(High school busing problem) The Arden County, Maryland, superintendent of education is responsible for assigning students to the three high schools in his county. He recognizes the need to bus a certain number of students, for several sectors of the county are beyond walking distance to a school. The superintendent               partitions the county into three geographic sectors as he attempts to establish a plan that will minimize the total         number of student miles traveled by bus. He also recognizes that if a student happens to live in a certain sector             and is assigned to the high school in that sector, there is no need to bus that student because he or she can walk               to school. The three schools are located in sectors B, C, and D.

              The following table reflects the number of high-school-age students living in each sector and the distance in               miles from each sector to each school:

              Each high school has a capacity of 500 students. Please define variables and set up the objective function and constraints of this problem using Linear Programming (LP) so that the total number of student miles traveled by bus is minimized. (5 points)

Compose an affirmative action plan that addresses each of the components.

1.

Rock Valley Airport is beginning to experience flight congestion and backups on the one runway that is used exclusively for landings. A plane can land and be cleared in 7.3 minutes on average. Planes waiting to land are asked to circle the airport.

On average 4.6 planes arrive at the airport per hour. What is the utilization-factor U of this runway? (Two decimal places.)

2.

Rock Valley Airport is beginning to experience flight congestion and backups on the one runway that is used exclusively for landings. A plane can land and be cleared in 7.6 minutes on average. Planes waiting to land are asked to circle the airport.

On average 3.9 planes arrive at the airport per hour. Assume system V=1.

On average, how many minutes do planes circle the airport waiting for clearance to land?

(Hint: this is the WT. Use WT = V*U*PT. Get U using the same procedure for the last questsion. The V factor is almost always assumed to be 1. The procedure is similar to the face painting example in the lecture.)

Select two separate products as an example of each of the stages of the Product Life Cycle concept.

Provide evidence to support your position.

Identify the marketing characteristics that are present for that particular life cycle stage with the product you selected.

Describe the communication best practices of Xerox. How does it organize itself to share information across divisions and with stakeholders? How does it convey its identity and narrative to the public?

Mickey Johnson is considering investing some money that he inherited. The following payoff table gives the               profits that would be realized during the next year for each of three investment alternatives Mickey is               considering (You should calculate the results to support your conclusions to get the credit): (10 points)

1. What decision would maximize expected profits? (4 points)

2. What is the maximum amount that should be paid for a perfect forecast of the economy? (3 points)

3. Develop an opportunity loss table for the investment problem that Mickey Lawson faces. What decision would minimize the expected opportunity loss? What is the minimum EOL? (3 points)

Singapore Airlines: Continuing Service Improvement : If you were the boss of the ground agents in Manila and Denpasar, what feedback and guidance would you give them? What would you write as a response to Denver's complaint letter?

Explain the following types of contract in your own understanding
i. Time and material – T & M ii. Firm fixed price – FFP iii. Fixed Price Incentive Fee – FPIF iv. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment contracts – FPEPA v. Cost Plus Fixed Fee – CPFF vi. Cost Plus Incentive Fee – CPIF   

From an Australian perceptive, how would you brief your staff who is going to be negotiating with Singapore, what would you put into an information session for your staff regarding the information needed to know about how to negotiate with someone from Singapore? Taking into consideration their culture and custom.

How has its success become vulnerable? Why is it difficult to maintain a leadership position for a company like SIA and continuously improve?

When hiring an employee, which do you believe is more important: person-organization fit or person-job fit? Explain your rationale, and use examples if possible.

With your answer in mind, think about someone who you have worked with who was not a good fit and ended up leaving the organization. Share your insights as to why the individual left the organization. Please keep the person and organization anonymous. This post must be at least 250 words.

What are some of the organizational characteristics that influence the budgeting decision? (Give examples of each)

1.Organizational learning works best when there is integrated thinking and acting at all levels of the organization, according to Peter Senge. True or False

2. A key function of the leaders in a learning organization is to generate an organization wide commitment to change. True or False

3. Codes of conduct not a good way for an organization to attract individuals who might want to work for a business that embraces high standards. True or False