Assignment 3: Implementing and Evaluating the Future at Galaxy Toys Inc.

Assignment 3: Implementing and Evaluating the Future at Galaxy Toys Inc. (Week 8)
Purpose:
Continuing with the saga of Galaxy Toys Inc. the third assignment covers the last three functions of the P-O-L-C Organizing Leading and Controlling. Students will look at the production floor of Galaxy Toys Inc. through the lens of the organizing function create an organizational chart and assess the decision making authority associated with the organizational structure. Students will then assess change and discuss motivation from a leadership perspective and delve into the controlling function by looking and project specifications interpreting data and assessing corrective measures.
Outcome Met by Completing This Assignment:
Instructions:
Step 1: Review How to Analyze a Case Study under Week 3 Content.
Step 2: Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document. This paper should be presented in a professional manner double-spaced with indented paragraphs. The final product will be between 8-10 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.
Step 3: Title page with your name the course name the date and the instructors name.
Step 4: In writing a case study the writing is in the third person. What this means is that there are no words such as I me my we or us (first person writing) nor is there use of you or your (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person. Do not include personal commentary.
Step 5: In writing this assignment students are expected to support the reasoning using in-text citations and a reference list. If any material is used from a source document it must be cited and referenced. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper under Week 1
content. NOTE: The expectation is that students provide a robust use of the course material.
Step 6: In writing this assignment students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Students are expected to paraphrase which can be learned by reviewing this
link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html
Step 7: In completing the assignment students are expected to use the facts from the case study paired with the weekly courses readings to develop the analysis. View the company profile here: Galaxy Toys Inc. Company Profile.
Step 8: In writing this assignment students will use mostly resources from the course material and no more than 3 external source documents.
Step 9: Review the grading rubric for the assignment.
Step 10: Read critically and analyze the case study provided under Week 6 content. Notate the key points in the case study.
Step 11: Create the introductory paragraph.
The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper but is typically written after writing the body of the paper (Questions students responded to above). View this website to learn how to write an introductory
paragraph: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html
Step 12: Respond to the required elements of the assignment. Be clear and concise in the writing and make sure the questions are comprehensively answered.
Review the main case study located under week 8 content.
Part One-Organizing
Now it is time for all production managers to begin the organizing process. Doing so requires that managers collect the people resources and capital to begin production in a way that will implement the short-term production goals and objectives set through planning. The deadline for production to begin is January 31 2017. Christmas product shipping must start in July of 2017. The budget for each branch is $300000 for the total production budget. Currently the production staff includes a total of 124 employees per day shift and 91 at night per plant for a total of 215 employees. Most tasks are covered in both shifts. Current production and shipping personnel per task include:
# of Day Shift
Positions
# of Night Shift Workers
Workers
Machine Operators
10
5
Machine Maintenance
3
5
Assembly Line Staff
75
60
Electronics Specialists
10
3
Packagers
10
5
Floor Supervisors
1
1
Production IT (computer machine)
1
1
Fork Lift Operators
10
10
Shipping Schedulers
1
0
Plant Maintenance
2
1
Administrative Support
1
0
Material Purchase/Secretary
To complete the Moon Mission to Jupiters Europa 1 project it is projected that additional personnel are needed: Two 3D printer operators for the day shift and two for the night shift. Additionally instead of having an on-call position for production IT a full-time night position is needed.
The design and engineering department has provided the product specifications including materials sizes and 3D printers and one person per shift to produce the product. Trained personnel are needed for operating the 3D printers. The cost of one complete Moon Mission to Jupiters Europa 1 product is set at $7.65 which includes packaging. The 3D printers will produce the completely assembled piece including electronics and packaging in 7.36 minutes and will cost $6100 per printer. Trained personnel are needed to operate the printers.
Required Elements for Part One:
Part Two-Leading Motivation
During the course of production older line staff and machine workers began to see the speed and accuracy for which the 3D printers made its product. An obvious concern began to surface among the workers. The workers began to ask Will I still have a job next year? Morale of plant workers began to suffer. Itza Yu knows that this concern must be addressed and morale needs to be improved. As the manager Yu know that the business must innovate to keep growing. How can Yu improve morale?
Required Element for Part Two:
Part Three-Control:
3A)
The following chart displays the results of the first years production of MMTJE1. It was created from data supplied by all the company production department managed by Keith as a means of controlling production output. It is used by the VP in his evaluation of areas of improvement change or success to processes used by the production department in the production of MMTJE1. The chart describes the standard goal (identified as standard) set by the department and the result each branch obtained. A comparison of the standard to the results allows the reader to form conclusions about the success or failure of the production department to meet the goals envisioned by the company. It also allows the reader to recognize patterns from the data from which conclusions can be drawn as to the relationship between elements (e.g. cost expended vs time expended; those who spent more time had a higher cost).
Standard
Toledo
Dayton
White Plains
Huntsville
Juarez
Specifications
Cost
7.56
7.67
7.87
7.45
7.52
8.01
Time
7.36
7.32
7.46
7.31
7.32
7.59
Quality Control Problem Ratio
1
2.5
4
1.5
1.75
8.75
(per 500 units)
Training Time (per hour)
30
35
38
45
48
25
Shipping Problems/Damage
1
0.333
0.222
0.133
0.178
0.4
(per 10000 units)
3D Problems (per 10000
0.2
0.25
0.286
0.111
0.1
0.4
units)
Total Number of Pieces
400000
500000
500000
650000
700000
450000
Produced per year
3B):
The next meeting of the long term planning team for Galaxy Toys is scheduled for next week. All the VPs will be there and a report must be given by all as to the viability of the Moon Mission Jupiters Europa 1 toy roll out and the success or failure of the long term goals and objectives.
Keith reviewed his meeting notes with his branch managers when the production results came out. The managers seemed to all talk at once. Most all the managers seem to feel that the project was well worth the effort. It appears that many managers felt that training on the 3D printer in terms of repair and maintenance was the biggest problem. Mexicos manager Hernando Gonzalez said that they lost their trained personnel to a software company and had difficulties finding replacements. The company who supplied the 3D printers provided initial training but follow up training thereafter proved a problem when personnel turnover increased. Gonzalez explained that there is a serious shortage of skilled IT personnel in Juarez. Consequently finding qualified workers and keeping people without paying more than budget is a major problem. As a result both the production and the IT departments are losing money. Getting a full time IT night worker is impossible without a serious budget increase.
Prepare a report for Keith to present to the planning team. The following points must be addressed in the report:
Step 13: Using the grading rubric as a comparison read through the paper to ensure all required elements are presented.
Step 14: Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues and third person writing.
Step 15: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.
Grading Rubric for Assignment 3
Criteria
Outstanding
Superior
Good
Substandard
Failure
1.4 points
0.91 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates an
limited ability to
exceptional ability to
Demonstrates a
explain the role of the
explain the role of the
excellent ability to
satisfactory ability to
manager in the
manager in the
explain the role of the
explain the role of the
organizing
organizing
manager in the
0 points
manager in the
phase and/or in identif
phase and in identifyin
organizing
organizing phase and
ying and discussing
g and discussing five
phase and in identifying
in identify and discuss
major issues Yu must
Content:
major issues Yu must
and discussing five
five major issues Yu
address in organizing
Failed to explain
Explain Role of
address in organizing
major issues Yu must
must address in
the production floor
the role of the
the production floor
address in organizing
Manager/Identif
organizing the
for existing production
manager and did
y & Discuss
for existing production
the production floor for
production floor for
and new project; Failed
not identify or
Organizing
and new project;
existing production and
existing production and
to address five major
discuss major
provides detailed
new
Issues
new project; provides
issues incompletely
issues Yu must
explanation
project; provides detail
explanation
explained role of
address.
and powerful
ed explanation
and appropriate connecti
manager or made little
connections between
and appropriate connecti
ons between identified
to no connections
(0)
identified
ons between identified
issues/problems and the
between identified
issues/problems and
issues/problems and the
concepts studied in the
issues/problems and
the concepts studied
concepts studied in the
course readings and case
the concepts studied in
in the course readings
course readings and case
study fact pattern.
the course readings and
and case study fact
study fact pattern.
case study fact
pattern.
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
pattern.
(1.26 – 1.40)
(0.84 – 0.979)
Content:
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
0 points
Create
Organizational
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
Failed to create
Chart and
Discuss
exceptional ability to
excellent ability to
satisfactory ability to
limited ability to create
organizational
Reasoning of
create organizational
create organizational
create organizational
organizational chart
chart and did not
Chart’s
chart and to discuss
chart and to discuss the
chart and to discuss the
and to discuss the
discuss its
Development
the chart’s
chart’s
chart’s
chart’s
development.
development providing
development providing
development providing
development providing
detailed explanation
detailed explanation and
explanation and
explanation that is
(0)
and powerful
appropriate connections
appropriate connections
lacking detail and little
connections between
between presented
between presented
to no connections
presented chart and
chart and facts from
chart and facts from
between presented
facts from the case
the case study and
the case study and
chart and facts from
study and concepts
concepts studied in the
concepts studied in the
the case study and
studied in the course
course readings.
course readings.
concepts studied in the
readings.
course readings.
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
(1.26 – 1.40)
(0.84 – 0.979)
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
0 points
Content:
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
Failed to identify
exceptional ability to
satisfactory ability
limited ability
excellently ability
decision making
Identify
identify decision
to identify decision
to identify decision
to identify decision
authority for those
Decision Making
making authority for
making authority for
making authority for
making authority for
on the
Authority/Explai
those on
those on
those on
those on
organizational
n Structure &
the organizational
the organizational chart
the organizational
the organizational chart
chart and why the
Makes
chart and why the
and why the structure
chart and why the
Connection to
structure was chosen
and why the structure
was chosen and how the
structure was chosen
structure was
was chosen and how the
chose and how the
Decision Making
and how the structure
structure best serves
and how the structure
structure best serves
structure best
Flow
best serves the
the decision making flow
best serves the
the decision making flow
serves the decision
decision making flow
for the production floor
decision making flow
for the production floor
making flow.
for the production
and company as a whole
and company as a whole
for the production
floor and company as a
providing
floor and company as a
providing clear and
(0)
whole providing
several accurate
whole; may present the
detailed explanations
accurate explanations.
explanations.
organizational chart
that are clear
but fails to discuss how
accurate and
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
structure serves
comprehensive
decision making or vice
delivering all relevant
versa; conclusions mare
information.
underdeveloped or lack
sound reasoning.
(1.26 – 1.4)
(0.84 – 0.979)
1.4 points
0.91 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
0 points
limited ability to use
exceptional ability to
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
specific case study
use specific case study
excellent ability to use
satisfactory ability to
Content:
information/course
Failed to
information/course
specific case study
use specific case study
material to provide
Provide Advice
material to provide
information/course
information/course
discuss morale
explanations and
for Morale
detailed explanations
material to provide
material to provide
problems and how
reasons for morale
Problems
and reasons for morale
detailed explanations
explanations and reasons
motivation is
problems and how
problems and how
and reasons for morale
for morale problems and
motivation is affected;
affected.
motivation is affected.
problems and how
how motivation is
fails to use facts from
motivation is affected.
affected.
(0)
case study or course
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
material.
(1.26 – 1.40)
(0.84 – 0.979)
Content:
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
0 points
Discuss Ideas
and Specific
Ways Yu Should
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
Failed to
Take to
exceptional ability to
excellent ability to use
satisfactory ability to
limited ability to use
discuss morale
Motivate
use specific case study
specific case study
use specific case study
specific case study
problems and how
Existing
information/course
information/course
information/course
information/course
motivation is
Employees to
material to provide
material to provide
material to provide
material to provide
affected.
Build Morale and
detailed explanations
detailed explanations
explanations and reasons
explanations and
Keep Production
and reasons for morale
and reasons for morale
for morale problems and
reasons for morale
(0)
Levels on Track
problems and how
problems and how
how motivation is
problems and how
motivation is affected.
motivation is affected.
affected.
motivation is affected;
fails to use facts from
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
case study or course
material.
(1.26 – 1.40)
(0.84 – 0.979)
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
0 points
exceptional ability to
excellent ability to
satisfactory ability to
limited ability to
Content:
compare the standard
compare the standard
compare the standard
compare the standard
specifications with
Compare
specifications with each
specifications with each
specifications with
Fails to compare
each of the results for
Standard
of the results for the
of the results for the
each of the results for
the standard
Specifications
the five branches
five branches providing
five branches providing
the five branches;
specifications with
providing clear
with Results of
clear specific examples
specific examples to
supporting information
each of the results
specific examples to
Each Branch
to illustrate the
illustrate the comparison
or only one or two
for the five
illustrate the
Specs
comparison. The paper
but information is
specifications are
branches.
comparison. The paper
includes only the
unclear incomplete or
discussed; what is
includes only the
information relevant to
irrelevant to the
presented is irrelevant
(0)
information relevant to
the comparison.
comparison.
and incomplete.
the comparison.
(1.26 – 1.4)
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.98 – 1.119)
(0.84 – 0.979)
Content:
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
0 points
Interpret
Results for New
Product
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
Fails to interpret
Production Chart
Detailing Positive
exceptional ability to
excellent ability to
satisfactory ability to
limited ability
results for new
Outcomes and
interpret new product
interpret new product
interpret new product
to interpret new
product production
Areas of
production chart and
production chart and
production chart and
product production
chart.
provides clear
provides clear detailed
provide a few examples
chart and provides
Improvement
detailed examples
examples for both
for both positive
little to no examples
(0)
for both positive
positive outcomes and
outcomes and areas of
for both positive
outcomes and areas of
areas of
improvement; may
outcomes and areas of
improvement; includes
improvement; includes
include information that
improvement;
only the information
only the information
is irrelevant.
includes information
relevant to the
relevant to the
that is irrelevant or
comparison.
comparison.
(0.98 – 1.119)
incomplete.
(1.26 – 1.4)
(1.12 – 1.259)
(0.84 – 0.979)
1.4 points
1.19 points
1.05 points
0.91 points
0 points
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates an
Demonstrates a
Demonstrates a
Failed to identify
exceptional ability to
excellent ability to
satisfactory ability to
limited ability to
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