Management

MGT322 Identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance

MGT322 Identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance

Critical Thinking

The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities.

Search Title: THE BENEFITS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING what lean thinking offers the process Industries

Authors Name: Melton,T

Source: In 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design June 2005 83(6):662-673

Read out the research paper carefully and based on your understanding you should answer the following questions.

Questions:

  1. Why Manufacturing Companies focuses on Lean Thinking?
  2. What do understand by the term overproduction? Why it consider as the biggest waste of all?
  3. Assess the reasons for using lean thinking. What are the benefits from Suppliers to end users?
  4. References

The Answer must follow the outline points below:

  • Each answer should be 400 to 500 range of word counts.
  • Lean Thinking Concept
  • Their Main functions
  • Reasons with suitable Examples
  • Reference
  • References are in APA style

Note: You can Support your answer by reading chapter 7 of your book.

You can use secondary source available on internet

The book referenced in the note section if you want to use it is: Logistics Management & Strategy Competing Trough the Supply Chain Fourth Edition by Alan Harrison & Remko van Hoek.

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The purpose of the Application Paper

Writing Question

  1. The purpose of the Application Paper is to allow you an opportunity to (a) reflect upon what you have learned in this course, (b) consider how you will apply what you have learned to your career development, and (c) evaluate how what you have learned could improve your organization’s (current or future) talent management strategy and practices. This assignment will allow you to describe how several of the important concepts, principles, frameworks, and findings from this course apply to your career and professional development. The paper is designed as an application paper so that you can discuss and apply any of the TM tools and resources from our course to your career and to your organization. As part of your review and analysis, you are strongly encouraged to consider any course content (frameworks, tools, practices, policies, etc.) that are potentially applicable for your career development and/or your organization. This paper should be written with your current situation in mind and looking to your immediate future (within 12 months or just beyond graduation) rather than applying the course’s concepts retrospectively to a past situation.

Paper Guidelines

  • You may structure your paper according to the following questions: (a) What are the most important concepts, principles, and/or frameworks that you learned during this course (b) Which of these concepts, principles, and/or frameworks are most relevant for your current career goals? (c) What content from this course has made an impact on you professionally over the past 10 weeks? and (d) how will you approach professional situations and challenges differently as a result of learning from this course?
  • As you answer these questions, please be as specific as possible. Write specifically about how you would apply a certain concept, principle, framework, or key finding to a specific situation or organizational context. You are encouraged to discuss any aspect of the course—readings, class discussions, guest speakers, videos, presentations, exercises, and so on.
  • The important grading criteria for this paper (summarized below) include application and specificity. Your success in this paper will depend not only on how well you demonstrate an understanding of concepts, principles, and frameworks but also on how well you can apply them to your current and/or future career context and real-world situations.
  • The writing guidelines for the final paper are as follows:

o Typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font

o APA style citations and references

o Approximately 8–10 pages in length (excluding cover page, references, appendices,

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Part 1: Analysis of Vision and Mission Statements

The Assignment: 2 Pages

Part 1: Analysis of Vision and Mission Statements

For the organization you are analyzing (The Trevor Project), do the following:

  • Provide a brief description of the NPO/NGO (The Trevor Project), including the context within which it exists.
  • Provide a summary of the organization’s mission and vision. In this summary, identify the words in the mission statement that indicate the organization’s purpose, approach, and values.
  • Evaluate the degree to which the organization’s outcomes reflect the mission and vision, using specific examples, or explain what you believe to be the most important function of this NPO’s mission and why.
  • Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the vision and mission statements and make recommendations for improving them.

References

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Jenkins Goes Abroad

Jenkins Goes Abroad

Read the case study, “Jenkins Goes Abroad,” (p. 337) in Martocchio, Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach.

Address the following: 150 words

How should Dale approach the determination of the consultants’ salaries as expatriates?

Should Jenkins offer any incentive compensation or additional benefits to the expatriates? Explain your answer.

Case 1: Jenkins Goes Abroad

Jenkins Consulting is a national firm that helps companies improve their performance and effectiveness by advising on all aspects of business management and operations. Companies hire consultants from Jenkins Consulting for a variety of projects such as assisting with company-wide cost reduction initiatives or revenue growth initiatives, improving supply-chain management, and/or improving individual departments such as information technology. Jenkins employs consultants in 200 offices across the United States and will soon expand its operations internationally.

 

A company located in the United Kingdom has hired Jenkins for a major project that will be based at the company’s headquarters in London. Jenkins will assist the company with an organization-wide effort to restructure and reposition the company to succeed in a more competitive market. To complete this project, Jenkins will assign five full-time consultants for a period of approximately two years. Because of the significant time commitment, Jenkins has decided to relocate the selected consultants to the United Kingdom for the duration of the project.

 

Dale Kugar, the human resource director at Jenkins, must prepare to transition the consultants to the new assignment. This is the company’s first exposure to expatriate management, and Dale needs to ensure that the consultants who move to the United Kingdom for the project are compensated appropriately. His intention is to have the consultants maintain their current benefits, including health care insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off. However, he must make a recommendation on any changes to each consultant’s salary.

 

Dale has a few concerns as he prepares his recommendation. First, the United Kingdom is currently experiencing a high level of inflation. The value of the American dollar compared to the British pound is low. That is, the consultant’s U.S. salary will not have the same purchasing power in the United Kingdom as it does at home. He is also concerned about the consultants’ interest in taking on the international assignment. Some of the consultants he spoke to about the assignment are concerned about the impact the assignment will have on their career. Because this is Jenkins’ first international experience, the consultants are concerned that being out of the country for two years may affect their future career opportunities because they will not have regular interactions with the firm partners who make decisions on promotions. These concerns weigh heavily on Dale’s mind as he starts to draft his recommendation.

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Change Management Plan

Change Management Plan

  1. Watch the Change Management Plan video for help getting started on this assignment.

    Introduction

    In this assignment, you will combine the previous four assignments into a proposal that you could present to the executive leadership and board members. You will argue the value of the change management plan to the overall success of the organization. Add to your previous submissions a plan for sustaining the change in the long run.

    Instructions

    Write a 6–10-page paper in which you:

    Section I: Organization: Describe the organization and comment on the HR change that the organization should make. Utilize effective diagnostic tools to assess the organization’s ability to change. Support assertions with theoretical evidence.
    1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history.
    2. Analyze in detail the current HR practice, policy, process, or procedure that you believe should be changed.
    3. Formulate three valid reasons for the proposed change based on current change management theories.
    4. Appraise the diagnostic tools that you can use to determine an organization’s readiness for change. Propose two diagnostic tools which you can utilize to determine if the organization is ready for change. Defend why you believe the diagnostic tools selected are the best choice for diagnosing change in the organization.
    5. Using one of the diagnostic tools you selected, assess the organization’s readiness for change.
      • Provide results of the diagnostic analysis
      • Explain the results
    6. Interpret whether or not the organization is ready for change. Substantiate your conclusion by referencing current change management theories.
    Section II: Kotter Change Plan: Utilizing the Kotter eight-step method of change, create a solid change management plan for the HR initiative you identified as requiring improvement.
    1. Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
    2. Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight stages of change:
      • Establishing a sense of urgency.
      • Creating a coalition.
      • Developing vision and strategy.
      • Communicating the vision.
      • Empowering broad-based action.
      • Generating short-term wins.
      • Consolidating gains and producing more change.
      • Anchoring new approaches into the culture.
    Section III: Resistance and Communication: Research methods of minimizing resistance to change and create a plan to address resistance within your change management initiative.
    1. Diagnose the reasons for resistance to change.
    2. Interpret the potential causes of resistance in the organization. Identify and describe three potential causes of resistance to your change plan. Identify and describe three potential sources of resistance to your change plan.
    3. Create a plan for minimizing possible resistance to your change management plan.
    4. Elaborate on the relationship between resistance to change and communication.
    5. Evaluate three communication strategies.
    6. Recommend one communication strategy that would be applicable to your organization. Diagnose why this communication strategy is best for your organization.
    7. Create a solid communication plan for your change initiative.
    Section IV: Sustaining Change: Research methods of sustaining change in organizations and create a plan for sustaining proposed change.
    1. Recommend two strategies for sustaining change:
      • Diagnose the two theories from a scholarly perspective
      • Evaluate why the strategies selected are viable for the organization
    Section V: Presentation: Create a visually appealing and informative presentation espousing the importance of the change management plan you developed.
    1. Create a 10–15 slide PowerPoint presentation to submit to executive leadership and board members outlining and describing your recommended change. Include the following criteria:
      • Be creative in your design so that is appealing to others.
      • Ensure that all of the major points of the plan are covered.
      • Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the shareholders in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
      • Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.
      • Create a video of yourself presenting the presentation to key stakeholders. Note: View the Creating a Presentation for Your Course playlist for tutorials on creating and submitting video assignments
    Section VI: References: Utilize good scholarly research skills and writing skills to develop a solid change plan and presentation.
    1. Use at least 10 quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources
    2. Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.

    The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

    • Create a proposal for a change management plan for an organization.
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Requirements: 6-10 page paper/ 10-15 slide powerpoint etc..

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