Business has been good for Keystone Control Systems, as indicated by the eleven-year growth in earnings per share. The earnings have grown from $1.00 to $2.58.

Determine the compound annual rate of growth in earnings (n = 11)

Based on the growth rate determined in part a, project earnings for next year (E₁).

Assume the dividend payout ratio is 35 percent. Compute D₁

The current price of the stock is $21. Using the growth rate (g) from part a and (D₁) from part c, compute K_e.

If the flotation cost is $3.00, compute the cost of new common stock (K_n) using growth rate (g) from part a and dividend (D₁) from part c.

What if a company chooses NOT to align with the dominant design that emerges in the latter stages of the life cycle—but instead chooses to continue to pursue a form of differentiation in a niche segment of the market?

what are your thoughts about how and why Training and Development can and should become a strategic business partner in large organizations where it might not have the visibility and influence that it should?

True/False

1. ______ True/False. We continually enter the media world to get experiences we cannot get in

our real lives.

2. ______ True/False. News is a reflection of actual events.

3. ______ True/False. The USA Today newspaper once printed a 14,000 word apology on its front

page after one of its reporters falsified facts in several of his news stories.

4. ______ True/False. The average age for video game players is 20 years old.

5. ______ True/False. The typical smartphone has more computing power than the Apollo 11

spacecraft had when it landed on the moon.

a. Dan Pink states in the video that there is a “mismatch between what science knows and what business does”. What does he mean by this in the video? Explain in detail.

b. Under what conditions do rewards work? Under what conditions don’t rewards work?

c. Define “Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose” and explain their importance in job design.

d. What is the ROWE Model and is this something you think you would enjoy as an employee? Would you also like to use this as a manager of others?

c

• Discuss your opinion on the responsibility of a business to adapt to the increasing culturally diverse populations, and make a suggestion on how these issues could be addressed.
• Share an example of a current issue on this topic that you feel is relevant to the discussion.

Briefly discuss how a nonprofit's marketing efforts may differ from a for-profit business.

1. Rosa Wilkins gives 30-minute therapeutic massages at a local gym. All of her Monday and Friday appointments are taken and she has a waiting list for those who would like to move their regular massage to the first or the last day in the week. At the end of those days Wilkins is exhausted. Demand on Tuesdays and Thursdays is at an acceptable level, but no one seems to want a massage on Wednesday. Wilkins wishes she could convince some of her Monday and Friday customers to come on Wednesday. Can you give her some ideas to help shift the demand for her service?

2.Select appropriate cost allocation methods for various sales management situations. Describe how to implement such methods.

Helen Croker owns Divine Denim, a growing company making made to measure, designer denim jeans and jackets. She uses organic yarn-dyed cotton denim of different weights depending on the garment that she is making. Although she prefers to take the measurements herself, she is now making denim clothes for international customers using the self-measuring system she has developed and put online. For her custom clients, she takes measurements or uses the measurements supplied through her customers’ online application. She uses these measurements to alter the pattern for the design chosen by the client. The pattern is sent to the Cutting Department and the cut material then transferred to the Machining Department.

Helen has recently expanded into a Ready to Wear (RTW) collection which is made in Australia and sold online at a cheaper price point than the made to measure clothing.

Helen designs the RTW clothes and sends the designs to a pattern maker. She previously had two machinists working for her and has just expanded to 8 machinists and a cutter in an expanded factory to manufacture the RTW clothing. One of the machinists uses the riveting and buttonhole machines. Helen has the latest computerised machines enabling her to complete a single setup for all machines from an iPad. She has an administrator who manages the payroll, orders, creditors, delivery and invoicing. An IT expert works 2.5 days a week and manages the company's website, other IT issues and online presence including monthly podcasts. A bookkeeping service is used for basic bookkeeping, GST returns and preparing information for the tax agent.

Helen decided that she needs better cost control and regular information and has asked your firm of accountants, Good Numbers, to provide her assistance to maintain and grow her expanding business.

Question 1 Business background

As part of your initial meeting with Helen, you are concerned to find out as much as possible about the business and the strategies that she plans to use. To start this discussion, you explain to her Porter’s Five Forces and Porter's Strategy Model and how these can affect her costs and sales. You ask Helen to explain to you how she thinks the forces in Porter's model affect the custom clothing and the RTW businesses and the strategies she will take with these different products.

Required:

1. Prepare an explanation of Porter's Five Forces model and of Porter's broad-based organisational strategies for Helen.
2. Prepare a statement from Helen setting out how she sees the forces affecting both the made to measure clothing and the RTW business and the general strategies that she is adopting for each of these businesses. Ensure that you use the background information above to support Helen’s approach to Porter's Five Forces model and Porter’s broad-based organisational strategies.

Which of the following statements is true of conflicts?

Group of answer choices

Human conflict is not a normal occurrence.

Managers should pursue all the conflicts in which employees are involved.

Interaction among parties who differ in interests leads to conflict.

Conflicts always end in hostility and frustration.

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Question 20.1 pts

Which of the following statements is true about negative conflicts?

Group of answer choices

They boost esteem or purpose.

They decrease innovation and creativity.

They decrease emotionality.

They increase values clarification.

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Question 30.1 pts

According to the traditional view of conflict management, conflict is

Group of answer choices

seen not only as an inevitable factor, but also as a necessary factor for maintaining a degree of tension that can be helpful in keeping a group creative.

seen as a positive force for change within organizations, groups, and relationships.

viewed as a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should and could be stopped at the source.

viewed as a natural part of human existence and is accepted as a normal part of group interaction.

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According to the interactionist view of managing conflict, conflict is

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a result of dysfunctional managerial behavior and therefore should be stopped at the source.

a natural part of human existence and should be accepted as a normal part of relationships.

inevitable, but maintaining a degree of tension can actually be helpful in keeping a group energized and creative.

always bad and should be avoided at all costs.

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Question 50.1 pts

The different business units of Carlton Motors compete against each other for technology, supplies, equipment, and human talent. As a result, the management and the business units encounter frequent organizational conflicts. These conflicts are most likely to be a result of

Group of answer choices

risky shifts.

groupthink.

social loafing.

limited resources.

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Question 60.1 pts

In terms of organizational conflicts, differences between members of one group is an

Group of answer choices

intrapersonal conflict.

intergroup conflict.

intragroup conflict.

interorganizational conflict.

Period Demand

1 110

2 115

3 125

4 127

5 130

6 134

a) Prepare trend equation to forecast demand.

b) Forecast demand for periods 1 to 6 using the trend equation. Compute the errors associated with such forecasts c) Use the errors obtained in part b to create 2.0s control limits, where s  is the standard deviation. Create plot of the control chart with the associated points representing the errors from period 2 to period 6.

d) If demand in the next two periods turns out to be 120 and 135, can you conclude that the forecasts are in control?

Describe a waiting line situation that you regularly face in your daily life. Explain how you would improve the structure of that system by applying waiting line analysis.

Discuss the four components of the marketing mix and the areas that must be addressed to configure it for the international market.

You manage a work group of 20 employees in your office. One of your least productive employees, James, seems to miss a lot of work, is consistently behind on his projects, and makes a lot of errors. You decide that you need to watch him more closely, and enlist your Information Technology (IT) department for help. Which of these is allowed? Why/Why not? For full credit, EXPLAIN your answers, including any relevant laws, limitations, etc.

1. You ask IT to get you a report of every website James has visited and the amount of time spent on each

2. You ask IT to track where James is during the work day by using the GPS location feature on his company work phone

3. You ask your assistant to friend James on Facebook so you can see what kinds of things he posts about that might relate to his work productivity

4. You ask IT to automatically send you copies of all of James' emails.

5. You ask IT to set you up so that when James in on the phone, you can listen in.

6. You and James are both members of LinkedIn, and you review his account.