In the time of crisis, such as the one we are currently facing in the shape of COVID-19, what are some of the qualities that leaders and managers must possess? You may talk about the traits that would come in handy during such times, behaviors that might be potent in troubled times, display of emotions (i.e., what emotions should managers and leaders display in front of those whom they manage and lead), what role would emotional intelligence play? Be detailed in your approach and give reasons for your assertions.

• • Appraise Caterpillar Inc.’s corporate data, competitors, and associated business information.
  • Document background information to include previous and current strategic management of Caterpillar Inc.
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of strategic management of Caterpillar Inc., based on your analyses, and provide information in a presentation to Caterpillar Inc. leadership.

Recommend strategic management actions to ensure future success in a presentation to Caterpillar Inc. leadership

Determine the Corporate Strategy of GE and relate it to its sources of competitive advantage. Provide at least 8 examples

Post a written response (approx. 250 words) in response to the following questions. When should the policy process be reevaluated and at what point should a policy be terminated? Can you identify any previous policies that were terminated and what impact the termination of the policy may have had on the organization or community as a whole?

Define and describe the following five concepts with at least 3 sentences: formal deviance, informal deviance, arguments for drug testing, arguments against drug testing, and sport ethic.

If you've ever worked at a job with other people, you've heard things like this: We need younger people with more energy here; or he's getting too old for this. It doesn't seem unfair to recognize that we humans really do get old, and as that happens, our bodies and our minds sometimes start to fail. So why can't the workplace just accept that? What's wrong with a company wanting younger, more energetic, more creative employees?

What principles should the information security analyst apply in order to develop appropriate acceptable use policies for the client? Make sure you address confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information, as well as each of the following questions:

1-What should users generally be allowed to do with their computing and network resources? When and why would each example be allowable?

2-What should users generally be prohibited from doing with their computing and network resources? When and why would each example require prohibition?

3-When and why should users be aware of acceptable use policies and how can organizations keep track of these policies?

Business and Politics The concept of being in business and in politics is not new to most countries, especially the United State. Moreover, many would agree that government should be run more like a business, limiting expenses while making efficient use of scarce resources. However, with each election, there seem to be several stories which arise incriminating either those running and/or in-office as having committed ethical violations (if not criminal activities) in order to acquire financial gains for themselves or their families. Other benefits that occur are those which allow the elected to remain in office, to be re-elected. In this week’s assignment, you are asked to research the topic of ethics in politics, or business and politics. Find a specific story that interests you (and hopefully me), and discuss what makes this an ethical case study. What are the important issues that pertain to this story and what should happen to the guilty? Finally, tell me what can be done to prevent this from occurring in the future.

Business Execution Plan.

Tesla's problem: Decrease in sales

Tesla's solutions:

1. Exploit technology more aggressively, moving away from the dealership to selling cars online.

2. Strengthen its alliance with Panasonic to expand its battery business.

In your own words 500 words, for each solution, develop a detailed plan of action.

Here is some of the insight how to answer it.

What are the key resources required, specific capabilities and skills?

How would you organize the solution, or what kind of activities is your team try to execute the solutions?

Are there obstacles and risks in executing?

this subject is business communication

Short Formal 1 Page Report: DDE Remote Working Memorandum

Assignment: Write a short formal one-page report: DDE Remote Working Memorandum.

• You are the CEO of a Digital Devices Express (DDE), you sell digital devices. The state of Georgia where your business headquarters reside has declared a state of emergency and a mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses for the next 3 months. All your workers have to work remotely for 3 months.
• Write a short formal one-page report in form of a memorandum on DDE’s remote working policy for the next 3 months during the COVID-19 outbreak.
• Your short report should include a title, introduction, main content, conclusion, summary and addendum.

During the last meeting of your management team, the planning officer presented a proposal for diversifying. It was to acquire a rental car agency at the smallest city you are currently serving. While there is a car rental agency located downtown at a service station and a locally owned taxi service serves the airport, there is no car rental agency serving the airport. Although the total passengers boarded daily there is modest, quite a few people do inquire about the availability of rental cars. Your local station manager is very excited about the prospects of building up a reasonable rental business there and wants the opportunity to try it.

A firm that has been very successful at franchising such operations is interested in supporting your efforts. This firm would sublease autos to you as needed and provide insurance coverage. (Insurance is difficult to obtain for small operations such as this.) The firm would guarantee the availability of enough autos to handle 90% of the business 90% of the time; in other words, it is not profitable to keep an expensive inventory for the few times of high demand.

The start-up costs would be $200,000 allocated over eight quarters. This would pay for the cost of the initial franchise fee, advertising, paving of a small storage lot, and rebuilding your ticket counter to include space for the retail business. Extensive cost and revenue studies have been made. They indicate a high probability of success but conflicting data on how successful. Starting losses of from $3,000 to $10,000 per quarter could be expected the first one or two quarters. After that, there is a 10% probability of just breaking even, a 60% probability of making $60,000 per quarter, and 30% probability of making between $60,000 and $100,000 per quarter.

The director of marketing focused on the crux of the matter as she noted, “After making a cost-benefit analysis of both propositions, it will boil down to the question, ‘What business are we in, or what businesses should we be in?’ It is an important strategic question. Personally, I think we should be in the transportation business and this acquisition would fit that mission.”

The financial vice president responded with a worried look, “Yes, but it will take financial resources away from our passenger airline business. Are we strong enough to take on something new?”

Another staff member responded, “A competitor may choose to pick up the franchise if we don't. Perhaps we should consider it as a defensive strategy and not necessarily one in which we plan to make a profit.”

The president added, “Does this fit with our strategic plans?”

option:

1. Begin the auto rental business.

2. Do not begin the auto rental business.

Innovation is generally a crucial component in gaining a competitive advantage. Process structure and inertia can be considered problematic for innovation as both signify resistance to change. Many people are unwilling to change unless they believe that there is a problem. Successful innovation requires change and adaptation of new ideas. How do you think that these gaps can be overcome? Why?

• Evaluate the importance of negotiating key performance indicators with alliance partners.
  • Why are KPIs crucial to the success of alliance agreements?
  • Describe how KPIs alleviate potential problems with alliance partners.
  • From your research on negotiating KPIs, what types of barriers to agreements often get in the way?
    • How can such barriers be removed or avoided?
• Analyze the effects of foundation accords, governance accords, and change accords on the success of a strategic alliance.
  • How should the organization’s overall strategy drive the accords?
  • What are the potential risks and benefits associated with each type of accord on the success strategic alliances?
  • Which type of accord do you consider most important for the long-term success of the strategic alliance? Why?

For goal programming models, what is not true?

A) Always minimization.

B) Only deviational variables appear in the objective function.

C) All deviational variables must be >= 0.

D) Only deviational variables appear in the constraints.