Since Nokia has outsourced their factory to China, what pay-systems and compensation laws do they follow? Do they follow Nokia's policies or follow China's labor-laws if any? Please be detailed as possible and if you site, please reference the source of information, thank-you,,,,
The Milinder Recycling Company has experienced significant growth over the past two years. Due to this growth, the company is currently encountering problems in the following areas: 1- Especially among new hires, there is an extremely high turnover rate. 2- People who have worked for the company for short periods of time (s
Please respond in Microsoft Word: What is the relevance of process management to operations management? How might you apply process management in the effective practice of operations management?
You and your co-workers had an in-depth discussion about nonrational escalation of commitment. Use your best communication techniques to discuss the following questions: Identify the possible original decisions, the person(s) who could make it, and the person(s) who may escalate the commitment to that decision. ? Describe th
Present two reasons scheduling resources is an important task and describe how outsourcing project work can help alleviate some of the common problems associated with multiproject resource scheduling.
AIU-Operation Management You have just met with the Director of Purchasing. He has been attempting to reduce his costs by placing fewer, but larger, orders for raw materials. You suspect that his department's actions have been contributing to your organization's high DOS. Your assignment is to calculate the EOQ/ELS for t
What are the best small-business opportunities available today? Report on the two and then compare and contrast which would be the best overall.
I need help with this discussion question: Is reengineering just another management fad or does it offer something of lasting value? Describe specific situations in which you would or would not recommend reengineering as a potential strategy. Be sure to support your answer. Please include citations and references. I would
Miranda Tool Company sells to retail hardware stores on credit terms of "net 30." Annual credit sales are $18 million and are spread evenly throughout the year. The company's variable cost ratio is 0.70, and its accounts receivable average$1.9 million. Using this information, determine the following for the company: a. Aver
List and describe 4-6 common problems that occur when managers complete performance reviews. You have been working for the Internet matchmaking company: People, people who need people.com. In recent months the company has been forced to downsize.
Address the Bridgestone/Firestone- tire shredding crisis. Research Bridgestone/Firestone's product crisis and consider alternative solutions Answer these six questions. 1. What was the basis for the crisis? 2. Were there any policy decisions that led to the crisis? 3. How was the crisis managed? 4. How was the crisis
There are four types of demand forecasting (qualitative, causal, time series, and simulation). Companies use one or more of these techniques to conduct demand forecasting. Using resources, do the following: 1. Select two major companies (e.g., Dell and Sears) and identify how demand forecasting is an essential part of their
The client needs an overview of how classic management activities -planning, organizing, controlling, and leading - enable successful strategy implementation. Pair this article with a short powerpoint presentation on how management acitivties tie in. LEAD STORY-DATELINE: Journal of Business Strategy, March/April 2003. Man
How is managed care likely to impact the long-term supply of healthcare providers in the United States?
The manager of my company is deciding whether to develop a brand new product not yet seen in the marketplace or a version of a competitor's product that has already been launched into the marketplace. Management has called a meeting to discuss which way to go. They want to know if they should follow the "first-mover" or "lat
Write a business letter to Dell concerning their latest plasma screen asking four questions. Include these four issues: 1. lifespan 2. price 3. possibility of burn-in 4. shipping Be sure to include enough background information, so the reader can answer your questions satisfactorily.
Select an organization that you have worked for or one that you are familiar with and locate the goals the organization has set. Many times this information can be found on the company's website Give a brief overview of the organization and list the goals of that organization. Describe how these goals meet the characteristics
If expenditures on medical services are less effective in reducing mortality rates than are changes in lifestyle behavior, why does the U.S. continue to spend an increasing portion of its resources on medical care? Feel free to draw upon your own experiences or other resources to answer this question.
1. Evaluate the following statement: The overarching purpose of a measurment system should be to help a team, rather than senior managers, gauge its progress. A team's measurment system should primarily be a tool for telling the team when it must take corrective action. 2. The Green Shoe Company is considering going to a pie
1. Discuss the costs and benefits of specialized task assignment relative to broad task assignment. What variables are likely to be particularly important in determining the optimal choice between these two alternatives? 2. Define the following: functional organizations, product organization, geographic organization, matrix o
Do you have an example for me of an important business decision you have made in the past in which the results of your decision turned out poorly. Lets say your manager is concerned and wants to make sure that you learned from this mistake and the likelihood of this happening in the future is minimal. Therefore she would lik
"A " Company, the new parent company of "B" Company, is a large multinational conglomerate. It is an extremely financially well-run company, with an emphasis on short-term, quarterly results. In fact, it is Walden's key value proposition to its stockholders that each quarter's sales and pretax profits will be greater than the pr
Uncle Sal, our intrepid accountant, has recommended the purchase of a small business to his mother, Granny. The small business has the following sales projections: Year Sales in Thousands 1 100 2 150 3 250 4 500 5 1000 Variable costs are as follows:
Think about the business decision you discussed (SEE ATTACHED DOC). Your supervisor had asked that you expand on your self-evaluation by identifying at least two judgment issues that you had to address. Write a memo to your supervisor describing these issues. Explain how you addressed them and the degree to which your decision w
5. Two basketball players, Barbara and Juanita, are the best offensive players on the school's team. They know if they "cooperate" and work together offensively by feeding the ball to each other, providing screens for the other player, and the like, they can each score 12 points. If one player "monopolizes" the offensive ga
Companies often try to manage earnings by recognizing revenue before it is actually earned according to GAAP, or by deferring expenses that have been incurred. For example, to meet the targeted earnings for a specific period. a company may capitalize a cost that should be expensed. Read the following scenario and then decide how
A) CoffeeTime is interested in the coffee-drinking habits of people in India. To obtain this information, we are required to ask subjects: How many cups of coffee have you consumed in the past 30 days? How could this question be modified to provide more accurate data? B) For each of the following, discuss the benefits CoffeeT
2. Xerox sells both copiers and a toner for their copiers. While customers are not required to buy Xerox toner, most do because specified machines use toner only for that machine. The Xerox toner and machines are closely designed and non-Xerox machines produces inferior copies. Evaluate the statement: "Xerox makes 75 percent of
EBay is the world's largest online auction. In late 1999, the service listed over 2,000 categories of items from sports memorabilia to automobiles. In total, eBay hosted more than 2.5 million auctions a day. Sellers pay a few dollars to eBay to list their items. They provide a description of the item, photographs, the minimum ac
Compare and contrast an in-house capacity plan approach versus an outsourced capacity plan approach? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach? If you were to advise your company on which approach to take what would you advise and why? How do you feel about using qualitative versus quantitative demand forecas