You can use a calculator to do numerical calculations. No graphing calculator is allowed. Please DO NOT USE ANY COMPUTER SOFTWARE to solve the problems.

 

 

 

 

 

1. (a) What is an assignment problem? Briefly discuss the decision variables, the objective function and constraint requirements in an assignment problem. Give a real world example of the assignment problem.

 

 

 

(b) What is a diet problem? Briefly discuss the objective function and constraint requirements in a diet problem. Give a real world example of a diet problem.

 

 

 

(c) What are the differences between QM for Windows and Excel when solving a linear programming problem? Which one you like better? Why?

 

 

 

(d) What are the dual prices? In what range are they valid? Why are they useful in making recommendations to the decision maker? Give a real world example.

 

 

 

Answer Questions 2 and 3 based on the following LP problem.

 

 

 

Let    P1 = number of Product 1 to be produced

 

P2 = number of Product 2 to be produced

 

P3 = number of Product 3 to be produced

 

P4 = number of Product 4 to be produced

 

 

 

Maximize 80P1 + 100P2 + 120P3 + 70P4       Total profit

 

Subject to

 

10P1 + 12P2 + 10P3 + 8P4 ≤ 3200       Production budget constraint

 

4P1 + 3P2 + 2P3 + 3P4 ≤ 1000       Labor hours constraint

 

5P1 + 4P2 + 3P3 + 3P4 ≤ 1200       Material constraint

 

P1 > 100         Minimum quantity needed for Product 1 constraint

 

And P1, P2, P3, P4 ≥ 0             Non-negativity constraints

 

 

 

The QM for Windows output for this problem is given below.

 

 

 

Linear Programming Results:

 

Variable           Status   Value

 

P1        Basic    100

 

P2        NONBasic       0

 

P3        Basic    220

 

P4        NONBasic       0

 

slack 1NONBasic       0

 

slack 2Basic    160

 

slack 3Basic    40

 

surplus 4          NONBasic       0

 

Optimal Value (Z)        34400

 

 

 

Original problem w/answers:

 

P1        P2         P3         P4          RHS        Dual

 

Maximize              80       100       120      70

 

Constraint 1          10       12         10         8   <=    3200         12

 

Constraint 2           4         3          2          3   <=    1000          0

 

Constraint 3          5           4          3          3   <=    1200          0

 

Constraint 4        1            0          0          0   >=      100       -40

 

Solution->       100            0      220          0   Optimal Z->    34400

 

 

 

Ranging Results:

 

Variable           Value   Reduced Cost  Original Val     Lower Bound   Upper Bound

 

P1        100      0          80        -Infinity           120

 

P2        0          44        100      -Infinity           144

 

P3        220      0          120      87.5     Infinity

 

P4        0          26        70        -Infinity           96

 

 

 

Constraint        Dual Value      Slack/Surplus   Original Val     Lower Bound   Upper Bound

 

Constraint 1     12        0          3200    1000    3333.333

 

Constraint 2     0          160      1000    840      Infinity

 

Constraint 3     0          40        1200    1160    Infinity

 

Constraint 4     -40       0          100      0          120

 

 

 

 

 

2. (a) Determine the optimal solution and optimal value and interpret their meanings.

 

(b) Determine the slack (or surplus) value for each constraint and interpret its meaning.

 

 

 

 

 

3. (a) What are the ranges of optimality for the profit of Product 1, Product 2, Product 3, and Product 4?

 

(b) Find the dual prices of the four constraints and interpret their meanings. What are the ranges in which each of these dual prices is valid?

 

(c) If the profit contribution of Product 2 changes from $100 per unit to $130 per unit, what will be the optimal solution? What will be the new total profit? (Note: Answer this question by using the ranging results given above).

 

(d) Which resource should be obtained in larger quantity to increase the profit most? (Note: Answer this question using the ranging results given above.).

 

 

 

 

 

4. The Portfolio Manager of Charm City Pension Planners, Inc., has been asked to invest $1,000,000 of a large pension fund. The management of the company has identified five mutual funds as possible investment options. The details of these five mutual funds are given below:

 

 

 

                                                                  Mutual Fund

 

1           2           3           4             5

 

Annual return (in dollars)     12%     10%      8.5%       10%    11%

 

Risk amount (in dollars)     9.8%       8%     7.2%       7.1%     7.3%

 

 

To control the risk, the management of the company has specified that the total risk amount cannot exceed $200,000. In addition, the management wants to invest at least $150,000 in mutual fund 2 and at least $125,000 in mutual fund 3.

 

 

 

With these restrictions, how much money should the portfolio manager of the company invest in each mutual fund so as to maximize the total annual return?

 

 

 

(a) Define the decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

 

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating.

 

 

 

 

 

5. A charity wants to contact people to collect donations. A person can be contacted morning or evening, by phone, or door-to-door. The average donation resulting from each type of contact is given below:

 

 

 

Phone         Door-to-Door

 

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Morning          $35                   $60

 

Evening            $40                   $70

 

 

 

The Charity has 150 volunteer hours in the morning and 120 volunteer hours in the evening. Each phone contact takes 6 minutes and each door-to-door contact takes 15 minutes to conduct. The Charity wants to have at least 550 phone and at least 400 door-to-door contacts.

 

 

 

Formulate a linear programming model that meets these restrictions and maximizes the total average donations by determining

 

 

 

(a) The decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

 

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating

 

 

 

6. The Charm City Truck Rental Inc. has accumulated extra trucks at three of its truck leasing outlets, as shown in the following table:

 

 

 

Leasing Outlet            Extra Trucks

 

1. Atlanta 70

 

2. St. Louis 115

 

3. Greensboro    60

 

 

 

The firm also has three outlets with shortages of rental trucks, as follows:

 

 

 

Leasing Outlet            Truck Shortage

 

1. New Orleans         80

 

1. Cincinnati 50

 

1. Baltimore        45

 

 

 

The firm wants to transfer trucks from those outlets with extras to those with shortages at the minimum total cost. The following costs of transporting these trucks from city to city have been determined:

 

 

 

To (cost in dollars)         

 

From   A      B         C

 

1          75      80        45

 

2          115      50        55

 

3          100      60        40

 

 

For this transportation problem:

 

 

 

(a) Define the decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

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In this assignment, you will prepare an in-depth comparative analysis research paper between two different firms operating in two different countries but which have similar challenges. This analysis will provide an opportunity for you to compare and contrast and critically assess the impact on management decision making based on the differences in political, social, ethical, and legal environments. Specifically, your paper should:

Identify two firms with similar problems but from different countries
Conduct a comparative analysis of the firms
Analyze political, social, ethical, and legal differences facing both organizations and determine the impact these differences have on management decision making
Provide substantive conclusion and recommendations
Support your analysis with academic citations and aligned references

Present your findings as a Word document of 3–5 pages formatted in APA style.

Submit your assignment.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3–4 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

I need three pages reaction papers on behavoral and cognitive approaches.

For behavioral approach, you may consider Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning, vicarious learning, and/or applications (anxiety disorder, depression, schizophrenia etc). For cognitive therapy, you may consider anything related with cognitive approach.

In this assignment, you will prepare three case analyses based on hypothetical fact patterns. These fact patterns all deal with the topic of due process.

Step 1: Download and thoroughly read the Case Analysis instructions.

Step 2: Download the Case Analysis 1 Fact Patterns. Prepare your responses to each fact patterns. Prepare your responses to each fact pattern based on the instructions

Assignment 1: Financial Analysis

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Assignment 1: Financial Analysis

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research one (1) publicly traded company and review its last annual report. Use an investor’s view to perform financial analysis and discuss various non-financial factors impacting investment decision.

Write a four (4) page paper in which you:

From an investor’s view, review the last annual report for chosen company.(which you will have to provide so I can attach to the paper) Use financial analysis tools of liquidity, profitability, and solvency to evaluate the company’s performance and reasons for investing or not investing. Include the company’s ranking in the industry, and its major competitors.
From an investor’s views, discuss at least three (3) non-financial factors that suggest investing in this company. These may include environmental responsibility (sustainability), corporate governance, etc. Explain the main reasons why these are important to an investor.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do 5not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze and interpret financial statements.
Evaluate management control systems and examine their relationship with accounting and planning, including feedback and non-financial performance measurements.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting for managers.
Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MUST WRITE DOWN QUESTION OR PARAPHRASE THE QUESTION AS A SUBHEADING IN ACCORDANCE WITH APA, FOLLOWED BY YOUR RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION.
WRITE IN PARAGRAPHS. BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE INCLUEDE AN IN TEXT CITATION ON EACH PARAGRAPH.
FOR EVERY IN TEXT CITATION, THERE MUST BE A DELAILED REFERNCE LISTED ON THE REFERENCE PAGE.
DO NOT USE DIRECT QUOTES.
AVOID USING ALL THE PEDIA WEBSITES SUCH AS FOOL.COM, EHOW.COM, ALLBUSINESS.COM, DICTIONARY.COM, GOOGLE.COM

Assignment 3A: Proposal

Psychology in the community

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Prepare a description of the agency, the population it serves, and the services it provides.
Identify the person you are going to interview by title and provide a brief description of this person’s duties and/or role in the agency or organization.
Create a list of at least ten interview questions to use when interviewing this person for your course project. Include questions to solicit information about the agency, staff, services, and population served. Here are some pointers to keep in mind:
Use complete sentences and work to make most of your questions open-ended (rather than yes/no questions) so that you are able to solicit sufficient information to understand the agency and the population it serves.
Do not use these questions to solicit information (for example, the location of the agency) that you can find elsewhere, for example on their Web site. Rather, design questions to help you gain an “insider” or expert view of the agency and the population(s) it serves.
Remember to include some interview “opener” questions or statements to help establish rapport.

DUE @ 5PM 11/4/15 Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. All interview questions should be written in your own words, with credit given to any sources. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources

Due Thursday November 5, 2015

 

No Plagiarism

 

I want the Issue in the Case Study to be Managers who aren’t prepared to manage, whether they were young supervisors who were thrown into the position to manage and/or they haven’t developed good managerial skills because they haven’t been properly trained.

 

Find an article addressing bad management to refer to and also pull from the Module Required Readings I have attached

 

The Case Study will focus on a historic or current leadership issue in your discipline or major.  You will discuss and assess the leadership issue.  The case study issue will lead to the Research Paper where you will develop a plan to resolve the issues identified. The purpose of the case study is to identify leadership issues related to a public safety event.  The more issues you identify with leader(s) involved of the event, the easier the Research Paper will be.

 

Do the following:

• Make sure the case study is leadership based and not just a problem
• Select a public safety event which you will use as a lens through which you will assess applicable leadership issues associated with the actions leaders took in response to the event.
• Incorporate the course materials into your assessment of leadership issues

Avoid the following:

• Selecting an organization as the subject of your Case Study (remember to pick a public safety event)
• Conducting an organizational assessment (don’t confuse an organizational with leadership assessment)
• Identifying technical, management and/or organizational deficiencies and describing them as leadership issues (refer Module 2, especially Table 2.1, to identify true leadership issues)
• Attempting to solve the problems identified in your case study here (save all of that for the research paper)

The body of the Case Study shall be 6-8 pages, excluding other material such as the cover page, table of contents, graphics and tables, and references.  The paper shall be presented in APA (6th edition) format, all margins shall be 1”, 12 point font, and be in either Arial or New Times Roman font style. In the following descending order of preference, information sources must be either peer-reviewed articles, government reports, or other sources approved by your instructor. Internet information sources from other than authoritative sources are discouraged. See the Case Study grading rubric for more information.

Japan and China

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, discussing the relationship between Japan and China and how it has affected the political and economic development of Northeast Asia. What has been the historic relationship between these two countries? How did that change in the 20th century? What is the relationship now? How does this relationship affect the neighboring countries and the United States?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

DQ1 Elaborate on the major reasons why, health care systems can be considered complex. Next, argue a case for double-loop against single-loop learning in organizational learning. Support your response with at least one (1) example of the advantages of double-loop learning.

 

 

DQ2 Common industry knowledge dictates that in order to achieve desired outcomes in quality improvement in health care organizations, the leadership must consider multiple factors. Speculate on the main reasons why focusing on “people” processes is a highly regarded practice for improving the performance of health care organizations. Support your response with at least two (2) examples of increased value and / or performance in the researched hospital.

 

These are discussion questions just need a paragraph answer for each question and needs to be original with references