Management

1. What are the inputs and outputs of this Production Planning System? Explain in detail. 2. What are the Quality Circles? How do they work? Explain with an example. 3. What is master production schedule? Elaborate its importance. 4. What is ISO 9001? Why do companies implement? 5. Mention two types of control charts. What are the characteristics of control charts? PART 2: CASE STUDY: (30% each question) Fusta amb Cor has 20 solid wood tables in its warehouse. These tables are very special because you only need 3 types of materials to be developed. These are the solid wood board, four wrought iron legs and 8 screws to assemble the legs to the table. They have just received an order from a chain of restaurants asking for 150 units of these tables for the inauguration of 5 restaurants in a new country. Opening is scheduled for 10 weeks. In their warehouse they have 8 boards in stock, 36 legs and 45 screws. Considering that the table board has a lead time of 2 weeks to produce 25 units and legs of 1 week to produce 80 units. When should the company order the materials? What are the quantities of materials to be ordered?

Discuss a minimum of three mobile web applications that are familiar to you or that you use regularly. Describe the differences between GSM and CDMA. Discuss how GSM and CDMA support the mobile web applications you identified. Your paper must be at least three to five pages in length and provides examples to support your discussion. In your paper, you must use at least two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, and be formatted according to APA style guidelines.

Describe the best team you have ever been associated with and explain why it resulted in a favorable experience. What was the leader like and what did he or she do to maximize the strengths of the team? What additions would you have made, as a leader, to improve on the experience? Describe the worst team you have been associated with, and explain why it was an unfavorable experience. What was the leader like and what did he or she do that resulted in an unfavorable experience of the team? What additions would you have made, as a leader, to enhance the unfavorable experience?

For this assignment, you will select the best RFP, SOW, and procurement contract award templates that you researched in the Discussion Board. You should have at least 6 sections in each of the templates. Your next task is to fill in all of your relevant project information in each of the templates. For the compilation of your source selection criteria, you may use something similar to the following table or a matrix: Deliverables The overall project deliverables are as follows: Update the Key Assignment document title page with the new date and project name. Update previously completed sections based on instructor feedback. Complete the new content below, and copy it under the sections in the Key Assignment document called Request for Proposal, Statement of Work, and Source Selection Criteria. New content to be inserted is as follows: Request for Proposal (RFP) Fill in all of the sections in the selected RFP with sufficient detail. Prepare a brief letter to be sent with the RFP explaining why you are sending it to the specific vendors. Build a list of at least 3 real or fictitious vendors. Statement of Work (SOW) Fill in all of the sections in the selected SOW with sufficient detail. Source Selection Criteria Construct a selection criteria matrix similar to the example with at least 6 or more criteria in the first column to effectively rate your 3 vendors or suppliers. Fill in the names of each of the vendors across the top. Determine how you will rank them (e.g., 3 = high probability, 2 = good probability, and 1 = low probability) to allow you to tally these up for an overall ranking.

Discussion: Are You Using the Right Interview Methods for Today’s Workforce? View the following video: How to Work at Google: How We Hire Also watch Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people: Last, please read the Lewis (2018) article about how new interviewing techniques need to be employed because we fail to assess prospective new employees for their soft skills with traditional methods. Today’s new technology allows HR professionals to screen a group of candidates with a 20-minute test, job auditions, meeting in low-pressure locations, video interviews, and virtual reality (VR) assessments. Required reading: Lewis, G. (2018, January 29). 5 new interviewing techniques that you should start using [Blog]. LinkedIn Talent Blog. Retrieved from First Post: Please respond to the following: As an HR professional assigned with the task of changing interview methods at your company (current or past employer), which of the five new techniques in the Lewis (2018) reading fits best with your department? How does it compare with your employer’s current methods? Does a candidate’s potential role in your organization determine the interview method? Discuss what you have learned about employers’ approaches to staffing their organizations (Google, Apple, and your current or past employer). Provide source citations if you utilize information from other authors/speakers (so that your peers can find the information if they wish). Subsequent Posts: Read through the responses by your peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Introduce ideas/comments and/or research/readings not mentioned yet. Remember: To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). If you borrow from other authors, be sure to give them credit by citing sources. Your discussion contributions will be assessed on the criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:

3,000 word Report of an issue requiring action   Each student will write a report using the template of a City of Toronto staff report. See below. Reports are an essential part of the decision-making process. All orders of government, private corporations, and community groups and agencies produce reports on specific issues where policy or program decisions are required.  We will be using the City of Toronto template for how these reports are to be structured and written.  At the City of Toronto, staff write these reports in consultation with a host of players and supervisors.  In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to create a written report on your own  Report on an Issue: Was the report clearly written and coherently organized? Was the report persuasive and to the point? Was the decision-making process understood? Were the right key issues identified? Was there evidence of critical thinking?  Were contrary and diverse positions taken into consideration? Did the report incorporate perspectives from individuals in the community and/or from organizations? Were the financial implications appropriately considered? Were the policy recommendations appropriate and evidence-based?                  City reports include the following elements: Purpose of the report or an Executive Summary of the Report; Recommendations (directed primarily to City Council, and secondarily to other orders of government and community players that would be relevant); your issue may have implications for inter-governmental work, or the work of partners in the community sector; Financial Implications: Do your policy recommendations cost money?  If so, how much and where will this money come from?   Equity Impact Statement: How will your recommendations impact equity-seeking groups? Background/Decision History; Comments: The bulk of your report is in this section; Conclusion: summary statement;  Bibliography: articles, books, other media sources used in the creation of your report; Contact Person (s): This is where to include a list of contact people that may have helped in the creation of the report; 10)Signature:  This is where to include your name, student number and university email address; 11) Appendix:  Charts, supplementary material that helps bolster your argument.

This is a 4 page paper addressing 3 questions. Also, below are the two references  referred to in the assignment. Buhler, P. M. (2001). Decision-making: A key to successful management. SuperVision, 62(2), 13-15. Kourdi, J. (2011). Chapter 2: Assessing your decision-making style. Effective Decision Making : 10 Steps to Better Decision Making and Problem Solving. London: Marshall Cavendish International [Asia] Pte Ltd

Select a U.S.-based publicly held company that you wish to write a report about.  Below appears the content required for your Strategic Analysis Paper.  Please present your paper in the following order, using the same section titles you see below.  There is no official page limits.  However, you are expected to be thorough and to relay and evaluate relevant information.  It would be difficult to earn a good grade with a paper of less than 15 pages.

Instruction: Reflection on your own learning with respect to: Selection of the organization The management of information systems in the organization Identification of problems Identification of causes of problems Selection of the main problem Design of the recommendation to solve the main problem In the “Reflection on your own Learning” section, you must report what you learned in the project by providing example from your personal context (another organization with which you are familiar readings) with respect to each of the above points.

Assignment = Written individual process reflection of your Leadership & Motivation experiences with the concepts, instruments, discussions in  class. (The class started in November 2020 and will last until January 2021). Be selective on chosing the content: It does not make much sense to reflect the whole course, the idea is that you choose those themes  which you find or found most interesting in working with, in discussing in the seminar or in the self assessments provided. Simply: where you feel most motivated for a deeper diver. Make sure it is tied to the attached presentation with proper APA citations reflecting the content the presentation. Formal Requirements = min. 7500 characters, min 10 literature sources (most of these should match the ones used in the presentation), the paper can be written in the 1st person as it’s an individual reflection on the learnings from the class