managers today are faced with difficult environments that can stress & put managers in to situations that can require difficult decisions

these decisions require awareness of the organization design & how effective it is managing stress and change

most importantly innovation

let's say that you are a middle tacticle manager in a major corporation and upper management has mandated you to make a presentation: management explaining how future management must take the above into consideration and how the concept will be implemented.

what five points will you touch on

describe each point with detail.

Problem 8.045 SI

Consider a regenerative vapor power cycle with two feedwater heaters, a closed one and an open one, and reheat. Steam enters the first turbine stage at 12 MPa, 560°C, and expands to 2 MPa. Some steam is extracted at 2 MPa and fed to the closed feedwater heater. The remainder is reheated at 2 MPa to 520°C and then expands through the second-stage turbine to 0.3 MPa, where an additional amount is extracted and fed into the open feedwater heater operating at 0.3 MPa.

The steam expanding through the third-stage turbine exits at the condenser pressure of 60 kPa. Feedwater leaves the closed heater at 210°C, 12 MPa, and condensate exiting as saturated liquid at 2 MPa is trapped into the open feedwater heater. Saturated liquid at 0.3 MPa leaves the open feedwater heater. Assume all pumps and turbine stages operate isentropically.


Determine for the cycle:

(a) the heat transfer to the working fluid passing through the steam generator, in kJ per kg of steam entering the firststage turbine.

(b) the percent thermal efficiency.

(c) the heat transfer from the working fluid passing through the condenser to the cooling water, in kJ per kg of steam entering the first-stage turbine.

Standing sound waves are produced in a pipe that is 2.00 m long.

Part A

If the pipe is open at both ends , determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the fundamental frequency.

Part B

If the pipe is open at both ends, determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the first overtone.

Part C

If the pipe is open at both ends, determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the second overtone.

Part D

If the pipe is closed at the left end and open at the right end , determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the fundamental frequency.

If there is more than one value, separate your answers with commas.

Part E

If the pipe is closed at the left end and open at the right end , determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the first overtone.

If there is more than one value, separate your answers with commas.

Part F

If the pipe is closed at the left end and open at the right end , determine the locations along the pipe (measured from the left end) of the displacement nodes for the second overtone.

If there is more than one value, separate your answers with commas .

Please answer the multiple choice -- please explain too!

1. As ventricular pressure increases during systole, the volume of blood in the ventricle....

a. increases

b. decreases

2. Which of these is FALSE about the ejection of blood from the left ventricle?

a. the pulmonary semilunar valve is open

b. the bicuspid valve is closed

c. the aortic semilunar valve is closed

d. the tricuspid valve is closed

3. During action potentials in the heart,

a. voltage-gated K+ channels slowly repolarize; voltage-gated Na+ channels slowly depolarize; voltage-gated calcium channels quickly depolarize; voltage gated K+ channels slowly repolarize

b. voltage-gated K+ channels quickly repolarize; voltage-gated Na+ channels quickly depolarize; voltage-gated calcium channels quickly depolarize; voltage gated K+ channels quickly repolarize

c. voltage-gated K+ channels quickly repolarize; voltage-gated Na+ channels slowly depolarize; voltage-gated calcium channels slowly depolarize; voltage gated K+ channels quickly repolarize

d. voltage-gated K+ channels quickly repolarize; voltage-gated Na+ channels quickly depolarize; voltage-gated calcium channels slowly depolarize; voltage gated K+ channels quickly repolarize

Consider a regenerative vapor power cycle with two feedwater heaters, a closed one and an open one, and reheat. Steam enters the first turbine stage at 12 MPa, 560 °C, and expands to 1.5 MPa. Some steam is extracted at 1.5 MPa and fed to the closed feedwater heater. The remainder is reheated at 1.5 MPa to 440 °C and then expands through the second-stage turbine to 0.3 MPa, where an additional amount is extracted and fed into the open feedwater heater operating at 0.3 MPa. The steam expanding through the third-stage turbine exits at the condenser pressure of 10 kPa. Feedwater leaves the closed heater at 220 °C, 10 MPa, and condensate exiting as saturated liquid at 1.5 MPa is trapped into the open feedwater heater. Saturated liquid at 0.3 MPa leaves the open feedwater heater. Assume all pumps and turbine stages operate isentropically. Determine for the cycle:
      a) The rate of heat transfer to the working fluid passing through the steam generator, in kJ per kg of steam entering the first-stage turbine.
      b) The thermal efficiency.
      c) The rate of heat transfer from the working fluid passing through the condenser to the cooling water, in kJ per kg of steam entering the first-stage turbine.

Subject 2: Oligopolistic Competition There are only two luxury electric car producers in Carmania, Firm 1 and Firm 2. The cars they produce are essentially identical. The market inverse demand function for luxury electric cars in Carmania is given by ? = ? − ??, where P is the price (in thousands of euros); Q market output (in a number of cars); and α and b are parameters. Competition in the Carmania auto market works as follows: At the beginning of each year, both firms simultaneously and independently decide how many cars to produce. The market price is then determined by total demand and total supply. Marginal cost (in thousands euros) is given by 77 for Firm 1 and 74 for Firm 2. Currently, Firms 1 and 2 are producing 170 and 200, respectively, whereas the market price is 94. a) Find the parameters α and b in the market inverse demand function. [Mark 1.5] b) Determine equilibrium profit of each firm, as well as consumer surplus and social welfare. [Mark 0.5] c) Firm 2 can introduce an innovation in its manufacturing process so as to reduce its marginal cost from 74 to 68. What is the percentage impact of Firm 2’s cost reduction on its rival’s market share? [Mark 0.5] d) How much would Firm 1 be willing to pay to Firm 2 so as to successfully prevent Firm 2 from introducing the innovation in its manufacturing process?

The Course Project requires you to act as consultants for a fast food chain and develop a new food product. Your competitor has just launched a new campaign introducing Junior and Grand sizes to their already famous and successful hamburger and is drawing sales away from your client. Time is of the essence, yet you do not want to over-react and make a costly mistake. You will need to be innovative and capitalize not only on your client’s success, but also focus on how to bring back lost revenue and launch a strong marketing campaign. Your market research and product launch strategy will be described both in a written paper as well as presentation of your recommendations to the class.

1. Complete product/service description, including the type of innovation represented, and the source for the idea.

2. Product/service offering and a description of benefits that customers will both recognize and realize

3. Competitive analysis

"Points awarded for description of the innovation of the new competitive product and how it will compete in the marketplace. Product offering and a description of benefits customers will realize over that of your client’s competitor. In short, how will your new innovative food product increase sales for your client and as well as win back sales from your client’s competitor. Include in this section an identification of competitor products and specific customer benefits. The material in this assignment covers sections 4-6 listed in the outline above."

HQM - Wk9

1. Using Kotter’s work and other change models from the reading, analyze the performance data for the Emergency Department in the table listed below,

2. Compare the medical care and services to state and/or national standards.

3. Provide recommendations for strategies to improve the Emergency Department substandard performance indicators

Emergency Department HCAPHS Data

HQM - Wk9

1. Using Kotter’s work and other change models from the reading, analyze the performance data for the Emergency Department in the table listed below,

2. Compare the medical care and services to state and/or national standards.

3. Provide recommendations for strategies to improve the Emergency Department substandard performance indicators

Emergency Department HCAPHS Data

For each case study below, provide an explanation from the viewpoint of the following five perspectives to explain or describe the behaviors:

• Neurobiological

• Humanistic

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Cognitve

Case Study #1: Mrs. B has been teaching English for the past 12 years. Until this year, she always planned interesting and creative lessons for students with a variety of different activities. This year, the quality of her lessons gradually deteriorated. She began to doubt her ability to motivate students, believing her students found her "boring." In an evaluation, the school principal mentioned that her classes appeared "poorly organized." During the past year she has undergone a variety of life changes, including the death of her 82-year-old father and the departure of her only child for college out of state. She confided in a close friend that she has been feeling overwhelmed and lonely.

Case Study #2: Barry is a 45-year-old computer programmer who has never been married and lives with his mother. He spends his evenings and weekends either playing Scrabble with his mother, surfing the Internet or participating in chat rooms. His friend Eddie set him up on a blind date with a woman from his work. Yet Barry forgot the time and showed up so late that his date had already left, thinking she’d been stood up. Barry would like to date her, but is too ashamed to call and apologize for not keeping their date. Until recently, his work had been going really well, but after he missed an important project date, the client withdrew the contract offer.