Research Paper Format Upper Iowa University Work

please complete 4 of the followin
1.

You will provide a short analysis of the interaction of group members that you observe in action. For example, you could attend a Killeen City Council Meeting, or tune in to local Channel 10 in the Killeen area to view the meeting there. You can also find most City Council meetings online if you search for them. Any type of group meeting will work for this assignment. A virtual meeting for your job or even one for a school project could work as well. After you have completed your observation, write a short critique of what you have observed.

1.Briefly describe what group meeting you observed as well as where and when the meeting took place. [For example, “I observed the Killeen City Council meeting on October 1, 2015 at Killeen City Hall.]

2.What organizational plan was employed? [For example, Parliamentary Procedure was employed with the reading of the minutes, old business, new business, etc.]

3.How were the decisions made? [For example, majority rule, consensus, leader-dictated, etc.]

4.How was information about topics gathered? [For example, research was provided by group members, research was provided by staff or outsiders, or testimony was provided, etc]

5.Was there a formal designated leader? Did certain members seem to play particular roles and assume specific responsibilities? [For example, the Mayor was the leader of the City Council.]

6.Were there conflicts or disagreements between group members and/or outsiders and how were they resolved? [For example, some council members wanted to annex property into the city limits, while some other council members as well as the citizens testifying, were opposed. The council decided to discuss the issue in executive session.]

7.Did the group tend to digress (get off the topic)? Did someone get them back to the subject, and if so, who did so?

8.Did the group seem thorough and complete in its treatment of the subjects that it addressed?

9.Were the group members clear in expressing themselves by phrasing their ideas carefully and by 10.presenting their ideas in a vivid manner?

Would you personally feel comfortable addressing this group? Why or why not? Explain.

2.

.Please answer the following questions:

1.What are the pitfalls of not being organized as it concerns business projects?

2.How does project crashing in relation to time and cost affect the project decisions that a Production and Operations manager must make.

Provide two references one being

Russell, R. S., & Taylor, B. W. (2019). Operations and Supply Chain Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Limited.

Review the short youtube video below, then answer the following questions.

Based on the review of the video, have you ever used any of the fast food kiosk’s demonstrated in the video? Yes or No? If you have, be specific as to which one it was and your experience. If not, is this concept something you would embrace?

How has the technology of the fast food kiosk’s changed (think of when this concept was first introduced in comparison to the video)?

Provide two references one being

Russell, R. S., & Taylor, B. W. (2019). Operations and Supply Chain Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Limited.

3.

Complete the following:

. Visit these websites on the work breakdown structures (WBS):

website 1 – (http://www.netmba.com/operations/project/wbs/)

website 2 –

(http://www.hyperthot.com/pm_wbs.htm)

Discuss what the WBS is and when is the WBS appropriate to use and when it is not.

Discuss its benefits in the project management process.

Create 300 words of your findings in a MSWORD Document. Include a title page and reference page.

4.

Research ONE of the following decades below as it relates to Supply Chain Management (SCM):

1950’s

1960’s

1970’s

1980’s

1990’s

Based on the decade you selected, address the following questions in (RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT):

Discuss, in general, the differences in the supply chains of service providers and manufacturing companies during the decade selected.

Define the strategic goals of supply chain management during the decade selected and indicate how each element of the supply chain (purchasing,production, inventory,transportation, and distribution) affected those goals.

Identify the types of risk a company with a global supply chain encounters with its overseas supplier during the decade.

Must be a 1 FULL PAGE document with a Title Page. DO NOT exceed ONE page of content.

Reference Page ( 2 reference MAXIMUM) – weblinks must be in blue.