Discuss at least two business risks that your organization face as COVID-19 crisis continues. What measures your organization adopt or what mitigating activities you can recommend to lessen its impact?

Using any popular job search website (Indeed, Linked In, etc.) find a job or internship listing for management or supply chain that you would like to apply for (if it says you need a college degree that’s okay). Look over the job description and visit the website of the company for some background. Once you familiarize yourself with the company and the job, answer the following questions:

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why do you feel you would be a good fit for this job?
3. Why did you choose to apply to this job?
4. What is one accomplishment in your life that you are proud of?
5. What is your biggest strength and greatest weakness?
6. Describe your dream job.
7. What is the toughest decision you had to make over the last 6 months? How did you go about making the decision?
8. Why should I choose you over all of the other candidates for this job?

QUESTION 5

1. Phoebe has gone to the local mobile phone store to purchase a new phone plan. She has no real intention of getting a new phone – the recent COVID-19 events have left her with no spare cash. She can afford a $40 a month plan at the moment on her budget.

QUESTION 6

1. Natalie has decided that she wants to build her own bicycle as a project to help her cope with the social isolation measures in place. She looks around on-line and decides to source her bicycle components from the famous bicycle parts store “Wally’s Private Parts”.

   Natalie makes a special trip out to Wally’s (as it is colloquially known) to pick up the bike frame, wheels and handle bars. As she enters the store, she sees a helmet on display for $10. Because she has been searching on-line, she knows that this model helmet is worth at least $90.

   She goes up to the counter and speaks with Kristin, the bike maintenance technician about the parts she is here to pick up. “Are you sure these handlebars are OK for the mountain biking I am looking to do?”

   “I’m pretty sure,” says Kristin. “In fact, I’ll stress test them myself out the back before you go so that you can be sure.”

   Just as she is about to go up to the counter a new customer, Ryan, enters the store. He grabs the last helmet on display and brusquely pushes in front of Natalie. “I’ll take the helmet – here’s my $10” he states.

   Kristin, obviously annoyed at his behaviour, says “Oh, that’s a mistake. I’ve been meaning to change that sign for some time. Wally made a mistake when he made that sign - it’s meant to be $100 – I can’t sell it to you at that price.”

   Ryan starts arguing for the next five minutes before leaving – without the helmet and very annoyed.

   Kristin apologises to Natalie and goes out the back to get her parts. Unfortunately the argument with Ryan distracted her and she forgets to stress test the handle bars.

   “Here you go,” she says. “Hope you enjoy the project and riding the finished product!”

   Natalie goes home and carefully completes the project. On the first ride on a trail, the handlebars start coming loose and bending – they were not designed for such rough terrain. It causes Natalie to come off the bike, badly breaking her arm and she is off work for 4 weeks.

   Write a memo to Wally the owner ofWally’s Private Parts outlining if the store is vicariously liable for negligence. To do this, your memo should apply the ILAC method, where possible, and it should cover:

   • all the steps required to show if Kristin is negligent ; and
   • why or why not Wally would liable for her acts or omissions .

   You do NOT need to cover defences.

Why does an ETO operation consider product and process design as a production activity? How does it complicate the production planning and control process?

A duty of Directors

1) Tasty Treats Ltd (a Restaurant) is negotiating with Renovations center Ltd. (a construction company) for the renovation of Tasty Treats Ltd's Premises. Sash the owner of Renovations Center Ltd is also one of the five members of the board of directors of Tasty treats Ltd. The contract terms for the Construction are Standard, and the Price set for the renovations contract is fair. Sash has previously informed two of the price set for the other directors of Tasty Treats Ltd. of her ownership in Renovations contract on a three-to-two vote, with Sash voting with the majority.

Discuss the following

a) explain fully the law governing this matter (choose the appropriate duty)

b) explain whether correct procedure was followed

c) explain whether this contract is binding on the two companies

D) give a full conclusion and analysis of the matter

1. According to AIDA Model, an advertisement should be all of these things EXCEPT which?

   1. Responsive

   2. Interesting

   3. Eye-catching

   4. Desirable

2. AIDA is a sequential model showing the states of mind that a person may go through while deciding what to buy. What does AIDA stand for?

   1. awareness, interest, design, action

   2. attention, information, desire, achievement

   3. awareness, interest, desire, attention

   4. attention, interest, desire, action

   5. awareness, information, desire, achievement

3. Conviction stage in the hierarchy of effects model by Philip Kotler refers to the stage where

   1. Consumers may be converted to try out the product, but may like other brands too

   2. The doubt in consumers' minds about buying the product needs to be changed into action

   3. The purchase experience has to be made easy and enjoyable

   4. Your product is evaluated and compared against other brands

4. The innovation adoption model implies that

   1. The challenge facing companies introducing new products or targeting new markets is to create awareness and interest among consumers

   2. The best way to evaluate a new product is through actual use so that performance can be judged

   3. Marketers could encourage trial by using demonstration or sampling programs or allowing consumers to use a product with a money-back commitment

   4. All of the other options

5. Information processing model adds a stage that is not mentioned in all the other three models. This stage is

   1. Exposure

   2. Retention

   3. Attention

In your opinion what are some strategies and approaches management can take when there is poor performance from the team due to management not knowing how to handle difficult situations?

Elaborate on the benefits of internet marketplace based on the four aspects below.

Ibm-130 - feasibility of international trade
1 – Explain which is the Risk Management Process. In your perspective which is the worst risk for a firm that is performing

425-450 word answer

One of your staff, Brown criticized his teammate, Black about his slow work performance because he is illiterate. Black got angry and rebutted with some sarcastic remarks. Black then dashed towards Brown and started screaming at the top of his voice.

You are their Supervisor and witnessed the whole incident. How can apply the Conflict Management Strategies to resolve this issue?

You have a daily demand for business cards of 5 units, and you are ordering your business cards from Business Card Kings, who charges $2 per card and $55 per order. For the calculation of your holding cost you think that an annual interest rate of 30% is reasonable. Suppose that you will use EOQ model. Note: Throughout this problem, you are required to round all solutions (intermediary results and the final answers) to integers.

1. Calculate the economic order quantity (i.e., EOQ) per order.

Now suppose that Business Card Kings provides a quantity discount: if you order less than 400 (including 400), it is $2 per card; but if you order more than 400, it is $1.25 per card.

2. Given this quantity discount scheme, calculate the optimal order quantity and the minimal cost (including holding, setup, and purchase costs).

Now suppose that the order delivery lead-time from Business Card Kings is two weeks.

3. Determine the re-order point based on the on-hand level of inventory of your business cards.

QUESTION 1 CASE

The coronavirus pandemic is a human tragedy, affecting hundreds of thousands of people globally. It is also having a growing impact on the global value chain, hence the global economy. All serious companies around the world have therefore found innovative ways of keeping business going nonetheless. One of such notable companies is Ghana’s Kantanka Inc. The company has established a dedicated team to ensure a simple but well- managed set of processes that maximize the health and safety of colleagues and customers. This team is led by the CEO of the company. The focus of the team has been broken down into five distinct work streams:  Employee management and wellbeing  Financial stress-testing and contingency planning  Supply chain monitoring  Marketing and sales  Any other business Kantanka Inc. is a car manufacturing company originating from Ghana which produces low-end vehicles. The company’s competitive advantage stems from its unconventional but effective and energy efficient technology which is not found in most vehicles around the world. The dashboard and other interior parts of the vehicles are made from wood, and the vehicles are powered by car batteries and solar energy. Recently, they have added on aircrafts and mechanized farming technologies. The company is set to take the African market by storm. The company decided in 2015 to enter Nigeria and Germany. With the backing of the government of Ghana, negotiations with both countries succeeded as negotiators from Nigeria and Germany were in natural sync with the Ghanaian lobbyist contracted. Once the company has gone international, it was only natural that value chain activities of the company would have to be rationalized to deal with the expansion, as well as all forms of risk with respect to exchange rate fluctuations. Speaking of financials, in this coronavirus pandemic period, companies such as Kantanka Inc. that entered into future contracts and used currency options as hedging instruments would have less to worry about since excuses from business partners would almost be non-existent. Recently in 2017, a company from Sậo Tome and Principé, called PreZi contacted Kantanka Inc. to obtain permission to use its technology. As to whether to agree or not to the agreement is still under scrutiny by Kantanka’s international expansion team.

a) Discuss five (5) ways the two negotiators can get along in order for their cultural backgrounds not to affect the outcome of their bargaining process.

b) Explain three (3) financial risks Kantanka Inc would definitely encounter.

c) What five (5) benefits is Kantanka Inc likely to gain from entering the German market?

d) Explain five (5) problems Kantanka Inc’s international expansion team should anticipate before entering the German market.

e) Explain the contractual strategy that would best characterize the Kantanka-PreZi agreement once agreed to.

Mention the Recommendations from the case?

Tasty meal is one of the largest foodservice retailer having more than 200 restaurants across country. It has more than 3000 employees including staff members, waiters and chefs.

However, Tasty Meal has been criticized for

    Unfair treatment with its employees by taking too many hours of working against very low wages. Tasty Meal has no difficulty in hiring its employees on low wages due to poverty and unemployment in the region. Even some employees mentioned that the hiring process depends heavily on the hiring manager’s opinion and without clear criteria and selection procedures. It has also been criticized for taking work from children against one time meal. The situation is even worst in under developed cities of the country.
    For drivers working in a delivery process the company using a specific software to track the drivers all the time.
    The working conditions inside the company were criticized as very poor conditions, without any considerations for employee’s safety and wellbeing, and privacy.
    Meals served are mostly junk food, oily, having high calorie and could cause health issues if eaten regularly. And the company usually hiding some ingredients, and nutrition information in its products.
    Tasty Meal is not even environmental friendly. Using disposable stuff like wrapping paper, straws and tableware are comparatively cost effective but harmful to the environment, especially those which are non-recyclable. It has been criticized for over packaging and using extra wrapping papers.
    To recover its reputation the company start donating money from its net profit to NGOs to take care of the