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.)

JOB     CR

1         ?

2         ?

3         ?

4         ?

5         ?

Using the Critical Ratio (CR) scheduling rule for sequencing the jobs, the order is:

Sequence       Job

1                       ?

2                        ?

3                        ?

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The decision on departmentalizing depends on the company and industry, but what method would work best for a typical American company company, for your company, or a company you know? These organizing principles apply to most any organization - as an example, how would you organize your community association?

What is sourcing in HR? Why we need to source explain and what are the lead and lag indicators of evaluation in sourcing

Discuss how, why, and where a critical incident technique is used.

Write 4-6 professional-level paragraphs on ANY movie of your choice that contains a leadership lesson (even FROZEN has a ton of leadership lessons - you just have to look for them.) Write up a summary of what leadership lessons you've learned. Be specific. I want to know what leadership styles you saw. Add what events showed you what kind of leader someone was. What situations were most impactful to you (as you as a developing leader yourself) as you watched the movie. What lessons will you takeaway into your own leadership and why?

As part of the internationalization process, when did The Coca-Cola Company first started their licensing in China? What were the FSAs or CSAs the company used to help with licensing in China?

1. How will small businesses, which are now closed, under shelter-in-place orders continue to exist?

2. How will small businesses continue to make payroll and pay for benefits, if they are closed?

3. Will banks make bridge loans to small businesses, given their failure rate?

Identify and briefly explain what is meant by each of the following terms:

a. horizontal scope
b. vertical scope
c. scope of the firm

11. Managers who train and supervise the performance of nonmanagerial employees and who are directly responsible for producing the company's products or services are categorized as:

a. middle managers

b. team leaders

c. general managers

d. top managers

e. first-line managers

12. Mike Walker supervises operations on the chassis assembly line for a large vehicle manufacturer. Most of his time is spent in quality control maintenance, scheduling workers, and training new employees. Walker would be categorized as a:

a. team leader

b. top manager

c. first-line manager

d. group facilitator

e. middle manager

13. The two kinds of external organizational environments are the general environment and the specific environment.

True

False

14. External environments are the forces and events outside a company that have the potential to influence or affect it.

True

False

15. Resource scarcity is the degree to which an organization's external environment has an abundance or lack of critical organizational resources.

True

False

16. The best way to manage legal responsibilities is to retain a large staff of legal specialists to defend the company against any charges.

True

False

17. Organizational culture refers to the set of key values, beliefs, and attitudes shared by organizational members.

True

False

18. ____ is a tactic in which an advocacy group actively tries to convince consumers not to purchase a company's product or service.

a. Product boycott

b. Media advocacy

c. Lobbying

d. Market denigration

e. Public communications

Rutgers is planning to expand its capacity in athletic centers. They purchased a pretty big piece of land, so space is not really an issue. The options that they have are four, in terms of facilities: basketball, tennis, football, and baseball. A basketball facility is expected to cost 10,000$ and should be used by around 75 people per day. A tennis facility is expected to cost 8,000$ and should be used by around 45 people per day. A football facility is expected to cost 13,000$ and should be used by around 110 people per day. Finally, a baseball facility is expected to cost 11,000$ and should be used by around 80 people per day. Although the planner (you) is free to choose as many facilities per type as he wants, there are some restrictions: football facilities should be no more than 5 and the available budget is 250,000$. The objective is to maximize the daily usage.

At the optimal solution, how many basketball facilities should be built?

A.

None of the above

B.0

C.5

D.13

List the tools and techniques used in the project initiation domain. Note that there is a difference between tools and techniques.

Walmart’s Global Strategy

Walmart’s international division has an important job. With 80% of the retail industry’s growth coming from outside of the United States, Walmart’s $137 billion in international sales in 2014—29% of sales overall—is a key driver of overall revenue growth. To drive this performance, David Cheesewright, CEO of Walmart’s international division, is focusing on current operations in growth markets and e-commerce. Shopping trends indicate that what customers buy is changing fast, and that they are quickly switching to online shopping platforms. After decades of work trying to develop a foundation in the Chinese market, Walmart is consolidating its portfolio of stores in that country, closing nonperforming retail stores and investing in successful ones. To enter the Chinese e-grocery market, Walmart holds a 51% stake in Yihaodian, which has posted triple-digit growth—twice the market rate. The company’s operations in Brazil and Mexico are experiencing slowing growth, in part a result of economic cycles and their brand’s life cycle, but they still offer the opportunity to develop strong, mature businesses. International expansion comes with country-specific challenges. After experiencing too many regulatory difficulties in India, Walmart canceled plans to open retail stores there. Instead, Walmart India is focusing on business-to-business sales.

Although Walmart has successfully dominated the U.S. market, it has found that expanding its reach across the globe does not always fit with its strengths. In addition, navigating the variety of economic and regulatory requirements across different countries adds significant complexity to the company’s operations. Finally, gaining access to and managing workforces with different values, cultures, and languages present tremendous challenges.

QUESTIONS

1. What criteria should a company use to determine which countries it should expand into?

2. How can a company assess how cultural and economic differences might impede its ability to succeed in different countries?

3. What things can companies do to manage a global workforce more effectively?

SOURCE: S. Banjo, “Wal-Mart’s Strategy to Jump Start Growth in China,” Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2014.

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