Category: Management

QUESTION TWO a) Three major sisal estates in the coast region produce the following amounts of sisal: These sisal estate supply sisal to three sisal manufacturing plants that have the following demand: Transportation costs in Kenya shillings per ton of sisal are as follows: Required Set up a transportation tableau for this problem and determine the initial solution using VAM. Solve this problem using MODI.
b) Otonglo Company limited has just leased a new store at a new mall in Thika Road and is attempting to determine where various departments should be located within the store. The manager has four locations that have not yet been assigned a department and is considering five departments that might occupy the locations. The departments under consideration are: LEATHER PRODUCTS, FURNITURE, LADIES WEAR, CHILDREN SECTION and GIFTS. After a careful study of the layout of the store, the manager has made estimates of the expected annual profit (in sh. millions) for each department in each location. Required Determine the assignment that will maximize annual profit.

Ravi opened a dairy shop in Jaipur. He planned to buy cottage cheese from a wholesaler and sell it to customers. The current cottage cheese prices are floating at ₹300 per kilogram. To gain the attention of his customers and capture a big market share, Ravi decided to sell the cheese at ₹250 per kilogram for the first month. At this price, he was making neither a profit nor a loss but his shop became extremely popular in Jaipur. On average, he was selling 200 kilograms of cottage cheese every day. Taking this as a positive sign, he got into a contractual agreement with his wholesaler to provide him with 200 kilograms of cottage cheese every day. Once Ravi had captured a significant market share, he started selling the cheese at ₹350 per kilogram. This resulted in a huge loss of sales and his average daily sales fell to only 20 kilograms. He did not know what to do with the excess supply of 180 kilograms (200-20) of cottage cheese. Determine what caused the bullwhip effect in the aforementioned scenario.Price fluctuationsLack of communicationFree return policy

4.1 Pieter is the personnel director of Kajelo Co, a company that specialises in consulting and research. One of the training programs that Pieter is considering for the middle-level management of Kajelo Co is leadership training. Pieter has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities and immediate predecessors appear in the table below. In addition, Pieter was able to determine the activity times for the leadership training program.
ACTIVITY
IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS
TIME (WEEKS)
A
–
2
B
–
5
C
–
1
D
B
10
E
A, D
3
F
C
6
G
E, F
8
Total =
35
4.1.1 Develop a network for this problem. (5)
4.1.2 Determine the Early Start, Early Finish, Late Start, Late Finish, and slack time for each activity. (5)

The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool that a company uses when strategic planning.
It is used to gather information about the company’s internal strengths, weaknesses, as well as look at external opportunities and threats in the industry.
The result of the analysis improves the company’s ability to make informed decisions about its strategic direction.
In Unit 1 Connect, you learned about factors that a company should consider when evaluating its internal and external environments.
For this assignment, apply what you have learned when evaluating the SWOT analysis on Walt Disney.
Review Walt Disney’s SWOT analysis in this resource: Walt Disney’s SWOT analysis.
Based on the information in Walt Disney’s SWOT analysis, address the following: Describe at least 1 strength and weakness that exists in the company. Identify an opportunity that exists in the company’s external environment. Briefly explain how they can capitalize on it. What is one of the threats that the company faces? What can they do to help them mitigate it?

Human resources practitioners have different opinions about the type of employee that will be the best choice for future performance success.
Some believe that having high potential for future success (“A level” potential) is better than having documented high performance over time. Others believe the opposite, that having documented high performance over time is a better predictor of future success than so-called high potential. Consider the general applicability of these concepts in developing a talent management program.
Answer the following
Debate whether demonstrated performance or potential for future performance success should be considered in talent management programs.
Argue both sides of the debate, first supporting the use of demonstrated performance and then supporting the use of potential for future success in making talent management decisions.
Choose one position and defend the approach for adoption in an organization’s talent management strategy.
Address potential arguments that may be raised by your colleagues against the position you have taken.

Jim Comer is the office manager at a dental practice with 20 employees. Jim is interested in hiring one more employee, a dental hygienist. Two candidates apply for the position, and both are highly qualified with similar work experience and skills. Even after Jim has interviewed both candidates, he is not sure which one he will hire. However, he learns soon after, through a Facebook post, that Candidate #1 has a genetic risk for multiple sclerosis (MS). The candidate is healthy as of now, but it is possible that the disease will manifest in the future. Jim and his wife Jodie have three children who are in high school and will be attending college soon. Jim knows that he will not be able to afford his children’s education and is worried about the potential increase in insurance premiums and/or increased sick days should Candidate #1 develop the disease. Jim decides that he is not willing to take the chance, and he ends up hiring Candidate #2, who is not genetically predisposed to any disease as far as he knows.Which of the following is a true statement?

➤ When describing your support team, what should you emphasize about its impact on your management style?
When describing your support team, name core roles like assistant, transaction coordinator, marketing specialist, and mentor. Explain how you delegate, coach, and set performance metrics. Highlight communication channels and trust practices that shape your collaborative management style. Show how team structure improves client service, compliance, and scalability for the brokerage.