...1. Bagby Copy Company is faced between choosing specialized task assignment and broad task assignment. Benefits of Specialized Task Assignment: Exploiting Comparative Advantage: Specialized task assignment allows Bagby to match people with jobs based on skills and training and correspondingly has employees concentrate on their particular specialties. Lower Cross-Training Expenses: With specialized task assignment, each employee is trained to complete one basic function. Costs of Specialized Task Assignment: Forgone Complementarities across Tasks: Sometimes, performing one task can lower the cost of having the same person performing another task. Coordination Costs: The activities of specialized employees have to be coordinated. Functional Myopia: With specialized task assignment, employees tend to concentrate on their individual functions rather than on the overall process of providing good sales and service to customers. Reduced Flexibility: Utilizing specialized task assignment may mean the company may need to employ new staff, depending on the production technology and productivity rate. This is because employees of Bagby will be limited, trained and constrained to perform one specific task only. They are not expected to be flexible and can perform other tasks. Benefits of Broad Task Assignment: By using the broad task assignment, Bagby will not hire additional staff as employees can be rotated to perform specific tasks depending on the rate of productivity and production...
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...Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Bagby Copy Company by HCM-540, MBOL5, Health Care Organization Instructor: Saint Leo University Distance Learning December 1, 2013 Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Bagby Copy Company Ronald J. Sanders Saint Leo University MBA540 Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Bagby Copy Company 1. The subject, Bagby Company, has a dilemma between a specialized task assignment or broad task assignment. A specialized task entails designating an employee to a specific group of tasks that has a concentration in one functional capacity. In regards to broad task assignment, the worker is given a broader set of task that has variety. Depending upon which set of tasks is chosen, Bagby would have to understand what the tradeoffs are in making a decision. The benefits of specialized task assignment are: a) Exploiting Comparative advantage permits Bagby to pair their employee’s with jobs based on their particular skill set and training so they will be able to focus on individual specialties. b) Lower Cross Training Expenses: In regards to specialized task assignment, every employee is instructed to master a single basic function. Bagby can hire one person with a specialized degree and one without a degree. Cost of Specialized Task Assignment: a) Forgone Complementarities across Tasks: Often, accomplishing a single task may reduce the expense of tasking the same person to complete another task. b) Coordination Costs: The tasks of specialized...
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...Specialized or Broad? Adam M. Prins Saint Leo University Case Summary The Bagby Copy Company is at a crossroads in terms of its organizational architecture moving forward. The company produces an array of copy machines and sells them worldwide. Currently, Bagby is deciding whether or not to specify production and sales by type of copy machine produced or by the country in which sales are to be made. Additionally, Bagby is deciding how to best group the makers of its wire harness assemblies which are required to operate its machines. The benefit of each of these options and the appropriate decisions remains to be discussed. Analysis Bagby is weighing a choice between two types of jobs: specialized task assignments or broad task assignments. Broad task assignments mean “employees are trained to complete more than one function” (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2016, p. 412). Broad task assignments require more training to cross-train employees in the various functions required. This type of job generally requires more advanced education which can increase overall costs and flexibility as employees can cover for each other where needed to increase productivity. “Specialized task assignments allows the firm to match people with jobs based on skills and training” (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2016, p. 412). This enables workers to work within a known specialty and perform one function well and, as a result, requires lower cross-training expenses. It allows managers...
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...Bagby Copy Company MBA 540 January 12, 2015 Bagby Copy Company 1. What are the trade-offs that Bagby faces in choosing between specialized and broad task assignment? When choosing between specialized and broad task assignment, Bagby is faced with deciding the costs and benefits of each alternative. Specialized tasks means that employees are assigned a narrow set of tasks and will specialize in one function. Whereas, broad task enables employees to be have multiple tasks and assigned to various duties (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2009). Therefore, the company is faced with a decision of determining which is more important. If Bagby decides specialized task assignment is a better option, the company will decrease cross-training expenses because employees would be specialized in his or her area. However, Bagby would have additional expenses associated with hiring additional employees to specialize in other functions. On the contrary, if Bagby chooses broad task assignments, the company would save on the costs associated with hiring additional employees because employees would be cross trained which enables them to perform multiple tasks. However, Bagby must keep in mind that the cost associated with cross-training employees. 2. What are the trade-offs between these two method of grouping wire harness makers into subgroups? The trade-offs between the two methods of grouping is an important choice that the company must make. Bagby has to decide...
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...Managerial Economics Case Studies Institutional Affiliation Managerial Economics Case Studies #1. Three aspects of organizational architecture The three vital components of organizational architecture are: a) assignment of decision rights; b) methods of rewarding individuals; and c) structure of systems to evaluate the performance of both individuals and business units. First, assignment of decision rights involves giving the responsibility of decision-making to top-level executives. It is imperative that an organization is able to delegate the duty of making a decision to a manager who has relevant information and knowledge on the internal and external factors that affects the operations and goals of the organization. The architecture of an organization and its environment will determine who will be the decision-maker for the company. In some organizations, the top-level executive may have them most relevant information and thus, a centralized decision-making process can be adopted. There are instances when the lower-level employees may have the most relevant information, thus, decision-making rights become decentralized. Second, methods of rewarding individuals determine how the organization will provide incentives to its employees. Organizational goals and employee’s productivity play great roles in determining a scheme of remuneration. Some organizations repay their employees through financial rewards such as the monthly wage, and cost of living allowance, and other benefits...
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...Robert Frost: Poetical Analyzed Robert Lee Frost was a poet who wrote most of his poetry based on his past. After college, Frost experienced many tragic events throughout his life. He lived a depressing and miserable life. Unfortunately, Frost had to experience the death of four of his children and his wife, although he still had two children alive with him. Frost had so much loneliness in his life that it ultimately led to his death (Sullivan). With all these dreadful experiences in his life, his poetry was affected tremendously based on what he endured throughout is life. Frost has a very particular style and form, which is what makes him one of the most beloved poets to ever live. Frost’s themes were also affected from his life occurrences, subsequently he wrote about themes like: death, loneliness and isolation. He also chose to write about the theme of nature in his poetry, some poems having to do with death and sorrow, but he chose to write some of his poetry based on nature (Hollander). Robert Frost wrote his poems based on his life experiences he had in his past. Robert Frost had a specific style that can be found in most of his poems, he includes in his poems, some type of end rhyme. For example in the poem “Now Close the Windows”, he includes end rhyme in the entire poem. Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss; No bird is singing now, and if there is, Be it my loss. It will be long ere the marshes resume...
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...viewed as a psychological disorder. Due to the evolution of psychology as a science, psychologists have a more profound understanding of how one’s biological and environmental factors affect one’s moods, behaviors, and overall health. Today, depression is a commonly diagnosed and treated psychological disorder. Professionals have developed various psychological tests and measurements to effectively diagnose and treat depression. One commonly used tool to measure depression is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale or HDRS. Summarize selected articles The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was created to help determine patient levels of depression. The information collected was used during, before or after a patient’s treatment. According to (Bagby &.Ryder, 2004) “The author’s tries to determine whether continued use of the Hamilton Rating Scale is justifiable.” Since the scale was originally developed in the 1950’s to assess it’s effectiveness on antidepressents, it became a common tool...
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...Robert Frost: Poetical Analyzed Robert Lee Frost was a poet who wrote most of his poetry based on his past. After college, Frost experienced many tragic events throughout his life. He lived a depressing and miserable life. Unfortunately, Frost had to experience the death of four of his children and his wife, although he still had two children alive with him. Frost had so much loneliness in his life that it ultimately led to his death (Sullivan). With all these dreadful experiences in his life, his poetry was affected tremendously based on what he endured throughout is life. Frost has a very particular style and form, which is what makes him one of the most beloved poets to ever live. Frost’s themes were also affected from his life occurrences, subsequently he wrote about themes like: death, loneliness and isolation. He also chose to write about the theme of nature in his poetry, some poems having to do with death and sorrow, but he chose to write some of his poetry based on nature (Hollander). Robert Frost wrote his poems based on his life experiences he had in his past. Robert Frost had a specific style that can be found in most of his poems, he includes in his poems, some type of end rhyme. For example in the poem “Now Close the Windows”, he includes end rhyme in the entire poem. Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss; No bird is singing now, and if there is, Be it my loss. It will be long ere the marshes resume...
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...Week 7 Case Study: Deal v. Spears HRMG 5700 December 8, 2013 Deal v. Spears Case Summary This case is about a woman named Sibbie Deal that was employed at the White Oaks Package Store that operates as a liquor store located near Camden, Arkansas and it is owned and operated by Newell and Juanita Spears. She began to work at this store on December 31, 1989. Around April 21, 1990 the store was broken into and about $16,000 was stolen. The Spears were under the suspicion that it was an inside job and based on Mrs. Deal testimony they suspected she was directly involved in the theft. Hoping that Mrs. Deal admitted her involvement on the situation the Spears thought about using a recording device to monitor the telephone calls. At the deposition according to Mr. Spears he asked Mr. Cope the Sheriff Department Investigator about starting to record the calls and he said he did not see anything wrong by doing that. Once the device was installed and the conversations were monitored when Mrs. Spears was listening to a tape she found out that Mrs. Deal sold a keg of beer to Calvin Lucas which at the time they were having an extramarital affair at a discounted price violating the store policy. After Mrs. Deal came to work and the Spears played the incriminating tape which consequently got her fired. Several weeks after the incident Mrs. Deal and Mr. Lucas filed an action causing the tapes and the recorder to be seized by a United States deputy marshal...
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...Accomplishing Goals Introduction SMART goals express behaviors that are observable and measurable in a way that is easy to determine if the goal has been met or not (Koutoukidis, Stainton & Hughson, 2013). Leadership and organizational skills are essential skills for all qualified healthcare professionals and have a pivotal role in ensuring a delivery of high standards of care. My leadership development goal is to improve my leadership skills to become a better leader while working in the labor and delivery (L&D) department. Being a new nurse I lack the experience compared to my fellow co-workers as outstanding leaders. I desire the qualities of a leader that has the ability to be a strong positive influence for others that can motivate, empower and challenge other staff members. So my leadership goal in L&D is very important to personally achieve. My organizational goal is to facilitate prenatal education to pregnant women of all ages of the importance and benefits for skin to skin after delivery to enhance breastfeeding. Choosing this goal I can help new mothers and babies bond while helping to enhance the baby’s natural reflexes to breastfeed being skin to skin. Goal 1: Leadership Development My goal is to improve my leadership skills as a leader and by doing so I will work on modeling the qualities of a leader and keep an upbeat, optimistic attitude that serves as a source of inspiration for my coworkers. I must be responsible, learn to be flexible, and work on communication...
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...Organic versus Inorganic Jeremy Merritt CRJ 311 Forensics Instructor Janice Bella March 4, 2013 Organic versus Inorganic Growing up as a kid I was forced to watch the television shows my parents enjoyed. During that era murder mysteries were extremely popular. Shows like Jake and the Fatman, Colombo, Matlock, and Murder She Wrote just to name a few. None of those shows relied heavily on science per say, moreover, those shows were written with the most insignificant clue becoming the one piece of evidence that is the key to the whole case. Just as dated as those television shows, so is the investigative practice. Present day, almost all investigative crimes involve the collection of forensic evidence that is broken down into two categories: organic versus inorganic evidence. This paper will detail the differences between organic and inorganic evidence, explain the strengths and weaknesses of each, and breakdown the significance of either organic or inorganic evidence as it travels through the justice system from the crime scene to prosecution. The way evidence collected can be broken down into two categories; organic and inorganic. According to Saferstein (2011), “Organic substances contain carbon, commonly in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, phosphorus, or other elements. Inorganic substances encompass all other known chemicals substances. Each of these two broad groups has distinctive and characteristics properties (p. 123, Para 3). In laymen’s...
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...Disorders of Mood and Addiction Stephanie MacPherson PSY/275 June 15, 2015 Barry Brooks Disorders of Mood and Addiction Everyone experiences, from time to time, periods of sadness, fatigue, or unhappy thoughts. Among the United States population, around eight to ten percent suffer from a pattern of depression known as unipolar depression. Depressive and bipolar disorders show to be a leading cause of disability, without treatment a person can have a difficult experience with relationships, work, and social activities. Substance abuse disorders are becoming an epidemic. The need for instant gratification has become more and more prevalent in the world. The DSM-5 shows the symptoms checklist for diagnosis of substance abuse disorder (see table 1.3 in appendix a), and according to Comer, (2014) “the substances people misuse fall into several categories: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and cannabis” (p. 295). The different combinations of treatment methods that allows a person diagnosed with these disorders to carry out normal life and perform daily activities as the rest of the population. The potential causes of these disorders can change based on many different factors such as stress, genetics, lifestyle. In addition, the multicultural perspective enlightens the different gender and culture influences, and of males seeking treatment there is a higher percentage in females diagnosed. (McCullough, J. P., Jr., Klien, D. N., Keller, M. B., Holzer,Charles E...
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...(North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It escalated from a Vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the United States was deeply involved, and did not end, despite peace agreements in 1973, until North Vietnam's successful offensive in 1975 resulted in South Vietnam's collapse and the unification of Vietnam by the North. What was it really like to be a soldier in the Vietnam War? The only real way to know was to be there, but the second-best way to find out is to read the stories of men and women who served in the Vietnam War. “On Monday morning, the 15th of November, he died in my arms of tow bullets wounds in the chest. He said, “Ken I can’t breathe.” There was nothing I could do (Bagby, 637).” The author of “Dear Folks”, Kenneth is describing how his best friend died in his long arms, and he could not do anything to save him. “We were crossing………………………………………………….. During the short span of the Vietnamese war, 2.5 million people died, and millions more displaced. The American people wanted nothing to do with the Vietnam War. Having witnessed the unthinkable acts of violence through their TV's, and the obviousness that the Vietnamese did not want them there in the first place, the majority of Americans distanced themselves from the war. “ Then came the buildup in Vietnam and I watched the program broken eviscerated as if it were idle, political plaything or a society gone mad on war, and I know that America would...
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...Dental amalgam, a restorative material that contains a mixture of mercury, silver, copper and tin, has been controversial throughout the years questioning its safety. The main concern is the level of mercury and its potential toxicity (Osbourne). By eliminating it from this office and becoming “amalgam-free”, may not be the best decision for our patients. Amalgam has many advantages over other restorative materials and should remain an option for patients when having restorative work done. Amalgam has many benefits such as its durability, long lasting, and is cost effective (ADA). One disadvantage to amalgam restorations is that they are not natural looking like composites. Composites may seem like a great option because they are tooth-colored, but they have a shorter life span as an amalgam and are generally more expensive. Composite material does not expand and contract like tooth structure, it often contracts causing micro leakage and eventually, recurrent decay. Amalgams, however, tend to expand while in the mouth, sealing the edges and helping prevent recurrent decay from happening (Stewart). Keeping amalgam in the office can help the business in many positive ways. Restorations will be done quicker, which can allow for more patients. In this case, the patient and the office both benefit. Another example of how keeping amalgams can help is by satisfying the patient with a long lasting restoration, along with it being at a reasonable price. The office may not...
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...Introduction Up to now the role of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture in economic and social development has been diluted. Nevertheless, over the years it has become obvious that entrepreneurship has grown in importance and that it indeed contributes to economic well being. Converting ideas into successful economic opportunities is the main essence of entrepreneurship. If we cast an eye over the past, the economic momentum has been substantially advanced by pragmatic individuals who are creative and innovative, able to utilize opportunities and willing to take risks. Whatever the definition of entrepreneurship, it is associated with creativity, literacy, innovation and change that are in turn vital for competitiveness in the wake of increasing globalization. Therefore preparing successful entrepreneurship means advancing the competitiveness of a business. SME and entrepreneurship development are two very important factors in reducing the poverty of any country. For many countries SME is the backbone of their economy. In the wake of rising importance of entrepreneurship, various disputes over it, have increased. One such dispute is weather the entrepreneurs are born or made. The primary objective of this work is to compare and contrast the two schools of thought and based on the research make a reasonable conclusion. Entrepreneurs: born or made? Firstly it is worth to identify what actually entrepreneurship is. Generally talking, there are many definitions...
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