What are Sherwin-Williams resources, capabilities and core competencies?

1- Describe the 4 ways of creating competitive advantage.

2- Define and discuss the value chain

3- Describe and discuss TQM

Reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a company's ability to continue business operations (business continuity plans). Must include a link to a journal or article discussing the company's response.

1. Application of the “4/5 rule”

Porpoise Swimwear, Inc. is a clothing manufacturing company located in South Florida. They produce children’s recreation wear such as swimsuits, shorts, cover-ups, and t-shirts. Their clothing is sold throughout the U.S. through department stores such as Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, and Nordstrom’s. They currently employ about 475 employees. Of these, 320 are women and 155 are men. However, of the 100 employees at the management level, 85 are men and 15 are women.

This year a strategic decision was made to expand internationally. Therefore, the workforce is being expanded at the production and the supervisory level. They hired 15 supervisors according to the following breakdown:

Five of the women, that did not receive the supervisor positions, filed a class action suit against Porpoise Swimwear, Inc. with the EEOC.

Your Assignment

You work for the EEOC. Your supervisor told you to use the “4/5 rule” to determine whether the women have a prima facia case before we proceed any further.

a.      Perform the math to determine whether there is a prima facia case. You must show your work in order to receive credit.

b.     From your calculations does it look like the women have a case and can proceed to court? Explain why, or why not.

c.     At this point, who does the burden of proof shift to? Support your answer with the legal information that you learned in class.

Identify technological amazon's underpinnings including the security and ethical issues.

Malaysian Company Law:

Explain the legal effects of winding up order made by the court with reference to the relevant legal provisions and decided cases.

High-School Confidential

Notes on Teen Movies

David DENBY

More info:

David Denby (b. 1943), who lives in New York City, is a staff writer and film critic for the New Yorker and the former film critic for New York. His writing has also appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Review of Books, and the New Republic. His first book, Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World (1996), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Denby is also the editor of Awake in the Dark: An Anthology of Film Criticism from 1915 to the Present (1977), American Sucker (2004), and Snark (2009). The essay that follows was originally published in the New Yorker in May 1999.

What is Denby's opinion of teen movies? Does he find anything redeeming in them?

Use quotes from the reading to support your ideas.

Current Event on Leadership during the coronavirus crisis

The "true colors" of leaders and of organizations tend to come out on display during crisis. • Find an article about the leader or company in your field of interest that’s been in the news relating to CORONAVIRUS that’s doing GREAT and AMAZING things for people and communities (i.e. search in online papers such as Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times) detailing the personal, ethical, local, national or international issue. • Summarize it in 1 page • In the summary, please make sure to note it’s importance in the field of leadership, how does it/they help or hurt others? What’s the relationship to this coursework? • Articles must not be more than 3 months old • Articles can be from mass media or professional sources. Attach your article or link and your summary • You must also comment on 2 other students’ posts with your welcome remarks and feedback about their videos. Comments must be informative and substantive, don’t write “nice job, blah blah blah…” • If you post too close to the due date/time, you’re not giving other students ample time to provide feedback and will be docked points.

Describe in your own words why you think the trait theory of leadership may have inherent flaws. Why is trait theory inappropriate? You may consider the following question: even though there's no such thing as a natural-born leader, why are the majority of Fortune 500 CEOs white men (and a big chunk of those white men are tall - above 6' in height). Why does this contradiction exist?

View the movie Remember the Titans. Using the Situational Leadership model described in the text, and in the handout posted on Moodle, assess Coach Boone’s leadership style flexibility.

1. Cite an example from the movie when Coach Boone used a Directive leadership style. What specifically did he do (behavior) that indicated he was being Directive? Describe the situation, and assess follower Readiness (follower Ability and Willingness). Did Coach Boone utilize an appropriate leadership style in this situation, and why or why not?

2. Cite an example from the movie when Coach Boone used a Coaching leadership style. What specifically did he do (behavior) that indicated he was Coaching? Describe the situation, and assess follower Readiness (follower Ability and Willingness). Did Coach Boone utilize an appropriate leadership style in this situation, and why or why not?

3. Cite an example from the movie when Coach Boone used a Supporting leadership style. What specifically did he do (behavior) that indicated he was being Supportive? Describe the situation, and assess follower Readiness (follower Ability and Willingness). Did Coach Boone utilize an appropriate leadership style in this situation, and why or why not?

4. Cite an example from the movie when Coach Boone used a Delegating leadership style. What specifically did he do (behavior) that indicated he was being Delegative? Describe the situation, and assess follower Readiness (follower Ability and Willingness). Did Coach Boone utilize an appropriate leadership style in this situation, and why or why not?

5. How will your understanding of Situational Leadership enable you to be a better manager?

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, what is the impact of online grocery business? Can you provide 4 ideas to companies in the U.S food industry that you believe would help address the challenges and opportunities?

Thanks!

Preparation

In this assignment, we’ll return to Sun City Boards and the management challenges they face. (You can refresh your memory of Sun City Boards by reading the Why It Matters (Links to an external site.) and Putting It Together (Links to an external site.) sections of the Planning and Mission module.) With your advice, Tom Wilson (the owner) has continued to make strategic planning progress, but you and Tom realize that a new organizational structure is needed for the company to grow as you envision. Plans include expanding beyond a single store/manufacturing shop and reaching new markets via an Internet presence and e-commerce. The following is a summary of the current staff and loose descriptions of job functions:

• Owner/CEO – Tom Wilson (Designs the boards, sets their selling price, and establishes sales channels with local surf shops)
• Bookkeeper – Sarah Balanced (Sarah also doubles as order-taking clerk, cash register attendant, and customer complaint listener)
• Board Maker – Jack Ovalltrades (If Tom invents it, Jack can make it!)
• Board Making Assistants – 3 Jills (Assignments change almost daily as Jack decides what needs to be done next)
• Sales Associate – Kelly Dude (Named after famed surfer Kelly Slater and a business icon for Sun City Boards; visits surf shops and occasionally closes a sale)
• Part-time Associates – Hired as needed for inventory management (cleanup), promotional events, etc.

The Organizational Structures module of your text provides numerous examples and illustrations of organizational structures. As Tom’s advisor, your assignment now is to select one of the organizational structures presented in the reading, describe how it works, chart the future structure for Sun City, and explain why you prescribe it. The following steps will help you prepare for your written assignment:

1. Thoroughly read the Organizational Structures module.
2. Carefully consider the various organizational structures, their key structural components, and organizational timing relevant for Sun City. Consider the internal and external environmental factors, as well as current trends.

Your Task

1. Select one of the Organizational Structures from your reading for Sun City.
2. Create a Future State Organizational Chart for Sun City. You may use a presentation tool of your choice. There are numerous organizational chart format inserts available in popular software. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint have Hierarchy charts found on the Insert tab under SmartArt. Your org chart should contain the title of the job function, even if no Sun City employee currently fills that role. You may also recommend a reporting structure for the existing employees within the new structure.
3. Write at least two paragraphs describing your chosen structure and why you selected it. Your written explanation must include three properly referenced and defined terms from the module reading. For example, if you select a functional structure, explain each relevant function.

In addition to the text, you are encouraged to research your organizational structure using reliable and properly cited Internet resources. You may also draw from your personal work experience with appropriate examples to support your references.

Should federal bureaucrats be granted discretion in the implementation of public policies?

The following jobs are waiting to be processed at Jeremy​ LaMontagne's machine center. Today is day 240.

Calculate the Critical Ratios​ (CR): ​(Enter all responses rounded to two decimal​ places.)

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