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    Consumer segments targeted by marketers

    Identify three consumer segments targeted by marketers of a product category of your choice, such as motor vehicles, home appliances, etc. Based on information available online and in marketing literature, write a report describing the psychographics of the three segments. In your report, also describe the marketing strategi

    Training & Development: Transfer of Training

    Thinking in terms of Facilitation of Transfer (focus on organizational intervention: supervisor, peer, and trainer support, climate/culture and reward systems), please help with the following scenario: Dr. Richard Camp designed a three-day workshop on interviewing skills for an executive research firm. In his training desig

    Discussion Questions prep paper

    1. What is distributive bargaining? When is distributive bargaining appropriate to use? Why? What might be the effect of distributive bargaining on long term relationships? 2. What is integrative bargaining? What are the key differences between integrative bargaining and distributive bargaining? When might integrative bargain

    Moral rules and societal values

    Do employees, managers, and organizations perceive moral rules and solutions differently? Should organizations be responsible for reinforcing societal values?

    Critical, Creative, Logical, and Persuasive Thinking

    Apply critical thinking to the decision making process by discussing workplace examples that highlight each of these three types of thinking...creative thinking, logical thinking, and persuasive thinking. Must be a minimum of 200 words.

    Review

    Production costs can be reduced when production processes are streamlined or their effectiveness increased. Having the product available when needed, can further improve productivity and lower shipping costs. Quality improvements lead to reductions of production cost with a corresponding increase in customer satisfaction. Does y

    Calculating the Forecasting Payments, Collectors, Net Cash Flow

    1. Forecasting Payments. Calculate Paymore's cash payments to its suppliers under the assumption that the firm pays for its goods with a 1-month delay. Therefore, on average, two-thirds of purchases are paid for in the quarter that they are purchased, and one-third are paid in the following quarter. 2. Forecasting Collections

    Sudanese Famine

    Need help in preaparing a 2-3 page paper on this terrible loss of life. The Sudanese Famine. Presentation should include a discussion of the social, political and environmental conditions that contributed to the famine in whole or in part, a description of the extent of the famine, efforts that were made to alleviate human suff

    external forces and trends

    I am looking for information on the following for any type of business. What are the external forces and trends considerations on the following: - Legal and regulatory - global - economic - technological While developing a strategic plan . Need in APA format please list references

    Types of Service Technologies

    Are different types of service technologies likely to be associated with different structures? Why or why not? Please provide 1-2 sentences to help me with this question.

    When working in the area of strategic management, you will often be asked to look at what appears to be a strategic initiative on the part of another company and speculate as to what the strategy behind the initiative really is. In other words

    When working in the area of strategic management, you will often be asked to look at what appears to be a strategic initiative on the part of another company and speculate as to what the strategy behind the initiative really is. In other words, what is the company really trying to do and why? You will find that you have to use y

    Basic Cost Management

    Toledo Toy Company incurred the following costs during 20x4. The company sold all of its products manufactured during the year. During 20x4, the company operated at about half of its capacity, due to a slowdown in the economy. Prospects for 20x5 are slightly better. Jared Lowes, the marketing manager, forecasts a 30 percent gro

    Sexual Harassment by a Child

    There was a case a few years ago of a 4 year old boy in school giving a girl a hug.. nothing sexual, they were like kindergartners or first graders, somewhere around that age range, and the boy was suspended because of the school's sexual harassment policy. Do any of you see a problem with trying to hold a 4-year old to the

    Business Research

    External validity is the ability to generalize to (and across) times, settings or persons. How would you know if your experimental research results could be generalized to the population (have external validity)? Provide an example. 200-300 words What are the ethical implications of observing employees without their knowled

    Financial Forecasting Using a Balance Sheet

    ** Please see the attached file and solve for the items in the shaded areas ** Find current assets, net fixed assets, total assets, accounts payable, long-term debt, common equity, financial needs.

    Market and the invisible hand

    Explain and give an example of the concept of the invisible hand of the market. Describe the market conditions necessary for it to work.

    History Forecasting Dangers

    "The danger of forecasting based on history alone is that history is not constant. Conditions are always changing and there are several variables affected. You can create a meaningful forecast that does reflect changing conditions by allowing for the fluctuation of these changing conditions and basing it on the fact that althoug

    Intranet vs. traditional executive information systems

    Why might a company consider using an intranet rather than traditional management and executive information systems? Why is knowledge management particularly important to a company that wants to become a learning organization?

    Create Flowchart and Answer Questions

    - Select a process that a person would do every day but would like to spend less time doing, such as driving to work (anything simple) - Design a flowchart using an appropriate tool. - Comment on the factors that affect the process design. - Identify at least one metric could be used to measure the process. - Create a flowc

    Elements of a Negotiation; Role of Perception; Two Common Perception Problems

    1. What are the elements of a negotiation? What are some of the problems you have experienced when negotiating? How would you address these problems? 2 What is the role of perception in negotiation? Based on past experience, what are two most common perception problems in negotiation? What safeguards would you employ to avoid

    three visual elements

    Integrate at least three visual elements into a new Microsoft® Word document. Provide a brief explanation for each visual that addresses the following: Why it was chosen Its purpose How it impacts the overall design and layout

    Emotional Intelligence assessment: genetic or learned?

    1. Do you think Emotional Intelligence is genetic or learned? Cite sources to support your assertions. What component(s) of EI do you think are the easiest and most difficult to learn or acquire? 2. What was your score on the What's my Emotional Intelligence Level assessment? Do you feel you are emotionally intelligent? Expla