Imagine that you are working for department within a large company. The manager of your department is considering allowing workers in your department to telework, in other words, to work from home.

However, your manager is not sure what to expect from this possible change.

She is not sure what the advantages, pitfalls, unexpected issues, etc. are of allowing teleworking. For example, she is not sure whether workers become less productive because they will be working from home and not supervised. She also considers the possibility that workers will become more productive because they won’t have to worry about traffic and parking. They won’t have to take large amounts of time off to get children to a doctor’s appointment, to see a doctor themselves, to take care of errands, etc. It is possible that working from home will improve productivity.

Other questions abound in her mind. For example, how many days a week should the workers be allowed to telework? Should they be limited to one day? Two days? Or should they be unlimited to telework as many days as they would like per week?

In addition, she is not sure if everyone should be allowed to telework or if perhaps only people in certain positions should be allowed to telework. For example, she knows that the janitor cannot telework. His job could not be done at a distance. But some individuals could telework, as their jobs involve meetings and other functions that could be accomplished at a distance.

Overall, your manager is somewhat at a loss on this issue.

Your manager has asked you to review the literature on teleworking. She has asked that you submit a literature review to her next month on the topic of teleworking.

From what you have gleaned in this class about what a literature review is, what is your manager asking you to do?

• Does she want a proposal that supports a new teleworking arrangement?
• Does she want a persuasive paper that takes a stand against teleworking?
• Or does she want something entirely different from those two options?

Please give your answer in a paragraph of 5-10 sentences.

1. Chapter 7: Question #7 – Page 161 of Operations & Supply Management 14th Ed (2 pts)

For each of the following variables,explain the differences (in general) as one moves from a workcenter to an assembly line environment.

• a. Throughput time (time to convert raw materials into product)
• b. Capital/labor intensity
• c. Bottlenecks

2. Chapter 7: Question #8 – Page 161 of Operations & Supply Management 14th ed (2 pts) ( Reference the example 7.1 on page 152)
A book publisher has fixed costs of $300,000 and variable costs per book of $8.00. The book sells for $23.00 per copy

• a. What is the break even point?

FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEM

ABC Corporation is planning to assemble a lawnmower using an assembly line. The following table provides the job elements and their precedence elements and the element times.

Draw the precedence diagram of this assembly job. (2PTS) ( see page 176-178 of your text book, Exhibit 8.9&8.10).

If the production requirement for the lawnmower is 500 units per 8 hour shift, what will be the speed of this assembly line? (2PTS)

(Line speed = Time allotted per shift in seconds/no. of units produced per shift)

SERVICE PROBLEMS

Chapter 9: Question #1&3 – Page 217 of Operations & Supply Management 14th ed (2 pts)

• 1.What is the term used for a bundle of goods and services that are provided in some environment by every service operation?
• 2. List the 3 significant ways in which service systems differ from manufacturing systems.

Write your responses in a word document. Please show your work. Upload and submit the file via the title link

Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be two (2) to four (4) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.

Lesson 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this course has covered a wide variety of topics. Thus far, you have learned a great deal of information on health insurance, medical contracts, HIPAA, physician and hospital medical billing, and Medicare and Medicaid.

For this writing assignment, please explain why the following course objectives are important for medical billers and coder to understand:

1. Understand the history and impact of health insurance on health care reimbursement process and recognize various types of health insurance coverage.
2. Identify the key elements of a managed care contract and identify the role HIPAA plays in the health care industry.
3. Recognize and explain the different components of physician and hospital billing and differentiate between the two types of services.
4. Explain the difference between Medicare and Medicaid billing.

Please include at least 3 scholarly articles within your response. Overall response will be formatted according to APA style and the total assignment should be between 2-4 pages not including title page and reference page.

I need a reply to the following discussion posts. Needs to have an in-text citation and should be approximately 2-3 paragraphs for each one with an open-ended question to my fellow students. This does not need a title page, and one reference is sufficient. Please make sure there is an open-ended question at the end. (Article attached)

Question: To prepare for this discussion, please go the case that you read for this week, “Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc.,” and calculate the impact of the two lease options on Magnet’s income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Which lease option should Janette Clark choose? Why?

Do you agree with the proposed new lease accounting rules? Why/why not?

I need a reply to this post:

Reply to Karen!

The lease option that I think Janette Clark should choose is the 3 plus 2-year lease for the following reasons:
1. It will decrease her total operating expense; however, it will increase her EBITDA (the difference is going to have to show up somewhere)
2. It will increase her net income before taxes and
3. It will increase her net income,
4. She will have the security of not having to move any of the stores, which is important for her because she has built up a base of clients and will want to remain in a stable location,
5. She will have the security of not having increased rent what will happen with her 1-year leases, the 3 plus 2-year lease will remain at a constant level.

I do agree with the proposed new lease accounting rules. This money is still going to have to be paid out with the change in laws, no matter if it is for rent or a lease. Now it is just a matter of accounting for that expense. The income statements may show more expense in the first couple of years but it levels off in the last couple of years. The only way to get around spending money on rent or a lease is to purchase the property, then she would be able to add that as an asset/investment. This might not be the wisest choice if she is thinking of selling her business towards the end of her lease option because then she would have a building that she would no longer have a use for, unless she opened another business or rented out the building to another company.
I am still a little confused on how to record operating expense vs. capital investment when it comes to leases, so I look forward to learning from my classmates!

My topic is “decision-making in the casino”. These are the instructions and requirements:

You will submit a short paper (2000 words maximum), illustrating one or more concepts covered in class or in the readings. It may be drawn from your professional, educational, and personal experiences, or from the media.

For an illustration drawn from the media, you will find a newspaper or magazine article, excerpt from a book, or a video tape segment from a film or television show, etc. that illustrates one or more principles from class or the readings, and discuss and analyze its relevance to material that we cover in this course.

The topic illustration will be graded based on the validity, quality, clarity, and insightfulness of your description and analysis, as well as the “interestingness” and/or importance of the example chosen.

Paper guidelines:

An excellent paper will be one in which you clearly convey an understanding of the material of the class, and a creativity and insight in applying the course topics to real-life situations or problems. Things to include in your papers:

Make sure you clearly describe the situation. If you’re using a newspaper or magazine article as your source, briefly summarize (in a paragraph or two) the key points of the article that are relevant to your discussion. If you’re describing an experience you’ve had, make sure to give relevant background so that the reader can understand the context of the judgment/decision situation.

Make sure you correctly identify the effect (or effects) that applies to the example you choose (e.g., misperception of random sequences, illusory correlation, judgment by availability or representativeness, loss aversion, decision framing, etc.) If several possible effects could all be working in concert, describe how they might work together, how each effect might contribute to different aspects of the described situation, and how you might be able to distinguish between different explanations.

If you are documenting an error, mistake, or something otherwise undesirable: how might you go about improving the situation? For example, if you consider an example where a manager shows a possible hindsight bias in evaluating the usefulness of predictions, what specific steps could be taken to correct the problem?