Identify four examples of forces that have been influential in changing the nature of the construction industry.

Identify four examples of forces that have been influential in changing the nature of the construction industry. Provide examples of each and explain their impact in detail. 

2.) State and describe the “three Es of safety,” and explain their roles in early safety and health programs. 
3.) State and describe at least four to five examples of milestones affecting the safety movement, from the 1800s until present. How has the role of organized labor played a significant role in the safety movement? 
4.) You are a supervisor in the construction industry and you are responsible for teaching accident prevention techniques to your employees. What techniques would you use in this area to help ensure accident prevention, and why? 
5.) Explain how workplace tragedies have affected the safety movement. What circumstances led to the development of the first organized safety program? 

Additional Requirements 

Min Pages: 1 
Level of Detail: Only answer needed 
Other Requirements: Each response needs to be around 200 words.

Environmental Scan: Assessing External and Internal Environments

Environmental Scan: Assessing External and Internal Environments

Task: Research and describe the internal and external environments of 2 to 3 real-world companies using an environmental scan. (Companies being analyzed in this case are Walmart, Kmart, and Target)

Determine what competitive advantages each company has and what strategies each company is using.

- How does each company create value and sustain competitive advantage through business strategy?

- What measurement guidelines is each company using to verify its strategic effectiveness?

- How effective are the measurement guidelines that each company is using?

Include references as well.

Process Strategy and Cost Analysis

Process Strategy and Cost Analysis

MGT 301 - Principles of Operations Management 8th edition (chapter 7)


Process Strategy and Sustainability

1. Prepare a flowchart for one of the following:
a) the registration process at a school
b) the process at the local car wash
c) a shoe shine
d) some other process with the approval of the instructor

2. Meile Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 200,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Larry Meile hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Meile has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow:

General-Purpose Flexible Manufacturing Dedicated
Equipment (GPE) System (FMS) Machine (DM)

Annual Contracted units 200,000 200,000 200,000
Annual fixed cost $100,000 $200,000 $500,000
Per unit variable cost $ 15.00 $ 14.00 $ 13.00

Which process is best for this contract?

3. Susan Meyer, owner/manager of Meyer's Motor Court in Key West, is considering outsourcing the daily room cleanup for her motel to Duffy's Maid Service. Susan rents an average of 50 rooms for each of 365 nights (365 x 50 equal the total rooms rented for the year). Susan's cost to clean a room is a fixed cost of $12.50. The Duffy's Maid Service quote is $18.50 per room plus a fixed cost of $25,000 for sundry items such as uniforms with the motel's name. Susan's annual fixed cost per space, equipment, and supplies is $61,000. Which is the preferred process for Susan and Why?

Compare and contrast the trait and behavioral leadership theories

Compare and contrast the trait and behavioral leadership theories

1. Compare and contrast the trait and behavioral leadership theories.
2. Compare and contrast the four content motivation theories.
3. Contrast inspirational appeal with personal appeal influencing?
4. How would you distinguish between criticism and coaching feedback.

Porter's competitive strategies and Whole Foods

Porter's competitive strategies and Whole Foods

Which one of Porter's competitive strategies fits with this strategy? I believe it is differentiation strategy. Do you agree and why?


Review the company's inputs and determine one or two specific critical inputs from each input category: environment, resources, and history. Are these aligned with the company's strategy and is there congruency?


I have attached the company's strategy, Porter's Five, etc. that I have completed so far.

Collins: From Good to Great

Collins: From Good to Great

Please assist me in completing the following:

Review Ch. 1 and pp. 219-260 of the Collins text. "Good to Great" Jim Collins (2001)

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word philosophical analysis of the text, including the following:

â?¢ Identify the philosophical assumptions underlying the research and methodology.
â?¢ Explain the practical significance of the assumptions and their effect on the researchâ??s applicability.
â?¢ Relate the assumptions and research methodology to the readings, including your observations on how adherents of at least one approach: conventionalist, poststructuralist, postmodernist, hermeneutic, and so forthâ?"would respond to Collinsâ??s research and its conclusions.

Support your analysis with references to the Collins text, course readings, or other pertinent research sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Explain how workplace tragedies have affected the safety movement. What circumstances led to the

1. Explain how workplace tragedies have affected the safety movement. What circumstances led to the development of the first organized safety program?

2. State and describe the "Three Es of safety," and explain their roles in early safety and health programs.

3. State the major players that make up the safety and health team of a construction company, and explain the roles of each person in the safety and health plan

Audit of the UW System by the State of Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau

Audit of the UW System by the State of Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau.

Read the audit of the UW System by the State of Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau. See attached PDF

1. What were the problems experienced?

<<enter one paragraph response with evidence taken directly from the project audit>>

2. What could have been done differently to avoid these problems?

<<enter one paragraph response supported either from project management concepts addressed in class or from professional experience>>

3. Are the types of problems that arose in this situation typical of other organizations? What can organizations in general do to avoid these types of problems?

<<enter one paragraph response supported either from project management concepts addressed in class or from professional experience>>

Senior management is considering two proposals to expand the product line. Expansion of the product line

Senior management is considering two proposals to expand the product line. Expansion of the product line requires a new facility and production team. Senior management hired a consulting firm to research the potential product lines. The ACME Company would like to make this product line for at least 5 years (so the evaluation is for 5 years of revenues and costs). You were at a meeting with the researchers and they gave you the results of the research in a table below to use for the results of their research. Create a presentation that you will make to management. Use the following assumptions:

Assume the risk-adjusted cost of capital is 12%, compute net present value (NPV) for each proposal. Include the cash flows from salvage value and the tax benefits of depreciation (assume 5-year straight-line). Incorporate the research data and graphs and charts into your presentation for support to your recommendation.
Include in your presentation recommendations on the product line for senior management? Specify how your recommendation is affected by your assumptions for cost of capital and expected contribution margin (that is, perform a sensitivity analysis)?

Proposal 1 Proposal 2
New Product Line Gadget A ( Mid-Level) Gadget B (Entry-Level)
Estimated First Year Revenue $600,000 $800,000
Estimated Annual Revenue Growth 6% 4%
Estimated Contribution Margin 45%
40%
Estimated Annual Fixed Costs $120,000 $100,000
Investment in Facility
(Expected Salvage in 6 years of
$400,000) $1,500,000 $1,275,000
One Time Advertising Year (0) $140,000 $150,000
Component Inventory
(Value returned in full in year 6) $150,000 $125,000

Canon produces digital and film (35 mm) cameras. For the purposes of the question, let's assume they

1. Canon produces digital and film (35 mm) cameras. For the purposes of the question, let's assume they are producing one model of each. Canon produces its cameras as much as demanded, and the ratio of demand for digital cameras is 4 times of the demand for the film cameras. The flow time for digital cameras is 5 hours and the flow time for film cameras is 6 hours.

a. What is the average flow time for Canon?

Let the demand of film be X

Therefore demand for digital = 4X

Total Flow time for X units (film) = 6hours = 6X

Flow time for 4X units (digital) = 5hours = 5*4X= 20X

Total Units produced = 4X+X = 5 X

Avg Flow time = 26X/5X = 5.2 Hours

If the total inventory they have is 10,400:

b. What is the total demand for Canon cameras?

Demand x flow time = inventory

Demand = 10,400/5.2 = 2,000 units

c. If digital cameras sell for $300 on average, and if the film cameras sell for $200 on average, what is Canon's expected revenue?

Digital = 1600 units and film = 400 units

Expected revenue= 1600 x 300 + 400x200 = $560,000

2. What is the relationship between flow time efficiency and capacity utilization?

The higher is the capacity utilization, lower would be the flow time efficiency.In other words, Flow Time Efficiency = K / Capacity Utilization, where K is a constant

3. What is the main purpose of using batches in production?

a. To reduce set up times of machines by using batch production (this way many quantities can be made by setting up machine just once)

b. It is used for products that have bulk usage and exact quantities are difficult to forecast (example: color, inks, shoes, etc...)

? Greater flexibility in terms of quantity produced, factory layout and manufacturing process.

&#61607; Can adjust to changes in demand.

&#61607; Less time wasted during machinery-breakdowns.

&#61607; Less expensive machinery

. For given input prices, isocosts closer to the origin are associated with

. For given input prices, isocosts closer to the origin are associated with
a) lower costs.
b) the same costs.
c) higher costs.
d) initially lower then higher costs.

36. In the long-run, perfectly competitive firms produce a level of output such that:
a) P = MC.
b) P = minimum of AC.
c) both a and b.
d) none of the above.

37. Economies of scale exist whenever:
a) average total costs decline as output increases.
b) average total costs increase as output increases.
c) average total costs are stationary as output increases.
d) both b and c.

38. Long-term contracts are not efficient if
a) a firm engages in relationship-specific exchange.
b) specialized investments are unimportant.
c) the contractual environment is simple.
d) managers shirk.
e) a and c, only.

39. The demand for labor by a profit-maximizing firm is determined by
a) MPL = MC.
b) VMPL = MC.
c) MPL = W.
d) VMPL = W.

40. The disadvantage of vertical integration is that
a) relationship-specific exchange may cause holdup.
b) long-term contracts may be inflexible.
c) the principal-agent problem causes shirking.
d) firms no longer specialize in what they do best.
e) none of the above.

Which of the following is (are) basic feature(s) of a perfectly competitive industry?

Which of the following is (are) basic feature(s) of a perfectly competitive industry?a) Buyers and sellers have perfect information.b) There are no transaction costs.c) There is free entry and exit in the market.d) all of the above.

A gear box has the input power 10kw at 2400 rev/min. The gear ratio is a reduction of 2 to 1.

A gear box has the input power 10kw at 2400 rev/min. The gear ratio is a reduction of 2 to 1. The efficiency is 98%. What is the holding torque required?

The Power to gear 1 is 10Kw. The power received by gear 2 is a little bit lower, it means, 0.98*10 Kw ( 9.8 Kw).

You should remember that Power is = Torque (T) * rotational speed (w). In such a way,

T2 * W2 = 9.8 Kw

But W2 = 2 W1. In this way W2 = 2 * 2400 rev./min. ( 251 rad/seg )

Therefore:

T2 = 9800 (J/s)/W2 = 9800 J/s / 251 rad / seg =
= 39.04 J or 39.04 N * m

The holding torque ( or load torque ) is 39.04 N*m

As the usage of an input increases, marginal product

As the usage of an input increases, marginal product
a) initially increases then begins to decline.
b) initially decreases then begins to increase.
c) consistently decreases.
d) consistently increases.

The minimum average cost of producing alternate levels of output, allowing for optimal selection of all

 The minimum average cost of producing alternate levels of output, allowing for optimal selection of all variables ofproduction is defined by the:
a) Long run average total cost curve.
b) Short run average fixed cost curve.
c) Short run marginal cost curve.
d) Long run marginal cost curve.

What is implied when the total cost of producing Q1 and Q2 together is less than the total cost of

 What is implied when the total cost of producing Q1 and Q2 together is less than the total cost of producing Q1 and Q2 separately?
a) Economies of scale.
b) Diminishing average fixed costs.
c) Diseconomies of scale.
d) Economies of scope.

How did Rome's contact with the Hellenistic world affect Roman civilization in the second and

How did Rome's contact with the Hellenistic world affect Roman civilization in the second and third centuries B.C.E.? Provide specific examples of art, architecture, literature, religion, and philosophy.

Discuss the spread of Christianity in the late antiquity. What changes and developments came with the growth of Christianity?

Discuss the spread of Christianity in the late antiquity. What changes and developments came with the growth of Christianity?

Discuss South Africa's apartheid policy of 1948. How was it initiated? Provide historical information of

Discuss South Africa's apartheid policy of 1948. How was it initiated? Provide historical information of the time from the passing of this policy until gaining independence in 1979.

Steve recently joined a church. Church doctrine required that members reveal any personal

Steve recently joined a church. Church doctrine required that members reveal any personal indiscretions to the leaders of the church. Steve disclosed some of his personal indiscretions to the leaders of the church. After his disclosures, these leaders informed Steve that they intended to tell other members of the church about his indiscretions because they thought the church leaders might help him overcome his problems. Steve was dismayed that this personal information might be disclosed. He told the church leaders about his intention to leave the church rather than have his problems disclosed. The church leaders informed him that their next step was to tell the members of the church, his neighbors, and his employer about his problems.

This case study is an example of the balance between First Amendment rights and freedom of religion. Based on this case study, examine Steve's rights in terms of libel and the invasion of privacy torts by addressing the following issues and questions.

? Which of the four privacy torts are involved with regard to this case? Is this a case of libel?
? Does the expectation of privacy apply to the facts in the case?
? Discuss the defenses to the tort of libel and the privacy torts regarding Steve's lawsuit.
? Is there a legal difference in disclosing personal indiscretions to church elders, to members of the church, or to members of the public?

Explain how workplace tragedies have affected the safety movement. What circumstances led to the

1. Explain how workplace tragedies have affected the safety movement. What circumstances led to the development of the first organized safety program?

2. State and describe the "Three Es of safety," and explain their roles in early safety and health programs.

3. State the major players that make up the safety and health team of a construction company, and explain the roles of each person in the safety and health plan