cenario:

You are on the mayor’s civic team to consider a community problem.
This town of 3,000 people has recently seen a large upswing in
population. As the community has grown so has the need for affordable
housing for lower income groups, especially since many employees at the
plants from the next town away tend to come over to Hitton to live as
the town has a good K-12 school. The mayor has convened a group of
civic-minded citizens to consider his plan for affordable housing in the
form of multiple family dwellings and provides a map concerning the
proposed location. The town council has already approved the housing.
Your civic team gets together to consider what to do.

The five (5) person team begins:

Ronny: What does the mayor mean by lower income groups anyway?
I don’t want any unemployed homeless people hanging around my
neighborhood! Are we talking subsidized housing? I don’t want to pay for
someone else’s home!

Natalie: Well, I think he wants us to look at housing for
retail and physical labor workers as these folks just can’t find any
affordable housing these days around here. Somebody who makes
$20,000–$30,000 per year cannot afford the $250,000 homes and up that
exist in this community. The nearest community with affordable housing
is 45 minutes away which is costly in terms of gas, never mind the time
commuting.

Carolynn: Exactly Natalie! We need to provide some kind of apartments and small single family housing.

Bart: Well, I don’t know about the location either. I think we
need someone to lead the discussion, and I nominate you! (i.e.,
pointing to you).

You: Well, how does everyone feel about that idea?

Ronny, Natalie, and Carolynn agree that you should lead the discussion.

You: I think we will first need to define the problem here.

Checklist: Based on the scenario, you will go through the
steps you might have used to successfully lead the discussion of the
citizen’s group above.

• View the town map.
• Define the problem (see problem-solving steps from the Reading) and diagram it using a cause-and-effect diagram (Lumsden et al., 2010, p.188).
• Use a form of brainwriting to discover some solutions (Thompson,
  2014) based on the Discussion and the town map above. Leave your ideas
  for a while and then come back later and modify or add other ideas on
  another card or piece of paper. (Provide the brainwriting for 1–2
  solutions.)
• Provide the best solution in some detail.
• Provide an informal outline of an implementation plan to pursue the solution proposed to the Mayor.

Access the Assignment rubric.

Provide a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation
with your response to the checklist items including an additional title
and reference slide. Use 4–5 bulleted points per slide and up to 10
words per bulleted point. Place any additional notes in the notes
section below each slide.

Deliverable Length:

12–15 slides PowerPoint; 100–200 words of speaker notes per slide + References

Details:

In preparation for your overall logistics White
Paper Recommendation to the CEO, she has asked you to give her a “taste” of the
different kinds of logistic systems and decisions that different industries
use. You decide to prepare a PowerPoint presentation comparing and contrasting
the logistics systems that are commonly used in the following 3 industries
(include each of these in your presentation):

1.Describe the steps in making
sure that flights take off on time for an airline. Describe the different steps
that must occur for an on-time plane departure. For example, how does the
airline make sure that the plane is properly fueled on a timely basis?

2.Describe the logistics system
that overnight small package delivery companies use to ensure that timely
delivery of undamaged packages occurs on a consistent basis. Discuss how
packages are scheduled for pick-up and are picked up, tracked, and transported
to the final destination, along with any other key activities.

3.Describe the logistics steps
that large mass merchandiser global supply chains use to ensure timely
availability of inventory for routine and sales merchandise needs. This
discussion must begin with the transportation from the foreign factory to its
nearby port, and continue from there until it arrives at the mass
merchandiser’s regional warehouses.

Objectives: Describe
the importance and techniques for effective logistics.

Explain how logistics functions impact each
other.

Instructor
comments:

1.  It is also expected that your slides will
be eye appealing to the reader.  This
means that you need to offer color slides and include some form of clipart,
charts, graphs, pictures, etc. to make the slides appear pleasing to the eye.

2.  Describe the steps in making sure that
flights take off on time for an airline. 
Describe the different steps that must occur for on-time plane
departure.

a.  For
example, how does the airline make sure that the plane is properly fueled on a
timely basis?

b.  How
does the airline ensure that the plane has been cleaned?

c.  How
does the airline ensure that the flight crew is in place with no absenteeism?

d.  How
does the airline ensure that all of the baggage has been loaded?

e.  These
are just a few examples of what needs to be done from a logistics point of view
prior to the plane departing from the airport.

f.  Clearly
there are many more that need to be considered and discussed.

3.  Describe the logistics system that
overnight small package delivery companies use to ensure that timely delivery
of undamaged packages occurs on a consistent basis.  Discuss how packages are scheduled for pickup
and are picked up, tracked, and transported to the final destination, along
with any other key activities.

a.  How
are packages scheduled for pickup?  By
phone, internet, email, etc.?

b.  How
is the package tracked?  When is a
tracking number assigned?  What is the
process for the customer to track their shipment?

c.  How
is the package transported from the customer to the final destination?  By truck alone, or by air or both?

d.  How
does the delivery company ensure that the package remains undamaged?  Is there a visual inspection each time the
package is handled? 

e.  How
would the customer file a claim that the package was damaged upon arrival?

f.  These
are just some of the items that you should consider in your analysis and there
are many more as well.

4.  Describe the logistics steps that large
mass merchandiser global supply chains use to ensure the timely availability of
inventory for routine and sales merchandise needs.  This discussion must begin with the
transportation from the foreign factory o its nearby port, and continue from
there until it arrives at the mass merchandiser’s regional warehouses.

Competency

Attribute different cultural perspectives to current social-cultural dimensions.

Scenario Information

You have been hired as the Human Resources Director for a global organization that is headquartered in the United States. Your job is to evaluate and make recommendations in the area of diversity for your company. Each section will contain specific areas within diversity for you to focus on. You will be tasked with choosing from one of the diversity areas that are provided to you. Be sure to conduct research using the university library and other relevant sources.

Diversity Areas (Select one, and continue to use for all modules)

• Race
• Gender
• Sexual orientation
• Religion
• Ethnicity

Instructions

You recently attended a conference for your company on Diversity and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. As part of the initiative on going to the conference, you are to prepare a presentation on what you learned to incorporate into the company; this can be PowerPoint, Prezi, or any presentation tool. Make sure you address the following questions in your presentation, as you will be giving it to the executive leadership team:

1. Include an introduction to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
2. Discuss how the six cultural dimensions impact the workplace.
3. Determine what strategies you can use to successfully manage the different cultural dimensions. Remember, this is a global company based in the US.
4. Conclude your presentation.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to apply Operations Forecasting.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Microsoft^® Excel^®

Select a business operations dataset from the internet or other sources which can be used for forecasting in the University Library.

Develop a minimum of three quantitative forecasts using Microsoft^® Excel^®.

• Compare and contrast each quantitative forecast you develop.
• Choose the one forecast you determine would be the best for the firm and be prepared to explain why you chose this.
• Evaluate the impact this forecast would have on the firm from a financial metrics standpoint.

Develop a minimum of a 700-word paper in which you describe your forecasting project including details on all the assignment steps.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Conduct a review of the article focusing on these four sections: Introduction, summary, analysis, and conclusion. Make sure to follow APA guidelines.

ntroduction: (1-2 paragraphs)

• The introduction should introduce the article by providing the reader with the article title and the author name. It will also give some details about what you will be talking about in the subsequent paragraphs.

Summary: (2 paragraphs)

• The summary follows the introduction and presents the main points of the article. The summary provides readers with an overview of the article, which will help them understand your analysis. Only include information that is relevant to your analysis.

Analysis (2 paragraphs):

• The analysis section is where you analyze the article for the reader. This is your chance to give your opinion on the article’s content.

Conclusion: (1 paragraph)

• The conclusion is where you make any final points and draw your conclusion about the information presented in the article.