University of Illinois‚ College of Business Administration BADM 590: Operations Strategy Schedule of Classes and Assignments for Spring 2015 CLAS #1: No assigned readings or case discussions. This class is reserved for introductions‚ familiarization with the syllabus and course policies‚ and a review of concepts from the core strategy and process management classes. CLASS #2 Case Questions: 1. Which characteristics of McDonald’s production system have been most important in building its record
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Cost Benefit Analysis Developing and installing a new IT system is an investment and can help the business create profit. Carrying out a cost benefit analysis helps to give management an idea of the costs of the new system‚ its benefits and risks. Each phase of the development/implementation has a cost and when analysing the new system you should take into account the cost of: • Personnel • Equipment • Supplies • Overheads • Consultant’s Fees Some costs are a one time charge eg Development
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Compare/ assess HSBC and Citi-corps IT strategies. Do they invest in IT primarily as a way of cutting costs and improving their operational efficiencies‚ or do they invest strategically with a view to entrench their competitive positions? As noted in the conclusion of the article written by the Asia Case Research Center and the University of Hong Kong HCBC and Citigroup have both developed into global financial institutions. Both organizations have heavily invested in Information Technology and
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forced to had a good performance since his actions were probably drawn more attentions. Increase the employment income being received Kerviel’s year-end bonus will include those profit he has generated with conditions that the profits earned were not from speculate with the bank’s cash and the activity was recommended by his bosses‚ thus in order to increase his bonuses he chose to generated huge amount of profit by using unauthorised manners and concealed those fake trades. Attitudes/Rationalizations
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Network Diagrams and schedule analysis NETWORK DIAGRAMS ARE SCHEMATIC DISPLAYS OF PROJECT SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES AND THE INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN THESE ACTIVITIES. WHEN DEVELOPED PROPERLY‚ THIS GRAPHICAL VIEW OF A PROJECT’S ACTIVITIES CONVEYS CRITICAL SCHEDULE CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY ANALYZE AND ADJUST SCHEDULES – THUS RESULTING IN ACCURATE AND FEASIBLE SCHEDULES. THIS DOCUMENT ADDRESSES WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK DIAGRAM‚ HOW NETWORK DIAGRAMS ARE
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CHAPTER 6 PRODUCTION EXERCISES 4. A political campaign manager must decide whether to emphasize television advertisements or letters to potential voters in a reelection campaign. Describe the production function for campaign votes. How might information about this function (such as the shape of the isoquants) help the campaign manager to plan strategy? The output of concern to the campaign manager is the number of votes. The production function has two inputs‚ television advertising and
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: 1. Table 1: Aging Schedule of Accounts Receivable AGE OF ACCOUNT | BALANCE OUTSTANDING | % OF TOTAL BALANCE OUTSTANDING | 0-15 days | $ 20‚000 | 19.59 % | 16-30 days | 30‚000 | 29.39 | 31-60 days | 40‚000 | 39.19 | 61-90 days | 10‚000 | 9.80 | Beyond 90 days | 2‚071 | 2.03 | TOTAL | $ 102‚071 | 100.0 % | 2. To evaluate the credit quality of Aero-Strip’s accounts receivables portfolio‚ we turn to their average collection period (ACP) and aging of accounts
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For many U.S. government decision makers at the time of the crisis most have agreed that Cuba was just a locale for a U.S.- Soviet confrontation. Ex U.S. Ambassador to Cuba (1959-60) Philip W. Bonsal declares that the Missile Crisis cannot truly be classified under Cuban American relation since “the issue was entirely one between the United States and the Soviet Union.”25 He states that although the confrontation could have eliminated Castro‚ “the exercise had little to do with himOn the
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has motivated me to write this book which is based on my own teaching experiences and the feed back of my students. The book includes the background‚ the core concepts‚ and the models of POM. It is readable‚ comprehensive‚ and contemporary in its approach. The concepts of Operations Management have been delivered to the readers in a simple‚ straightforward manner‚ and without mincing the words to avoid dilution of the materials itself. The layout of the book has been organized to give the readers
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project schedules? In some situations project manager will have to get the project schedule shortened. One method for accomplishing this is by shortening the durations of the activities in the critical path. This can be done by allocating more resources to perform the activities or by making changes in the scope. Project Crashing and Fast Tracking are two methods useful for shortening the project schedule. Crashing is a technique for schedule compression. It makes a trade-offs between
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