In looking to hire a new salespersons what individual variables or experiences are most predictive of success in the sales role? PLEASE ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH FORM. THANK YOU!!
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Write a performance review for someone who is not a great performar at your workplace. Select six criterias to assess and use a scale of Needs Improvement, Meet Job Requirement, Exceeds Job Requirment, and Outstanding.
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Please answer in paragraph form and this question is in term of Marketing. Thank you!!
Why would a celebrity want to be careful about endorsing brands that might be controversial? In other words what happens when a celebrity you like endorses a product that you do not like?
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Schedule Failure
The scheduling techniques taught by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and that have learned all seem suitable in practice, yet we find that many, if not most, projects fall behind schedule and go over budget. Why?
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In consultation with members of the economics department at a local college the marketing department has been able to gain some insight into the elasticity of demand for the higher quality product.
In addition, members of the faculty in the materials and logistics department were able to incorporate various economies of scale into the cost estimates. The fixed costs for different size processes as well as the variable cost information is presented with the sales information in table 1.
Table 1
Parameters for Alternative Sales Volumes (Process 1 only)
Option Number |
Selling Price |
Sales Volume |
Fixed Cost |
Variable Cost/unit |
1 |
$25 |
30,000 |
$60,000 |
$16.5 |
2 |
22 |
40,000 |
90,000 |
15 |
3 |
18 |
60,000 |
100,000 |
14 |
4 |
15.5 |
80,000 |
150,000 |
13.5 |
5 |
14.5 |
110,000 |
150,000 |
13 |
A. What should Goliath do and how much money will they make if their goal is to make as much money as possible?
B. What should Goliath do and how much money will they make if their goal is to maximize their return on investment?
C. What should Goliath do and how much money will they make if their goal is maximize their market share?
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please choose a company from the service sector, renowned for its excellent customer provision, and provide a brief overview of its sustainability and long-term profitability strategy. What is that makes its customer service unique or unbeatable?
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One of the top rated Super Bow ads this year was this one for the Amazon Alexa. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-2019-top-commercials-ad-meter-usa-today/ (Links to an external site.)
What appears to be the advertising objective (e.g. type of advertising – informative, persuasive, Etc.) for this ad? While the ad was amusing, do you think it was effective in accomplishing its objective?
PLEASE ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH FORM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
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Using the firm Coles (Australian Supermarket) as an example, give an example of a marginalized stakeholder, overlooked stakeholder and a underestimated stakeholder.
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Question 7: If you were an outside consultant, given a mandate to make recommendations about strategy and structure to Best Buy, what would you recommend and why?
This is for Strategic management. Thanks
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Describe the difference in handling a bar bill that is to be posted to the guest’s folio if:
List and describe two factors that management should weigh before buying and installing a new interface to its Property Management System.
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A new piece of equipment will have a fixed cost of $250,000 and the product it would produce has a variable cost of $22.50, and a selling price of $35.
A. What is the break-even point?
B. How many units must be sold to make a profit of $750,000?
C. How many units must be sold to average $0.50 profit per unit? $0.75 profit per unit? And $2.50 per unit?
D. If investors expect a 15% Return on Investment (ROI), how many units must be sold to achieve this goal?
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A manufacturing process has a fixed cost of $300,000 per month. Each unit of product being produced contains $160 worth of material and $220 in labor. Each finished product will sell for $450.
How many units must be sold each month to break even?
What level of monthly revenue is necessary to break even?
What is the expected profit for sales levels of 1,000, 2,500,
and 5,000 units respectively.
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Distinguish between upselling at a full service resort and upgrading at a full serivice resort. Give a example of each.
Compute how much more the cashier needs to get from the guest as the guest checks out OR
how much change the cashier needs to give as the guest checks out.
(Note: More information may be GIVEN than is needed.)
GIVEN: A guest from the Land of Everywhere (LE) has a folio balance of $639.00
The guest has been here 3 nights 9 LE’s = $1.00in the Land of Everywhere
The guest tenders 6 each of 1,000 LE bills
State sales tax is 5%
The bank’s rate is 8 LE’s = $1.00
Cashier’s give change in U.S. currency only
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What is the role of a board of directors from an ethical governance standpoint? What is the role of CEO, Vice President, Manager, Supervisor, staff and administrative orall other employee groups of an organization. What is the ethical governance and accountability level of each group using all forms/norms or codes of ethics in today’s social and work environment.
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