Peanut butter is in the maturity or decline stage of the product life cycle. Does that explain why Skippy introduced a reduced-fat version of its peanut butter? What other variations on older products have been introduced in the last few years? Do you see any other products that are in the decline stage that could be renewed through change (newspapers?).

Projective techniques are diagnostic tools to uncover the true opinion and feelings of consumers when they are unwilling to or otherwise unavailable to express themselves on theses matters. (pp.300-302).

Pick a brand. Employ two of projective techniques to attempt to identify sources of its brand equity. Which measures work better do you think? Why?

1.According to Fuller and Shikaloff, employees are more engaged if

a.they are sufficiently (financially) rewarded for their work
b.they are better educated
c.they work for a manager who is working at least as much as they are
d.management will just get out of their way so they can get their work done

2.High performers typically
a.place a high value on their own development and see it as a sign that your company is a good place to build a career
b.avoid working for a company without a robust training program
c.find ways to build additional skillsets in the people they work with
d.are demanding (in terms of higher pay/greater benefits)

3.When you delegate, you should see your role as
a.a micromanager
b.a monitor and a coach
c.hedgehog
d.an enabler

Answers should be between 50-150 words and MUST be in your own words. You must understand that plagiarism is an offence and will be seriously dealt with as per college policies and may result in a failing grade.

Assignment

Read Part 2 of the CSR Implementation Guide located on Blackboard (Course Content tab/Additional Material) and answer the questions below.

Background

Amanda is the owner of CatsCafé located in Timmins, Ontario. In addition to the owner, CatsCafé employs 16 individuals (4 full-time (2 are managers) and 12 part-time). The café serves coffee, tea, soups, sandwiches and desserts. It has a small eat-in area for roughly 30 patrons. Amanda has heard about corporate social responsibility and that it is important but she doesn’t know much about it so she has come to you for advice.

Questions

1. Amanda doesn’t know what it means to implement a CSR strategy. What do you tell her?
2. What considerations should CatsCafé use when implementing its CSR strategy?
3. What knowledge and skills do the employees of CatsCafé need to implement CSR initiatives?
4. Amanda doesn’t know how the CSR initiative should be communicated. What do you advise?
5. Amanda doesn’t know what a CSR evaluation is. What do you tell her? Why are CSR evaluations important?

QC.56 Thirst, an IBC company, wants to serve their customers within a consistent, reasonable amount of time. On each day during their second week of business (5 days total) they randomly timed the wait time of 12 different customers (per day). The table below contains the average wait time (in seconds) for each of these days as well as the minimum and maximum wait times for each day:

Using this information (above) and the table at the top of this problem (Factors for Control Charts), set up an x-bar chart and an r-chart.
Hint: Answer the following questions to help you gather the necessary data to complete these problems.

• Is a target wait time given? If not, then you should calculate the sample mean (average of the average times) and use that as the target wait time.
• Do you know what the range is for the wait times each day (the difference between the minimum and maximum times)? How about the average range across all days?
  

What is the upper control limit for the x-bar chart? (Display your answer to two decimal places.
   

What is the lower control limit for the x-bar chart? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)

   

What is the upper control limit for the r-chart? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)
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What is the lower control limit for the r-chart? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)
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Why is developing a network often considered the most valuable source of information about jobs?

PM.62 The US government has recently contracted with Boeing to build its fleet of airborne tankers. The project has been laid out with durations (in weeks), predecessors, and costs included:

What is the critical path of the project?

If you wanted to shorten the overall duration of the project, which activity would you crash first?

What would be the weekly crashing cost of the activity you selected in the previous question? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)

Crash the project by 3 weeks. What is the total cost of crashing the project (just the additional cost, not total project cost)? (Display your answer to two decimal places.)

Do you think that informational interviewing can be an effective networking tool? Why or why not? Do you plan on conducting informational interviews? Why or why not? Who would you interview? Why would you interview them? Please Answer in 6-8 Sentences

1. According to the text, recent psychological studies have shown that coercive power in managers is becoming less and less effective. Many managers now use authoritarian styles of managing where they force compliance on their subordinates. However, a lot of managers are still trying to use more charismatic styles to try and build relationships and build a “safe space” for their employees. Overall, which do you think is more effective for a company? Why?

According to Epictetus, “We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we speak.” What do you think this means to you personally, and more importantly, what do you think this quote means in the corporate world?

Table below contains information about an environmental clean-up project in the township of Hiles. Shorten the project three weeks by finding the minimum-cost schedule. Assume that project indirect costs and penalty costs are negligible. Identify activities to crash while minimizing the additional crash costs.

Table 1 - Environmental Project Data

Fong Technology Ltd. (Fong) manufactures high-quality camera drones. Their high-quality product image and innovations in product features are known to the market. The following are the data of Fong’s business for 2018 and 2019:

Conversion costs in each year depend on production capacity defined in terms of the number of drones that can be produced, not the actual units produced.

Required

(a) Is Fong’s strategy one of cost leadership or product differentiation? Explain briefly.

(b) Calculate Fong’s operating income for the years 2018 and 2019

(c) Calculate the growth, price-recovery, and productivity components and, using these information, prepare a reconciliation statement to explain the change in operating income from 2018 to 2019. (Indicate favourable change with ‘F’ and unfavourable change with ‘U’)

Select an organization that requires you to act as a change agent to form an organizational change intervention within it. The selection of the organization needs to be a current existing organization locally or internationally that needs organizational change for performance improvement, sustainability or increase its profitability. In the assignment clarify your role as a change agent towards making the organizational change. As a change agent you shall present to the stakeholders the below:

Q1. A client report  that describes an organization that you will provide an organizational intervention. Your evaluation as a change agent should have five sections:

• Background of the selected organization and organizational situation that needs organizational intervention