What are some of the things that you do in your home to help with the reduction of food waste? Do you have any systems to share?

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Week 3 Discussion

Reply to the following using at least 175 words per reply. Be professional and constructive in your reply. Be sure to use FULL APA references and in-text citations. Reply to each individually.

1. Leaders who bring empathy or any sense of emotional connection to the internal customers (employees) and the external customers is the key toward higher employee and customer satisfaction.

Integrating empathy when dealing with the customers and employees is highly effective. But, what is empathy, and do all leaders have it and/or more important, apply it? The ability of leaders, managers, and employees to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others is key in serving others.

Are you familiar with emotional intelligence (EI)? In 1995, the concept of emotional intelligence was popularized after the publication of Daniel Goleman’s book “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.”

What is EI?

How is EI measured?

2. It is always fun to find relevant articles to support discussions, especially when I know the author! In Week 3, we shift specifically to customer service and process improvement. Since my background in in the food service industry, I thought this was a great article to share. My affiliation with a state Restaurant Association I was involved with the city water and waste program, specifically eradication of waste, so this topic is not new to me. The estimated economic cost of energy, fuel, water scarcity, labor, commodities, and miscellaneous for food waste is estimated as $2.6 trillion per year (The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States [FAO], 2014). Approximately 133 billion pounds of food is attributed to the food chain supply, one-third of that waste from restaurants. (Gollnhofer, 2017; Kowalska, 2017; Massow & McAdams, 2015). Granted there are some restaurant concepts that produce more waste than others and what is also important to note here is the type of waste. Grease is the worst! In the study by Blum (2020), the first step is to develop standardize protocols as a way to quantification measures. Specifically, restaurant leaders are encouraged to track and monitor food waste to identify where loss and waste is occurring. Strategies to reduce food waste and costs associated with waste include, but are not limited to, a system of regularly rotating food, using software inventory management, and waste recycling. Strategies to achieve waste reduction include setting measures, monitoring, staff engagement, and reduce overproduction (Blum, 2020). Restaurants are not the only operation that should be conscientious of food waste. What are some of the things that you do in your home to help with the reduction of food waste? Do you have any systems to share?

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (2014). Food waste footprint: Full-cost accounting. http://www.fao.org

Gollnhofer, J. F. (2017). Normalizing alternative practices: The recovery, distribution and consumption of food waste. Journal of Marketing Management, 33, 624–643. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2017.1301982

Kowalska, A. (2017). The issue of food losses and waste and its determinants. Logforum, 13, 7–18. https://doi.org/10.17270/J.LOG.2017.1.1

Massow, M. V., & McAdams, B. (2015). Table scraps: An evaluation of plate waste in restaurants. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 18, 437–453. https://doi.org/10.1080/15378020.2015.1093451

Blum, D. (2020). Ways to Reduce Restaurant Industry Food Waste Costs. International Journal of Applied Management and Technology. v19 (1).

Ways to Reduce Restaurant Industry Food Waste Costs – Business – ProQuest. (2020). Proquest.com. https://www.proquest.com/business/docview/2453793152/A3214CF9C6B24593PQ/3?accountid=35812

Choose an organization with which you are familiar or one in which you have an interest. Research and analyze the organization’s human resource management programs, policies, procedures, OR initiatives.

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Assignment 1: Selecting a Company

Choose an organization with which you are familiar or one in which you have an interest. Research and analyze the organization’s human resource management programs, policies, procedures, OR initiatives. Evaluate their effectiveness and select a program, policy, procedure OR initiative which you believe needs to be changed.

Write a one-page paper (Coversheet not included) in which you:

Assess the current human resource programs, policies, procedures, or initiatives in terms of effectiveness.

Hypothesize the changes that require improvement

Complete the affinity diagram action steps outlined in the “Brainstorming With an Affinity Diagram” resource, including the Five Whys Root Cause Analysis section.

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Affinity Diagram and Root Cause Analysis

The purpose of this assignment is to identify an organizational problem to solve within your current workplace or industry and use an affinity diagram to brainstorm the root causes of the organizational problem and potential solutions for addressing it. (The organization problem I’d like to use is ineffective leadership) However, I am open to other ideas. :)

For this assignment, the first step is to identify an organizational problem to solve within your current workplace or industry. This is an opportunity for you to apply your learning while addressing a real-world problem. After you have identified a possible organizational problem, complete the “Brainstorming With an Affinity Diagram” resource to help you narrow and specify the root cause for the problem. Completing the affinity diagram will not only help you identify the root causes for the problem but also to determine the scope of influence you can have in reaching a potential solution. Keep in mind that this exercise is meant to identify a viable solution within the scope of influence in which you are directly involved and will ultimately allow you to be an agent of change.

Complete the affinity diagram action steps outlined in the “Brainstorming With an Affinity Diagram” resource, including the Five Whys Root Cause Analysis section. This can be done using online mind mapping resources like those found in the study materials, by using post-it notes, or through the use of Excel or Word documents and tables. When constructing the affinity diagram, be sure to complete all six steps described on the resource. You will reference these root causes again within your final business proposal in Topic 8.

Submit both the affinity diagram and the five whys root cause analysis to your instructor. Evidence of revision from instructor feedback will be assessed on the final business proposal.

Compare the two packages, evaluating the pros and cons of each organization’s total rewards package and opportunity.

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Total Rewards Package

Instructions
Throughout the previous weeks, we identified and discussed the elements of a Total Rewards Package. In an effort to lay the ground for the upcoming weeks, exploring some of these elements in further detail, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that is reflective of the following:

1) Type of position you are seeking if you were to leave your current position. (Preferably HR Management or Operations/HR Management within an airline company or DoD contracting such as Booz Allen Hamilton)

2) The location (preferably warm locations (Georgia, Florida, Texas, Las Vegas, near bigger cities), compensation, and benefits you are wanting. You will want to consider the differences in cost of living when evaluating the compensation and benefits. Don’t make this part too personal.

3) Using your current organization or another organization of choice, identify and discuss your current total rewards package.

3) Select an organization or entity you are interested in working for, identifying and discussing the total rewards package offered. Look at both direct and indirect compensation.

(3) Compare the two packages, evaluating the pros and cons of each organization’s total rewards package and opportunity

(4) In closing, make the determination as to which organization you would choose and why.

Identify and discuss, for each country, the customary benefits organizations provide their employees in those countries.

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Final Research Project

Instructions: Final Research Project. Your organization is going to be expanding globally. Select two (2) countries of your choice. You will conduct research in which you

Identify and discuss, for each country, the customary benefits organizations provide their employees in those countries.

In your discussion, compare these countries with what organizations in the United States provide employees.

Topics to include in your comparison will include, but not limited to, health insurance benefits, wages, and paid time off.

When sharing and comparing the countries, make sure you include information as to why. For example, if the income tax rate is extremely high, organizations might tend to offer X benefit.

Next, you want identify what these countries might do better and what might US organization do better.

Finally, make a recommendation as to 1) which country your organization should consider entering and 2) what benefits and wage practices would you recommend and would these benefits be the same as to what you offer employees in the United States.

Keep in mind that what you provide in your paper must support your recommendations. For example, in France, if you take public transportation to and from work, the company must pay 50% of their monthly transportation pass. This is something that might work for your organization here in the United States, especially in larger cities that encourage using mass transit, but you need to make sure you explain why if you did not already share this in the body of your paper.

Prepare your research project this week as if you are preparing to present your findings to a HRM Benefits Counselor.

Identify a specific country and critically analyse the extent to which globalisation has driven convergence in human resource management practice.

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Globalisation and International HRM

A Critical Analysis of Globalisation and International HRM the impact of globalisation and critically analyse the extent to which it has influenced the practice of HRM, the extent globalisation has driven convergence, factors that might lead

Write an academic essay that responds to the following:

1. Consider the impact of globalisation and critically analyse the extent to which it has influenced the practice of HRM, identifying current challenges and complexities.

2. Identify a specific country and critically analyse the extent to which globalisation has driven convergence in human resource management practice.

3. Critically analyse the factors that might lead to divergence in human resource management practices in MNE’s.

What did you get for your regression line? What was your r value? What did this tell you? What would be a scenario where you might need to use this application?

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Open excel

In one column enter 8 heights for 10 year old boys (inches) and in the second column enter 8 weights for 10 year old boys (pounds). Ten year old boys height ranges from 42 inches to 62 inches while the weight ranges from 60 to 90 pounds. You can make these up as long as they are reasonable if you do not have access to any data. We want to see if there is a correlation.

Move your mouse to put a box around the numbers.
From the insert menu select scatter or the chart that says scatter and then select the chart at the top left on the dropdown

Click on one of the points
Select Add Trendline (Note you may need to add Trendline and then click on the line to format Trendline)
The default radio button is linear, keep it checked
Check display equation on chart and click on the display r-squared value
The equation is your least squares line
On the least squares line the slope is in front of the x value. Also, you can look at the slope of the scatter plot to see if the slope is positive. This will let you know whether to make the r value positive or negative when you take the square root of r^2.
If the r^2 value is say .0382 then you will click on an excel cell and type
=.0382^.5

Note the ^ key is above the 6 key

This will be your r value and you will make it negative if your slope is negative otherwise leave it positive.
If you have a different version of excel then you may want to search to see how to form a trendline. These instructions work with Office 365 and Office 2010.

Then follow these instructions:

Attach your excel worksheet with your scatter plot, r value and regression line along with your post if possible. What did you get for your regression line? What was your r value? What did this tell you?
What would be a scenario where you might need to use this application?

Be sure to comment on at least 2 classmates.
To earn full credit for this discussion, you must respond to at least two (2) of your peers and post your initial post by Thursday.

What is the probability of getting 2 kings assuming that the first one is not replaced? What is the probability of getting 2 kings assuming that the first one is replaced?

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week 3

Finding a conditional Probability:

Don’t use the numbers in this example post in your post. Make sure all posts are unique and use different numbers.

It is important to go back and read follow up responses from your instructor.

Example

Let’s look at a standard deck of 52 cards.

What is the probability of getting 2 kings assuming that the first one is not replaced?

4/52 * 3/51 = 1/13*1/17= 1/221

What is the probability of getting 2 kings assuming that the first one is replaced?

4/52 * 4/52 = 1/13 * 1/13 = 1/169

Instructions

Now for your main post do a similar problem using with replacement and without replacement. You can use a card problem as long as it is not 2 kings. Try your best to be original. Do not solve your own problems. Leave them for your classmates to work.

For your response pick 2 classmates. On each post copy their problem, then show your work explaining how you worked each problem, and then show your answer. Of course there will be more than one comment on each person’s work. Stay positive when replying.

Explain how the current job is directly related to the MBA degree and major Management Science. Emphasize management aspects and how the training plan supports the career development.

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Training Plan for STEM OPT Students

Training Plan for STEM OPT Students – OPT work permit extension application. Explain how the current job is directly related to the MBA degree and major Management Science. Emphasize management aspects and how the training plan supports the career development. Answer the 5 questions behalf me and my boss. Please see the attachment including my job description.

What is the lean concept and why is it important to study? How can lean be applied to manufacturing and service processes? Will lean work in service environments? Why or why not?

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Week 2 Discussion

Evaluating Process and Supply Chain Design, choose 2 of the following to discuss and respond with a minimum of 175 words:

What is the lean concept and why is it important to study?
How can lean be applied to manufacturing and service processes?
Will lean work in service environments? Why or why not?
Discuss ways to use lean to improve one of the following: a pizza restaurant, a hospital, or an auto dealership.
Why is lean hard to implement in practice?
Explain the relationship between quality and productivity under the lean philosophy.