management functions he/she must devise a plan. A plan binds all the functions together and makes them work in synchronism. A plan is a blueprint for goal achievement that specifies the necessary resource allocations, schedules, tasks, and other actions. A goal is a desired future state that the organization attempts to realize. Goals are important because an organization exists for a purpose, and goals define and state that purpose. Goals specify future ends; plans specify today’s means. The word
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QDC1 Study Questions Quality Management: Ch. 9-10, Operations Management Click for Skillsoft Module: The Who, What and Why of ISO 9000:2000 Click for Skillsoft Module: Six Sigma: Reducing Variation to Improve Quality List the types of graphical charts used in operations management. Flowchart, Check Sheet, Histogram, Pareto Chart, scatter diagrams, control charts, run charts, cause and effect diagrams Which charts are important in statistical process control (SPC)? Control Charts
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ENV 322 Entire Course (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.env322.com ENV 322 Complete Class Business - General Business Gaia Hypothesis. In Chapter 3, the Gaia hypothesis is introduced. It addresses two hypotheses; (1) life, since its inception, has greatly affected the planetary environment and (2) life has altered Earth’s environment in ways that have allowed life to persist. Do you agree with these two hypotheses? Why or why not? Energy and Food Supplies. The underlying theme
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What specific questions should she ask each of the project sponsors? 6. If Harris is forced to recommend one project over the other, which one should she recommend? Why? Analysis With the problems in mind, think of and search for alternative courses of action that would be feasible. Research is necessary at this stage. Consult general texts and special references pertinent to the problem. If business conditions at the date of the case affect the solution, find the appropriate
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Ethics, or morality, is a code of values to guide man’s actions and decisions. The actions and decisions that a man makes determine the purpose and direction of his life. A value is “that which one acts to gain and/or keep.” Water and sunshine are valuable to plants, money, health and friendship are valuable to man. Organisms must do something, either intentionally or not, to achieve certain ends. Ethics is concerned with what one should seek and how one should act. Nonliving things have nothing
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not getting consistent and enough supplies from the supplier and Reservation policies were unorganized. OPPORTUNITIES- Increase Potential Market THREAT- bar and grill restaurants nearby, new restaurants opening in the mall. III. Alternative Courses of action: Establish and implement SOP (standard operating procedures) a Regular training for staffs/employees. Advantages: To ensure that duties/task assigned to each employee performed consistently. It creates more structure to every business
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financial problem. A 2-month moratorium was granted in hope that Mr. A could recover and thus resume payments. But in early 1973, when the accounts were seven-installment overdue or an aggregate amount of P150, 000, Company X decided to file a court action. The company chose to file a case for a sum of money since they know that they cannot recover the amount of outstanding by repossessing the vehicles which by that time were already much depreciated. Mr. A did not contest the case in the court. Instead
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whether or not to set up its operations in Washington. Cullen, a recent graduate provides the company with four alternatives after studying the situation. The first option is to hire an on-the-scene law firm, the second is to setup a full scale office in Washington, the third is to work out a combination arrangement and the last is to not take any action now. The pros and cons of each alternative are presented and it is suggested that the company adopt the combination approach. Word Count: 105
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the price is a generality; a suggestion to increase the price by $1.07 is a specific. 5. A different situation. Considerable time and effort are sometimes exerted by analysts contending that "If the situation were different, I'd know what course of action to take" or "If the marketing manager hadn't already fouled things up so, badly, the firm wouldn't have a problem." Such reasoning ignores the fact that the events in the case have already happened and cannot be changed. Even though analysis
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bring more net good than those of any alternative course of action, then this action is the right one and the one we should perform” (Shaw and Barry, pg.60). I look at this as to mean when choosing between two alternative acts in a situation then the right act is the one that brings the best result or the most happiness, basically the consequences of a single act. Rule utilitarianism “maintains that the utilitarian standard should be applied not to individual actions but to moral codes as a whole. The
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