Discuss whether you agree or disagree on whether you think E-mails need to be managed and that employees/people in general should practice good "E-mail Etiquette". Share one tip you use to manage your emails "or" practice proper e-mail etiquette.
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b. Do any unions represent employees in Microsoft? Describe which unions are involved.
c. Have there been any large-scale layoffs or reorganizations in the past ten years?
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What differences if any do you think exist in the way that a professional hotelier would manager an American owned hotel in the United States or a European or Asian owned hotel in the United States?
What are differences in the way governments in other countries affect the management and operation of hotels in those countries?
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Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher’s model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table: Production Time (hours) Model Cutting and Sewing Finishing Packaging and Shipping Profit/Glove Regular model 1 1/2 1/8 $5 Catcher's model 3/2 1/3 1/4 $8 Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following:
a. What is the linear programming model for this problem?
b. Find the optimal solution using the graphical solution procedure. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture? (PLEASE POST A CLEAR GRAPH, PREFERIBLE ONE MADE ON THE COMPUTER)
c. What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities? d. How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department? e. What is the slack time in each department?
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Please explain your view of the most difficult aspect of Customs Compliance?
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Describe in detail the five-forces model of industry competition. What causes each of the forces to be strong versus weak? Use industry and company examples to illustrate how the strength of each force differs from one context to another.
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Scenario: You are a departmental manager in a large community hospital in an urban area. Your organization consists of both outpatient and inpatient services. Admissions data shows that 34% of your clientele is age 65 or older. An additional 16% of your clientele is medically disabled and utilizes Medicare insurance. Many of them have repeated admissions due to poor management of their chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), and diabetes. Thus, a high proportion of your reimbursement comes from Medicare. Your organization will be heavily affected by the upcoming Pay for Performance Initiative (P4P), scheduled to become effective in 2015. Your executive director has charged you and your fellow managers with devising strategies to prepare for the coming P4P initiative.
How do you envision this preparation affecting work with/for other stakeholders?
What are your suggestions for this organization to prepare for P4P?
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Need to answer the following 3 questions from "The Sixties, AMerican Yawp" (just google, you will find the link)
2a Why the domestic reform known as the Great Society was such an important factor on ending the poverty and racial injustices?
2b What is the Domino Theory?
2c Why the US decided to blocked the Vietnamese's elections?
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Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rates
The total factory overhead for Urban Styles, Inc. is budgeted for the year at $1,356,250, divided into two departments: Cutting, $1,102,500, and Sewing, $253,750. Urban Styles manufactures two types of men's pants: jeans and khakis. The jeans require three direct labor hours in Cutting and three direct labor hours in Sewing. The khakis require four direct labor hours in Cutting and two direct labor hours in Sewing. Each product is budgeted for 7,000 units of production for the year.
When required, round all per unit answers to the nearest cent.
a. Determine the total number of budgeted direct labor hours for the year in each department.
| Cutting | direct labor hours |
| Sewing | direct labor hours |
b. Determine the departmental factory overhead rates for both departments.
| Cutting | $ per dlh |
| Sewing | $ per dlh |
c. Determine the factory overhead allocated per unit for each product using the department factory overhead allocation rates.
| Jeans | $ per pair of jeans |
| Khakis | $ per pair of khakis |
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the mission statement of under Armour ( about 200 words)
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View "Developing Target Markets." (in the study materials for week 5) In your own words, describe the steps involved in developing target markets. Provide three reasons why developing target markets is important to marketers. In replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with what others have said and justify your response with specific reasons, facts, and examples.
Segmentation
Targeting
Position
Differentiation
These are the steps involved in the target markets
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The Wall Street Wizard Co. sold a stock market investing plan through the mail that made it appear easy to make money through the stock market. While the advice provided in the plan was generally accepted in the industry as sound, Wall Street Wizard Co. knew that most investors who followed this plan would not in fact make any money by following the plan. Can Wall Street Wizard Co. be prosecuted for mail fraud for making false claims, or are the claims really just puffery about the system which is not a crime?
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Why would UnderArmour want to be sure that consumers can clearly see different models ( about 200 words)
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Forming an Accountable Care Organization in a hospital setting
What is an ACO and its reimbursement?
Should a hospital system convert to an ACO? Why or why not?
Would the hospital and all Medicare patients will be best served through forming its own ACO or partnering with the insurance company in their ACO?
Any benefits from becoming an ACO?
Are there problems or challenges in becoming an ACO for stakeholders? How about for the hospital's relationship with other insurers/payers?
What changes or innovations to expect to see in the way health care is delivered in a community as a result of the new financial incentives?
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What is the PEST Analysis for the company of Home Depot
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