Management

A rental car manager estimates the number of full-size sedans rented per week so that she can maintain an adequate number of cars in the lot. Data for the past 10 weeks are shown here:   Week     Rentals     Week     Rentals   1 23 6 28 2 24 7 32 3 32 8 35 4 26 9 26 5 31 10 24 a) Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a five-week moving average. b) Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a 3-period weighted moving average, giving the weight of 0.5 to the most recent week, 0.3 to the second week and 0.2 to the third week. c) Prepare a forecast using exponential smoothing method with ? = 0.2. Forecast for week 1 was 22. d) Prepare a forecast through week 11 by using a regression model Y= 26.33 + 0.3212X e) Which method is preferred for this data if mean absolute deviation (MAD) is used? f) Make a recommendation for the number of full-size sedans for a week.

2200words assessment need two different type of events (first event must be wedding, other one is Mid Christmas dinner events). The Mid Christmas dinner events resources only used my uploaded files to write it. And each of event description need event poster or invitation card or advertisement campaign information.

One of Canada’s largest companies, Canadian Tire, sells a wide range of goods and services. The retail outlets are independently owned and operated. The company was using daily mailings and thick product catalogs to inform its dealers about new products, merchandise setups, best practices, product ordering, and problem resolution. It is looking for a better way to provide employees with human resources and administrative documents. The headquarters can use a daily or weekly email newsletter to disseminate a “heads up” to its retail outlet dealers that encourages them to review the Web site for new products and services, best practices, and problem resolution. A section of the Web site can be established for social interaction between dealers and retail outlets and the headquarters staff to share information and best practices. The knowledge management information system can capture input on the social network and incorporate it into other information in the knowledge management system. A company such as Etsy, which is an online marketplace for handmade items and art and craft supplies, strives to build a community among buyers and sellers. In a 2-3 page essay, describe the problems created by doing business without a focus on modern methods and how knowledge management systems might help. Provide options for solutions. Select a business such as Etsy and analyze its operation. Include responses to the following questions in your essay. What is the business model and revenue model? How does the company’s website, headquarters, and/or storefronts reflect the culture and values of the company? How important is “community” to the business? Describe all the community-building features found on the business’ website. Your essay should be 2-3 pages in length and fully explore all of the following items described above. Include at least 2 outside citations (not including your text) and use proper APA formatting.

Create a Word doc and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 3. Write a 525- to 700-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry: Assess whether Caterpillar Inc. is using the appropriate measures to verify its strategic effectiveness.  Summarize Caterpillar Inc.’s organizational structure. Determine whether Caterpillar Inc.’s organizational structure is considered a traditional organizational structure or a Holacracy.  Justify why it’s important for Caterpillar Inc.’s leadership team to study and understand the company’s internal and external environments. Evaluate Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive position and how they have responded to shifts in the external and internal environments. Recommend strategies in operational changes to support Caterpillar’s strategic plan, future business decisions, and improvement in business performance. Note: You will use information from this entry in your presentation due in Week 5. Submit your assignment.  Resources Center for Writing Excellence Reference and Citation Generator Grammar and Writing Guides

Assignment: Individual Assignment: 100 points Lean Operations Using research during site visits at your chosen business environment or a company you are familiar with, please gather, interpret and analyze the current state of business operations to strategize methodology to achieve the three principles (eliminate waste, remove variability, and improve throughput) of lean. Please defend your answers on a tactical level by explaining how these recommendations (proposed methodology when applied conceptually) will balance cost and quality. Assignment format: In Word break the paper into the following sections: • Introduction – describe the company in general and what it does • Using the three principles as section headings, analyze the company along each principle • Conclusion – is the company balancing cost and quality? Why or why not? (Notes: Please try to use one of the references from the book of Principle of Operations Management (10th edition)).

You need to produce a persuasive argument regarding the issue or problem at your workplace or in your community. Your argument should make a claim that something specific is causing or contributing to the problem or issue you’ve identified. (You may choose to include a discussion of the effects of the problem or issue, though you are not required to do so.) In order to effectively persuade your audience, you need to: Clearly identify what’s at stake in your claim about this issue. Who cares? What difference does this issue make in the lives of your audience? ? Understand who your audience is. What do they value? Why is this issue an issue? ?Appeal to your audience. What will persuade this particular audience to believe you? ? Describe the issue in your paper, providing appropriate context. Consider the “journalist questions”: Who? What? Where? When? How? Why? ? Discuss in your paper other possible causes, showing why your explanation is most likely. You must use a minimum of Five academic sources for your paper. Use APA rules for formatting your manuscript and for preparing your in-text citations and References list. Audience: stakeholders Purpose: to persuade your audience that your explanation for the cause of this issue is the most likely of any explanation offered Scope: 1200-1400 words [5-6 pages]; must include at least 5 sources

Assignment Content Review the Strategic Management Project Background document and your Strategic Management Research Journal entries from Weeks 1?4.   Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation, complete with speaker notes for Caterpillar Inc.’s leadership team, in which you summarize your key findings, propose recommendations, and provide rationale for your recommendations.   Address the following topics and prompts in your presentation:   Topic: Caterpillar Inc.’s Vision Summarize your evaluation of the alignment between what Caterpillar Inc. is currently doing and their mission, vision, or values statement. Recommend any changes you would make to Caterpillar Inc.’s mission, vision, or values statements to improve organizational goals.   Topic: Caterpillar Inc.’s Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages Summarize your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages and disadvantages. Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages and business performance. Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes in Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages to achieve organizational goals.   Topic: Caterpillar’s Global Strategy Summarize your assessment of Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy. Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy and business performance. Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes to Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy to achieve organizational goals. Submit your assignment. Resources Center for Writing Excellence Reference and Citation Generator Grammar and Writing Guides

Assignment 2 is a critical analysis assignment. For this assignment, we are assigning the company Starbucks and asking that you think of, research and consider a “Corporate Social Responsibility” (“CSR”) problem or opportunity facing Starbucks. Exactly what corporate social responsibility is, is not 100% clear and is the subject of some controversy. Some research on this topic at the outset might help. However, the most common definitions of CSR define CSR as a responsibility of businesses to behave ethically and contribute to economic development of the business while also improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the community and society as a whole. There are some “laissez faire” capitalists who will say that there’s no such thing as corporate social responsibility and that the responsibility of a business is to maximize profits for its shareholder. For our purposes, we’re assuming that there is at least some level of corporate social responsibility. The extent to which you think there ought to be such responsibility can (and probably will anyway) influence your analysis. First, you will need a research basis for your essay. NPC is providing you with 2 sources to start you off: 1. Implementing Global Corporate Citizenship: An Integrated Business Framework Author: Crittenden, Crittenden, Pinney & Pitt 2. Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century Author: Koehn, McNamara, Kahn, Legris Both resources can be accessed from the “slides and documents” page for this course on the NPC student website. You may find and use any additional academically reliable resources you like. The NPC virtual library can be used to gather additional research material. The precise amount of research and the extent to which you use additional outside sources (other than the above two) is left to your discretion. A good paper can be written with just the 2 sources above, but additional sources may be helpful. Once you’ve done your research, the next step is to write your paper. The over-all goal of your paper is to present the corporate social responsibility problem or opportunity. (This can be one you think of by yourself or one that you read about, though remember that citations are necessary whenever quoting another source.) While there is not necessarily one “best” way to write a critical analysis paper and you can still earn a good grade with another format, we strongly suggest the following structure: • Start with an Introduction discussing: a brief description of the background of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) problem or opportunity facing Starbucks, the stakeholders impacted; what organizational environments are relevant (external, task, and internal), and the current situation (the nature and dimension of the problem/opportunity). Your introduction must end with a specific one-sentence statement of the management problem/opportunity that your paper will address. The one-sentence statement is critical because is it frames the rest of your paper. • Two Alternative Solutions: Each solution must address the CSR problem/opportunity you stated in your introduction – do not address a different problem or opportunity than the one stated. State the solution first, and then explain what the solution involves – your discussion of a solution should also clarify what specific steps that Starbucks must take and what specific managers should be involved in the implementation of the solution. Use academically sound sources (example: scholarly or peer-reviewed articles) to support your solutions – with quotes and/or paraphrasing. • An Evaluation: Each alternative solution must be evaluated separately, using a pro/con structure. Then your evaluation should explain how the solution is feasible and what aspects of the implemented solution the organization must monitor to make sure implementation of the solution stays on track. • Your Recommendation: Discuss with well-reasoned arguments why one of your two stated solutions is the best course of action at this company as compared to the one you did not choose, and support your choice with academically sound sources. • A list of References must be attached, as a separate page to the critical analysis paper. The Reference list should be APA formatted (as an alternative, MLA or Chicago style formatting is also acceptable). If you are unfamiliar with these citation styles, the Purdue Online Writing Lab can be of great help. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ Length: The minimum length is 750 words. There is no maximum length. The exact length is left to your discretion. Please review the Sample Critical Analysis Paper with comments (accessible from the slides and documents page) to get a visual picture of how your paper should be structured.

Should a manager’s responsibility for a worker’s health and safety be defined primarily on professional grounds based on regulations that are regarded as reasonable by both parties, or is it a moral responsibility? Defend your answer, explaining your opinion on how much or how little responsibility you feel management should assume for its workforce. Reference articles or other resources as needed.

Use links as source reference to answer questions. https://www.themuse.com/advice/do-you-speak-consultantese-20-buzzwords-to-know-now http://www.streetofwalls.com/finance-training-courses/consulting-interview-training/consulting-glossary/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettarends/2014/06/08/how-to-speak-mckinsey-15-key-phrases-to-pass-yourself-off-as-a-top-management-consultant/#476e52656896 https://managementconsulted.com/about/dictionary/ https://youtu.be/LY5hMMjiN6k 1. Provide and example where using jargon and impact a client experience in a negative way? 2. After reviewing on the multiple links with examples of the language of consulting, provide three terms that you had never heard before.  3. After watching Zachary Wood’s video, do you think you will change how you listen to others who you disagree with? Explain?  4.  After reading our text and ethical issues within consultanting, provided three (3) examples of how you can demonstrate ethical processes and procedures as a consultant. For each example provide a real-world example/connection of how this process or procedure will help develop, foster, or strengthen long-term client relationships.