Discuss the positive relationship between Assembly Warehouse and forecasting/inventory level from a manufacturer's perspective?

(a) Critically evaluate how conflict can be managed in an organisation, Illustrate your answer with examples from your organisation.

The internal as well as external environment of organisations, including public sector organisations, have become very dynamic. Over the last decades many unpredictable events happened which had dramatic impacts on many countries. The public sector needs a new breed of leaders who can address the new challenges in this ever changing world. Lately, the Covid-19, the corona virus disease, is having a devastating effect in many countries, including Mauritius. At the beginning of March 2020, the Prime Minister announced a series of measures to reduce the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 for Mauritius (GIS, 2020). He announced that overall Government spending will be reduced by 10%. In this volatile and unpredictable environment, public administrators have a critical role to play to save a country in the medium to long term. Strong and effective leadership have become imperative in the public sector in Mauritius.

Carry out the following tasks:

Research academic and Journal articles on Leadership in the public sector. Prepare a brief literature review of the topic. This should include some relevant theories on Leadership. Your research should mainly be based on recent articles from peerreviewed journals. [12 Marks]

Linear Programming

The Whole Food Nutrition Centre uses three bulk grains, A, B, and C, to blend a natural cereal that it sells by the pound. The cost of each bulk grain is indicated in the table below, along with the units of four types of nutrient (Nutrient 1, 2, 3, and 4) that is contained in each pound of the grains.  

After consulting with the nutritionist, Whole Food has determined that each pound serving of the cereal should contain 24 units of Nutrient 1, 16 units of Nutrient 2, 8 units of Nutrient 3, and 3.4 units of Nutrient 4. Whole Food wishes to decide how to blend the three types of grain in order to minimize the total cost of each pound of the cereal. In other words, they wish to solve the following optimization:  

Minimize 33A + 47B + 38C Subject to:  

22A + 28B + 21C ≥ 24

16A + 14B + 25C ≥ 16  

8A+7B +9C≥8 5A + 6C ≥ 3.4  

A+B +C=1 A,B,C 0  

1. Solve this problem in Excel using Solver and Report the results to the manager of Whole Food in plain English.   

2. Based on the solution you found in (1), how many constraints regarding the nutrients are binding. For each of the non-binding constraints, what is the surplus?   

In order to gain more insights, Whole Food obtained sensitivity report in Solver. This will help you to answer Questions (4)-(6) below.  

3. How sensitive is Whole Food’s blending strategy to the cost per pound for each type of grains individually? Which is it most sensitive to?   

4. If the cost of Grain B changes to 40 cents per pound, while all other costs remain the same, should Whole Food keep its current blending strategy or change it? Why or why not?   

5. If the nutrient requirement for Nutrient 2 increases from 16 units to18 units, should Whole Food keep its current blending strategy or change it? Why or why not?

In a two-page paper, define and talk about the qualities that make a good (effective) leader. Please elaborate on and explain these qualities. I encourage you to give examples of good (effective) and bad (ineffective) leadership from your own experience. You may use any content that you find in our textbook and cite outside sources on this subject (on a “Works Cited” page).

What do you think is most challenging about collecting candid feedback on project successes and failures?

How can you ensure a productive lessons learned process to best impact future projects in a positive manner?

Does this change if your team will work together again in the future versus a "one and done" project?

For each question please give:

a. a definition of the term; and

b. discuss how the concept assists us in understanding the changing nature of work and/or employment

a) Bureaucratic control

Provide an example at work or in school where a problem was either identified late or ignored and created a greater problem than it should have?

How could it have been handled differently?

What key lessons from this course would you bring to prevent a similar reoccurence during another project?

Customer service is not only important to we the customer, but it is important our company and our customers. We want our customers to return again and again to improve the lifetime value of that customer to our company, right? Compare reactive and proactive customer service. Define customer service failure, and provide an example for a grocery store. What are customer needs and wants, and why are these important to the topic of customer service?

How can an employer or human resource manager manage mental health issues and illness in the workplace?

Include potential interventions as well as programs and policies that can be helpful.

1. What is a monopoly? Why are monopolies outlawed? Explain fully.

2. Is WalMart a monopoly? Explain.

3. There are federal laws which outlaw monopolies. What are they? When were they enacted?

4. If WalMart is a monopoly, why is the law not being applied?

5. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 protected the rights of American workers to unionize without any interference from the employer. Discuss WalMart's approach to unions. Is it illegal? If so, why is the law not being enforced?

Farah runs a hair salon in Dammam and employs technicians and cleaners from Kenya and the Phillipines.

Her business is profitable and has grown from 1 salon to 3 salons in the last 2 years. Her employees are paid on seniority and they were loyal to her. She has never trained any of her employees, always asking the senior technicians to teach the new comers.

Recently the following happened:

• Several good technicians quit in Feb and March, to work for the competition
• Two people got injured when they were burnt by hot water and cut by sharp scissors in March
• Some customers are complaining that they were treated with disrespect and not served immediately
• Dammam went into a lock down due to the COVID 19 virus

Farah calls you up, because she knows that you study Introduction HRM. She asks for your advice. What will you tell her?

7.In cell N2, enter a formula using the IF function as follows to determine which work tier Kay Colbert is qualified for: a.The IF function should determine if the student's Post-Secondary Years is greater than or equal to 4, and return the value 2 if true or the value 1 if false.

5.Lael is always on the lookout for students who might be interested in running for office in student groups. In cell M2, enter a formula using a nested IF function as follows to determine first if a student has already been elected to office in a student group, and if not, whether that student meets the qualifications to run in the future: a. If the value in the Elected column is equal to the text "Yes", the formula should display Elected as the text. b. Otherwise, the formula should determine if the value in the Finance Certified column is equal to the text "Yes" and return the text Yes if true And No if false.

1. Which of the following are examples of non-union resolutions?
   1. Work Councils, Co-determination, Co-worker Mediation, Litigation
   2. Work Councils, Co-determination, Worker Co-operatives, Popular Vote
   3. Work Councils, Co-determination, Worker Co-operatives, Litigation
   4. None of the above
   5. All of the above
2. The strength of trade unions is usually measured by the size of union membership relative to the number of people eligible to join.
   1. True
   2. False
3. A developing country is experiencing a(n) ____________ when its educated and skilled citizens leave for jobs with better pay in developed countries.