Category: Management

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

CAREFULLY
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

CAREFULLY
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Business Ethics and Organization Social Responsibility (MGT 422)
Due Date:13/4/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Business ethics and organization social responsibility
Student’s Name:

Course Code: MGT 422
Student’s ID Number:

Semester: Second
CRN:

Academic Year:2023-24-2nd

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:

Students’ Grade:
Marks Obtained/Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Note: All answers should be supported with proper references.

Learning Outcomes:
No
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

CLO-6
Write coherent project about a case study or actual research about ethics

The content is available for free download in knowledge resource from the SEU homepage:
Read the following article available in SDL:
Yadav, R., Gangwar, R., Arora, S., & Andres, F. (2019). Cultural Issues in Employee Engagement: Illuminate, Causes, and Significance. In N. Sharma, N. Chaudhary, & V. Singh (Eds.), Management Techniques for Employee Engagement in Contemporary Organizations (pp. 47-56). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7799-7.ch003.
https://0y11jlx92-y-https-www-igi–global-com.seu….
Answer the following questions:
Discuss the role of employee engagement in the growth of organization as argued by the author. (Not less than 400 words) 3 Marks.
Explain the significance of cultural issues in Employee engagement addressed by the author. (not less than 400 words) 3 Marks.
According to the author, why do cultural issues occur in employee engagement? Explain the techniques to improve employee engagement. (not less than 500 words) 4 Marks.

This assignment is an individualassignment.
• Due date for Assignment 2 is 04/05/2024
• The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
Weight: 10 Marks
Learning Outcome:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how global competitive environments are changing supply chain management and logistics practice.
2. Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
3. Analyze and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:
Describe decision making process for complex issues pertaining to business environment both internally and externally. (C.L.O :1.1)
Demonstrate decision tools and employ appropriate analytical business models to break down complex issues. (C.L.O :2.2)
Analyze ethical issues and dilemmas that businesses often face and employ ethical standards in all manners and circumstances. (C.L.O :3.2)

Case Study:

Saud works for a XYZ company as an administrative officer. He has been working there for more than fifteen years. He is considered one of the most experienced employees of the company. Saud is a graduate and has not upgraded himself in his tenure. His performance is satisfactory in the routine work but has shown no interest and active participation in changing the existing environment.
Hussain Alghassani is a Chairman of Company. He is a kindhearted person and always has a soft corner for his employees. He has not fired a single employee from the company on the basis of poor performance. He gives a good raise in salaries to those employees who perform well and keep upgrading themselves. Saud is a middle-aged person having three school going children. He is a bread earner of his family and the survival totally depends on his salary. Due to his below average performance his salary has not been raised since the last few years. Hussain knows very well about Saud and his family.
Tarique has recently joined as a Director, HR and Administration Department. He has got a vast experience in HR departments of different well reputed universities. The meeting of the board of directors is held regarding annual increment in the employees’ salaries. Evaluating each employee’s performance is one of the meeting agenda. The meeting is chaired by chairman, Hussain. When the discussion comes to Saud, the board gives suggestions not to raise his salary due to his poor performance throughout the year. Tarique is against the board and its suggestions. He says that not raising any employee’s salary for many years is unethical and cannot be justified. He supports Saud by saying that he has given more than fifty percent of his professional life and he deserves promotion as well as increment. Tarique suggests the chairman, Hussain to fire Saud or promote him. Tarique strongly believes that not raising salaries is a demotivating factor and has a negative effect on employee’s behavior and performance. Tarique suggests Hussain to love or leave him.

Read the above case study and answer the following questions:
Identify the main problem and subproblems of the case?[Mark 1]
Write all the information present in the case that would be helpful for decision. What other information should you gather, that would be helpful to know before making decision?Identify alternative choices for decision.[Mark 2]
Weighing the alternatives [Marks 2]
Draw a decision tree based on the case study for decision making,[2 Marks]
As chairman of the XYZ company, How will you manage this ethical dilemma? what will be your decision regarding Saud?[Mark 2]
Write the conclusion and overall assessment.[Marks 1]
When weighing the various alternatives, how well each alternative fulfils the variables to consider can be expressed as scores. A different rating scale will be used to assess each alternative:
+2 very suitable
+1 quite suitable
0 neither suitable nor unsuitable
-1 not quite suitable
-2 not suitable at all

Note: Positive numbers (+2 or +1) indicate that the alternative is able to fulfil the variables, whereas negative numbers (-2 or -1) denote the opposite.

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12.1 Learning Outcomes:

Find some structured ways of dealing with complex managerial decision problems.
Explain simple decision models and management science ideas that provide powerful and (often surprising) qualitative insight about large spectrum of managerial problems.
Demonstrate the tools for deciding when and which decision models to use for specific problems.
Build an understanding of the kind of problems that is tackled using spreadsheet modeling and decision analysis.

12.2 Action Required:

Read the following chapter of your Textbook.
Chapter 11: Integer Optimization

12.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

Explain the Capital Budgeting Problem
Describe the Set Covering Problem.

12.4 Instructions

Answer both questions in test your knowledge section.
Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week11: Interactive learning Discussion)

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11.1 Learning Outcomes:
Recognize the importance of quality management theory, principles, and practices
applied in businesses on national and international levels.
State the importance of standardization and quality standards.

11.2 Action Required: (Read)

Case – Mercantile Stores
During the 1980s, Mercantile Stores was a major retail organization located throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Gulf Coast regions and included seven divisions: Gayfers, Maison, Blanche, Castner Knott, McAlpin’s, Jones, Joslins, and J. B. White. Mercantile’s mission statement was “Mercantile Stores is dedicated to creating excitement in merchandising by providing the highest level of service to our customers and a broad assortment of fashionable
products that offer superior quality and value.” In 1983 Mercantile initiated a program for processing incoming merchandise at regional distribution centers. This was seen as more efficient than receiving merchandise in the individual stores. In 1986 the company remodeled and expanded existing stores to accommodate a greater selection of fashion merchandise. Designer apparel offerings were increased in 1987.
In 1989 a major technological initiative called Quick Response was instituted. It integrated all facets of operations, from inventory planning to purchasing and inventory control, to provide customers with better service. Some of the technologies introduced were price look-up and point-of-sale laser scanning systems, electronic purchase ordering and replenishment, and electronic invoicing and funds transfer. Stronger partnerships were developed with suppliers to help ensure that suppliers have sufficient merchandise for stocking the stores. The company was in constant contact with its suppliers for mutual benefit. For example, Hanes hosiery used selling information furnished electronically and shipped 97 percent of Quick Response orders. Sales increased 17 percent, and the inventory level decreased by 15 percent.
The Quick Response program eliminated bottlenecks within the merchandise processing functions. Previously, shipments had required a high amount of labor-intensive efforts: opening cartons, physical counts, sorting, and manual ticketing. Advance shipping notice capability provided the means of knowing exactly what was coming and when. Shipments arrived pre-ticketed by suppliers with external shipping container marking. Entire containers were scanned for contents and matched to purchase orders.
Mercantile Stores also established a University Business School for training its management associates to implement quality practices within the company The school’s motto, Investing in Excellence Through Education, reflected the company’s commitment to the development of its people. Sales associates, department managers, and store managers were empowered and challenged to embrace ownership and responsibility in their jobs. For example, they planned and monitored their own forecasts from start to finish. Complete customer satisfaction was seen as the responsibility of all associates. Decisions were made as close to the customer as possible, and promotions were made from within the company.

11.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
1. How does Mercantile view quality? Explain the roles of people and information technology in achieving quality in the Mercantile organization.
2. Compare the importance of “internal quality” (what the company sees) and “external quality” (what the customer sees). Do they conflict? What is needed to ensure that they are consistent?

11.4 Instructions
Read Case study and answer the questions.
Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below
(Week 11: Interactive Learning Discussion)

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Learning Outcomes:
Explain why it is important to develop new business.
Examine the process of developing new business.
Recognize the value and challenges of high-technology consulting.
Apply consulting strategies in technology manaAgement.

12.2 Action Required:

Watch the short video in the following link

12.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

Discuss in detail the five main factors to consider in crafting a great deployment strategy for your innovation.
12.4 Instructions
Answer the question in test your knowledge section.
Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below
(Week12: Interactive learning Discussion)
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