Author: chris

Part 1

1.Compare and contrast the two models of organizational performance (The Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework) and (The Balanced Scorecard) by evaluating their differences and similarities.

2.From the first e-Activity, suggest ways performance measurements might be used by a company or an organization to evaluate its customer satisfaction. Here the e-Activity   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fMLGOdXGl4

3.Provide at least two examples of quality indicators that the company may opt to measure and defend its cause-and-effect linkage between the key measures of performance.

Part 2

4.Choose two service companies that you are familiar with such as Facebook, eBay, and UPS, and apply them to Hill’s Strategy Development Framework. Note: Refer to Chapter 4 of the text for information on Hill’s Strategy Development Framework.

5.For each company you chose, compare and contrast each sector of the framework and determine which key area(s) provides a competitive advantage. Provide at least two examples to support your position.

Calculating Inventory

Finlon Upholstery Inc. uses a job-order costing system to accumulate manufacturing costs. The company’s work-in-process on December 31, 2001, consisted of one job (no. 2077), which was carried on the year-end balance sheet at $156,800. There was no finished-goods inventory on this date.

Finlon applies manufacturing overhead to production on the basis of direct-labor cost. (The budgeted direct-labor cost is the company’s practical capacity, in terms of direct-labor hours multiplied by the budgeted direct-labor rate.) Budgeted totals for 2002 for direct labor and manufacturing overhead are $4,200,000 and $5,460,000, respectively. Actual results for the year are as follows:

Actual Results
Direct Materials Used	$5,600,000.00
Direct Labor	$4,350,000.00
Indirect Material Used	$65,000.00
Indirect Labor	$2,860,000.00
Factory Depreciation	$1,740,000.00
Factory Insurance	$59,000.00
Factory Utilities	$830,000.00
Selling and Administrative Expenses	$2,160,000.00
Total	$17,664,000.00

Job no. 2077 was completed in January 2002, and there was no work in process at year-end. All jobs produced during 2002 were sold with the exception of Job no. 2143, which contained direct-material costs of $156,000 and direct-labor charges of $85,000. The company charges any under- or over-applied overhead to the cost of goods sold category.

Using the above information, do the following:

• Calculate the company’s predetermined overhead application rate.
• Calculate the additions to the work-in-process inventory account for the direct material used, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.
• Calculate the finished-goods inventory for the 12/31/02 balance sheet.
• Calculate the over-applied or under-applied overhead at year-end.
• Explain if it is appropriate to include selling and administrative expenses in the cost of goods sold category.

Perform your calculations in an Excel spreadsheet and copy the calculations into a Word document.

Write a 1-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Write about 750 words. 3 pages.  Typed:  double spaced, 12 point font, one inch margins.

 

REACT TO THESE LINES FROM ACT IV, SCENE 4:

 

What is a man,

If his chief good and market of his time

Be but to sleep and feed?  a beast, no more.

Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,

Looking before and after, gave us not

That capability and god-like reason

To fust in us unused.

 

In the lines, Hamlet says that a human being should be judged by how much use she or he makes of the inborn talents of reason and the ability to think about the future and the past.  The overall idea of the selection might be that human beings have great capabilities and have a responsibility to do something with them.

 

In the selection, Hamlet criticizes himself for his inactivity, and feels he should be a more effective man.  It might be said that his self-criticism also applies to many people of all ages who are irresolute (have difficulty taking strong action).

 

In an ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY (with counter-argument and refutation) argue that this is or is not a valid claim.  Are human beings responsible for making good use of their talents? Or is stagnation (doing nothing but eating and sleeping and killing time) an acceptable option for a person’s life?

 

Refer to Hamlet and his dilemma.  Possibly contrast him with Laertes and Fortinbras.

 

Also include:

1) another source, literary or nonfiction, of your choice, which deals with the same issue.

2) personal experience and observation.

Question 1

 

In several of the EEOC cases presented in Chapter 13, managers clearly stated that applicants were “too old” or they “wanted a younger person.” What factors may make people feel comfortable stating or writing down such preferences compared to overtly stating preferences for a particular race? Is it plausible that the decision-makers were unaware that age discrimination is illegal?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

Question 2  

 

What are specific strategies that an organization might use to best capitalize on a mixed-age employee base?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

Question 3  

 

From the list below, identify those questions that are questionably legal. Provide justification for your position on each question by citing the applicable law or regulation where appropriate. Rewrite any questionably legal questions that could be used to yield useful information if reworded according to legal guidelines.

a. Do you consider yourself handicapped in any way? b. Is there a history of chronic illness in your family? c. Are you planning to start a family soon? d. How does your military experience relate to this job? e. We are looking for seasoned professionals; you just graduated from college? f. Would you mind if I call you by your first name? g. Given that you are in a wheelchair, how do you think you’ll be able to do this job? h. We are looking for someone who can effectively relate with college students; you are 47 years old? i. Are you a smoker or a nonsmoker?

Your response must be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

 

 

Course Textbook

 

Bell, M. P. (2012). Diversity in organizations (2nd ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.

Phase 2: Describing the Aggregate due 01/18/16,

Submit a document describing your approved aggregate in detail.

In Phase 2 of the project, research and describe the demographics and statistics of your aggregate. Include information about the basic vital statistics of the aggregate such as the crude birth rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, the leading causes of death, and any other relevant statistical information related to the health of the aggregate. In addition, explain how the local clinic meets, supports, and advocates for evidence-based practice (EBP). As a part of this assignment, you will need to create a questionnaire and interview at least one healthcare provider who is familiar with your selected aggregate.

Tips

• One of the most effective ways to obtain this information is to interview people who are familiar with and have worked with the selected aggregate, such as biostatisticians or other social and healthcare providers of the aggregate.

• A well-planned questionnaire with carefully developed questions can help you elicit adequate and relevant information from the interviewees.

Your response should be in the form of a 2 page Microsoft Word document. Use relevant charts and graphs to support the information you collected. Identify the sources of your information and describe how you went about collecting the information.

Cite all sources in APA format.

 

Submission Details

Phase 2: Describing the Aggregate

Assignment  Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Selected and described an aggregate.	3
Utilized and explained MAP-IT in the assessment process.	2
Explained how the local clinic meets, supports, and advocates for EBP.	2
Included demographic and statistical information of the selected aggregate.	3
Presented information obtained from interview of people who are familiar with the selected aggregate.	2
Developed a well-planned questionnaire for obtaining information from interviewee pertaining to the aggregate.	2
Cited at least two journal articles as references for ideas in your work.	2
Written components.
Total:	16

Demonstrate concepts used in the design of adders and subtractors
A full subtractor handles one bit of the binary subtraction algorithm, having input bits X (minuend), Y (subtrahend), and BIN (borrow in), and output bits D (difference) and BOUT (borrow out). You can write logic equations corresponding to the binary subtraction table as follows:

D = X XOR Y XOR BIN
BOUT = X̄Y + X̄BIN + YBIN

These equations are very similar to equations for a full adder, which should not be surprising. A two’s-complement subtraction operation, X – Y, can be performed by an addition operation, namely, by adding the two’s complement of Y to X. The two’s complement of Y is (Y’ + 1), where Y’ is the bit-by-bit complement of Y.

On the basis of the explanation given above, respond to the following:
• How would you design a full-subtractor using a full-adder?
• What are some of the applications of full-adder other than the full-subtractor? List and describe two of these applications.
• Two responds to the conclusion – in favor or against the outcome / conclusion.

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page lengt

Watch “Race: The Power of an Illusion,” Part One

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiS6NphYJG4

 

2 pages double space

Chapter 16 operational management hw
12. Your company assembles five different models of a motor scooter that is sold in specialty
stores in the United States. The company uses the same engine for all five models. You
have been given the assignment of choosing a supplier for these engines for the coming
year. Due to the size of your warehouse and other administrative restrictions, you must
order the engines in lot sizes of 1,000 each. Because of the unique characteristics of the
engine, special tooling is needed during the manufacturing process for which you agree
to reimburse the supplier. Your assistant has obtained quotes from two reliable engine
suppliers and you need to decide which to use. The following data have been collected:
Requirements (annual forcast) 12,000 units
Weight per engine 22 pounds
Order processing cost $125 per order
Inventory carry cost 20 percent of the average value of inventory per year
• Assume that half of lot size is in inventory on average (1,000/2= 500 units)
Two qualified suppliers have submitted the following quotations:
Order Quality Sup. 1 Unit $ Sup. 2 Unit $
1 to 1,499 units/order $510.00 $505.00
1,500 to 2,999 units/order 500.00 505.00
3,000+ units/order 490.00 488.00
Tooling costs $22,000 $20,000
Distance 125 miles 100 miles
Your assistant has obtained the following freight rates from your carrier:
Truckload (40,000 lbs. each load): $0.80 per ton-mile
Less-than-truckload: $1.20 per ton-mile
• Note: per ton-mile = 2,000 lbs. per mile.

a. Perform a total cost of ownership analysis and select a supplier.
b. Would it make economic sense to order in truckload quantities? Would your supplier
selection change if you ordered truckload quantities?
17. U.S. Airfilter has hired you as a supply chain consultant. The company makes air filters
for residential heating and air-conditioning systems. These filters are made in a single
plant located in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. They are distributed to retailers
through wholesale centers in 100 locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
You have collected the following data relating to the value of inventory in the U.S. Airfilter supply chain
Quarter 1 (jan-mar) Quarter 2 (apr-jun) Quarter 3 ( July- Sept) Quarter 4 ( oct-dec)
Sales (total quarter): United States
Canada
Europe 300
75
30 350
60
33 405
75
20
375
70
15

Cost of goods sold (total quarter) 280 295 340 350
Raw materials at the Louisville plant ( end of quarter) 50 40 55 60
Work-in-process and finished goods at the Louisville plant (end-of-quarter) 100 105 120 150
Distribution center inventory (end-of-quarter):
United States
Canada
Europe 25
10
5 27
11
4 23
15
5 30
16
5
• American dollars

a. What is the average inventory turnover for the fi rm?
b. If you were given the assignment to increase inventory turnover, what would you
focus on? Why?
c. The company reported that it used $500M worth of raw material during the year. On
average, how many weeks of supply of raw material are on hand at the factory?

1. Explain each network device’s function and your specific configuration of each networking device.
2. Design and label the bandwidth availability or capacity for each wired connection.

    

   Part 2

 

1. Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a Datapath Diagram for the following scenario:

   Local user sends email to a Yahoo recipient. Local (corporate) user having email address jonny.hill@Corp534.com sends an email to user534@yahoo.com.

 

1. 1. Document and label the diagram showing protocols and path of the data flow as data traverses through your network from source to destination.
   2. Include path lines with arrows showing directions and layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (OSI) protocols that are used for each flow.
   3. Show user authentication when necessary.

 

1. Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a Datapath Diagram for the following scenario:

   Local user, Jonny Hill, transfers file using ftp through the Internet to another company’s site (ftp.netneering.com). He has to access the secure shell using his active directory credentials to authenticate to the ftp server (linux running Redhat) on the DMZ. He needs to transfer files from his desktop across the Internet to ftp.netneering.com.

 

1. 1. Document and label the diagram showing protocols and path of the data flow as data traverses through your network from source to destination.
   2. Include path lines with arrows showing directions and layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (OSI) protocols that are used for each flow.
   3. Show user authentication when necessary.

 

1. Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a Datapath Diagram for the following scenario:

   Remote user, Hellen Stover, connects via VPN from home through the Internet to her corporate desktop, DT-Corp534-HellenS. Hellen uses a browser to initiate her VPN connection. By browsing to https://VPNaccess.corp534.com, she arrives at a login page where she needs to authenticate using her Active Directory credentials before the VPN tunnel is built.

 

1. Document and label the diagram showing protocols and path of the data flow as data traverses through your network from source to destination.
2. Include path lines with arrows showing directions and layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (OSI) protocols that are used for each flow.
3. Show user authentication when necessary.

 

1. Explain how your overall design protects the organization from both inside and outside attacks. Give examples.
2. Explain how your layered design compensates for possible device failures or breaches in network security.
3. Determine whether any possible bottlenecks exist in your design.
4. Explain how to make the file transfer process more secure.

    

   Part 3

 

3. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.