Assume you are asked the following question during a job interview:  What is your greatest strength? How would you answer? Come up with ONE adjective that describes your greatest strength (e.g., dependable, flexible, conscientious) and write a success story that proves you have this strength.

Begin with the statement: My greatest strength is that I am ___________________. For example.....

Organizational Behavior:

Motivation: What do you think are the most important motivational needs for the majority of people? Do you think your needs differ from those of most people?

(Please don't copy other answers. Thank you.)

a PowerPoint-style presentation with a pitch script in the Notes section outlining your pitch for the use of design thinking to solve a problem. Be sure to include the following, with any other relevant information that you think is essential to an effective pitch:

Identify the potential customers or end-users that would be positively affected if the organization adopted the more formal design thinking process.

Explain whether design thinking could be effectively integrated into the organization, and why?

How would you convince stakeholders within the organization of its value?

Be sure to draw on the articles by Brown (2008) and Brown and Anthony (2011) from this week’s Resources to support your conclusions.

a PowerPoint-style presentation with a pitch script in the Notes section outlining your pitch for the use of design thinking to solve a problem. Be sure to include the following, with any other relevant information that you think is essential to an effective pitch:

Identify the potential customers or end-users that would be positively affected if the organization adopted the more formal design thinking process.

Explain whether design thinking could be effectively integrated into the organization, and why?

How would you convince stakeholders within the organization of its value?

Be sure to draw on the articles by Brown (2008) and Brown and Anthony (2011) from this week’s Resources to support your conclusions.

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $13.50. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $150 per setup. The equipment with which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 25,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days.
What is the length of a production run in days? (Round your answers to two decimal places.

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $13.50. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $150 per setup. The equipment with which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 25,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days.
What is the cycle time? (Round your answers to two decimal places.

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $13.50. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $150 per setup. The equipment with which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 25,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days.
What is the minimum cost production lot size? (Round your answers to two decimal places.

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $13.50. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $150 per setup. The equipment with which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 25,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days. What is the reorder point? (Round your answers to the whole number.)

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 7,400 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $13.50. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $150 per setup. The equipment with which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 25,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days. What is the reorder point? (Round your answers to the whole number.)

Nada Dairy is contracted to receive daily 60,000 kg of ripe tomatoes at 7 cents per kg from which it produces canned tomato juice, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. The canned products are packaged in 24-can cases. A can of juice uses 1 kg of fresh tomatoes, a can of sauce uses 1/2 kg, and a can of paste uses 3/4 kg. The company’s daily share of the market is limited to 2000 cases of juice, 5000 cases of sauce, and 6000 cases of paste. The wholesale prices per case of juice, sauce, and paste are SAR 21, SAR 9, and SAR 12, respectively.

a. [2 Marks] Develop a mathematical model that determine the optimum daily production program for the company.

b. [1 Mark] Solve it using software and show the results.

c. [2 Mark] If the price per case for juice and paste remains fixed as given in the problem, use sensitivity analysis to determine the unit price range that the company should charge for a case of sauce to keep the optimum product mix unchanged.

EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE ORGANIZATION

Organization officials have a legal and moral responsibility to ensure that the workplace is free from unnecessary hazards. Employers hold responsibility for understanding what is necessary to keep workers safe from harm. Conditions surrounding the workplace must be secure for employee’s physical and mental health. As many organizations have implemented wellness program, that focus on smoking cessation, weight control, stress management, early diagnosis of health problems, prevention and education about life-style related and contagious illness. Wellness program can cut Employers health cost and lower absenteeism by preventing health related problems.

Reference: Textbook- DeCenzo, D. A., & Robbins, S. P. (2013). Human resource management , Chapter 13 Health and Safety.

Assignment Questions:

Use scientific journals from the or textbook in your answers

1. Describe the role of HR in offering Healthy and safe work environment to the workers. Also write the ways that Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA assist employers in creating a safer workplace.

2. Discuss the purpose and significance of Wellness Programs/Disease Management in the Organization. Support your answer with the example of two companies that provide these programs to their workers.

3. If you’re HR Manager, how can you support your employees during the Public Health Emergency/Outbreak? Present your HR planning to run the organization effectively along with employees’ safety.

1. How did the PICU directors continually readjusted their design to meet internal and external challengers?

Is it ethical to compel a nonunion member to pay union dues as a condition of his or her employment? Why or Why Not?

what are some of the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities commonly found in the workstation domain?

Knowledge Management

• Discuss with examples the major KM objectives and how specific KM initiatives can be implemented to address them.
• Illustrate the major elements of a KM strategy and discuss the processes involved in each step.

What is the most expensive distribution activity? Explain how this activity works.

What are the key support functions for a successful execution of distribution?

Write one or two sentences in which you describe each area of project management knowledge-as defined by the Project Management Institute. 1. Quality 2. Team selection (human resources) 3. Communications 4. Risk 5. Procurement 6. Start-up 7. Scope 8. Time 9. Cost

Compare and contrast owning verses outsourcing a distribution center.

Owning a Distribution Center comes with 4 major considerations. What are they?