Actions that are not acceptable and do not conform to business operation standards. For example take NIKE they manufacture good overseas in other countries where the labor laws are not in place to protect their workers, even allowing the labor force to include children as young as 5 years old. Companies have been found guilty of these laws and have been found guilty in the United states for violating wage and labor laws, forcing employees to work off the clock and longer hours risking the lose of their job or the danger of being fired for being a whistleblower. 2. Explain the importance of the critical path in project management.
The path taken from the start of the project till the end date is called the critical path. If one of the tasks …show more content…
Why is employee empowerment important in a total quality management program?
Empowering employee’s has many major benefits; it gives the employee ownership of their job through the process that they are responsibility for the service or the product they are providing. This empowerment builds confidence through showing them that the companies have faith in their ability to be a decision maker and a leader.
4. Name the three competitive priorities for time and give an example of …show more content…
However, I would select the technique of the cross impact matrix method, due to the fact that often relationships exist between developments and events. This technique recognizes that an event can influence and affect the probability of other events. Probabilities reflect the likeliness of an event in either the presence or absence of other events. For example one occurrence of technological advancement can lead to another such as how the telephone advancement eventually lead to the cellular phone advancement.
10. What are the primary responsibilities of a Project Manager? Briefly describe these responsibilities for a project manager whose team is purchasing a new machine and installing it in a manufacturing process.
The primary responsibility of a project manager is to plan and oversee the project. One of the major responsibilities and one that is essential to the success of the project is the duty of planning, the project manager has to define and clarify the projects scope and then develop the project plan and it’s policies and procedures to achieve the overall project objectives. Listed below are a few of the many responsibilities the Project manager undertakes:
• Structure of the project
The path taken from the start of the project till the end date is called the critical path. If one of the tasks …show more content…
Why is employee empowerment important in a total quality management program?
Empowering employee’s has many major benefits; it gives the employee ownership of their job through the process that they are responsibility for the service or the product they are providing. This empowerment builds confidence through showing them that the companies have faith in their ability to be a decision maker and a leader.
4. Name the three competitive priorities for time and give an example of …show more content…
However, I would select the technique of the cross impact matrix method, due to the fact that often relationships exist between developments and events. This technique recognizes that an event can influence and affect the probability of other events. Probabilities reflect the likeliness of an event in either the presence or absence of other events. For example one occurrence of technological advancement can lead to another such as how the telephone advancement eventually lead to the cellular phone advancement.
10. What are the primary responsibilities of a Project Manager? Briefly describe these responsibilities for a project manager whose team is purchasing a new machine and installing it in a manufacturing process.
The primary responsibility of a project manager is to plan and oversee the project. One of the major responsibilities and one that is essential to the success of the project is the duty of planning, the project manager has to define and clarify the projects scope and then develop the project plan and it’s policies and procedures to achieve the overall project objectives. Listed below are a few of the many responsibilities the Project manager undertakes:
• Structure of the project