What is the management/leadership dilemma or opportunity that could be investigated? What is the purpose of my project? What assumptions would underline such a problem?

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MGMT600 Topic Proposal

  • Sets out problem and purpose of the research
  • Includes Introduction, Problem Statement, Purpose of the Study, Research Questions, Scope/Limitations/Delimitations.
  • Begins with a problem (an unanswered question) related to a topic of interest.

As you think about your topic of interest, answer these questions:

  • What is the management/leadership dilemma or opportunity that could be investigated?
  • What is the purpose of my project? What assumptions would underline such a problem?
  • Are there any existing data directly relevant to the research problem?
  • If so, can you access the data necessary to address the research problem? If not, how can you collect the necessary data?
  • How will you interpret the meaning of the data as they relate to the problem statement?

Discuss some of the ways in which the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has affected the way in which employers provide health care benefits to employees.

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CMRJ601 Questions

1 Summarize the four activities that can help minimize discriminatory performance appraisal practices.

2 Compensation represents both the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards employees receive for performing their jobs. Together, both intrinsic and extrinsic compensation describe a company’s total compensation system. Briefly describe both types of rewards and indicate the professionals who are responsible for managing them.

3 In which settings are person-focused pay programs likely to be found? What are the two most important reasons for adopting person-focused pay?4 List and discuss four possible limitations of merit pay programs. How can a company overcome these limitations?

5 Briefly discuss the components of legally required benefits. How can HR managers minimize the costs that are associated with legally required benefits

6 What are the strategic issues involved with contingent and flexible workers for a company pursuing a lowest cost strategy?

7 Discuss some of the ways in which the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has affected the way in which employers provide health care benefits to employees.

8 When working with expat compensation: Explain headquarters-based method to calculate expatriates based pay. Which incentive might work better for this method? What is the balance sheet approach? When is its use most appropriate?

What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month? What skills did you learn through the month? How many meetings did you attend?

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Internship report

(Report Components)

Task(s) What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month?
New skill(s) What skills did you learn through the month?
Meeting(s) How many meetings did you attend?
Difficulty/ Challenge(s) What are the difficulties you had this month?
How did you overcome these difficulties?
 
Learning What did you learn from completing the tasks
What did you want to learn more?

 

Differentiate between lean Thinking and the JIT model. Why have Manufacturing Companies adopted Lean Thinking and the JIT model?

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Logistics Management

Critical Thinking

The global marketplace has witnessed increased pressure from customers and competitors in manufacturing as well as the service sector (Basu, 2001; George, 2002). Due to the rapidly changing global marketplace, only those companies will be able to survive that will deliver products of good quality at a cheaper rate to achieve their goal companies try to improve performance by focusing on cost-cutting, increasing productivity levels, and quality and guaranteeing deliveries in order to satisfy customers (Raouf, 1994).

Increased global competition leads the industry to increase efficiency by means of economies of scale and internal specialization so as to meet market conditions in terms of flexibility, delivery performance and quality (Yamashina, 1995). The changes in the present competitive business environment are characterized by profound competition on the supply side and keen indecisive in customer requirements on the demand side. These changes have left their distinctive marks on the different aspect of the manufacturing organizations (Gomes et al., 2006). With this increasingly global economy, cost-effective manufacturing has become a requirement to remain competitive.

To meet all the challenges organizations, try to introduce different manufacturing and supply techniques. Management of organizations devotes their efforts to reducing manufacturing costs and improving the quality of the product. To achieve this goal, different manufacturing and supply techniques have been employed. The last quarter of the 20th century witnessed the adoption of world-class, lean and integrated manufacturing strategies that have drastically changed the way manufacturing firms leads to improvement of manufacturing performance (Fullerton and McWatters, 2002).

Read textbook chapter 7 or secondary data on the internet and answer the following questions.

Question:                                                   

  1. Differentiate between lean Thinking and the JIT model. Why have Manufacturing Companies adopted Lean Thinking and the JIT model? (3.5 Marks)
  2. Briefly describe major types of Waste, out of all types of waste which one is the biggest waste companies must keep in mind during production. (3.5 Marks)
  3. What are the benefits from Suppliers to end users for using lean thinking? Assess the reasons (suitable examples), (3.5 Marks)
  4. The arrival of artificial intelligence. The agile supply chain is a perfect concept for future SCM? Give reasons with suitable examples. (3.5 Marks)
  5. Reference ((1.0 Marks))

Each answer should be within the limit of 250- 300 words.

Should Amazon continue its PL brands? Why and why not? How can Amazon build synergy with third-party retailers while developing its PL brands? How can Amazon handle ethical concerns?

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Strategic Management Case study: Answer 3 questions

Answer the following questions to help Grandinetti prepare for the shareholders’ meeting  (5 points each):

  1. Should Amazon continue its PL brands? Why and why not?
  2. How can Amazon build synergy with third-party retailers while developing its PL brands?
  3. How can Amazon handle ethical concerns?

Explain in detail your rationale/perspectives, rather than only stating your opinion. Think deeply and broadly.

Present opinion with reason(s), evaluating pros and cons, and explaining in detail your choice with the conclusion.

Explain how Bratton used each of the four functions of Management using evidence from the Case.

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Bratton case study

Read the attached Bratton Case Study and respond in essay format to the questions.

This exam should contain examples from the Case and theories from the textbook and/or outside sources—at least 1.5 pages – double-spaced with 11-point font.

  1. Explain how Bratton used each of the four functions of Management using evidence from the Case.

Guidelines for responses:

  1. Planning. Explain Problems and Opportunities, goals (measurable), and strategies.
  2. Organizing. Explain how Bratton organized and how he changed structure and job roles.
  3. Leading. Use two leadership theories and two motivation theories and explain how Bratton led (could be positive or negative).
  4. Controlling. What controls were put in place to measure performance? Be specific. (hint: tables and charts end of the Case)

Describe the relationship of iRobot with its primary stakeholders. Describe the core competency and the outsourcing strategy of iRobot. What kind of strategic alliance is used by iRobot? Why does iRobot choose it?

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iRobot: Finding the Right Market Mix

Assignment Question(s):

Read carefully case No 8 from your textbook (entitled ‘iRobot: Finding the Right Market Mix?) and answer the following questions: (1 mark each question)

  • Draw the SWOT matrix of the iRobot company.
  • What is the competitive strategy used by iRobot company?
  • Use the five forces of the M. Porter matrix to describe the robot-based product industry.
  • Describe the different functional strategies of the iRobot company.
  • Describe the relationship of iRobot with its primary stakeholders.
  • Describe the core competency and the outsourcing strategy of iRobot.
  • What kind of strategic alliance is used by iRobot? Why does iRobot choose it?
  • What are the main challenges that iRobot faces?
  • Assess the competitive advantage of iRobot in its market.
  • Recommend solutions for iRobot to improve its competitive advantage.

Suppliers:

From real national/international market, select any type of strategic alliance between two firms and answer the following questions: (1 mark each question)

  • Briefly introduce your chosen firms, partners of the strategic alliance (industry, nationality, size, market position…). Max 150 words
  • What is the type of strategic alliance used by your chosen firms? Explain its different reasons.
  • What is the method used by the firms to manage their cultures after the alliance? underline the pros and cons of this method.
  • Is this strategic alliance successful? Justify.
  • What recommendations can you provide to the managers of these firms to improve their competitiveness?

Notes.

  • Use at least 4 references for your answers to section II.
  • All references used should be listed by the end of your analysis, using the APA style.

Critically evaluate the application of project management methodologies and techniques used to organise and plan project time, cost, resources and people. Demonstrate critical understanding on how cultural, communication, leadership and teamwork affect international project management.

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Project Management

This assignment is designed to assess Learning outcome 3, from the following.

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role of project management within organisations to deliver successful change.

2. Demonstrate competence in planning a project within a given organisational context.

3. Critically evaluate the application of project management methodologies and techniques used to organise and plan project time, cost, resources and people.

4. Demonstrate critical understanding on how cultural, communication, leadership and teamwork affect international project management.

Assessment Information

You are required to develop a strategic project plan in the form of a document not more than 2400 words, excluding appendices and references. There is considerable freedom of choice for a suitable project scenario. But whatever scenario you choose, assessment is against specific criteria that originate in the module learning outcomes.

Which elements of the supply chain should be managed within and beyond the organisation and how can technology be used to facilitate this? What are the practical issues with online supply chain management?

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E – businesses strategy

•Which technologies should we deploy for supply chain management and how should they be prioritised?
• Which elements of the supply chain should be managed within and beyond the organisation and how can technology be used to facilitate this?
• What are the practical issues with online supply chain management?