ASSIGNMENT 1 Assignment 1 Solve the following exercise (100pts): 1. Management Decision Problem Snyders of Hanover‚ which sells more than 78 million bags of pretzels‚ snack chips‚ and organic snack items each year‚ had its financial department use spreadsheets and manual processes for much of its data gathering and reporting. Hanover’s financial analyst would spend the entire final week of every month collecting spreadsheets from the heads of more than 50 departments worldwide. She would
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AIRBORNE EXPRESS Economics of Strategy and Organization 1 Why has the express mail industry been so difficult for smaller players? Small players like BAX GLOBAL‚ DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS‚ TNT‚ etc. lacked resources to expand their base. Fed Ex had huge hub facilities with 2.4million square feet of floor space. Smaller players focused on segments rather than the whole market on the whole. BAX GLOBAL focused on heavy cargo and was not considered competitive for overnight letters. RPS targeted
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important due to the past workplace violence at the post office. The VOE placed the emphasis on providing safety and security in the workplace and improving employee relations. Our stated in our text‚ “Researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that when service worker satisfaction is high‚ customer satisfaction is high‚ and that when job satisfaction is low‚ customer satisfaction is low.” (Evans & Lindsay‚ 2011) Utilizing the balanced scorecard approach‚ the USPS gauged the VOE by measuring safety based
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make sure that it gets to the recipient in the agreed timescale because the recipient may be relying on that mail for something e.g. Legal papers ect. 2.2-State the organisational structure and names roles and locations of individuals and teams. See diagram 2.3 – Give Examples of internal and external mail services available to organisations. · Internal post deliveries (distributing mail within the organisation) · Royal Mail post · Royal Mail
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1. Complete the table below with descriptions of at least two different features of a telephone system and how / when they would be used. Feature How / when used 1. Conference calls This makes it possible to speak to more than one person simultaneously. 2. Transfer Enables one to transfer a caller to another extension. 2. Prepare a brief report advising people on: • How to follow organisational procedures when making and receiving telephone calls When making phone calls
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The Australian postal service In the 1950s‚ Australia’s postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations‚ as well as postal services. In 1954‚ the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange‚ or Telex‚ to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience‚ especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower
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Written Assignment 2: Speech Organization You have been asked to deliver a speech on the U.S. Postal Service. Decide who your target audience is and write a 300- to 500-word summary (1½ to 2 pages) explaining which organizational pattern you will use and why. Provide an example of your thesis statement‚ three main points‚ and transitions between the points‚ being sure to utilize an organizational pattern. Assess how the organization of your speech will affect the outcome and discuss why the pattern
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QUESTION EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF COURIER SERVICES OVER PUBLIC POSTAL SERVICES “A courier service is an organization which offers special deliveries of packages‚ money‚ documents or information. Courier services usually boast faster delivery times than any alternative method of transporting documents‚ and many services in the modern world rely on them. The idea of couriers and a courier service has been around almost as long as civilization‚ with rulers in antiquity using couriers as a means
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U.S Postal Service As a Monopoly In the United States economy most markets can be classified into four different markets structures. But‚ each and every market in the United States is completely unique from the others. Generally the best type of market structure for the general public is per-fect competition because it creates the lowest possible price for the public. There are some exceptions were perfect competition isn’t the best choice for the public on account of various reasons
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Abstract The United States Secret Service was created in 1865 as a federal law enforcement agency within the Treasury Department. It derives its legal authority from Title 18‚ United States Code‚ and Section 3056. It was established for the express function of stopping counterfeiting operations which had spread out in our country following the introduction of paper currency during the Civil War. The Secret Service maintains its role as guardian of the integrity
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