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Would it make economic sense to order in truckload quantities? Would your supplier selection change if you ordered truckload quantities?
Why is a conductor of an orchestra an appropriate metaphor for being a project manager? What aspects of project managing are not reflected by this metaphor?
Compare or contrast managing conflict resolutions using the instrumental-oriented conflict approach and the expressive-oriented conflict approach.
Explain what motivation is and the benefit for organizations to have motivated employees. In addition, identify and describe the most valuable asset an organization has and how they keep them motiva
Communication in organizations varies according to where and how it originates, the channels, the speed at which it flows, and whether it is formal or informal.
What is the capacity of I-mart in patients per hour (including those who need glasses and those who don't.)? Which stage is the bottleneck?
Define and discuss some of the steps taken by the CEO to demonstrate that Blockbuster is not overly dependent on acquisitions to fuel the company's growth.
Use american football as a metaphor to explain the way U.S. corporation run and how they tend to behave in terms of strategies and goals.
Based on data for periods 11 through 20 as shown in the table, which of these two methods has the greater accuracy if MAD and MSE are used?
An initial solution has been given to the following workcenter layout problem. Given the flows described and a cost of $4 per unit per foot, compute the total cost for the layout?
Analyze the concept of "a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future," to define a capital project in terms of future and present values.
Dan will consider this book to be a "dog" if it sells less than 50% of his mean forecast. What is the probability that this new book will be a "dog"?
Describe a project management methodology from either the literature or an organization of your choice. If it's from the literature, please submit the article; if it's an organization.
Cheapest Car Rental rents cars at the chicago airport. The car rental market consists of two segements: the short term segement, which rents for an average of .5 weeks, and the medium term segment.
What are are the current strategies in HR and information systems of Toyota company? What improvement initiatives are currently being implemented for Toyota since the recalls?
Discuss the value of gross domestic product and gross national income per capita as measures of market potential in international consumer markets. Refer to specific data in your answer.
Characterize the lead time demand distribution for the anesthetic (i.e., write down the distribution, its parameters). If the dentist orders today, is she going to be able to achieve her service level
Select one of the system development approaches (structured, information, engineering, and object-oriented) and give an example of a business process or problem that would use that approach.
Deming's Profound Knowledge consists of four elements. Answer the following three parts relating to the psychology element of Deming's Profound Knowledge.
Justify your schedule changes, describing any tasks you are cutting, dependencies you are changing, resource allocations you are modifying, etc.
Calculate the ROI by dividing operational results by costs. The ROI gives an estimate of the dollar return expected from each dollar invested in training.
Based on your understanding of the DuPont Formula, what observations/recommendation could you make to management about the existing business model?
Consider such features as the integration of social networking, Web 2.0 capabilities, and responsive web design/mobile capabilities.
What type of management style does CEO Larry Page use? Is this any different than the styles of the founders? What organizational beliefs and values does the Page hold important?
An ancient Chinese proverb says, "In addition to the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the non-esse