...A1a | Seven Habits Profile Seven Habits Profile and Reflection | | Section A2 | Evaluation of Leadership Practices | | A2a A2b A2c A2d | Leadership Strengths Leadership Weaknesses Theory Based Changes to Maximize Success SMART Goals | | Section B | Works Cited | | B1 | Reference Page | | February 5th 2016 Managing Organizations and Leading People TASK TWO: LEADERSHIPAND PRACTICES ANALYSIS A1. Leadership Style and Practices – Seven Habits Profile A1a. Seven Habits Profile Reflection In this paper I will reflect on my own leadership practices, starting with the results of my Seven Habits profile. Upon first viewing the results of the seven habits profile, the lowest scores caught my attention first. I saw that section 5, putting things first, was the lowest score at 10 points. I agree with the the seven habits profile, this is my biggest weakness when evaluated on the seven habits criteria. I can admit that sometimes I get lost in my work and forget about the things that really matter and the bigger picture. An article in People Management says that people who follow this habit well “recognize that not doing everything is okay. Evaluate whether your efforts exemplify your desired character values. propel you towards goals, and enrich your roles and relationships.” (Costello) The putting things first category is not my only low category, beginning with the end in mind is the second lowest category on my seven habits profile...
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...through each level of maturity and each process. The PCMM describes a system of practices. These practices help a company to create a vision of how to incorporate a system of practices to achieve its workforce objectives and provide the framework to guide implementation of those practices ( ). Each maturity level has three to seven process areas. Each process is a cluster of practices that enhance workforce capability ( ). This paper presents two maturity levels in the PCMM and discusses how an organization can best obtain that level. Identify and discuss some of the actions that the company will need to take to implement the necessary practices. Managed Level Two and Optimizing Level 5 Maturity level two is the managed level. The managed level is where the mangers start to implement basic people management practices (Curtis, Hefley, and Miller, 2010). These practices include staffing, managing performance, and adjusting compensation ( ). The managed level has six processes staffing, communication and coordination, work environment, performance management, training and development, and compensations that must be accomplished before moving onto the next maturity level. To achieve the optimizing level, all the employees in the company if focused on continuously improving his or her capability and the company’s workforce practices. The company will have a participatory culture where all employees show excellence in his or her job. The optimizing level is where the...
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...CASE: SEVEN ELEVEN JAPAN Executive Summary I Executive Summary The goal of this case is to analyze how a firm can be successful by structuring its supply chain to support its supply chain strategy. Once Seven-Eleven Japan decided to provide responsiveness by rapid replenishment, it then structured its facilities, inventory, information, and distribution to support this choice. The case also brings up the question of whether the same approach can work in the United States, especially given the greater distances and lower store density. Table of Contents II I Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. I II List of Abbreviations......................................................................................................... III 1 Seven-Eleven Japan Co........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 History and Profile ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Framework of further discussions .................................................................................... 1 2 Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 1 2.1 Supply Chain Responsiveness ..................................................................
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...What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? A convenience store can be more responsive by doing exactly what Seven-Eleven Japan is doing; many locations, rapid replenishment, appropriate technology deployment, and an equally responsive supplier (vertical integration for many of their SKUs). The risks associated with this system are the costs coupled with demand uncertainty. If demand patterns change dramatically, or the customer base changes, then Seven-Eleven is left with an operation that is not needed. In Seven-Eleven Japan’s case, multiple operations might be shuttered if an apartment building or large employer shuts down or relocates. 2. Seven-Eleven’s supply chain strategy in Japan can be described as attempting to micro-match supply and demand using rapid replenishment. What are some risks associated with this choice? Micro-matching supply and demand using rapid replenishment assumes that each store will repeat the same demand pattern on a daily basis. The tour bus phenomenon, where a group of unanticipated customers comes to the store and buys all of a type of product will cause difficulty for regular customers. During such an event, the store will likely stock out and customers may visit the next Seven-Eleven site down the block to make their purchases. Some of this demand may permanently shift, causing a local ripple; the replenishment may be excessive at one site and insufficient at...
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...Introduction Depression is defined by the DSM-5 as depressed mood or loss of interest for more than two weeks, change in mood from the person’s baseline, and impairment in social, work, or educational life. There are many other symptoms that go along with depression including weight change and thought of hurting one's self. Depression can affect one's daily life any many ways. As one of the most common psychiatric disorder, along with anxiety, depression is a serious, sometimes life threatening, disorder that has been stigmatized in today's society. Depression has been estimated to effect 2.5% of all children in the United States. For many of these children, their first episode is brought on by a major traumatic event such as the death...
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...Course project part 3 Organization Change Coca cola and PepsiCo HRM 587 Managing Organizational Change Professor Michael Komos June 4, 2015 Prepare By Pragnesh Patel Email: pragnesh265798@gmail.com 630 827 2281 (Cell) Contents Diagnostic Model Selection 3 The McKinsey 7S Framework 3 Data Analysis 5 SWOT Analysis 7 Coca Cola 7 Strengths 7 Weaknesses 7 Opportunities 7 Threats 7 PepsiCo 8 Strengths 8 Weaknesses 8 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 Added Threats and Resistance to Change 9 Recommendations 10 References 11 Diagnostic Model Selection The McKinsey 7s Framework The McKinsey 7s model has been selected for this analysis as the most applicable to the changes that have occurred and continue to occur at Coco cola and PepsiCo. This model best suitable for competitive environment and achieve forecasting goals. The 7-s model can be implements many aspect of organization for example it improve effectiveness of company by using best strategy and creating good communication between all employees and determine factors by using current situation for future planning. This model is very useful for those companies which work on different projects by making team with particular time period. It include following seven elements: * Strategy: It make plan which is helpful to organization to take advantages over competition. * Structure: It establish proper structure who report to whom. * Systems: it prepare daily task for every employees...
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...Supply Chain Management Case: Seven-Eleven Japan Co. 1 Responsiveness * In general, a convenience store supply chain has three ways of being responsive: 1.1 In-Store Capacity * Integrating cooking equipment inside the stores will match supply and demand for warm dishes. The process of cooking and assembling the food will be moved after the customer order arrives (i.e. pull process) reacting directly to consumers demand. This shift implies a decentralization of the supply chain hence, requiring higher costs and poorer utilization (i.e. efficiency loss). Furthermore, training costs incur since employees at the stores need to run the machines. 1.2 Local Inventory Keeping stock holdings high at the store also is a way of being responsive and offering a high service level. Although this allows for the centralization of cooking equipment, extra space is needed and the efficiency of the supply chain is contingent on the correct forecast of demand thus, creating idle inventory or even wasted inventory if the products are perishable when demand deviates from the inventory level. 1.3 Rapid Replenishment This approach is used by Seven-Eleven. High delivery frequency sets a high responsiveness at the store but increases delivery costs. Furthermore, it keeps the absolute number of inventory items needed to run the store low (i.e. stores are can be smaller than if local inventory was build up), even though the store capacity usage is high. Rapid replenishment also leads to...
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...Environmental Issues on Global Health Seven Environmental Issues Complete the following chart by identifying seven environmental issues that affect global health. In the second column, describe in complete sentences how the issue affects global health. |Environmental issue |How does the issue affect global health? | |Population |People greedily consume resources, pollute the air and water, tear down natural habitats, | | |introduce species into areas where they don’t belong and destroy ecosystems to the point | | |of causing millions of species to become endangered and, all too often, go extinct. | |Co2 Levels In the Atmosphere. |Polar sea ice loss is another threatening sign of carbon dioxide levels building up in the| | |atmosphere. Unfortunately, it is the main force behind global warming. The world we live | | |in and the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our modern way of life – vehicles, power | | |plants, factories, giant livestock farms – continue to make the real the reality of | | |reckless climate changes that are within decades if they stay at today’s levels. | | ...
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...cannot control the speed at which the icon is moving, the only way to change speed is by touching a speed changing portal. The timing and rhythm of the in-game music are key parts of the game, often in relation to each other. The object of the game is to complete a level by reaching its end; however, if the player dies at an obstacle, they will have to start over from the beginning.[1] All levels (with the exception of the three Demon levels in the full version) are...
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...The domain name info is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. The name is derived from information indicating that the domain is intended for informative Internet resources, although registration requirements do not prescribe any theme orientation. The info TLD was a response to ICANN's highly publicized announcement[citation needed], in late 2000, of a phased release of seven new generic top-level domains. The event was the first addition of major gTLDs since the Domain Name System was developed in the 1980s. The seven new gTLDs, selected from over 180 proposals, were meant in part to take the pressure off the com domain.[1] The info domain has been the most successful of the seven new domain names, with over 5.2 million domain names in the registry as of April 2008. After the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York switched to the easier to remember mta.info website to lead users to latest information on schedules and route changes on the area's transportation services. Even in 2013, a website, Current Score info, was formed to provide current score of Football and Cricket across India. ICANN and Afilias have also sealed an agreement for country names to be reserved by ICANN under resolution 01.92.[2] info is an unrestricted domain, meaning that anyone can obtain a second-level domain under info for any purpose, similar to the com, net or org domains. This is in contrast...
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...pinscher Service policy restricting the intake age limit of five for rescues. The current policy is in effect from a time in the past when money was tight and vet bills were high. The proposal highlights three possible courses of action including maintaining the status quo, changing the limit to seven years and replacing the age limit with a percentage based system to identify how many seniors can be taken in. The author identifies multiple ideas that can be used to bring the veterinary costs down while at the same time allowing more dogs to be rescued. Of the three Courses of Action, only one works today, which is the increase to seven, but there is a way forward highlighted that could eventually result in a removal of the age limit and conversion to a percentage based senior intake system. William L. Harris Regional Coordinator DC, DE, MD, VA, WV Internet Miniature Pinscher Service 1730 Underwood Rd Gambrills, MD 21054 13 December 2014 Petrea Hoving National Director Internet Miniature Pinscher Service 55 East 72nd St Apt 4N New York, NY 10021 Dear Petrea Hoving: Enclosed please find a proposal entitled "Let's Save More Miniature Pinschers" requesting a change to IMPS policies regarding the maximum intake age for new rescues. In order to increase the number of Miniature pinschers we can save I suggest we increase the maximum age of our rescue intake, while at the same time policing our veterinarian care budget better in order to ensure we continue...
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...Course: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner Seven-Eleven Japan Co. 1) Demand uncertainty – Demand uncertainty means your business has difficulty accurately predicting customer demand in the future. This poses a significant challenge because it makes inventory hard to control and manage. Using technology to monitor sales over time can help offset demand that fluctuates from one period to the next. In the Seven Eleven case the company implied demand uncertainty can be categorized as high, due to the nature of the customer needs and product properties. Customer needs: customer is usually in a hurry making an urgency-buy, he has a low tolerance for response time, requires high product availability & high service level. The range of quantity demanded can also be high due to unexpected events, e.g. super ball game increasing the demand for beer, chips and commercial. These customer needs causes a high implied demand uncertainty. Products properties: middle range of products (3000SKUs) 60% of total sales at each store are processed and fast foods, 50% changes in the course of a year due to seasonal demand & new products. Local preferences are important and vary, different consumption patterns throughout the day, stores have limited shelf space and little buffer inventory (limited store size) Seven Eleven supply uncertainty is medium to high. Supply uncertainty is increased due to: high diversity of products,...
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...In 2013, the fire department received a total of eight thousand two hundred and sixty calls. If they took over the ambulance service then their call volume will increase greatly. On top of that the volunteer departments around the area do not have their own ambulance, a majority are also not trained at a higher level than a First Responder. The most they can really do is provide basic first aid and allow members who have a larger scope of practice to handle the situation and assist them in areas inside their scope of practice or do what they can until the ambulance arrives on scene and the Paramedics take over. They rely on Decatur Ambulance service. Quick response times are especially important in stroke, heart attack and trauma cases. There is no guarantee that there would be an ambulance close enough or available to reach these small towns in an emergency. The increase in call volume has the potential to cause issues within the city. If one station receives a transfer to a hospital out of town, who will cover their station until they are able to return...
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...margins allowing for projecting any necessary budget restraints in overhead costs and sales potential. Yearly production performance comparisons, based on overhead versus profit, enable a budget projection for ordering production materials on a month-to-month basis. (Shim, J. and Siegel, J. 2009). Horizontal Analysis The horizontal analysis is the study of percentage changes of comparative statements in the case of Competition Bikes Inc.’s years six and seven, and seven and eight. Using the horizontal analysis chart, Competition Bikes Inc., shows the accounts payable, between years six and seven increased as it did between years seven and eight. 1 / 18 Competition Bikes Inc Written by Administrator Tuesday, 03 July 2012 08:45 - According to the horizontal analysis, Competition Bike Inc.’s net sales between year six and seven increased 33.3 percent at $1,495,000. Net sales of the CarbonLite product, between years seven and eight, decreased 15.0 percent with a loss of $897,000 over the previous year. Gross profits between years six and seven show a 37.5 percent increase at $447,000, and for years seven and...
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...Retail Practice at Seven-Eleven Japan Japan was a seller’s market until the 1970s, but as profits decline in the late 1980s, a buyer’s market began, necessitating reform in the retail industry. Reason for this shift was ownership of objects was very high among Japanese consumers. “Toshifumi Suzuki, Chairman and CEO of Seven & I Holding” Established in 1974 as a small licensee of 7-Eleven, Inc., Seven-Eleven Japan grew to become the leading convenience store in Japan by 2005 in terms of operating income and number of stores. They emphasize on fresh merchandise, innovative inventory management techniques, and numerous technological improvements. They growth had been very carefully planned, taking advantage of the core strengths that they had developed in the areas of information and distribution systems focusing on the convenience retail business as an operating company, devoted to responding to changes in expectations and demands from customers without deferring delivery. Seven-Eleven Japan stores differ totally from the U.S. in that it served as a convenient food center for busy professionals displaying an array of inexpensive, high quality food deliver daily. Seven-Eleven Japan has been able to put into practice a system name Tanpin Kanri as the core of their management framework. Tanpin Kanri is a marketing administration exercise dedicated on filling buyer demand through a store-by-store approach to shelf management that uses store-level human understanding...
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