The operating model of an organization is more important as the organization grows larger and diversifies into multiple businesses. An example may be a healthcare organization that consists of multiple hospitals and clinics. The two primary concepts to think about when evaluating the operating model of this business are standardization and integration. An organization might allow the hospitals and clinics to run autonomously, in terms of deciding what technology they will use, or how they will purchase supplies, so that they basically function as independent businesses that just happen to have a common owner. This organization would have low standardization and integration. Another organization might integrate all of the records of the different hospitals and clinics into a single Electronic Medical Record. They may manage the the human resource, payroll, purchasing, and inventory activities of all of the hospitals and clinics in the same Enterprise Resource Planning system. If the organization documents all of the hospitals and clinics health care activities using these kinds of integrated technology, then they would be considered to be high on the integration and standardization scale. A chart on page 29 of the text that demonstrates these concepts and evaluates the particular operating model that is the result of how these kinds of activities are shared or are independent between components of the business. After considering the existing structure of your project organization, identify an operating model for your organization. Write a short paper in which you do the following: Describe the chosen operating model in terms of business process integration. Describe the chosen operating model in terms of business process standardization. Compare the selected organization to the sample organizations using the chosen operating model in terms of business process integration. Compare the selected organization to the sample organizations using the chosen operating model in terms of business process standardization. Describe the chosen operating model in terms of the financial benefits available to the organization as a result of the selection. Explain your rationale for the selected operating model. Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for references and citations, and create a document that is clearly written and free of grammatical errors
Day: April 26, 2018
I need your help answering the following 4 questions using the food intake below the questions:
a. How did your recorded protein intake compare with the recommendation of the CNPP? ( 150 words)
b. If your recorded protein intake was too high or too low, which foods might you change to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?( 150 words)
c. Which foods in your recorded one day intake provide protein?( 150 words)
d. Are the proteins in each of these foods complete,or are they incomplete, thus requiring combining to become complementary proteins?( 150 words)
THIS IS THE FOOD INTAKE
Foods Consumed Select Serving Size Number of
Servings
(Enter a number
(e.g. 1.5))
AMERICAN/CHEDDAR CHEESE, PROCESSED <Please select a serving size> 1 cup 1 cup diced 1 cup, melted 1 cup shredded 1 cubic inch 1 kiss 1 slice (.75 oz) 1 slice (1 oz) Don`t Know
BREAD, WHEAT OR CRACKED WHEAT, TOASTED <Please select a serving size> 1 large or thick slice 1 regular slice 1 regular slice, crust not eaten 1 thin slice 1 thin slice, crust not eaten Don`t Know
EGG BEATERS <Please select a serving size> 1 cup, cooked (1/4 cup raw, equivalent to 1 large egg, makes 1/3 cup cooked) 1 carton (8 fl oz) yields Don`t Know
HEALTHY CHOICE MINESTRONE SOUP <Please select a serving size> 1 Campbell`s can (16 oz) 1 Healthy Choice can (15 oz) 1 Progresso can (16 oz) Don`t Know
LETTUCE, RAW <Please select a serving size> 1 cup shredded or chopped 1 oz 1 large head 1 large leaf 1 medium head (6 dia) 1 medium leaf 1 small head 1 small leaf Don`t Know
ORANGE JUICE <Please select a serving size> 1 cup 1 fl oz Don`t Know
PASTRAMI SANDWICH <Please select a serving size> 1 sandwich Don`t Know
POPSICLE <Please select a serving size> 1 Kool Pop 1 double stick 1 single stick 1 Fla-Vor-Ice Don`t Know
PROMISE, MARGARINE-LIKE SPREAD, TUB <Please select a serving size> 1 tablespoon Don`t Know
ROOT BEER <Please select a serving size> 1 fl oz 1 can or bottle (16 fl oz) 1 can (12 fl oz) 1 child/senior drink (12 fl oz) 1 small drink (16 fl oz) 1 medium drink (22 fl oz) 1 large drink (32 fl oz) 1 extra large drink (44 fl oz) Don`t Know
VINEGAR, SUGAR & WATER DRESSING <Please select a serving size> 1 cup 1 tablespoon Don`t Know
WEIGHT WATCHERS SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN (FROZEN MEAL) <Please select a serving size> 1 meal (9 oz)
Print Food Record
Nutrient Intakes For djm0922 on 10/25/2007
A nutrient recommendation is a target or goal for intake of a nutrient. Your requirement for a particular nutrient is unique to you, but it is likely to be lower than the recommended number. If your intake is at or above this number, then it is probably adequate. If your intake is below this number, that does not necessarily mean an inadequate intake. If today’s intake is typically what you eat, and your intake for a nutrient is at or above the recommendation, it is likely that your intake of that nutrient is adequate. To better assess your usual nutrient intake, you should report foods eaten for two or more days and review your nutrient intake over time. Click here if you want to see your nutrient profile with technical assessment information.
Nutrient Your Intake Recommendation or
Acceptable Range
Food Energy/Total Calories (kcals) 1240 2805
Protein (gm) 48 46
Carbohydrate (gm) 171 130
Total Fiber (gm) 13 25
Total Fat (gm) 43 27.5 – 48.2
Saturated Fat (gm) 11.2 < 13.8
Monounsaturated Fat (gm) 15 **
Polyunsaturated Fat (gm) 12 **
Linoleic (omega 6) (gm) 11.2 12
Alpha Linolenic (omega 3) (gm) 1 1.1
Cholesterol (mg) 101 < 300
Vitamin A (mcg RAE) 500.4 700
Vitamin C (mg) 154.9 75
Vitamin E (mg a-TE) 5.7 15
Thiamin (mg) 0.9 1.1
Riboflavin (mg) 1 1.1
Niacin (mg) 14.1 14
Folate (mcg, DFE) 322.3 400
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1 1.3
Vitamin B12 (mcg) 1.5 2.4
Calcium (mg) 358.4 1000
Phosphorus (mg) 550.1 700
Magnesium (mg) 157 320
Iron (mg) 9.3 18
Zinc (mg) 6.5 8
Selenium (mcg) 67.8 55
Potassium (mg) 1976 4700
Sodium (mg) 3732 1500 – 2300
** Nutrient has no established recommendation.
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Comparison of Your Intake with
MyPyramid Recommendations for djm0922
Your Pyramid Stats
Milk Intake 0.3 cup equivalent
Milk Recommendation 3 cup equivalent
Meat and Beans Intake 4.9 oz equivalent
Meat and Beans Recommendation 7 oz equivalent
Vegetables Intake 2.9 cup equivalent
Vegetables Recommendation 3.5 cup equivalent
Fruits Intake 1.1 cup equivalent
Fruits Recommendation 2.5 cup equivalent
Grains Intake 3.8 oz equivalent
Grains Recommendation 10 oz equivalent
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Pyramid Categories Percent Recommendation
Milk 10%
Meat and Beans 70%
Vegetables 83%
Fruits 44%
Grains 38%
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Rx’s R Us is a mail order dealer of homeopathic medications. It has 6 phone lines for receiving orders. Order takers answer the phones, check that inventory is available, and then prepare “picking tickets” for the warehouse stock pickers. One order may consist of several lines, with a different medication or multiples of medications ordered on each line. Each order taker can prepare picking tickets at a rate of one line every three minutes. The telephones are normally answered from 6 am to 4 pm Pacific Time. Stock pickers can fill and package the meds at a rate of one line every five minutes. RX employs 8 stock pickers who normally work weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm (except for one lunch hour).
a. What is the effective capacity of order taking (in lines per week) vs. stock pickers?
b. The eight warehouse employees work 10 hours per day between 7 am and 6 pm, 6 days a week for 3 weeks after the fall catalog is mailed in October. What is the peak capacity of the system, in lines per week? [State whatever assumptions you make in order to generate your response.]
c. During the second week of October, Parts R Us filled 5,000 order lines. What is the utilization as a percent of effective capacity vs. peak capacity?
1. Motivators
Motivators can either be positive (as in using a rewards system) or it can be negative (as in the fear of disciplinary action or being fired).
Think back on your experience and write about an example of each you were subjected to. (We’re not talking about things you might have observed; what we want to hear about are occasions when others have tried to
motivate you using positive and negative means). Which had the greater impact on you? Which produced the better results?
Do you consider motivation in the workplace an important factor in accomplishing a task or project? Explain.
2. Power and Influence
You must have read about five types of power. Again based on your experience, which has had the greatest motivational influence on you? Why? Think of a situation which you did use power or one where you could have used power, briefly describe the situation and say which one you used? or in the case of could have which one do you think would have been most helpful in this situation? Was the result what you wanted? If not then which one might have been better?
A second thought, is using power and influence a way in your mind to get ahead? Why should you engage in this behavior or why not? Is this ethical in your mind? Why or Why not? Now that you know more about it has the reading influenced you one way or the other?
3. Groups and Teams
It is more challenging to motivate a group of people than it is to motivate a single individual. Why do you think that is so? If you were placed in charge of a group or are currently in charge of one, which type of power would you think works best in motivating a group? Why?
4. Learning
Learning is about change, and applying newly learned concepts to existing problems or to overcoming barriers. Write about an event in your experience where organizational learning produced change. How do you think this relates to the different theories of learning?
5. Organizational Decision Making
What are some of the most effective approaches to organizational decision making that you have seen, used, or experienced? What distinguished these approaches from each other, yet still made them effective?
When advertising expenditure is increased, which of the aggregate and average (cost and revenue) curves shift their positions? Explain the direction of the shift. As an industry moves from being a monopoly to a monopolistically competitive one (due to the entry of new competitors as the monopoly’s patents expire, for example), what happens to the elasticity of the demand curve facing the firm? Why?
2. What is the service or product supplied by your firm? If there are more than one, pick one. What is the market structure for the market in which your firm supplies this product? Why? What does economic theory tell you about the short-run and long-run economic profits for a firm operating in this market structure?Do you observe that for your firm? Why or why not?
3. In the presence of excess capacity, firms sometimes launch new brands in an effort to increase their profits. Why would a monopolist not launch a new brand? Why do you think that launching a new brand is often done in monopolistic competition? Has your firm launched a new brand (provided a slightly differentiated service) in an effort to increase profits? Should it do/have done so? Why or why not?
4. Why is it that firms can earn profits in the long run in monopoly and oligopoly but not in monopolistic competition and perfect competition? What can firms do in monopolistic competition or perfect competition to make the short run last as long as possible since they can only make profits in the short run? Have you observed any firms employ such tactics? Can
Select a country that starts with the same letter as the first letter of your last name. As manager of your organization’s global operations, you are responsible to research the challenges and opportunities of staffing and managing a diverse workforce in your new location (i.e., a country of your choice other than the U.S.). Please note that diversity includes more than race and gender; it also includes other differences such as age, lifestyle, skills, ethnicity, work ethics, and so forth (Thomas, 2002).
Select a country for your company’s business. Your assignment is to conduct research about the country you selected for your company’s business and prepare a slide presentation for the CEO addressing the following:
Provide a brief overview of the country you selected for the company’s new business venture, such as the following: location; population; workforce; official language; discrimination laws; type of government (e.g., democratic, totalitarian, communist, etc.); and any other information you feel is important to understand to run a successful business.
What are some of the communications and cultural differences between the two countries, and how would those impact your business? Please explain and provide examples.
Are there differences in discrimination laws between the two countries? How would you address these differences? For example, if race, age, and/or gender were not protected by law in the country you selected, would you be able to follow the same hiring practices as in the United States? Why or why not?
Conclude your research report for your CEO by explaining some and the advantages and disadvantages of a diverse workforce.
Thomas, R. R. (1992). Beyond race and gender: Unleashing the power of your total work force by managing diversity. New York: AMACOM Division, American Management Association
Assignment: Best Practices Manual for Supervisors
As you near the end of MGT 210, you have gained knowledge and experience regarding
what it takes to be an effective supervisor. Put your newly developed skills to work for both
yourself and others by creating a Best Practices Manual for Supervisors.
? Resources: Appendix A; Ch. 3 (pp. 38-50), Ch. 7 (pp. 111-124), Ch. 9 (pp. 144-155), Ch.
11 (pp. 185-201), Ch. 16 (pp. 273-286), Ch. 17 (pp. 292-319), and Ch. 22 (pp. 382-393)
in Supervision: Key Link to Productivity (8th ed.); and Ch. 1 and 2 in Axia College’s
Writing Style Handbook
? Compile the following sections of a best practices manual for new supervisors. Your
overall contributions to the manual should cite a minimum of three sources. Only one of these
sources can be your course text.
The six supervisory responsibilities to which you will contribute best practices are as follows:
1. Demonstrating Communication Skills
2. Determining Effective Orientation and Training Methods
3. Improving Productivity for Teams
4. Conducting Performance Appraisals
5. Resolving Conflict
6. Improving Employee Relations
The J.C. Adams Co., a mail-order firm that deals in small gifts, charges a flat rate for postage regardless of the weights of the packages. The flat postage charge is the current postage rate per ounce times 16.90. The company management assumes that in the long run the firm will break even on postage costs. The accounting department disputes the fixed postage charge and suggests that it should be changed. Management, however, wishes to be at least 95% certain that a policy change is justified since it may incur postage losses or be unattractive to potential customers. Further, management wishes to be 99% certain that if a policy change is made, the change will not incur losses due to insufficient postage charges to customers. Management decides to take a random sample of the weights of 100 packages mailed this month and base the decision on the sample results. The sample indicates a mean weight of 17.8 ounces and a standard deviation of 3.2 ounces.
a. Determine the action to be taken by J. C. Adams Company, if any, and explain your conclusion.
Night Tran Construction Company
Night Tran Construction Company specializes in building small power plants, mostly for utility companies. The company was awarded a contract approximately two years ago to build such a power plant. The contract stated a project duration of three years, after which, a 1 percent penalty would be invoked for each additional month of construction. Project records indicate the utility plan is only 50 percent completed and is encountering continuing problems. The owner of Night Tran Company, concerned over the potential losses, investigated the project and found the following: There was an excessive number of engineering design changes; there was a high work rejection rate; and the project was generally understaffed. As a result, she directed the project manager to develop a better system of project control and present this method to the board members in one week.
Questions: If you were the project manager, what characteristics would you be looking for in the new control system? Will a new control system be adequate for the problem? Will it control scope creep? Explain.
Pritchard Soap Co.
Samantha (“Sam”) Calderon is manager of a project that will completely alter the method of adding perfume to Pritchard Soap’s “Queen Elizabeth” gift soap line. The new process will greatly extend the number of available scents and should result in a significant increase in sales. The project had been proceeding reasonably well, but fell several weeks behind when the perfume supplier, the Stephen Marcus Parfumissary, was unable to meet its delivery deadline because of a wildcat strike.
Under normal circumstances this would not have caused problems, but the project had been subject to a particularly long evaluation study and now was in danger of not being ready for the Christmas season. The major scheduling problem concerned Pritchard’s toxicity lab. Kyle Lee, lab manager, had been most cooperative in scheduling the Queen Elizabeth perfumes for toxicity testing. He had gone out of his way to rearrange his own schedule to accommodate Sam’s project. Because of the strike at Marcus, however, Sam cannot have the perfumes ready for test as scheduled, and the new test date Lee has given will not allow her to make the new line available by Christmas. Sam suspects that the project might not have been approved if senior management had known that they would miss this year’s Christmas season.
Questions: What was the source of change in this project and how will it affect the project’s priority? What are Sam’s alternatives? What should she do?
