Imagine you are a public relations practitioner and an online meeting was planned, and during the meeting a dispute arised between your colleagues. What would you do as a team leader? Make sure you describe the nature of the meeting including the members present, the reason of the conflict (make up a conflict), and how did you resolve the dispute between the colleagues.( be creative)

Write the above in a descriptive essay format.

Restaurant Supply Company

You have recently been hired as a Territory Sales person for NW Ohio. You have been working for two weeks and are just getting to learn about your new employer, customers, processes and products. The Territory Sales Manager has trained you. It was announced today that he would be leaving the company immediately. You have been advised by management that you are doing a good job and you are now on your own and responsible to maintain existing customers and grow your territory. You are responsible for all of NW Ohio. This territory stretches over 200 miles.

Your employer, ABC restaurant supply has been in business for over 30 years and enjoys a good reputation. The products offered are high quality and priced about in the middle of the market. Not high and not low.

Products offered:

Paper products including; cups, lids, plates, plastic ware, napkins, take out boxes, straws

Serving and display ware

Janitorial and cleaning supplies, Uniforms

Fine Linens including; table clothes, napkins, etc.

No consumable food items

You worked very hard to earn this position; interviewed several times and competed with many other experienced sales people. You were thrilled to get this new position. Your first 90 days is a probation period. The expectation is to step into the role as sales person, service existing clients and expand the customer base. It will be particularly important to service the existing customers during this probation period. The salary and benefit package is as follows:

*Health Insurance coverage at no cost

*401K savings plan with a 10% match

*Life Insurance coverage at no cost

*Short and Long Term Disability insurance at no cost

*Annual Salary of $35,000.00

*Commission bonus on annual sales above $250,000 at 10% of sales

*Monthly car allowance of $400.00. (A reimbursement not part of your income)

* Access to an inside sales and support person

Your have been given an Annual Sales Goal of $600,000. Your average order is approximately $5,000.

Based on your new position and the recent announcement of the departure of your training partner you have much to consider, plan and learn.

Where do you begin?

Consider the products you offer and your territory. What do you know?

Does your territory play a role in who you should target?   Weather? Summer? Winter? Year round? Location on the Water?, Highway, Retirement Communities, Vacation areas, Special events, Seminars, Holidays?

What types of customers would you target?

Why do or why should customers buy from you?

You are selling a commodity, is it just about price? A plastic spoon is a plastic spoon?

How can or should you add value?

How do you service existing customers? How often?   (Phone, visit, etc)

How are orders and needs determined?

If you could expand the types of products you sell, what would you add? Why?

What is the ideal customer?

How do you handle product order problems? Delivery problems

Do you have sales and product literature? What would you like to have?

You anticipate making around $90,000 your first year. How much do you need in sales to reach this income?

How much will you make if you reach your assigned sales goal?

What are your goals? Personal and business?

What does your weekly, monthly, annual schedule look like?

What tools and support do you need to be successful in this new sales position?

When considering Global supply chains what specific compliance activities need to take place .What are the most important and least important of these?

Instructions: For each of the communication scenarios below, select the best type of matching report.

1. Ramone - Each Friday, the four members of the company’s training staff get together for a half hour to share thoughts and information regarding the past week. The training manager, Ramone, then reports the key points of the discussion in a brief email to his supervisor.

4. Alex - The company’s Board of Directors will soon hold its quarterly meeting to track the progress of the company, make decisions, and offer advice. Alex’s job is to record the content of these meetings and make them available to the shareholders.

7. Jasper - Jasper is a sales person for a financial services firm. His job is to call potential customers, discuss their current mortgages with them, and offer, if possible, a better deal from his firm. Each week he needs to report how many calls he made, how many he completed, what the current mortgage rates are of those he spoke with, and how many sales he made.

Answers:

-Routine operational reports

-Progress reports

-Short problem-solving reports

-Meeting minutes

-Formal reports

What are the major processes around inventory and what is its critical role in the supply chain? Provide details of specific situations when a company should carry inventory.

what are the benefits of a hierarchical structure? What are the disadvantages?

1. What are the main components of Transportation in the supply chain ? What are the main parties that influence transportation and what are their specific roles?

You are the CFO of a US firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico manufactures component parts for your U.S. assembly operations. The subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the United States. One of your analysts told you that the Mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. What actions, if any, should you take?

Should firm be persuaded to incorporate a CSR perspective voluntarily or forced to do so? Why? Which of these two approaches in ideal? Which is more realistic?

The book is Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility CSR chapter#8

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When does a global standardization strategy make most sense?

Please give examples and explain your answers

Explain the link between strategy and staffing decisions. 400 word

Assuming a firm found a profitable niche selling a product to the one billion people in the Level 1 income group (surviving on <$2 per day), how might such a breakthrough help the firm sell to the one billion people in Level 4 (earing >$32 per day)?

The book is Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility CSR chapter#7