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We are passing an uncertain time that can be very difficult for usto grasp. Many are assuming that this pandemic of COVID-19 might behere for a long time, couple of years at least. Businesses arefacing an unprecedented challenge to survive. The impact of thispandemic will affect different industries differently and hence,they need to adapt accordingly.

The post pandemic world can be very different from the one that weknow. Consumers will adapt a different lifestyle and a conservativeeconomic approach. The overall economic situation might continue todecline for a long time before it starts to pick up again. Evenglobal leaders are not thinking any differently for businesses in2020.

“For people in business, 2020 is really just a year for stayingalive. Don’t even talk about your dreams or plans. Just make sureyou stay alive. If you can stay alive, then you would have made aprofit already” – Jack Ma

Even though some restaurants are open amid the ongoing generalholidays aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus,stakeholders say business is in shambles and they are worried aboutpaying bills and their staff. This has put restaurant owners in apredicament and they say they are not sure for long they cansustain losses as the situation shows no sign of improvement.
The restaurant business is bleeding. Stakeholders said they aregoing through a difficult time and are worried about meetingmonthly costs and expenses including rents, utility bills andsalaries of staff. Many upscale restaurants are also incurringsignificant revenue loss as foreign visitors cancelled their toursamid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a number of restaurant owners the eateries open forseveral hours daily and but the lack of customers are hurtingbusinesses. Besides, people’s increasing tendency to order foodonline is also declining as the customers are not comfortable withparcel delivery at their doorsteps due to the contagion.
Mizanur Rahman, owner of Bangla Hotel & Restaurant atMotijheel, said he has several restaurants and each of them employaround 40 workers. He stated “There are around 30,000 small and bigrestaurants in the country. Of them, more than 8,000 are in Dhaka.Around one million workers are engaged in this sector. But we areall at risk now due to the COVID-19”.
Let’s assume that you are working as a consultant. Based on thescenario given above answer the following questions:

a) Suggest new “place” strategies for Bangla Hotel &Restaurant for coping with the current crisis. Make sure you haveincluded details for safety. (Marks 10. Word Limit 250-300 words)*

b) Discuss each of the five promotion tools and mention whetheror not it is appropriate for Bangla Hotel & Restaurant hotel toimplement. (15 marks 500-600 words) *

c) Suggest new promotion strategies for Bangla Hotel &Restaurant based on the promotion tools you have chosen in answerto question number “2”. (15 marks 500-600 words) *

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Physical restrictions on the order in which operations areperformed on an assembly line are referred to as precedencerequirements.

Select one:

True

False

2-

Assembly line balancing operates under one constraint.

Select one:

True

False

3-

Muther’s grid is a format for displaying manager preferences fordepartment locations.

Select one:

True

False

4-

Shipbuilding is an example of a fixed-position layout.

Select one:

True

False

5-

Cycle time is no different than flow time.

Select one:

True

False

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Cellular layouts reduce transit time and set-up time but theyincrease in-process inventory.

Select one:

True

False

7-

A product layout requires multidirectional material and productflows.

Select one:

True

False

8-

Cellular layouts attempt to combine the flexibility of processlayouts with the efficiency of product layouts.

Select one:

True

False

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Inefficiency is a disadvantage of a process layout.

Select one:

True

False

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Most service organizations use process layouts.

Select one:

True

False

1.

Which performance appraisal method solicits performance feedbackfrom multiple persons with whom the employee interacts on aregular? basis, such as? peers, subordinates,? customers, and?supervisors?

Select one:

a. BARS

b. ?Multi-person comparison

c. MBO

d. Critical incident

e. ?360-degree appraisal

2.

Which decruitment option is unlikely to reduce? costs, but canreduce? intra-organizational supply/demand ?imbalances?

Select one:

a. Transfers

b. Early retirements

c. Firings

d. Attrition

e. Layoffs

3.

One of the selection tools for firefighters is to be able todrag a? 175-pound dummy for a distance of 100 feet. What type ofselection tool does this? represent?

Select one:

a. Assessment center

b. Background investigation

c. Work sampling

d. Physical examination

e. Personality test

4.

A? ________ is an assessment that defines jobs and the behaviorsnecessary to perform them.

Select one:

a. job description

b. position assessment

c. job specification

d. performance appraisal

e. job analysis

5.

________ is the principle that no subordinate in an organizationshould report to more than one manager.

Select one:

a. Span of control

b. Unity of command

c. Employee empowerment

d. Centralization

e. Departmentalization

1. Pizza store’s demands for pizza for the last 6 months were375, 363, 444, 399, 522, 587. By using a forecast of the firstmonth of 370, an initial trend forecast of 80, and smoothingparameters of 0.3 for the demand smoothing and 0.3 for the trendsmoothing, forecast for the demand for the next month?

? 613.7 ? 652.3 ? 674.8 ? 684.8

Can you help with the job interviews material? The instructionsare below.

1. Please propose an appropriate research design or a model.Model must be consisting of at least three variables. (30 points)a. Define the problem b. Evolve a theoretical framework, develop adiagram representing the conceptual model and explain the possiblerelations between the variables. c. Develop at least 3 hypotheses.2. Think yourself as a basic researcher and answer the questionsbelow based on your developed model in Question 1. (50 Points)

a. What would be the nature of the study that would be designed- Exploratory, descriptive, or hypothesis-testing?

b. Give reasons for your answer to (a) above.

c. Would it be a Field study, Comparative study, Lab experimentor Field experiment? Why?

d. Would it be a causal or correlational study?

e. Justify the reasons for your answer to (d).

f. Would it be a longitudinal or cross-sectional study? Why?

h. What would be the unit of analysis? Why?

3. Why should a manager know about research when the job entailsmanaging people, products, events, environments and the like? (20Points)

1. In precedence network analysis, knowing the slack time allowsmanagers to:
I) allocate scarce resources
II) delay criticalactivities
III) pay attention to activities that could delay theproject

A. I

B. II

C. III

D. I and II

E. I and III

F. II and III

G. All of thechoices