Assignment title: Information


1. Your paper should not exceed 5 pages, single-spaced, including the cover sheet with your name, class, date, etc. Include references, if any. (1) Go to the website: www.baddesigns.com. Write a similar description (in the same format style) for a badly designed product that is not described at that website. Ideally, describe a badly designed product that you own or have experienced yourself. You can include graphics or digital photographs of the product, if you wish. (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (2)What are some of the worst jobs you know about? Why are they bad jobs? Why do people want these jobs? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (3)Assume that you own a software development company. You want to form a keiretsu. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of the keiretsu, and what kinds of enterprises would belong to your keiretsu? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (4) Assume that you are the CEO of a small regional airline whose pilots get paid half of what pilots earn in the major national airlines. They threaten to strike unless they get comparable pay. What are the three basic approaches to negotiating with the pilots that you would use? What would be your negotiating position? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (5) Assume that you are the operations VP for a chain of clothing stores. Describe the costs associated with ordering and maintaining inventory. (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) 2. Your paper should not exceed 5 pages, single-spaced, including the cover sheet with your name, class, date, etc. Include references, if any. (1) Why are mathematical models not more widely used in aggregate planning? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (2) What functions of the firm affect an MRP system? How? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (3) Why is the scheduling of services difficult? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (4) What are some of the questions that can be answered with PERT/CPM scheduling techniques? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font) (5) How do expert systems improve maintenance systems? (one page, single-spaced, 12 point font)