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Select a real /hypothetical company of your choice and write an article titled as ‘Strategic Management...

Select a real /hypothetical company of your choice and write an article titled as ‘Strategic Management in XYZ company’( Word Limit: Not more than 1000 words)

You should try to include the following components in the write-up:

1- A brief introduction about the company and the industry

2- External Analysis

4- Internal Analysis

4- Current Strategy and

5- Conclusion

Students will:

*Recognize aspects of an organization’s environment that can influence its long-term decisions

*Identify the aspects of an organization’s environment that are most strategically important

*Apply the resource-based view of the firm to determine core and distinctive competencies

*Use the VRIO framework and the value chain to assess an organization’s competitive advantage and how it can be sustained

*Understand the competitive and cooperative strategies available to corporations

*Understand the three aspects of corporate strategy

*Identify a variety of functional strategies that can be used to achieve organizational goals and objectives

*Gain insights into the strategy-making processes of organization

*Understand the contribution of various functional areas e.g. production, marketing, purchasing and supply management to the overall well-being of the organization

*Understand the relationship between social responsibility and corporate performance.

Pleas No parallelism and don't miss any of elements please.

pleas talk about unilever Company or WALMART.

Please be committed to the specific points

In: Operations Management

Fraud case - A USA public company doing business in Freedonia (a made up name from...

Fraud case - A USA public company doing business in Freedonia (a made up name from another Marx Brothers movie!) is compelled to bribe local officials in order to be the first to receive a business license for a certain type of industry there. The competition is fierce, but local government officials have unabashedly spread the word that under the table bribery payments to them from the USA company can seal the deal and that's why the USA company is feeling the pressure to participate in the bribe. This would be a violation of the FCPA.

The USA company participates in the fraud, bribing the government officials sufficiently to get the license first, before their competition. The payments are on the books, but hidden, so to speak, in order to get the tax deduction. The payments are cleverly disguised in the expense accounts to appear as normal expenditures. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), we saw that a key to reducing the penalty is through keeping books and records that are clean and transparent

You are the USA government investigator searching for the fraud after the US government has been tipped off that the fraud happened in Freedonia.

  1. What income statement expense accounts would you research for evidence of bribery payments being made even though not so indicated as bribery payments?
  2. What type of evidence would you be looking to gather to prove the case?

In: Operations Management

Determine the positive real root of ln(x^2)=0.8 by the following methods. (Note that you need to...

Determine the positive real root of ln(x^2)=0.8 by the following methods. (Note that you need to show the details of your derivations in MATLAB).

a) Graphically ( plot the function and copy your figure to word).

b) Using two iterations of the bisection method with initial guesses of xl=0.4 and xu=2 and populate the following table. What is the root after two iterations? Provide justification for the values you have obtained in your MATLAB code as comments.

i xl xu xr

1 0.4 2

2

c) Using two iterations of the false position method, with the same initial guesses as in b) and populate the table below. What is the root after two iterations? Provide justification for the values you have obtained in your MATLAB code as comments.

i xl xu xr

1 0.4 2

2   

d) Compute the actual root of the function (use a built in MATLAB function) and identify which method (bisection or false position) achieves a better estimate of the root after two iterations. Prove your answer by calculating the True Percentage Error ( Assume that your answer in part d, obtained using the MATLAB Built in Function is the true value ). ALL Calculations must be performed in MATLAB.

In: Advanced Math

“ COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) Impact on Economy ”    Assume the economy of country A...

“ COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) Impact on Economy ”   

Assume the economy of country A is in a long -run equilibrium with full employment. The nominal wage of workers are fixed in the short run.

a)Draw a graph which shows the short-run aggregate supply, long-run aggregate supply, and aggregate demand. Describe the equilibrium point and show each of the following:

i)Equilibrium output, labelled Y1

ii)Equilibrium price level, labelled P1.

b)Owing to the outbreak of COVID19 (Coronavirus disease 2019), the export market of country A has decreased. On your graph in part a), describe in details on the effect of lower export on the equilibrium in the short run, labelling the new equilibrium output and price level Y2 and P2, respectively.

c)Based on your result in part b), what is the impact of lower export on real wages in the short run? Explain.

d)Show, with a new graph,how the economy will return to its new equilibrium in the long run if the government does not intervene. Explain.

e)Suppose the government decides to increase expenditure on new equipment.(i)What component of aggregate demand will change?Explain.(ii)What is the impact on the long-run aggregate supply? Explain.

The total word count of all questions should be 500 words .

Please help !!!

In: Economics

Listed below you will find some WEAKNESSES and THREATS for Starbucks, read them carefully then proceed...

Listed below you will find some WEAKNESSES and THREATS for Starbucks, read them

carefully then proceed to answer the questions that follow:

Starbuck Weakness

:

1) Customers not willing to wait in long lines at stores during morning rush hour and lunch hour.

2) Coffee dominant business with a poor reputation for creativity around new product and companion product development.

3) Too dependent on word of mouth to create brand awareness.

Starbucks Threats:

1) Better value offered by local coffee house shops and national companies like Dunkin Donuts and McDonalds McCafe.

2) Downturn in the economy can decrease customer traffic and spending.

PART I : MARKETING ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

1). Assume you are the Vice President of Marketing for Starbucks.

Select 1 Weakness and 1 Threat from the list provided above,and explain how you would recommend taking that selected weakness and turning it into a strength and the selected threat and turning it into an opportunity.

Part 2:

Provide 2 explanations as follows:

2a) Explain how the weakness turned into a new strength would impact the disciplines of Marketing, Finance, Management and Operations.

2b) Explain how the threat turned into a new opportunity would impact the disciplines of Marketing, Finance, Management and Operations.

(3-4 Pages)

In: Operations Management

Part I. Answer the following three (3) questions. Copy and paste the questions into the Text...

Part I. Answer the following three (3) questions. Copy and paste the questions into the Text Submission box (below), then type your answers directly below each question.

Q1. What is feedback? How can verbal feedback affect customer encounters? A.

Q2. Give some examples of nonverbal feedback and explain how they complement the verbal message and how they can affect customer interactions. A.

Q3. What are the four spatial distances observed in Western cultures, and for which people or situations is each typically reserved? A.

Part II.

Although we live in a global world, nonverbal communication in different cultures show such drastic differences that you might get the feeling we are from different planets. If you ever find yourself working on a multi-cultural project, it's important to understand these differences.

1. Choose a culture and explore the differences in nonverbal communication in the following areas:

Facial expressions

Head movements

Hand and arm gestures

Physical space

Touching

Eye contact

Physical postures

This assignment should be submitted as a word document (or other text document), formatted using the APA Style format. Include all sources you use in proper APA style. This includes in-text citations and references. Attach this file to this assignment (click on file attachment) .

In: Psychology

Suppose that you are an elementary school teacher and you are evaluating the reading levels of...

Suppose that you are an elementary school teacher and you are evaluating the reading levels of your students. You find an individual that reads 42 word per minute. You do some research and determine that the reading rates for their grade level are normally distributed with a mean of 80 words per minute and a standard deviation of 20 words per minute.

a. At what percentile is the child's reading level (round final answer to one decimal place).

b. Create a graph with a normal curve that illustrates the problem.

For the graph do NOT make an empirical rule graph, just include the mean and the mark off the area that corresponds to the student's percentile. There is a Normal Distribution Graph generator linked in the resources area. Upload file containing your graph below.

c. Make an argument to the parents of the child for the need for remediation. Structure your essay as follows:


A basic explanation of the normal distribution
Why the normal distribution might apply to this situation
Describe the specific normal distribution for this situation (give the mean and standard deviation)
Interpret the answer to part a. including a definition of percentile.
Explain how the graph created in part b. represents the child's reading level.
Use the answers to parts a. and b. to emphasize the gravity of the situation.
Give a suggested course of action

In: Math

Writing a caesar cipher in ARM assembly. INSTRUCTIONS: Step 1: The first thing you should do...

Writing a caesar cipher in ARM assembly.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1:
    The first thing you should do is modify the case conversion program String.s (provided)
    Instead of subtracting 32 from all numbers you want to add a constant number which we will call the key.
    Assume that all input will be lowercase. 
    So it'll look like this,
        k = 2;
        letter = 'a';
        newletter = k+letter;
    Above is pseudocode and ABOVE NOT ASSEMBLY CODE DO NOT COPY.
    Use bl puts to show that everything is working correctly.
    You should hard code the plaintext in the assembly file.
Step 2:
    If the key + letter is bigger is 'z' then you have to subtract 26.
    If the key + letter is less than 'a' then you have to add 26.

STRING.S

.text
.global main

main:
    ldr r4,=string

get_another_byte:
    ldrb r5,[r4]

    cmp r5,#'a'
#    blt keep_going
#    cmp r5,#'z'
#    bgt keep_going

    subeq r5,#32
    strbge r5,[r4]

keep_going:
    add r4,#1
    cmp r5,#0
    bne get_another_byte

    ldr r0,=temp
    str lr,[r0]

    ldr r0,=string
    bl puts

    ldr r0,=temp
    ldr lr,[r0]

    bx lr

.data

string:
.asciz "This is a string |"


temp:
    .word 0

In: Computer Science

Imagine that the small business that you have been working for has started to catch traction...

Imagine that the small business that you have been working for has started to catch traction and you are considering expanding into a few new markets. However, these markets make meeting with key managers inconvenient. You have been charged with developing and finding a way for the company to conduct meetings in an efficient and effective manner while keeping costs to a minimum.

Your task is to search the internet and find two free online communicating services to present as options to your manager. Prepare a summary along with a chart comparing the different features such as: costs, ease of use, ease of setting up an account, number of users, technology required to operate, conferencing, screen sharing, video conferencing, recording conference, etc.

Criteria

1. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSchedule and conduct an online meeting ( Meeting occurs with all members in attendance )

2. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCreate a meeting plan ( Plan is created and lays out the flow of the meeting, as well as designating the facilitator )

3. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTurn in research on communication services ( Research covers two services and compares their pros and cons )

4. This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTurn in short reflection essay ( Essay meets word requirements and effectively discusses the success or failure of the call )

In: Operations Management

Write an essay about the differences in Culture and Diversity at the workplace. with all characteristics...

Write an essay about the differences in Culture and Diversity at the workplace. with all characteristics of strong culture in the organization. Please refer to textbook chapter-15. Use APA style, examples, peer-reviewed journals to support your answer. This essay must be at least 1000-word in length. Instructions:- These assignments are an individual assignment. All students are encouraged to use their own words. Be three to five pages in length (800-1000 words), which does not include the title page, abstract or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements. Use proper referencing (APA style) to reference, other style will not be accepted. Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more. It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the safe assignment Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. Write a three-part essay (i.e., an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph) that address the questions using a question and answer format I need the answer to be special and it does not have a similarity percentage in order not to get a zero. Please help and thank you

In: Operations Management