Choose at least two values that you hold personally sacred and discuss a possible strategic decision that could compromise these values. How would you manage this from a leader perspective?

Choose at least two values that you hold personally sacred and discuss a possible strategic decision that could compromise these values. How would you manage this from a leader perspective?

One component of the situational leadership model focuses on leader behavior. Describe the four leadership styles Hersey and Blanchard identified that a supervisor would use based on the maturity of employees.

1.       How has the emphasis of quality control changed in recent years? Describe some of the modern quality control techniques that illustrate this change in emphasis.

2.       How are MRP and ERP similar? How do they differ?

3.       PERT is a popular control method used by organizations. Explain the purpose of PERT analysis, and describe the steps involved in constructing a PERT network. Your explanation should include a discussion of the significance of the critical path in a PERT network.

4. List the three generations in the workplace today, and provide at least two characteristics of each generation that affect their motivation.

5. Explain how managers could motivate employees by using expectancy theory? Create a story/example of expectancy theory at work, incorporating the three questions that according to expectancy theory employees will ask.

6. Compare the assumptions Theory X makes about employees with those of Theory Y. How do these different assumptions influence management styles?

Explain individualistic culture, collectivist culture, and “tight or loose” culture, providing the main characteristics for each culture and supporting your answer with examples and citations from recent published articles (950-1000 words, 60 marks)

The importance of succession planning for the sustained strength of an organization is well documented. However, someone stepping into a leadership role on an acting basis while someone is ill is another matter altogether. What are some of the most likely challenges (both for the leader and the organization’s day-to-day operations) when someone is in a leadership role on an “acting” basis?

In a study conducted by WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association), 81% of consumers are influenced by a friend's social media posts. Their research also revealed that the average American mentions a brand some sixty times a week in online and offline conversations. How powerful and influential is social media word-of-mouth to a brand or a public figure? Find an example of where social word-of-mouth has made or broken an organization and an example where it has changed government or culture.

The sources of information that Jim and his team have collected include primary and secondary research data. As the case suggests, Jim has done a lot of interviews, held focus group discussions, and spoken to the other organizations running such programs. On the other, his team members also collected data on the system that is available online and researched a few different types of tools that can be used for customer loyalty programs.

*What do you think are the sources of the information Jim and his team collected? How do you think they collected all of that information?

Is it better for your economy to produce goods at home, or is it preferable to move production overseas so that consumers may pay lower prices? What is the effect on developing countries of these shifts in production? Is it better for to create jobs in these areas? How should concerns about labor and environmental standards be taken into account?

Which of the following organization patterns is best suited for creating an outline of a report regarding the progress of a company merger?

Sandra looks Jorge in the eyes to show him how sincere she is about her topic. What type of nonverbal communication does this demonstrate?

Which of the following statements about RSS feeds is true?

A report written in the indirect order

Oliver plans to give an informative presentation on how a new state law will affect the way his company stores records. He knows that his listeners will quickly grow bored if he spends a lot of time discussing background information on the law. What should Oliver do?

Which of the following best exemplifies the way a sentence should be structured when delivering negative news?

please describe a situation from a six sigma manufacturing environment where the better use of data analytics would have significantly helped?

What patient rights are identified in a Notice of Privacy Practices? Which right under HIPAA do you consider the most important?

Isolate on the five major areas that you believe represent the greatest potentials for dramatic change in the business environment. All of these will, by necessity, describe the result in a corresponding change in the practice of International Management. Perhaps the most critical skill of the international manager is the reading of trends and creating the resources and skill sets that will enable success or, through assessment, prevent failure.

You can deal with energy resources, climate change, financial upheaval…or a myriad of other considerations that effect the decision-making model of the manager. Deal with each area in isolation. State the current circumstance, the change you project, its impact on the international manager and the changes (if any) that will or should occur.

Make the case that one of these areas is more critical than the others…and why.

answer must be more than 900 words. cite sources use in APA style

Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation Thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6100 units per year. The cost of each unit is $96, and the inventory carrying cost is $9 per unit per year. The average ordering cost is $29 per order. It takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 122 units.? (This is a corporate operation, and there are 250 working days per year).

a. what is the EOQ? (round to two decimal places)

b. what is the average inventory if the EOQ is used? (round to two decimal places)

c. what is the optimal number of orders per year?( round to two decimal places)

d. what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? (round to two decimal places)

e. what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? (round to two decimal places)

f.what is the total annual inventory cost, including the cost of the 6100 units? ( round to two decimal places)