What makes a competitive advantage sustainable, and why is sustainability a critical strategy-making consideration? Is sustainability knowable in the medium and long term? Why or why not? Give an example to support your conclusion. Cite any sources used to support your answer.

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I have research about IKEA Company and it's strategy and I need below information,

1. What type(s) of control of employees and production processes is/are used by IKEA?
2. How does IKEA manage the environmental risks?
3. Evaluate the competitive advantage of the corporation on its market. Suggest some recommendations for the managers of your selected company to improve this competitive advantage.?

List the implementation preparation steps that follow after the vision statement and broad objectives have been developed.

Imagine that you work for a global automobile manufacturer as a lead training and development associate. The head of human resources (HR) has had meetings with various departments, and a training need was identified by the sales department. Sales have dropped considerably in the last quarter, and through a training needs analysis, it was shown that sales associates lack the proper knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to effectively sell automobiles to various car dealerships in the United States and abroad.

The head of HR has asked that you give him or her a presentation on which major training theory you would recommend to apply to this scenario to equip the sales associates with the necessary skills to increase sales.

Select one training theory. This can be any of the four discussed in this unit or a training theory of your choice that interests you. Then, in your PowerPoint presentation, include the elements listed below.       

• Discuss the training theory and its primary tenets.
• Explain why you recommend this theory.
• Discuss two to three activities that you would build from this theory. For example, if you chose action theory, you may create group activities where sales associates run through sales scenarios with each other to see what works and what does not. Feel free to be as creative as you would like with your given theory.
• Explain how your activities will address each learning style (i.e., visual, audible, and kinesthetic learning styles).

Lloyd’s Register used benchmarking in its operational management and improvement, What role could benchmarking play in the development of the Operation Management Process Methods used?

what strategic actions will you recommend to your organization (smartone) to take up this business opportunity or solve the problem? Justify your choices and make assumptions when necessary. What strategic actions will you recommend? (e.g., who are the target customers? What are the selling points? What is the business-level strategy? What is the corporate-level strategy? What is the international-level strategy? How can the existing problem be solved?)

Now that the position, Administrative Assistant, has been created, you’ve taken the opportunity to create a PowerPoint presentation to train new supervisors on how to conduct performance evaluations.

Whether you use an annual evaluation, real-time feedback, or quarterly evaluations, it is important that new supervisors understand:

• the rationale for a performance evaluation in general,
• the rationale for the specific one in use,
• the instrument used, and
• the process for the evaluation.

The PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides with graphics and Notes Pages.

One of the positions the new supervisors will be conducting performance evaluations on is the job.

• You must include the Notes Pages. This is where you explain in detail the thoughts you want to convey in each slide, only in more depth.
• Visually appealing: graphics (required) should be appropriate for the environment and audience. Text should be visible from 18 feet away (generally considered 18 pt. font or larger).

San Francisco’s famous Steph’s Restaurant is open 24 hours per day. Servers report for duty at 3 a.m., 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., or 11 p.m., and each works an 8-hour shift. The following table shows the minimum number of workers needed during the 6 periods into which the day is divided:

Owner Steph Curry’s scheduling problem is to determine how many servers should report for work at the start of each time period in order to minimize the total staff required for one day’s operation. Formulate (but do not solve) the appropriate LP.

Slick Oil Company has three warehouses from which it can ship products to any of three retail outlets. The demand in cans for the product Gunkout is 320 at retail outlet 1; 350 at outlet 2; and 255 at outlet 3. The inventory (capacity) of Gunkout at warehouse A is 270; at warehouse B is 375; and at warehouse C is 390. The cost of transporting one unit of Gunkout from each warehouse to each retail outlet follows.

a. Formulate an LP to determine how many units should be shipped from each warehouse to each retailer so the demand at each retailer is met at minimum cost.

b. Solve this problem on a computer. (Note: feel free to use the 3 x 3 Transportation Model Template on the course website.)

1. On what public policy grounds is strict liability imposed? Explain

2. Should victims of a mass shooting be able to sue the manufacturer of a violent video game for a design defect if the shooter had been a devoted player of that violent game?

3. In what circumstances might the doctrine of strict product liability apply in the context of cyberspace? Should a business be liable in product liability if it spreads a virus unwittingly—by, for example, sending an infected document to another computer, or simply leaving a company computer “on” and connected to a broadband network through which a hacker gains access?

4. To avoid liability on a negligence theory in a product liability suit, to what extent must a manufacturer exercise due care?

Name and explain at least three ways that emotional intelligence can increase leader effectiveness.

Lloyd’s Register used KPIs approach to ensure business assurance and improvement, Discuss its KPI approach, and prepare a presentation for a bank on the why, what and how of such a system.

Define relationship marketing and how it might fit into the mission or vision for any given product in the overall organizational plan? How can the marketing mix elements of branding and advertising use relationship marketing to increase customer satisfaction with a brand?

Describe the difference between a soleproprietorship, a general partnership, alimited partnership, an LLP, and an LLC.