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Describe the attitudes manager would need to be successful

1. A growing number of Americans work for foreign-owned firms in the United States. Do you think that these American employees are being influenced by the foreign owner’s approach to management and the culture of the country of the owner?
2. Assume that you want to develop your global skills so that you can pursue international assignments with your company. Identify five skills that you would want to develop and describe how you would go about improving these skills.

Describe the attitudes a manager would need to be successful and effective in managing in India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Explain the differences between a process and a function

Process vs. Function

Explain the differences between a process and a function. In your paper, persuade the reader on why this information is important to know.

Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed., 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.

Discuss vendor relations in lean systems

Discuss vendor relations in lean systems in terms of the following issues.

a. Why are they important?

b. How do they tend to differ from the more adversarial relations of the past?

c. Why might suppliers be hesitant about JIT purchasing?

d. Compare and contrast MRP and JIT. What are the similarities and differences?

Describe the concept of cash in advance

1 – Why is it more difficult and riskier to collect receivables from a foreign purchaser?

2 – Describe the concept of cash in advance.

3 – Describe the mechanism of a letter of credit, from the exchange of the pro forma invoice to final payment.

4 – Describe the concept of bank guarantees. What are the different types of bank guarantees?

Describe two primary purposes of performance management

Post a minimum of 250 words for the question.

1. Describe two primary purposes of performance management.

2. Based on the Human Resource Specialists job description, select 5 performance dimensions to be evaluated for the jobholder of this position.

3. Identify standards you might create for the performance dimension

4. Create a form that might be used to evaluate the performance. When and how will you collect the performance data?

Differences between constitutional law-statutory law

After reading Psalm 99:4, identify and discuss the differences between Constitutional Law, Statutory Law, and Court Decisions (Case Law), as discussed on pages 16-19, at both the Federal and State level. Also, discuss how a Court would apply the biblical approach to justice.

Discuss the type of data gathering technique

A newly formed start-up company wants to do a job analysis for the following jobs:

a) Clerk-Typist

b) Financial Analyst

c) HR Manager

Discuss the type of data gathering technique that you would use for each of these three positions with a clear justification of why the method you suggest would be appropriate.

Describe the four-step framework for one-to-one marketing

Describe the four-step framework for one-to-one marketing that can be adapted to CRM marketing?

Corporate-level and international strategies

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Length of this paper should contain a minimum of 400 words.

Business-level, Corporate-level, and International Strategies

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about the following:

• Globalization
• International strategic alliances
• Cooperative strategies

Part 1

Based on your research and reading, complete the following tasks:

Introduction

Liability of Foreignness and Regionalism

• Define liability of foreignness and regionalism. Discuss how it relates to and how it impacts international strategies.

Strategic Alliance

• Describe corporate strategic alliance and discuss why a company would want to develop one. Are strategic alliances necessary for a company to expand internationally?

International Strategic Alliance

• Describe the primary reasons for failure of an international strategic alliance. Identify at least four fundamental issues that affect trust between partners, and explain when an acquisition is more favorable than a strategic alliance.

Part 2

Cooperative strategies seem to be a good idea. Using what you have learned about strategic management and in relation to cooperative strategies, respond to the following questions:

Cooperative Strategy

• Discuss the difference between a business-level cooperative strategy and a corporate-level cooperative strategy. Under what circumstances would you choose to develop a cooperative strategy? When is it not a good idea?

Cooperative Strategy Approach

• Explain the approach you would adopt to manage a cooperative strategy between two companies.

Types of Strategic Alliance

• Describe the three types of strategic alliances and the reasons why companies develop them.
• Describe situations when each is most appropriate to adopt.

Develop an optimal distribution system

Coach Bags

Coach Bags is trying to determine the amount of each of three products to produce over the coming planning period. The following information concerns labor availability, labor utilization, and product profitability.

Hours per unit Max Hrs

Prod – A Prod – B Prod – C Prod-D Available Department 1 60 25 35 50 2,500

Department 2 20 12 25 32 1,350
Department 3 25 18 20 27 1,800
Department 4 15 30 40 25 2,000
Profit Contribution $30 $15 $40 $25

In determining the profit contribution the management did not deduct the labor cost because they are fixed costs. However, we could schedule over time in each of the three departments. The maximum available overtime are as follows: 300 hours in dept-1, 220 hours in dept-2, 250 hours in dept-3 and 200 hours in dept-4. The labor rate for overtime is $18/hour in department 1, $24/hour in department 2, $15/hour in department 3, and $21/hour in department 4.

Formulate a LP model to maximize profit. Don’t ignore the availability of overtime and the associated costs.
What are the production schedule and the profit? Type the answers in the space provided.
Attach the computer output. Make sure it is formatted neatly, as otherwise you will lose points for sloppy presentation

(Hint: This problem is similar to golf bag problem. However, there is a twist – availability of over time that comes with a cost associated. To handle these kinds of problem, you would create additional decision variables to help you decide the OT to be scheduled in the four departments. We can do that with four variables, call them T1, T2, T3 and T4, representing the OT for the 4 departments. So your right hand side of the constraint will change – it will be the regular time plus over time. As an example, for department 1, the time available will be 2,500 hours plus T1. Watch for the proper units in time. Also, don’t forget to adjust your objective function profit by the money paid for OT.

3) Baldwin Wooster Corporation

Baldwin Wooster Company manufactures tractors. Currently it has two plants located in Berea and Phoenix, with capacities of 50,000 and 70,000. The tractors are shipped to following distribution centers showing associated demand. Boston – 50,000, Dallas – 70,000, Orlando – 40,000 and Portland – 80,000,

Because of anticipated increase in needs for the tractors, Baldwin is considering opening one to three new plants. Cities being considered are Atlanta, Omaha, and Tampa with capacities of plant capacities of 90,000, 60,000 and 70,000 respectively. Annual fixed and operating costs (in $000) associated with the new locations are: Atlanta $2,900, Omaha $1,400, & Tampa $2,200. Shipping cost per tractor is shown in the table below.

Shipping Cost $/tractor
Plant Boston Dallas Orlando Portland
Berea $25 $30 $33 $45
Phoenix $50 $22 $52 $18
Atlanta $26 $32 $15 $47
Omaha $38 $20 $45 $35
Tampa $24 $36 $12 $45

Develop an optimal distribution system. This problem is similar to the problem in the test.

Type the answers below in the space provided. What are the optimal schedule and the optimal cost? Where would you build the new plant(s)?

You must attach computer printout neatly formatted to fit on one page – landscape layout. You will lose points if this is not done neatly.