today's business world?
Bob is at the Boston Biceps Bodybuilding Club riding an exercise bike. Bob wants to change the station on the television which is mounted high on a nearby wall. He reaches for the remote control device, and finds that another member has accidentally taken the remote control device and left behind a cellular phone. Bob drags the
See the attached file. A hypothetical case was set up in which the teller was required to examine a customer's portfolio and determine whether it was more beneficial for the customer to consolidate various CDs into a single issue currently offered, or to leave the portfolio unaltered. A time study made of the teller yielded t
1) What process strategy (from the four process strategies) is being applied at McDonald's? The 4 process strategies are: Process focus Repetitive focus Product focus Mass customization 2) Where is the headquarter (or distribution center) of McDonald's? Are there any benefits of it being located there? If you could choo
"Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors. VOCs are emitted by a wide array of
You live in a city with a strong petrochemical industry. Every time you pass through a certain part of town, you smell a noxious odor. Even though the air is regulated by the state you suspect that the companies are releasing dangerous amounts of chemicals into the atmosphere. How would you find out what chemical constituents a
The R&D dept. is planning to bid on a large project for the development of a new communication system for commercial planes. The accompanying table shows the activities, time & sequence required: Activity Immediate predecessor Time (weeks) A --- 3 B A 2 C A 4 D A 4 E B 6 F C,D 6 G D,F 2 H D 3 I E,G,H 3 A.) What is
What are specific business strategies that have been successful for many corporations and their leaders? Explain three of these strategies. What insures the success of these strategies?
Is there an opportunities for education and training, and the certifications offered by this professional organization for Certified Payroll Professional?
There are some similarities and differences between interest-based negotiation (designed to resolve disagreements) and large-group methods like future search (designed to find common ground). In a 300-word response, please answer the following question: What similarities do you see? What differences? What is the signi
Use simple exponential smoothing with a alpha of .3 to estimate April through Sept. month actual January 110 February 130 March 150 April 170 May 160 June 180 July 140 August 130 September 140
16. As a class project you have been asked to project the proportion of time a professor spends on various activities. You have decided to use the work sampling method. Your initial observations are shown: Activity Observed # of times observed Grading 4 Adm. Pape
a. Discuss how a complete performance management system differs from the use of annual performance appraisals. b. Discuss the advantages of managing turnover in organizations. c. Examine contemporary safety and health management issues in the workplace. d. Include a discussion of future trends and challenges in HR manageme
Med-Tech labs is a facility that provides medical tests and evaluations for patients ranging from analyzing blood samples to performing MRI's. Average cost to patients is $60 per patient. Labor costs average $15 per patient, material costs are $20 per patient, and overhead costs are averaged at $20 per patient. a.) What is the
Please explain how different motivational strategies affect productivity in a manufacturing plant.
Please help... b & c can be done with the attached template, but I do not know how to implement the data... Historical demand for a product is: Demand Jan 12 Feb 11 March 15 APril 12 May 16 June 15 a. using weighted moving average with weights of .60, .30 and .10. What is July forecast? b. Using a
In what ways do you see managers using collaborative negotiation with employees who may be resistant to the change? Please support your 200-300 word response with academic literature.
Scheduling people to work late, or "graveyard", shift is a problem in almost every 24-hour company. An article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Scheduling workers who fall asleep on the job is not easy" describes night-shift dilemmas at an oil refinery and a police department. Scheduling is also difficult for airline that fly
David Upton is president of Upton Manufacturing, a producer of Go-Kart tires. Upton makes 1,000 tires per day with the following resources: Labor: 400 hours per day @ $12.50 per hour Raw Material: 20,000 [pimds [er dau @ $1 per pound Energy: $5,000 per day Capital: $10,000 per day a) What is the labor productiv
Eric Johnson determines his cost to be as follows: Labor: $10 per hour Resin: $5 per hour Capital Expense 1% per month of investment Energy: $.50 per BTU Show the percent change in productivity for one month last year vs. one month this year, on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator. Units Produced
A bottling plant fills 2,400 bottles every two hours. The lead time is 40 minutes and a container accommodates 120 bottles. The safety stock is 10 percent of expected demand. How many kanban cards are needed?
Until recently, Augean Cleaning Products sold its products on terms of net 60, with an average collection period of 75 days. See attachment for the rest. Book for guidance: Operations Management for Competitive Advantage by Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano
Scenario: If, as we've been told, the longest journey begins with the first step, then the first step of our journey through time will place us at the threshold of an era known as the Renaissance and the year 1500, the date chosen by numerous scholars as the dividing line between modern and pre-modern times. It was a time whe