Category: Essays

This week, you read about implementing a lean system in an effort to reduce the waste of resources, time, and effort. In addition, the impact of implementing a lean system was highlighted in the video “Process System Improvement: Implementation Featuring Gortrac.” Consider what you have read about implementing a lean system. Reflect on the effects of a lean system on workers and managers as demonstrated in the video program.

 

Post by Wednesday December 16, 2015 a 250-350 -word statement that addresses the following:

 

• What is the impact of implementing a lean system on the relationship between managers and employees?
• Do you believe lean systems have a positive or a negative impact on the relationships between managers and workers? Explain and support your response.

  Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.

  Discussion 2: Group Discussion: Group Case Study Project

  Each week, as you consider the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study, you will have two Group Project assignments to complete. One will involve a Group Discussion and the other will be an Individual Assignment. The information from both parts will be used for your final Group Case Study Project.

  Read the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study in your course text. (See Attachment) For your Group Discussion this week, do the following:

  Post by Wednesday December 16, 2015 a 250-350 -word response that addresses the following:

 

• Which of the five lean tenets are obvious in the Crocs case? Do not only list them, but also describe them.
• Support your description with details of Crocs’ operations that demonstrate how the company has incorporated each lean tenet.

  Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards

Review assets and liabilities of each partner and their market values in the following Excel Template, then:

1. 1. Journalize the formation of the partnership. Refer to Module 09 Partnership Formation tab to help with this requirement.

Half way through the first year of operations Conway and Lawrence admit Korman to the partnership.

2. 1. Journalize Korman’s admission to the partnership. Refer to Module 09 Partnership Admission tab to help with this requirement.
   2. Prepare an income distribution worksheet. Refer to Module 09 Dividing Income Between Partners tab to help with this requirement.
   3. Journalize the closing of the income summary accounts to the capital accounts.

After five years of operation Conway, Korma, and Lawrence decide to dissolve their partnership.

5. 1. Complete the liquidating
   2. Journalize each step of the liquidatio

Students will create code to implement a hash algorithm and solution by addressing the following:

Create a flowchart to show the processing that will take place for the implementation of a hash structure.
Present the flowchart for the hash function operation separately.
Write the necessary C# code that will create and use a hash algorithm to store data in a structure. Use a linked List to resolve potential collisions

Read the Harvard Business Review case Thomas Green: Power, Office, Politics, and a Career in Crisis. Answer the following questions in a 5-6 page, APA formatted document. Apply critical thinking skills when answering the questions.

• What are the work styles and personalities of Thomas Green and Frank Davis?
• How do the actions of Thomas Green differ from the expectations of Frank Davis?
• What is your analysis of Thomas Green’s action and job performance in his first five months?  What mistakes has he made?
• What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
• What actions would you take, if any, if you were Thomas Green

Week 6 Written Assignment – The Federal Reserve

Research and review trends in inflation (CPI), interest rates (short and long term), GDP and employment over the last year. Then read the latest speech by the Federal Reserve and answer the following short essay questions. While this is not a paper, you must still properly cite your answer and write in full sentences.

Describe and explain the cause of any inflation (or lack of) over the last year. 2 points
Describe and explain the trends in unemployment over the last year. 2 points
Report on the current interest rates. Address the fed funds rate, the ten year treasury rate and the 30 year treasury rate. Explain how and why they have changed over the last year. 2 points
Describe and explain the shape of the yield curve. What does the curve tell us about the anticipated future of the economy? 4 points
What is the Federal Reserve’s current view of the general state of the economy? Of employment? Of inflation? 4 points
What is the current primary concern of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve? How is she addressing that concern? 4 points
How would you advise the Fed to set interest rates next month? Explain your answer. 2 points

Here are some helpful sites for this assignment:

Inflation and Unemployment: The Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/cpi/

GDP Growth: The Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/national/

Interest rates: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htm

The yield curve: http://stockcharts.com/charts/YieldCurve.html

The Federal Reserve: http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/default.htm (read the latest FOMC statement and Monetary Policy Report to the Congress; under Reports)

Your total assignment should be 3-7 pages long and submitted in a MS Word document, APA format, I am a stickler for this. No plagiarism allowed.

Due Week 10 and worth 235 points
This assignment uses the information you have gathered for your weekly World View Chart Assignments. Choose one (1) category (origin of all things, nature of god, view of human nature, view of good and evil, etc.) from the chart to focus on for this assignment. Consider how the selected aspect relates to each of the religions covered and to your own social or work experiences.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Select one (1) category from the completed World View Chart. Provide a rationale for choosing this category.
Describe the selected content and explain the significance of the selected category across the religions studied.
Provide one (1) specific example of how the selected category is manifested in your social environment.
Use at least three (3) quality resources as references for the assignment and document your sources using APA Style for in-text citations and references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

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.
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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze what is meant by religion.
Analyze the similarities and differences in the primary beliefs held by major religious traditions and the cultures in which these religions evolved.
Describe the varieties of religious experience and practice in a wide range of cultures.
Recognize how daily life within various religions and current affairs are influenced by religion.
Develop written pieces that demonstrate an analysis of a topic relevant to the course.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in religion.
Write clearly and concisely about world religions using proper writing mechanics

Individual Assignment: Group Case Study Project:

Each week, as you consider the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study, you will have two Group Project assignments to complete. One will involve a Group Discussion and the other will be an Individual Assignment. The information from both parts will be used for your final Group Case Study Project.

The Individual Assignment in each week will help you to focus your analysis of the case, apply course concepts, and accomplish the course Learning Objectives. You and your group members should discuss the best answers to the question or questions presented. Each member of the group is required to post a response to the assigned questions in the Group Discussion Board.

Read the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study in your course text. (See Attachment) After reviewing the information in this case study and the Learning Resources for this week, complete the following:

Submit and post to the Discussion Board Due by Sunday December 20, 2015 a 250- to 350-word response to the following questions:

How has Crocs redesigned its production process to meet the explosive demand the company has experienced since its inception?

Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards

You are the HRIS coordinator in the human resources department. As such, you enter data, run reports, and maintain the system. The HRIS system you are using is ten years old, located on a single computer, and not networked. You have been given a budget and approval to recommend a new system. Conduct academic research on HRIS software selection process.

In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, do the following:

• Define the processes you think the new system should be able to perform
• Describe why the system should be networked and available on the company server or in the cloud
• Explain how the new system will save money over the next two years

Similar to film and music reviews which analyze and critique the whole work, a review of a play or musical should also critique the production as a whole, in addition to its variety of elements. The purpose of a review is to provide a potential audience with an unbiased opinion of the production, supported by facts.

This last written assignment requires you to attend one UT Department of Theatre and Film production this semester — HENRY Vor THE LARAMIE PROJECT. The assignment is to:
analyze and critique the production, using theatrical terminology, not merely “liking or disliking” the play (do notturn in a rewritten version of the plot summary)

Like any written essay, a theatre review should contain an introduction, body and conclusion. Elements that could be discussed in this review (but are not limited by) include:
introductory material (name of the play or production, playwright, performance location, date)
the production’s themes and/or playwright’s voice (what he/she was trying to say)
expected audience response
visual elements (set design, costumes, lighting, sound and/or music) and how they support (or don’t support) the production
artists’ performances (actors and their roles, director, designers), including their honesty/believability
successful moments in the play vs. unclear ones
conclusion or overall impression of the production

In general, your assignment should be typed and proofread, at least 3-4 pages in length. Think creativity, originality (such as images, links, etc.) and presentational choices (such as Word, Powerpoint, Prezi, audio files, etc.). Reviews are no longer just printed in newspapers or magazines, reviews are also found on television, radio and the internet. Be careful of spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and MLA guidelines. Remember to document any outside sources you use. Early submissions are always accepted.

Describe in this discussion forum how the property, plant, and equipment of your selected company is presented on the Balance Sheet.

Find the note that follows the financial statements relating to depreciation and state in your own words the method of depreciation that your company uses. Why do you think they chose this method?

II. Read the posts of your classmates on their selected companies and reply to at least two of your peers.

Everything in this problem will be based off of Wal-Mart’s financial statements.