Downsizing Decision-Making Discussion

A company is setting up an assembly line to produce 90 units per hour. The table below identifies the work elements, times, and immediate predecessors. Work Element Time (Sec.) Immediate Predecessor(s) A 25 - B 18 A C 20 A D 5 B, C E 12 C F 8 E G 16 D, F H 12 G Use one of the heuristic decision rules described in Table below to balance the assembly line so that it will produce 90 units per hour. Clearly state the decision rule you use and complete the below table using the selected rule. Decision Rule Logic Longest work element Picking the candidate with the longest time to complete is an effort to fit in the most difficult elements first, leaving the ones with short times to “fill out” the station. Shortest work element This rule is the opposite of the longest work element rule because it gives preference in workstation assignments to those work elements that are quicker. It can be tried…

Let’s assume you are the new full-time manager that the school has hired to take over running the wellness center and create 2 new programs to bring in more students/faculty to use the facilities.  You’ve been given permission and budget to hire 2 assistant managers, 1 personal trainer, 2 employees (desk attendant/operations/floor coverage for safety) and 2 student workers (desk/attendant/operations). You need to create a proposal to give to the school on ways to improve the wellness center.   Job Descriptions: Manager Qualifications Certifications if any Responsibilities Position Requirements Job Summary Assistant Manager Qualifications Certifications if any Responsibilities Position Requirements Job Summary Personal Trainer Qualifications Certifications if any Responsibilities Position Requirements Job Summary Employee Qualifications Certifications if any Responsibilities Position Requirements Job Summary Student Worker Qualifications Certifications if any…

Read the passage and please answer the questions related to resource planning systems:  Whipple Logistics Company’s Transportation Challenge  Ruby Shelton is part of the executive development training program. As part of her executive development plan, Ruby has temporarily been assigned to the transportation division of Whipple Logistics Company. The objective is to expose her to different parts of the company as a method of grooming her for a senior position someday. Ruby is excited about the opportunity. Her background is in operations management, therefore, she is familiar with transportation requirements, although not an expert. Doreen Delgado is Ruby’s mentor in the program. Doreen is a senior vice president and participated in the program when she was a junior executive. She understands the value of such a learning experience. Whipple Logistics Company has several new clients who want a briefing on the best mode of transportation for their businesses. Doreen assigned Ruby to this…

I selected the Customer Service Department and the strategic level

Let’s assume you are the new full time manager that the school has hired to take over running the wellness center and create 2 new programs to bring in more students/faculty to use the facilities.  You’ve been given permission and budget to hire 2 assistant managers, 1 personal trainer, 2 employees (desk attendant/operations/floor coverage for safety) and 2 student workers (desk/attendant/operations). You need to create a proposal to give to the school on ways to improve the wellness center.   What 2 new programs are you adding? ( examples might be: Yoga class in the gym, Crossfit program outside, water aerobics, walking club, etc) You have use of the gym and the pool. Do you need any equipment? (dumbbells, yoga mats, certifications for the employees or hiring an independent contractor,etc) How much will that cost?  Provide a description of the new program and then list out the following: For each program you must list: Purpose: (How will this benefit the member and facility?)…

Let’s assume you are the new full time manager that the school has hired to take over running the wellness center and create 2 new programs to bring in more students/faculty to use the facilities.  You’ve been given permission and budget to hire 2 assistant managers, 1 personal trainer, 2 employees (desk attendant/operations/floor coverage for safety) and 2 student workers (desk/attendant/operations). You need to create a proposal to give to the school on ways to improve the wellness center. Think: How will you market these new changes to students and faculty? What methods will you use? How much will that cost? How will you know these methods have been successful (what can you do to check this)? Provide 1 example of a marketing strategy ( flyer, instagram post, etc)   Marketing Plan Method: Cost: Success measurement: Example:

Let’s assume you are the new full time manager that the school has hired to take over running the wellness center and create 2 new programs to bring in more students/faculty to use the facilities. You’ve been given permission and budget to hire 2 assistant managers, 1 personal trainer, 2 employees (desk attendant/operations/floor coverage for safety) and 2 student workers (desk/attendant/operations). You need to create a proposal to give to the school on ways to improve the wellness center.  What are the hours of the fitness center? Are they different from the current hours? Why or Why not? Are there times for the teams to work out without students/faculty? What is the schedule for employees?   Proposed Hours: ____________________________________ Reasoning: Team Work out times ( if applicable): ___________________   Employee Schedule:   Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Manager               Asst. Manager 1               Asst. Manager 2…

Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently working on a global warming project and decides what tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. She is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time.   Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell undertaking?   a. Planning.   b. Scrutinizing.   c. Envisioning.   d. Organizing.   e. Controlling.

1.The store manager realized that she has so many this to attend to. She listed the tasks that needed to be done, marked the priority tasks, delegated som tasks to the crew members, and wrked efficientl. She uilized her:   Time management skills   Interpersonal skills   Communication skills   Decision making skills   2.The Vice President of an orange juice company is assessing the avaialbility of supplies of pomelo in Luzon. He also assesses the acceptance of the maket about the taste of pomelo harvested within the region. The Vice President is working on:   Identifying Threats   Setting goals   Enviromental Scanning   Assessing weaknesses

The Selection Committee of the Atlas University of Engineering reviewed 35 applications for the Head of Metallurgy Department position. After two rounds of eliminations, the top three candidates were invited for the final interviews in which the Committee met with each candidate for one hour. The top three candidates were then invited to the campus to meet and exchange views with the key faculty members and the students’ representatives. The Committee finally recommended the selection of Dr. Jamil Ahmed, who has a doctorate in Metallurgy from a prestigious university. As Secretary of the Selection Committee, you are required to write a letter of about 150 – 200 words, which will be sent to the candidates who were eliminated in the first two rounds, advising them that they will not be receiving employment offers. This letter should be addressed to: Mr. XYZ Plot No. F- 4000 North Nazimabad, Block 5 Karachi – 12345   Note: Assume your name is Khan Ali, Manager HR. Follow the indirect…

2. Jamila wants to set up a manufacturing unit, so she meets with Rashid, a humanresource manager at her company. Rashid explains that in order to decide on thehuman resource needs for the unit, they should conduct a workflow analysis. Shesuggests they start by defining the outputs of the process. To do this, what shouldJamila define?A) the processes that will be involved in manufacturingB) the number of people required for productionC) the type of products that will need to be manufacturedD) the special equipment, facilities, and systems needed for productionE) the data and information needed by the work unit

For tis week I will request from you to solve this mini case.   The CEO of the Baker Inc, wants to implement a new accounting system, to improve work flow through the company’s sales, cash receipts, accounts payable, and cash disbursement procedures. The CEO is, however, concerned about the potential disruption that the implementation will have on operations. In an announcement letter to Baker’s employees, the CEO stated that: “I have contracted Flybynight Consulting Group to do the needs analysis, system selection, and design work. The programming and implementation will be performed in-house using existing IT department staff. The development process will be unobtrusive to user departments because Flybynight knows what needs to be done. They will work independently, in the background, and will not disrupt departmental and internal audit work flow with time consuming interviews, surveys, and questionnaires. This promises to be an efficient process that will produce a system that will…

Chuck is a newly promoted supervisor of a large call center. He is tasked by his manager to devise a customer service training and testing manual for new and existing workers. How would he define customer service? If Chuck were to write a training manual on CUSTOMER SERVICE what would that look like? : Problem Solving Definition What role does problem solving have in customer service? What is effective problem solving?  What problem solving strategies and techniques do professionals  use? How would one  gain this knowledge and learn from this experience?

Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Salcido LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below: Activity Cost Pool Researching legal issues Meeting with clients Preparing documents Total Cost Total Activity $ 20,780 $ 1,174,173 $ 92,140 660 research hours 7,293 meeting hours 5,760 documents The activity rate for the "meeting with clients" activity cost pool is closest to: Multiple Choice $90 per meeting hour $71 per meeting hour $161 per meeting hour $1,174,173 per meeting hour

You are required to conduct a literature search and discussion in this assignment.You are to choose a peer reviewed journal article (from any country) on the: -Use of Budgeting as a management technique for managing resources.The article should be published between 2010 – 2020. Choose your article only after you have accessed several relevant articles, and then choose the best articles that will answer the assignment question below.Required: Critically evaluate the relevance and challenges of budgeting systems by answering the 5 questions below:Questions:1. Briefly discuss the budgeting process. 2. Based on your selected journal article, discuss citing examples whether the budgeting process satisfies the purpose of planning, controlling and evaluating performance. 3. The two widely used practices in preparing budgets are ‘top down’ budgeting and ‘bottom up’ budgeting. Identify and explain the practice adopted by the organisation discussed in your selected journal article and further…

The decreased emphasis on job levels should encourage employees to make cross-functional moves to jobs that are on the same or an even lower level because their pay rate would remain unchanged. Broad banding allows for more flexibility within ranges, allows more movement of employees within the ranges, and can reduce the need for promotions. The use of broad-banding has declined in recent years because each band consists of a broad range of jobs and the market value of these jobs may vary considerably. Unless carefully monitored, employees in jobs at the lower end of the band could progress to the top of the range and become overpaid. The challenging question here is What does effect the relationship between “Job Worth” and “Average Hourly Pay” based on the Pay Grades and Range? Design the answer max. 1 paragraph (5 lines includes) MS WORD format.

The decreased emphasis on job levels should encourage employees to make cross-functional moves to jobs that are on the same or an even lower level because their pay rate would remain unchanged. Broad banding allows for more flexibility within ranges, allows more movement of employees within the ranges, and can reduce the need for promotions. The use of broad-banding has declined in recent years because each band consists of a broad range of jobs and the market value of these jobs may vary considerably. Unless carefully monitored, employees in jobs at the lower end of the band could progress to the top of the range and become overpaid. The challenging question here is What does effect the relationship between “Job Worth” and “Average Hourly Pay” based on the Pay Grades and Range? Design the answer max. 1 paragraph (5 lines includes) MS WORD format.

As the new owner of a local ice cream store located in a strip mall adjacent to a university campus, you are contemplating how to organize your business – whether to make your ice cream in-house or outsource its production to Fan Milk Ghana Ltd., whose brand is in most of the local supermarkets; and how much authority to delegate to the two assistant store managers and employees working at the counter and cash register. You plan to sell 20 flavors of ice cream. REQUIRED: How can you maintain control during the time you are not in the store?

A manager has 5 subordinates and 5 tasks in his department. Each subordinate differs in efficiency. His estimate the task each would do cost given in the following table. By applying the assignment method, how the task should be allocated to his people so the total cost of his department is minimum? And how much? Cost (in thousand USD$) Task 1 2 3 4 5 Subordinate A 9 10 11 8 8 B 9 8 9 9 8 C 9 9 8 8 8 D 9 8 8 8 9 E 9 8 8 9 8

Malik is looking to successfully implement MBO in his organization. To this end, he is focusing on three out of five divisions: accounting, sales, and distribution. He is going to first start with these three divisions and then implement MBO in operations and human resources if everything goes smoothly. Based on this information, Malik will have an effective MBO program. True or False

As the new owner of a local ice cream store located in a strip mall adjacent to a university campus, you are contemplating how to organize your business – whether to make your ice cream in-house or outsource its production to Fan Milk Ghana Ltd., whose brand is in most of the local supermarkets; and how much authority to delegate to the two assistant store managers and employees working at the counter and cash register. You plan to sell 20 flavors of ice cream. REQUIRED: To what extent, if any, should store employees- many of whom will be university students working part-time- be empowered to make decisions relating to store operations (opening and stocked with adequate supplies of cups, cones, napkins and so on)? Should you create a policies and procedures manual for the assistant managers and employees, or should you give oral instructions and have them learn their duties and responsibilities on the job?

As the new owner of a local ice cream store located in a strip mall adjacent to a university campus, you are contemplating how to organize your business – whether to make your ice cream in-house or outsource its production to Fan Milk Ghana Ltd., whose brand is in most of the local supermarkets; and how much authority to delegate to the two assistant store managers and employees working at the counter and cash register. You plan to sell 20 flavors of ice cream. REQUIRED: To what extent, if any, should store employees- many of whom will be university students working part-time- be empowered to make decisions relating to store operations (opening and stocked with adequate supplies of cups, cones, napkins and so on)?

Please help to answer below with refer to attached. How would staffing for the opening of a new hotel or resort differ from that of an existing property? What data might Starwood rely upon to make sure the new property is not over- or understaffed in its first year of operation?

You have recently taken on the role of team leader at a small removals company. The company carries out both local and nationwide work, for private and commercial clients. They operate from two sites - a small warehouse and compound (where the 7 removal vehicles of varying size are kept) and a smaller office site (with 3 office workers) that is 2-miles away from the warehouse. You carry out the role of health and safety advisor for both sites. In addition to this, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of your team. The team consists of 7 drivers and 8 porters (who assist the drivers to move items of furniture). You deliver a short induction training session to new workers, that involves a tour of both sites, health and safety information (including first-aid and emergency arrangements) and information on relevant policies and procedures. You, and one other person, are the only trained first-aiders. You carry out the role of first-aider for the warehouse site and…

You have recently taken on the role of team leader at a small removals company. The company carries out both local and nationwide work, for private and commercial clients. They operate from two sites - a small warehouse and compound (where the 7 removal vehicles of varying size are kept) and a smaller office site (with 3 office workers) that is 2-miles away from the warehouse. You carry out the role of health and safety advisor for both sites. In addition to this, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of your team. The team consists of 7 drivers and 8 porters (who assist the drivers to move items of furniture). You deliver a short induction training session to new workers, that involves a tour of both sites, health and safety information (including first-aid and emergency arrangements) and information on relevant policies and procedures. You, and one other person, are the only trained first-aiders. You carry out the role of first-aider for the warehouse site and…

You have recently taken on the role of team leader at a small removals company. The company carries out both local and nationwide work, for private and commercial clients. They operate from two sites - a small warehouse and compound (where the 7 removal vehicles of varying size are kept) and a smaller office site (with 3 office workers) that is 2-miles away from the warehouse. You carry out the role of health and safety advisor for both sites. In addition to this, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of your team. The team consists of 7 drivers and 8 porters (who assist the drivers to move items of furniture). You deliver a short induction training session to new workers, that involves a tour of both sites, health and safety information (including first-aid and emergency arrangements) and information on relevant policies and procedures. You, and one other person, are the only trained first-aiders. You carry out the role of first-aider for the warehouse site and…

You have recently taken on the role of team leader at a small removals company. The company carries out both local and nationwide work, for private and commercial clients. They operate from two sites - a small warehouse and compound (where the 7 removal vehicles of varying size are kept) and a smaller office site (with 3 office workers) that is 2-miles away from the warehouse. You carry out the role of health and safety advisor for both sites. In addition to this, you are responsible for the day-to-day management of your team. The team consists of 7 drivers and 8 porters (who assist the drivers to move items of furniture). You deliver a short induction training session to new workers, that involves a tour of both sites, health and safety information (including first-aid and emergency arrangements) and information on relevant policies and procedures. You, and one other person, are the only trained first-aiders. You carry out the role of first-aider for the warehouse site and…

give the correct options for questions 1 to 4 and give a brief why the option is correct.

Climate Control, Inc., makes expedition-quality rain gearfor outdoor enthusiasts. Management prepared a forecast ofsales (in suits) for next year and now must prepare a produc-tion plan. The company has traditionally maintained a levelworkforce strategy. All nine workers are treated like familyand have been employed by the company for a number ofyears. Each employee can produce 2,000 suits per month.At present, finished goods inventory holds 24,000 suits. Thedemand forecast follows:Use the Sales and Operations Planning with SpreadsheetsSolver in OM Explorer or develop your own spreadsheetmodels to address the following questions.a. Management is willing to authorize overtime in pe-riods for which regular production and current lev-els of anticipation inventory do not satisfy demand.However, overtime must be strictly limited to no morethan 20 percent of regular-time capacity. Managementwants to avoid stockouts and backorders and is notwilling to accept a plan that calls for shortages.…