S&OP Evolution at Adtran Case Study: Supply Chain Strategy

Business Finance

Please open attachments for full instruction, the chapter, case study and questions.Answer in APA FORMAT.

Read the S&OP “Evolution” at Adtran Case Study (page 428) in the Simchi-Levi et al. text along with chapter 14. Submit a response to each of the discussion questions at the end of the chapter on page 434. Each question must be answered thoroughly, and responses must be supported by the concepts introduced in the reading/study materials. Each question/answer must be delineated under a heading in current APA format. Include a title page and reference page also in current APA format. Incorporate a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed sources with at least 1 source per question.

Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., & Simchi-Levi, E. (2008). Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies and case studies (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Richard D. Irwin, Inc. ISBN: 9780073341521.

Morality and Happiness

Humanities

Write 500 pages write up of your notes, questions, and comments on the assigned reading. These should include the following sections:

Sections one– summary: a summary of the key arguments in the reading. If there are multiple authors, each should be summarized.

Sections two– Evaluations: evaluative comments on each of the key arguments (points in favor, counterpoints, and counterargument).

Sections three– Questions: Questions concerning the key arguments.

Change Initiative: Develop a Change Model Benchmark Paper

Business Finance

Research the various change models used by organizations today. After assessing these models, create a change model conducive to your field, and that will work within your organization’s culture. This model should serve to implement a strategic process that can help your organization integrate a change and respond to the internal or external driving forces that affect organizational success.

Create a visual representation of your model using a graphic organizer of your choice (flow chart, concept map, etc.). The design of your model will be unique and relevant to your organization, based on a critical analysis of its culture and behavior. However, your model must demonstrate the necessary steps for realistic implementation. Your model will be assessed on the quality of strategic implementation you design, the support you present for your model, and inclusion of the following concepts:

  1. Methods to evaluate the need for change
  2. Approach and criteria for choosing individuals or teams necessary for a change initiative
  3. Communication strategies
  4. Strategies to gather stakeholder support and overcome resistance
  5. Implementation strategies
  6. Sustainability strategies

Once you have created your model, prepare a 15-20 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your model and demonstrate how this model is relevant to your organization and why it will work well within your organization’s culture. In conclusion, discuss why this model will lead to sustainable change when most change initiatives fail. You will utilize this change model for your final paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Continuation of the last assignment. Please follow rubric and APA format closely.

​Self-interest and Economic Choices

Business Finance

Self-interest and Economic Choices

The concept of rational choice is a frontier of economic theory. A fundamental assumption for economic analysis is that economic agents, a household and a firm, tend to make the best choices from among viable alternatives, given the available resources at their disposals (money, time, etc.) and information.

The rational economic choice implies that people are driven by the rational pursuit of self-interest, and engaged in economic decisions to maximize this rational self-interest. Self-interest is individual’s economic decisions that are made to fulfill individual’s best interest. On the other hand, social interest indicates choices that are made to benefit society as a whole. Economists argue that social interest can be attained by individual decision makers acting in their own self-interest. This process is what Adam Smith called the invisible hand, which is the foundation of the theory of the market economy.

  • Give an example to demonstrate how a firm acting out of self-interest to maximize its profits by offering goods or services in economic markets benefits consumers – even if it does not care about them. In other words, how does self-interest help achieve society’s economic goals?
  • What is the relationship between self-interest and social interest in the economic decision (economic choice) process? Is there a conflict between the two in the economic world?
  • Do people always make rational decisions? What are the factors that lead to bounded rationality? What are the factors that lead to irrational economic decisions?