Day: April 26, 2018

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

1

You’ve been hired by an unprofitable firm to determine whether it should shut down its unprofitable operation.

The firm currently uses 50,000 workers to produce 200,000 units of output per day. The daily wage (per worker) is $80, and the price of the firm’s output is $25. The cost of other variable inputs is $400,000 per day. Although you don’t know the firm’s fixed cost, you know that it is high enough that the firm’s total costs exceed its total revenue.

Provide a report to management of the firm as to whether or not it should continue to operate at a loss? Be sure to show your work to support the decision you outlined in your report.

2
Sometimes market activities (production, buying and selling) have unintended positive or negative effects outside the market’s scope. This is called an externality. Suppose that you are a policy maker concerned with correcting the effects of gases and particulates emitted by and local power plant. What tools would you use? What would be the benefits of the action? What would be the costs? How would you decide what was the best level of emission reduction? Why do you think your approach would be better than others? (hint: see chapter 31)

3
Suppose the price of apples rises from $3 a pound to $3.50 and your consumption of apples drops from 35 pounds of apples a month to 20 pounds of apples. Calculate your price elasticity of demand of apples. What can you say about your price elasticity of demand of apples? Is it Elastic, Inelastic, or Unitary Elastic? Be sure to show the work you used to support your answer.

Details: The deadline for completing your evaluation of a big ticket item/purchase is approaching. Write a rough draft of your essay which includes the following:

An introduction in which you identify and briefly describe the big ticket item/purchase and the two models, providers, etc you have chosen to compare and contrast in your introduction.

A body in which you compare and contrast the two models, providers, etc. you have chosen in the body of your draft and based on your comparison.

A conclusion in which you reflect on which model or provider you would choose to purchase.
This is a rough draft. APA style is not required.

Instructor Comments: For this assignment you should have an introduction, body and conclusion. Make sure each element of the assignment is addressed appropriately. You can choose the big ticket items of your choice. Compare and contrast the items you chose for this assignment in the body of the paper. You must have a conclusion.

A variety of sources estimate that perhaps 85% of all job openings are not advertised online or in the newspapers. This helps lend credibility to the statement “It is not what you know but who you know”. With this in mind it is necessary for job seekers to develop a plan to penetrate the hidden job market and open themselves up to a wider array of opportunities.

Directions:
1. Click here to go to the Job-Hunt.org website and read about ways you can penetrate the Hidden Job Market.

2. Submit the following:
a. Utilizing the ideas presented of “Push”, “Pull”, and “Maintain” and integrating internet/library research develop your own personal strategy to find unadvertised opportunities. You must present at least two solid ideas in each area. 500-750 words.
b. “Maintain” promotes the establishment and usage of your network of contacts to tap into the Hidden Job Market. Submit the following information about five people in your network:
i. Names
ii. How you know them
iii. How they can help you tap into the Hidden Job Market

Part 2:

A company manufactures specialty devices for machinery. One particular device has reached maturity, and the company is considering whether to replace it with a newer model. Technologies have not changed dramatically so the new device would have similar functionality to the existing one but would be smaller and lighter in weight.

The firm’s three choices are to keep the old model, design a replacement with internal resources and purchase a new design from a firm that is one of it suppliers. The market for these devices will be either “receptive or “neutral” of the replacement model. The financial estimates are as follows: Keeping the old design will yield a profit of $6 million dollars. Designing the replacement internally will yield $10 million if the market is “receptive” but a $3 million loss if the market is “neutral.” Acquiring the new design from the supplier will profit $4 million under “receptive,” $1 million under “neutral. The company feels that the market has a 70% chance of being “receptive: and a 30% change of being “neutral”.

Calculate expected value for all courses of action and what actions yield the highest expected value?

A. There are three possible choices here.
B. If they stay with old design, the profit will be $6 million.
C. The EMV of developing the replacement internally is $6.1 million.
D. The company should choose the highest value, and develop a replacement product design with internal resources.

There could be more than one correct answer.

It is projected that a needed item will sell for $10 each. If the item is outsourced, there is virtually no cost other than the $5 per unit that they would pay their supplier.

Process A requires an investment of $120,000 for design and equipment, but results in a $6 per unit cost.

Process B requires only a $100,000 investment but is per unit cost is $5.

Regardless of whether the item is subcontracted or produced internally, there is a 50% chance that they will sell 50,000 units, and a 50% chance that they will sell 100,000 units.

Using the decision trees and EMV, what is their best choice?

A. The company only has to choose among three alternatives
B. The decision should be based on which alternative yields the highest profits
C. Process A is preferable to process B
D. Process A promises the highest profits

There could be more than one correct answer.It is projected that a needed item will sell for $10 each. If the item is outsourced, there is

If Company A elects to buy a needed part, it would cost them $1.50 each. If they design and produce it themselves, it will result in a per unit cost of $0.75. However, the design investment would be $50,000. Further they realize that for this type of part, there is a 30% chance that after the part is designed and tested, the part will need to be redesigned at an additional cost of $50,000. Regardless of whether they make or buy the part, Company A will need 100,000 of these parts. What is the EMV using the Decision Trees Analysis and what do you think Company A should do?

1. Since the expected values represent cost, Company A should made their decision based on the lowest expected value.

2. The expected monetary value (cost) of making the part is $175,000.

3. The expected monetary value (cost) of buying the part is $135,000.

4.Company A should make the part and not buy it.

Animal Lab Report

Procedures: 1. Visit http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/phyla.html; Introduction to the Metazoa: Animals, Animals, Animals!, University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. Click the Systematics link and learn more about a group you desire to begin researching for this lab. Note: The boxes without images have not yet been developed. 2. If possible, visit a local zoo and try to learn more about the animal group you are researching. Take pictures, talk to the zookeepers, etc. 3. Visit a number of websites (a few starters are listed below) that deal with the great diversity of animals and their biological, ecological, and economic impacts on life and human society. Gather (and cite!) information and images to allow you to prepare a poster or PowerPoint presentation. 4. In your poster or PowerPoint presentation, you will need to detail the classification of the group of creatures you are detailing. 5. Required elements include: the time of first occurrence, fossil record (if any), economic and societal impact of the group, and its evolutionary importance (for example the green algae are not terribly important save as a stem group for the evolution of plants).

Example sites: http://www.tolweb.org/tree/ Tree of Life Web Project. Maintained by scientists and collaborators, this site organizes over 5000 web pages about the classification and relationships of the domains and other taxonomic groups. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html Links for Systematics. This site compiles many links to aid your research.

Complete the Unit 4 Assignment: Gang Violence Essay Note: Submit your graded Learning Journal after completing your Assignment.

Complete the Unit 4 Assignment: Gang Violence Essay

Juvenile gangs have become a serious and growing problem in many areas throughout the U.S. Gang involvement means a commitment to law violations as well as antisocial behaviors.

Resource: U.S. Department of Justice (2010). Best practices to address gang problems: OJJDP’s comprehensive gang model (2nd ed.). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Washington DC.

Watch these videos on gang violence and consider how antisocial behavior relates to organized gangs.

•Anti-drug operation against Mexican cartels [Video webcast]. •ATF and Mexico drug cartel [Video webcast]. •Arkansas under curfew to control crime [Video webcast]. Write a 1–2 page essay describing the nature and scope of juvenile antisocial behavior as it relates to organized gangs.

Include the following components in your essay:

•Describe three of the most common forms of antisocial behavior in organized gangs. •Describe three proactive solutions to gang violence. Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.

Include a title and reference page.

Cite a minimum of three sources within the body of your paper using in-text citations where appropriate.

Save your Essay in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit4_Assignment).

Submit your Essay by selecting the Unit 4 Assignment in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 4.

Complete the Learning Journal.

Resources:

U.S. Department of Justice (2010). Best practices to address gang problems: OJJDP’s comprehensive gang model (2nd ed.). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Washington DC.

Cengage Learning Inc. (Producer). (2013). Anti-drug operation against Mexican cartels [Video webcast]. In, Segal, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2013). Juvenile delinquency: The core (5th ed.). Independence, KY: Author.

Cengage Learning Inc. (Producer). (2013). ATF and Mexico drug cartel [Video webcast]. In, Segal, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2013). Juvenile delinquency: The core (5th ed.). Independence, KY: Author.

Cengage Learning Inc. (Producer). (2013). Arkansas under curfew to control crime [Video webcast]. In, Segal, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2013). Juvenile delinquency: The core (5th ed.). Independence, KY: Author.

Select an informational text from Appendix B of the Common Core standards for English Language Arts. Research a minimum of five reading comprehension-teaching strategies. Develop a graphic organizer for each strategy:

Each graphic organizer will support the comprehension strategy being used. Design the graphic organizers around the informational text and strategy. Include a summary of 1-2 paragraphs for each graphic organizer explaining how you would use this in a comprehension lesson. Include your rationale. Specify the potential benefits of using each graphic organizer and how it will support assessment of knowledge.

Use the GCU Library to research 3-5 peer-reviewed articles in support of your content.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.