Please answer any two of the discussion questions below in one posting. Your peer students and I would like to read your experiences and comments. But try to be concise. Discussion questions for Module 6 are:

1. Optimization is a technique used to determine the optimal allocation of limited resources given the desired goal. Chapter 12 demonstrates how to use it in nursing staff scheduling. Discuss a situation in one of the organizations you know that optimization can be used to find the optimal solution. Identify the objective function, decision variables, and constraints.

2. What job sequencing rule does an organization you know to use? Is there another sequencing rule that can be used?

3. First come, first served is the most frequently used sequencing rule in health care. Can you think of another sequencing rule used in health care?

4. List some inventory items found in your organization. Which of these may be classified as A, B, or C class items? Why?

5. Think of an item for which your organization carries safety stock. Can the amount of safety stock be reduced? How?

You may choose ONE community-based organization from the provided list of Toronto-based community-based organizations (CBOs) to critically examine and discuss the organizations mandate, organizational structure, and programs.
You are to write a 5-6 page, double-spaced, report on your chosen social policy document OR community-based organization.
Please include your name, student ID, and report title clearly indicated on the first page.
You must also include a bibliography page with a list of 6 or more references to lecture material, course readings, additional library readings, as well as newspaper articles, website information, and other types of non-academic literature.

Community-Based Organizations in Toronto
Please select one of the following five community-based organizations in Toronto. You are to find information about the mission, mandate, and services, programs, and/or activities of the community-based organization through information gleaned from the organizations website as well as information found in reports and media searches (ie. newspaper articles, videos, etc.). Interviews with staff or using quotes from personal conversations with organization staff or other people are not allowed.
Community-Based Organizations (choose one):
Regent Park Community Health Centre (Regent Park, Toronto): http://www.regentparkchc.org
East Scarborough Storefront (Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park, Scarborough): https://thestorefront.org
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (Scarborough Village, Scarborough): https://www.schcontario.ca
(Links to an external site.)

Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre (Bathurst and Esplanade, Toronto) https://waterfrontnc.ca
(Links to an external site.)

Greenest City (Parkdale, Toronto): http://greenestcity.ca
Questions to address in your paper are:
What is purpose and rationale for the community-based organization?
Do they have a formal mission and/or mandate?
How is the organization governed and structured? (ie. do they have a board of directors? Large or small staff?)
What is the history of your organization? (when, why, and how did it start and how has it grown?)
How does the organization obtain its funding? Who are the funders?
What are the services, programs, and/or activities that the organization engages in and/or provides? How do they engage and how are they provided?
What is the role of community and community actors (residents, for example) in this organization?
What community development and/or community organization and organizing approaches are reflected in their work?
You are to relate the information that you glean about the community-based organization to material drawn from lectures, course readings, and additional academic material (found in library search) on community-based organizations and community development.