WEEK 1 QUESTIONS Section A True / False Questions BUS 2103 (OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT) State whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE 1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services. True False 2. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the two types of operations management strategies are used. True False 3. Operations‚ marketing‚ and finance function
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BUS 5021: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TERM PAPER - 25% PROGRAMMES: MBA-CM (Mbeya) INSTRUCTIONS A. Choose one question among the following questions B. Write Maximum of only 5 pages (type written) including references C. Academic writing style will give you 5 marks. D. You should consult at least six academic references (books and/or published articles) E. Deadline for submission: 15th Februari 2013 1. Select a particular type of business that you may wish to start
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INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Spring 2012-ASSIGNMENT # 1 Name 1: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Name 2: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Question # 1 [15 Marks] Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs
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Question : (TCO 4) Deming claimed that higher levels of _____ lead to higher levels of _____. Student Answer: automation‚ quality quality‚ productivity inventory‚ quality inspection‚ quality Instructor Explanation:See p. 92 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments: 2. Question : (TCO 4) Which of the following is the primary reason for Deming ’s position that slogans should be eliminated? Student Answer: Most problems depend on the system and cannot be
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IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Define productivity. How can it be measured? How can the productivity of an organization be increased? 2. What is the transformation process? Explain the transformation process in a restaurant. 3. How is a job shop different from the batch production process? 4. What are the differences between manufacturing and service operations? 5. What are the characteristics of a good product design? 6. What is service capacity? Which strategies
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The Study of Maslow Hierarchy of Needs This essay study is about Maslow’s school of thought. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often depicted as a pyramid consisting of five levels. I liked the way he differed from traditional psychologists. For example‚ he studied happy‚ high performing people to learn more about what they had in common. Maslow’s main contributions to psychology were the founding of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology in 1961. There were many occurrences during his lifetime that
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THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS AND MULTI-CRITERIA PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Stephen L. Liedtka Assistant Professor of Accounting Lehigh University Forthcoming in the November/December 2005 issue of Cost Management EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper describes how the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)‚ a popular decision-support methodology‚ is particularly well-suited to the challenges of implementing a multi-criteria performance management system (MCS) such as the Balanced Scorecard
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Management 521 Scenario Questions Joe Maldonado MGT 521 October 4‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Management 521 Scenario Questions Marketing Manager‚ Travel Agency Manager‚ and owner of a small company are occupations in three separate positions for evaluation. Within each paragraph is the scenario identifying the communication channel used‚ “formal or informal” (Organizational Behavior‚ 2011‚ p. 344) with defending and supporting reasoning. While serving in the Air Force‚ superiors assigned
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Mission‚ Values ……………………………………………………………………….. x. Conclusion ….………………………………………………………………………………….. xi. Financial Projection ……………………………………………………………………………. Income Statement Balance Sheet xii. Appendix INTRODUCTION Our proposal will increase Build-A-Bear’s revenue by x% and increase the Earnings per Share to $1.17 from a negative $3.02. SmartBear is a stuffed toy with a ME403C kid’s tablet attached to the animal’s belly. The SmartBear is synced to the bearville.com and the bearville app. Any
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accounting related modules. In the early 1990’s‚ many distributors recognized that they needed help controlling and managing their largest asset‚ inventory. In response to this need‚ several computer software companies developed comprehensive inventory management modules and systems. These new packages include many new features‚ designed to help distributors effectively manage warehouse stock. But after implementing new software‚ many distributors don’t feel that they have gained control of their inventory
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