Business

A company manufactures four variants of the same product (Product X), and in the final part of the manufacturing process there are Assembly, Polishing and Packing operations. For each variant the time required for these operations is shown below (in minutes per unit) as is the profit per unit sold.Variant Assembly Polishing Packing Profit (£)X1 2 3 2 1.50X2 4 2 3 2.50X3 3 3 2 3.00X4 7 4 5 4.50Given the current state of the labour force, the company estimate that, each year, they have 100,000 minutes of Assembly time, 50,800 minutes of Polishing time and 60,000 minutes of Packing time available.A solution to the linear programme is given below, where S1, S2 and S3 are slack variables for the labour time for the Assembly, Polishing and Packing operations, respectively.Final TableauX1X2X3X4S1S2S3SolutionS1-1.0000.21-0.2-1.217,840X31.0010.400.6-0.46,480X20.0101.40-0.40.615,680Z1.5000.200.80.358,640Required1. Provide an explanation of the meanings of each of the terms in the final Tableau above.(6 marks)2. What if 200 units of the product X1 and 500 units of the product X4 should be produced to satisfy an influential customer? What will be the new production plan and the total contribution generated per year? Also, state the impact of this on the resources remaining.(6 marks)

Read the article from the Harvard coursepack: How Netflix Reinvented HR https://hbr.org/2014/01/how-netflix-reinvented-hrPerform your own research on the current development in Netflix and other organizations with regards to the Performance review, Compensation, Decision Making, Sharing of Information, Open organizational communication, and Retention approaches. Also, make sure to use material that were provided in class.After reading the case study and applying your learning from class think about and analyze which elements that Netflix implemented were successful and what recommendations you would make based on your research and learning to further develop people and the organization from the HR perspective.Stay away from simply summarizing the articles and apply critical approach in your writing. Avoid using quotes from the articles. Explain the concepts in your own words and use proper citations and references. Make sure to be focused and think through the outline of the paper. Use personal voice e.g. I agree, I feel, I believe, etc. This paper should have at least 5 references including the suggested case study. The paper should be a minimum of 1500 words.

Financial Decisions for Business – Assignment 2(A) Use the financial information provided in Debenhams’ 2018 Financial Statements to answer the following questions.1. Work out Debenhams liquidity ratios in 2018. What do these ratios tell us about Debenhams’ liquidity position? (15 marks)a. Quick ratiob. Current ratio2. Work out Debenhams Inventory turnover ratios in 2018. What does this ratio tell us about Debenhams’ inventory management? (10 marks)3. Work out Debenhams profitability ratios in 2018. What do these ratios tell us about Debenhams’ profitability state? (15 marks)a. Return on capital employedb. Net profit ratio4. Work out Debenhams Debt/Equity ratio in 2018. What does this ratio tell us about Debenhams’ financial risk level? (10 marks)(B) Read Debenhams’ 2018 Financial Report and research on relevant information about this company. What was the major mistake it made in relation to its financial decision in recent years that had led to its downfall? Were there any other internal and external factors contributing to the failure of this business? Use examples and concrete figures to justify your arguments.Word limit for Part B is between 1500 to 2000. (50 marks)Submission Deadline: Monday 26th of April 2021 before 11:30 pm via Turnit

Reflect on inventory costing methods. If you owned a small business (one that required you to keep an inventory), what inventory cost method would you prefer, and why? Would your chosen costing method follow the actual flow of your inventory?Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

-How can material requirements be reduced through improved master scheduling processes?-How does forecasting impact planning and control system for reduced waste?Please ensure to write a post which is a minimum of 500 words, please ensure to provide at least two peer reviewed journal articles.

General instructionsIn this assessment, students will develop a persuasive and critically informed business case for a human resource management change initiative – HR Business Case download. Addressing a specific scenario, students are asked to prepare a short presentation of their business case for a senior management audience. Students will outline the business problem against the background of contemporary drivers of organisational change and indicate, in general terms, their human resource management solution to the problem. Their business case will critically evaluate the proposed solution in consideration of alternative options, key benefits, requirements and success factors. Through this assessment, students will develop their organisational development competencies, as well as their ability to influence decision-makers in considering innovative human resource management strategies that align business requirements with organisational cultural, social and/or ecological concerns.Assessment Criteria1. Clarity of Communication (30%) – Information is structured and presented clearly drawing on verbal and non-verbal means of professional communication2. Critical Analysis (40%) – Substantive analysis of the business problem and consideration of alternative options and implications3. Persuasive Argument (30%) – Ability to develop a persuasive value proposition tailored to strategic needs and priorities of the target audienceDetailed instructionIn this assessment, you will prepare and record a 5-minute video presentation and upload a link for it via Canvas. In preparing for this video, you will assume the role of a company’s HR director that seeks to tackle a specific organisational challenge (please read the HR Business Case downloadwhich will be presented in our first seminar). In responding to the challenge, you will first need to consider and map out a human resource management change initiative that addresses the organisational scenario. Your task is then to develop a business case for this change initiative. Your video presentation is essentially a ‘pitch’ to senior management designed to persuade them to implement your proposal in the organisation. It involves the following core components:1. What is your proposed change initiative/strategy?2. Why should senior management endorse your proposal (see related questions in change scenario)?3. Briefly, how will you implement the change in ways that will be embraced by the business?

Amazon.com is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States. One of the most important factors in Amazon’s success has been its outstanding leadership.For this assignment, research the leadership culture of Amazon to gain insights into how it shapes the customer service environment that is created within the company. After completing your research, write a 1-2 page paper that does the following:Identify Amazon’s leadership principlesExplain how the president of Amazon has provided leadership in customer service at Amazon. Provide an example.Provide your analysis of why the leadership philosophy at Amazon is so successful and how it influences the level of customer service provided by their site.Your submitted assignment should be proofread for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.Be sure to follow APA formatting, and include both in-text citations and a references page. Provide at least one reference and in-text citation (other than the Amazon.com website) for your paper.For APA guidelines, go to the Resources tab within the course.Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due datesSave your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

Your family is considering purchasing a house and investing in a business venture. You started the structure for a loan amortization table and the investment table. You will complete the first five years of the 20-year loan amortization table. To complete the table, you will enter formulas to calculate the beginning balance, monthly payment, and ending balance. You will use financial functions to calculate the interest and principal paid for each monthly payment. In addition, you want to calculate cumulative interest after the first year, total interest over the life of the loan, and the amount of principal paid after the first year. You also want to see how many months half or more of the payment is for interest. You will then focus your attention on completing an investment table using date functions, formulas, and a financial function to calculate the future value of the investment.

150 words+Many claim that society is not “fair” unless the number of women in leadership positions is equal with the number of men. Personally, I believe this position to be absurd. Men and women seek leadership roles at different rates for varying reasons.I also believe that as our business environment changes, the need for leaders who are comfortable with the soft leadership styles, e.g., communicative, democratic, will increase. Since women appear to be more comfortable with these styles, the number of women in leadership roles in 25 to 50 years will naturally exceed the number of men.Am I wrong? What do you think?

Component 1 Literature Review (1000 words): You should conduct a formal academic literature review of refereed journal articles available through the library’s internet search engines. Find and report on a minimum of 10 articles from academic journals relevant to the research problem area. Details on the research problem area will be provided in Week 2 classes and in the assessment folders on the Learnjcu site.You need to find articles to help you understand relevant research in this field and to assist in formulating research questions and your approach to tackling the research problem. Then you should write a critical/thematic literature review. Do not organise this review reference by reference, sometimes referred to as an annotated bibliography (seehttp://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/litreviews/whatis.html , http://www.literaturereviewhq.com/the-annotated-bibliography-literature-review-friend-or-foe/ for an explanation of the difference). From your search for existing information summarize the type of information found and any key conclusions that you can draw relevant to the decision or problem. At the end you should have a section summarizing the gaps and limitations in the information found and a few sentences describing your overall conclusions.While the minimum requirement is 10 academic articles – they must be relevant to the research problem area. To find 10 relevant papers it is likely that you will have to read at least 20. So your search will include a larger number of papers. Therefore the assessment must also include a table at the end which lists all the academic papers you read, including those you did not use in your report. This table should include all the papers you found and a summary of the five key pieces of information you got from each and an assessment of how relevant each one was to the research problem. This assessment of relevance should only be a sentence or two long. If you evaluate a paper as relevant but did not include in the literature review you must also explain why not.Component 2 Business Problem Analysis (300 words): In this section you describe your analysis of the business problem (you may use a diagram to assist in this explanation) and identify and describe the information that you would need to address it. You should identify the main variables that you would need to measure to answer this research question.Component 3 Simple Descriptive Analysis of Relevant Existing Data (1200 words): Students will analyse quantitative data relevant to the research problem area. Students will analyse this data (it is expected that students will need to use only the simple descriptive and bivariate approaches covered in first year data analysis level only) and present key findings using tables and figures.Overall Details:This assessment should be approximately 2500 words in length not including the reference list and any tables or figures that you may use.