Task: Introduction All managers are expected to redress the basic functions of the management process, including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. The ten strategic operations management decisions are listed as follows. 1. Design of goods and services: Defines much of what is required of operations in each of the other OM decisions. For instance, product design usually determines the lower limits of cost and the upper l...
Task Via Rail Itinerary Assignment Situation: As a local tour operator, you have identified an important and untapped market. VIA Rail has trains filled with tourists going from coast to coast to coast. At present, travellers arrive in Winnipeg on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays for brief two to three-hour stays. It would be ideal to turn these low-yield visitors into high-yield tourists by encouraging them to disembark the train and embark...
Question: Supply Chain Management Discuss in detail the five (5) basic Supply Chain levers to deal with uncertainty. 1. Demonstrate an understanding of core Supply Chain Management concepts and operating strategies 2. Describe common process components for managing supply chain 3. Be able to draft a project describing supply chain management goals for your organisation or an organisation of your choice 4. Dem...
Question: Globalization and Amazon Is Amazon Good for Us as a Society? Introduction The online e-commerce giant, Amazon, has impacted the word in a huge way since its humble inception in 1994. It started as a book retailer and has skyrocketed to the fourth largest company in the world in terms of market capital (Statistica, 2020). Globalization has allowed for mass global trade and the flow of goods and services between countries, Amazon cu...
Question: Instructions 1. This individual graded assignment will constitute 100% of the overall module marks. 2. Late submission of graded assignment without leave of absence (LOA) for the module will be subjected to the following late penalty. The late submission penalty will apply only to the component(s) that relate to the submitted work. Note that the time after submission deadline includes weekends and Public Holidays. ...
Question: Instructions to candidates The oral assessment will be during the period indicated in your Assessment Timetable. You will be given details of your oral assessment by your Campus Assessment Team. The oral assessment will take the following form: You have 10 minutes to make your presentation. The examiner will stop you at 10 minutes if you have not already stopped. The examiner will then have 10 minutes to ask you related questi...
Question: The mode of assessment: A written report on the design of a marketing strategy and implementation plan for a new or improved product or a service of your choice underpinned by academic and professional literature. The proposed product must be marketed by an existing, well-known company. Your final report should include the following sections Part 1: Introduction and Product/Service Description (10%) A brief description and rationa...
Task Portfolio (15%) During the trimester, weekly practical classes will re-enforce principles of the associated lecture topic. Of these, there will be five programming exercises whose solutions should be archived into a portfolio and submitted along with the main assignment at the end of the trimester. These exercises should be worked on in scheduled practical class time, and students can support/help each other provided that no actual code ...
Questions: Question 1: What is Payroll Tax? Nunavut Payroll Tax: Top of Form: Scenario: Sophie Ball, the Director of Human Resources of your Northern Expeditions company, has advised that the company will be opening an office in Nunavut this year. The office will offer guided northern trips to hunters and adventurers. It expects to mainly employ local guides (40 days over the summer period) but the company will also be periodically bringing...
Task Assignment - Description A2 – Smart Home Controller In this assignment, you will continue working on the Smart Home Controller challenge playing the role of "Smart Builders", i.e., a bunch of developers who develop custom smart homes by putting together various components. You will now face three challenges: •Adapting an Old Sensor. You are given an temperature sensor driver that does not satisfy the Simple Smart Dev...
First part: Read “The Parable of the Sadhu” by McCoy (1997) in Harvard Business Review. After reading the article, post your response to the following question by Thursday: In the “Parable of the Sadhu,” teams of mountaineers climbing in the Himalayas encounter a dying holy man. To this day, what took place on the mountain haunts McCoy. Groups, he concludes, are often more immoral than individuals. What less...
In the accounting field, you will often be expected to both enter calculations accurately and articulate what this information means to internal and external stakeholders. In addition, you will be expected to propose financial solutions when a company is faced with a policy change, or when the company’s regulations change. For this project, imagine that you have just started in a new role as a financial accountant preparing for a year...
Task: The assessment task is aligned with the Learning outcomes which are specified in the Module description: 1. Examine and appraise change management theories, concepts and frameworks both within different international contexts and from various cultural perspectives 2. Evaluate how individuals and organisations exploit and manage risk and uncertainty 3. Recognise the critical role played by managers in creativity and change 4. Explain ho...
The essence of this TMA is to allow students to practice various theories and concepts of the B392 course. Case studies allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the studied materials. Since all questions depend extensively on student’s justification, there is no typical answer for TMA questions. This marking guideline offers general framework to mark TMA where a tutor needs to apply his personal judgment in grading each question...
Task to complete: 1. Perform normalisation to 3NF for the data depicted in the sample documents. Note that only one normalisation is required for the function room evaluation, you have been provided with two samples so you can appreciate some of the variety which occurs. The approach you are required to use is the same approach as shown in the normalisation lab solution (see QB and QC). The normalisation must begin by you representing each of th...
Task Discuss the impact of key legislation on HRM practice in New Zealand Analyse employment obligations and responsibilities within a particular context. Assess staff development needs and policies. Apply human resource management options to a specific situation HR Manager (you) Responsible for assessing the impact of any new legislation on the business and for developing appropriate HR strategies, policies and training. Recently the focus...
Task: Questions to Consider For the critique, you should consider the overall implications of the piece to the role of digital communication culture and apply it to the world of work. You may want to focus your critique of the issue by answering these questions in paragraph format: 1. There is a growing trend of cases where people are being publicly shamed as a result of messages they posted on social media. What are the ethics involved, if an...
Question: Using relevant course material and wider reading, present a literature review that critically evaluates the key factors currently facing and influencing organisations operating in the global landscape of 2020/ 2021 and in the future? How to potentially address the task / question – a suggestion only! In attempting to answer the question, remember that views of globalisation have changed over many years up to 2020 e.g. Yip 198...
Section 1 Your task for this part of the assignment is to answer the following questions NB: This is a research based section and ALL the sources used, other than the material provided, are to be cited using Harvard referencing techniques Question 1 Identify five common project risk strategies employed to address threats that a project may face. Give an example of each. Question 2: Projects are often completed late. Describe the techn...
TMA Topic and requirements Innovation is a crucial element for economic and organizational success. If a company wants to compete it must be both adaptive and creative. The focus of this TMA is to select an example (preferably a local example) of organizational innovation associated with its business functions- marketing and/or operations management- and analyze the importance of this innovation. This TMA is not about innovative products, b...
Learning Outcomes Knowledge and Understanding Successful students will typically … understand some of the main features of prevalent operating systems; have a knowledge and understanding of how and why different networking functions are separated in the layers of a protocol stack; have a knowledge and understanding of different security threats to networks and ...
Instructions to Students: 1. This End-of-Course Assessment paper comprises a case and SIX (6) pages (including the cover page). 2. You must answer ALL questions. 3. You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the ECA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date. 4. Late submission will be subjected to the marks deduction scheme. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details. 5. If you fail to sub...
This assignment requires you to develop a professional development plan that demonstrates your understanding of how to enhance and support your own professional learning and development. This assignment is broken into four parts: Part 1: Professional goals Part 2: Inquiry Part 3: Support networks Part 4: Development plan Learning outcome Design a professional development plan, analysing key actions, resourc...
You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the TMA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date. Question 1 (a) Suppose an engineering company manufactures a critical part that has a mean diameter of 50 mm and a variance of 16 mm2. Analyse and calculate the probability that a random sample of 40 parts will have an average diameter: (i) less than 49, (ii) more than 51.5, (iii) between 49 and 51. Sta...
Mixed up Subjective and Objective Data Work Sheet A.J. is a 15-year-old female who is presenting to your primary clinic setting with her mother. A.J. is a new patient, and this is her initial visit. Her complaint is “left leg pain.” Vitals: Temp: 37.0 C HR: 88 RR: 16 BP: 110/72 Height: 5’ 6.” Weight: 70.5 kg 1. Read the rest of the case study below and then complete the blank Soap N...