Term Project

Order Description
My group represents senior-level management in a large consumer electronics manufacturing company headquartered in the USA.

The company has decided to establish a manufacturing facility in Mexico.
Executive summary – about 2 pages, outlining the main findings of the report, including analysis and recommendations. This is NOT included in the word limit.
BODY OF THE REPORT:

1) Provide a cultural profile of both the country where the company is headquartered (USA) as well as the country where it will start manufacturing operations (MEXICO) using concepts of International Management. This part, around 300 words, should help understand what local workers are like.

2) Describe the environment (business, social, legal, political, demographic, etc.) and critical operational factors in the country where we are going to establish a manufacturing plant (MEXICO) and explain how these might affect your company. This part should be around 300 words.

3) Explain the rationale for the staffing policy (e.g. ethnocentric, polycentric, global) you will use for top-level, medium level, lower level managers, and other positions.

4) Explain the kinds of leadership, decision-making, and motivational systems you think will be most effective in the host country which is MEXICO.
For part 4 I will upload 2 PowerPoints that includes the types of leadership, decision-making, and motivational systems that might help.Named Topic 10 and Topic 9.

5) Discuss the kinds of communication problems expatriate managers may face in the host country’s (MEXICO) working environment. How should they prepare and deal with them?
For part 5 I will also upload a power point that has information to help. Powerpoint named “topic 11 HR selection”

6) Discuss issues of ethics and social responsibility expatriate managers may face in the host country (MEXICO) and how they should deal with them. I will also include a power point for part 6 that might help too. Powerpoint named “topic 11 HR selection”

• Appendices – attach any appendices that may enhance and support your analysis (not included in the word limit).

• Parts 3-6 should be around 2,500 words.

You are expected to use a minimum of five (5) sources in writing the project. All sources must be dated after 2009.

Term project
Statistics 100A, Fall
2015
Interim report due
November 2
, 2015
Final report due D
ecember
4
, 2015
The data set tree failure contains information on failures in Quercus
–
lobata also called
Valley oak.
The data set contains the following variables:
f
ailtype
:
type of failure (branch, trunk or root failure)
variables related to trunk failure
:
t
failheight
:
height of trunk at which failure occurred
tbreakdia
:
diameter of the trunk at which failure
occurred
fportiondead
:
whether or not the failed portion of the tree is dead (y/n for yes/no)
decay
:
whether or not there is decay
(y/n)
lean
:
whether or not the tree has an uncorrected lean
(y/n)
cracks
:
whether or not there are cracks in the trunk
(y/n)
mechanical
:
whether or not there is mechanical injury to the trunk (y/n)
animal
:
whether or not there is animal injury to the trunk (y/n)
insect
:
whether or not there is insect injury to the trunk (y/n)
variables related to branch failure
:
cleaned
:
whether or not the canopy has been cleaned (y/n)
thinning
:
whether or not there has been thining of branches (y/n)
variables related to root failure
:
moisture
:
the moisture condition of the root at the time of failure
irrigation:
irrigation of
the tree
general variables related to the trees
age
:
age of tree
height
:
height of tree
dbh
:
diameter of tree at base height
windspeed
:
wind speed at time of failure
temperature
:
temperature at time of failure
precipitation
:
precipitation at time of
failure
cleanu
p
:
cost of the clean up after failure
Interim report:
provide a description of all variables; if the variable is continuous you
should obtain mean and standard deviation and five number summaries. For qualitative
variables you should provide
frequency tables. The interim report should be about 2
pages, single spaced or 1.5 line spacing. Do not use double spac
ing. The rep
ort is due
on November 2
. No late report will be accepted.
Fi
nal project: it is due on December 4
, no late projects accepted. Answer
the following
questions:
•
Is there an association between age, height or dhb and type of failure?
•
Does wind speed make any difference in the type of failure?
•
Does precipitation make any difference in the type of failure?
•
Is temperature related to type of f
ailure?
•
Which type of failure had the costliest clean up?
•
Describe moisture conditions at time of root failure. Did more trees experience
root failure when it was dry or after rain, when the ground was wet?
•
For branch failures was it more or less likely th
at the tree had been thinned or
cleaned?
•
Provide information on the height and diameter at which the trunk failure
occurred in the trees that experienced a trunk failure.
•
Did a majority of trees have mechanical, insect or animal injury that experienced
a
trunk failure?
•
What other conditions were notable in the trunk failures such as cracks, lean
or
decay? What about the crown,
was it dense?
•
For trunk failures is there an association between decay and whether or the
failed portion is dead?
•
For branch failur
e is there an association between cleaned and thinning?
•
For root failures, is there an association between the moisture condition and
precipitation?
You can answer these questions in the order you wish but it should be coherent. Your
final report should no
t exceed 5 pages, not counting graphs and other materials that you
may add as an appendix. Major graphs and tables should be in the report, however,
there should not be more than 2 or 3 tables at mo
st and graphs should be include
d
if
they serve to make a p
oint.
The report should contain the following sections:
a.
Summary
–
a brief overview
b.
Introduction
–
motivation of the analysis
c.
Methods
–
the statistical methods used
d.
Results
–
your findings, this is the main part of the report
e.
Conclusion
f.
Appendix as needed
Y
ou can work in groups of up to three people or you can work alone. If you work as a
group, you will submit only one report. The groups have to be determined by the time of
the interim report.
There will be no exception to the limit of three people per proj
ect and
no changes
after November 2
.

Term project
Statistics 100A, Fall
2015
Interim report due
November 2
, 2015
Final report due D
ecember
4
, 2015
The data set tree failure contains information on failures in Quercus
–
lobata also called
Valley oak.
The data set contains the following variables:
f
ailtype
:
type of failure (branch, trunk or root failure)
variables related to trunk failure
:
t
failheight
:
height of trunk at which failure occurred
tbreakdia
:
diameter of the trunk at which failure
occurred
fportiondead
:
whether or not the failed portion of the tree is dead (y/n for yes/no)
decay
:
whether or not there is decay
(y/n)
lean
:
whether or not the tree has an uncorrected lean
(y/n)
cracks
:
whether or not there are cracks in the trunk
(y/n)
mechanical
:
whether or not there is mechanical injury to the trunk (y/n)
animal
:
whether or not there is animal injury to the trunk (y/n)
insect
:
whether or not there is insect injury to the trunk (y/n)
variables related to branch failure
:
cleaned
:
whether or not the canopy has been cleaned (y/n)
thinning
:
whether or not there has been thining of branches (y/n)
variables related to root failure
:
moisture
:
the moisture condition of the root at the time of failure
irrigation:
irrigation of
the tree
general variables related to the trees
age
:
age of tree
height
:
height of tree
dbh
:
diameter of tree at base height
windspeed
:
wind speed at time of failure
temperature
:
temperature at time of failure
precipitation
:
precipitation at time of
failure
cleanu
p
:
cost of the clean up after failure
Interim report:
provide a description of all variables; if the variable is continuous you
should obtain mean and standard deviation and five number summaries. For qualitative
variables you should provide
frequency tables. The interim report should be about 2
pages, single spaced or 1.5 line spacing. Do not use double spac
ing. The rep
ort is due
on November 2
. No late report will be accepted.
Fi
nal project: it is due on December 4
, no late projects accepted. Answer
the following
questions:
•
Is there an association between age, height or dhb and type of failure?
•
Does wind speed make any difference in the type of failure?
•
Does precipitation make any difference in the type of failure?
•
Is temperature related to type of f
ailure?
•
Which type of failure had the costliest clean up?
•
Describe moisture conditions at time of root failure. Did more trees experience
root failure when it was dry or after rain, when the ground was wet?
•
For branch failures was it more or less likely th
at the tree had been thinned or
cleaned?
•
Provide information on the height and diameter at which the trunk failure
occurred in the trees that experienced a trunk failure.
•
Did a majority of trees have mechanical, insect or animal injury that experienced
a
trunk failure?
•
What other conditions were notable in the trunk failures such as cracks, lean
or
decay? What about the crown,
was it dense?
•
For trunk failures is there an association between decay and whether or the
failed portion is dead?
•
For branch failur
e is there an association between cleaned and thinning?
•
For root failures, is there an association between the moisture condition and
precipitation?
You can answer these questions in the order you wish but it should be coherent. Your
final report should no
t exceed 5 pages, not counting graphs and other materials that you
may add as an appendix. Major graphs and tables should be in the report, however,
there should not be more than 2 or 3 tables at mo
st and graphs should be include
d
if
they serve to make a p
oint.
The report should contain the following sections:
a.
Summary
–
a brief overview
b.
Introduction
–
motivation of the analysis
c.
Methods
–
the statistical methods used
d.
Results
–
your findings, this is the main part of the report
e.
Conclusion
f.
Appendix as needed
Y
ou can work in groups of up to three people or you can work alone. If you work as a
group, you will submit only one report. The groups have to be determined by the time of
the interim report.
There will be no exception to the limit of three people per proj
ect and
no changes
after November 2
.