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Restructuring of Toyota Organization
$32.50Introduction
This homework has one question with three parts. You should answer them all. The questions in this assignment are all about different aspects of the process of exploring a complex situation: drawing different kinds of maps of it, recognizing how complex it is, identifying the different perspectives it can be viewed from, and stepping back to reflect on this whole process of exploration to see the strengths and weaknesses of the approach you have adopted, and how you might do it better.
Question 01 (100 % marks)
(a) Read through the attached article “Organizational Structure: The Case of Toyota”. As you read through the article create one spray diagram to summarize the case content respecting the conventions, and techniques. It is advised that students submit hand drawn diagrams as opposed to computer generated ones. Photocopies of diagrams should not be accepted. Reflect on your diagram in no more than 200 words. (15% marks).
(b) Based on what you learned in “Control”, and based on the content of the article, and taking “Fixing a failing structure” as your goal draw one closed loop control model diagram to show the various inputs, and the transformation process, that can lead to reaching this goal. You need to show all the components of the control model diagram, the inputs’, processes, control (actuator, comparator, sensor), that can lead to goal achievement . Reflect on your diagram (15% marks)
(c) Using an essay format of no more than 2500 words, and based on what you learned in I “Organizations are They Rational”, “Structure”, development, culture and climate, and “Decision Making” and based on the ideas put forth by Taggart in the attached article:
1- Discuss the concept of organizational structure and assess which type of task related structure is required to meet Toyota’s communication needs. (Word Count 500; 15 Marks)
2- Discuss the concepts of organizational culture and climate and assess Toyota’s culture and climate. (Word count 400; 15 Marks)
3- Assess the extent to which Toyotas structure, culture and climate played a role in its failure to react to the defect problem, (Word count 400; 15 Marks).
4- Discuss the different perspectives on decision making and assess how the decision making process at Toyota has affected its ability to respond to the defect problem (Word count 400; 15 Marks).
5- Discuss the concept of organizational learning and assess whether Toyota is a learning organization; justify your answers with evidence from the case (300 words; 10 Marks).
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Paper on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” 2004
$5.00Write a 450 word paper on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” 2004. Determine how the director brought the film to life knowing the script and what choices he made and why as he considered the original story of Abelard and Heloise. Do Joel and Clementine have anything in common with Abelard and Heloise? Do not analysis stories ONLY compare and contrast the similarities and differences.
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Suggestions for and against of utilizing the available space of restaurant
$22.50Services Marketing
Elias Farmington owns a relaxed, comfort food restaurant in downtown Busyville, NH. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and is open from 6am to 9pm. His restaurant is very busy from 7-9am, 11am-1pm, and 4-7pm. Sometimes there are lines outside and a packed lobby, which changes the “relaxed” atmosphere he works hard to maintain. He wants his customers to be served in a timely manner, and to enjoy their experience there, but the busy times stress his staff and the slow times are not productive, since he only makes money through “table turnover” and “average check” per turnover.
He is considering the following options:
- The space next door to his restaurant is available and he could expand into that space, but it is very expensive, would need to be a long term lease, and would require extensive renovations (also very expensive). Should Elias take the chance and invest? Explain your thinking by discussing the pros and cons.
- Elias’ staff works 8 hour shifts, with one 30 minute and two (2) 15 minutes breaks, meaning 7 hours of productivity per shift. He is considering adding some additional kitchen and wait staff, and shortening the shifts to 4 hours. He needs to figure out how to schedule the newly configured staff to cover the busy times and cleanup/setup in between. What might a new schedule look like and why/how will it help Elias with productivity? Explain your thinking by discussing the pros and cons.
- Elias’ daughter wants to extend the business by starting up a food truck which will go on breakfast and lunch schedules to a local industrial park and 2 other areas of the city where a large number of their customers work. She wants to take orders ahead of time and use the food truck as a delivery method, and also let customers place orders and get them to go right from the truck. Will this smooth demand in the restaurant so it is less busy at peak hours, while maintaining Elias’ customer base? Or will the cost of the truck, staff and service outweigh the sales potential? How will he know how many customers will come in rather than use the truck service on any given day? How would he schedule the kitchen and wait staff to be sure he could manage demand in the restaurant? Explain your thinking by discussing the pros and cons.
- Elias’ son has come up with some promotional ideas to help smooth demand, such as early bird specials with senior citizen discounts to bring some dinner folks in early, and brunch specials to bridge the hours between breakfast and lunch. These would minimize the rush periods somewhat, while increasing the table turn over the course of the day. However, there might be some minimizing of the average check, also. Elias wonders, will this be offset by increased volume at off peak times? Will it also make it difficult to clean up and setup between busy times, adding stress to his staff? What would it take to pull this off successfully and affordably? Explain your thinking by discussing the pros and cons.
- Elias’s brother says that Elias should raise his prices and “thin the herd” of breakfast and lunch customers. Will the increase in check amount per table balance the lost income from customers not willing or able to pay the higher prices? Is there another way to incorporate pricing into the solution? Explain your thinking by discussing the pros and cons.
What should Elias do? The downside of success can sometimes be having too many options, and not knowing which will fail and which will succeed. The key is understanding customers and services marketing. After you discuss the pros and cons of each of the above suggestions, choose the best option or blend of options and explain IN GREAT DETAIL WHY YOU BELIEVE IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL!
Your midterm should be 2-3pages, 1.5 spaced with 1 “ margins in 11 point Arial or Times New Roman type. It should take the following format:
- List the important components and considerations in the case.
- For each option, describe and discuss the pros and cons thoroughly (minimum of 1 fully developed paragraph for each pro and each con).
- List and discuss the constraints for each option in detail.
- Thoroughly discuss the options, including relating the pros, cons and constraints to the components and considerations you listed.
- Select the best option or blend of options, and explain in great detail how it will address the issues in the case and why it is the best way to do so.
Grading will be as follows:
Pro’s, cons, constraints – 15 points for each option, (total 75)based on depth of analysis, use of services marketing concepts, writing, and organization of thinking in your paragraphs.
Relating option choice to components and considerations – 10 points, based on thoroughness of discussion, ability to make and describe connections among services marketing concepts and the analysis of available options. As always, writing and organization is expected so that your thinking is clearly understood.
Explanation of how chosen option addresses issues best – 15 points, based on thoroughness and depth of discussion, writing and organization, use of services marketing concepts and terminology.
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FOIA exemptions Essay
$5.00Class: Legal Aspect of Communication
Book: Mass Media Law 18th edition
Write a 2 pages essay, in APA format, on the following:There are nine exemptions to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”).
Choose one of the exemptions and discuss why it is important that the exemption be in place.
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Shoe Market: Marketing Strategies and Suggestions
$25.00Our goal is to create soccer shoes for children with the highest international standards of safety, style, and quality, for both sport and leisure time, and develop a strategy for the new products global distribution. We are especially interested in entering Germany, North Europe, and USA.
More specifically, we seek help in:
- Provide suggestions for the new soccer shoes for children. We are especially interested in Near Field Communication (NFC) technology incorporated in the product and linked to smart phone, against counterfeit.
- Identifying new promising markets for the proposed product, and Pantofola d’Oro products in general.
- Devise a new market entry strategy.
- Developing a promotion and marketing strategy. We are particularly interested in solutions that involve e-marketing and Web 2.0 for footwear.
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How has Information Technology influenced “business analytics” changes over years in order to get the most value out of information
$39.00The title for paper and two subtopics are:How has Information Technology influenced “business analytics” changes over years in order to get the most value out of information. What is the IT aspect of Business Intelligence?
Requirements This paper must be 15 pages in length (type written and double-spaced, 12 point font with 1 inch margins) excluding bibliography, table of contents, graphics, tabular or illustrative material.
References should include current sources and must conform to APA or Chicago style. The paper is expected to meet graduate-level standards and be suitable for publication in a professional journal. References must be from peer reviewed journals / conferences only.
Use of Wikipedia or the class text as a reference will cause a serious loss of points. References must include the published journal / conference name information, NOT a URL where paper was found.
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FACTORS LEADING TO CONFLICT
$2.50A new director decides to reorganize the department you work in. This reorganization comes about without input from the employees and many of the nurses that you oversee are feeling resentful of the change. As a nurse leader, identify factors that may lead to conflict and ways you can manage them.
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Wind Turbine Process description
$3.50Process description task
You will have your choice with this individual task, but your task is to write a description of a process. For either topic you will need to be familiar with the material on pages 573-83 of your text. Write a 500-word (two double-spaced pages, exclusive of headings) that sequences and describes a process on one of the topics below. Be sure that you are not writing instructions, which would be written in the second person imperative (do this, take that). A process is written in the third person declarative (One does this, one takes that) or passive (this is done, that is taken). Check your process by showing it to someone who wouldn’t know how that item or system works.
Choices as per exercise 6 on page 601 of your text (if you want a break from your topic):
- How a wind turbine works.
- How a food co-op works.
- How a suspension bridge is constructed.
- How we see.
- How a baseball player becomes a free agent.
Choices related to your project:
- How a particular (named) traffic intersection in New York City works.
- How pedestrians negotiate a particular (named) intersection in New York City.
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O.J. Simpson Trial: Final Paper
$17.50Watch the OJ Simpson trial:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA5sj_zTD9M
Synthesize observed data from your court experience with research gleaned from at least five reliable, on the area of criminal justice you selected earlier in the term (arraignments, jury trials, sentencing, etc.). Compare and contrast what you personally observed in court with one or more normative positions argued or implied in your library research regarding how that particular area of criminal justice should function.
Specifically, your final paper should include:
- Your revised Court Report
- An analysis of the area of criminal justice you observed and researched. First, describe the area of criminal justice. Then, analyze the components of that area of criminal justice, including relevant laws and policies, ethical obligations of involved legal professionals, and the ways in which societal variables such as race, class, gender, and level of by deal top”>EDUCATIONAL
attainment affect proceedings in that area of criminal justice. Use your research to corroborate your discussion. - A comparison and contrast between the realities of what you observed and what your library research taught you. Describe what the law and ethics dictate should take place in this area of criminal justice (such as an explanation of charges during an arraignment), and discuss how what you observed did and/or did not conform to these expectations.
- An evaluation of the conformities and the nonconformities you described in number 2 to arrive at a conclusion about what you observed versus the ideal in our criminal justice system, including suggestions for how the system could improve or, at least, better mirror the considerations of the law and of ethics.
Present your response in an analytical research paper of 4 well-written pages. Paper must be in APA format and include references
