1) Explain external competitiveness.

2) What are the factors that influence decisions on pay level and pay mix?

3) What are the basic assumptions of labor market theories?

4) What is the significance of marginal revenue?

5) According to efficiency-wage theory, how do increased wages increase efficiency and lower labor costs?

Brazil is a very large emerging market that is becoming increasingly important in many MNEs’ global supply chains. After watching the video about Brazil's fashion industry in Week-by-Week, Week 12, discuss what criteria should the companies use to make a decision on where to manufacture the good and whether to outsource the manufacturing or control it internally? What are the advantages and disadvantages of sourcing from Brazil as opposed to other countries? Why? Please make it 10 sentences long.

1) How do modern organizations analyze work processes?

2) What is the relevance of certification in a multi skill system?

3) How do skill-based plans motivate employees?

4) What is the relevance of flexibility in skill-based plans?

5) How are organizations redefining the original definition of competencies?

1. Name and describe at least three ways that SMEs can internationalize without leaving their home countries. (Ch. 9)

2. Describe how four strategic goals in going global may affect the decision of where to enter. Give examples. (Ch. 10)

3. Describe the five factors that make an industry particularly conducive to collusion. (Ch. 11)

4. Describe the three stages in the formation of an alliance. (Ch. 12)

5. In supply chain management, what are the differences between agility and adaptability? (Ch. 14)

Which of these benefits can be realized from online purchase but not when buying merchandise through catalogs?

convenience of ordering merchandise from home

personalization of the presentation of information based on the customer’s preferences

opportunity to touch and feel merchandise before buying it

convenience of having merchandise delivered to your home

all of the above are available when buying merchandise through the Internet or catalogs

Cyberloafing: Balancing Communication Priorities

Vector Technology is suffering from cyber-loafing, which is employee use of work internet access for personal use. Can you lead a task force in creating a new social media policy for Vector before productivity drops even further? Keep in mind that you don't want to create employee backlash!

• Introduction
  • Brief description of the company (1 paragraph)
• Internal Environment Analysis
  • Discussion of the internal environment concept and the VC model (1 paragraphs)
  • Evaluation of internal environment: application of the value chain model to Polaris Industries (paragraph number as appropriate)
• External Environment Analysis
  • Discussion of the external environment concept and the Business Landscape model (1 paragraphs)
  • Evaluation of external environment: application of the Business Landscape model to Polaris Industries (paragraph number as appropriate)
• Conclusion
  • Summation of analysis and results (1 paragraphs)

CASE 13
Polaris and Victory: Entering and Growing the Motorcycle Business

Why is constructing a value chain important and what role does the value chain play in a firm’s competitive advantage?

Do your best to answer each question thoroughly and provide examples for full credit. (Most of the answers are in the links provided & change control lecture in D2L)

Q1. Illustrate how can we control 'change requests' coming from different directions during a project? (follow the six Steps in the Change Control Process)

Q2.
a. What are the sources of change?
b. Discuss- If a change is agreed upon, what may be the impacts of this change to the project plan (triple constraints)?

Q3.
a. Why many project managers believe that scheduling is worthless if we do not develop a Critical Path Management (CPM) diagram?
b. Explain how CPM effects project management and give examples?

Q4. Work quality is hard to measure/ track & most likely will be sacrificed when deadlines are tight. As a project manager, how will you control that?

Q5. What are the steps for the Software Testing Life Cycle STLC? Briefly explain each step.

Q6. As a project manager there are 3 steps that you need to take to ensure success after going-live. Discuss each step.

QUESTION 21

1. Enterprise Rent-a-Car targets people whose cars are being repaired following a car accident.  It does this to avoid direct competition with large rental companies.  This is an example best described in class as:

   	1.	Market segmenting
   	2.	Product segmenting targetnig
   	3.	Niche market targeting
   	4.	Local area targeting

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QUESTION 22

1. Toyota developed the Scion line of autos for a young driver's market and Johnson and Johnson focused on the adult market for "baby" products. These are examples of:

   	1.	Integrating the markets
   	2.	Targeting the markets
   	3.	Empirically managing the markets
   	4.	Converting the markets

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QUESTION 23

1. Differentiating a market helps businesses for all but one of the reasons below:

   	1.	Differentiating the markets offers the consumer more opportunities to be "delighted"
   	2.	Differentiating allows companies to reposition products to higher-value market segments
   	3.	Companies that differentiate products end up with lower overall share of the market

1 points   

QUESTION 24

1. As discussed in class, Singapore Airlines differentiated its product by:

   	1.	Using auctions to price and sell international tickets
   	2.	Offering superior passenger service compared to what other airlines provided
   	3.	Providing lowest cost airline services
   	4.	Promoting tourism to Singapore with cut rate hotels and inexpensive flights

1 points   

QUESTION 25

1. As discussed in class, Fresh Direct's marketing strategy to sell and deliver groceries directly to the customer is an example of:

   	1.	Market segmentation
   	2.	Product Placement
   	3.	Channel differentiation
   	4.	Product extension

I need someone to MAKE a risk management plan. NOT examples with vague terms. PLEASE A REAL RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ANY PROJECT PLEASE!!!!

Describe 7 main steps in scientific decision making. Illustrate the steps using a specific management problem (for an example, choice of inputs for a PC with minimal costs ).

Identifying the problem between co-workers is the first step to determine the course of action to resolve a conflict. It is important to understand the difference between bullying, harassment and domestic violence in the workplace. The HR manager may be tasked with both developing corporate policies of behavior prohibiting such behaviors and resolving the conflicts. Many times unequal power fuels the conflict. The manner in which the company responds contributes to the ethical nature of the company.

Please identify a workplace conflict from current events or recent events that exemplify bullying, harassment or domestic violence in the workplace that involves unequal power between the parties. Analyze how unequal power may have contributed to the conflict. What are the ethical considerations when resolving a conflict with unequal power? Why is it critical to the business productivity that these conflicts are resolved quickly and efficiently?