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    Process organization or repetitive organization

    I am certain that based on the data, I have collected the use of a process organization would be best, not repetitive organization. I know it requires three departments to make a new product. I have an empty shell of a building waiting for me to set up as either repetitive or process environment, and both can be completed at

    Company problems

    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: Especially among new hires, there is an extremely high turnover rate. People who have worked for the company for short periods of time (sometim

    Reengineering //opinion required

    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.

    Forecasting next year patient volume

    Please tell me if I'm on track with solving the attached problem. I am required to predict the next year patient volume. Do I set it up by service or would it be appropriate to use the total as I have done? The first attachment is the assignment and the second attachment is my stab at the answer. Thank you for your help. I w

    LP Model

    Jones Furniture Company produces beds and desks for college students. The production process requires carpentry and varnishing. Each bed requires 6 hours of carpentry and 4 hours of varnishing. Each desk requires 4 hours of carpentry and 8 hours of varnishing. There are 36 hours of carpentry time and 40 hours of varnishing time

    Presidential Debate Analysis

    Please give a sample double space one-page on what you've learned from the 3 presidential's debates. Make sure to include points from all three debates.

    Demand Forcast for ABC Floral Shop

    The ABC Floral Shop sold the following number of geraniums during the last two weeks: Day Demand Day Demand 1 200 8 150 2 134 9 182 3 157 10 197 4 165 11 136 5 177 12 163 6 125 13 157 7 146 14 169 Develop a spreadsheet to answer the following questions. 1. Calculate a forecast of the above demand using a three- and fiv

    Charging high price for life saving drugs by pharma co's

    You have been asked to provide your expertise and opinion on the issue below to a Congressional Committee. State your position on this issue: Pharmaceutical companies are unfair in charging prices that so far exceed the costs of the chemicals in their products, especially in lifesaving drugs.

    Strategic Management

    You are part of a company who has made the strategic decision to acquire another company. There are two possible implementation strategies for this decision: A. Merge the acquired company into your company. The result of this strategy will be one company containing the elements of both companies. What are the pros and cons

    Strategic Management

    The managers of your company are 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

    Computer Training Schools, and Stock Workbooks

    Computer training schools, stock workbooks with the following characteristics: Demand D = 19,500 units/year Ordering cost S = $25/order Holding cost H = $4/unit/year a) Calculate the EOQ for the workbooks? b) What are the annual holding costs for the workbooks? c) What are the annual ordering costs?

    Carl Pearson's Coefficient of Skewness

    The following table gives the distribution of daily traveling allowance to salesmen in a company Traveling # of salesmen allowances 100-120 14 120-140 16 140-160 20 160-180 18 180-200 15 200-220 7 220-240 6 240-260 4 Compute Karl Pearson's co-efficient of skewness and comment on its value.

    I am having a hard time with this! Please help and show work!

    22. Your rich grandfather has offered you a choice of one of the three following alternatives: $10,000 now; $2,000 a year for eight years; $24,000 at the end of eight years. Assuming you could earn 11% annually, which alternative should you choose? If you could earn 12% percent annually, would you still choose the same altern

    Technology Management - Wendy's Questions

    Some questions regarding Wendy's Hamburgers and their ability to adapt to their environment. I've attached a case study I found on Wendy's can you give me your opinions on: WENDY'S is an excellent example of an organization that has displayed environmental adaptability. However, the external environment has three components

    Managing Constraints

    I am trying to find out how to calculate how much a company is willing to pay for an additional hour of a constrained resource, such as a machine. I have attached the problem along with the work that I have done so far. I have performed most of the background work. If anyone has the knowledge as to how to do the calculation, I b

    Maximum Number of Six Letter Words That the Language Can Employ

    An anthropologist discovers an isolated tribe whose written alphabet contains only six letters (call the letters A, B, C,D,E,and F). The tribe has a taboo against using the same letter twice in the same word. It is never done. If each different sequence of letters constitutes a different word in the language, what is the maximu

    Practice Test Fundamental Management

    Fundamentals of Management Practise tests. (The process of managment, contingency perspective of managment, worker performance, slow-down in production, managerial social responsibility, etc)

    Shareholders and Stakeholders

    Who are the shareholders and stakeholders within a nursing home organization? > How would the organization address these different parties? What view of > social responsibility would the organization follows most > closely to - stakeholder theory or shareholder theory?

    Operations Management Course

    What are the three to five most significant operational constraints in such an expansion? Justify your choices with data from the case. If you were the VP of Production at Caron, how would you suggest addressing each of the constraints? Use tools and techniques from your OPMT text to support your arguments. From a strictly ope

    Training Program Development

    Consider the following scenario: Jim Delaney, president of Apex Door, has a problem. No matter how often he tells his employees how to do their jobs, they invariably "decide to do it their own way," as he puts it, and arguments ensue among Jim, the employee, and the employee's supervisor. One example is the door-design depar

    Healthcare Management/ Impact of Unisured Population

    Hello, I'm looking to flesh out some more inputs regarding the project I'm writing on (Impact of Uninsured and Unisured Population). I have Sharp Healthcare System in San Diego California as my case study. Im on Part 3 of my project. Can someone help me with the following criterias? 1.) Evaluate the overall risk to the or