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

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

c10 How are companies able to save money through their sustainability efforts?

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.

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."

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?

Kotler and Keller discuss six price-setting methods. List and describe them

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?

-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.

Managing Conflict

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Discuss an example of a situation involving conflict between two employees or an employee and management, and discuss the methods used to resolve it, and whether they were successful.

Should public service employees receive roughly the same pay and benefits earned by comparable workers in the private sector? What about firefighters and police who face danger in their daily lives?

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is internationally regarded as a self-regulating business model and is often seen as a measure of company’s commitment to protect people social welfare and environment. No matter how to define CSR, it helps orient a company operating activities and processes from saving money through operational efficiency to bringing good reputation to company. Therefore, it is also treated as a business imperative for the 21st century multinational companies (MNCs).

CSR can take many forms depending on the company and industry. It matters for MNCs because if the society does not agree with how the MNCs do business, they may lose customers. Some MNCs hold the view that the CSR practices in the headquarters are universal and so there is no need to adapt and localize those initiatives to their overseas subsidiaries. Many of those practices however are not executed smoothly in the overseas subsidiaries. For example, some global CSR focuses are diluted in developing countries due to specific subsidiary resources and host market characteristics.

1. Select one Western-based multinational company with footprints in one of the following emerging markets in Asia:  Indonesia; or  Thailand

2. The chosen Western-based MNC must be operating in one of the following industries:  Food;  Cosmetic products; or  Furniture

Question: Write a report to evaluate the effectiveness of CSR practices in the chosen emerging market and suggest what the selected MNC should do to better execute CSR practices in the subsidiary by tackling the cultural differences.

Guidelines: 1. Briefly discuss the CSR practices of the selected MNC in the chosen emerging market.

2. Choose two concepts (or theories) below to justify why implementing CSR plan is so important for the selected company in the chosen emerging market: ethical responsibility, sustainable business and environmental exploitation.

3. Evaluate the social impacts of the selected MNC’s CSR practices in the chosen emerging market. Give evidence of the social impacts.

4. Suggest what the selected MNC should do to better tackle the difference in belief, value, attitudes and/or custom so as to improve the overall effectiveness of CSR execution in the chosen emerging market. You can study the corporate cultural difference between the headquarters in Western country and subsidiary in the chosen emerging market; and examine the industry practices, regulation, legal requirements or other aspects in the chosen emerging market that might alter the way of CSR practices.

5. Please write in report format. The report should include proper citation and reference as well as a brief conclusion.

Decision Making Styles

Select a certain decision-making style (analytical, conceptual, directive or behavioral) and explain how you have witnessed its use and the extent to which it was effective.

“The best marketing strategies aren’t top down, they’re outside in, starting with the customers’ needs and wants.” Critically analyse this statement using Amazon as your case study organisation. Whether customer voice drives strategic marketing decisions in this organisation?