The two reasons why People Resist Change in any organization are Surprise and fear of the unknown and Organizational politics. Explain what they meant and why they resist changes? Give some real examples of such kind for any organization.

Case study 3: You work in a hospital ER and a firm belief has developed among the staff that the ER is busier and there are more violent patients when there is a full moon.  You notice that it is getting more and more difficult to staff the ER when the moon is full.   One staff member in particular refuses to work during the full moon citing “religious reasons.”  

Identify the logical error or errors being made in the case study.

Explain what professional ethical standards may be called into question by this error (or errors).

Discuss the relationship of logical thought to ethical behavior in the workplace based on your consideration of your case study.  

Discuss how to approach ethical problems in the workplace.

Discuss whether transportation and warehousing management could play a critical role in realising manufacturing company's competitive strategy
(50marks)

This is an essay question,Do it if you have knowledge in Operations Management.
Make sure explanation you are giving can earn 50 marks

Aurora theatrical company is considering taking one of its two musicals, on tour. In order to take a musical on tour, it has to first hire a producer at a cost of $1.8 million. Once a producer is hired it can opt for the well-known musical “Phantom of the Opera It has made the following calculations  The tour would cost $8 million  There is a .75 chance that it will earn $12 million and a .25 chance it will earn $8.5 million. Or alternately it can choose a new musical “Aladdin”. The tour would cost $6million. Since Aladdin is relatively unknown, hiring a PR firm to promote it can increase the probability that it will do well. If the PR firm is hired at a cost of 1.3 million and the musical is promoted the following estimates are made  There is a .60 chance that it will earn $9 million and a .4 chance it will earn $4 million It has made the following estimates if Aladdin is chosen and no promotion is done There is a .3 chance that it will earn $9 million and a .7 chance it will earn $4 million.

a. Draw the decision tree for this problem.

b. Calculate the expected values and determine the best decision for Aurora

Is it unethical to hire someone you are familiar with (family member, friend, former colleague) instead of a higher-qualified candidate? Discuss why or why not, or if it depends on certain factors.

• What is the difference between a work group and a work team?

The Coca Cola Company

A description of the current marketing strategy of the coca cola company.

A description of estimated marketing or product challenges of the coca cola company.

Recommendations for changes to market segmentation, advertising or product positioning. May include tables or diagrams to support your recommendations.

Review the case study below, and answer the questions that are provided. Provide complete and detailed responses to each question. Your paper must be at least three pages in length.

The Closing and Relocation of a Call Center

In this case study, you are the regional human resource director for a Fortune 500 company. You receive an unexpected visit from your vice president of human resources (VP of HR), who informs you that there is a reorganization taking place within your company. He starts by explaining that the president of the company has decided to retire after 28 years, and the new president has decided to move the current headquarters from the Northeast to Texas. No business reason was provided. There will be almost 1,000 employees redeployed since the company has existed in the Northeast for more than 75 years. This information will be released to employees within the next week. The call center—with more than 500 employees, including your office that is located within it—will also be relocated to another southern state. All employees will be offered their current positions and a relocation package if they wish to move. Those who do not want to relocate will be given a severance package with outplacement services provided.

Mr. Davis, your VP of HR, is aware that you hired most of the individuals working in the call center and that you are very familiar with the culture and employee status. This news will be devastating to the employees because they have made this the most productive and efficient call center within this global corporation. Mr. Davis came to get your advice on how to best handle the communications plan for announcing this news in your region.

Mr. Davis has taken care of notifications to the state and federal government (i.e., the 60-day notice required according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification [WARN] Act, which announces that the business is relocating and that employees will be redeployed). From previous experience, Mr. Davis shares with you that you will be contacted by the state to set up meetings so that the state may address all of the employees concerning the state benefits and services available to the employees.

Mr. Davis shares two important messages from the new president: (1) Although this news may be unsettling to many employees, business must be conducted in the same professional manner as always, with the least amount of disruption; and (2) whether the employees decide to relocate or not, while they are employed, they must maintain productivity levels, and their metrics will be monitored as usual.

Mr. Davis informs you that Mr. Woods, senior vice president (SVP) of the region, who is responsible for the call center, is being told of this reorganization via a conference call with his boss on the West Coast and the president of the company. Mr. Woods will be joining you and Mr. Davis to plan the communications shortly. Mr. Davis wants to get a head start on planning with you because he has a flight scheduled back to headquarters that afternoon.

You begin to outline a plan for the communications strategy; for example, you include information that will assist Mr. Woods in preparation for his meeting with his direct reports where he will deliver the news. Other questions you think about during the development of the outline are as follows: What information will Mr. Woods give to his direct reports this afternoon, and what will he give them to share with their managers and employees? Mr. Davis sees your outline, and he encourages you to develop your outline into a communication plan/plan of action and to continue to share it with Mr. Woods.

Before Mr. Davis leaves for the airport, he asks you to report back to him with any issues or difficulties you are experiencing with employees. Mr. Davis also asks that you report the following information to him: How many employees do you think will want to relocate? What do they want to know about the new location? What can he do to help answer these questions for the employees? What can he do to assist you with the communication plan or any activities you plan within the next 60-day period? Mr. Davis gives you all of his contact numbers and reminds you that he is available to you for questions and concerns at any time.

Analyze the information presented in this case study, present your communication plan, and answer the questions below. Your case study paper should be at least three pages in length and should follow APA guidelines.

Your communication plan should address the following questions:

• What are your concerns? For example, how will you motivate the employees to stay throughout the 60 days if they have other job offers? How will you motivate all employees to maintain their productivity levels?
• In the article “Semper Fidelis! A Recipe for Leading Others,” which is part of your Required Reading for this unit, Aubrey Daniels describes how a person earns leadership status and explains the importance of positive reinforcement. How will your plan help you to establish yourself as a positive reinforcer?
• What leadership style does Mr. Davis exhibit?
• Propose at least three leadership theories that could be applied to this situation. How will these theories advance or affect employee motivation?

1. How would you characterize the differences between Blockbuster's and Netflix's business models?

Discuss why a broad adoption of DMAIC is not a good idea for a project? Where does the lifecycle breakdown or introduce unnecessary inefficiencies? What would you tell a manager considering issuing such a lifecycle or project mandate?

1) Perform an ABC analysis on the following set of products. Show all work! (This question was already answered but there was no work shown, so please show how you reached each answer.)

Answers (with work shown):

Suppose we have two sets of prediction for the inflation rate for next year: one from a random sample of Fortune 500 firms and another from a random sample of university economists. At 0.05 level can it be claimed that on the average university educators are predicting a higher inflation rate for next year than the major private businesses?

1. Formulate the hypothesis (H₀ and H_a) and describe each in nontechnical language and in mathematical form. (5 pts)

2. Show the mean, rejection region, and the critical value(s) on the following graph. (6 pts)

Show the equation for computing the standard error.

3. What is your decision and why? (4 pts.)

4. Provide a conclusion in non-technical language (5 pts)

Why might someone argue the Texas court system is inefficient and irrational?

a. Judicial candidates are banned from talking about partisan elections but they also have to run on partisan labels

b. The texas courts often overlap with each other and look more like a patchwork array of courts

c. Judicial candidates are banned from receiving any campaign donations but yet have to finance a campaign for election

d.  Because judicial candidates end up having to consider different points of view during an election

Harry (who owns the houses and is being sued by Rebecca) is also a furniture dealer in town. Harry calls up another merchant and says he will sell 30 dressers for the standard price and the other merchant Sam says you have a deal. (The standard price is $80 each.) Harry then sends an email to the other merchant confirming what he just said, and says the items will be sent in one week. The other merchant promptly responds via email and says he has no room for them and can't pay for them, and needs three weeks. Harry calls him, and screams we had a deal, we have a deal and I will ship next week and will sue if you don't accept them and pay for them in a week. The other merchant says I want them, but will not take them until 3 weeks from now. Harry reads Section 2-207 of the UCC which says:  

(1) A definite and seasonable expression of acceptance or a written confirmation which is sent within a reasonable time operates as an acceptance even though it states terms additional to or different from those offered or agreed upon, unless acceptance is expressly made conditional on assent to the additional or different terms.

(2) The additional terms are to be construed as proposals for addition to the contract. Such terms become part of the contract unless:

• (a) the offer expressly limits acceptance to the terms of the offer;

• (b) they materially alter it; or

• (c) notification of objection to them has already been given or is given within a reasonable time after notice of them is received.

(3) Conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of a contract is sufficient to establish a contract for sale although the writings of the parties do not otherwise establish a contract. In such case the terms of the particular contract consist of those terms on which the writings of the parties agree, together with any supplementary terms incorporated under any other provisions of this Act.

1. Do the parties have a deal here?

2. When must payment be made?  

3. If Harry ships in one week, can he demand payment on delivery?  

4. Discuss why you think they do or don't have an agreement, and why the modifications are or are not valid.