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Explain the role of rational and intuitive cognition in the theory and practice of management. Discuss that the decision-making process takes place in conditions of permanent uncertainty under the pressure of time.

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MGT425–Spreadsheet Decision Modeling

Assignment Questions: (Marks 15)

Read the above case study and answer the following Questions:
Question 1: Explain the role of rational and intuitive cognition in the theory and practice of management. (250–300 words) (3–Marks).
Question 2: Discuss that the decision–making process takes place in conditions of permanent uncertainty under the pressure of time. (250–300 words). (3–Marks).
Question 3: Discuss the inadequacy of the management theory in relation to problems faced by management practitioners in the decision–making process. (250–300 words) (3–Marks).
Question 4: Explain the various stages of problem–solving process with suitable examples. (250–300 words) (3–Marks).
Question 5: What is your learning from this study and how it is beneficial for you? (250– 300 words) (3–Marks).

Identify one product that you use for each of the categories on the Home Chemicals activity sheet. If you do not use a particular category of product, simply enter the phrase “do not use” and explain why.

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EVR1001C- Lab: Resource / Waste – Home Chemicals

Identify one product that you use for each of the categories on the Home Chemicals activity sheet. If you do not use a particular category of product, simply enter the phrase “do not use” and explain why. For example, if you do not use pet care products, enter “do not use” in the “Product Name” column and “do not have a pet” in the “What the Warning Says” column.

For each product identified that you do use, indicate the following:

  1. The product name
  2. What the product does, also known as the product “service”
  3. Whether there is some type of warning about using the product.
  4. What the warning says.

Answer questions 1 & 2 on the activity sheet when you have completed the inventory.

After doing this, select three products from your household product list which you think may be “hazardous” based on the warnings listed on the products. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines hazardous as any material that is ignitable, corrosive, explosive, or toxic to humans, plants or animals. List the three products on the Activity Sheet.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) maintains a database that contains a wide variety of information on over 5,000 consumer products. Information contained in the database includes the chemical ingredients, the manufacturer and contact information, as well as any possible acute and chronic effects associated with the chemicals that make up the products.

Go to the NIH Household Products Database. In the Quick Search box on the right side of the screen. Look up the first potentially hazardous product you have listed. Scroll down the page until you come to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) link and click on the link. Follow the directions on the remainder of the Activity Sheet and answer the questions

NIH Household Products Database: https://www.whatsinproducts.com/

Explain the foundation and necessity of the policy,. Discuss how the policy balances employee and employer rights. Offer evidence of your state and/or federal laws that support or relate to your policy.

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Prepare a workplace policy

Instructions:

Part 1 –

1.) Prepare a workplace policy and provide a written rationale for your policy that presents thorough analysis using strong argument and evidence.

– Use the workplace tort: Defamation to Prepare a detailed and specific policy for your employer that balances both the employer and employees’ rights. This policy must be no longer than one page in length.

 

Part 2 –

1.) Write a two page rationale for your policy and include the following in it:

  • Explain the foundation and necessity of the policy,.
  • Discuss how the policy balances employee and employer rights.
  • Offer evidence of your state and/or federal laws that support or relate to your policy.

What is Assimilation? How were the children treated that was like the military? What did General Pratt at Carlisle say about killing Indians? How might children raised in Boarding Schools have a difficult time becoming good parents? Discuss ideas of nurture; what does sexual abuse do?

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Native Americans

Unspoken: Native American Boarding Schools http://www.pbs.org/video/unspoken-americas-native-american-boarding-schools-oobt1r/

Links to an external site.

Short Answers [2-4 sentences]: answer these questions below (10 points) and view these other items for the bonus questions (5 pts)

1. What is Assimilation? Give examples of how it was implemented. (2 pts)

2. How were the children treated that was like the military? What did General Pratt at Carlisle say about killing Indians? (2 pts)

3. How might children raised in Boarding Schools have a difficult time becoming good parents? Discuss ideas of nurture; what does sexual abuse do? (2 pts)

4. How did Boarding Schools make some Indians stronger? What eventually happened in modern schools? (2 pts)

Create both a team and communication SharePoint Site. Create a company intranet and a customer informational site.

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SharePoint Exercise

Create both a team and communication SharePoint Site.

Create a company intranet and a customer informational site.

  • Implement a Teams site
  • Implement a Communications site
  • Make sure to add me as a member. ( the professor ) Grading will include appropriate functionality
  • Consider what business functions you need…. Show some creativity…..
  • Microsoft has numerous sample documents.

To what extend do you think Ali process Emotional Intelligence. Do you think the concept of emotional intelligence is important in organizational setting? Briefly justify your answer.

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Communications Management (MGT 421)

Assignment Structure:

  Type Marks
Assignment-1 Part 1 5
  Part 2 5
  Part 3 5
Total   15

 Part-1:

Ali is a successful financial officer in a banking company. He will take over the recently acquired footprint as the new regional CEO. The newly acquired banking institution has a good market reputation

On Monday morning at 10am, Ali had called a meeting. He reached the office at 9am and saw very few employees in the meeting so he got annoyed but keeping his emotions at side, he started the meeting at sharp 10am .Ali was unhappy due to lack of dedication of employees towards the organization, as most of the employees did not arrived on time.

Later that afternoon Ali met the executive team and outlined the strategic goals, objectives and deadlines. A meeting was held with the senior staff members for reporting progress. In the report it was shown that currently the market growth numbers were up and new business numbers were increasing.

A quarter later Ali had a quarterly report result. The report showed both positive and negative result. Ali reviewed the report with his staff and requested them for their input. However his request was greeted with silence. He sensed an uneasy feeling in the room.

Questions:

  1. To what extend do you think Ali process Emotional Intelligence. (2.5 Marks)
  2. Do you think the concept of emotional intelligence is important in organizational setting? Briefly justify your answer. (2.5 Marks)

 

Part-2-Case Study

Sara, a third-year adjunct faculty member at a major university, looked at her course evaluations from students for the term just ending and shook her head in disbelief: What could have prompted the very negative comment one student made? She remembered vividly the day in question. It was the first day of class for a new school year and a new semester. Since this was a freshman-level class, students were also new to campus. New classes routinely require introductions, and Sara tried to have an interesting icebreaker. She had the students do a “mix it up” exercise where they had to stand up, move around the room, shake hands with and greet every other person in the class. The room buzzed with excitement as the new students greeted each other, and it seemed to be quite a success. The rest of the semester went as expected, and students continued to network with each other. Now, at the end of that term, Sara was looking at a student’s comment on the semester end course evaluation and was shocked. The student rated her “D” (the lowest possible) and commented: “The instructor was very insensitive and unaware. She even expected us to shake hands during introductions.” Thinking about that first day of class, Sara did not recall that any of the students participated reluctantly. No one seemed to hesitate, or to avoid the activity, or to ask to be exempt from the introductions. She wondered why the student did not immediately indicate any discomfort. Why did this student not ask for an alternative way to participate? Looking back, Sara tried to think through how students who were reluctant to “touch” anyone else could participate. While she thought of the handshake as a form of friendly interaction, clearly some students did not see things that way. How could she re-design the exercise so that students from outside the main culture could fully participate but not have to do anything that would make the giver or the receiver of the handshake uncomfortable? She also thought about the idea that religious beliefs were not the only reason for a reluctance to touch others. Perhaps students were germphobic, had skin sensitivities, or were adverse to having others touch them for health reasons. She asked herself what other inclusive instructions could have been provided, such as, “If anyone does not want to shake hands, let’s work out an alternative now, before we start.” This would have provided an option before the activity started. Also, in a low-key, positive and friendly way, any concerned student needed to be prepared to suggest an alternative action, such as, “I am not able to shake hands, but I would be very happy to do this [provide alternative].” No big loud “ugh..” no moaning or groaning, but a maturely presented alternative. It was now apparent that, for the entire semester, the student had harbored a grudge about the handshake introductions.

Discussion:

Q1. What responsibility should Sara take for her introduction exercise to be inclusive and respect other cultural customs outside the host culture’s practices? (2.5 Marks)

Q2. What recommendations you have for the student who did not want to shake hands? (2.5 Marks)

 

Part-3

Think about any difficult situation/conversation, which you might have encountered in your professional life or student life. Based on that conversation, answer the following

  1. Briefly discuss the conversation/situation. (1 mark)
  2. Evaluate your and others’ performance in terms of assuming the best in one another, staying calm, finding common ground, disagreeing diplomatically, avoiding exaggeration.(2 marks)
  3. Describe three ways you would approach the conversation differently if you again encountered the same situation (2marks)

Discuss display options for Lincoln welding rods, Bernard Centerfire consumables, Thermal-Dynamics consumables, and empty cylinders for size references.

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Preparation for Remodel and Inventory Growth

➢ Continuously update the new contact list (see page 4 of manual) of vendor’s names and phone numbers. Use this list to find the best display options for name brand items and to make future ordering more efficient for everyone. Post this list at every work station for easy access. Include in the contact list added information such as account numbers, minimum order amounts, and how best to place an order.

A. Contact Concho Welding Supply
1. Discuss display options for Lincoln welding rods, Bernard Centerfire consumables, Thermal–Dynamics consumables, and empty cylinders for size references.
2. Find out about any new point of sale items that can be placed strategically around the front checkout counter for customers to pick up on their way out. Also, see about new, hot items that may be out and beneficial to customers that are fence builders, pipeliners, and those in steel building construction.
3. Request price breaks by buying in bulk and increasing inventory on fast moving items purchased from trailer and pipe manufacturers.

B. Contact Welders Supply
1. Discuss display options for all Hypertherm leads and consumables. Find out if outside storage is optional for this extra inventory in a non–climate controlled environment.
2. Check on point of sale items that they would have at checkout counters in their Louisville location.
3. Request pictures of their showroom from David Doe, the showroom coordinator and inside sales manager.
4. Request information and brochures on a new line of cheaper portable welding machines such as a Forney line compatible to a Lincoln Crackerbox.

C. Improve Ordering Procedures
1. Create order sheets such as email template, premade fax sheets, and part number lists for all those companies that cannot take order by phone (see page 5 and 6).
2. Increase inventory on hot sale items such as

  • Tillman gloves
  • 5 pound electrodes
  • Pipe saddles and templates

Differentiate with suitable examples the relevant cash flows and irrelevant cash flows. What relevant role do these cash flows provide in management decision-making?

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Accounting Question

Q1 Differentiate with suitable examples the relevant cash flows and irrelevant cash flows. What relevant role do these cash flows provide in management decision-making? Provide a suitable example in context to an organization to support your answer.

Note: Your answer must include suitable examples of relevant and irrelevant cash flows for management decision-making.

 

Q2 What are the various methods of estimating cost functions? Explain each method with suitable numerical examples.

Note: You are required to assume values for numerical examples of your own, and they should not be copied from any sources.

 

Q3 ALC ltd. manufactures a product ‘X’ for which the selling price per unit, variables cost per unit, and fixed costs are as follows:

Selling price per unit          SAR 750

Variable cost per unit         SAR 225

Total Fixed Costs     SAR 425,000

Answer the following questions using cost volume profit analysis: 

  1. a) Determine the break-even point in units.
  2. b) Determine the break-even point in sales SAR.
  3. c) What will be the pretax profit if the company sells 1,400 units of the product?
  4. d) How many units the company will be required to sell to reach a target pretax profit of SAR 200,000?
  5. e) The margin of safety in units if the company’s estimated next year budgeted sales are 1,500 units.

 

Q4 KCC Ltd. uses a process costing system for its sole processing department. There were 35,000 units in the beginning WIP inventory for June and 325,000 units were started in June. The beginning WIP units were 50% complete and the 30,000 units in the ending WIP were 40% complete. All materials are added at the start of processing.

You are required to:

  1. a) Compute the no. of units started & completed.
  2. b) Compute the EUP for DM and CC using FIFO and WA methods.
  3. c) Calculate total manufacturing cost/EUP under both methods with the following details:

FIFO.          WA

Direct Material Cost:          SAR 850,000   ||  SAR 1,000,000

Conversion Cost:    SAR 1,025,000                  ||  SAR 1,350,000

Compare the three oratories based on pg .181 of the text. Focus on Quest 3: the head, hands and heart approach that each orator used. Substitute “Doug” with the three oratories instead. As you think about an effective delivery and how each speaker used a different vehicle to translate and communicate the vision. Use the head, heart and hands approach to explain how the speakers reached their audiences.

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 The “One Minute” Oral

The “One Minute” Oral. Compare the three oratories based on pg .181 of the text. Focus on Quest 3: the head, hands and heart approach that each orator used. Substitute “Doug” with the three oratories instead. As you think about an effective delivery and how each speaker used a different vehicle to translate and communicate the vision. Use the head, heart and hands approach to explain how the speakers reached their audiences. All the three videos for the oratories can be retrieved.

What resources available to you as a student would be most useful in preventing each of these 2 examples of violations? Why is integrity important in your professional life? How do you put integrity into practice in your professional life?

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Gen/201 foundations for university success

Decision Making and Communication Worksheet

Part 1: Effective Communication

In your academic and professional life, you will make important decisions when communicating with others. Think about the types of decisions you will need to make when communicating both academically and professionally.

Consider the following scenario:

Your class requires you to use a program you must download on your computer. You have waited until Saturday to download the program, and you need it for an assignment that is due on Monday. Now you are having issues with the program.

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • How would you approach solving the problem in this scenario?
  • Whom would you contact first, and why?
  • What are the resources available to support you when obstacles arise?
  • Why is effective communication important in linking you to these resources?

 

Part 2: Writing Process

When writing academically and professionally, you will make important decisions. Think about the writing process and what types of decisions you will make as you write.

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • When you have an essay due in an upcoming course, how will you manage your time to ensure you are able to complete all 5 steps of the writing process (prewriting, organization, drafting, revising, and editing)?
  • What will you do to improve your writing in the workplace based on what you have learned in this course about the writing process? Provide some specific examples. (For example, I will carefully review my emails before sending them out. I will also be sure to use the spelling and grammar checker on any documents I write.)

 

Part 3: Academic Integrity

As a student, you will make important decisions related to academic integrity. There are several resources available to help you on your academic journey.

Access the Center for Writing Excellence. Review the following resources under the University of Phoenix Ethical Standards heading and think about how these resources apply to academic integrity and decisions you will make as a student:

  • Plagiarism Tutorial
  • Student Code of Academic Integrity
  • Plagiarism: APA Style

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • Review the various violations from the Student Code of Academic Integrity. What are 2 examples of violations?
  • What resources available to you as a student would be most useful in preventing each of these 2 examples of violations?
  • Why is integrity important in your professional life?
  • How do you put integrity into practice in your professional life?