- List and describe the systems organizations can use to manage their inventory. What factor determines which system to use?

- Compare product-focused and process-focused facilities and discuss the internal impact of each type with respect to critical resources

- What are the 10 critical issues that need to be addressed in operations management strategy development

- Discuss the costs associated with maintaining inventories

- Define valence, expectancy, and instrumentality, and describe their relationship

- Identify the four leadership styles of path-goal theory and explain when they are most appropriately used

- Do leaders always matter? Explain your answer in terms of substitutes and neutralizers? - Outline the basic process for human resource planning

- What kinds of decisions do managers face when designing employee compensation? - What are the four kinds of employee separation