a) Under what circumstances is Everyday Low Pricing (EDLP) likely to work? Does it work better for retailers or manufacturers? Is it more applicable for urban or rural areas?

b) What are some additional trends in retailing and distribution? Mention one such trend.

c) How has the emergence of the Internet and E-commerce challenged the existing marketing channels? Explain to what extent e-retailers have been successful in gaining market share, and why.

Describe a significant ethical dilemma you have faced. What action did you take to resolve it? How did you evaluate your available options and decide on this course of action?  What lessons did you learn that could be applied to an ethical dilemma faced today? How has this dilemma shaped your values?

Briefly state the pros and cons of consensus decision making.. Then, give a practical example of a management situation where consensus would be ideal , and also a situation

where consensus would NOT provide an optimal solution;. Lastly, state your opinion on whether consensus decision -making is optimal.

Given the following information, formulate an inventory management system. The item is demanded 50 weeks a year.

a. Determine the order quantity and reorder point. (Use Excel’s NORMSINV( ) function to find your z-value and then round that z-value to 2 decimal places. Do not round any other intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole number.)

b. Determine the annual holding and order costs. (Do not round any intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

c. Assume a price break of $50 per order was offered for purchase quantities of 2,200 units per order. If you took advantage of this price break, how much would you save annually? (Do not round any intermediate calculations (including number of setups per year). Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

imagine a small business that you would like to open (Gym). Give a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges facing the business. This might include (but not limited to) discussions of your business's customers, revenue sources, business model, competition, operating environment, marketing efforts, information technology, management structure, etc., etc. s. Be creative. Be concise.

A juice manufacturing brand “J” is planning to utilize sales promotion in order to increase its current sales and augment its customer base. As the marketing manager for this organization, write a short report on the sales promotion tools by utilizing any TWO (2) specific tools that can be used to achieve the objective. Justify your selection with relevant logic.

"Buying centers" generally evolve over the course of the purchase process, meaning individual members will have different levels of influence depending on where you are in the purchase process.

Use a hypothetical business-to-business purchasing situation or a real-world example based on your experience to address the following.

1) Explain when certain buying center members would have more input into the buying process.

2) What steps could a salesperson take to identify influential members of the buying center and to better understand the buying center member’s role.

An international mobile manufacturing brand “M” is planning to enter the Malaysian Market. The management has decided to hire a potential advertising agency to design their promotional messages and develop their online marketing strategies.

As the campaign manager of the selected advertising agency answer the below question:

Write a short report to differentiate communicating between internal and external stakeholders with reference to public relation activities.  

In your business experience have you observed major errors as a result of false assumptions? What happened? Can you identify the point, or decision, of "no return" and suggest a possible alternative decision that may have brought a satisfactory result? 250 words

An international mobile manufacturing brand “M” is planning to enter the Malaysian Market. The management has decided to hire a potential advertising agency to design their promotional messages and develop their online marketing strategies.

As the campaign manager of the selected advertising agency answer the below question:

Explain any TWO (2) appropriate digital marketing strategies that can be applied to target the prospective consumers.

research paper:

I need to write a research paper about the importance of the 4 amendment and how the search warrants help or hurt the law system.

The paper will be no less than 1500 words and have a minimum of 6 academic quality references. The grading rubric for this assignment may be viewed in the Research Paper submission link in Blackboard. o Websites such as Wikipedia, blogs, and social networking forums, are not to be used. Depending on your topic, they may be good places to start. However, there is nothing authoritative about these websites and therefore should not be cited in an academic paper. Information obtained from official websites, such as state/federal governments or government agencies, is acceptable and may be used as sources sparingly. I have provided you with an APA formatted paper shell and a presentation on citing and references in your research paper assignment link. Please review the Research Paper Rubric to see how I will be grading this assignment.

1. Explain Alderfer’s ERG Theory
2. Describe how human needs influence motivation to work.
3. Explain existence needs, relatedness needs and growth needs.

Assignment Scenario:

You have been appointed as the new Department Manager overseeing ten (10) persons within your organization.

As the new manager, you are required to re-allocate resources (including staff), monitor the progress and quality of output of your team, deal with new and ongoing conflict and report to the General Manager.

Using key theories and concepts explained throughout the course, analyze and discuss, using relevant examples, your approach to management.  

Your assignment should be no more than 2500 words.

Mimi owns a dog training school with her sister Yvonne incorporated as Puppy College, Inc. with 100 shares of stock. After all expenses, net income for the first half of the year was $20,000.   Mimi owns 60 shares and Yvonne owns 40 shares. It now must be distributed.

A) The earning s distributed are called

a. bonus

b. stimulus

c. dividends

d. capital

B) The earnings are divided as follows?

a. $10,000 to each

b. $8,000 to Mimi and $12,000 to Yvonne

c. $12,000 Mimi and $6,000 to Yvonne

d.$ 12,000 to Mimi and $6,000 to her husband, Hector

What are the strengths and weaknesses of a public-private partnership (P3) in relation to infrastructure development?

(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)