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How do you think culture could affect an opinion of a public? Gender? Race? Ethnicity? Religion/Faith?

Question 2

What are the advantages of combining qualitative and quantitative research? Explain.

Question 3

Explain how a PR practitioner can become more culturally literate through practice and the use of the internet as an educational tool.

Question 4

Give a present day example of a company facing ethical and moral issues in the press. (i.e. BP) How effectively is the company’s PR team handling the crisis? Based on what you’ve learned from the text and class discussions, what recommendations would you make and why?

How do you think culture could affect an opinion of a public? Gender? Race? Ethnicity? Religion/Faith?

Question 2

What are the advantages of combining qualitative and quantitative research? Explain.

Question 3

Explain how a PR practitioner can become more culturally literate through practice and the use of the internet as an educational tool.

Question 4

Give a present day example of a company facing ethical and moral issues in the press. (i.e. BP) How effectively is the company’s PR team handling the crisis? Based on what you’ve learned from the text and class discussions, what recommendations would you make and why?

Question 1

How do you think culture could affect an opinion of a public? Gender? Race? Ethnicity? Religion/Faith?

Question 2

What are the advantages of combining qualitative and quantitative research? Explain.

Question 3

Explain how a PR practitioner can become more culturally literate through practice and the use of the internet as an educational tool.

Question 4

Give a present day example of a company facing ethical and moral issues in the press. (i.e. BP) How effectively is the company’s PR team handling the crisis? Based on what you’ve learned from the text and class discussions, what recommendations would you make and why?

In light of everything you’ve learned in this course, what is your informed–and cautious–prediction regarding the future of the global economy?

– For instance, will the US be able to continue to act as the ultimate guarantor of global free trade and openness?

– What will be the consequence of the global debt crisis?

– Will the neverending growth model of our current capitalist system clash with the impending threat of climate change?

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Generating Value

Evaluate how the company in the case study uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers.

Support your claims with examples from the case study or outside sources.

Assess how this company achieves a competitive advantage using operations management. Provide examples found in the case study or outside

sources to support your reasoning.

Compare and contrast service operations and manufacturing operations at the company in the case study. How are they the same? How do they

differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers?

Theories and Techniques

Explain how gross-to-net calculations are processed for material requirements planning (MRP). What specific input files would the company in

the case study need to include in this process for a successful MRP? How would you use the MRP information to improve the operations as the

manager of this company?

Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this

company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why?

Explain the four primary priority rules for job sequencing. In what instances at the company might each rule be most advantageous? When

would each rule be most disadvantageous? Support your claims with citations from your textbook or outside sources.

Explain the five steps of the theory of constraints (TOC) process. To what processes might the company in the case study apply TOC? Why would

applying TOC to these processes be advantageous?

Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict

would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company?

List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk-reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain

disruptions caused by natural disasters? For example, consider the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan.

Summarize the following theories: just in time (JIT), Toyota Production System (TPS), and Lean. How are these concepts related? Describe the

advantages and disadvantages for using each of these concepts at the company presented in the case study.

Describe how total quality management (TQM) principles and tools can be used to improve quality in the latest line of products in the context of

the case study.

Data Analysis

Draw a hypothetical process (time-function) map for producing a recently released (within the past two years) product manufactured by the company. As an operations manager, how will you use the value map? Be sure to include your process map within your case study analysis.

Draw a cause-and-effect diagram that assesses why some of the company’s supply chain partners might have struggled to implement some of the company’s newly developed materials. Summarize your findings from the diagram.

Considering the data and options below, determine where the company should locate its new manufacturing plant. Explain why this would be the favorable location.

differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers?

Theories and Techniques

Explain how gross-to-net calculations are processed for material requirements planning (MRP). What specific input files would the company in

the case study need to include in this process for a successful MRP? How would you use the MRP information to improve the operations as the

manager of this company?

Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this

company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why?

Explain the four primary priority rules for job sequencing. In what instances at the company might each rule be most advantageous? When

would each rule be most disadvantageous? Support your claims with citations from your textbook or outside sources.

Explain the five steps of the theory of constraints (TOC) process. To what processes might the company in the case study apply TOC? Why would

applying TOC to these processes be advantageous?

Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict

would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company?

List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk-reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain

disruptions caused by natural disasters? For example, consider the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan.

Summarize the following theories: just in time (JIT), Toyota Production System (TPS), and Lean. How are these concepts related? Describe the

advantages and disadvantages for using each of these concepts at the company presented in the case study.

Describe how total quality management (TQM) principles and tools can be used to improve quality in the latest line of products in the context of

the case study.

Data Analysis

Draw a hypothetical process (time-function) map for producing a recently released (within the past two years) product manufactured by the company. As an operations manager, how will you use the value map? Be sure to include your process map within your case study analysis.

Draw a cause-and-effect diagram that assesses why some of the company’s supply chain partners might have struggled to implement some of the company’s newly developed materials. Summarize your findings from the diagram.

Considering the data and options below, determine where the company should locate its new manufacturing plant. Explain why this would be the favorable location.

Corporate Governance and Final Project

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Part One: Corporate Governance

Click here to visit Southwest Airlines Investor Relations.

Review the information the company has provided including the company profile, corporate government guidelines and policies, news and events, financials, and investor resources.

Required:

Identify what Southwest Airlines sought to accomplish for its stakeholders.
Evaluate Southwest Airlines’ actions with respect to employees and customers.
Assess Southwest Airlines’ achievements in the area of corporate governance.
Have the actions and initiatives undertaken by Southwest Airlines made in a positive impact on its profitability? Explain with specific examples and financial data. Cite your sources using APA format.

Part Two: Final Project Week 5: Relationships and Financial Performance; Company Investment Analysis; Final Report and Presentation of Findings

Required:

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance? Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? Provide a rationale for your assessment.
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data and analysis completed so far.

If you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why? Explain your answer and include financial and nonfinancial reasons for your conclusion.
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course. Use good form and cite all sources in APA format.
Create a 10-15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings and conclusions for your Final Project over the past five weeks.

Corporate Governance and Final Project

[Pin It]

Part One: Corporate Governance

Click here to visit Southwest Airlines Investor Relations.

Review the information the company has provided including the company profile, corporate government guidelines and policies, news and events, financials, and investor resources.

Required:

Identify what Southwest Airlines sought to accomplish for its stakeholders.
Evaluate Southwest Airlines’ actions with respect to employees and customers.
Assess Southwest Airlines’ achievements in the area of corporate governance.
Have the actions and initiatives undertaken by Southwest Airlines made in a positive impact on its profitability? Explain with specific examples and financial data. Cite your sources using APA format.

Part Two: Final Project Week 5: Relationships and Financial Performance; Company Investment Analysis; Final Report and Presentation of Findings

Required:

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance? Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? Provide a rationale for your assessment.
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data and analysis completed so far.

If you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why? Explain your answer and include financial and nonfinancial reasons for your conclusion.
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course. Use good form and cite all sources in APA format.
Create a 10-15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings and conclusions for your Final Project over the past five weeks.

Corporate Governance and Final Project

[Pin It]

Part One: Corporate Governance

Click here to visit Southwest Airlines Investor Relations.

Review the information the company has provided including the company profile, corporate government guidelines and policies, news and events, financials, and investor resources.

Required:

Identify what Southwest Airlines sought to accomplish for its stakeholders.
Evaluate Southwest Airlines’ actions with respect to employees and customers.
Assess Southwest Airlines’ achievements in the area of corporate governance.
Have the actions and initiatives undertaken by Southwest Airlines made in a positive impact on its profitability? Explain with specific examples and financial data. Cite your sources using APA format.

Part Two: Final Project Week 5: Relationships and Financial Performance; Company Investment Analysis; Final Report and Presentation of Findings

Required:

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance? Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? Provide a rationale for your assessment.
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data and analysis completed so far.

If you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why? Explain your answer and include financial and nonfinancial reasons for your conclusion.
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course. Use good form and cite all sources in APA format.
Create a 10-15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings and conclusions for your Final Project over the past five weeks.

APA format

Corporate Governance and Final Project

[Pin It]

Part One: Corporate Governance

Click here to visit Southwest Airlines Investor Relations.

Review the information the company has provided including the company profile, corporate government guidelines and policies, news and events, financials, and investor resources.

Required:

Identify what Southwest Airlines sought to accomplish for its stakeholders.
Evaluate Southwest Airlines’ actions with respect to employees and customers.
Assess Southwest Airlines’ achievements in the area of corporate governance.
Have the actions and initiatives undertaken by Southwest Airlines made in a positive impact on its profitability? Explain with specific examples and financial data. Cite your sources using APA format.

Part Two: Final Project Week 5: Relationships and Financial Performance; Company Investment Analysis; Final Report and Presentation of Findings

Required:

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance? Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? Provide a rationale for your assessment.
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data and analysis completed so far.

If you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why? Explain your answer and include financial and nonfinancial reasons for your conclusion.
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course. Use good form and cite all sources in APA format.
Create a 10-15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings and conclusions for your Final Project over the past five weeks.

APA format