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Discuss how one can recognize the merit system principles and prohibited personnel practices

Discuss how one can recognize the merit system principles and prohibited personnel practices.Focus on the various mandates for personnel within the public sector and how those practices may need to be re-examined.

Describe three types of flexible benefits programs

Describe three types of flexible benefits programs and state the one you would recommend be implemented. Why would you pick that one program? Provide at least one solid business reason why.

 

Prepare an aggregate plan that uses inventory

Given the projected demands for the next six months, prepare an aggregate plan that uses inventory, regular time and overtime, and backorders. The plan must wind up with no units and no backorders in ending inventory in Period 6. Regular time capacity is 150 units per month and must be used every month. Overtime capacity is 20 units per month. Overtime cost is $30 per unit, backorder cost is $20 per unit, inventory holding cost is $5 per unit, regular time cost of $20 per unit, and beginning inventory is zero. Use as little overtime as you can, backorder is preferred to overtime. Backorder costs are incurred on ending inventory not average inventory in the same period in which they occur. Backorders in period 1 have costs applied to period 1.

MOnth 1- Forecase 180

Month 2- Forecast 170

Month 3 Forecast 140

Month 4

Forecast 150

Month 5 Forecast 130

Month 6 Forecat 150

Compare and contrast business level strategies

Compare and contrast business level strategies versus corporate level strategies in the context of defining who competitors are and how competitive rivalries and competitive dynamics emerge.

Prepare a report recommending job analysis and job design

Choose any existing company of your choice operating in Singapore. The company can be from any industry.

Imagine that you have been appointed as the Human Resource (HR) Manager of your chosen company.

Your boss has asked you to prepare a report recommending job analysis and job design, recruitment and selection strategies that can be adopted by the company to fulfill its staffing needs in view of overall PM strategies.

Organise a 2000 words (+1- 10%) report as follows. (Note: Word count excludes the assignment cover sheet, table of contents, reference list and any appendices).

	Description		Recommended word length
1	Introduction of the chosen company, nature of its business and its general plans in Singapore		100 words
2	Job analysis that includes (job description and job specification) of a chosen department or a position in the company		400 words
3	Job design of the chosen department or a position in the company based on design for efficiency, motivation, safety & health (ergonomics) and mental capacity		400 words
4	Recruitment strategies and its implementation for the chosen department or a position in the company		500 words
5	Selection strategies and its implementation for the chosen department or a position in the company		500 words
6	Conclusion including how the company can benefit and add value based on the analyses and strategies presented		100 words
Total words			2000 words (+1- 10%)

Note: if you are unsure on writing an essay, or how to reference ensure you attend one of the presentation given by the Kaplan Singapore Writing Lab. Also, you may wish to have the written quality of your assignment reviewed prior to submission by a senior academic which you may book via your LMS. Both services are free and confidential.

Explain the usage and purpose of the is system

Assignment: The Evolution of Information Systems

As an IT manager, create a 10 – 15 slide professional PowerPoint presentation (using speaker notes) for the CEO by Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The presentation topic is the evolution of information systems as seen in the organization you selected in module 1.

You will conduct research and analyze information to make recommendations for an updated system that can meet the business requirements of your chosen organization.

1. Summarize the organization’s current and past use of information systems and its impact on operations, decision making, efficiency, and profitability.

2. Explain the usage and purpose of the IS system, the improvements that can be made to it, and analyze the need for an information system. Elaborate on how decisions are made using the IT system.

3. Identify three key business requirements or needs that the system must meet of your selected organization (e.g., the system must track all customer sales by product, region, and sales representative).

4. Then, assuming that a system upgrade would be possible, discuss your responsibility as an IS professional and the roles of others in the organization to define new or other business information systems that might be needed and to select an appropriate platform. Consider various types of decision-making support systems (DSS).

5. Include a title slide, reference slide and incorporate at least three resources in your presentation.

Analyze the extent of amazon ability to learn and change

Write 2 Pages on Amazon’s organizational learning and change.

Examine Amazon’s capacity to learn and change. Learning organizations are organizations that systematically measure their performance against sound criteria/metrics and then take concrete actions to change and make improvements.

Organizations and people vary considerably in their ability to decide upon, implement, and manage change. Managing change is paramount and often goes hand-in-hand with the desire to improve organizational performance.

1. Analyze the extent of Amazon’s ability to learn and change.

2. Analyze any successes and/or failures Amazon has experienced with implementing significant changes in the past five years.

Analyze the types of costs of changing supplier alliances

Prepare a 1,050-to 1,400-word report in which you determine supplier alliance requirements and appropriate metrics for BJB to measure the performance effectiveness of their suppliers. What recommendations would you present to BJB’s Strategic Planning Committee to integrate the supplier alliance and metrics?

Address the following:

• Determine KPIs for forming supplier alliances as well as how BJB would evaluate supplier qualifications and performance.

• How do these measurements help ensure a competitive advantage for BJB?

• Analyze the types of costs of changing supplier alliances.

• Compile Parts I-IV of the BJB Total Quality Management Program proposal together and submit it to your facilitator.

Recommendation to an organization to implement a particular

The report plan is a plan written for the professor explaining what the report will consist of. Your audience is the professor. (The report plan is different than the actual report

Create a plan that identifies what information you will need to prepare a justification report making a recommendation to an organization to implement a particular product, service, or program. The organization may have a business, governmental, professional, or social focus.

The report may focus on a “real” or “made-up” recommendation, but you should direct the report to an actual organization, even if you do not plan to submit the report.

For the report, the audience within the organization will be whatever level is most appropriate to make a decision on the topic of your report.

1. Identify the recipient of the report. (To what organization will the recommendation be directed?)

2. Identify the topic of the report. (What product, service, or program will you recommend?)

3. Identify the purpose of the report. (What need or problem will the product, service, or program resolve?)

4. Identify potential resources that will be needed for support.

5. Identify methods to be used to gather information.

6. Identify criteria to be used to evaluate the information collected. (What factors will you consider to make your recommendation?)

Your assignment must:

? Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Use 2 to 3 other sources.

? Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.