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    Provide a discussion of how other companies have approached metrics problem.

    Business factors

    Which are the main political risk factors that could jeopardize business operations?

    Differences between a population and a sample

    Determine whether the group is a sample or a population. a. The participants in a study of a new cholesterol drug b. The drivers who received a speeding ticket in Kansas city last month c. Number of people on welfare in Cook County (Chicago) Illionis d. The 30 stocks reported as part of the Dow Jones industrial average.

    Top three advantages of this strategy

    One of the best means for a small business to enter foreign markets is using an Export Management Company (EMC). See http://www.fita.org/aotm/0499.html. What do you think are the top three advantages of this strategy. Are there disadvantages that would cause you to use a different mode of entry? If so what are they? (Clarity:

    Quantitative approaches

    25. The vice president of Harling Equipment needs to select a new director of marketing. The two possible candidates are Bill Jacobs and Sue Martin, and the criteria thought to be most relevant in the selection are leadership ability (L) , personal skills (P) and administrative skills (A) The following pairwise comparison matrix

    Delta Airlines

    Hello: I am presently doing a class in Management - Influence and Power - Leadership I am in the process of writing a 15 page document describing a current environmental situation describing specific issues for leaders in the 21st century. I have chosen Delta Airlines and the ongoing issues with Pilots as my topic. In thi

    OR: Assignment problem constraint

    The assignment problem constraint x31 + x32 + x33 + x34 <= 2 means a. agent 2 can be assigned to at most 3 tasks. b. agent 3 can be assigned to at most 2 tasks. c. a mixture of agents 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be assigned to 2 or less tasks. d. there is no feasible solution.

    Opportunity and Risk

    Using Technology as the industry of focus, What conclusions can be drawn about the risks and opportunities for conducting business in the United States?

    DCF question

    Why is discounted cash flows better for making tactical decisions rather than making strategic decisions?

    What is the service level for the current situation, reorder point

    A depanneur stocks supplies of mineral water. Demand during lead time for cases of mineral water follows a normal distribution with a mean of 23 cases. Lead time is known to be 5 days. The standard deviation of daily demand is 2 cases. If the store manager has a policy of keeping a safety stock of 5 cases. a) What is the ser

    Network model : Quantitative approaches

    17. A long-distance telephone company uses a fiber optic network to transmit phone calls and other information between location. Calls are carried through cable lines and switching nodes. A portion of the company's transmission network is shown here. The numbers above each arc show the capacity in thousands of messages that can

    Strategic Case Analysis - The Milinder Recycling Company

    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 (s

    See Attached

    Currently: employees are working Monday to Friday, 8 hours daily. No-one works Saturday and Sunday. Proposed: employees should be scheduled to work 4 days per week - 10 hour shifts - in a six day work week (closed on Sundays). Employees have two consecutive days off (excluding Sunday). Forecasted service calls for the

    Quantitative Methods: Integer Solutions

    The transportation problem is a special case of the linear programming problem, but it often requires integer solutions. How can we be sure we get integer solutions?

    Business Consultant questions

    In your own words, please provide input to the following questions... (A) Do you believe that consultants should be able to negotiate assignments. Why would/does negotiating assignments work better than just going in and accessing processes and information? (B) So some people are born 'objective' (with objectivity bei

    Operation management: Reducing project time

    Consider this network and the time and cost data shown below. The least costly way (assuming a linear time cost relationship) to reduce project time by one day is to reduce time be one day for activity: Normal Crash Activity Time Cost Time Cost 1-2 6 100 5 200 1-4 15 200 12 600 2-3 5 100

    Multi-domestic strategy

    What are the advantages and disadvantages of multi-domestic strategy? Please provide an example.

    INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS (IDPs) EFFECTIVENESS

    Please assist with the following problem: Describe how the following aspects of an Individual Development Plan contribute to the effectiveness of the Individual Development Plan. Identify what you see as the single most important characteristic of each element: - Development objectives - Resources required to implement

    Strategic partner and HR

    How can HR contribute to an organization's competitive performance. Describe what it means to be a strategic partner and the ways this can be accomplished in HR. Please give some examples,.

    Operation management - Out of control process

    Which of the following patterns on an averages chart that displayed 25 sample averages would reveal an out of control process? a - sample averages scattered in a seemingly random pattern within the 3-sigma control limits b - half the sample average above the center line and the other half below the center line c - the first t

    Role of Consultant

    Please answer (A) through (F) In your own words based on experience and expertise... (A)What did you think of the approach Peter Block takes to engagement? Is it feasible in an organization? Why or why not? I have found Block's strategies for engagement include: ? Balance between presentation and participation ?