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Earthquake/Volcanoes
30 Points
Earthquakes
Go to the website https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/Zoom out to look over the entire globe
The earthquakes that are shown are over the last 24 hours.
1. Which ocean is the majority of earthquakes in the last 24 hours located?
2. What is the biggest earthquake you can find (Hint the size of the circle indicates the size of the earthquake). Click on it and write down the size that pops up
3. Look at the earthquake map again what is the relationship between the red lines and earthquakes.
What are the red lines look below
Therefore based on your previous answer what plate do most earthquakes occurred on
4. Look at the earthquake risk maps below is there an area in the middle of the country where the earthquake risk is high and where is it?
5. Based on all above why do you think earthquakes are rare on the east coast.
Volcanoes
Go to website https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/index.html
NOTE THIS ONLY SHOWS VOLCANOES IN the US
1. Where are all the volcanoes in the USA are located and which ocean are the located next to.
2. Note the warning levels on the volcanoes (see below) with green being no warnings and red being active eruptions where are all the current higher warning (yellow) volcanoes located.
What is the name of ONE of the volcanoes shown in yellow? (click on it to get the name)
Why do you think that this one may be yellow (give a good guess)?
3. Are all the volcanoes located along the coast or are there some in the middle of the content or ocean? (note check out Hawaii)
What is the name of one these volcanoes4. Find Mount Rainer or go to https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount_rainier/and click on the tab called hazards
Look at the map and what is the major hazard for communities around Tacoma Washington.
Why does this underline the dangers of volcanoes beyond eruptions?
5. The Pacific Ocean is often called the ring of Fire
Why is it called this based on what you learned both with numbers volcanoes and earthquakes? See below as well
Flexible And Adaptive Leadership
Flexible And Adaptive Leadership
Definition:
Adaptive and flexible leadership is described as a visionary leadership that is tangible and has got the capacity to understand and accommodate changing situations. This type of leadership also includes a quality to adjust to the requirement of a particular moment (Grashow & Abadian 2009) According to Yukl (2002) an adaptive and a flexible leader is one who adapts his or her behavior towards the changing situations and finding an appropriate balance for the tradeoffs and competing demands. He goes on to say that a flexible and adaptive leader at all levels can improve the determinants of institutional performance. These performances include: efficiency, innovation, adaptation, process reliability and human resource and relations. As indicated by Gennard and Judge (2005), adaptive and flexible leadership also enables managers of institutions to effectively take action against external threats and opportunities that might arise. Such external threats and opportunities may arise from technological changes, opponents’ actions, and customers’ anticipation along with economic conditions.
What constitutes adaptive and flexible leadership?
Adaptive and flexible leadership constitutes two main processes, which are diagnosis and action. These two processes spread out in two dimensions. That is, organizations or social system where one operates. First, manager diagnoses what is happening in the institution then he takes action to address the problem that has been identified. The manager does the process of diagnosis and action by first collecting the data and then problem then problem identification. Then he goes through an interpretation stage and finally he gives a potential approach to the problem through actions and series of intervention in the institution (Grashow & Abadian 2009).
Apart from the two main processes, adaptive and flexible leadership also constitutes of tactical and strategic managers who have got the responsibilities to device long term tactical goals for the institution. An institution is more likely to thriving when operated efficiently and reliably. Such institution will produce goods and services that impress the customers due to high levels of skills and commitment among the employees (Yukl 2002).
What constitutes effective employee relationship formation?
A successful employee relation in an institution is determined by the level of human resource and relations. Member’s knowledge, technical expertise, motivation and commitment to the institution are what constitute human resource and relations. Effective human resource management always guarantees employee relationship formation. This factor is what contributes to highly motivated employees. Institutions that regard human resource and relations as their first priority are likely to have effective programs that will help in facilitation, development and application of skills among the employees. A flexible and adaptive leader will have a strong impact on the quality of human relations in an institution. He is vital in hiring motivated people and gives them a chance to apply their ideas and skills in their jobs. Such a manager will also involve the employees in decision making. When an employ takes part in decision making in an institution, he feels his ideas are valued and can make the difference. This will motivate employees to work hard for the institution (Yukl, 2002).
A good human resource management will as well motivate its employees by setting up suitable remuneration schemes and provision of benefits to its employees. These benefits may include: entertainment benefits, employ social benefits and freedom of expression along other non-financial remunerations. Managers have proven to be the key players in the success of an institution. Because of this, only an adaptive and flexible manager will constitute the formation of a successful employ relation in an institution (Price, 2011).
What are some of the strategic, production and human resource adaptive and leadership strategies that can enhance effective employee-relationship formation at BHP-Biliton?
Strategic adaptive and leadership strategies.
Adaptive leadership will include three leadership behaviors, namely efficiency, adaptation and human resources. These behaviors are distinguished by their main objective. The leadership behaviors include task oriented which enhances efficiency and process consistency. Change oriented behavior aids adaptation to external environment. The relations oriented behavior mainly boosts human resources and relations. The adaptive and flexible leadership enhances the employees to assist in management by adapting to its policies.
Human resource adaptive and flexible leadership
The exceptional potential of company employees is of great importance for the competence of the organization. Human resource adaptive and flexible leadership includes member knowledge, technical expertise, motivation of members and commitment to the organization’s mission. Improvement and stimulation of organization’s human resource adaptive and flexible leadership have a positive impact on business results. Organizations that observe human resource adaptive and flexible leadership with precedence encourages development and use of employee skills.
Production adaptive and flexible leadership
In organizations with production adaptive and flexible leadership there is increased and high quality production. High and quality production leads to the expansion of an organization. Production managers should always pay attention to their staff so as to know the performance of the production. New ideas and suggestions should be encouraged to maximize production.
References
Gennard, J., & Judge, G 2009, Employee relations, 2nd edn. London: Institute of Personnel and Development.
Grashow, A., & Abadian, R 2009, practice of adaptive leadership, London: Harvard business press.
Obolensky, N 2010,Complex adaptive leadership embracing paradox and uncertainty, Farnham, Surrey: Gower.
Yukl, G. A 2002 Leadership in organizations 5th edn. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Price, A. 2011, Human resource management,Andover: Cengage Learning EMEA.
Fedex Logistics
Fedex Logistics
FedEx is a leading provider of supply chain management to corporate customers on a global perspective. FedEx is made up of six independent business units; FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Trade Networks and FedEx Services which all complete each in the different sectors of the transportation industry so that they can tailor FedEx services as a whole to fit its customers needs in the best way possible. It boasts of a fleet of aircraft and may motor vehicles and trailers. As a means of complementing its express delivery business, FedEx ground has provision for small packages ground delivery, less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier FedEx freight hauls larger shipment. There are various strategies that FedEx uses in its business operations, this paper will therefore give a highlight on the strategies that FedEx applies when it comes to its distribution that ensures its success in distribution. It will look at why FedEx has control of most of the distribution channels for their services (FedEx, 2012).
First it is important to note that FedEx provides a variety of different services, their facilities are well organized around the different services that FedEx offers. Their office stores are not set up for receiving the large freight of mail like a FedEx hub. Rather their office stores are set up like retail stores since most of their business is from the provision of document related and other business services. The office store is setup as a retail hub for other FedEx units. Their freight hauls are designed and set up in a way that enables the shipping and receiving of larger shipments and has a warehouse look as opposed to a retail look. Their product flow varies in amounts at different times of the day and on different days.
FedEx distribution system is a direct one, this came into being after the replacement of the maze of multiple distribution channels. It therefore offers a single-source, flexible and fast moving way of distribution. From the manufacturing facility, there is consolidation of multiple packages or freight into a single shipment. These goods are then transported internationally through air, surface or even ocean. The customs are then cleared as a single shipment. When the packages have been deconsolidated, FedEx then delivers the packages and freights directly to the vast customers and retailers. FedEx uses distribution centers, when their ground packages are picked, the company forwards them to the nearest distribution centers where they are sorted and processed (Evans, 2012). They have almost two dozen distribution centers located strategically like near hospitals and business centers. The packages that arrive at these centers are removed from the incoming trucks and later introduced on automated conveyor belts to the facility. There is also an automated bar code scanning technology that has been put up those routes the package on the basis of the label that was applied when shipping the package. The packages destined to same geographical locations are then grouped together loaded into trucks for their delivery or their transport to other distribution centers. Some packages that are travelling long way may have to pass through several distribution centers before they reach their final destination. The same scanning technology is applicable n each distribution centre and the packages grouped according to their destination. In most locations, there is use of proprietary staging process that ensures the proper routing and grouping of packages with similar destination. The loading of packages on trucks is based on their delivery destinations, those that are ready for delivery are loaded in trucks destined for delivery route while those heading for other centers are staged for and loaded in trucks that are headed for next centre on their way to their destination (Evans, 2012).
The FedEx distribution centers provide fulfillment system that is scalable and combines the best of technology with physical facilities that are optimally located. They are synchronized with FedEx transportation hubs, a combination that offers an end-to-end, modular and turnkey portfolio of fulfillment of services that are dynamic which incorporate a value added single point of contact. This allows for the improvement of supply chain performance by customers, the minimization of capital investment and risk. It also allows the precise planning, insight, redeployment of assets and the resources to core activities. FedEx fulfillment system also provides a centralized, multi-client distribution centers that are global. Their warehouses are scalable with order management capabilities. The integration of FedEx fulfillment services to an organization or business ensures that they get services that are seamless, and also provide late order cut-off times which extend to service day and the end to end supply that is designed to meet specific needs of a business (Scarpati, (2011).
FedEx also uses contractors as opposed to its competitors. This outsourced transportation solution ensures transportation within FedEx is end-to-end transportation managed; it is optimized, multi-modal and door-to door. FedEx relies on drivers that are contracted and not company employees to transport their cargo across the country. This ensures that the operation efficiencies and customer service for FedEx is improved. This enables FedEx to reduce on the company’s liability and lowering their payroll expenses since the independent contractors are not eligible to company benefits like vacations and even medical insurance.
FedEx has a critical inventory logistic that include a centralized, a multi-customer fulfillment centre, a forward stocking logistics network and a centre command that is central. This is integrated tightly with the FedEx global network that ensures that the management of critical products of FedEx is done (Scarpati, 2011).
References
Scarpati, K. (2011).FedEx talks supply chain logistics. Retrieved November 27, 2012 from http://www.supplychaindigital.com/global_logistics/fedex-talks-supply-chain-logisticsEvans, K. (2012).How does FedEx ground shipping work? Retrieved November 27, 2012 from http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5085552_fedex-ground-shipping-work.htmlFedEx. (2012).FedEx critical inventory logistics. Retrieved November 27, 2012 from http://www.fedex.com/us/supply-chain/