Identify two firms in your business community that appear to rely principally on 1 of the 15 grand strategies. What kind of information did you use to classify the firms? The response addresses the queries posted in 351 words with 2 references.
The company below declared bankruptcy during the last ten years. Find information about the company on the Internet. Clearly identify the main failures of planning and/or environmental scanning, and analysis that gave rise to the situation, which caused the company to declare bankruptcy. In hindsight what might they have done di
Question 1: Please evaluate the state of US corporate governance. Are we where we need to be? Why or why not? Are there other countries we should be modeling? Are there "shining stars" of corporate governance out there? Question 2: Please discuss the corporate governance rating schemes and the methodologies for rating c
Zippy motorcycle manufacturing produces two popular pocket bikes (miniature motorcycles with 49cc engines): the Razor and the Zoomer. In the coming week, the manufacturer wants to produce a total of up to 700 bikes and wants to ensure that the number of Razors produced does not exceed the number of Zoomers by more than 300 Each
The eeoc web site on litigaiton statistics includes a chart of suits and resolutions brought by the eeoc from 1997 to 2006. Consider the wage gaps and address the following: If the law is evolving and becoming more refined, why do these wage gaps exists? Are the regulatory agencies doing a good job? should they be strengthen
Although, there is no standard format for a job description, almost all well-written, useful descriptions will include these components: (1) Job title, (2) Summary (3) Eqipment (4) Environment (5) Activities. Explain what information should be contained in each section.
1. What technological and market factors affect the commercialization process? 2. Why does the development and commercialization process differ for the different types of innovation?
The comparison is strictly based on the following 2 areas 1) Security training and education 2) Physical security issues in Information security Each area has about 300-400 words.
** Please see the attached file for the complete problem description ** Analyze the given case: Given STM's situation, what recommendations would you make for STM to exploit its current advantage? What do you recommend for Jerry Budinoff personally? Analyze only situation of industry when this case was issued, don't mention
1. What are the roles and objectives of a risk management program? What theoretical changes have occurred in the past 20 years? How have the roles and objectives changed as a result? 2. Research Donabedian's structure-process-outcome paradigm. What is the interrelationship between risk management to all component parts of the
Should disabled veterans get preferential treatment over better qualified candidates who are not disabled veterans? Contrast DVAAP to programs that involve affirmative action for women or minorities. Set out the utilitarian and deontological considerations. about 700 words with ideas within paper for how you can expand and
Country A produces two goods, elephants and saddles. In the year 2006, the 30 units of elephants produced sold for $3,000 per unit and the 50 units of saddles produced sold for $300 per unit. In 2007, the 40 units of elephants produced sold for $4,000 per unit, and the 60 units of saddles produced sold for $250 per unit. Real G
There are a number of complex opportunities and issues that face executives today. These include how to grow the business, increase profitability, meet Wall Street's expectations, attract and retain the talent needed for success, identify creative resourcing strategies, establishing competitive advantages, becoming a global
1. What criteria must be used when considering where to locate a facility in the global business environment? What criteria does your organization consider when deciding the location of a facility? What role does national culture and business practices play in this process? How effective has your organization been in choosing ap
1. Describe 5 data collection techniques in your own words. 2. Explain which data techniques you are most familiar with/have used. Share some summary details of the project including the purpose, what research methods were used, was the project successful, what did or didn't you like about doing the project. 3. Explain why
4.6 On Friday night, the owner of Chez Pierre in downtown Chicago noted the amount spent for dinner for 28 four-person tables. (a) Use Excel or MegaStat to find the mean, median, and mode. (b) Do these measures of central tendency agree? Explain. (c) Are the data symmetric or skewed? If skewed, which direction? (d) Not
1. What are the ethical issues involved in the Madoff case? 2. Did Bernard Madoff worked alone, or did he had help in creating and sustaining his Ponzi scheme? Would this represent a conflict of interest? 3. What should be done to help ensure that Ponzi schemes like this one do not happen in the future? 438 Words and 3
How can you measure the effectiveness of corporate governance guidelines, internal controls, and other policies in the corporate governance context? Do you think the current methods of measuring effectiveness are sufficient? Why or Why not? About 150 words, two references.
Listed below are three industries. Classify each as (a) emerging, (b) rapid growth, (c)mature/slow-growth, (d) stagnant/declining, (e) high-velocity/turbulent, and (f) fragmented Camera film and film development industry: Wine, Beer, and retailing Watch industry Which classification fits the industries above? If you ca
Give an example of an executive summary for the sample business report that is written for a general audience of business professionals and executives. Included key information organized in the summary with bullets.
Scenario You are meeting with Pat (who is also the sponsor of the project), the vice president of human resources, and several other key project decision makers to review the approach you are going to take on the project. You are discussing the process you intend to follow for selecting your sellers (vendors), your timing of
A. As a senior manager at Toyota in Japan, give a brief description of your business. B. Discuss Economic Variables - risk assessment and who are your stakeholders.
You are the operations manager for green thumb landscape management, a provider of residential and commercial landscape maintenance. You have a substantial number of customers in your metropolitan area. Due to the increase of business in the summer, you must hire additional employees. This year you hired eight new employees.
At the end of 2009, a national survey showed weak sales for small businesses. In addition, various government policy proposals have small business owners afraid to invest in capital. If you were a small business owner, what would you do to succeed amidst similar market adversity?
Who would you invite to a meeting to discuss your organization's global expansion objectives? Why would you invite each participant? What would be your selection criteria? How would you setup the agenda for the meeting? (200-300 words)
Think of a situation in which an Health Service Organization/Health Service receives bad press. How might the Health Service Organization/Health Service respond along the reactive-proactive continuum? How do you think it should respond to stakeholders? about 250 words, no references
In what ways does UTC's corporate-level strategy of unrelated diversification create value? Collect some recent information on UTC from sources like Yahoo! Finance. How successful has it been in pursuing its strategy? The response addresses the queries posted in 1501 words with 3 references
What are the specific problems that are associated with development of executives, and why does coaching seem to deal with these problems?
Give a concrete example of how you exhibit each (one or two sentences) Desire_________ Motivation_______ Self-discipline______ Time management skills_____ The ability to focus_______ The ability to study independently________
The ground of membership of a particular social group was not included in the refugee definition in the 1950 statue of the UNHCR. It was added later on in the refugee definition of the 1951 convention relation to the status of refugees and subsequent definitions. Why was it added?? Its effect was not felt immediately, but in