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IE 4320 Fundamentals of Systems HW1 Out of 6 points (6% of Course Grade) Due: Monday, February 13 by 11:59pm CST – Upload to Blackboard through Assessments tab Please see below for the formatting requirements of this assignment. The questions and the point totals start on the next page. Your assignment responses should be typed in Times New Roman, 10-12 size font, single or 1½ line spaced, one-inch margins all around, and justified (both left and right/Ctrl+J). Page orientation can be either “Portrait” or “Landscape” and can vary by page. You may use no more than 6 pages total for your assignment (excluding references, and title page and table of contents, if used). Please note the varying point totals of the questions and structure space accordingly in your assignment. You are allowed to use outside sources (references) to back up your points, if applicable. If outside sources are used, they must be included in a reference list at the end of the assignment and also cited at point of use in your assignment response. Also, if you take a direct quote from any source, including a website or the course textbook, the quoted material must be placed in quotation marks and the source must be cited at the point of use, e.g., Project management is “the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resources for a relatively short-term objective that has been established to complete goals and objectives. Furthermore, project management utilizes the systems approach to management by having functional personnel (the vertical hierarchy) assigned to a specific project (the horizontal hierarchy) (Kerzner, 2017, p. 4). You must type and/or use drawing or other software tools for all of your assignment responses – scans or photos of handwritten answers are not acceptable. The acceptable file formats are doc, docx, and (non- scanned) pdf only. Your file should be named "HW1_YourLastNameYourFirstName". For example, this would be “HW1_CrossJennifer”. Please remember to double-check your file before you submit it. If you submit the wrong file (or an incorrectly formatted file) and want to submit a replacement file later, this will result in at minimum a late grade adjustment (please see the syllabus for information on late grade adjustments) and could result in the loss of all credit for the assignment (i.e., if you submit the replacement file outside the allowable late period – again see the syllabus). The only exception to this would be if you notice this error and email us the replacement file before 02/07/2022 11:59pm CST. This assignment is an individual assignment, and all work in the assignment must be your own. Any discussion with or copying of work from other students, or other outside source (without appropriate citation), is an academic integrity violation. Following the policy in the syllabus, this will result in both reporting this violation to the Office of Student Conduct and zero credit for the entire assignment (if this violation is confirmed by the Office of Student Conduct). Additional academic action, such as failure in the course, could result from particularly egregious violations. Best of luck on this assignment and please let me know if you have any questions! TTU IE 4320 Fundamentals of Systems IMSE Department Homework #1 Spring 2023 °
1. (2 points total, 70% content, 30% communication quality). Think of a “problem” (e.g., a difficult or challenging circumstance, something that needs improvement, a dilemma, a choice, etc.) that you, a friend, or a family member is facing: a. State the problem in writing as clearly and concisely as you can using the first version (formulation) of the problem that comes to mind. One of the current decision that I have to consider is about my Summer 2023 intership. I have been applied for lots of companies across the states for couple of months now and not only I received lots of rejection emails but also did some interviews with 5 companies. This week, I had been offered to join a company for the summer but I haven’t decided yet since the distance is a little bit far from Texas. I wanted to wait for the rest of the companies that I interviewed with because their company locations are in Texas so it would be more convenient for me to relocate. However, I only had three days to response to the offer letter so I had to decide quick whether to take it or not. b. Now, restate the problem in two alternative ways. Hint: you may restate the original problem in a more general – or more specific – way, or from a different viewpoint. However, your restatements must be distinctly different from each other, and from the first version of the problem (in part a), in some significant way. That is, it must not only be that different words are used but that (at least subtly) different meanings are implied and/or different perspectives incorporated. If you find this very difficult or impossible to do, select a different problem for part a and start over. -From my parent’s perspective: they are not worry much because they they said if you agree to take the offer, it will be a great way to test all the things you learn from school. If I decide to not take it, it’s still be fine since I still have months before I graduate so from their viewpoints, they do not see this situation the same way as I see it. -From my friend’s perpective: they are encourage me to take the offer since the opportunity may not come back so I have to take my chance and get it, otherwise, I may regret in the future because of not taking the offer. c. Discuss: How do the three different versions of the problem impact the type(s) of solutions you (or your friend or family member) might be mostly likely to identify? From three different viewpoints, I don’t think it will impact much my solution since there will be no one understand the current situation more than me, however, with there different perpestives, it gives me more confident of whatever decisions that I make since I know that I am be supported. d. Double-loop learning: What you did learn about problem-solving and/or systems thinking from this exercise? Are there any changes you would recommend to the structure or content of this exercise that you think you would have enhanced your learning? For problem-solving, looking at the problems with different viewpoints will always good even though it may not come up with good solution every time, it still helps to provide a better picture and understanding of the problem. 2. (2 points total, 70% content, 30% communication quality). Think of an action that you, a friend, or a family member is currently considering whether to take, either now or in the near future, which is related to a creative idea or career-related decision, and which has at least some risk of negative potential outcomes associated with it. (Note: if applicable, it is OK to use the problem from question 1 above). TTU IE 4320 Fundamentals of Systems IMSE Department Homework #1 Spring 2023 °
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