Category: Operations Management homework help

Organization: Amazon
For the first paragraph of your post, summarize some of the key information about your organization and the change you are discussing. This section should be no more than 5–6 sentences and should be just enough to remind your readers of your scenario.
For the second paragraph(s) of your post, select any two of the following bullet points to address. Attempt to select different bullet points or combinations of bullet points than your classmates.
Did the organization use a problem-oriented or a  development-oriented diagnosis for this project? What evidence do you have      to support your conclusion?
Was the organization’s readiness for change assessed? If so, how? If not, what were the implications of ignoring that step?
What was the organizational issue that was the target for change? Was the change implemented at the appropriate organizational level? If so, how? If not, what were the implications for the success of the change?
Did the change process include a mechanism to gather feedback about how well the change was working? If so, what was that feedback? If not, what were the implications for failing to gather feedback?
The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.
Provide a substantive (500- 1,000-word) initial discussion posting addressing each of the components in the discussion question. Justify your answers with research, examples, and reasoning. 
Due by 8/25/24 
Requirements
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course  text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021 
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin

 
Current Intangible Business Costs
[WLOs: 1, 2] [CLO: 4]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Review the weekly lecture.
Review the DargeanGrix Business Scenario document.
Review the articles or webpages: Intangible Assets: They’re Not What You Think They AreLinks to an external site., Intangible Values: The Building Blocks of PurposeLinks to an external site., 28 Examples of Intangible ThingsLinks to an external site., and Selling Intangibles: How to Sell What the Customer Can’t See.Links to an external site.
Review the Intangible BenefitsLinks to an external site. entry.
Using the DargeanGrix Business Scenario document, evaluate the current costs of the situation to the organization. Provide a breakdown of the costs and the risks to the organization in the situation. Remember that costs are not only hard costs or dollar related; consider the intangible costs of reputation, perception, and lost productivity due to inefficiency, frustration, stress, mental health, workarounds, and any other kind of intangible cost. Remember that these intangible costs may not be readily quantifiable. However, you can include a narrative with examples that support these aspects. Your goal is to develop the ability to think beyond return on investment (ROI) and traditional costs as justifiers for new ideas.
In your paper,
Analyze at least three intangible costs associated with the DargeanGrix Business Scenario.
Explain the aspects that comprise the intangible elements.
Evaluate the impact of each of the intangibles to DargeanGrix and to DargeanGrix’s business processes and assign a cost to each.

The cost may be a monetary one or it may be another form of valuation.

Justify each of the assigned costs with a narrative explaining your rationale for each element.

Although not required, a table may be useful for visualizing the aspects.

The Current Intangible Business Costs paper
Must be at least five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site.
Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.

Direct quotes are a great way to strengthen assertions and provide support. However, be sure to avoid using excessive direct quotes in lieu of original thought. Direct quotes will not meet the requirement for analysis, application, and critical thinking. Please ensure you do not overuse direct quotes so that you can avoid losing points for this. 

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Organization: Amazon
For the first paragraph of your post, tell the class a little about your organization and describe your position in the organization. Briefly explain the change that occurred.
For the second paragraph(s) of your post, select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub-questions of each bullet point. The sub-questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. 
Assess the factors that made that change necessary. Were the forces for change internal or external to the organization? How did the organization recognize the need for change? Does your experience mirror the information from your readings regarding how a need for change      is discovered? Does your organization actively scan the internal and external environments for elements that indicate the need for a change? If so, what does your organization do? If not, are there any scanning techniques you would recommend?
Evaluate what problems your organization experienced in meeting its goals prior to the change, how the organization performed during the change, and how it performed once the change was fully in place. Did the organization need to change its strategic plan, goals, objectives, mission or vision, or operating procedures as a result of the change?
Analyze whether other areas were affected if the change occurred in one area of the organization. If so, how? If the change occurred throughout the organization, were some areas affected more than others? How and why? Were all the impacts of the change correctly anticipated, or were there unintended consequences of the change? What was the effect of the consequences (anticipated or unintended)? What were the leadership lessons learned?
The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.
Provide a substantive (500- to 1,000-word) initial discussion posting addressing each of the components in the discussion question. Justify your answers with research, examples, and reasoning.
 
Due by 8/17/24 
Requirements
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course  text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021 
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin

Organization: Amazon
For the first paragraph of your post, tell the class a little about your organization and describe your position in the organization. Briefly explain the change that occurred.
For the second paragraph(s) of your post, select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub-questions of each bullet point. The sub-questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. 
Assess the factors that made that change necessary. Were the forces for change internal or external to the organization? How did the organization recognize the need for change? Does your experience mirror the information from your readings regarding how a need for change      is discovered? Does your organization actively scan the internal and external environments for elements that indicate the need for a change? If so, what does your organization do? If not, are there any scanning techniques you would recommend?
Evaluate what problems your organization experienced in meeting its goals prior to the change, how the organization performed during the change, and how it performed once the change was fully in place. Did the organization need to change its strategic plan, goals, objectives, mission or vision, or operating procedures as a result of the change?
Analyze whether other areas were affected if the change occurred in one area of the organization. If so, how? If the change occurred throughout the organization, were some areas affected more than others? How and why? Were all the impacts of the change correctly anticipated, or were there unintended consequences of the change? What was the effect of the consequences (anticipated or unintended)? What were the leadership lessons learned?
The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.
Provide a substantive (500- to 1,000-word) initial discussion posting addressing each of the components in the discussion question. Justify your answers with research, examples, and reasoning.
 
Due by 8/17/24 
Requirements
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course  text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021 
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin

 You may select either a real organization or a hypothetical one. 
Company Name: Amazon
Assume the organization for your OD project is facing dramatic challenges for which senior management is asking for your expertise. As an OD professional, you will design and implement an intervention that will help the organization improve productivity, accomplish objectives, and engage employees.
This week:
Write a report including the following:
Name of your selected organization (you can provide a disguised name of the selected      organization). Determine if you will approach the project as an external consultant or an internal employee, and include a summary of key information about the organization.
Provide background information on the organization. How many people does it employ? In which industry does it operate? Is it a market leader? What types of products or services does it sell?
The problem(s) the selected organization faces. Analyze the problems using the open systems approach by identifying where the need for change arose and what areas of the      organization are affected by the need for change. What is the nature of the problems the organization faces? How severe are these problems? Are these problems specific to the organization or common to most organizations in the industry? What do you think are the root causes of these problems?
If you were an external OD consultant, who you would contact regarding working with this      organization? What kind of information would you need to include in a      contract, and what kind of fee structure would you develop?
Submission Details:
Present a 3- to 4- page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.
Due by 8/19/24 
Make certain to include in text citations from your course  text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021
No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin Task 1—Select an Organization and   Analyze the Problems Identify your subject organization, including a summary of key information about the organization. Analyze the organization’s problems leading to a need for change. Propose the process for entering into an OD consulting relationship with the organization.

 
The student must then post 1 reply to another student’s post. The reply must summarize the
student’s findings and indicate areas of agreement, disagreement, and improvement. It must be
supported with scholarly citations in the latest APA format and corresponding list of references.
The minimum word count for Integrating Faith and Learning discussion reply is 250 words.

 Quantitative Analysis: Bivariate Pearson, Spearman Correlations and Linear Regression Assignment 
  
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
SPSS Questions
Chapter 8
Using the CollegeStudentData.sav set (see Appendix A on how to retrieve it), do the following problems. Print your outputs after typing your interpretations on them. Please circle the key parts of the output that you discuss.
8.1 What is the correlation between student’s height and parent’s height? Also produce a scatterplot. Interpret the results, including statistical significance, direction, and effect size.
8.2 Write a question that can be answered via correlational analysis with two approximately normal or scale variables. Run the appropriate statistics to answer the question. Interpret the results.
8.3 Make a correlation matrix using at least four appropriate variables. Identify, using the variable names, the two strongest and two weakest correlations. What were the r and p values for each correlation? 
8.4 Is there a combination of gender at birth and same-sex parent’s height that significantly predicts student’s height?
Make Sure to:
1. Attach your word document for review and grading. Other file formats are not accepted and will not be graded. Use the following filename format: LastName_BUSI820_AssignmentX.docx
2. Include an APA title block with your name, class title, date, and the assignment number.
3. Include a table of contents and a reference section. Number your pages in the footer along with the date. Include a header starting on page 2 with the Course and assignment number.
4. Write the problem number and the problem title as a level one heading (Example ‐ A.1.1: Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, and then provide your response.
5. Use level two headings with short titles for multi part questions (Example ‐ A1.1.a, Short Title, A1.1.b, Short Title II, etc.)
6. Use appropriate level headings for key elements of your discussion such as Research Questions, Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions, Interpretation, Results, and others. Your goal is to make your analysis easy to follow and logical.
7. Ensure that all tables and graphs are legible and include a figure number.
8. Carefully review your document prior to submission for formatting, flow, and readability. Keep in mind that running the statistical tests is only the first half of the challenge; you must be able to clearly communicate your findings to the reader.

  DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The student will complete 1 long-answer Integrating Faith and Learning discussion. In the thread for each short-answer discussion the student will post short answers to the prompted questions. The answers must demonstrate course-related knowledge and support their assertions with scholarly citations in the latest APA format. . The minimum word count for Integrating Faith and Learning discussion is 600 words. For each thread the
student must include a title block with your name, class title, date, and the discussion forum
number; write the question number and the question title as a level one heading (e.g. D1.1
Variables) and then provide your response; use Level Two headings for multi part questions (e.g.
D1.1 & D1.1.a, D1.1.b, etc.), and include a reference section.
Reflect on the course content and think about the level of knowledge and skill required to effectively conduct meaningful and accurate quantitative analysis.
Reflect on the Keller book “Every Good Endeavor” and think about God’s plan for how we should handle challenging work, the problems we can face at work, and better ways to honor God with our work.  Provide introduction to your thread and discuss the work required to conduct meaningful and accurate quantitative analysis analysis; God’s perspective on that work to include how we should manage it and potential problems we might; better ways to honor God as we accomplish this, and provide your conclusion.

 
Read: Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett: Chapter 8
PageWatch: Introduction to Correlation & Regression, Part 1

  
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The student will complete Integrating Faith and Learning discussion. In the thread for each short-answer discussion the student will post short answers to the prompted questions. The answers must demonstrate course-related knowledge and support their assertions with scholarly citations in the latest APA format. Minimum word count for all short answers cumulatively is 200 words. The minimum word count for Integrating Faith and Learning discussion is 600 words. For each thread the student must include a title block with your name, class title, date, and the discussion forum number; write the question number and the question title as a level one heading (e.g. D1.1 Variables) and then provide your response; use Level Two headings for multi part questions (e.g. D1.1 & D1.1.a, D1.1.b, etc.), and include a reference section. The student must then post 1 reply to another student’s post. The reply must summarize the student’s findings and indicate areas of agreement, disagreement, and improvement. It must be supported with scholarly citations in the latest APA format and corresponding list of references. The minimum word count for Integrating Faith and Learning discussion reply is 250 words.
Respond to the following short answer questions in Chapter 8 from Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett textbook:
D6.8.1 Why would we graph scatterplots and regression lines?
D6.8.2 In Output 8.2, (a) What do the correlation coefficients tell us? (b) What is r2 for the Pearson correlation? What does it mean? (c) Compare the Pearson and Spearman correlations on both correlation size and significance level; (d) When should you use which type in this case?
D6.8.5 In Output 8.5, what do the standardized regression weights or coefficients tell you about the ability of the predictors to predict the dependent variable?

  
Discussion Reply: Competitive Approach, Competitive Scope, and Decision Models
You will reply to one of your classmate’s thread. Minimum of 250 words in the body.
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to course texts.
Use bolded headings below in the reply.
Current APA format must be used.
Use the following Outline:
· Summary –  Sumarize the author’s original thread in no less than 125 words.
· Critique – Discuss what you agreed with, did not agree with and why in no less than 125 words.
Support your factual assertions with citations.