Strategic Management- Homework 4 (Raymond Rolle)

Question #1You started this company with a group of 4 partners. Currently, you are all employees in the company. Answer the following questions: What is the name of your company?What does your company do? What are your company values? Where is your company located and what is the national culture? Question #2Your company has done really well. Congratulations! You have decided to hire 16 people. You interviewed everyone in the class, along with your instructor and you have decided to hire them. Prepare an Organizational Chart and upload a picture to your forum response. Comment on your organization chart - which structure does this reflect and why is this a suitable structure for this type of company? Question #3As the CEO facing the possibility of laying off half the workforce due to competition, how do you foresee employees reacting, considering national culture and ethics?

As the general manager of the property, you are responsible for managing revenue-generating activities, in addition to monitoring the operating expenditures. If this is done correctly, the property has a better opportunity for which of the following results?   Question 14 options:   a)  Amortization   b)  Collusion   c)  Solvency   d)  Appreciation

Chapter 3 Discussion: Home Depot – Making a New Culture      33 unread replies.44 replies. The below scenario presents a management situation for you and your classmates to consider, specifically, what is involved in changing an organization’s culture from one that focused on maximizing revenues to one that is focused on delivering excellent customer service? Home Depot – Making a New Culture  Home Depot stores used to be known for customer service. A host of friendly employees would help customers navigate a huge inventory, find exactly what they needed, and even provide detailed instruction. Those days seem long gone, though. Under the leadership of the former CEO, the company shifted its focus away from customer service and toward reducing inventory and cutting costs. Stores that once had an employee in nearly every aisle are now being manned by just a handful, even during the busiest times. Customers who were used to getting help and personal attention can no longer find even…

Topic: “What are some causes of rising food prices and the challenges faced by rural farmers in Mt. Royal, Carriacou.” A. Based on the topic above, what are the theory/theories that provide an explanation for the problem you are studying?

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Subject; Leadership (Need more detail) Q#1: Osmanli Solutions (Pvt) Ltd is a leading software house of Istanbul and has recently opened its development center in Karachi and has hired you as the General Manager of the Karachi division. The top executives at the headquarters of Osmanli Solutions (Pvt) Ltd feel that they have surplus workforce at their Istanbul office and therefore wants to transfer the surplus workforce to Karachi office in order to reduce the operational cost of their Istanbul office. Under these circumstances, you found yourself in a position that 30% of the entire workforce at Karachi office will consists of those employees who are to be transferred from the Istanbul office. What will be your concerns as the leader of the Karachi unit under these circumstances. How will you deal with the situation?

Quiz Tools Enabled: Chapter 4 The Art of Modelling with S. 0 Saved Help Save & Exit 100% An analyst built the following spreadsheet, complete with named ranges (for example, cell B2 is named "Unit_Price" based on the heading in cell A2). Collapse 1 2 Unit Price 15 3 Unit Cost 9.85 4 Unit Gross Profit Unit Price- Unit Cost 6. Quantity Sold 7,300 Gross Revenue Variable Costs Fixed Costs 11 Net Profit Profit per Unit = Quantity Sold x Unit Price Quantity Sold x Unit Cost 2,500 - Gross Revenue - Variable Costs = Net Profit/Quantity Sold 10 Fixed Costs 12 After entering the data shown below in cells B2, B3, B6, and B10, what values should appear in the following cells? (Round your "Unit Gross Profit and Profit per Unit" answers to 2 decimal places.) Cell Value B4 (Unit_Gross_Profit) B8 (Gross_Revenue) B9 (Variable_Costs) B11 (Net_Profit) B12 (Profit_per_Unit) Mc Graw Hill HUAWEI Esc %3 sde F1 F2 F4 F3 F5 F6 F7 F12 %23 $4 96 & 2 3 6. 7 8 9 Tab Q E R U A G K I M Alt Alt Ctrl

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Question 5: Read the case below carefully and answer the following questions. Big Data, Big Business, Big Opportunities Imagine working 10 years to become the lead marketing executive at a large retail organization only to find that your competitor is invading your market share by 20 percent each year. You quickly decided to launch several online marketing promotions while improving your products, but find your efforts are fruitless as your competitor continues to steal your customers, destroying your profits while raising its own. As you begin to analyze your competitor's business strategy, you find that while you were focused on sales reports, product inventory analysis, and other traditional marketing efforts, your competitor was making a massive investment in upgrading all of its management information systems. This included systems capable of collecting, storing, and analyzing data from every store, product, and sales representative in the market. In fact, your competitor now…

Question  Which activities involve putting the resources of the business into action to generate a profit? Question : Resources owned by a business are referred to as .Question : Jamie Company recorded the following cash transactions for the year:Paid $70,000 for salaries.Paid $20,000 to purchase office equipment.Paid $6,000 for utilities.Paid $7,000 in dividends.Collected $130,000 from customers.What was Jamies net cash provided by operating activities? Question On a classified balance sheet, prepaid insurance is classified as: .Question Which of the following should not be classified as a current asset? Question These are selected account balances on December 31, 2007.-Land (location of the corporations office building) $200,000-Land (held for future use) 300,000-Corporate Office Building 1,200,000-Inventory 400,000-Equipment 900,000-Office Furniture 200,000-Accumulated Depreciation 600,000What is the total NET amount of property, plant, and equipment that will appear on the balance…

Q2. A Medium size local Beverage manufacturing firm has decided to expand operation and its management has hired you as a management consultant to guide the firm in Strategic decisions. In order to promote an understanding and benefits of Strategic management you have planned to deliver a presentation to the firm’s top and middle management? How will perform the task?

Question 4: Read the below scenario carefully and answer the questions? YOU BE THE CONSULTANT Ed Sabol, a once unhappy coat salesman, had a passion for filming his son's high school football games and other activities. Word of Ed's filming abilities soon got around and he found himself working a number of local high school games. This led to Ed's successful bid ($3,000) to film the 1962 NFL championship game. Then Commissioner Pete Rozelle was so impressed with the work that he agreed to Ed's proposal to create a new entity known as NFL Films that would both preserve the history of the game and promote it to the nation's sports fans. NFL Films' creative approach to the game has resulted in 82 Emmy Awards to date. Ed retired in 1987, turning the reins over to his son Steve who has taken the company to new heights thanks in part to his empowering leadership style and product innovation. The company now has a 200,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. Q1. Identify the entrepreneurial…

Strategy; Real Estate Services As a management accountant in a small real estate servicesfirm, you have become aware of a strategic initiative in your firm to promote its services to a newclass of customers. Currently, most of your firm’s customers lease space in large office buildingswhere they might occupy three or more floors of the building. Your firm provides maintenance,security, and cleaning services for the office space leased by these customers. The strategic initiative you have discovered is to seek out smaller firms that occupy as small a space as a fewthousand square feet. You know that most of these smaller firms are now serviced in a haphazardmanner, with part-time help for which turnover is very high; some of the smaller office buildingsmight not employ security of any kind. You expect that the demand for your company’s servicesamong firms of this smaller size will be good, but you are worried about the profitability of thesenew customers. In fact, although you cannot…

Question 1 choose 1 solution: You've had a lot on your plate lately, and I know it's been stressful. So how will your plan help you to get back to a better work/life balance?   Option 1: I think the best thing I can do at this point is take my vacation. I've been working late almost every night for weeks now, and things aren't slowing down. I considered cancelling or postponing the trip, but it makes more sense for me to go away and come back refreshed.   Option 2: By setting you up as the point of contact, I'll make sure that people know who to go to when I'm away. I toyed with handing out my cell number and making myself available for calls, but that seemed like a mistake. This way, the team has leadership they can turn to, and I can still take my vacation. Both sides are covered.   Option 3: I'm going to focus on keeping on task and putting things in perspective. You know, prioritizing issues that come up and exercising a little mental discipline to remind myself that the situation…

Topic 3: The Environment and corporate culture) Q3. Describe the four types / categories of cultural values that are important for the organization, managers consider the external environment, as well as the company’s strategy and goals.

Question 2 The Implementation of the evolutionary change approach at C-Sun Is that all managers at all levels must work together to develop a detalled plan for change Implementation. This approach Is called: A Top-down. Bottom-up. Innovative. Reengineering. Restructuring.

QUESTION 1 The self serving bias states that we ______.     Attribute the cause of our success to internal factors and attribute the cause of our failure to internal factors      Attribute the cause of our success to internal factors and attribute the cause of our failure to external factors      Attribute the cause of our success to external factors and attribute the cause of our failure to internal factors      Attribute the cause of our success to external factors and attribute the cause of our failure to external factors      QUESTION 2 The fat acceptance movement is an example of how we can improve our perception by resisting socializing forces.   True  False     QUESTION 3 What is an example of a judgment related to self esteem?     I earned a 92% on my last  English quiz.        I complete my homework on time.      I attend the College of DuPage      I am a good student…

Q2. Discuss the concept of time. How time can be manipulated and how does it help construct reality.

"If your business is Computer Shop" Question 1.What kinds of equipment,tools,furniture,and other supplies will you need? 2.What kinds of skills will your employees need?Will it be difficult to find workers with these skills? 3.How will you let people know about your business? 4.Where will you get the money you need to pay for a building,tools,furniture and equipment,raw materials or merchandise,workers,and advertising? 5.What would you say to convince a banker,a friend,or a family to lend you money to start a business?

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MINICASE The McGee Cake Company In early 2013, Doc and Lyn McGee formed the MaBee Ceke Company. The company produced a full line of cakes, and its specialties included chess cake, lemon pound cake, and double-iced, double-chocolate cake. The couple formed the company as an outside interest, and both continued to work at their current jobs. Doc did all the baking, and Lyn handled the marketing and distribution. With good product quality and a sound marketing plan, the company grew rapidly. In early 2016, the company was featured in a widely distributed entre- the assets it owns, but demand for its cakes is still growing. Further, the company has been approached by a national super- market chain with a proposal to put four of its cakes in all of the chain's stores, and a national restaurant chain has contacted the company about selling McGee cakes in its restaurants. The restaurant would sell the cakes without a brand name. Doc and Lyn have operated the company as a sole propri-…

The senior management team at ABC Corp. are assessing where a recent project went wrong. There were issues at all areas of management but the item that most strongly suggests that there may have been planning failures is ________.   Question 14 options:   A)  the controlling issues the project experienced were commonly experienced by other project leaders in this industry   B)  suppliers of components for the project had to produce at maximum capacity which turned out to be impossible   C)  even if planning had been effective, the project would have failed due to management style   D)  there was a failure to monitor production output   E)  two employees who were assigned to the project couldn't stand each other

Question 1: The Best Person for the Job After 25 years, Kevin is finally ready to retire and take it easy. Kevin teaches accounting and general business courses at Youngstown Community College. Kevin over the years has taught hundreds of accounting students and helped them obtain internships and find employment in the community. Kevin’s golfing buddy sometimes jokes that every bookkeeper in town has been through Kevin’s accounting classes.   Besides, the regular accounting classes and internships, Youngstown maintains an accounting lab where students can get tutoring help if needed. The current lab tutor is David, who was hired two years ago when Dianne retired after nearly 10 years as the accounting tutor. David is a former student of Kevin and holds an associate’s degree from Youngstown and a bachelor’s from State. The lab job is part-time, which works out perfectly for David, leaving him plenty of time to pursue his MBA in accounting at State. David wants to teach accounting at…

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Assignment 3 As a marketing student, you know that large firms often organize their operations into a number of strategic business units (SBUs). A university might develop a similar structure in which different academic schools or departments are seen as separate businesses. Consider how your university UAEU or college might divide its total academic units into separate SBUs. What would be the problems with implementing such a plan? What would be the advantages and disadvantages for students and for faculty?

15 18 1 Kurtosis is an indicator used to determine whether a distribution is left-skewed or right-skewed. the flatness or peakedness of a distribution. Owhether a distribution is normal or non-normal. the asymmetry and deviation from a normal distribution. Question 3 Listen Which tool should be used during the Improve stage to identify the impact a project recommendation will have on the organization?

Question 1 has to do with something NOT being one of the managerial considerations in determining how to compete successfully. 2. A company's strategy concerns (what does it consist of?). 3. The action plan is implemented by management (for what purpose?). 4. The competitive moves and business approaches a company's management is using to grow the business, stake out a market position, attract and please customers, compete successfully, conduct operations, and achieve organizational objectives. It is known as what? 5. The objectives of a well-crafted strategy require management to (do what?). 6. To improve performance, there are many different avenues for outcompeting rivals such as: (know how to compete against rivals). 7. A company's strategy defined as? 8. Every strategy needs what? 9. Question 9 asks which (from a list), is NOT something a company's strategy is concerned with (So, know what it does pertain to). 10. What is NOT a primary focus of a company's strategy? 11. When does…

QUESTION 13 After graduating from College, Michael decided to work for Mercy Care, a social venture established in Ghana. Michael is not paid for his services to Mercy Care. All he wants is to provide his time ‘freely’ to benefit kids in the Volta region of Ghana so that they may be able to go to school. Which of the following professional statuses characterizes Michael?       Board member.     Paid employee.     Volunteer.     Consultant.

Question 2 – Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy - Laudon and Laudon Chapter 3 a. List and describe four competitive strategies enabled by information systems that firms can pursue b. Describe how information systems can support each of these competitive strategies and give examples. Question 3 – Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems - Laudon and Laudon Chapter 4 a. List and describe the five steps in an ethical analysis. b. Identify and describe six ethical principles. c. Explain how the Internet challenges the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property.

Question 1: Assume that there are a total of six different market segments for the fitness center market. Take reference from the listed overview of the markets and answer the questions give below. Overview: Making friends: The “making friends” market segment sees fitness centers as an opportunity to mix with people with similar goals and lifestyles and to make new friends. Losing it: The next market segment is “losing it”, which refers to the goal of losing weight. Taking shape: The “taking shape” market segment consists of consumers who are primarily interested in improving the look of their body. Peak performers: Consumers in the “peak performers” segment are highly disciplined and self-motivated individuals when it comes to their health and fitness. They are highly focused upon achieving their personal best. Health requirements: Consumers in this market segment attend a fitness center because they are trying to improve their health, strength, or because of “doctor’s orders”. Sports…