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Question #1

A bakery's use of corn sweetener is normally distributed with a mean of 80 gallons per day and a standard deviation of four gallons per day. Lead time for delivery of the corn sweetener is normal, with a mean of six days and a standard deviation of two days. If the manager wants a service level of 99 percent, calculate the following: [Note: for a 99% service level the appropriate z value is 2.33] Equations:

1. Assuming demand is constant at 80 gallons per day and lead time is variable as indicated above, what would the reorder point be?

2. Assuming lead time is constant at six days and demand is variable as indicated above, what would the reorder point be?

3. The supply chain manager for this bakery is considering two options to improve performance. Option #1 is marketing effort to gain new customers that will stabilize demand. Options #2 is a long term contract with the supplier which will guarantee delivery lead times. Which option would you recommend and why?

what are some of the challenges faced by MNCs in their global compensation practices?

What is the meaning of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)? Why is there a need for IMC by marketers and how do marketers go about implementing it? Give an example and description of at least three IMC tools.

Question 1

Which kind of conflict is most likely to result in better team outcomes like increased energy and creativity, rather than negative feelings and poor team performance? (pick one)

a) A high amount of process conflict where it is hard for the team to figure out how to delegate

b) A moderate amount of relationship conflict where everyone somewhat dislikes each other

c) A low level of overall conflict, where people avoid discussing problems

d) Moderate conflict focused on the task in a supportive environment

Question 2

Mismatches in shared mental models can be (pick one):

a) an antecedent or stage 1 in the group conflict process model.

b) a cause of team composition.

c) competing conflict intentions.

d) a dysfunctional outcome of group conflict.

Question 3

Which of these are, based on the literature, true of the relationship between conflict and team diversity? (pick all that apply)

a) Demographic diversity can lead to more conflict and less cohesion.

b) Multicultural diversity can lead to more task conflict and more creativity, but also potentially more dysfunction.

c) Multidisciplinary diversity can lead to more conflict and more creativity, but also more dysfunction.

d) Background knowledge diversity can lead to less conflict overall.

e) How diversity leads to conflict can also depend on how conflict is expressed in different cultures.

Question 4

When Lydia engages in conflict, her intention and style is moderately high on both the dimensions of assertiveness and cooperativeness. Which is her style? (pick one)

a) Accommodating

b) Compromising

c) Competing

d) Collaborating

Question 6

Sofia is trying to sell a used laptop to Darius; they are haggling over the price. Sofia wants at least $100, but Darius doesn’t want to spend more than $110. This type of negotiation is called:

a) Integrative bargaining

b) Distributive bargaining

c) Tactical bargaining

d) Process bargaining

Question 7

Which one of these is the best example of a person weighing their BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) in a negotiation? (pick one)

a) Patricia is negotiating for a job as a data scientist with CoolKidz, a web startup, and wants to know about their sick and annual leave policies as well as their salary offers.

b) Pedro recognizes that feeling good about the process of a negotiation leads to better job satisfaction; people are less likely to leave the job within a year regardless of the outcome of the negotiation if the process is perceived as fair.

c) Paloma has a job offer after graduation to make $50,000 a year doing data science at CapitalOne. She is currently negotiating with CoolKidz, a web startup, to be a data scientist there, and she realizes that she will not take any offer under $50,000 a year.

d) Phillip takes advantage of the clarification and justification part of the negotiation process in selling a used car to educate the buyer about the history of the car and how well it was maintained.

Question 8

According to the chapter, there is ample research that men are more likely to negotiate for higher salaries than women. According to the research described in the chapter, in what situations is this gender difference smaller, and/or are women likely to be just as successful/good at negotiating as men? (pick all that apply)

a) When negotiating on behalf of another person.

b) When women act as aggressively as men in negotiation.

c) When negotiators have experience.

d) When the range of negotiated settlements is structured and unambiguous.

e) When acting against stereotype.

1. In this discussion question you will discuss the value chain.

How do companies determine their value chain? At what point(s) does management define the value chain for a product/service? What benefit and importance does a value chain provide for decision making?

2. In this discussion question you will management assessment tools.

Cost-volume-profit may be one of the most valuable assessment tools available to management. Discuss why CVP is so important and provide a real life example you may have been involved in or find of interest as far as break-even for a product/service.

Does high quality is synonymous with high price or high cost? Please use Toyota Corolla and a Rolls Royce (two functionally similar products that compete in very different markets) discuss the relative quality of each

Analyze how the Pandemic of the Coronavirus impacted Uber and how should Uber emerge from this pandemic.

Title: Research Objectives

“Increase the total male engineering majors at the institution to seventy percent (70%) by June 2020”.

Comment about this objective using the following terms: specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic, and time-specific.

The Bill of Rights was drafted to protect individuals from their own government, not from criminals. Because of this, the defendant in a criminal case has rights that are constitutionally protected. The victims of the crime do not have as many rights in the criminal trial as does the defendant. Should our legal system pay more attention to the victims of crime? How should the victim's rights be protected in a criminal trial?

Which do you think is more important to performance and effectiveness: hiring followers with high levels of achievement orientation or designing work activities to improve autonomy, mastery, and meaning? Why?

Fanatically focusing on execution and brand. That’s how analysts describe the strategic approach of Warby Parker, a New York City eyewear startup that’s quickly disrupting the old-fashioned eyewear business. Co-founded in 2010 by David Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal (who are also now co-CEOs), Warby Parker has shown itself to be a fierce and successful competitor. Why? “One word, deliberate.” They are disciplined about their brand, but embrace and exploit technology in disrupting the staid and conservative way eyewear has traditionally been sold. So what does Warby Parker do?

To appreciate what Warby Parker is doing, we need to look back at how the idea for the company came about. After leaving a $700 pair of Prada frames in a seat-back pocket on a flight while backpacking in Southeast Asia, Gilboa began questioning why he had a $200 iPhone in his pocket that had the technology to do a number of really cool things and yet replacing that pair of glasses—a technology that’s hundreds of years old—would cost way more than that $200 iPhone.^{57 (Links to an external site.)} Like many other entrepreneurs, he believed there had to be a better way. His research exposed an industry that was a virtual monopoly with a very powerful eyewear supplier, thus the reason for the high-priced eyewear. Gilboa and a friend, who were both in Wharton’s MBA program, weren’t even sure they could take on such a powerful competitor until they teamed up with Blumenthal (also at Wharton). Blumenthal was rumored to know “more than pretty much anyone else in the world about how to work outside of the traditional eyeglass-supply chains.” Well, it didn’t take long for the crew to start selling eyewear online from a Philadelphia apartment.

Future Vision

Today, Warby Parker designs and manufactures its own trendy, stylish frames and sells them directly to consumers over the Internet for an affordable $95 a pair. That price also includes prescription lenses, shipping, and a donation to VisionSpring, a not-for-profit where Blumenthal served as a director. The company has begun opening brick-and-mortar stores, with 11 open currently. Other growth plans include expanding their product mix, diversifying their frame selection into areas such as kids’ frames and glasses with progressive lenses, and exploring revolutionary technologies that would do eye exams online. Warby Parker was named Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company of 2015 and was honored as a finalist in the 2014 USA Today Entrepreneur of the Year. Another thing Warby Parker does is its “Buy a Pair, Give a Pair” program, which benefits visually-impaired individuals in developing countries. Meanwhile, to carry on the company’s success, Gilboa and Blumenthal will continue being disciplined in all they do, fanatically focusing attention on execution and brand. That future vision should help Warby Parker continue on its successful journey.

1. What role do you think goals might play in planning for Warby Parker’s future? List some goals you think might be important. (Make sure these goals have the characteristics of well-written goals.)

2. What types of plans would be needed in an industry such as this one? (For instance, long-term or short-term, or both?)Explain why you think these plans would be important.

3. What contingency factors might affect the planning efforts of Warby Parker executives? How might those contingency factors affect the planning?

1.Explain how a concept of operations document is similar to, or different from, other engineering design reports.

2. Watch people performing a task and create a brief quantitative and qualitative description of the task