Week 2 - Quiz 1

Please do whole question with all parts done correctly Farmer John sells fruit and vegetables at a farmer’s market in the middle of a city. He is bringing tomatoes to the city for this weekend’s farmer’s market. The tomatoes are very ripe and, therefore, he will need to sell the tomatoes at the farmer’s market and then have to discard any that were not sold. However, there is a cost to the farmer to bring tomatoes into the city for the farmer’s market. In particular, it costs the farmer $1.75 per case of tomatoes to prepare them and bring them to the market. Farmer John can sell each case for $4.5. Farmer John estimates that he will be able to sell 12, 13, 14, or 15 cases of tomatoes at the farmer’s market. Based on historical sales, he believes that the probabilities of being able to sell 12, 13, 14, and 15 cases are 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.2, respectively. (a) Develop a decision analysis formulation of this problem by identifying the decision alternatives, the states of nature,…

Question“Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or a service.”a. Explain the parameters on which the project is measured to be a success or a failureb. Elaborate how these parameters interact with each other.

An air filtration system for CFF Food Market was design within a certain time frame in order that the company would not be closed down by EPA. a. Create a table with at least 10 random numbers for pessimistic, most likely and optimistic time   b. Use the variables to determine the Expected Time and Variance (show working) c. Assume a critical path, and variables on the path to determine the standard deviation

b) Error encompasses all those occasions in which a planned sequence of activities fails toachieve its intended outcome. Human errors are frequently basic blunders that can havedisastrous consequences for those responsible. As a project manager, you are required toarrange error- proofing to reduce the impact of human error. explain it briefly and include example

TWENTY-FOUR. Managing contractor performance on a project is not as important to the overall project outcomes as the work performed by the project team.     True   False

Question - Identify and analyse the main project scope and time management issues at Macon, Inc.    CASE STUDY Macon was a fifty-year-old company in the business of developing test equipment for the tyre industry.The company had a history of segregated departments with very focused functional line managers. Thecompany had two major technical departments: mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. Bothdepartments reported to a vice president for engineering, whose background was always mechanicalengineering. For this reason, the company focused all projects from a mechanical engineeringperspective. The significance of the test equipment’s electrical control system was often minimized when,in reality, the electrical control systems were what made Macon’s equipment outperform that of thecompetition.Because of the strong autonomy of the departments, internal competition existed. Line managers werefrequently competing with one another rather than focusing on the best interest of…

Installing mufflers at the O'Sullivan Garage in Golden, Colorado, involves five work elements. Jill O'Sull ivanhas timed workers performing these tasks seven times, with the results shown in the following table:                                                                                                                                                By agreement with her workers, Jill allows a 10% fatigue factor and a 10% personal-time factor, but no time for delay. To compute standard time for the work operatio n, Jill excludes all observations that a ppear to be unusual or nonrecurring. She does not want an error of mo re than ±5%.a) What is the standard time for the task?b) How many observations are needed to assu re a 95% confidence level?

d. Suppose that the air compressor fails to function correctly and must be replaced.It takes two weeks to obtain another compressor and test it. Will the projectnecessarily be delayed as a result?

q11) What is flextime an example of? a. Job rotation b. Work sharing c. Modified work scheduling d. Job sharing e. Modified workplace planning   This multiple choice question from INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS course.just write for me the final answer.

Case STUDY ANALYSIS CREATION OF A NEW PROJECT Our Head of quality (that we will call Mr L.) suggested that the company needed to improve the planning and scheduling of the machining and tooling department. All companies that have machine production do this, and we already had someone scheduling this department (Mr M.), but we needed someone that could do it much more in detail and ahead of time. Eventually, the supervisor of the machining department(Mr S.) was elected to be the best person for this job, so the CEO of the company decided that Mr M. had to train Mr S. and explain the method he followed for the planning. Mr M. is known to be someone that likes to work the way he wants to work! In other words, he is not known for being someone that listens to other people’s opinion, so Mr S. (much younger) had some difficulty getting information out of Mr M. This problem had been planned. In fact, before this project started there had been at least two separate meetings, one together with…

Workplace Scenario 5: Tom is responsible for giving a bonus to factory workers that have perfect attendance during the month. One worker missed one day due to a death in the family. The worker starts crying in Tom's office and tells Tom that she needs the bonus desperately since she is behind on her rent. The rules are pretty clear, and the bonus is for perfect attendance period no if, buts, or maybes. However, Tom does have the authority to make exceptions to the rule. What should Tom do?

Question Z Discuss and apply the Stanford design school Model in context to "Keep the Change" project initiated by Bank of America. Full explain this question and text typing work only     We should answer our question within 2 hours takes more time then we will reduce Rating Dont ignore this line

CASE STUDY Article: Macon, IncAuthor: Harold KerznerMacon was a fifty-year-old company in the business of developing test equipment for the tyre industry.The company had a history of segregated departments with very focused functional line managers. Thecompany had two major technical departments: mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. Bothdepartments reported to a vice president for engineering, whose background was always mechanicalengineering. For this reason, the company focused all projects from a mechanical engineeringperspective. The significance of the test equipment’s electrical control system was often minimized when,in reality, the electrical control systems were what made Macon’s equipment outperform that of thecompetition.Because of the strong autonomy of the departments, internal competition existed. Line managers werefrequently competing with one another rather than focusing on the best interest of Macon. Each wouldhope the other would be the cause for project…

CASE STUDY Article: Macon, IncAuthor: Harold KerznerMacon was a fifty-year-old company in the business of developing test equipment for the tyre industry.The company had a history of segregated departments with very focused functional line managers. Thecompany had two major technical departments: mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. Bothdepartments reported to a vice president for engineering, whose background was always mechanicalengineering. For this reason, the company focused all projects from a mechanical engineeringperspective. The significance of the test equipment’s electrical control system was often minimized when,in reality, the electrical control systems were what made Macon’s equipment outperform that of thecompetition.Because of the strong autonomy of the departments, internal competition existed. Line managers werefrequently competing with one another rather than focusing on the best interest of Macon. Each wouldhope the other would be the cause for project…

Dutta is in second year of his first full time job fter graduation in engineering. He enjoys design but he is becoming increasingly concerned that his work is not being adequately checked by more experienced engineers. He has been assigned to assist in design of number of projects that involved public safety, such as schools, skywalks etc. he spoke to his supervisor whose engineering competence he respects, and the supervisor told that more experienced engineers are checking his work. Later, he discovered that his work was often not checked. Instead, his drawings were stamped and passed on to the contractor. Some of the smaller projects he designed were under construction within a few weeks after the designs were completed. At this point Dutta calls one of his former professors from his engineering college. “I am really scared that I am going to make a mistake that will kill some people.” Duta tells his Professor, “ I try to overdesign, but the projects that I am being assigned are…

Question 41  A ________ provides a translation of the project scope into specific activities. Group of answer choices Work breakdown structure (WBS) Dependency matrix Crashing plan Resource

Case Study Question COMPETITION AT FAIS — QUESTIONABLE TEAM PERFORMANCE Michael Filantino, the HR manager of Financial Advisory and Investment Services (FAIS), returned to his office tired after a day-long discussion with the VP of human resources and the head of the project operation. The extended meeting addressed an incident that had taken place in an off-shore project team at a client in Cayman. The company’s reputation was badly damaged by the incident and urgent measures were required to save the project team. Filantino believed the project team members possessed substantial individual technical expertise, but lacked the skills to perform together successfully. Filantino wanted to identify the mistakes made and enact processes and procesures to prevent future incidents of this nature.

Need on below homework help: Milestone Project: Sample Project BriefEstablished in 2010, Jimmy Jonas Famous Sandwiches (JJFS) is a new, yet fast growing, sandwichshop. They established an early reputation for the best bread west of the Mississippi with qualityingredients and friendly, efficient service. Recently, however, efficiency has slipped. JJFS cannotkeep up with the increase in sales, especially in their catering orders. Although new employees havebeen added, the demand for their services is greater than their ability to handle it. As a result, somecustomers have deflected to other sandwich shops and catering orders have greatly declined. At thisrate, JJFS will develop a poor reputation, which could ultimately mean the end of their business.JJFS specializes in exceptional service and delivery. Along with their hundreds of stores, they arealso known for delivering at supersonic speed. JJFS caters all types of business luncheons, birthdayparties and other celebrations. JJFS has a…

Eng. Samer, the director of software development department at SUC, in the process of designing a program that the students can use easily in the job-finding process. In the table below you can find the activities required to program the mentioned software:  ID description Predecessor optimistic time most likely time pessemestic time crash time normal cost crash cost A System analysis None 2 4 6 3 2000 2400 B system design None 1 2 3 1 2200 2800 C subsystem design None 1 2 9 3 500 500 D programming A 3 7 17 4 2300 2600 E documentation C 4 6 8 3 900 1200 F subsystem test D,B,E 1 2 9 2 3000 4200 G integration test F,E 2 4 6 2 1400 2000 Draw project Network plan (diagram), and identifying all possible paths.

The movement of parts is considered a non-value-added activity.   Question 23 options:   True   False

Overview Shortly after installing a new computer system designed to provide quick and accurate service, the president of Presto Cleaner received an angry letter from a customer whose laundry had been lost by the system.   This will be an in class activity.  Those who don't attend class, can text and see what their team submitted to get credit.  There will be only one submission per team. Instructions: Read Case of the Complaining CustomerLinks to an external site.(HBR Case Study) In groups: discuss: how is the best way to handle cases of complaining customers? Answer the following questions

Suppose Charlene Brewster has times ( in seconds) of 8.5,8.7,8.3,8.5,8.7,8.5 and a performance rating of 110%. the normal time for this operation =

(10) Explain the processes and/or activities that the project team used to deliver a quality service, result, or product to the sponsor, customers, and users. Hints Identify persons to be engaged as support staff for training, excursions and security Successful excursions and activities held in a safe, friendly environment Provide material and improve surroundings Tents, kiddies rides, tables/chairs and barriers Select items and personnel needed for preparation of the venue Venue cleaned and maintained for both festival days

Week 3 Learning ActivitiesLearning Activity.umuc.edu/content/enforced/147180-001033-01-2165-OL2-6980/learning.png?_&d2lSessionVal=x5obvqwEyW54JiZ4Q0Qe2ziyz” alt=”” title=””>Organizational success depends on well-crafted vision and mission statements, which serve as frames and guardrails for making strategic decisions..umuc.edu/content/enforced/147180-001033-01-2165-OL2-6980/keyboard.png?_&d2lSessionVal=x5obvqwEyW54JiZ4Q0Qe2ziyz” alt=”keyboard” title=”keyboard”>Create an initial post by:Addressing Theme 1 by:Define a vision statement.Describe the role of vision statements in organizations.Define a mission statement.Describe the role of mission statements in organizations.Describe how vision and mission statements support one another.Describe the process a manager would take in creating vision and mission statements.Addressing Theme 2 by:Create a vision statement for your life.Create a mission statement for your life.You…

Gaga at EEC requested Rihanna to help sell a new fax machine. Due to a technological innovation, EEC can create the best fax machines. Rihanna and Gaga are confident. Due to its successful debut, Gaga has been promised an enormous promotion. Lee Minho, a competitor, plans to produce a new high-quality fax machine before EEC. Gaga may switch to Lee Minho if it delivers better copy quality or other new features. Gaga needs this information immediately because he must give final manufacturing specs in a week. In addition, Lee Minho will be ready before EEC, so he's under pressure. Gaga asks Rihanna to call Lee Minho pretending to be a customer because he can't think of another way to get the information he wants swiftly. When she visits Rihanna's office, the Lee Minho sales agent will ask for copy-quality Jackyples and learn about product features, price, advertising plan, etc. Rihanna isn't comfortable with it, so she tells Bob. Bob doesn't want his company to be renowned for doing this,…

Mr X, head of the accounting department, conducted a meeting with a system professional, Miss Tiffany, to develop a new accounting information system. During this meeting, Miss Tiffany suggested that the best way to start is first to examine the old system, such as reviewing key documents and observing the workers perform their tasks. Then, it can be determined which aspects are working well and which should be preserved. Mr X disagrees with this suggestion. He argues that they have been through these types of projects before and what always ends up happening is that they do not get the new system they are promised; instead they get a modified version of the old system. Miss Tiffany assures him that it will not happen this time. Tiffany is of the view that she just wants a thorough understanding of what is working well and what is not. However, Mr X does not agree with this opinion. His stance is as follows: “I would feel more comfortable if we first started with a list of our…

Company ZYX is a small consulting organization with 40 employees. The manager who is responsible for employee performance appraisal has a particular way of conducting it. He has a firm belief that formal performance evaluations (with developed criteria, ratings, formal discussions etc.) are an absolute waste of time and should never be done. Instead, he thinks that he is well familiar with each employee’s work and achievements, and he can easily tell “what they are worth” by interacting with them and observing their performance on a daily basis. As a result, the manager periodically stops at employees’ desks, talks to them, asks about their progress on projects and discusses other work-related issues. Employees have a lot of daily feedback and seem to like it. However, no written performance appraisal forms are ever filled in. When it comes to pay raises and promotion, the manager makes his decisions and announces them…

Recently, the polish general corporation,well-known for manufacturing appliances and automobile parts, initiated a $13 billion project to produce automobiles. A great deal of learning on the part of management and employees was required. Even though pressure was mounting to get a new product in early 2012, the production manager of the newly formed automobile division insisted on almost a year of trial runs before sales started because workers have to their jobs 60 to 100 times before they can memorize the right sequence. The launch date was set for early 2013. what are the consequences of using this approach to enter the market with a new project?

Scenario: Suppose you are the manager of a consulting firm that designs and produces custom software solutions for your clients. To accomplish these tasks you supervise a staff of 100 programmer/analysts. For reasons dictated by the needs of your clients, and by the nature of your business, you offer and sell two separate services, technical design specifications (a document describing how best to solve a client’s problem) and actual implementations (in the form of hardware and software) Staff Members Assigned to Design Projects Staff Members Assigned to Implementation Projects Design Projects Completed Implementation Projects Completed 0 100 0 15 25 75 20 14 50 50 35 12 75 25 45 7 100 0 50 0 In the following graph, plot the productions possibilities for the consulting firm :   Questions concerning the scenario described on previous page. a) What happens to the curve if the programmer/analyst union bargains for reduced…

Case Study: Frank Schuman, vice president of human resources for Big Bison Resorts, heard laughter as he approached the chief executive’s office door. As he stepped into the room, he saw CEO Janette Briggs seated behind her desk, telling two other executives a story that they were obviously enjoying. “Oh, Frank! Good!” exclaimed Janette when she saw him enter. “I was just telling Pedro and Marlys about my great adventure in TV land.” Janette had been away for the past two weeks, taping Executive in Disguise, a popular reality TV show in which top managers don disguises and act as lower-tier service employees and perform their everyday tasks and duties. “How did it go?” asked Frank. “It was eye-opening,” Janette replied. “After spending all that time in our kitchens and cleaning the guest rooms and pools, I see our people and their jobs in a totally new way.” “Is that why you called me here?” Frank asked. “I thought you wanted to review our plans for the new Employee of the Month…