...Team Case 1 – Pamela Jones: Former Programming Manager Team 4 Problem Identification: Symptoms/Key Indicators 1. High employee absenteeism, employee turnover, and work overloads 2. Errors made by programmers, poor work habits 3. Workers being under-compensated due to economic constraints 4. Pamela unable to advance from the “junior role” 5. False and misleading promises by management 6. Pamela not empowered to discipline her subordinates without head office approvals 7. Poor workplace flexibility Underlying Problems Above are a few symptoms and indicators that can be categorized into three underlying problems – lack of motivation; low job satisfaction; and poor organizational environment and weak organizational culture. Lack of motivation and low employee job satisfaction is evident from the high rate of absenteeism and employee turnover. The employees are under compensated for the amount of work they're doing which has further decreased their overall job satisfaction and motivation, as can be seen from the increasing number of errors the programmers are making as well as their poor work ethics. Furthermore, junior employees did not have the opportunities to advance within the organization. Promises given by management created unrealistically high expectations for future rewards, but when the rewards were not given, job satisfaction was greatly affected. An inflexible and disempowering workplace are weaknesses within the company’s environment and culture that require improvements...
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...NLP: CONNECTOR BETWEEN MANAGER AND SUBORDINATE Palwasha Khan Sana Iqbal Sundus Younis Faculty of Engineering Management Center of Advance Studies in Engineering (CASE) Abstract: Neuro Linguistic Programming is thought to be an advance communication tool which incorporates Human cognition, behavioral contour, and unconscious verbal/nonverbal patterns in order to understand the way information is being perceived, processed and acted upon by the individual and how he interact with his environment including the human factor. It is continuously being probed for its impact over successful human interactions and relationship. Usage of NLP in business world is still unexplored in certain aspects. This research paper is meant to study the impact of appropriate NLP techniques over the relationships that typically exist between managers and subordinates. Using a survey questionnaire, data is being collected from employees of a variety of organizations and found out that though mostly, NLP is unconsciously applied in managerial sector, it does play its role in improving the perceived manager-subordinate relationship, through improving the trustworthiness of the managers and the social bonding that exist between the managers and their subordinates. NLP also impacts to a lesser degree upon the feedback process and participative management style of the manager. Currently managers give more credit to importance of NLP techniques in better relationship building than the subordinates....
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...In some situations a manager should be familiar with programming. I think it really depends on what’s being managed. If you are a manager of a software company, then you should know how to code and have a programming background. Depending on the size of his or her department, a manager will spend time between coding and doing things that those who code cannot do. A manager who is good at coding, may not necessarily be good at managing projects. The best project managers do not have to understand all of the technical jargon and syntax of a programming language but rather be aware of simple programming concepts such as input/output, decision-making, repetition, and file handling. (Ebrahimi, 2005) A good manager can be in situations where they are not the expert; thus, they rely on experts who know much more (Berkun, 2010). It is important for a manager to understand the context of the problem or situation in order to help make a good decision. In this day and age, it is also important for a manager to be knowledgeable about his or her company’s web presence. The web is a platform that most if not every business should strive to maintain (Ebrahimi, 2005). A manager may wish to be involved with such things as creating web content and marketing. Knowledge of how database and source code relate can help a manager understand the job responsibilities of the business’s web development department. With this information, he or she might be more realistic about deadlines and...
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...21. Describe how or why integer programming OR goal programming OR nonlinear programming (choose ONE) might be used in a real-world business situation. Be as specific as you can and use examples as appropriate. Goal programming is an aid for decision-making problems with multiple, possibly conflicting goals. Typically, linear goal programming attempts to minimize a weighted sum of deviations from goals. This program is used in real-world business in an attempt to eliminate or, at the least, mitigate this disquieting disconnect. Goal programming is the most widely applied tool of multiple-objective optimization/multicriteria decision making. However, today’s goal programming models, methods, and algorithms differ significantly from those employed even in the early 1990s. Goal programming, may be combined with various tools from the artificial intelligence sector (most notably genetic algorithms and neural networks) so as to provide an exceptionally robust and powerful means to model, solve, and analyze a host of real-world problems. In other words, today’s goal programming while maintaining its role as the “workhorse” of multiple-objective decision analysis—is a much different tool than that described in most textbooks. Goal programming’s label as the “workhorse” of multiple-objective optimization has been achieved by its successful solutions of important real-world problems over a period of more than 50 years. Some examples among these applications are: • The analysis of...
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...IS562 – Database Applications and Programming 4 points for the first 19 - 2 points for the questions 20 through 31 Chapter 1 1. List all employee information in department 30. select * from emp where deptno = 30; EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30 7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30 7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30 7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30 7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 ...
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...Part 1: Programming Solution Proposal Carl Same PRG/211 14 June 2014 Victer Echeverri Part 1: Programming Solution Proposal * Describe how you determined the problem that must be solved. The Tukwila Army recruiting center in Seattle, Washington process hundreds of applicants monthly to keep up with the demand for new recruits to the United States Army and the Army reserve. The demand for new recruits require a tremendous amount of management by the Army recruiters which is one of the reason of this proposal. This proposal will encompass all the needs of an Army recruiting center from tracking new applicants, manage prospect, and track future soldiers that are waiting to attend basic combat training. This program will also help higher echelon keep track of recruits by being able to see what each recruiter is doing in real time. The benefits of this program will increase efficiency and more reliable than using manual tracking method to keep up with future Soldiers. One great feature of this program will be sharing, it’s the concept where other recruiter will be able to see what other recruiters are working on and be able to pick up where other recruiter left off without the need of the authorization of the originator, and the originator will still receive credit for that recruit. * Describe the role of the personnel involved in the project. The complexity of this program require a group that is strong mentally, some people have a hard time working with others...
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...Goal Programming By Dr. Mojgan Afshari Goal Programming (GP) Goal programming involves solving problems containing not one specific objective function, but rather a collection of goals that we would like to achieve. Firms usually have more than one goal. For example, maximizing total profit, maximizing market share, maintaining full employment, providing quality ecological management It is not possible for LP to have multiple goals Goal Programming (GP) Most LP problems have hard constraints that cannot be violated... There are 1,566 labor hours available. There is $850,00 available for projects. In some cases, restrictive... hard constraints are too You have a maximum price in mind when buying a car (this is your “goal” or target price). If you can’t buy the car for this price you’ll likely find a way to spend more. We use soft constraints to represent such goals or targets we’d like to achieve. A Goal Programming Example: Myrtle Beach Hotel Expansion Davis McKeown wants to expand the convention center at his hotel in Myrtle Beach, SC. The types of conference rooms being considered are: Size (sq ft) Unit Cost Small Medium Large 400 750 1,050 $18,000 $33,000 $45,150 Davis would like to add 5 small, 10 medium and 15 large conference rooms. He also wants the total expansion to be 25,000 square feet and to limit the cost to $1,000,000. Defining the Decision Variables ...
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...studied mathematical formulas that would allow me to find the optimal solution. In this paper, I will use both linear optimization and goal programming to take a number of sets of data to analyze and discover the optimal use of various constraints of resources. The paper will be divided into three different sections with a specific method applied in the first two sections, and a final section to describe the possible errors in the solutions presented in the prior two sections. In the first section, I will use linear optimization to take various sets of resources and distribute them appropriately among various products to find the best allocation to achieve maximum revenues. Linear optimization is the name of a branch of applied mathematics that deals with solving optimization problems of a particular form.1 Put simply, linear programming is finding the best outcome possible using a linear mathematical model. The constraints are linear inequalities of the variables used in the cost function. This method is the best available and of the most use given the present goal of achieving the maximum revenue possible for the company. In the second section, I will use goal programming to take into account the second set of constraints that faces many companies—labor. Since ALDI was a private company that sold its 1 Schulze, Mark A. "Linear programming for optimization." Perceptive Scientific Instruments, Inc (1998). 3 own manufactured products, I also had to study the labor that was utilized...
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...• Linear Programming Supplement E TRUE/FALSE 1. Linear Programming Linear programming is useful for allocating scarce resources among competing demands. Answer: True Reference: Introduction Difficulty: Easy Keywords: linear programming, scarce resources, competing demands A constraint is a limitation that restricts the permissible choices. Answer: True Reference: Basic Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: constraint, limit Decision variables are represented in both the objective function and the constraints while formulating a linear program. Answer: True Reference: Basic Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: constraint, decision variable, objective function A parameter is a region that represents all permissible combinations of the decision variables in a linear programming model. Answer: False Reference: Basic Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: parameter, decision variable, feasible region In linear programming, each parameter is assumed to be known with certainty. Answer: True Reference: Basic Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: parameter, assumption, certainty The objective function Maximize Z = 3x + 4y is appropriate for linear programming. Answer: False Reference: Basic Concepts Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: linearity, assumption, proportionality 2 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 199 Copyright ©2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Supplement E • Linear Programming 7. One assumption of linear programming is that...
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...Operations Mr. Michell Gorden Controller Mr. William Copper Sale Manager Mr. Charles Myers Production Manager Mr. Dan Tucker Purpose: Decide the amount of tomato products to pack at this season. Tomato Products Whole Tomato Tomato Juice Tomato Paste Information: 1. Amount of Tomato: 3,000,000 pounds to be delivered. Tomato quality: 20% (grade A) × 3,000,000 = 600,000 pounds 80% (grade B) × 3,000,000 = 2,400,000 pounds (provided by production manager) 2. Demand forecasts & selling prices (provided by sale manager): Products Demand Whole canned tomato no limitation Others Refer Exhibit 1 1 lbs. correction (800,000/18) = 44444.5 Cases Selling prices has been set in light of the long-term marketing strategy of the company. Potential sales have been forecasted at these prices. 3. Purchasing price & product profitability (provided by controller) Purchasing price 6cents/pound Net profit Refer Exhibit 2 Grade A 9 points Grade B 5 points Product Minimum requirement Whole tomato 8 points Tomato juice 6 points Tomato paste 5 points (without grade A) 2 3.8 -(0.54+0.26+0.38+0.77) = 1.85 4.0-(1.18+0.24+0.4+0.7) = 1.48 4.5 - (1.32+0.36+0.85+0.65) = 1.32 0.3 5. 80,000 pounds of grade "A" tomatoes are available at 8.5 cents per pound. (provided by the Vice president of operations) 6. Sale manager re-computes the marginal profits (Exhibit 3). Linear Programming Solutions (a) How to use the crop of 3,000,000 lbs. of tomatoes...
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...Management Plan for VisionTec’s new Vision System project. This plan will document the scope management approach; roles and responsibilities as they pertain to project scope; scope definition; verification and control measures; scope change control; and the project’s work breakdown structure. This project will be to organize the product development process for your new product. This new technology uses a high resolution camera to inspect drug labels to insure they contain the proper information that is required by government standards.I will develop a Work Breakdown Structure for this new product. The will identify all the deliverables of the project programming, and testing a new camera which will be used to track the company’s finances and improve various financial processes. This includes design of the software, all programming and coding, and testing/validation of the software. No external resources or outsourcing are anticipated for this project. INTRODUCTION Scope Management is the collection of processes which ensure that the project includes all the work required to complete it while excluding all work which is not necessary to complete it. The Scope Management Plan details how the project scope will be defined, developed, and verified. It clearly defines who is responsible for managing the projects’ scope and acts as a guide for managing and controlling the scope. Project Scope Management follows a five step process; Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS...
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...Career| || Faculty Use Only Career Opportunities in Sports Management Abstract This study was designed to explore the specific competencies essential for a career in sports management and promotion in campus, public, and recreation settings. Utilizing the means of the Competencies of Sport Managers device, the competencies of sport administrators and managers were represented by four factors, identified as Management Techniques, sport programming, business administration, and theoretical perspectives. Discriminant analysis revealed that sport administrators in campus recreation settings placed more emphasis on theoretical perspectives and less emphasis on sport programming. When compared to sport management, administrators in the promotions departments placed more emphasis on sport programming and theoretical perspectives, with faculty placing more emphasis on management techniques and business administration. This study reinforces the need for professional sport commissioners and managers to possess a strong management and business base, along with competence in sport programming and recreational sport theory/foundations. Achieving greater understanding of the nature and importance of sport competencies can help the sport educators become more accountable for its programs in academic preparation, professional training, and continuing education. Allowing individuals interested in a career in sports management and promotions...
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...HOW MANAGERS CAN OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION IN THEIR BUSINESSES Name: Course: Tutor: Institution: How managers can optimize production in their businesses Programming is the process of developing codes that are used in the development of software. Managers should embrace IT in running their businesses since it improves the efficiency and reliability of their businesses. Managers should be acquitted in attributes such as a web source coding, which is the primary coding for web pages and programming in general. This helps in the creation of websites which are SEO based. Considering Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in programming makes a business website more findable by search engines. This increases chances of potential clients visiting the website, hence sales are boosted (Carpenter, 2010). Technological crises are failures in machines or software used in managing a business. It is a threat to the development a thriving business. Managers should regularly examine IT equipment to avoid failure of machines. Some technological failures in a business are on a greater extend caused by human errors. Equipping oneself with information on technology crisis management helps in avoiding human errors within the business that lead to technological failure. Some technological failures, however, such as software failures are not caused by reckless on the employees part, but rather by acquisition of software that is faulty and not genuine. Managers should be...
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...Case Study “MacPherson Refrigeration Limited” Mohamed Yehia Emam (S1500733) George Gabriel George (S1501034) Table of Contents Table of contents Page 2 1. Introduction Page 3 2. Problem Statement Page 3 3. Performance Measures and Trade-Offs Page 4 4. Assumptions Page 5 5. Iterative Plan Page 5 5.1. Integer Programming Model Page 5 5.2. Integer Programming Model Considering Overtime Page 6 5.3. Integer Programming Model Considering Hiring/Firing Page 7 6. Conclusion Page 9 1. Introduction In this case study, production planning of MacPherson Refrigeration Limited (MRL) for the next year is conducted. In order to provide some background information about the company and the related production plant; there are some points to be mentioned. First of all MRL is relatively large company with a sales of about $28.5 million and for the last ten years they are in the business of producing consumer refrigeration. Secondly, the production plant which this production planning is related has an increased efficiency in the last years through process design and assembly technologies. In this report, process and results of this case study is presented. In this first part, problem which is going to be studied is presented. Following that, decision criteria and performance measures are given in order to evaluate results. Then, assumptions are made considering the business...
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...The different objectives in a goal programming problem are referred to as goals. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 400 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: goal programming 2) All goal constraints are inequalities that include deviational variables. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 400 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: goal constraints 3) A negative deviational variable is the amount by which a goal level is exceeded. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 400 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: goal constraints, deviational variable 4) At least one or both deviational variables in a goal constraint must equal 0. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 401 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: deviational variable, goal constraints 5) The objective function in a goal programming model seeks to minimize the deviation from goals in the order of the goal priorities. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 401 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: goal prog problem formulation, objective function for goal prog 6) In goal programming, terms are summed in the objective function in order to make consistent decisions. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 402 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: goal prog problem formulation, objective function for goal prog 7) Goal constraints can include all deviational variables. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 402 Main Heading: Goal Programming Key words: deviational variable,...
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