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    The Glass Ceiling

    From a utilitarian and deontological considerations standpoint, are there barriers to women's advancement in the Army.

    Strategy for Improving Low Response Rates

    What rate of response do you need in order to be able to accomplish the purpose of a survey, what will be the consequences if your response rate is lower than desired, and what actions can be taken to increase the chances of getting the required rate of response? What can be done to follow up with the participants if the resp

    Strategy Implementation Questions

    1. Why is strategy implementation harder? 2. Does it matter if your environment is changing or not (stable vs. dynamic)? 3. Where do you implement strategy and where do you formulate it? 4. How do you know your implemented strategy is working? 5. What signs are there? 6. When do you have to re-formulate strategy?

    Deploying Strategic Changes for Honda Motor Company

    Determine two strategic changes you would deploy for Honda Motor Company as strategist for the organization. Create two statements you could deploy to galvanize the top leaders of Honda Motor Company to strategic change initiatives.

    Able and Walden- Reconciling strategy

    Walden International, the proposed new parent company of Able, is a large multinational conglomerate. It is an extremely financially well-run company, with an emphasis on short-term, quarterly results. In fact, it is Walden's key value proposition to its stockholders that each quarter's sales and pretax profits will be greater t

    SEARS ANALYSIS

    1. Discuss the environment they operate in (general and task environment -- discuss Porter's forces) (Opportunities and Threats), 2. Prepare an EFAS, IFAS, SFAS 3. [societal] Environment]). This is where 'Opportunities' and 'Threats' are. 4. Discuss their internal structure, their culture, their resources. (This is really

    ROI and Performance Issues

    Multi Divisional Organizations A successful division manager has his division's ROI currently at 22%. He is evaluating a plant expansion opportunity that is expected to produce an annual income of $500,000 and require an investment of $3,000,000. The corporation's cost of capital is 12%. a. If his performance is based

    Measure risk using standard deviation and coefficient of variation.

    The CFO has requested from you, a risk assessment of Strident Marks. Think about the risks inherent in Strident Marks and how to quantify these risks. Discuss the use of standard deviation to measure risk. When is this type of calculation appropriate, and when is the coefficient of variation an appropriate measure of risk? Th

    IT Recommendations-Non profit

    Please help with the following problem. The Helping Hands League is a nonprofit organization out of Orlando, Florida that offers assistance to elderly and handicapped individuals. Currently, the league has 35 volunteers who are assigned to help people in the community with errands, reading, cooking, and household chores.

    Break Even Analysis for New Product

    Delphi Company has developed a new product that will be marketed for the first time during the next fiscal year. Although the Marketing Department estimates that 35,000 units could be sold at $36 per unit, Delphi's management has allocated only enough manufacturing capacity to produce a maximum of 25,000 units of the new product

    Quantitative Methods

    MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) A slack variable A) exists for each variable in a linear programming problem. B) is the difference between the left and right side of a constraint. C) is the amount by which the left side of a ≥ constraint

    Contingency Plan

    I need to come up with a contingency plan for a specific scenario given by my instructor. I don't need help with that part..but could you give me some ideas on why a contingency plan is so important? Thanks!

    BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILWAY (BNSF)

    Please assist me with the following project: Burlington Northern Railway recently settled a major and some say groundbreaking case on genetic screening in the workplace. See below case information: http://www.bnsf.com/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34877-2001Apr18?language=printer http://www.law.duke.edu/jou

    STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND SELECTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Please assist me with the following IT Systems problem: When a company does not have a large IT department, it is fairly common for them to hire consulting firms to help them with the selection and procurement process. These firms do not build the system. The help a company find a software developer who can build the system

    Business Strategy Exhibits

    Using exhibit 8.8 & 8.9, describe situations or conditions under which horizontal integration and concentric diversification would be preferred strategic choices?

    Overcharging Customers

    2) You are the owner and chief cost accountant of a bicycle manufacturing operation You've discovered and verified that you had incorrectly overcharged a customer in the manufacturing of their 100 bikes over the last 6 months and you are about to meet with her within the next 10 minutes. What should you do?

    Deming's Diseases

    Disease: Using excuses such as "Our problems are different" or "It's happening to everybody" Describe what you would do to "cure" it. Please present response in this format a. Symptoms of the disease b. Alternative solutions for the "cure"...at least three c. Strengths of each alternative d. Weakness of each altern

    Evaluation Systems

    The picture (attached) is the matrix that I a required to use to grade an individual's change management proposal. I was looking for explanation in paragraph format of why this particular chart would or can be useful criteria for evaluating proposals. Any opinion and a few paragraphs will do. See attached file for full proble

    Transportation and assignment problems

    I have attached some quantitative Analysis Questions that I need help solving so I can add to my study guide. The book used was Quantitative analysis for Management by Barry Render but as you already know these concepts are found in any Quantitative Analysis book.

    Populations and samples used in research

    1. Why would you use a small sample to draw inference about a large population? 2. What is the difference between a sample parameter (X-bar and s) and a proportion parameter (ρ)? 3. When would you use a two population test with a small sample size at your place of employment, in your education, or in pol

    Synergy in Corporations

    Identify sources of synergy or core competencies among the diversified firms. Question: First, list at least three products or services; second, indicate the possible sources of synergy, and third, give the actual company being described in your discussion. For example: Products or Services: Television station, rad

    Quantitative vs Qualitative Measurement

    Compare quantitative measurement with qualitative measurement. Include a discussion on the types of data for each. Support the discussion with solid academic references.

    Systems Theory Application

    Please describe a systems theory and how it could apply to a banking department internet infrastructure or other, etc.

    Profit Maximization

    The cost to produce each of two products is dependent on the quanity in order to maximize profits. product a sells for $10,000 a unit and product 2 sells for $12,000 a unit. Fixed cost is $2,000 for each product find the optimal points. c1=x1+x2(in thousands of dollars) c2=2x2+x1(in thousands of dollars)

    Excel Solver Problem

    Please give some feedback on setting up solver Picnic Table Bench(separate) Armchair Chaise Lounge Available Price $225 $225 $275 $300 Redwood (board Ft.) 22 6 7 8 4,500 Cedar (board ft) 12 4 4 0 3,600 12 inch fittings 18 4 0 2 2,250 8 inch fittings 12 4 6 6 2,075 Bolts 48 12 12 20 5,925 Labor(Hours) 20 5 8 12