Examine how various motivational strategies affect productivity in a selected workplace,your own or one with which you are very familiar. Include an explanation of organizational efforts to improve performance, employees' resistance to increasing productivity, and the management's philosophy of motivation and its practices.
Estimate the cost of equity or the rate of return that your company's shareholders require. This is an important piece of information that every top manager must be able to estimate because it will be an important input in any effort to determine whether any particular course of action by the company will or will not add value
Emily and Richard have invested in Faster Distribution, a small publicly traded company. They each own 40% of the stock of Faster Distribution. They could want to sell Faster to Leeds but do not want to pay any tax on the sale. According to Section 368 of the IRS Code, there are seven allowed types of tax-free reorganization
Please answer the following questions using a case study analysis, just dont answer the questions it needs to be in a case study format. I will send the case study needed. 1. What is the source of conflict between the school system and the union? 2. To what extent does Denver's pay plan build on recommendations from equi
The Cost of Equity for Under Armour Estimate the cost of equity or the rate of return Under Armour shareholders ââ?¬Å"require.ââ?¬Â? This is an important piece of information that every top manager must be able to estimate because it will be an important input in any effort to determine whether any particular cours
Essay Questions 1- Discuss the concept of a "just-meaningful pay increase." A successful answer should contain several elements. First, a student should discuss the notion of perception. The pay increase must be seen by employees as making a meaningful change in compensation. A discussion of equity theory would be approp
The major, overall argument against the "residual theory of dividends" is Answer a the uncertainty surrounding capital investment projects. b the lack of ability to adequately measure corporate investment returns. c the diversity of stockholders and their potential investment returns. d its failure to consider stockhold
Problem 14-2 Book Market Net working capital=20 40=debt Net working capital=20 40=debt Long-Term assets=80 60=equity Long-Term Assets=140 120=equity 100 100 160 160 Assume that MM's theory holds with taxes. There is no growth, and the $40 of debt is expected to be permanent. Assume a 40% c
Three powerpoint slides (speaker notes) utilizing organizational psychology concepts to make recommendations to improve the environment within an organization. Kelsey Unified School District (the organization) is attached which details the school and complience issues (1 memo and a letter). Recommend at least two strategies t
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P16-3 Charleston Industrial revised its dividend policy and decided that it wants to maintain a retained earnings account of $1 million. The company's retained earnings account at the end of 2008 was $750,000, and its earnings available to common stockholders of $800,000 in 2009. What is Charleston Industrial's dividend payou
A staff person was assigned to the audit of a publicly traded company, and the senior had asked you to evaluate both share-based payment reporting and special purpose entities (SPE) reporting for the company. Research share-based payment reporting and SPE reporting individually. Write an executive memo as a team that inclu
Please compare and contrast the proprietary theory and the entity theory. Please discuss the entity theory of equity. Who is the center of interest with the entity theory of equity?
This case involves thinking about the meaning brands have for consumers, the roles brands play, the views customers have of brands developed through marketing and non-marketing influences and how products are distributed. Write an answer of no more than six pages in length (excluding title and reference pages and any appendic
Select one motivation theory discussed in Ch. 3-5 of the Latham text provided below. Provide a paper wherein you trace the theory's origins, its key researchers, related research findings, and its possible effect in this century. Include a minimum of 5 scholarly sources. Format your paper consistent with APA guideline
Review the background material on the capital asset pricing model, the material on the dividend growth model, and arbitrage pricing theory and do some of your own research using internet. These models provide some insights and tools to estimate the rate of return that investors in ST. JUDE MEDICAL 'require' in the sense that if
LARUE Larue, Inc. purchases the bulk its inventory from Stag Corporation. One officer of Larue presently serves on the Board of Directors of Stag. It has been necessary for Stag to borrow a lot of money over the past five years and Larue is concerned about Stag's ability to survive as a going concern. Larue has assumed all
Estimate the cost of equity or the rate of return that Raytheon shareholders "require." This is an important piece of information that every top manager must be able to estimate because it will be an important input in any effort to determine whether any particular course of action by the company will or will not add value to th
The text used is Chapter 16 & 17 of: Berk, J., & DeMarzo, P. (2011). Corporate finance: The Core: 2010 custom edition. (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson Education. Thank you. 1. The "irrelevance principle" states that in frictionless markets, capital structure (the mix of debt and equity to finance a firm's assets) doesn't ma
****Question**** "Are asymmetric information and agency cost theories relevant for the modern corporation? Should we discard agency theory and asymmetric information?Discuss." **Requirement ** 1000-1500 words - using academic sources (not Wikipedia or other online encyclopedias), such as academic textbooks and journal
Explain the proprietary theory of equity. In what type of business is the proprietary theory of equity particularly applicable? Explain the entity theory of equity. Who is the center of interest with the entity theory of equity?
Utilizing the science of Organizational Behavior and the collective knowledge and theories related to this topic please reflect on how the study and application of organizational behavior concepts can contribute to organizational success. Be specific by referencing specific concepts and the organizational benefits of applying th
14-2. Here are book and market value balance sheets of the United Frypan Company (UF): Book Market Net working capital $ 20 $ 40 Debt Net working capital $ 20 $ 40 Debt Long- term assets 80 60 Equity Long- term assets 140 120 Equity $ 100
One of the issues in this solution refers to an employee who is reluctant to shift to new way of doing things. Joan is an accountant who opposes the introduction of a new financial control system. For 15 years she has worked with the old, manual system. Now the firm is introducing a new, computer based system. The problem is h
How can we anticipate the indebtedness of the company to evolve in the future if the reality is based on a) trade-off theory b) pecking-order theory? We can assume that the tax bracket the company is operating in stays the same and that the company continues to be successful in the future.
Essay Questions 1. Define and discuss motivation. Which theory of motivation offers the best chance, if handled properly, of increasing productivity in your workplace? 2. Define and discuss leadership. Which style is presently used in your own workplace? Which style is needed, or which style do you believe should be used, to
CASE FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS Kimbel's Department Store Frances Patterson, Kimbel's CEO, looked at the latest Sales by Manager figures on her daily Web-based sales report. What did these up-to-the-minute numbers tell her about the results of Kimbel's trial of straight commission pay for its salespeople? A regional chain o
Employee retention is a key challenge in most organizations today. Employers want to retain the best and most desirable employees in the market. Employees are looking for incentives such as competitive salaries, comprehensive benefit package, which consist of reasonably priced health insurance plans, vacation, holidays, and tuit
In question # 1. The matrix is on page 2, so the text on page 3 is referencing the matrix on page 2 Please use the following CFs in calculating your solution for problem #1: > 12/31/08 3.2 > 12/31/09 3.2 > 12/31/10 5.6 > 12/31/11 6.42 > 12/31/12 6.8 For problem 2 please use 40% tax rate -----------
I am working on a 5000 words research on [Critically assess how the use of principles-based standards will aid effective standard-setting by the IASB, and aid decision-usefulness for stakeholders] Therefore I am looking for around 2000 words answer for the below questions I have: 1) Critically assess how the use of principles