Category: Business and Management

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You have recently joined an organization in an entry level HR position. The organization is now subject to union representation. You have been asked by your supervisor to write a brief memo for your HR colleagues that provides an overview of the expectations for managing human resources in a unionized environment. Your memo must address the following:
The differences, from the organization’s perspective, in operating in a union-free environment versus a unionized environment
The rights of the union, management, and employees
The impacts of the union on human resource functions, including
Work restructuring  
Performance Management
Employee Discipline and Job Security
Wages and Benefits
Health and Safety
Any costs the organization may expect based upon these impacts
Use headings to separate the sections of the paper, double-space, and Times New Roman font, cover page, page numbers, and selected reference style (e.g., APA).
Support your answers! In responding, you must use five references including three from the course materials. They should be from a scholarly journal or credible news source from within the past three years

Internet Field Trip (complete) conduct (take) a personal “internet field trip” …… post your findings as it relates to Global Supply Chain Management and the Supply Chain Manager. (Find any recent web article (no older than two/three years from today) and relate your findings on how the Supply Chain Manager is making a difference in today’s global markets). Recommend you use the key word(s) “Supply Chain Management “or “Supply Management” in your search ….. ensure you properly cite your website (source) at the bottom of your post………. Have fun this week because the world wide web is your research lab.

Purpose 
In this project, you will understand the importance of the control function in a manufacturing business. You will compare actual performance with desired production standards, measure progress toward company goals, and address deviations in performance through corrective action.
Outcome Met by Completing This Assignment
Develop measures and assess outcomes against plans and standards to improve organizational effectiveness.
How to Set Up the Paper
Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced using 12-point font.  The final product will be 5-6 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.   
Create a title page with a title, date, course number and section, your name, and the instructor’s name.
Scenario
The following chart displays the results of the first year’s production of the, Lacks Tracks Cycles, an electric-powered chopper-style motorcycle produced by Lacks Tracks Cycles to compete with Harley-Davidson’s Electra Glide. The metrics table below was created from data supplied by Lacks Tracks Cycles five (5) plants. The purpose of the table is to provide data for management to decide what controls and actions are needed to increase production efficiency.   
You recently joined the Lacks Tracks Cycles’ headquarters staff as a quality assurance associate. Your manager has requested you to analyze the first year’s motorcycle production results.  This information will be used by management to evaluate and improve overall production efficiency.
Lacks Tracks Cycles is known for producing high-quality products at reasonable prices. They plan to compete against Harley’s top-end model by developing superior production efficiency that will allow them to price significantly below Harley Davidson’s Electra Glide model.   
The chart below lists the desired production standards and the actual production metrics for each stage of the electric motorcycle’s manufacturing process that must be completed to determine the overall production efficiency at each of Lacks Tracks Cycles’ five (5) production facilities.
A comparison of the production standard to the actual production outcomes using all the relevant metrics allows management to determine which of its facilities is the most efficient producer of the electric motorcycle. This knowledge will help Lacks Tracks Cycles’ management team to determine what controls need to be put into place at their various production plants to match the production efficiency of their most efficient plant. More efficiency means higher production at lower per unit (cycle) costs. 
Metrics Standard Maryland Delaware New Jersey Texas Alaska
Total Cost to Manufacture (per unit) 13,500 15,250 14,100 12,750 16,000 14,250
Manufacturing Cycle Time (time to complete a single vehicle – in hours) 15 18 16 12 12 14
Yield (percentage of cars produced to specifications first time without rework) 98% 99% 97% 96.50% 97.50% 95.15%
Defective Rate/Recall Rate 2% 1% 3% 3.50% 2.50% 4.85%
Scrap Rate 2% 3% 4% 2.50% 2% 1.90%
Average Production Downtime 0.50% 1% 1.50% 0.75% 0.50% 0.75%
Training Time (hours per month) 8 6 3 5 7 4
Shipping Problems/Damage (per 10,000 units) 1 2 4 2 1 3
Safety Incident per Employee 1.50% 2.25% 0.75% 3% 2% 1.90%
Number of units manufactured per year 45,000 43,000 27,000 42,500 48,000 45,500
Utilization Rate (Capacity rate facility is utilizing during available production time) 81.82% 78.18% 49.09% 77.27% 87.27% 82.73%
Use only the BOLDED centered and left-justified headings to write your paper. 
Introduction
Write an Introduction paragraph. The introduction paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper and will describe to the reader the intent of the paper, explaining the main points covered in the paper.  This intent should be understood before reading the remainder of the paper so the reader knows exactly what is being covered in the paper. The introduction is often written after the paper is completed. (Use in-text citations, as needed, and include the references in the Reference section.)
The body of the paper will cover the following:
Controls
Explain what control means in a business setting. (Use headings below and in-text citations as required.)
Explain why Lacks Tracks must be concerned with the actual production metrics at its plants. (Use headings below and in-text citations as required.)
Control Defined 
Importance of Lacks Tracks Production Metrics
Standard Specifications
Compare the metrics table standards to the actual performance outcomes at each of the five (5) plants and explain your findings for each plant. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Identify the four (4) most important and common deviations from the standards among the plants and explain why this data is important to Lacks Tracks management. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)  
Using course materials, identify and explain two (2) types of controls that could be used by Lacks Tracks management to attempt to correct the deviations from standards at its plants. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)  
Metrics Table Plant Performance Comparisons 
Four Most Significant Deviations
Two Recommended Controls 
Total Quality Management 
Explain why implementing a Total Quality Management (TQM) program could improve operational efficiency at Lacks Tracks. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Conclusion
Create a concluding paragraph. The conclusion paragraph highlights the major findings covered in the paper. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate.)
References
Review the Paper 
Read the paper to ensure all required elements are present.
The following are specific requirements that you will follow.  Use the checklist to mark off that you have followed each specific requirement.  
Checklist
Specific Project Requirements
Proofread your paper.
Read and use the grading rubric while completing the paper to ensure all requirements are met to lead to the highest possible grade. 
Third-person writing is required.  Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second-person writing).  If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person. 
Contractions are not used in business writing. 
Paraphrase to show a greater understanding of the topics. Paraphrasing means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document. Put a passage from a source document into your own words and attribute the passage to the source document. 
You are expected to use the research course materials to develop the basis for your analysis and support your reasoning. There should be a robust use of the course material. The material used from a source document must be cited and referenced. A reference can only be included in your Reference list if used for an in-text citation.    
Use in-text citations and provide a reference list that contains the reference associated with each in-text citation.
You may not use books in completing this problem set unless they are part of the course material. Also, you cannot use as references a dictionary, Wikipedia, Investopedia, or similar sources.
Provide the page or paragraph number in-text citation of quotes. Since the eBook does not have page numbers, you must include the chapter title, section heading, and paragraph number. 
For citations using a video, you must provide the minutes and second of the cited material.

Business Math Case Study
Objective: To apply the concepts of business mathematics to real-world scenarios and demonstrate a practical understanding of these principles.
PS: The file with details is uploaded below.

It does not have to be a teaching case study but more descriptive 
Balance about 60% descriptive and 40% analytical/interpretative (it must be clear what is fact and what is your interpretation/analysis)
Must have sources/references as appropriate (APA 7th edition) 
Use secondary sources, search company websites, check news releases. Also, check Chinese original news and company websites!
Use Annual reports, newspapers, magazines, interviews, etc.
Use Other published material: Articles, case studies, etc.
Possible Outline follows, but feel free to adapt and improve if you feel the material and analysis demands:
Overview of the Company
Background of the firm
Industries, markets, customers
Strategies, missions, leadership, principles
Internationalization of the Company
How they captured the home market
Internationalization steps
International markets
New Product Development and R&D in this company
Core competences of the company: key technologies and skills
Innovation / technology strategy
R&D organization and R&D locations
R&D and innovation coordination
An example of a successful innovation (or R&D project)
Innovation Management Practices in this Company
Key aspects of innovation / NPD project and process management
Particularly useful tools and techniques
Special innovation units
Noteworthy products or technologies this company developed
Lessons Learned
Summary of most important innovation insights
Future trends for innovation in China in their industry
Challenges ahead
Build on and integrate material from class, e.g.:
How do they leverage one (or several) Chinese competitive advantages? (I will attach the different advantages below)
Are they benefiting from certain policies (or not)?
How do they overcome “liability of Chineseness”?
What have they adopted from Western innovation practices and approaches?
What innovation practices have they invented?
Chinese competitive advantages: 
#1 Improvisation
#2 Top-Down Long-Term Orientation
#3 Dedication to Learning
#4 Unencumbered Creativity
#5 No Half-Measures
#6 Mass Parallelization
#7 Execution Focus
#8 Pareto-Ability / Good-Enough Rule
Possible additional key aspects of innovation in this company that could be included — if you can find or derive them from your analysis:
Key performance indicators: revenue, R&D expenses, R&D staff, R&D centers, etc.
The most important challenges for managing R&D
The greatest barriers to going international
The most important drivers for R&D and innovation
The most innovative products/services of the company
The most important tasks to become global #1 in their industry
The most important lessons learned
Please, for the outline, don’t just follow the structure step by step. Try to address the topics in the paper fluently so that the whole text is connected and doesn’t look fragmented. Feel free to ask any questions if you need more specifics or want to address any uncertainties. 
The paper I attached below is not something you need to base the paper on; however, it could be helpful for writing the paper. You don’t need to read it but you could skim over it. 

I have an assignment to write regarding my organizational
change course. I will attach the instructions below.
Prior to beginning this assignment, carefully review Chapter
3 of the text. (Textbook is titled Organizational Change Second Edition by Joseph W. Weiss, ISBN-13: 978-1-62178-264-3).
In addition, using the Gale Business: Insights database,
research your selected organizations. Be sure to properly cite the database as
a reference for your selected organizations.
Numerous changes occurred at the CEO level during the
2020-2022 fiscal seasons. With new leadership comes change opportunities and
change challenges.
From the list below, pick two of the organizations with
changes in leadership and research the possible changes that accompany this
transition.
CEO
Change Choices: Pick two
Disney
– From Chapek to Iger
Ford
– From Hackett to Farley
Amazon
– From Bezos to Jassy
LinkedIn
– From Weiner to Roslansky
MGM
Resorts – From Murren to Hornbuckle
Harley
Davidson – From Levatich to Zeitz
Walgreens
Boots Alliance – Wasson to Brewer
For
one of your selections, you may include a major company with a CEO change
that has occurred within the past 12 months. The same analysis criteria
must be used for your selection.
In your paper,
Provide
a brief overview of the company using the Business Insights Global
Tip Sheet. (Which can be found under Company profile).
Provide
an overview of both the exiting leader and the new leader.
Describe
the challenges of the organization and the changes needed.
Assess
how the changes might impact customers, employees, and investors.
Selecting
from Ackerman & Anderson’s roadmap for change, Cummings and Worley’s
five dimensions of leading and managing change, or Kotter’s eight step
approach, what change model would you recommend for the new leadership
team and why?
You may select different models for the selected
organizations.
This paper should be at a minimum of seven pages
of content, not including the title and reference pages. There should be one
introduction and one summary for the entire paper. Each company should have a
minimum of three pages of content. Support your work with the text and
with at least four credible resources. One resource should be
specific to the selected organization. Two additional resources should be
research-oriented about the change model selected.
Use APA Style Elements as provided in the
paper outline for headings to provide the reader with a clear path of content
and to create an organized document.
The Change theories and leadership paper
must
be at least 7 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and
references pages) and formatted according to APA Styel. as
outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
must
include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title
of paper in bold font
Space
should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the
title page
student’s
name
name
of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course
name and number
instructor’s
name
due
date
must
utilize academic voice. Review the Academic Voice resource
for additional guidance.
must
include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your
introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that
indicates the purpose of your paper.
must
use at least four scholarly resources in addition to the course text and
the Gale Business: Insights database.
must
document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the
Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper guide.
must
include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA
Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA:
Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for
specifications.

Read the article below
The article is written by some of the researchers who are working on the NASA grants. As you read through the article, think about how the concepts the authors talk about relate to the content of the module (teams and conflict), as well as the content from the other modules. 
Salas et al. (2015). Teams in space exploration: A new frontier for the science of team effectiveness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3), 200–207.
STEP 2: Create a discussion post
Your post should analyze, evaluate, and synthesize the materials (both the article and the materials thus far in the course). That is, what can we learn about organizations, leadership influence, motivation, goals, etc. based on your reading?
Analysis means that you should draw connections among ideas that are presented in the article as well as in class. Analysis does not mean pointing to part of the article and saying X is a good example of power.
Evaluate means that you should develop judgments about the value of the materials
Synthesize means that you should reorganize elements into a new pattern or structure) the materials – you should include both the article and the content from the modules throughout the course thus far
STEP 3: Reply to your classmates
Replies should focus on expanding on or clarify an important point, offering an additional argument to support a position taken in an answer, identify areas where you think the writer misunderstood a concept or applied it incorrectly, or disagreeing with a point or position made in an answer.
All participation should be respectful.

Imagine yourself owning a small business that repairs and refinishes antique furniture. You employ a staff of 15 and have been in business for about 10 years. During that time, you have built a reputation for yourself by only delivering the highest quality restorations. In the past year, you have fallen on hard times because of a slumping economy. 
One Friday, your office manager comes to you and says, “We won’t have enough money to make payroll unless we deliver the following five jobs, but the production foreman just told me that they all have flaws.” You inspect the jobs and think you can pass the workmanship off to the customer if you lie and tell them some of the defects were there when the furniture was brought in. Your only other option is to not deliver the jobs and tell your employees you cannot pay them.
What do you do, why will you do it and what will be the outcome of your decision (how will it affect your employees, your business and your view of yourself)?
Rules: It’s an either-or; you can’t borrow from the bank again. You can’t borrow from your friends. You can’t steal the money. You can’t sell your car or do a “go fund me”. You have to make a choice from the two options presented and defend your decision. You will also need to discuss the fallout from your decision and tell how you will deal with it. This is not an easy decision but it is one that many small business owners face and is one that you may face in the future. I ask that you look into yourself before answering this quesiton and answer honestly. Your grade is based upon your level of self reflection and how in-depth you answer the question.
Citations are not needed for this
Please send me your 1.15 spaced, two full page response formatted in Microsoft Word.

Take a look at this article. Given the Reeves and Deimler article’s premise is there a possibility of application to one’s own strategy? Do you have a life strategy? Should you? Why or why not?