Strong Cement is a cement-manufacturing company headquartered in the United States. As part of organizational policy, the management establishes, plans, and implements measurement, monitoring, and improvement activities; monitors information about customer satisfaction as a performance metric; and acquires and analyzes data to determine improvement effectiveness. The management is following the guidelines of .

Common problems that can arise among groups. explain in four or five sentences what can cause the specific or general problem. in addition, explain what impact that conflict can have on group cohesion as well as productivity.

Goals that are overly ambitious can discourage employees and decrease motivation, yet the idea of stretch goals is proposed as a way to get people fired up and motivated. as a manager, how might you decide where to draw the line between a “good” stretch goal and a “bad” one that is unrealistic?

Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]