ACME produces an industrial product, called EZ-Lift, for its major customer, MegaMax. Acme does not make this the EZ-Lift for any other customers. Their contract is to produce 1000 units per month. EZ-Lift is made from three components: a frame, a support and a mounting bracket. ACME can either manufacture the components themselves or they…

Food industry mainly consists of four distinct sectors: (a) the farm service sector • Provides the producer with the inputs such as feed, fertilizer, fuel, equipment. Also provides banking, accounting, insurance, legal advice. E.g. Farm Tech Machinery, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, Rabobank (b) the producer sector • Biological processes associated with production of food & fiber.…

Each student should choose a business article to analyze and use as the basis for your mid-term paper. You may choose any article published in Harvard Business Review or a similar periodical (based on instructor discretion; you can check potential articles with me). The variation in available articles enables you to choose material in which…

Students are required to undertake an individual reflection at the conclusion of each week (i.e. relevance of topic content to current/future job or career with justification for the position taken). These reflections must be then combined into a single 1800-word document, 600 words per Major Theme (i.e. Management, Managing and Being Managed) which is required…

  Readings, Videos, etc. Mor Barak, Chapter 5: Socioeconomic Transitions: The New Realities of the Global Workforce, and Chapter 6: Defining Diversity in a Global Context Global Trends – this is an outstanding website that provides considerable information to better plan for future success in a global world United States Small Business Administration – an…

Article Review #1 The article reviews in this course provide you an opportunity to critically assess books and articles and, in doing so, learn to compose a stronger and better researched paper or article that commands a greater influence with the chosen audience. Each article review should be 1-2 pages. Your review is graded on…

Assessment Two: Individual Essay (2000 words) Due Date Sunday,Week12,11th of September (11.55pm) In this assignment students will be required to demonstrate an understanding of strategic management theory and the importance of effective strategic analysis contributing to organisational sustainability within a volatile business environment.   Essay Question: Discuss the importance of internal and external analysis in…

Implicit bias involves associations outside conscious awareness that leads to a negative evaluation of a person on the basis of irrelevant characteristics such as race, age or gender. The assignment is to take any one of the Implicit Association Tests (IAT) to measure attitudes and beliefs you may not know about consciously. The IAT may…

After reviewing the slides, identify one contract management company that manages food. Explore that company’s website. Answer the following questions: 1. What job opportunities are available with this company? 2. What industries does this company manage (colleges, hospitals, long term care facilities, etc.)? Identify one regional business that uses a contract management company for their…

The Topic: Can either be a specific ethical topic e.g. informed consent, confidentiality, or codes of ethical practice OR it can be a health topic that has clearly identified ethical aspects or factors e.g. medical use of cannabis in chronic conditions, organ donation, abortion, end of life care in the home, euthanasia, surrogacy, and so on. It does not have to…