Prioritize the departments at a healthcare organization, such as a hospital, in order of their importance to the revenue cycle.
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(Compensation)
Performance is a function of three general factors. Describe each of these factors, and why is it important to attend to each these three factors (recall Deming's perspective on performance)?
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Employment Law:
An internal audit conducted by the Vice President of Human Resources indicates that a bias has occurred in the company in which women, and particularity women of color, have negatively been impacted related to training & development opportunities, career development, and sexual harassment.
Prepare a training document for management that highlights major employment laws, report processes, management’s responsibility, and employee remedies.
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What did you identify while conducting a value chain analysis of American Airlines?
What are your observations from a similar value chain analysis that you conducted for Walden University?
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Produce 1 full page of body text for the following category citing sources. Address thoroughly providing a short background and explore the theoretical and practical application to business administration.
1. Internships and Continuing your Education
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Review one or more of the Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing articles (links below OR find an article on your own) and reflect upon your own team development process in your workplace.
What are your thoughts on the model presented?
What has been your experience in team development?
How often would you like your Capsim team to meet?
What roles will each person take?
How will decisions be made?
Will one person document the process?
How to find articles on Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing:
Classic / original model as introduced by Tuckman in
1965
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Elon Corporation manufactures parts for an aircraft company. It uses a computerized numerical controlled (CNC) machining center to produce a specific part that has a design target of 2.317 inches with tolerances of + 0.032 inch. The CNC process that manufactures these parts has a mean of 1.527 inches and a standard deviation of 0.095 inch. Compute the process capability ratio and process capability index, AND comment on the overall capability of the process to meet the design specifications.
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Indicate how each of the following might promote or impede the objective to maximize long-run profitability:
a) Decrease average cycle time
b) Decrease WIP
c) Increase product diversity
d) Improve product quality
e) Improve machine reliability
f) Reduce setup times
g) Enhance worker cross-training
h) Increase Machine Utilization
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Was Robert Eaton a Good Coach?
Robert Eaton was CEO and chairman of Chrysler from 1993 to
1998, replacing Lee Iacocca who retired after serving in this
capacity since 1978. Eaton then served as cochairman of the
newly merged DaimlerChrysler organization from 1998 to 2000.
With 362,100 employees, DaimlerChrysler achieved revenues
of EUR 136.4 billion in 2003. DaimlerChrysler’s passenger car
brands include Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Jeep,
Dodge, and Smart. Commercial vehicle brands include
Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Sterling, Western Star, and Setra.
From the beginning of his tenure as CEO, Eaton communicated
with the people under him. He immediately shared
his plans for the future with his top four executives and then
took the advice of his colleague, Bob Lutz, to look around the
company before making any hasty decisions concerning the
state of affairs at Chrysler. Eaton and Lutz ascertained that
Chrysler was employing the right staff and that they did not
need to hire new people; they just had to lead them in a different
manner, that is, in a more participative style.
Eaton listened to everyone in the organization, including
executives, suppliers, and assembly-line workers, to
determine how to help the company succeed. Eaton also
encouraged the employees at Chrysler to talk with one
another. The atmosphere of collaboration and open-door
communication between Eaton and Lutz (the two men sat
across the hall from one another and never closed their doors)
permeated the entire organization. Eaton and Lutz’s walkaround
management style indicated to employees that they
were committed to and engaged in the organization.
Furthermore, Eaton and Lutz held meetings with their executive
team on a regular basis to exchange ideas and information
from all areas of the organization.
Eaton even reorganized the manner in which Chrysler
designed cars based on a study, previously disregarded by
Iacocca, that indicated that Chrysler needed to be more
flexible and its executives needed to be in constant communication
with the product design team. One employee was
quoted as saying, “Bob Eaton does not shoot the messenger
when he hears something he doesn’t like or understand. He
knows that not every idea is right. But Bob is off-the-wall
himself. . . . He’ll say something, and we’ll tell him that it’s a
crazy idea. . . . He may not change his mind in the end, but
he’ll spend the time explaining to you what is behind
his thought processes. Do you know what kind of confidence
that inspires?” This type of open communication at the top
proved extremely successful, as summed up by one
designer: “It’s a system that recognizes talent early and
rewards it, and that creates a sense of enthusiasm for your
work, and a sense of mission.”
Another program that Eaton describes as empowering
employees at Chrysler includes requiring all employees,
including executives, to participate in the process of building
a new vehicle. Eaton explains that this shows all of the employees
in the plant that executives are concerned about the
proper functioning of new cars, and it gives executives the
opportunity to understand and solve problems at the factory
level. Eaton states, “When we’re done with our discussions,
these guys know where we want to go and how we want to
get there, and they go back and put the action plans together
to do that. This goes for every single thing we do.” He concludes,
“Clearly at a company there has to be a shared
vision, but we try to teach people to be a leader in their own
area, to know where the company wants to go, to know how
that affects their area, to benchmark the best in the world,
and then set goals and programs to go after it. We also
encourage people not only to go after the business plan
objectives but to have stretch goals. And a stretch goal by
definition is a fifty-percent increase . . . . If we go after fifty
percent, something dramatic has to happen. You have to go
outside of the box.”
Based on the above description, please evaluate Bob
Eaton’s coaching skills using the accompanying table. If a
certain coaching behavior or function is missing, please
provide recommendations about what he could have done
more effectively.
Based on Case Study 9-1: Was Robert Eaton a Good Coach on pages 256-257 in the textbook and the Major Functions and Key Behaviors tables on page 257, evaluate Eaton’s coaching skills. In your response address the following elements:
What major functions were missing?
What key behaviors were missing?
Based on your evaluation, provide specific recommendations on how he could have been a more effective coach.
the text book is Performance Management (3rd Edition) - Herman Aguinis and the case study is as mentioned above
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List Various Techniques and Data Collection Methodologies Used to Evaluate Hand Tools and Devices.
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Answer the flowing based on the campany, Shoe Carnival, Inc.
a. What are the Political, Economic, and Social factors that are affecting the company’s success?
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Your options for shipping ?$101 comma 040 of machine parts from Baltimore to Kuala? Lumpur, Malaysia, are? (1) use a ship that will take 29 days at a cost of ?$3 comma 640?, or? (2) truck the parts to Los Angeles and then ship at a total cost of ?$4 comma 670. The second option will take only 22 days. You are paid via a letter of credit the day the parts arrive. Your holding cost is estimated at 30?% of the value per year. ?a) ? Alternative 2 Alternative 1 is more? economical, with a daily holding cost of ?$ nothing. ?(Enter your response rounded to two decimal? places.)
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You have just received an order from an Internet retailer for
some equipment you need for a business presentation. Unfortunately,
some of the equipment is damaged. Write a letter to the retailer in
which you explain the damage, express your dissatisfaction with the
shipment, and describe what you want the retailer to do to fulfill
your shipment.
Develop a response that includes examples and evidence to support
your ideas, and which clearly communicates the required message to
your audience. Organize your response in a clear and logical manner
as appropriate for the genre of writing. Use well-structured
sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions
of standard American English.
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Assignment 4b. Find a Marketing Plan for any company that operates in more than one country. Write a one-page critique of this marketing plan, evaluating the quality, thoroughness, actionable steps, etc. Be “critical” in your assessment and be sure to give some recommendations. •This paper is to be no more than 1 page, 12-point font, single spaced.. •Include a copy of or link to the actual marketing plan.
PLEASE POST A LINK TO A MARKETING PLAN AND BULLET POINT SOME CRTIQUES, I WILL EXPAND ON THEM
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Answer the following 5 questions in 250 words or more. Be detailed and give examples when possible.
-Explain Oracle's top ten recommendations to encourage and accelerate innovation. Do you agree or disagree with any of their recommendations, Why?
-What is the Poverty Trap? What are the major issues the government faces when dealing with problem?
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