1. You are an engineering manager in an organization. Explain some of the initiatives you will ta...
The question asking what kind of actions or programs we can implement to make sure the orgnization can get the maximum benefits of the patentable ideas. Thanks 2. As an R&D manager, what actions might you take or programs might you implement to assure your organization got maximum benefit from patentable ideas.
6. Creativity (Connect, Perform) Psychologists have not discovered why some individuals are more creative than others, but they have identified certain individual differences that correlate with creativity. For each example below, indicate whether it demonstrates the relationship between creativity and background experiences, personal traits, or cognitive abilities Background Experiences Personal Traits Cognitive Abilities Example Cousins Kiichiro Toyoda and Eiji Toyoda led Toyota Motor Corporation to success through innovation Kiichiro's father, Sakichi Toyodawho, established the company, then known as the Toyoda...
You are a marketing manager for a company that makes ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Your company recently initiated a loyalty program for consumers, which resulted in a large purchaser database. The brand managers are eager to mine the available data, which they can use to design more effective promotional programs. The management of your organization believes that to be effective, these programs have to take into account significant cross-region (i.e., the East Coast, the West Coast, the Midwest, and the South)...
1. Suppose you are a manager at a low-budget healthcare setting, such as a local health department. How will you recruit new staff and motivate current employees when competitors in the area are able to pay 30 to 40 percent more than your organization can? 2. Suppose you are a staff nurse in a hospital that uses an incentive compensation system. Do you have an obligation to disclose the nature of the compensation arrangement with patients? If so, how should...
1. Organization Structure and Design: Skill-Building Exercise Exercise Overview Diagnostic skills enable a manager to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation. Communication skills refer to the manager’s abilities to both effectively convey ideas and information to others and effectively receive ideas and information from others. In this exercise, you’re asked to apply your diagnostic skills to the question of centralization versus decentralization in an organization. You are also asked about communication issues as they relate to the decision...
1 You are the project manager in an engineering project and have recently signed a contract with a software vendor for the development of a complicated control solution. The software will be used to control machinery equipment which your project team is currently developing. The contract is a lump-sum contract. The contractor has target cost estimated which seem rather low to you. Which of the following statements is not true for this situation? a It is the contractor's risk in...
You are a middle-level marketing manager in a large wholesale organization. This morning, your boss called you into her office and informed you that 126 cars in the company's sales fleet were ready for replacement. She asked you to do the research and write a report that would recommend a purchase to replace the cars about to be retired. Pick four cars that are comparable—for example, the Ford Fusion, the Honda Accord, the Chevrolet Malibu, and the Toyota Camry. In...
A minimum of a paragraph (200 words) per response is expected for each question. 1. As the operations manager of a large company, analyze what the operations manager does and discuss how the operations side of the business operates. Describe how team dynamics impact performance. Provide specific examples of what operations managers do. 2. Use outside research to identify two current challenges faced in operations management and the strategies companies use to address those challenges. Suggest a third future challenge...
Assignment Details The Unit 6 Assignment requires you to consider how effective teams are built. Some considerations in this assignment include the traits of an effective team leader as well as the strategies one would use to recruit team members that would work effectively together. Using material from Chapter 12 of your text as well as the article in the supplemental reading (Rao, 2016), you will write an informative essay sharing best practices for effective team-building. Outcomes evaluated through this...
Discussion: Communication Breakdown on Mars? Instructions! Please respond by posting a minimum of one short paragraph. Word totals for these posts should be in the 75–100-word range. Whether you agree or disagree, explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience. The goal of your response is to extend discussions already taking place or pose new possibilities or opinions not previously voiced. Your goal should be to motivate the group discussions and present a creative...