Bob Carlton's golf camp estimates the following staff requirements for its services over the next 2 years.
a. Find a staffing plan using the level strategy that allows for no delay in service.It should rely only on overtime and the minimum amount of undertime necessary. What is the total cost of this plant?
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Allergen Study the internal resources, capabilties, core competencies and value chain of the firm you have selected for this project. A good place to start with an internal firm analysis is to catalog the assests a firm has. List the firms's tangible assets. Then make a separate list of its intangible assets.
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The PI owners are anticipating that as the business begins and becomes busy, potential contract-related problems and disputes could arise from purchases of paints and supplies from Naturals, and from sales of supplies and paints to local and internet customers. For example, the PI owners know from their prior business experiences, that hassles often develop with manufacturers when a company places an email purchase order to which the manufacturer does not reply, but simply ships nonconforming goods or ships orders too late to meet customer needs. Another problem area is related to internet sales where customers often claim the sales contract is confusing or incomplete sometimes resulting in mistakes in orders and cancellations. These problems can be time-consuming, detrimental to the bottom line, and can create damaging publicity and a negative image for any business. Pat and Gale, the lead consultants working with the PI owners, and you, along with the PI owners, Jo, Maddy, and Taylor have discussed these problems and the need to minimize disputes and liabilities for PI arising from its contract agreements. After several meetings, Pat and Gale ask you to develop sample form contracts designed to minimize contract sales disputes and possible liabilities for PI. Instructions There are two parts to this project. In the first part, you will create two (2) sample contracts. In the second part, you will write a brief memorandum. Part I Create the following two (2) sample contracts for PI that are all consistent with UCC rules regarding sales. A. Create a standard form sales contract to be used to purchase an order of paint from Naturals. B. Develop a standard e-contract form for internet sales of paint sold by PI to internet customers; include shipping policies and procedures. (PI will be reselling paint it purchases from Naturals via the internet.) DO NOT use standard form contracts from the internet; this will be obvious and will not receive credit. Part II: Write a brief memorandum addressed to the PI owners. Write in depth, comprehensive analysis and explanations to support conclusions. Explain the following: Analyze and discuss how the standard form sales contract (created in Part 1. A. above) for purchase of paint from Naturals will help prevent or minimize contract disputes and possible liabilities. Analyze and discuss how the standard form e-contract (created in Part 1. B. above) for internet sales of PI paint will help prevent or minimize contract disputes and possible liabilities and losses. Format for Report Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document Double-spaced, 12-point font, Arial or Times New Roman No page requirement Include title page with your name, course/section number Use in text citations Include a References list of cited resources Write clearly and concisely. Use the given scenario and facts to create the sample contracts; do not use contract forms from the internet – that will be obvious and may result in grade penalties. Label each part as follows: Part I A. B. Part II A. B. Review the Contracts and Memorandum Thoroughly read the contract and memorandum to ensure all required elements are present. Use the grading rubric to ensure that you gain the most points possible for this assignment.
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Email is becoming one of the most common forms of communication in the workplace. Although email is a main form of business communication, it is not always done well. Many employers complain of employees who send poorly written and confusing emails. Because of their extensive use, it is important to learn how to write emails professionally with informative subject lines, appropriate greetings, well-organized bodies, and complete closing information.
This assignment will allow you the opportunity to practice composing professionally written emails. The following Word document contains several job-related scenarios which require an email to be sent. Read each scenario and compose an appropriate email by applying the concepts discussed in the lesson. Be sure to analyze your audience, implement a you-attitude, and use positive emphasis.
Compose all your emails in the same document but write each each email on a page of its own
Include an informative subject line for each email
Include an appropriate greeting for each email
Include a formal closing for each email
The following are work-related scenarios which require an email to be sent. Read each scenario and compose an appropriate email by applying the concepts discussed in the lesson. Be sure to analyze your audience, implement a you-attitude, and use positive emphasis. Use a new page for each email.
Include an informative subject line
Include an appropriate greeting
Include a formal closing
Scenario 5:
Your co-worker Ted has asked you to serve on a departmental planning committee at your job which is going to take up a lot of time you don’t have. You’re already running behind on the last project he assigned to you. Write Ted a professional email informing him that you will not be able to serve on the committee because you don’t want to overcommit.
Scenario 6:
You work in the customer relations department at a retail store. You have a customer who ordered some holiday gift baskets which were damaged on their way from the warehouse to the store due to an exceptionally turbulent flight. Write a professional email to the customer explaining the situation and ensuring them you are doing everything you can to deliver their order before the holiday. Try to maintain the relationship with the customer as much as possible.
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Reflect on the pitfalls that prevent leasing deals from happening?
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plz answer two questions in details and explain. each part thanks. its my exam
1. Jin is an accountant. Nuankae is a sous chef at a successful Spanish restaurant on E. 68th Street, called “Que Lastima.” Jin and Nuankae (who likes to be called “Kae”) both enjoy Louisiana cuisine and met at a cooking class. They decide to open a small restaurant in northern Manhattan, called “Kae-Jin Cookin.’”
Jin and Kae meet with you to seek advice on how to establish their business. They do not expect to earn a profit in the first year or two of operation. Their principal expenses will be rent, salaries and food purchases. They expect to require about $200,000 to cover expenses over income for the first year of operation. Jin has $100,000 available; Kae $50,000. They can make up the $50,000 shortfall either through a bank loan or from Kae’s aunt, Dahlia, a retired Chief Operating Officer for the Kraft Heinz Company. Dahlia is willing to provide these funds as either a loan or investment. Jin believes that the bank which is willing to make the loan may require personal guarantees from Jin and Kae.
Kae plans to quit her job at Que Lastima and can devote 100% of her time to managing the restaurant. Jin wants to continue working as an accountant but is willing to handle the restaurant’s financial affairs and offer recipes.
Jin and Kae and ask you how they should proceed. Write a short memorandum addressing the following:
A. What form of business should they adopt?
B. What steps should they take to establish such an entity?
C. How should they obtain the funding necessary for their first year of operation?
D. How should they manage the business, i.e. who should handle what responsibilities in operating the business?
E. Outline the principal terms of an agreement which reflects the intentions of Jin, Kae, and any other participants or investors, on the issues of ownership, management, compensation, sharing of profits and losses, transfer of interest, dissociation and buy-out.
2. You are tasked with conducting an audit of the business of “Kae-Jin Cookin” after its first year of operation. You discover the following:
A. A file containing letters from Overpriced Properties, LLC, the restaurant’s landlord, seeking a fifty percent increase in rent for next year. You ask Kae about this and she tells you that she handled the negotiations on behalf Kae-Jin Cookin for the original lease and believes she can negotiate a new lease for only a twenty-five percent increase since she is a ten percent owner of Overpriced Properties, LLC. You ask Jin about this and he tells you he did not know about Kae’s ownership in Overpriced Properties, LLC. He tells you he is not overly concerned because Kae cannot commit Kae-Jin Cookin to a new lease without his consent.
B. Jin has made transfers of “Kae-Jin Cookin” funds to a company called Gyms R’ Us, LLC. You ask Jin about this and he tells you these were short term loans (at zero percent interest) to a local fitness franchise in which he has personally invested. He says he expects that all amounts will be repaid before yearend. You learn from Kae that she knows nothing about these loans.
C. A file entitled “Trademarks” which reflects that Kae has made a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the trademark “Kae-Jin Cookin”. She has made the filing in her own name. You ask Jin about this and he tells you he knows nothing about it.
D. Jin tells you he has recently been in a car accident in which his car was heavily damaged. He says he drove to northern New Jersey to meet with a prospective provider of vegetables for the restaurant. After the meeting, Jin drove to Philadelphia to meet an old college friend. The accident occurred in southern New Jersey just before the border with Pennsylvania. Jin advises you that he expects “Kae-Jin Cookin” to reimburse him for the damage to his car.
E. In the restaurant’s tax filings, Jin has characterized all restaurant employees as “independent contractors.” You ask Jin about this and he tells you he did this to save money, mostly to avoiding paying employee benefits, and to avoid liability “if they do something wrong”.
Write a brief memo to your audit partner outlining the issues you see arising from the facts in paragraphs A-E above, explaining any potential breaches of obligations or potential liabilities regarding (i) the business and (ii) Jin and Kae individually. Your answers should be based on the form of business you selected in Essay No.1.
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c10 Identify the quality problems that a company might encounter with the following global supply chain components: a. Oversesas suppliers b. Container ships c. Transportation d. Packaging e. Distribution f. Warehousing
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The importance of a firm's internal characteristics— represented by its resources and capabilities—highlights a shift in the priorities and prescriptions of strategic management research. The field has evolved or developed from a position that understanding industry characteristics and then positioning the firm to take advantage of industry characteristics relative to competitors was of primary importance to recognizing that it is a firm's resources and capabilities (which represent sources of core competencies) that should serve as the foundation for firm strategy.
This shift recognizes that industry attractiveness is not dependent only on industry characteristics. Industry attractiveness is ultimately determined by both industry characteristics (which can be translated into opportunities and threats) or what a firm might do and its internal strengths (its resources, capabilities, and core competencies) which determine what a firm is capable of doing to take advantage of (or exploit) external opportunities.
Can efforts to develop sustainable competitive advantages result in employees using unethical practices? If so, what unethical practices might be used to compare a firm’s core competencies with those held by rivals? How do the Internet’s capabilities affect actions taken to form competitive advantages that will help the firm in its efforts to outperform its rivals
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c10 How are companies able to save money through their sustainability efforts?
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C2. The Moose Hunt
Rod and Martha Nelson started The Moose Hut (TMH), a gift shop in Calgary, Alberta, more than 15 years ago. The Nelsons have capitalized on the tourist trade drawn by the Calgary Stampede, which is one of the largest rodeos in the world. The shop sells a wide range of Canadian-themed items to rodeo fans and other tourists who visit central alberta throughout the year. TMH's offerings range from inexpensive food items, such as pure Canadian maple syrup and smoked salmon, to much more expensive handcrafted gifts, including Inuit and First Nations artwork. The company's trademark product, the Moose Mug, is one of its biggest-selling items.
Many of TMH's customers return to the store whenever they visit Calgary. TMH's line of Canada Day Party Favours is especially popular with homesick Canadians who have moved to other countries, and TMH has been selling those products by mail order for the past several years. After reviewing the sales numbers for these mail order items, Martha has decided that it might be a good idea to expand the mail order operation and begin accepting orders through a Web site. Many of the store's items have a high value-to-weight ratio and would be easy to ship to customers around the world.
TMH currently accepts only checks dominated in Canadian or U.S. currency in its mall order operation; however, taking orders on a Web site will probably require the company to be more flexible in accepting multiple payment methods. Rod and Martha asked you to help them examine payment processing alternatives for TMH's new Web business.
To be acceptable, a payment processing method needs to handle all major credit cards, perform currency conversions, and be available to a Canadian merchant. Most important is that the payment processing method must be reasonably priced. The margins on most gift items at TMH are between 10 percent and 30 percent of the selling price, but the extra costs of shipping and handling items sold through the Web site reduce those margins by another 5-10 percent of the selling price. TMH would like to keep overall payment processing costs below 4 percent of the selling price, if possible.
Required:
1. Using the Web Links for this case, identify at least three payment processing options that might be suitable for TMH. Write a report of 400 words or more in which you describe each of the three payment processing options. Include specific advantages and disadvantages for each option. Prepare a one-page memorandum in which you make a specific recommendation to Rod and Martha. Include an explanation of the reasons for your recommendation.
2. Rod and Martha have heard about digital cash products such as bitcoin and are thinking about accepting Bitcons or some other digital cash from customers in person and online. Using your favorite search engine or the resources of your library, research this possibility and summarize your findings in a report of about 100 words or more addressed to Rod and Martha. In your report, outline the advantages and disadvantages to TMH of accepting one or more digital cash products as payments. Conclude your report with a recommendation based on your analysis.
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Please answer the questions below in your own opinion. Please make it a least 1 page long.
What does Managing Human Resources means to you and how can it enlightened you as a future manager/supervisor in the workplace today?
For your information: This is my final paper assignment question that I am to answer in essay form: The final paper will address your indiviual expression of:
"What Managing Human Resources means to you and how taking this course/module has enlightened you as a future manager/supervisor in the workplace today."
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Governance,_risk_management,_and_compliance (business legal environment)
1) What role to you see for compliance functions in the next 5 to 10 years in the U.S. legal environment of business?
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Kotler and Keller discuss six price-setting methods. List and describe them
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1. What is the difference between a corporate strategy and a business strategy?
2.How are the business strategy typologies by Porter and Miles & Snow similar? How are they different?
3.Why might one expect the performance level of midsize business units to be lower than the performance level of either small or large business units?
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-How well do you think HR has evolved into its new role compared to the past? Where do you see your role in HR in the future? Which area fascinates/motivates/inspires you the most?
Research to confirm answers. HR is rife with regulations?the firm's policies, the industry, provincial acts, and federal law. All of these change frequently. It is essential to keep up to date and know how to access current resources.
make sure answer should be more than 3 paragraphs.
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