...Scenario 1 1.) What should Bryan do about the clock? Bryan should explain to his wife Nina what could happen if his boss found out about the clock. He should explain the ethics policy set in place at his job and that he could lose his job if word got back of them accepting the clock. Finally he should explain to her that he is looking out for the company’s reputation as well and wants to behave in an ethical manner. Stressing the fact that “ethical buyers do not accept outside gifts or favors that violate their firm’s ethics policy”( Handfield, Giunipero, Monczka, & Patterson, 2011). Another approach would be to direct her to the standard guidelines in the code of ethics developed by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). 2.) What does the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) code of ethics say about accepting supplier favors and gifts? The ISM code of ethics strictly frowns upon accepting gifts or favors from potential suppliers. “People engaged in purchasing should not accept from any supplier or prospective supplier any money, gift, or favor that might influence, or be suspected of influencing, their buying decisions” (Handfield, Giunipero, Monczka, & Patterson, 2011).Any gifts received should be returned immediately and as discreetly as possible to avoid embarrassment on the supplier’s part. If embarrassment does occur a buyer should still not feel obligated to accept the gift or favor because of its effect on the suppler. 3.) Why do you think the supplier...
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...Scenario #1 Who was the sender? Me Who was the receiver? Kim What was the message? We share territorial responsibilities at work. I mainly cover Jacksonville/Orange Park area while Kim covers mainly St Augustine/Flagler area. Earlier in November I expressed Kim that I would for her to cover me one day in Jacksonville/Orange Park due to some scheduled arrangements I had with clients in the St Augustine area that could not be delegated to Kim. What channel was used to send the message? Text message. What was the misunderstanding that occurred? Because I did not send a clear message to Kim, not only asking for her to cover me but also explaining my expectations and some tasks that needed to be completed on my behalf Kim covered for me in Jacksonville but did not completed the tasks that were due in Jacksonville. How could the misunderstanding have been avoided? I should have called Kim or emailed her after she confirmed that she would cover for me with a detailed list of the actual tasks that needed to be completed while I was not available in the Jacksonville area. What did you learn about the communication process from this activity? I must ensure clear understanding when acting...
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...online/in-classroom/in-branch environment with hands-on practice opportunities gained through virtual modules, role-playing with colleagues, and direct client interactions in branch. The course is comprised of seven learning modules/units delivered over a nine week period, with each module delivered over a 1-week period, providing a 2-week intensive hands-on practice opportunity near the end of the program. The flow of the course includes these main topics: 1. Discovery: Learning more about you and understanding your strengths 2. Orientation: The Tools and Resources you need to succeed and where to find them 3. Client Experience: An overview of what a perfect interaction looks like 4. Transaction Processing: Understanding the mechanics of day-to-day transactions 5. Product Knowledge: The nitty-gritty of the products we offer 6. Giving Advice: Discovering needs and providing client-centric advice 7. Client Experience: Juggling it all together Learning Objective To be able to indentify product features and pricing. Level of Blooms Taxonomy Knowledge/Remembering Teaching Technique Assign groups to create a comparison chart of 1) account products, 2) credit card products, and 3) insurance products. Assessment/Evaluation Method (and Description) Peer group evaluation: Have the each group...
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...organization plays a vital role in business functions. Using poor communication or the wrong type of communication channel can have major negative impacts. Good communication skills and the knowledge to identify when to use a particular communication channel is vital in sending and receiving business information. The communication channel scenarios assigned demonstrate the challenges that occur when there is error in communication. The first scenario highlights the risks of not choosing the right communication channel when dealing with important business matters. The scenario also shows what can occur when important conversations take place via e-mail rather than one on one, and how the evidence of the conversations can cause future damage. The second scenario shows how the internet has changed communication and created new challenges for organizations. Both scenarios demonstrate that it is essential to understand the different channels of communication. COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SCENERIOS 3 Communication Channel Scenario 1 In the case incident between Diana Abdala and William Korman, I side with Mr. Korman. I feel that Ms. Abdala handled the situation in a very unprofessional manner. It is my understanding that both parties initially used face to face communication as a channel for information exchange during the interview process, offer, and acceptance. I...
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...4 / Week 5 for theory development that is most conducive for script development. 09.06.13 Two theories will be chosen from discussion in the class thread either unanimously or by the Team Leader (Dalene). 09.09.13 Scenarios need to be submitted via the class thread to be considered for the script. Need to include an environment, proposed characters, resolution and how it meets the theory description to be considered. Scenarios will be chosen unanimously or by the Team Leader (Dalene). 09.13.13 Due from Team Members Team Member 1 (Nicholas) - Appendix for Script 1 - Write a brief preview of how you will be acting out the scenario to represent the selected theory. Team Member 2 (Michael) - Appendix for Script 1 - Write a description of the selected theory with two reference. Team Member 3 (Arline) - Appendix for Script 2 - Write a brief preview of how you will be acting out the scenario to represent the selected theory. Team Member 4 (Frank) - Appendix for Script 2 - Write a description of the selected theory with two reference 09.16.13 Team Leader will submit the appendices 09.19.13 Team Member 1 (Nicholas) - Rough Draft script 1 Team Member 2 (Michael) - Rough Draft script 2 09.21.13 Team Member 3 (Arline) - Final Draft script 1 Team Member 4 (Frank) - Final Draft script 2 09.22.13 Submission by Team leader...
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...Scenario #1 Masterpiece wins this lawsuit because there has been no material breach of the contract. Therefore, specific performance is not available as a remedy. A contract is an agreement between two parties that creates an obligation to do or not do something. Therefore, a breach of contract occurs when one or more of the parties fail to honor his or her responsibilities of the contract; thereby subjugating himself or herself to the legal system (“Breach of contract,” 2011). If one or more party (responsible for the completion of the contract) has failed to perform, made it impossible for the other party to perform, or made it known that there is a purposeful intent not to perform, that party has breached its contract. One remedy available for breach of contract is specific performance. Specific performance is a court order that requires a performance to be exactly as it is written in the contract (“Specific performance,” 2011). This action only occurs during real estate transactions and other unique properties, otherwise the situation is minimal. Specific performance is rare because the courts do not like the responsibility of monitoring performance. So under the assumption that there has been a breach of contract, specific performance would not be a likely remedy. Also damages would be awarded to Foodmart to help bring the building renovations up to standard. In this scenario, the contract between Foodmart and Masterpiece was not breached because Masterpiece performed...
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...STRATEGIC PLANNING AT UNITED PARCEL SERVICES Reaction Paper Blank Part A Before the 1990s UPS had a small group in charge of formulating project plans (Garvin & Levesque, 2006, p. 3). However, as the company grew in size and the volume of projects, a formal strategic planning group had to be formed. When Eskew became CEO in 2002, the formation of a Management Committee was among the first accomplishments he made. The Committee was tasked to direct the company to its vision for 2007, its first centennial. Eskew's concern, that changes are needed in UPS's strategic planning process, is valid. If the company continues to form only ad hoc groups to focus on achieving a long-term vision, then the sustainable commitment in the group's members cannot be assured. Eskew believes that the only way to move forward is to stop reinventing the wheel. This belief implies that the strategic planning process has to be more systematic than it is, currently. However, the scale of goals to achieve and tasks to accomplish for the Strategic Planning process have become larger as time progressed. UPS will only be capable of transforming itself once more if it has a proportionate level of commitment. A clearer and more straightforward connection between the different components of the strategic process is needed in order to sustain the focus and chart directions. Delegating such task to a Management Committee is a positive step to address the need to link the various components...
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...Collapse Informatics: Response Paper • Collapse Informatics: Augmenting the Sustainability & ICT4D Discourse in HCI (Tomlinson et al., 2012) • Looking Past Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Using Future Studies Methods to Extend the Research Horizon (Mankoff et al., 2013) Both papers are dealing with future scenarios and stressing the likelyhood of a collapse if humanity proceeds its current way of living. The papers provide starting points to investigate in the preparation for humanity if such an event will come true. While the paper by Tomlinson et al. (2012) is introducing a completely new notion for studying, designing and devloping sociotechnical systems in the abundant present for use in a future of scarcity, the second paper by Mankoff et al. (2013) presents methods that can support the analysis of long-‐ term trends, support the identification of new...
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...meeting opportunity." Have you ever heard people talk about the things they would do if they won the lottery, and yet a large percentage of these people never go out and buy a ticket. These people have exactly a zero chance of winning, while the ones who went out and bought a ticket have a chance, albeit slim, at becoming lucky. This is the scenario that came to mind when I first read the quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. However, the more I thought about the quote, the more I realized how easily this could be applied to many real life situations. The author of this quote is trying to tell the readers that preparing yourself for opportunity is the key to being lucky, or successful. In order to prepare yourself for success, there are certain steps that must take place. First, you have to believe in yourself. You must believe that you can pick the lucky numbers, or you must believe that you are capable of competing in, let’s say a marathon. Second, you have to set goals for yourself. In the case of the lottery it’s pretty easy; Goal #1, buy ticket. Goal #2, wait. In the marathon scenario, much like most other scenarios, it’s a little more complicated. You must train both physically and mentally, and make many sacrifices along the way. Finally, you must be optimistic about the result you achieve. In the case of the lottery player, they probably didn’t win. But at least they can try again in a few days, right? The marathon runner may not have won the race...
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...Scenarios planning is the main technique to study the future, and it have been used since long time by the government planners, corporate managers and military analysts, as important tool to help them in making decision to face the uncertainty. The idea of scenario planning is to establish about possible future where it can minimise surprises and broaden the span of managers. Today the scenarios planning they have become extremely popular. ( Chermack, T. J. 2003). Scenario planning is a group‐based decision making tool, which has its roots in post‐ WWII military planning and the petroleum industry of the 1970s such as Royal Dutch Company. Unlike its cousins, forecasting and prediction, scenario planning does not attempt to project future outcomes based on data from the past. These methods can often lead to “tunnel vision”, due to their preference of one outcome over another. Scenario planning, as described by Peter Schwartz, Chairman of Global Business Network (GBN), “…is a tool for better decision making…Business and governments employ this tool because it helps them to make better strategic decisions.” (Schlegel, G. L., & Murray, P. 2010) The History of Scenario Planning Scenario planning arose out of a need to plan for futures filled with much uncertainty. This uncertainty is particularly magnified in military operations, which is why scenario‐type planning can be traced back to 19‐century military ...
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...Having to learn of the existence of a tool called scenario analysis was itself a blessing for me. Scenario planning affords us the opportunity to make decisions in context of various futures that may play out. It incites us to challenge our assumptions about the future. By basing our plans and decisions in line with the most likely scenario, we can be ensured that our decision are sound even if conditions change According to Ged Davis “the use of scenarios does not imply we will be absolutely right – we only need to be less surprised than those who are not thinking in this light … ideally, to be able to interpret what others see as crises as normal human affairs”. Scenario planning can be applied at the work place, it can also be applied to one’s personal life. I decided to include in this report a demonstration of how scenario planning can be applied at the work place. The following steps illustrate this 1. Problem definition – The problem in this case is how a particular project in the company can be completed within budget at the end of the scenario horizon i.e. end of 2016 2. Data gathering – The next thing to do is to identify trends, factors that may affect the plan. Here I am looking at trends such as the political situation in the company - will there be prolonged strikes at some point? How will this affect the plan? Another point to consider is cost of hire? Will this go up during the course of the year? Or will the schedule be affected due to unavailability...
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...Question 13 Group 1 Question 14 (a) 1. Define the Scope 2. Identify the Major Stakeholders 3. Identify Basic Trends 4. Identify Key Uncertainties 5. Construct Initial Scenario Themes 6. Check for Consistency and Plausibility 7. Develop Learning Scenarios 8. Identify Research Needs 9. Develop Quantitative Models 10. Evolve toward Decision Scenarios (b) Scenario planning could be used in the industry of Education. While it is not a classic industry, I believe that scenario planning could be beneficial and effective for education. It could help plan the implementation of a new education system, such as specialized education for students gifted in unique areas. While the current school system educates, it is not efficient to the point that many promising students are cut short because of the platonic nature of the education system. Scenario planning could help plan the stages of implementing a new system. The stakeholders are clearly the youth and students, basic trends are Fine Arts, science and mathematics, social studies, humanities and etc. Many uncertainties would of course be the ability to learn from each individual student in terms of tactile, auditory, visual, or etc. In the end, every step of scenario planning would be helpful for education. Question 15 (a) Regular Glove = 500, Catcher’s Mitt = 150, Value = 3700 (b) Finishing and packaging and shipping constraints (c) Cutting and Sewing = 0, Finishing = 3, Packaging and Shipping = 28 Additional time...
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...Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY on 07/25/15. For personal use only. STRATEGIC PLANNING OF FUTURE PRODUCTS WITH PRODUCT SCENARIOS VOLKER GRIENITZ∗ and VOLKER BLUME Industrial Engineering, University of Siegen Paul-Bonatz-Str. 9-11 Siegen, 57068, Germany ∗volker.grienitz@uni-siegen.de Received 29 January 2010 Revised 4 March 2010 Accepted 15 April 2010 Manufacturing based corporations often find themselves confronted with complexities of increased pressures to innovate in order to ensure their comparative market positions. In order to react to various exogenous changes corporations need to develop strategies that match their manufacturing resources as well as products with the markets requirements. Product scenarios represent a holistic approach for managing innovation processes and technologies efficiently. The analysis through evolutionary algorithms for compatibility between and amongst the product structure segments provides the necessary information about their suitability. The resulting scenarios, roadmaps and regular monitoring processes are prerequisite for the managerial decision making process and the implementation of product and technology strategies. Keywords: Product scenarios; scenarios; evolutionary algorithms; monitoring; scenario planning. 1. Introduction The early recognition and visionary anticipation of technological potentials as well as the combination of technologies plays a vital role in a...
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...Please let me know if you need anything from me. I am thinking this is all due Sunday he did not say so I will let you know if it is before then. Communication Channel Scenarios Resources: Communication Channel Scenarios located on the student website. Read the scenarios located on the student website. Answer the questions after each scenario. Be sure to select the communication channel appropriate for each scenario. Defend your responses. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Scenarios are below: Scenario 1 You are the Marketing Manager for a new beverage that has done remarkably well in the United States after it’s introduction especially in sports arenas such as football and basketball. The Vice President of Operations charged you and your team to develop a strategy for entering this new beverage into the global market. You need to take this task back to your team, provide them with the product details, and get them started as quickly as possible because they only have one week to develop a strategy. Questions: 1. What communication channel will you use? 2. Why is this channel the best choice in this situation? 3. What communication channel will you use to convey your strategy to the VP of Operations? 4. Why is this channel the best choice n this situation? Scenario 2 You are the manager of a large travel agency. You manage 11 employees. This morning, one of your employees notifies you that the company login name and password no longer...
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...When UPS starting the scenario planning for Horizon 2017, they decided to limit the number of participants from the 1997 scenarios. The purpose of this was to steer clear of similarities between the two scenario-planning sessions. But as an end result, they ended up with scenarios still biased towards the 1997 scenarios. To assist UPS in avoiding this bias would be to have two different scenario-planning sessions. One session would include the participants of the Horizon 2017 session, one with limited 1997 scenario bias. The second session would only include members who did not participate in the 1997 session at all. For this second session the members can get a grip on issues/barriers of the future with a non-bias way of thinking. Their results can be compared and contrasted with the first session, so UPS can see the vision of the company’s future from both sides of the road. Along with the new scenario designing, there were participants who didn’t even truly believe that these meetings were even affecting how UPS does business. UPS is planning for all of these external forces but yet they are not recognizing the internal issue that not everyone is even accepting these meeting as helpful. This can greatly affect the company when external/worldwide forces cause barriers for UPS. In this article, UPS implements SWOT analysis’s but in a more in-depth manner with the scenario planning to improve UPS’s competitiveness. They combined all of the aspects to paint...
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