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Description: Digital and Direct Marketing has obviously grown exponentially over the past few years, due in...

Description:

Digital and Direct Marketing has obviously grown exponentially over the past few years, due in main part to the explosion of mobile technology. Reflect on your own purchasing habits and describe the marketing efforts of a company you believe to be successful in this modality. Why is the effort so successful?

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12. A manager reported that 50 employees were working in the operation at the beginning of...

12. A manager reported that 50 employees were working in the operation at the beginning of an accounting period, and 70 employees at the end of the period. During the accounting period 20 employees voluntarily left their employment and 4 employees were terminated. What was this manager's overall employee turnover rate in the accounting period?

50%

400%

500%

40%

[Questions 16-18] Use the following labor expense information for answering the next 3 questions.

Day

Sales

Guest Served

Labor hours used

Cost of labor

Thursday

$ 1,700

110

30

$ 380

Friday

$ 1,500

120

30

$ 380

Saturday

$ 2,400

210

50

$ 600

Sunday

$ 1,900

175

50

$ 600

16. Comparing the labor cost percentage, which day is the least productive day?

Friday

Saturday

Thursday

Sunday

17. What was the manager’s sales per labor hour on Friday?

$ 52.00

$ 42.00

$ 48.00

$ 50.00

18. Comparing the number of guests served per labor hour, which day is the most productive day?

Sunday

Friday

Thursday

Saturday

Question 20-21]  Ice bear operates a fine dining restaurant called the “The Egloo.” His labor productivity ratio of choice is guests served per labor hour. His standards are as follows:

  • Servers = 10 guests per labor hour
  • Buspersons = 25 guests per labor hour

Use the Guest Forecast chart below to answer the following questions 20 & 21.

Time

Forecasted Number of Guests Served

Server Hours Needed

Busperson Hours Needed

12:00 - 1:00

170

3:00 - 4:00

25

6:00 - 7:00

125

8:00 - 9:00

150

20. How many busperson labor hours should Ice Bear schedule for the time period from 8:00 to 9:00?

8

5

7

6

21. How many server labor hours should Ice Bear schedule for the time period from 12:00 to 1:00?  

18

20

21

17

[Question 23-24] Use the following chart for the next two questions.

The Egloo – Compiled data from 2019

Yearly Sales (300 days/year)

$275,000

Food Expense

$82,500

Labor Expense

$104,500

Other Expense

$68,500

Days in operation for year

300

Average number of labor hours per day

35

Average number of guests served per day

140

23.Calculate the sales per labor hour using the above chart.

$ 24.23

$ 26.19

$ 21.53

$ 11.75

24. Calculate the labor expense percent using the above chart in question 23.

65.5%

38%

25%

30%

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choose one type of knowledge conversion and explain it ?

choose one type of knowledge conversion and explain it ?

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as a marketing manager how would you motivate your sales force without using money as an...

as a marketing manager how would you motivate your sales force without using money as an incentive and why

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What do ADA and FLSA have to do with job analysis?          ADA: Essential job functions vs...

What do ADA and FLSA have to do with job analysis?

         ADA: Essential job functions vs Marginal job functions

        FLSA: exempt employees vs non-exempt employees

***needed as essay answer***

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Fully explain the statement/quote (from Porter’s article, What is Strategy) below and why it is true....

  1. Fully explain the statement/quote (from Porter’s article, What is Strategy) below and why it is true. In your answers, please explain what is meant by operational effectiveness. I want you to explain the quote as if you were informing those top managers around you (I am not asking you to type a transcript of your conversation) in order for them to realize how your company is going to achieve true competitive excellence and not settle for mediocrity. Explain the quote in a real practical, business way.

“Constant improvement in operational effectiveness is necessary to achieve superior profitability. However, it is not usually sufficient. Few companies have competed successfully on the basis of operational effectiveness over an extended period, and staying ahead of rivals gets harder every day.”

In your response to this question, I want you to incorporate the following terminology/concepts along with full explanations of what the terminology/concepts mean: imitation, benchmarking, diffusion of best practices, the productivity frontier, competitive convergence, and zero-sum competition. These concepts will help you to answer the quote.

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A seminar paper ( 2 paper) for application Program *Definition. * Types * examples

A seminar paper ( 2 paper) for application Program

*Definition.

* Types

* examples

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5. Staying within one industry through horizontal integration enables a company to allocate which resources and...

5. Staying within one industry through horizontal integration enables a company to allocate which resources and capabilities to compete in one area?

a. Backward in the value chain
b. Core and specialized suppliers not owned by the company
c. Managerial, financial, technological
d. Specialized assets, customers, and suppliers

6. An American car maker and a Japanese car maker have entered into a strategic alliance. Both have valuable technology that they need in order to perform their aspect of the manufacturing process for particular lines of vehicles. Since both need each other's technology, it is unlikely the other will use the proprietary information about the other to take advantage for fear of their own technology becoming disclosed. To guarantee that each partner maintains the agreement, the two companies are participating in:

a. parallel sourcing policy.
b. hostage taking.
c. quasi integration.
d. credible commitment

9. Which is NOT an example of a motive for companies to use horizontal integration?

a. High management turnover rate in the acquired company
b. Reduce industry rivalry
c. Increase bargaining power
d. Eliminate excess capacity in an industry through merging or acquisition


10. In what way does vertical integration increase product differentiation, lower cost, or reduce industry competition?

a. Exposes product quality
b. Facilitates investments in efficiency-enhancing specialized assets
c. Reduces competitive position
d. Worsens scheduling


11. In vertical integration, each stage in the chain:

a. adds value.
b. takes away value.
c. operates together.
d. supports the next stage.


12. An alternative to vertical integration that enables companies to obtain differentiation and cost savings without having to deal with the problems and costs associated with vertical integration is called:

a. uncooperative relationships.
b. horizontal integration.
c. cooperative relationships.
d. forward integration.

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Step 1: Students will prepare a list of global mindset–enhancing activities organized around two categories: (1)...

Step 1: Students will prepare a list of global mindset–enhancing activities organized around two categories: (1) organizationally generated activities and (2) personal development activities.

Organizationally generated activities: What organizational practices — interventions or conditions created deliberately by the organization — have you experienced or know that others have experienced that develop a person’s global mindset? Be specific in your description of each activity and, where possible, identify the element(s) of global mindset that improve through that activity.

Personal development activities: Suppose someone asked you what personal steps they could take to develop a global mindset. What would you recommend? Think about ways that you have personally developed your (or have good knowledge of someone else who has developed their) global mindset. Your suggestions should say what

specific elements of global mindset are improved through each activity.

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You need to send expatriate managers to two countries in Asia - Thailand and Japan. You...

You need to send expatriate managers to two countries in Asia - Thailand and Japan. You choose two candidates who work at the same level and get similar compensation package in the U.S. How would you design the expatriate compensation packages for the managers in each country so that they find it fair and acceptable offer? What kind of issues can come up when cosnidering this issue?

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Conduct an ethical culture analysis on the Uber establishment/corporation. Please make sure you answer/address the following...

Conduct an ethical culture analysis on the Uber establishment/corporation. Please make sure you answer/address the following sections/points based on the Uber corporation.

Provide information on when the unethical behavior has occurred.

1a. Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Influence

  • Where did the ethical decision making break down?
  • Where did ethical influence take place?

1b. Ethical Conflict Management

  • Where did ethical conflict management take place?
  • How did they handle the ethical issue and was it successfully resolved?

(Please do this for every ethical situation and detail how this occurred. You will likely have at least a page or two for this section. A table would be appropriate here)

1c. Ethical Organization and Performance

  • Where did the ethical organization take place or fail to take place? How could we improve ethical group performance?

(Note- I would utilize the implementation guidelines heavily on how to make the organization better in the next section)

1d. Ethical Areas

  • What areas in the organization were impacted?
  • Where their other areas impacted?

1e. Ethical Performance

  • How can we improve organizational performance?
    • (1-2 paragraphs)

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An international mobile manufacturing brand “M” is planning to enter the Malaysian Market. The management has...

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 elaborating on any TWO (2) appropriate message design strategies that can be utilized by the organization towards their marketing communication. Substantiate your choice of strategy with relevant background.

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. Manufacturing Aggregate Planning. Manufacturers Inc. (MI) currently has a labor force of 10, which can...

. Manufacturing Aggregate Planning. Manufacturers Inc. (MI) currently has a labor force of 10, which can produce 500 units per period. The cost is now $2,400 per period, per employee. The company has a long-standing rule that does not allow overtime. In addition, the product cannot be subcontracted due to the specialized machinery that MI uses to produce it. As a result, MI can only increase/decrease production by hiring or laying off employees. The cost is $5,000 to hire an employee and $5,000, to lay off an employee. Inventory-carrying costs are $100 per unit remaining at the end of each period. The inventory level at the beginning of period 1 is 300 units. The forecast demand in each period is given in the table below:

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

   Aggregate Demand 610 510 420

a. Compute the costs of the chase strategy.

b. Compute the cost for a level strategy.

c. Compare the two strategies.

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for system engineering case study Write a report to answer the following questions based on the...

for system engineering case study

Write a report to answer the following questions based on the company you work in (now or previously).

1. Give a brief introduction about your company.

2. Describe the structural components, operating components, and flow components of your company.

3.describe the company in terms of its input and output components, attributes, and relationships.

4. Describe your company total system and its sub-systems.

Does the company goals are in alignment with other systems/subsystems?

I need to solve above question for any company you can choose it.

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____________ add value to a family business and as advisors, make the whole family-ownership-management system their...

____________ add value to a family business and as advisors, make the whole family-ownership-management system their client, not just the CEO or a branch of the family.

1- Realtors.
2- Insurance agents.
3- Psychologists.
4- Family business consultants.

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