What expected service rate should be established if the service duration would be distributed exponentially? What is the expected total system cost? The number of arrivals per period is distributed according to Poisson with an expected value of 0.75 units per period. The cost of waiting per unit per period is $3.20. The facility cost of serving one unit per period is $5.15. What expected service rate should be established if the service duration would be distributed exponentially? What is the expected total system cost?
Discuss the concept of procurement
Procurement Discuss the concept of procurement as being “a project within a project.” What is a contract liquidated damages clause? What fundamental purpose does it serve? What is one of the biggest problem in its enforcement? Discuss the relationship between standards and specifications in the procurement process. Give an example. The preparation of the quality requirements for RFP’s is affected by the type of contract pricing that is selected for a particular procurement item.” Explain.
The Socializing Organization and Motivating Workers
Define the qualities of a motivating job. Discuss skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback in your response. With which are you most familiar? Discuss your experience. Exercises 2. Quality of Worklife (QWL) programs typically provide flextime, job sharing, and a compressed workweek. However, you have been given the task of job redesign for your department and you must institute a new QWL program that will provide increased job enrichment. The objective of your program is to make work more interesting. 3. Place your work environment in an outdoor setting. For example, you might create a work environment in which you work with several bridge inspectors and you have decided that work could be made more interesting if your group of workers wore rainbow colored jumpsuits in place of their business suits while performing inspections. 4. Explain how you would overcome objections and handle the diverse opinions of the workers in your group in implementing your new program. Remember, this is your opportunity to be creative. Be imaginative. 5. Explore the possibilities. The objective is to exercise your creative thinking muscles while exploring the application of what you have learned in this module. Professional Development 6. What are some rules of thumb about motivating people at work? Provide some examples where you have witnessed the successful motivation of a co-worker. What methodology was used to motivate the individual? Issues to Consider 7. Each individual worker may be motivated by different things. How will you meet the needs of a diverse workforce? Discussion 8. What limitations and/or boundaries are there on the ability of a manager to successfully motivate his/her employees? How can these be overcome? For example, budgets may prohibit using money as a motivator.
Sociocultural and demographic trends in fast food industry
You are a marketing executive at a fast-food company and have been asked by your supervisor to evaluate the positioning of two of your major competitors, Wendy’s and McDonald’s. Wendy’s has focused primarily on the adult market while McDonald’s has fashioned an all-out pursuit of the kid’s market (as evidenced by the numerous advertising tie-ins and toy giveaways). Please respond to the following questions: Think about demographic and sociocultural trends and changes and explain how each organization’s interpretation of these trends and changes has affected its choice of strategy? Is their strategy affected by the amount of advertising they do on television and the internet? Which organization do you think is currently positioned better and why? What strategy would you recommend for your company based on recent trends and changes? How can these strategies improve their image as a “corporate citizen” within the community?
Information Systems
Information Systems – Products for which demand is predictable “Products for which demand is predictable and relatively stable are called staples. Products for which demand is unpredictable and which have relatively short life cycles are referred to as innovative products. Identify examples of staples and innovative products and explain whether MRP-II or JIT manufacturing is appropriate for each type of product. What other implications does the type of product have on the value chain activities of inbound logistics, production, and outbound logistics?”
Describe the characteristics of school bullying
Answering the following 3 question. Describe the characteristics of school bullying. What motivates individuals to join gangs? What is the difference between delinquency prevention and delinquency control? Explain the public health approach to delinquency prevention.
Relevance of One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests
Discuss in one short paragraph the relevance of one-tailed and two-tailed tests with alternate hypothesis. Give a numerical example of a two tailed test showing all five steps. any example will do on a one-tailed and two-tailed tests with alternate hypothesis.
The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
worth 200 points Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of the effects that war and peace have on the distribution of foreign aid, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 3. Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:
Exporting to Brazil
You are New Business manager of a small firm that manufactures and markets in the US, high-quality, premium priced, luxury branded clothing. The CEO has decided to see what the opportunities are for exporting to Brazil or to contract manufacture the clothing line in Brazil and has asked you to prepare a report on these opportunities and a recommendation for a course of action the firm should adopt. Your report and recommendation will be presented to the Main Board at their next Board meeting. Please remember to include detailed information on Brazil.
GE's Medical Systems – define how GE is addressing
Visit GE’s Medical Systems website (www.gehealthcare.com). In context to the major points in chapter 7, define how GE is addressing the needs of their hospital customers by the design of this website. What are they doing right and wrong? Where can they improve?