Overtime Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Managing the inventories in the modern manufacturing operations is a tough process. Many manufacturing plants, both big and small, are facing problems in managing their inventory properly. Hence, companies are exploring new systems and software that can help in managing the inventory properly. One of the most popular software that is used to efficiently manage inventory is the Material Requirement Planning or MRP. MRP helps the companies in taking informed decisions regarding the efficient management of the company’s inventory (Vonderebse & White, 2013).
Other than helping companies in efficiently managing their operations, they also help them in improving the ...

A budget is a method of organizational planning and control that ensures the judicious use of limited financial resources and contributes to the entity’s ability to survive in a competitive healthcare industry (Yoder-Wise, 2011). To keep track of unit adherence to the budget, allow timely adjustments if needed and improve the succeeding fiscal year’s budget projections, variance calculations and analysis for each line item is done. To increase accuracy, projections must be based on concrete data. Moreover, needs that arise should be prioritized in accordance with organization and unit goals in order to optimize the use of finite resources. ...

Analysis of Incident Investigation Data for Causal Factors

Abstract
Accidents may be caused by various conditions: the worker’s physical and psychological condition, safety rules control, overload at work, lack of manual to prevent accidents from happening. If the worker in poor physical condition, tired and incapable of thinking clearly, he should not be allowed to work any further for safety reasons, and those conditions of workers should be defined by the company’s safety control officers before letting him start the job. Giving overtime to workers also needs careful test of workers’ physical condition. Sometimes exploited may not be equipped with safety terms. Working with dangerous ...

Introduction

Direct support persons (DSPs) serving in a humanitarian organization Everyday Lives (EL) are mandated with the responsibility of taking care of mentally retarded individuals or rather intellectually challenged persons. Working conditions at EL have not been quite encouraging for DSPs to maintain their jobs at EL leading to an overwhelming rate of DSP turnover, this paper presents a remediation plan to address the turnover in the organization and ensure sustainability in the management of organizational operations besides cost saving on a regular human resource recruitment due to turnover.
Foremost, one reason that has been identified as to be behind the high ...

Introduction

Managerial ethics requires that a proper management system should always aim at reducing the cost of production to maximize on their profits. This is the most possible way of enlarging on the profit margin, even though other companies would use other methods to increase on their profits. Linear programming model is a tool used in operation management to be able to maximize on production subject to certain constrains. In the case study; Nissan battery electric vehicle, we target to use these managerial models to determine on the achievable managerial targets by the company.

Discussion and calculation

Taking into consideration the production capacity for the ...

Problem Identification

The case in question is a typical scenario, which regularly occurs in a corporate environment. As many other junior or middle managers, Joe is experiencing serious hardships in reconciling his personal and employment-related issues. Many studies showed that work-life balance has evolved from a chimerical job advantage into one of the fundamental employment conditions, especially in today’s turbulent economy (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004). While Joe psychologically understands that his family and educational priorities are more important than his current job commitments, company productivity is naturally more important for Jim, whose career progress is dependent on effectiveness of his department.
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- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.

The case is a perfect example which portrays the intricate relationships of the persons of a factory which govern the production and work. The proprietor of the company, J.K. Roberts had kept an amiable relationship with his employees and that came across as a positive thing for all the workers. The company had been seeing good growth until the recent times when it was faced with competition which ...

- Is recruiting nurses from abroad a good idea for U.S hospitals facing worker shortages?
While recruiting from other nations might help fulfil the dearth of nurses faced by U.S hospitals currently, such recruitment can have unintended effects of local unemployment in the country itself unless they are matched by funding and training of domestic nurses to match requirements in the future. This increases domestic discontent, fall in the image of the organisation and have effects on visa regulation as has been seen after 9/11.
However till domestic workforce can meet the demand, the U.S hospitals will have ...

Abstract

In this paper, answers to the questions pertaining to the case study on motivation and work behavior are presented. The case is about the behavior of employees working for the J.K. Roberts Company.
- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.
The case is about the behavioral problem of the people working at the J.K. Roberts Company, manufacturer of large sliding doors.
Peter Roberts, the newly appointed Production Manager is the son of Mr. J.K. Roberts. He ...

Operation costs

Following the current shortages in nurses, hospitals, home health-cares and other economic sectors have really faced a number of financial impacts. These impacts emerge mainly due to nurse turn over. To begin with, shortage in nurses has led to increased operation costs in the health care sector. This is because these institutions tend to use higher wages so as to attract back those who fear being in this industry due to initial low payments. Similarly the cost go high when higher wages are used as a tool for recruiting new nurses. However, this practice has left most of the rural hospitals ...

The past record of Mary is significant in this case. Her capability to perform the job suitably could only be supported by her past record while avoiding focus on her non-attendance. He past record reflected that Mary was the company’s model employee and that her performance reviews were always above average. For that reason, the past three years when her absenteeism turned out as a problem to the company was basically referenced to the external variables which was never available during her first years while working for the company. This supports the idea that her absenteeism is genuinely caused ...

The performance of any employee is also highly dependent on motivation. According to the four factors model of work motivation, performance, outcomes and satisfaction, several conclusions and inferences could be drawn. This model explains that any employee in an organization naturally starts working motivated. Decrease or eventual lack of work motivation is a behavior adopted in the course of time which is attributed to misunderstandings among workers or even unattainable and unrealistic expectations. In the case of Joe, when he was newly employed, he was hardworking and generated work of high quality. He would contribute ideas concerning firm development and ...

Answer 1: Nike is one of most famous American brands that operate across the world. The company is known for making sports wears and foot wears. Poor working issues are not new for business houses and Nike is not an exception. Nike also witnessed some labor issues after it started its operations in different countries of the world. Nike moved into Asian region in quest of avail cheap labor as well as to explore a new market. Company wanted to take benefit of cheap labor and big market, available in Asian countries like Indonesia, china, Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan.
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The article talks of a businessman called Takashi Shiraishi who opened a Garment Business in Japan but later outsourced to China. His main aim was to increase his profit margins. He started his business after discovering a business niche in the Japanese market in cloth and fashion. He observed that Japanese were willing to append a lot on fashionable and stylish clothing than living in modest apartments. He ventured into business and prioritized customer taste, preference and lifestyle. This personal attention to customers made him successful.
His customer-oriented strategies combined with supplier relationship management were a bonus to his business. In 1990, Japan ...

The J. K. Roberts Company
- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.
An individual's attitude is his unique way of feeling, behaving, looking at life and thinking. This phenomenon is very important in someone’s career and life in general. Beliefs, on the other hand helps the managers and workers to generate passion about their job. As such, it is important for workers and employers to believe in something. This is because, only strong and deep beliefs can ...

Introduction

The outcome of the treatment process in health facilities is dependent on several factors among which is the safety of the facility. There is a need to ensure that all the systems and facilities in the health facilities are safe to enhance the treatment procedures, services delivered and the quality of care. The principles behind the accreditation process are very influential to achieving the status described above. The purpose of the accreditation process is to ensure that the health facilities can not only identify but also formulate resolutions for the problems identified. The accreditation process also aims to inspire ...

The case dwells upon the purpose of the business and the basic criteria for its successful and sustainable development. The point that the authors are making is that any business should aim at attracting and retaining their clients. There are two ways to reach these goals. One way is to build a quality product and another is to deliver a service in a high-quality way. This means that the companies should not only focus on what, but how they deliver this experience to the clients.
With the above in mind, the authors suggest that business decisions should be based ...

Intel Case Study

Internal recruitment would suggest finding trainers inside the company, establishing compensation system for overtime for trainers or employee layoff for the period of trainings. Significant benefit of this option is that supposed trainers already knows operations standards of the company and can provide more in-depth analysis and trainings of higher quality comparing to invited mentors. Also, reallocating current employees helps to save money associated with hiring new members of the factory.

Cost-benefit analysis for internal recruitment:

Cost of cross training: an employee 20 hours (1 week at 4 hours of training per day) x $12(avg hourly wage of warehouse employee) + bonuses for overtime ( ...

Introduction

The speed with which technology improves with the passage of time is faster than the speed with which customer needs increase overtime. Thus, technology that earlier met the needs of the masses eventually exceeds the demands of the market. Additionally, technology that earlier serves only to a small number of customers can eventually match needs of mass market (Schilling). Social networking allowed users to build their personal profiles, look for others and communicate both privately and publically. These sites make users locate their online friends and restrict certain information from their friends and sub-groups relating through friends. By the year ...

Introduction

Every department of an organization strives hard for the sharing of their contribution in the economic prosperity of the company and the presence of every department is essential for an entity. Among numerous departments, usually found in an organization, the name of Operational Department is one of them. Operational Department is one of the most important departments from the viewpoint of an organization and no organization could be in the sake of economic prosperity without having an effective Operational Department in particular .
Operational Department is a department which usually looks over the transparent move in the actions and behaviors ...

This paper is going to present a discussion on Nike’s main officers, their compensations and some corporate governance issues that the company is facing.

Nike’s Main Officers

The main officers in Nike include Philip Knight, the chairperson of the Board of Directors; Mark Parker, the President, CEO, and a member of the Executive Committee; Donald Blair, the Executive Vice President and also the Chief Financial Officer; Trevor Edwards, President of Nike Inc. Brand; Jeanne Jackson, President, product and Merchandising; Erick Sprunk, the Chief Operating Officer (Nike Inc., 2014).

Brief Description Officers

Philip Knight
Knight is Nike’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. He moved ...

with numbness in both feet.

With numbness in both feet.

Normal aging process symptoms
Numbness of both feet in an obese 75 year old male could be attributed to several causes inclusive of the normal aging process. Some are peripheral neuropathy; monnueropathy; diabetic neuropathy; spinal stenosis; slipped disk and peripheral vascular disease. With regards to aging and unassociated with any other disease process numbness in both legs at age 75 accompanied by obesity could signal nerve damage linked to poor circulation in the extremities (Digiovanna, 2000).
Blood vessels and heart muscles tend to age with age. This means that valves, nerves responsible ...

Management

Abstract
Companies have come to realize that Human Resource is key element to remaining competitive in the global advance and market towards their goals. Human Resource in Coca Cola Company is facing challenges of fighting racial discrimination in United States. . The issues that Coca-Cola is facing in relation to human resource are critical and more so threaten its survival. The paper discusses racial discrimination in the Coca-Cola Company. The paper analyzes the case study of Coca-Cola Company that dwells on racial discrimination. The recommendations to the problem are also highlighted at the end of the paper.

Summary

The lawsuit, ...

This case analysis is about managerial problems witnessed between Lesley Mahon, a customer service manager, and her subordinate, Pam Stewart, a customer representative employee. The two work at the Chatham branch of the Canadian National Bank. This case report will analyze the profiles of the two employees of the Canadian National Bank. For the sake of streamlining the day-to-day operations of the chartered financial institution, this case analysis has been conducted diligently to help resolve the issue at hand. This is because stakes are high for both parties and the national bank, which looks forward to improve its operations and register ...

A Case Study of Sunsweet Growers

The impact of IT on logistics integration – a case study of Sunsweet Growers

The use of information and technology to optimize supply chain management processes has gained tremendous pace over the last decade. The deployment of sales and operations planning or SOP programs can help an organization integrate functions for higher levels of control and management. However, the challenges posed to a supply chain and the consequent effectiveness of technological integration is determined by a number of variables that vary between organizations.
Sunsweet Growers operates in the dry fruits industry. The production of dry fruits is highly volatile, while the demand ...

Analysis

The chief executive officer of the company is Gill Reihana who is also the owner of the business. When he started the business, he wanted to maintain a relaxed working environment where creativity was cultivated. He employed young individuals based on how they understood his vision. This created an informal setting, which brought problems especially in the accounts department. To counter this, he employed a more professional staff with experience.

The CEO still maintained the relaxed atmosphere allowing junior staff to attend senior management meetings and encouraging sharing of information within the organisation. The senior management have different personalities and approaches ...

Organizational culture relates to the values and norms that are involved in the running of an organization (C. Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2012). Through a proper and established culture, an organization can have the capable to realize its goals and objectives. The ethics portrayed while running an organization are used in the evaluation of the organization’s corporate culture. Ethics in corporate culture can be evaluated via a number of ways. Encouraging employees to devote themselves in the running of the organization and top-level management effectively communicating with their subordinates creates a proper, ethical climate in the organization.

Summary

The case study presents an ...