Colleges and universities, like all business, have strengths, weaknesses, and competitors. What would you consider to be an online university's internal strengths and weaknesses? Why? Also, who would you say are the competitors to online universities? What are three external opportunities and three external threats?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Compare and contrast line and staff positions and the various forms of authority of each position

Describe the strategic management process, and include how it is used by organizations.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

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to whom it concern, I want you to solve from me SWOT for apple company from reliable sources and references

1. Which is not an exception to the writing requirement?

promisor benefit

promisee benefit

enhanced promissory estoppel

part performance doctrine

detrimental reliance

2. If Randy agrees to pay Sarah's debt if Sarah should fail to pay James, then Randy has created a(n)_____________.

lien

guaranty

suretyship

3. Who is not a party that may handle the affairs of a deceased person and make a promise to pay claims against that person's estate?

surety

administratrix

executor

personal representative

administrator

estoppel

claim

4.

Donald tells Mark to deliver a couch to his son's house and orally promises to pay him $400. Mark delivered the couch as requested. Mark sought payment from Donald.

Donald is liable because the contract involved the sale of goods and was required to be in writing under the statute of frauds

True, False

5. Sarah and Randy made a contract where Randy would remodel Sarah's bathroom for $20,000. Sarah had until July 10 to pay for it.  Randy finished the work and Sarah seemed happy with it. A day before payment was due, Sarah realized there was an issue with the bathroom and contacted Randy. She asked him to come fix it; however, Randy refused. Sarah informed Randy that she was not going to pay him the full amount. Sarah wrote her check on July 10 for $19,000. Randy cashed the check and sought to collect the balance.

At trial, the most likely result is _____________________:

that Randy will win because there was not a good-faith dispute and he cashed the check.

that Randy will lose because there was not a good-faith dispute and he cashed the check.

that Randy will win because there was a good-faith dispute and he cashed the check.

that Randy will lose because there was a good-faith dispute and he cashed the check.

A23. A production supervisor has just introduced a technique to decrease the cost of inventory. How do we describe this production supervisor’s work output?

A24. Which management function does a boss perform when he gives commendation to his staff so that his staff will work harder?

A25. A supervisor always shouts to his subordinates to do their jobs. He does not listen to subordinates’ feedback on their difficulties in their jobs. Which management skills should this supervisor improve?

A26. “Managers are directly responsible for an organisation’s success or failure”. This statement reflects what kind of view of management?

A27. Med Factory selling health products decides to add two new product lines in view of the increasing number of old people in Japan in the coming few years. Which component in the external environment does this change represent?

How successful do you predict these recently proposed extensions will be? Why?

• Carlsberg, the beer brand, launches a male grooming line made out of beer

• Michelin (tires, mostly): car floor mats

• WWE (entertainment wrestling): theme park

• Victorinox (Swiss Army knife): camping and hiking equipment

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of the ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric approaches to staffing policy?

When is each approach appropriate?

I need a different answer than others.

Marketing Plan

From the real international market, select a company of your choice wishing to start its activities in Saudi Arabia. The Company hired you as Marketing Manager of Saudi Arabian Region.

You have to establish a marketing department starting from the Analysis of the market, formulate overall marketing goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics within the context of an organization's business, mission, and goals designing and planning the entire function.

Write a Marketing Plan considering the following points (2x5=10 Marks)

1. Introduction, Goals and Objectives

To introduce this section you should include the "mission statement" of the business; an idea of what its goals are for customers, clients, employees and the consumer.

1. Introduction about the business.
2. Business vision and mission
3. Business objective.
4. Products and services offered

2. Environmental Analysis

Conduct an environmental analysis that looks at and comments on your local area and your network of business contacts, competitors and customers.

3. Target Market Analysis

Identify the target market, describing how the company will meet the needs of the consumer better than the competition does.

4. SWOT Analysis

Conduct a SWOT analysis for your chosen company based on your research.

Strengths: List the strengths of the business approach;

Weaknesses: Describe the areas of weakness in the company's operations;

Opportunities: Examine factors that may improve the business's chances of success;

Threats: List the external threats to the business' success.

5. Marketing Mix (4 P’s ) Analysis

Describe each of the 4Ps of your chosen company.

Product or Service

Identify the product or service by what it is, who will buy it, how much they will pay for it and how much it will cost for the company to produce it, why a consumer demand exists for your product, and where the product sits in comparison to similar products/services now available.

Place

Identify the location of the business, why it is located there (strategic, competitive, economic objectives), the expected methods of distribution, and timing objectives.

Promotion

Describe the type of promotional methods that will be used. Identify techniques such as word of mouth, personal selling, direct marketing, sales promotion etc. television, radio, social media and newspaper ads.

Price

The prices of the products or services that reflects the overall company strategy. Should be competitive as well as a reflection of the quality, costs and profit margin.

Reflect on what you have learned in this module by answering these questions:

• As a Human Resource Manager, what can you do to ensure that your organization is considering current trends and meeting the needs of your employees?
• What techniques will you leverage to ensure that employees are performing appropriate job functions?
• What can you do as a Human Resource Manager to overcome challenges identified during job analysis?

Complete a qualitative risk assessment and response planning of each of the risk identified in Project 1: Risk Identification (at least 10 risks). Use at least 1 of each of the threat risk response strategies for your response planning.

THE 10 RISKS:

Rubric

HT Corporation, a manufacturer of heavy trucks had a long, sad and bitter history of employee relations. The company openly practiced "management through terrorism". Engineers and technicians dominated the culture. One of the company's assembly plants devoted major resources to statistical process control. An entire department staffed with engineers and Quality specialists justified its existence by keeping control charts. The engineers collected and stored data on a computer and posted the charts in every production department once each week. They also posted lists of problems and defects attributable to each department. Another department kept itself busy with "work redesign" and "assembly line balancing". The plant was highly product focused. Material moved smoothly from one operation to next. Subassemblies flowed into assemblies like the tributaries of a river, all moving toward the final assembly line.

Despite this effort, quality was mediocre at best. HT Corporation devoted more factory space to rework and repair operations than to the original assembly. The individual and social aspects of the system were largely ignored. People lacked interpersonal skills, common goals and trust and they could not hope to attain these qualities under the existing power structure and reward system.

Answer the following Questions with 150-200 words.

If you take over as the Quality Manager of HT Corporation, what changes would you make?

Financial technology, also known as FinTech is an industry composed of companies that use new technology and innovation with available resources in order to compete in the marketplace of traditional financial institutions and intermediaries in the delivery of financial services.

The use of mobile apps is embedded in the average Mauritian’s everyday life while the country already provides services such digital insurance, mobile banking amongst others.

Several enterprises, particularly those aiming towards Africa, are already using Mauritius as a viable Fintech platform. The stable business climate and well-established corporate governance culture in Mauritius, favorable time zone, excellent connectivity and highly-educated labour, mitigates the high-risk profile of certain African countries.
QUESTIONS

1. Considering the Mauritian context, list and explain the benefits of Fintech.

2. Considering the Mauritian context, justify what could be the possible drawbacks of FinTech.

3. Select a local company of your choice which provides FinTech services and:

Explain the services provided by the chosen company & justify why the provided services falls under the FinTech umbrella of technologies.

4. The Mauritius Central Automated Switch (MauCAS) is a novel state-of-the art digital hub fully owned and operated by the Bank of Mauritius for routing payments among operators on a 24x7 basis. Do you believe MauCAS will be a success or failure in Mauritius? Justify your answer.

Three page article critique on

Hurd, R. W. (2013). Moving beyond the critical synthesis: Does the law preclude a future for US unions? Labor History, 54(2), 193-200.

This article is a reflective essay that assesses the strength of comments made by Christopher L. Tomlins in his book The State and Unions (1985), which looks back over the past quarter century. Various predictions were made concerning union decline and failed revival efforts as well as counterfeit rights offered to the U.S. working class.

Article critique should address the questions below.

• What are the author’s main points?
• Do the arguments presented by the author support the main point?
• What evidence supports the main point? For example, if Tomlin’s thesis that the New Deal offered only a counterfeit liberty to labor is true, what effect does that have on employee morale?
• Briefly describe two collective bargaining strategies companies use when dealing with unions. How can these strategies affect employee morale?
• What is your opinion of the article?
• What evidence, either from the textbook or from additional sources, supports your opinion?