Journal Homework
o What are the seven layout strategies presented in this chapter?
o What layout variables would you consider particularly important in an office layout where computer programs are written?
o What are five core characteristics of good job design?
o What are the differences among job enrichment, job enlargement, job rotation, job specialization, and employee empowerment?
o Rate a job you have had using Hackman and Oldham's core job characteristics on a scale from 1 to 10. What is your total score? What about the job could have been changed to make you give it a higher score?
o How do we distinguish between the types of risk in the supply chain?
o What can purchasing do to implement just-in-time deliveries?
o Using sources from the Internet, identify some of the problems faced by a company of your choosing as it moves toward, or operates as, a virtual organization. Does its operating as a virtual organization simply exacerbate old problems, or does it create new ones?
o Describe the four types of inventory.
o Identify and explain the types of costs that are involved in an inventory system.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.