Michael Porter suggests seven ways in which companies can incorporate E-marketing into marketing and sales activities (Section 11-2). Choose an organization that has an online presence and provide real-world examples for two of these methods. Explain how/why these methods are appropriate for your chosen organization.

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Voters arrive at a polling station at an average of 4 per minute (Poisson) where the service rate is 50 per hour (Poisson).

a. What is the average number of voters in the system with 5 voter booths? (10 pts)

b. What is the minimum number of voting booths needed to keep the average time in the system under three minutes? (10 pts)

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if you added an idea to the treatment of sustaining change, what would be your contribution?

Gordon Rivers, the City Manager of Saratoga, Florida and Jay Andrews, the project manager for Major Design Corporation (MDC), must manage this project. ?We need the ?intake and transmission main? designed, bid, and completed in 35 weeks. The City of Saratoga has a future $2 million dollar federal grantriding on the project getting done on time,? Mr. Rivers said. Jay nodded in agreement. Mr. Rivers continued by saying, ?Jay, the project needs to come in on-schedule and within the budget. Now take this schedule back and figure out how we are going to do it.? Notice that the case does not provide how long the current project takes (which is 40 weeks). Therefore, the student needs to do a basic CPM analysis and compute the total normal costs, critical path, activity slacks, and current project completion time. Then they must crash the project from 40 to 35 weeks and eventually two paths become critical and require the crashing of both CPs.

Project Description

The objective of the project is to design a fully functional surface water intake that is protective of the environment, will last at least 30 years, and will have a low life cycle cost (i.e. capital, maintenance, and energy consumption). For this type of project, engineering design accounts for 20 percent of total project cost. The design stage is also important because the decisions made during design lock in 80 percent or more of the life cycle costs of the project. The case describes each project activity and provides the data below.

Alternative Water Supply (AWS) ? Single Project

Decisions and Analysis

Jay manages about a half dozen engineering projects at any one time so he asks you to analyze this project for ways to complete the project in 35 weeks. Jay would like to meet with you tomorrow to discuss the results of your analysis. To organize your analysis you outline the following steps.

1.) What are your final recommendations?

Since 911, heightened airline security has increased frustrations for both airline employees and passengers. Passengers have to abide by the ever more rules that airline employees must enforce. For instance, on a flight from Europe to the United States, a simple passenger request escalated quickly. “John Murphy asked a flight attendant about a sign telling passengers not to venture beyond the curtain separating the economy class from the rest of the plane.”, the New York Times reported. “He wanted to stretch his legs and visit his wife seated on the opposite aisle., using the passageway behind the gallery in the plane’s midsection. But when he questioned a flight attendant, on the policy and began recording their conversation using his cell phone, the situation quickly escalated. The flight attendant grabbed his phone, and nearby federal air marshalls intervened.”

The marshalls held him against the wall with his hands behind his back. Murphy said, “ I wasn’t violent. I didn’t use four-letter words. All I did was ask this guy, about the sign on the curtain and they flipped out.”. Afterwards, Murphy wandered about his rights and the rules., such as being restricted to particular cabins and not just bathrooms, as well as the right to video/audio record flight crew. A spokesperson of the Federal Aviation Administration responded that there is no rule limiting passengers movement on planes, but no person may assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crew member in the performance of the crew member's duties..”

1. What rules for effective listening and speaking were violated in this situation and by whom?

2. At what point in the Communication Process was there a breakdown?

3. Why do you think the situation escalated?

4. What could the flight attendant have done differently to prevent escalation?

5. What could the passenger have done differently to prevent escalation?

Which of the four key temperaments was most clearly displayed by the passenger? By the flight attendant?

Can you explain in detail of plan scope management ?

a)which knowledge areas belongs to ? Why

b)Define and explain each input and output of plan scope management relation with the other processes of the related knowledge area.

c) Can you explain plan scope management in relation with the other processes of the related knowledge area.

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Define sexual harassment and discuss applicable law (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964). How does the state law in your state address sexual harassment? Discuss a recent sexual harassment claim in the news and whether media coverage is beneficial or detrimental to reporting and reducing sexual harassment claims in the workplace. Should sexual harassment claims be addressed publicly or handled privately? Explain the ethical and legal considerations of a business protecting its employees (the accuser, the accused, and other employees in the company) while a workplace sexual harassment investigation is underway. Does your answer change if the allegation is a widely known scandal-making front page news? Compare the sexual harassment liability of a business entity that is a sole proprietorship with an entity that is a corporation. Recommend risk management procedures a business can implement to avoid or reduce sexual harassment claims from occurring in the workplace

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The Court then rejected each of the arguments raised by the NLRB and the individual employees.  First, the Court held that the FAA’s “saving clause”—which provides that arbitration agreements are presumptively enforceable “save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract”—does not “offer[] . . . refuge for defenses that apply only to arbitration or that derive their meaning from the fact that an agreement to arbitrate is at issue.” In other words, because this argument specifically singled out “individualized arbitration proceedings” as invalid, the “saving clause” was not implicated, and there was no “generally applicable contract defense[]” to overcome the presumption of enforceability.

Integrative Case 3.6

China Merchants Group’s Acquisition of the Newcastle Port

Hao Tan (University of Newcastle, Australia)

Why was China Merchants Group, a state-owned enterprise, able to successfully close the deal to acquire the Newcastle port of Australia?

On April 30, 2014, the world’s largest coal export port, the Newcastle port of Australia, changed hands. The owner of the Australian port, the new south wales state government, agreed to lease the port for 98 years to a consortium formed by the China Merchants Group (hereafter “Merchants”) and Australia’s Hastings Funds Management, for A$1.7 billion (US$1.57 billion). Over the lease period, the consortium will exercise control over the port, as well as the land, roads, railways, and other infrastructure within the wharf area, and will be entitled to earnings derived from the ports operations.

In the 2012- 2013 financial year, the Newcastle port exported 140 million tons of coal, worth A$15 billion (US$13.8 billion). The spot price of coal at the Newcastle Port is a benchmark for the international coal market. Given the significance of the port, the lease had attracted bidders from all over the world. These included Cheung Kong Infrastructure, owned by the Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing; China State construction; Deutschland Bank; and Macquarie Bank. The short term and long term financial benefits of this acquisition for Merchants remain to be seen. However, it’s successful bid will certainly create opportunities to further internationalize its infrastructure business, and synergies well with its existing shipping and port operations. Control of the Newcastle port will further help the company- a large state owned enterprise (SOE) from China- to play a more significant part in the global energy transport market.

Mergers and acquisitions in Western countries by china’s large SOEs have faced considerable political difficulties for a long time, especially for those mergers and acquisitions that concerned “strategic” assets in host countries. In 2009, an acquisition bid by the Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) for Rio Tinto, of the top three global mining companies, failed. This was largely because of strong objections in Australia over concerns related to Chinalco’s state ownership. However, the acquisition of the Newcastle port by merchants appeared to generate much less criticism in Australia. After the announcement of the bidding outcome, the Australian media has been largely positive about the deal. For other Chinese companies that are considering to “go abroad”, there seem to be at least three lessons they can learn from the success of Merchants.

First, the acquisition came at a beneficial time, making it a win-win-win situation for the government, the local community, and the foreign investor. The acquisition came as a result of governmental changes in Australia, both at the state and the federal levels, from labor party control to that of the Liberal party. The new liberal government appealed to the public with plans to invest in new infrastructure. Many of those infrastructure projects had been long overdue in New South Wales and elsewhere in Australia. The Newcastle port acquisition will provide capital for some of those much-needed projects in the local area of Newcastle. Thus it is widely welcome by the government and the community. This is quite different from the bid of Rio Tinto by Chinalco a few years ago, where the Chinese company was perceived by many as a potential monopolist in the Australian resource sector seeking to take advantage of that period’s industry downturn.

Second, it appears that merchants had convinced the owner of the port and the Australian public that the motivation for its acquisition was a commercial rather than a political one. State ownership may be a winning factor for SOEs in China. However, it is often seen as a negative factor in foreign markets. Fully aware of this difference, merchants, and its bid efforts, had highlighted a range of commercial advantages of the company, such as is long experience in the shipping and port industries over the last 140 years; it’s current investments and management portfolio , with a number of large ports across continents; the related businesses of the company enabling operational synergies, including a super tanker fleet and the world’s largest container manufacturing business; and the governance of the company, as a Hong Kong-based and Hong Kong-listed company. As a result, the company’s industry expertise was well received and its state ownership less of a concern.

Finally, the bid of merchants had been greatly helped by its track record in developed countries, especially in Australia. Merchants had been operating in Australia for more than 20 years. It’s track record included acquisitions of Loscam Ltd. in 2010 and the Terminal link in 2013. Majority of the foreign investments made by merchant had proved successful, which had enhanced the positive image of the company as a responsible multinational corporate citizen. In other words, merchants was not a total stranger to Australia, which significantly reduced its liability of foreignness.

Of course, the confidence of the owner and the public in the host country not only relies on the good story the company tells, but also on its fundamentals, including its financial capabilities, as well as the conditions and terms of its bit. However, it is certainly important for the management of a multinational company to be able to frame and communicate effectively to various stakeholders the motivations and the consequences of its international mergers and acquisitions. As the philosopher Terrance McKenna used to say, “ The world is made of words.” The stories we receive affect how we understand and participate in the world. The stories a company can tell also affect whether it can reduce resistance in the host country, gain support from stakeholders, and eventually succeed in its internationalization endeavors.

In 150 words or more answer the follwing Case discussion question:

What are your recommendations for China Merchants Group to effectively manage and operate the Newcastle port after its acquisition?

Integrative Case 3.6

China Merchants Group’s Acquisition of the Newcastle Port

Hao Tan (University of Newcastle, Australia)

Why was China Merchants Group, a state-owned enterprise, able to successfully close the deal to acquire the Newcastle port of Australia?

On April 30, 2014, the world’s largest coal export port, the Newcastle port of Australia, changed hands. The owner of the Australian port, the new south wales state government, agreed to lease the port for 98 years to a consortium formed by the China Merchants Group (hereafter “Merchants”) and Australia’s Hastings Funds Management, for A$1.7 billion (US$1.57 billion). Over the lease period, the consortium will exercise control over the port, as well as the land, roads, railways, and other infrastructure within the wharf area, and will be entitled to earnings derived from the ports operations.

In the 2012- 2013 financial year, the Newcastle port exported 140 million tons of coal, worth A$15 billion (US$13.8 billion). The spot price of coal at the Newcastle Port is a benchmark for the international coal market. Given the significance of the port, the lease had attracted bidders from all over the world. These included Cheung Kong Infrastructure, owned by the Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing; China State construction; Deutschland Bank; and Macquarie Bank. The short term and long term financial benefits of this acquisition for Merchants remain to be seen. However, it’s successful bid will certainly create opportunities to further internationalize its infrastructure business, and synergies well with its existing shipping and port operations. Control of the Newcastle port will further help the company- a large state owned enterprise (SOE) from China- to play a more significant part in the global energy transport market.

Mergers and acquisitions in Western countries by china’s large SOEs have faced considerable political difficulties for a long time, especially for those mergers and acquisitions that concerned “strategic” assets in host countries. In 2009, an acquisition bid by the Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) for Rio Tinto, of the top three global mining companies, failed. This was largely because of strong objections in Australia over concerns related to Chinalco’s state ownership. However, the acquisition of the Newcastle port by merchants appeared to generate much less criticism in Australia. After the announcement of the bidding outcome, the Australian media has been largely positive about the deal. For other Chinese companies that are considering to “go abroad”, there seem to be at least three lessons they can learn from the success of Merchants.

First, the acquisition came at a beneficial time, making it a win-win-win situation for the government, the local community, and the foreign investor. The acquisition came as a result of governmental changes in Australia, both at the state and the federal levels, from labor party control to that of the Liberal party. The new liberal government appealed to the public with plans to invest in new infrastructure. Many of those infrastructure projects had been long overdue in New South Wales and elsewhere in Australia. The Newcastle port acquisition will provide capital for some of those much-needed projects in the local area of Newcastle. Thus it is widely welcome by the government and the community. This is quite different from the bid of Rio Tinto by Chinalco a few years ago, where the Chinese company was perceived by many as a potential monopolist in the Australian resource sector seeking to take advantage of that period’s industry downturn.

Second, it appears that merchants had convinced the owner of the port and the Australian public that the motivation for its acquisition was a commercial rather than a political one. State ownership may be a winning factor for SOEs in China. However, it is often seen as a negative factor in foreign markets. Fully aware of this difference, merchants, and its bid efforts, had highlighted a range of commercial advantages of the company, such as is long experience in the shipping and port industries over the last 140 years; it’s current investments and management portfolio , with a number of large ports across continents; the related businesses of the company enabling operational synergies, including a super tanker fleet and the world’s largest container manufacturing business; and the governance of the company, as a Hong Kong-based and Hong Kong-listed company. As a result, the company’s industry expertise was well received and its state ownership less of a concern.

Finally, the bid of merchants had been greatly helped by its track record in developed countries, especially in Australia. Merchants had been operating in Australia for more than 20 years. It’s track record included acquisitions of Loscam Ltd. in 2010 and the Terminal link in 2013. Majority of the foreign investments made by merchant had proved successful, which had enhanced the positive image of the company as a responsible multinational corporate citizen. In other words, merchants was not a total stranger to Australia, which significantly reduced its liability of foreignness.

Of course, the confidence of the owner and the public in the host country not only relies on the good story the company tells, but also on its fundamentals, including its financial capabilities, as well as the conditions and terms of its bit. However, it is certainly important for the management of a multinational company to be able to frame and communicate effectively to various stakeholders the motivations and the consequences of its international mergers and acquisitions. As the philosopher Terrance McKenna used to say, “ The world is made of words.” The stories we receive affect how we understand and participate in the world. The stories a company can tell also affect whether it can reduce resistance in the host country, gain support from stakeholders, and eventually succeed in its internationalization endeavors.

In 150 words or more answer the follwoing Case Discussion Question:

What are the challenges facing large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in their efforts to acquire strategic assets in foreign countries in comparison with those by private firms? What can SOEs due to deal with those challenges?

Describe some human resources required for a Chinese food truck: Number and description of personnel needed, including realistic required education and skills.

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Why buy a ps4?

How is ps4 vs pc

for Marketing class

Explain why you buy a ps4, how it relates to marketing as you know it, and why it was significant to you.

Other than the requirement of having some connection with marketing and/or marketing concepts,

Do you believe the government has placed too many restrictions on companies with respect to how much freedom owners have to carry on their business? For example, should companies be allowed to maintain their own hiring policies? Maintain their own dress codes at work? If a company, such as Hooters, requires the wait staff to wear skimpy uniforms is it proper for the courts to order them to hire males? Or if Costco requires their employees to not have visible body art, should the courts order that they be forced to employee someone who violates that policy? What if you owned a company, what standards would you want in place? Would you drug test your employees? Have a dress code?

why do governments still bend rules to protect their domestic interests despite evidence that shows that freeing up trade and investment is far more beneficial? Why is government protection of domestic industries 'self-defeating" ?