Explain the commerce clause and its connections to business

Assume you are the sender in a hypothetical communication, what characteristics of the receiver, message, and level/type of noise would impact your decisions related to medium of the message. In what circumstances would you use written communication, oral communication, or both? Which of remaining three components (receiver, message, and noise) do is typically most important when you decide the specific medium (conversation, speech, phone call, video conference, letter, memo, email, etc.) you will use to communicate?

Quality Management and Mini-Projects

Five key Quality Management (QM) Areas are:

• The Foundations & Philosophies of QM,
• Statistical Methods for QM,
• Design for Quality,
• Measuring & Controlling Quality,
• Six Sigma in QM.

1. Explain and summarize the key lessons for two of the key Quality Management Areas.
2. Outline and explain two of the Mini-Projects we have studied this term( Mini Projects were Service quality and Service outsourcing)
3. Describe and explain why or how understanding these Mini-Projects are related to understanding one or more of the key Quality Management Areas

3. SPC and Control Charts

1. Define what SPC stands for and means.
2. Outline the five (5) key steps for setting up a control chart and monitoring a process
3. Name the chart type and list the chart(s) and formula(s) for one (1) control chart for Variable Data and one (1) type for Attribute Data.

4. Explain and list the case characteristics that describe when you would use the chart types named and listed in part (c)

5. Sketch and fully label all the parts of the control charts you mentioned in part (c)

4. Six Sigma

1. Define and explain Six Sigma Quality Practises
2. Fully describe and list the five (5) factors to be considered when selecting a Six Sigma project.

Discuss the existing HR processes and systems, strategic goals and the effectiveness of the HR processes

Columbiana is a small, independent island in the Caribbean that has many historical buildings, forts, and other sites along with rain forests and striking mountains. A few first-class hotels and several dozen less expensive accommodations lie along its beautiful white-sand beaches. The major airlines have regular flights to Columbiana, as do several small airlines. Columbiana’s government wants to increase tourism and develop new markets for the country’s tropical agricultural products. How can a web presence help? What Internet business model would be appropriate? What functions should the website perform?

Does the board of directors need shareholder approval to decide operating policies?

1: The DMAIC Technique

1. Describe what DMAIC means and how is it used in quality management.
2. Describe all the key steps in the DMAIC process
3. For each step describe, sketch diagrams or describe data where appropriate for at least 3 components in each step of this process improvement technique

4. If a Quality audit was needed to determine the root cause of a product failure suggest, describe and explain why specific DMAIC steps, components and tools might be the most important to apply for discovering and resolving the product failures.

A recent article by an investigative journalist has gone viral; exposing some pretty disturbing labor practices in one of the company’s factories in India. Worse still, this comes on the heels of another high profile documentary exposing the environmental issues in cotton production. The company sources cotton from both India and China. Corporate management is coming under intense international pressure as well as from the US press, public, environmentalists, shareholders and the board of directors. The CEO is looking to you to:

You've been asked to provide examples of country-specific and culturally sensitive initiatives that the company will be taking to remedy the situation and improve the company's image in the eyes of its international stakeholders. (RAA Excellence System Mastery Level Civic & Social Responsibility)

Why is a defined information architecture necessary to be assured of accurate/reliable accounting and financial management information?

a. Compute the future value at the end of 4 years of $900 invested today at an interest rate of 6 per cent and describe two business uses for this specific type of computation.

b. Compute the future value at the end of 4 years of $900 put away in a savings account each of four years at an interest rate of 6 per cent and describe two business uses for this specific type of computation.

c. Explain the time value of money concept and the role of compound interest and opportunity cost in time value of money concept as it relates to business planning.

For each of the following loan options (a & b) compute the following values:

? annual loan payment

? proportion of principle and interest in the first annual payment

? total interest paid over the entire time line of the loan

? total principal paid over the entire time line of the loan

a. You have decided to purchase a capital asset using an 850,000 at a rate of 8% for 25 years.

b. You have decided to purchase a capital asset for 850,000 at a rate of 7% for 15 years.

c. Which option would you take and why? Explain.

Should U.S. Imports of Prescription Drugs from Canada Be Widened"

1. Should the United States legalize the importation of lower-cost pharmaceuticals? If so, should this apply to individual consumers, pharmacies, or other entities?

2. If the United States were to permit the importation of lower-cost pharmaceuticals from abroad, should this importation apply to all foreign countries or a limited number? if a limited number, which should they be and why?

3. If the United States were to permit the importation of lower-cost pharmaceuticals from abroad, should this apply to all pharmaceuticals or just to some? If just to some, what criteria should be used?

4. If pharmacies were allowed to import less costly drugs from abroad, should regulations be put into effect to pass on some/all cost savings to consumers? If so, what should they be?

4. If pharmacies were allowed to import less costly drugs from abroad, should regulations be put into effect to pass on some/all cost savings to consumers? If so, what should they be?