SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis is a framework used to evaluate a company's competitive position and to develop strategic planning. SWOT analysis assesses internal and external factors, as well as current and future potential.

Kit Kat is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, United Kingdom, and is now produced globally by Nestlé, which acquired Rowntree in 1988, with the exception of the United States, where it is made under license by H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of The Hershey Company. The standard bars consist of two or four pieces composed of three layers of wafer, separated and covered by an outer layer of chocolate. Each finger can be snapped from the bar separately. There are many different flavours of Kit Kat, including milk, white, and dark chocolate.

Q: Discuss how a SWOT analysis can help inform strategic marketing decision making for KitKat.

Continual prospecting is primarily important to:

A bonus is a type of incentive given to the sales force that is most likely to result in a potential performance outcome of:

Which of the following is true of sales quotas?

The second step in the prospecting process of customers involves _____.

Corporate Social Responsibility

A company has just become profitable by selling sustainable stationery, computers, and other accessories. The company uses waste resources to make the products. The company’s mission is to make a difference in society. They plan to start a new CSR department and they select you as the CSR head to formulate and implement CSR in the organization.

1. Explain various steps involved in developing and implementing a CSR strategy in the organization.

The answer should be Unique and Customized. The above question carry 20 marks. As per University guidelines, the answer should be a min of 1000 words., Please prepare as per guidelines.

University Bookstore took a physical inventory on December 31. You have pointed out a number of possible problems with the count, as indicated below. Ending inventory per physical count $ 120,000 Reconciling items at year-end. Purchases in transit at December 31 FOB shipping point $ 46,680 FOB destination $ 30,970 Sales shipped and in transit at December 31 FOB shipping point $ 37,850 FOB destination $ 50,160 Consigned goods at December 31 Company is the consignor $ 34,320 Card Company is the consignee $ 62,210 What is the correct ending inventory balance on the company's balance sheet?

2. Vel Corporation had the following information on December 31, 2020:

- Assess = $350,000

- Liabilities = $100,000

- Stockholder's Equity:

Contributed Capital = $200,000

Retained Earnings = ?

On December 31, 2020, Vel Corporation's Retained Earnings is:

Group of answer choices

A) $250,000

B) $50,000

C) $150,000

D) Cannot be determined from the information.

The Wentworth Corporation is a mid-sized manufacturing company located in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. In business for ten (10) years, it has become one of the area’s largest producers of Widgets. James Henderson and three (3) associates founded the company, which has slowly grown to employ 500 employees, primarily production workers, in its three (3) existing facilities. Henderson is the President and CEO of the corporation, and Mike Johnson is the newly appointed Manager of Human Resources. Wentworth has not employed a full-time HR manager in the past. Henderson is currently in the final stages of securing a major new account. If awarded to Wentworth, it would be a major accomplishment for the firm. However, the additional business would require setting up a new production facility in the state of Wisconsin and hiring 275 additional employees. Mike Johnson has had little experience in creating large staffing initiatives, and both he and Henderson are unsure how to proceed. Henderson and Johnson turn to HR Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the functional areas of human resources. As a senior-level consultant in the staffing and recruitment division, you have been asked to head up the team designed to assist Wentworth in the development of a staffing initiative for the new facility. Your Stand-Alone Project responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the project itself. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style.

Part E: Selection Plan (40 points) As we enter the final stages of this project, we have the results of our recruitment efforts and must now help Wentworth make the final hiring decisions for the new facility. The selection process involves the use of various assessment methods to evaluate the quality of our applicant pool. Consider and respond to the following questions. a. Discuss a selection plan for making the final hiring decisions to include the progression of an applicant to a candidate, to finalist, to job offer? b. Discuss initial applicant data collection (biodata inventories), reference checks, the initial interview, and testing for Wentworth. c. Discuss three (3) methods of final choice to be used in making the final hiring decisions and indicate the method you would use and why. Discuss who the decision makers should be within the Wentworth organization.

QUESTION ONE

Zambian government officials have in several for advocated for the use of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to enhance the delivery of public infrastructure projects in the country. This comes from the backdrop that despite the PPP Act 14 being enacted in August 2009, very few projects have been implemented in Zambia through the PPP model.

With the aid of a practical example of a PPP project in Zambia, explain the term Public private partnership (PPP).           

Identify and briefly discuss five(5) models of PPP                                  

Briefly discuss the reasons(objectives) why public institutions enter into PPP agreements                                                                                           

Briefly discuss the challenges encountered in the implementation of PPP       

QUESTION TWO                                                                                                

The University of Lusaka (Unilus) intends to build a new campus on a newly acquired piece of land along the Great East Road. It intends to use the project finance model to realize this project and has therefore set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called University of Lusaka(2014) Limited(Unilus 2014).Unilus will hold 60% of the equity of Unilus 2014 while the other 40% will be shared equally between City Works Construction Limited and Top-Hole consulting Limited.

The total cost of this project is $2Million.The shareholders will provide $500,000 while the balance will be raised from the Zambian syndicated loan Markets. The idea to raise funds from via a syndicated loan was made by the consultants who were engaged to the best way of financing the project. The shareholders and project team have limited knowledge on what loan syndication entails.

Required:

Explain what loan syndication is and what the process involves.             

Different banks play different roles in the syndicated process. Discuss the roles banks play in the loan syndication process.                                                        

Explain the forms of compensation typically available to banks who participate in a syndicate.                                                                                              

Lead managers typically invite a number of banks to participate in the syndicate by way of booking the transaction on their balance sheets. However, in practice not all banks take up the invitation to participate. Discuss some of the reasons banks cite for their non-participation in a project finance deal                    

QUESTION THREE

Big-Brain, a Lusaka company is considering a K9, 000,000 investment in a product called ‘ALPHA’ with a life span of four years. The scrap value of the equipment used in the production of ‘ALPHA’ is estimated to be K1, 500,000 at end of year four. The company has estimated production costs to be as follows:

Variable costs are K8 per unit and;

Fixed costs are K270,000 per year

The company expects to produce and sell 250,000 units per year. The estimated selling price for ALPHA is K21 per unit. Included in the fixed costs is depreciated of K15, 000 per year.

The project cost of capital is 10%.

Required:

Find the relevant cash flows for years zero through four                           

Calculate the NPV of the project and advise whether the investment is financially viable.                                                                                      

Calculate the payback period and discounted payback period                  

Calculate the PI and the ARR for the project                                         

Calculate the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of the project and advise whether the investment is financially viable.                                                       

QUESTION FOUR

In order to determine the ability of a project to meet its debt obligations, it is important to forecast the project cash flows. Explain why it is important to carry out a cash flow analysis in project finance and the five factors that need to be considered when calculating cash flows.                                                                                                                                 

Explain the two terms in relation to project finance Limited recourse and Non- recourse.                                                                                  

Identify three groups of potential risks to project finance and explain how you can hedge against such while managing the project.

QUESTION FIVE                                                                                        

Venture capitalists are businesses that will invest in new start-ups. They will give the new start-up financial backing and advice in return for a share of the company and any potential profits, this could be an effective way to raise project finances for start-up and other project ventures that have limited operating history, little experience and don’t have access to capital market.

List and explain the stages in the funding process.                                                                                                                  

List and explain the different types of capital funding available from Venture capitalists.                                                                                              

The exit strategy is the venture capitalist way of cashing out on its investment in a portfolio company. List and explain three exit strategies for venture capitalist.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

You are seeking K1.5million from a venture capitalist to finance the launch of your online financial search engine. You and the VC agree that your venture is currently worth K3million, and when the company goes public in an IPO in five years, it is expected to have a market capitalization of K20 million. Given the company’s stage of development, the VC requires a 50 percent return on investment. What fraction of the firm will the VC receive in exchange for its K1.5 million investment in your company?                                                                                                                                                                            

Consider for the following subquestions a university medical services department.

- Consider a university medical services department. Describe what could be the typical information items that are kept within the information system of such a department.

-What details should be included in a typical physical vital records inventory specifically for at least one type of data records at such a medical services department which is needed for business recovery planning.

-Describe the typical functions of a university medical services department with respect to public health issues.

A random survey of autos parked in the student lot and the staff lot at 3 universities are provided in the table below. Are there differences between the universities in terms of cars driven by students and staff?

a) Write appropriate hypotheses.

b) How many degrees of freedom are there?

c) Find ?2 and the P-value.

d) State your conclusion (use α = 0.05).

All workings must be shown.

Aloma, a university graduate who started a successful business, wants to start an endowment in her name that will provide scholarships to ME students. She wants the scholarship to provide $11,000 per year and expects the first one to be awarded on the day she fulfills the endowment obligation. If Aloma plans to donate $180,000, what rate of return must the university realize in order to award the annual scholarship forever? The rate of return that the university must realize in order to award the annual scholarship forever is--------%.