Category: Management

The advertising agency promoting a new product is hoping to get the best possible exposure in terms of the number of people the advertising reaches. The agency will use a two-pronged approach: focused Internet advertising, which is estimated to reach 200,000 people for each burst of advertising, and print media, which is estimated to reach 80,000 people each time an ad is placed. The cost of each Internet burst is $3,000, as opposed to only $900 for each print media ad. It has been agreed that the number of print media ads will be no more than 5 timesthe number of Internet bursts. The agency hopes to launch at least 5 Internet bursts of advertising. Also, the agency hopes to launch no more than 15 Internet bursts of advertising. The advertising budget is up to $75,000. Given these constraints, determine the number of internet and print ads to maximize the number of people to reach.Formulate the constraints of the given problemWhich option shows the constraints of the problem? Hints:
*One of the constraints includes the decision variable(s) on the RHS of the given constraint. Please review the related lecture materials and the video.
** Please check the examples and the case study in the lecture materials. Examine how we define the decision variables, write the objective function, and write the constraints.
*** Pay attention to some of the keywords such as

Creating, building, and sustaining a team is central to the role and task of a leader.
Assume you are newly appointed manager of a department combining the Marketing and Advertising departments into the newly formed Marketing division.
This new division will have 80 employees: 40 each from Marketing and Advertising, respectively.
In this division, it has long been known that employees from both departments do not particularly get along. Use this as an opportunity to train your assistant manager on how to build relationships.
Create a one-page infographic that will help the assistant manager connect these two groups.
Apply and explain a leadership style where strengthening others is a goal. Explore how to build and sustain relationships, and examine how leaders impact organizational performance.
Infographics are intended to rely on visuals, so limit the information/words on your one-page document. Be creative when designing your visual but ensure it is still well organized and readable. Keep text succinct and use images that will not distract from the message. PowerPoint also offers infographic templates you can customize.
Once you have developed your visual, save it as an image and insert it into a Word document. All sources used to develop your infographic should have in-text citations: references should be properly formatted in APA style on a separate page. You must use at least one source to support your infographic.
Example image provided

Review below about Ekvall’s ten dimensions and provide your feedback by answering the following questions: o Do you agree or disagree with their suggested need for additional dimensions? o Were you surprised that Ekvall included only one dimension that is negatively correlated? How did they evaluate their organization in this area, and what conclusions can you draw from their evaluation? o Do you agree or disagree with their post about the dimension that is the most difficult to assess? Share your reasoning.
2. Review the creative climate assessments posted by your peers and provide your feedback by answering the following questions: o Based on the notes, did you disagree with any of the ten ratings in the assessments? o Do you think it would be more beneficial for your peers’ organizations to strengthen the strongest aspects of their creative climate or improve the weakest aspects? o What recommendations would you make to your peers’ organizations to improve their creative climate? For example, think about how established organizations with existing structures designed for efficient and effective use of resources can relax some of their restrictions to allow playfulness, freedom, and risk-taking without losing control of the things that allow it to be currently successful.
• I was not surprised by the evaluation because I felt it did encompass all aspect of a creative environment that can occur and gives the chance to look at each aspect individually. I was most impressed with the

Number of Sections To Offer[5 points]
A large University is attempting to determine how many sections to offer for CS101. This class is required for many majors (but not all), and some students are exempt from the course based on their high school training. The probability distribution for the number of sections needed is given in the table below.The University has to determine the number of sections to offer at the start of registration. The difficulty is that the University must determine the number of sections to offer before it finds out how many sections are demanded.Once the demanded number of sections is determined on the first week of the semester, the University can cancel or add sections. For instance, if there were more sections offered by the University than demanded by the students, then the University has to cancel the exceeded number of sections offered. If more sections are demanded than offered, then the University has to add some sections to meet the demand. Assume that subsequently canceling sections that are not required costs the University $1,000 per section. Subsequently adding new sections if demand exceed the initial requirement costs $2,000 per section. Run a Monte Carlo simulation analysis to determine the optimal number of sections to offer to minimize expected cost. Submit an analysis as well as the Excel simulation model.
(1) Simulation modeling: 3 points.(2) Monte Carlo simulation analysis: 2 points.

Which of the following sets of actions are unlikely to help a company achieve a differentiation-based competitive advantage over some/mary of its rivals?
Actions to reduce reject rates at its production facilties, building production capacity in all four grographic regions, and pricing its branded footwear about $2 below the industry-averages in both the intemet and Whelesale segments in all four geographic regions
Delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in one week in all four geographic regions, maintaining S,O ratings 1.2 stars above the industry averages in all four geographic regions, and otlering 500 modeth/it)/es to buyers in each geographic region
Actions to achieve a celebrity appeal rating of 200 or higher in all four geographic regions, spend aboveaverage amounts on TQM/Sir Sigma peograms in all of the compary’s prodaction facilites, maintain S/Q ratings equal to the pror-year industry averages in all four geograptic regions, and offer a mall-in rebise of $4 in at four geograptilc reglons
Offering free shipping to online buyers, producing branded footwear with an S/O rating of 8 -stail at at of the company’s production facilties, and delivering orders to branded footwear retallers in 2 weeks or less
Actions to achieve and maintain an 5/Q rating of 7 -stars or higher in all four geograplic regions, spend above-average amounts for brand and seach engine advertiving in all four geographic regions, and offer a minimum of 350 models/if)tes in all four geographic regions

Tech Solutions, Inc., is a mid-sized but growing technology firm that prides itself on having an innovative and collaborative culture. To keep up with its expansion, the company has started hiring new candidates and promoting internal employees. To streamline its hiring of a new senior level software engineer, the hiring manager adopts an AI-based resume screening tool to filter candidates. Meanwhile, an internal employee, Melissa, has decided to apply to the position as a promotion.Melissa has been working at Tech Solutions for five years as a mid-level software engineer. She led several major projects and consistently receives high-performance reviews. However, when she applies for the senior level software engineer position, she is overlooked in favor of an external candidate with slightly less experience who previously worked with the department director.Additionally, several job candidates have raised concerns about the job description. The posting advertised flexible hours and remote work, but during the interview process, candidates learn that the company expects long work hours and requires employees to be in the office at least four days a week.
Questions:Describe at least two ethical and/or legal issues present in the company’s hiring and promotion practices.If you were an HR consultant for Tech Solutions what recommendations would you make to ensure ethical hiring and promotion practices?