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This week’s self-assessment, located in your text, is a brief individual leadership assessment entitled “Proactivity.” As a leader, it is important for you to understand your own proactivity as well as to recognize a particular proactivity for others. 

For this Professional Leadership Journal, complete the “Proactivity” assessment. As a scholar-practitioner in the field of health care administration, consider what the assessment may reveal about your perception of external and internal proactivity. How might your perception of proactivity impact your leadership role in the field of health care administration?

The Assignment (2–3 paragraphs): 

• Explain new insights gained based on your results of the “Proactivity” assessment, including how these results contribute to your personal perception of proactivity for leadership. 
• Explain how these new insights might impact your current or future role in health care administration leadership.

In this course, we have covered two books, multiple articles, and multiple assignments about understanding the various components needed to lead an organizational change effort successfully. Given your new knowledge and your experience in the class, answer the following questions in your journal:

1. How prepared are you to be part of a change effort in an organization? How will you be able to add value to that effort?
2. How prepared are you to be in a position of leadership in a change effort in an organization?
3. What are your final reflections on this class?

• From your discussion preparation work, create a job description for your current or most recent position.
• Justify how you selected the task components of the position and the organization of the components in order of priority.

I have an assignment due. I will attach the requirements needed to complete this assignment.

You will express your thoughts in writing with constructed response. The objective of this paper is to design and develop a system/program; and to apply the quality, Lean, or Six Sigma tools and performance measurement to solve a specific problem.

The paper outline will be your brief summary of problem, type of industry, quality tools you plan to use in solving this problems. Post your outline to the Discussion Board, under forum “Research outline”. The length of your outline should be between 100-150 words.

The length of your paper should be between 8-10 pages (double space, Time New Roman 12) for undergraduate and 13-15 pages for graduate students, excluding cover pages, contents, and appendices (if any). I would expect a minimum of 8 reference sources from reliable journals or books. You can supplement with additional sources. Citations should be formatted in accordance with the APA Style, edition 6th or the latest. 

Student will select a specific problem from any industry (food, retail, construction, airline, department store, manufacturing, healthcare, government, education, service, consulting, …) and apply the quality tools, techniques, and methods learned from IndM 4230 to solve the problem. The paper should include the following items:

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• General information: type of industry, company’s name, product/services, organization size (number of workers/employees), and so on.
• Selected Problem: explain the problems and involved personal/process/department, provide some background of the problem (if any).
• Solutions to the problem: develop a process/program to solve your selected problem. The proposed solutions can be only one, or two, or three options. The items that should be explained in details in your paper include:
 Goal/objective, what you determine to do…
 Tools/techniques/systems are used in the process, explain in details (texts, images, chart, graph, table,…) of your design. 
 Performance measurement, how you measure the performance of your proposed solution, what criteria used in the evaluation.
 Required resources for your proposed solution to be successful (e.g. how much it costs, number of workers, software/application, worker training program,…) 
• Summary and Conclusion
• References

outline:

Ikea’s supply chain strategies and practices

Ikea implemented many strategies that gives a stylish and different and attractive kind of products to please the customers to buy. This research is about the supply chain development and how it works, and how to implement the key relationship with the entire supply chain. How the strategies are implemented in order to organize and maintain a healthy environment in the workplace. By comparing it with the other industries and the mode of strategical plans to create a successful industry.

Discussion #1

Review the  reading for this week (Can Unions Survive Technology). Provide a response to this article based on what you have learned in this course.

Article 

 Can unions continue to remain relevant in a more dynamic world of labor?

Kavi Guppta. FORBES, October 12, 2016

Retrieved from: 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaviguppta/2016/10/12/will-labor_xfffe_unions-survive-in-the-era-of-automation/#26a88b9b3b22

Discussion #2

In many organizations like Prosegur Employee Relations and Labor Relations are the same department. Do some research on your own Prosegur. How is that set up? Who is responsible in the organization for diversity and inclusion? Do you think they are doing a good job? Why or why not?

Why should health care managers know how to make proper investment decisions? Provide an example. 175 word minimum-265 words max. 

nstructions: At this stage, you will submit a partial write-up of your final research paper. This draft should include the following components:

1. Introduction, including the policy you are examining and its background and significance (one to three pages)
2. A brief literature review on the subject (two to three pages)
3. A description of your data collection methods (one to three pages)- One method is an interview with Toni Preckwinkle. This interview transcript will be included once I have chosen someone to complete this project
4. A bibliography of sources cited in the paper (one to two pages)

Additionally, on a separate page include a brief statement (about a page or less in length) summarizing your progress so far in collecting data and identifying any problems or concerns you may have at this point.

 Your Draft Paper should be 5-11 pages (1,250-2,750 words) in length 

• Conduct a case study analysis on the different characteristics of the supply chain strategy of a company you choose from a list of possibilities, and provide that analysis in a Word document of approximately 800–1000 words.

All operational activities begin with an estimate of what customer demands will be. Production schedules, modes of transportation, warehouse space, and other supply chain activities are all dependent on the accuracy of the company’s demand forecasting. The information management system must provide thorough, accurate, and timely information so that supply chain managers can prepare and execute short and long-term plans. Satisfying the customer is the No. 1 challenge for all demand forecasters.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Design a supply chain to support an organizational strategy. o Describe an organization’s business model.o Explain an organization’s supply chain strategy.• Competency 2: Improve efficiency in the supply chain. o Analyze the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain.o Explain the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners.o Describe the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy.o Explain how pricing promotions are used to change demand.• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with the expectations for supply chain managers and participants. o Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

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• For the following questions, refer to Fujitsu Limited’s case study, “Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. Customer Success,” listed in the Resources. o What is the role that demand forecasting plays in Sony’s supply chain strategy?o What factors make a demand forecasting strategy necessary, and how is Sony able to be more responsive to its customers due to this SCM strategy?• For the following questions, refer to Hitachi Consulting’s article, “Six Key Trends Changing Supply Chain Management Today: Choosing the Optimal Strategy for Your Business,” listed in the Resources. o From your perspective, what are the two most important trends from the list of six? o Why do you feel it has the most impact on supply chain management today?o What is a real life example of a company that has been impacted by each of the two trends that you have selected?• For this assessment, consider that you work for a company that develops and sells case studies and case study analyses. Your company’s primary customers are colleges and universities wanting to use them within their courses, but your company also has customers using them for management training and development. Your manager asked you to conduct research and develop a case study analysis. She’s specifically interested in you doing the analysis on one of the companies from this list:• L. L. Bean.• Amazon.com.• Starbucks.• Intel.• Johnson and Johnson.

Research and write about the company that you have selected from the above list.

You and your manager discussed the high-level outline of your analysis and agreed you should address the following items. As the basis for your research, you can use any of the resources noted in this course, in the Capella library, and on the Internet:

• Describe the organization’s business model (particularly related to their supply chain strategy) and provide a diagram or visual to explicitly describe that same business model.• Compare and contrast the organization’s supply chain strategy with another organization’s strategy.• Analyze the global challenges the organization faces in its supply chain and discuss strategies to minimize the challenges.• Explain and validate the importance of aggregate planning to the organization’s supply chain and its partners.• Analyze the role demand forecasting plays in the organization’s supply chain strategy.• Analyze how pricing promotions are used to change demand.

Based on the intended audience, your report should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language. Target 800–1000 words. Attributing sources in your professional and academic work supports your analysis and conclusions and demonstrates ethical behavior and academic honesty. Following APA rules for attributing sources provides consistency and ensures that readers can locate original sources if desired.

Academic Integrity and APA Formatting

As a reminder related to using APA rules to ensure academic honesty:

12. When using a direct quote (using exact or nearly exact wording), you must enclose the quoted wording in quotation marks, immediately followed by an in-text citation. The source must then be listed in your references page.13. When paraphrasing (using your own words to describe a non-original idea), the paraphrased idea must be immediately followed by an in-text citation and the source must be listed in your references page.

SCM Case Analysis: Forecasting and Planning Scoring Guide

SCM Case Analysis: Forecasting and Planning Scoring Guide 

Criteria 

Non-performance 

Basic 

Proficient 

Distinguished 

Describe an organization’s business model.

Does not identify an organization’s business model.

Identifies an organization’s business model, but does not explain its significance or impact.

Describes an organization’s business model.

Provides a diagram or visual to explicitly describe an organization’s business model. 

Explain an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Does not identify an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Identifies an organization’s supply chain strategy, but does not explain its significance or impact.

Explains an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Compares and contrasts an organization’s supply chain strategy with another organization’s strategies. 

Analyze the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain.

Does not identify the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain.

Identifies the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain, but does not explain their significance or impact.

Analyzes the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain.

Analyzes the global challenges that an organization faces in its supply chain and discusses strategies to minimize the challenges. 

Explain the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners.

Does not identify the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners.

Identifies the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners, but does not explain its significance or impact.

Explains the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners.

Validates the importance of aggregate planning to an organization’s supply chain and its partners. 

Describe the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Does not identify the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Identifies the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy, but does not explain its significance or impact.

Describes the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy.

Analyzes the role demand forecasting plays in an organization’s supply chain strategy. 

Explain how pricing promotions are used to change demand.

Does not explain how pricing promotions are used to change demand.

Explains how pricing promotions are used, but does not connect the explanation to change demand.

Explains how pricing promotions are used to change demand.

Analyzes how pricing promotions are used to change demand. 

Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.

Does not exhibit proficiency in writing and critical thinking; does not appropriately attribute source.

Exhibits inconsistent proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and appropriately attributing sources.

Exhibits proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.

Exhibits proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources, and supports analysis with relevant research. 

 PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A BID FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GRADUATE LEVEL WRITING TERMS AND CONCEPTS. ALL DIRECTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED AND NO PLAGIARISM. MY SCHOOL USES SOFTWARE TO DETECT COPIED MATERIAL. AND REFERENCE THE BOOK AND USE SCHORLARY SOURCES.  MUST FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTION