Emergent strategies provide organizations with a sense of purpose and a guide for allocating resources.

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Question 1                                                                                                                                          1 out of 1 points

 

An evolutionary firm would most likely:

 

 Question 2                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Emergent strategies provide organizations with a sense of purpose and a guide for allocating resources.

 

 Question 3                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Rudy is writing a report about the individual challenges his firm is facing. Which of the following topics would be LEAST relevant to the report?

 

 Question 4                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Which of the following is a characteristic of most intended strategies?

 

 Question 5                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Manvel Enterprises is implementing a differentiation strategy. Manvel will most likely:

 

 Question 6                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

The current trend to downsize most likely results in:

 

 Question 7                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Job sharing is primarily appealing to:

 

 Question 8                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

The ________ is the most important part of the job description because it influences all other parts of the job description.

 

 Question 9                                                                                                                                         1 out of 1 points

 

Your relatively flat organization is moving toward a boundaryless structure. Layers of management have been reduced to a minimum. You want employees to be self-managing, to perform several different tasks, and to take complete responsibility for the entire production process. ________ would be your best choice as you implement a job redesign program.

 

 Question 10                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

A defender strategy might lead a company to functional divisions of labor and work specialization, which are elements of a boundaryless organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 11                                                                                                                                       1 out of 1 points

 

Which of the following is NOT an element of a job description?

 

 Question 12                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

According to Herzberg’s theory, the absence of which of the following would most likely lead to employee dissatisfaction?

 

 Question 13                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Wards Cove Packing vs. Antonio placed the burden of proof of discrimination on the plaintiff, but the Civil Rights Act of 1991 returned the burden of proof to the employer.

 

 Question 14                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

A fully functioning and competent Human Resource Department can replace the need for any legal advice on employment discrimination issues.

 

 Question 15                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

A disabled individual has either experienced environmental disadvantages or has a physical impairment that limits one or more major life activities.

 

 Question 16                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Reasonable accommodations provided for disabled employees may include modifying work schedules or reassigning job duties.

 

 Question 17                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

A utilization analysis looks at which of the following criteria?

 

 Question 18                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

B.J. is among a group of 25 applicants for a manager’s position. As part of the selection process, all applicants take an exam. It is apparent from the results that African-American applicants tend to score lower than any other subgroup. B.J. is African-American and not selected because of his test score. B.J. may have grounds to sue due to:

 

Question 19                                                                                                                                       1 out of 1 points

 

Effective implementation of a diversity management program requires that managers be held accountable for failures and rewarded for successes.

 

 Question 20                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Foreign-born individuals make up ________ of the U.S. population.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 21                                                                                                                                       1 out of 1 points

 

Which term refers to the idea that one can infer an individual’s motivations, interests, values, and behavioral traits based on the individual’s group membership?

 

 Question 22                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Extended leave is LEAST likely to include:

 

 Question 23                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Firms are most likely hesitant to perform official diversity audits because they:

 

 Question 24                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

Most managers accurately estimate the cost of making accommodations for disabled workers.

 

 Question 25                                                                                                                                      1 out of 1 points

 

During the recession of 2008-2011, the rate of illegal immigrants increased significantly.

 

 

 

 

 

Submit a profile of your chosen successful company SAS

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OL 215 Final Project One Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

For this assignment, due in Module Three, you will submit a one- to two-page document that will provide a profile of your chosen successful company. This milestone will serve as a rough draft and must cover the six critical elements described in Part II of Prompt I. You are expected to provide a minimum of two to three sentences for each of the six critical elements: mission and vision, strategic management plan, organizational culture, decision making, principle of ethics, and human resources. Instructor feedback should be applied to your Final Project One submission. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Profile of a Successful Company a. Explain how the company has communicated its mission and vision within the organization. In other words, explain how the company

demonstrates the importance of the mission and vision to employees and other stakeholders. b. Identify the role that management played in helping this company execute its strategic management plan. Justify your response. You could

consider including a specific example of a time when this management plan led the company to success. c. Describe how management has helped to positively influence the organizational culture within this company. You could consider using some

specific examples, actions, or strategies that show how management has positively influenced organizational culture. d. Explain management’s pivotal role in the decision-making process within this company. Be sure to include specific decisions made by

management based on principles of ethics. You could discuss specific decision-making models used by the company that may have helped the company be successful.

e. Evaluate how the use of the functions of management within this company has adhered to the principles of ethics. You could consider how using the functions of management while adhering to the principles of ethics may have impacted the employees of the company.

f. Explain how this company strategically uses human resources to develop its personnel. You could consider how this use of human resources has enhanced the company’s business processes.

Guidelines for Submission: Final Project One Milestone Two must be one to two pages in length with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Mission and Vision Explains how the company has communicated its mission and vision within the organization

Explains how the company has communicated its mission and vision within the organization but details are either inaccurate or cursory

Does not explain how the company has communicated its mission and vision within the organization

15

 

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Strategic Management Plan

 

Identifies how the company has successfully executed its strategic management plan, justifying response

Identifies how the company has successfully executed its strategic management plan but does not justify response or details are inaccurate or cursory

Does not identify how the company has successfully executed its strategic management plan

15

Organizational Culture

 

Describes how management has helped to positively influence the organizational culture within this company

Describes how management has helped to positively influence the organizational culture within this company but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not describe how management has helped to positively influence the organizational culture within this company

15

Decision Making

Explains the management’s pivotal role in the decision-making process within this company, citing specific decisions made by management based on principles of ethics

Explains the management’s pivotal role in the decision-making process within this company, citing decisions made by management based on principles of ethics but details lack relevance or are cursory or examples lack specificity

Does not explain the management’s pivotal role in the decision-making process within this company or cite decisions made by management based on principles of ethics

15

Principles of Ethics

Evaluates how the use of the functions of management within the company has adhered to principles of ethics

Evaluates how the use of the functions of management within the company has adhered to principles of ethics but details are irrelevant or cursory

Does not evaluate how the use of the functions of management within the company has adhered to principles of ethics

15

Human Resources

Explains how this company strategically uses human resources to develop its personnel

Explains how this company strategically uses human resources to develop its personnel but details are inaccurate or cursory

Does not explain how this company strategically uses human resources to develop its personnel

15

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Earned Total 100%

Defining The Project

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Resource: Ch. 4 of Project Management: The Managerial Process

Read #1 under Exercises on page 123 in Ch. 4 of Project Management: The Managerial Process.

Respond to questions 1.a and 1.b in 350 words each. This is an APA paper between 700 and 1000 words

Justify your responses.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Remember that all APA papers for this course require two references and in text citation.

. Formulate a linear programming model for Mosaics Tiles, Ltd

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Gilbert Moss and Angela Pasaic spent several summers during their college years working at archaeological sites in the Southwest. While at those digs, they learned how to make ceramic tiles from local artisans. After college they made use of their college experiences to start a tile manufacturing firm called Mosaics Tiles, Ltd.

 

 They opened their plant in New Mexico, where they would have convenient access to special clay they intend to use to make a clay derivative for their tiles. Their manufacturing operation consists of a few relatively simple but precarious steps, including molding the tiles, baking, and glazing.

 

Gilbert and Angela plan to produce two basic types of tile for use in home bathrooms, kitchens, sunrooms, and laundry rooms. The two types of tile are a larger, single-colored tile and a smaller, patterned tile. In the manufacturing process, the color or pattern is added before a tile is glazed.

 

 Either a single color is sprayed over the top of a baked set of tiles or a stenciled pattern is sprayed on the top of a baked set of tiles. The tiles are produced in batches of 100.

 

The first step is to pour the clay derivative into specially constructed molds. It takes 18 minutes to mold a batch of 100 larger tiles and 15 minutes to prepare a mold for a batch of 100 smaller tiles.

 

The company has 60 hours available each week for molding. After the tiles are molded, they are baked in a kiln: 0.27 hour for a batch of 100 larger tiles and 0.58 hour for a batch of 100 smaller tiles.

 

The company has 105 hours available each week for baking. After baking, the tiles are either colored or patterned and glazed.

 

This process takes 0.16 hour for a batch of 100 larger tiles and 0.20 hour for a batch of 100 smaller tiles.

 

Forty hours are available each week for the glazing process. Each batch of 100 large tiles requires 32.8 pounds of the clay derivative to produce, whereas each batch of smaller tiles requires 20 pounds.

 

The company has 6,000 pounds of the clay derivative available each week. Mossaic Tiles earns a profit of $190 for each batch of 100 of the larger tiles and $240 for each batch of 100 smaller patterned tiles.

Angela and Gilbert want to know how many batches of each type of tile to produce each week to maximize profit. In addition, they have some questions about resource usage they would like answered.

 

 

 

 

 

A. Formulate a linear programming model for Mosaics Tiles, Ltd

 

 

B. Solve the linear programming model by using the computer and determine the sensitivity ranges

 

 

C. Mosaics believes it may be able to reduce the time required for molding to 16 minutes for a batch of larger tiles and 12 minutes for a batch of smaller tiles. How will this affect the solution?

 

 

 

D. The company that provides Mosaics with clay has indicated that it can deliver an additional 100 pounds each week. Should Mosaics agree to this offer?