‘ WORDS-IN-SENTENCES COMPANY Introduction In this exercise, you will forma “mini-organization" with several eee ee ag Quill also compete with other companies in sett Angustry. | The success of your company will depend on your QQ) objectives, (2) planning, (3) organizational structure ‘oun a) Tarte Sonteol. | tt is important, therefore, that you socnd satu fime thinking about the best structure for your organizacion Directions you are a small company that manufactures words and then packages rast yab Meaningful (English language) sentences. Market rescasce pREneeteblished that sentences of at least three words but nor ance pews ix words each are in demand. therefore your company chacie be set up to produce three-to-six-word sentences, The "vords-in-sentences" (WIS) industry is highly competitive; Several new firms have recently entered what appears to be Si seceding tarket. | Since raw materials, technology and pricing arn aid gkandard for the industry, your ability to compete depenis ne two factors: (1) volume and (2) quality. Group Task ou should design your organization to be as efficient as possible during each i0-minute production run. After the first prodcetioe Tun, You vill have an opportunity to reorganize your company if son want to. Raw Materials For ach production run, you will be given a "raw material word or phrase" The letters found in the vord or phrase serve as the rou materials available to produce new words in sentences. Foc Sxagele, if the raw material word is "organization", you could produce the following words and sentence: "Nat ran to a yoo" Production standards Mugre axe several rules that have to be followed in producing wypras jn sentences". If these rules are not followed, your outpue waht edt Meet Production specifications and will not pass quality- control inspection. 1. The same letter may appear only as often in a manufactured word as it appears in the Yaw-material word or phrase; for example, “organization” has two o's. Thus "zoo" is legitimate, but zoology is not. tt haa too many o's.2. Raw-material letters can be used again in different manufactured words. 3. A manufactured word nay be used only once in a sentence and in Say one sentence during a production run. if a word > for Gtakpie, a, is used once in a sentence, it is out of stock. ‘4. A new word may not be made by adding s to form the plural of an already used manufactured word. Misspelled words do not count. = vonsense words, nonsense syllables and slang do not count. 7. All words must be in the English language. . Familiar names and places are acceptable. You may know Familiak (med Lek, but if the quality control board doesn't, your word (and sentence) will be rejected. Measuring Performance qhe output of your WIS company is measured by the Lotal number ot Pe that are packaged into 3-6 word sentences. The acceptable —wettbe legible. You have two sheats of paper on which serene your sentences. Sentences must be handed to the Quality ceateol Review Board at the completion of each production run. Delivery pelivery must be made to the Quality Control Review Board 30 Seconds after the end of each production run- quality control rf any word in a sentence does not meet the standards sot forth Zhove, ali the words in tha sentence will be rejected. The Quality above. sae view Board (composed of one menber from each company) = Contrenal arbiter of acceptability. In the event of a tie vote on eRe Review Board, a coin toss will determine the outcome. Procedure step 1: 10 Minute pesign your organization using as many group members as you ten tit fe produce your "words-in-sentences". There are Bany potential SGyb of organizing. Since some are more efficient than ‘others, you may want to consider the following: 1. what is your company's objective and how will you achieve that objective? 2, wnat division of labor,.authority and responsibility is mostappropriate given your objective and your task? 3. Which group members are most qualified to perform certain tasks? Assign one member of your group to serve on the Quality control Review Board. This person may also participate in the production runs. Step 2: 10 Minutes - Production Run 1 ‘The instructor will hand each WIS company an envelope containing a raw material word or phras i unces “Beqi Production" open the envelope and manufacture as many words-in- sentences as pessible. You have 10 minutes. When the instructor announces “Stop Production", you have 30 seconds to deliver your output to the Quality Control Review Soard. Output received after 30 seconds will not be counted. Step 3: 15 Minutes The Quality Control Review Board will review output. The output for each company will be written on the board. While the QcR board is meeting, each group’ should discuss what happened during Production Run 1 and whether reorganization is needed for Production Run 2. Step 4: 10 Minutes - Production Run 2 ‘The instructor will hand each WIS company an envelope with a new raw material word or phrase. Proceed as in Step 2. step 5: 10 Minutes The Quality Control Review Board will again review output. while they are doing this, each WIS company should prepare a chart showing its structure for both production runs. We will use these charts to discuss the results of the exercise.