Management

How can technology be used in the staffing process – from recruitment to job offers? What types of technology are the most useful for recruiting? Staffing? Use outside resources to give colour to the different types of technology available to be used throughout the staffing process.

Review the Ames Hardware case study. The CEO is considering opening 2 new stores. What would your training plan be for these new managers? Identify how you would train them, and key topics you think are important for new managers to learn. Support your ideas with outside resources

Effective organizations today must constantly strive to close the gap between strategy and execution in order to ensure that the company meets the needs of customers, shareholders, employees, etc. and contributes to the long-term success of the company. Write a 1,100- to 1,375-word paper that describes the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Process and the benefits of EPM, including the following points: – Management Efficiency Executing Strategy – Reducing Risk – Improving Performance – Competitive Advantage

Read this case study on Future of the Autonomous Automobile: A Strategy for BMW and make suggestions to improve the company’s strategy and competitive position. When analyzing cases, be sure that you fully answer any questions your professor asks about the case. Consider covering the following areas: 1.Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose. Identify the key facts of the case, and show how they lead to a particular focus for your case analysis. List the key elements of the situation: people, places, activities, and contexts, and discuss the level of uncertainty associated with the information about the case. 2.Situation Analysis – External. Review all seven of the general environmental categories (technological, demographic, economic, political/legal, sociocultural, global, and physical environment trends), looking for opportunities and threats that could impact the organization. Use Porter’s Five Forces model to analyze the company’s industry. Identify key competitors and analyze their strategies, core competencies, and competitive response. 3.Situation Analysis – Internal. Review factors within the company that are critical to the strategy of the firm, and classify them as strengths or weaknesses. Use a value chain analysis to determine which parts of the company’s operations add value, and which do not.

Prerequisites Read three Harvard Business Review articles and choose 2 to use when developing initial comment and peer-to-peer replies. 10 Myths About Negotiating Your First Salary Gender Can Be a Bigger Factor than Race in Raise Negotiations Prioritize Your Life Before Your Manager Does It for You  The Two Conversations You’re Having When You Negotiate When You Shouldn’t Try to Dominate a Negotiation  (In uploaded files) Minimum Participation Required 1 Original Comment 2 Replies to Discussion Group Members Forum Worth: 50 points Open/Close: This forum opens Tuesday, week 11; Closes Monday, of week 11, 11:59 pm. First Comment Deadline: Friday, 11:49 pm Instructions Choose 2 negotiation focused Harvard Business Review articles linked above. Read the articles. Original Comment:   – Describe three significant concepts you found compelling, disturbing or interesting between the two chosen articles.   – Indicate any common themes or ideas that are shared between the two articles you chose – or – one of the articles and content in the course text about negotiations.  – Indicate why information shared might be thought of as compelling, disturbing or interesting from an employee’s perspective.   Discussion Member Replies: Actively look for original comments where the author describes concepts that you didn’t communicate in your original comment. Think critically about new information that you receive from the Discussion Group Member. React to comment content with an evident knowledge base.

Maintaining and Controlling Projects Respond to the following questions: How does EVM operationalize or put into practice the management of trade-offs implied by the triple constraint discussed since the beginning of the course? Does it allow a balanced appraisal of all three parameters? Why or why not? EVM has become especially popular as a mandatory contractual reporting methodology between contractors and vendors in very large projects. But it has come under attack in some circles. What would the two sides of the argument be?

Assignment: This week we are going to examine the six supplier strategies. It is important to know and be able to apply these strategies correctly to a business. For this week write a paper that examines the six supplier strategies and applies each strategy to a specific type of business. Assignment format: Separate the paper into sections by strategy. Each section should contain a brief description of the strategy, its pros and cons, and how to properly apply it to the type of business you choose. This paper is to be written in APA format.

Prompt is below: Using one or more of the categories below, discuss how they relate to operations and/or supply chain. You should use one online reference, one case study, and one course material. Be sure to use a proper citing format. This assignment is a reflection paper on the content we covered up to Class 8. The paper should be 3-4 pages, 12 font, double spaced, not including cover page or appendix/reference. Submit file as a PDF   1. Strategy 2. Forecasting 3. Metrics 4. Quality —— I will upload a case study talking about strategy and a PowerPoint PDF that also talks about strategy. Please Make sure to use information from there as well as any online source.

Form an OBJECTIVE moral or ethical judgment of the ramifications and implications of the ethical dilemma that you have identified in the WSJ article.

Write a 3 page paper, APA formatted. The paper will include an effective Introduction and Conclusion. It will also include proper headings and titles per APA guidelines. Paper will address the following material; A system thinking perspective looks for certain patterns of structure that recur again and again. Senge refers to these patterns as “systems archetypes”. Senge has identified eight system archetypes that occur across a broad spectrum of life, including biology, economics, political science, family therapy and management. Senge argues that mastering the system archetypes puts an organization on the path of system thinking. What are 3 of the most common system archetypes that you experience. Identify each archetype, define it and describe how you’ve experienced it. Also, discuss what potential solutions to stop this pattern from reoccurring and what the outcome would be if this archetype no longer existed.