Assume that the CEO and CFO are very adamant that the bad debts percentage be reduced in 2017 to 2% of year-end receivables. The 5% difference is not material to the financial statements. You believe that you will be terminated if you don’t make this adjustment. What should you consider in making your decision?

Ebenezer is the CEO of a successful small business and would like to double the size of their current loan with First National Bank. He approaches the bank manager at First National Bank with the following facts; the business has proven to be successful in the past, the last three years have shown increases in sales and earnings, our business already has an existing loan of $500,000 with the bank. Which of the following should not be a consideration of the bank manager approving the loan

• The business has established a relationship with the bank based on the $500,000 loan.

• Sales and earnings have increased over the last three years.

• Ebenezer promises to give the bank manager an extra $1,000 if she approves the loan.  

• The business has been successful in the past.

You are in charge of a IT for an large state-wide electric utility. The CEO has asked you specifically for guidance on what you consider the greatest "cyber terrorism" threats that the utility faces.

Please provide the top 3-4 threats, and justification/assessment for each.

You can be as specific or general as you want concerning the threats. Separately, the threats could be from state, non-state, specific technologies, security gaps, etc.

I suggest you take time and utilize outside sources to answer this question

Show me what you have learned about the threats we face.

How to do BCG model for the following problem?

You are the CEO of a firm with five distinct SBU/LOBs. It is your responsibility to decide how to manage them. Develop a model using the following intelligence, and then briefly comment on what you would do with each SBU/LOB.

The GNP is growing at 8%.

SBU/LOB A. This is your newest product line and it was just introduced. You anticipate significant competition from the bigger existing competitors but there is still plenty of room to grow in the industry, even faster than the GNP . Its contribution to the corporate portfolio is 5%.

SBU/LOB B. This product is in the decline stage of its life cycle and your competition have already exited because of lack of growth in the industry. Contribution is 5%.

SBU/LOB C. This is an established product with 25% market share. Your competitors have 50%, 20% and 5% respectively. There is almost no industry growth and contribution is 65%.

SBU/LOB D. You are the market leader in an industry. growing at 5%. Its contribution is 15%.

SBU/LOB E. You were the first to introduce this product so now you are the biggest guy on the block. Because of the potentially unlimited value of this great product this industry is growing at 20% and its contribution is 10%.

Their is a reflection of the leadership at Snapchat. Thinking about Evan Speigel, CEO of Snap Inc., and using concepts of leadership, how would you describe his leadership style? Identify one benefit of this type of leadership, and one possible limitation. Do you think his leadership has been effective? Why or why not?

Assume you are on an interview team to select a new president and CEO for your organization. During the course of the interviews, two of the candidates expressed the following behavior styles of leadership. Candidate A said: In turning troubled companies around, I would use this technique. I would first observe how people work and then reorganize. I would promote the top 10 percent and fire the bottom 10 percent. It’s amazing how much energy it gives to the remaining 80 percent. Persuasion alone won’t do the job. I would further pick role models on either end of the spectrum and do something with them. I believe this would promote a tighter team with a lot of deadwood and office politics gone. Actions speak louder than words! Candidate B said: I would push decision-making down into the middle ranks and create a corporate culture that questions the status quo, welcomes change, and encourages teamwork. Both men and women thrive in a boundary-less environment. To that end, I would want to have my employees determine how to spend the day or week. If they believe they need to take a supplementary course or spend a week at a customer site to improve their knowledge of a key subject, then I say let them do it. It’s understood that everyone is working toward our team’s common goal, and we all want to be successful. As each candidate spoke frankly about his or her style of leadership, several thoughts come to your mind. You wonder whether as a worker or manager here, under which type of management would you prefer to work? Why, you ask yourself, would you like that style over the other?

Questions:

1. Discuss the advantages of each style of leadership, as well as some possible disadvantages that could surface with each style.

2. Given only these two candidates, which one would you choose to be president and CEO? Why?

You are the CEO of an organisation that is developing a new strategy. However, you fear that the culture might not be well suited to support the implementation of the strategy. Describe how you would go about analysing the behavioural, physical and symbolic manifestations of the culture and propose potential fixes across these dimensions.

Write an analytical response to the paragraph below:

If I were the CEO of an MNC who decides to enter into Nigeria I would choose to have a joint venture. Because JV is more appealing due to some more stable highlights, compared to strategic alliance mode. According to an article, the differences are a strategic alliance that can “seal the deal” with no more than a handshake. And a joint venture is formed by a binding contract. A strategic alliance is not considered a separate legal entity; a joint venture is. And last, a strategic alliance is often forged to maximize the benefits and opportunities that both companies bring to the table. In a joint venture, the emphasis is often on limiting risk. (Wroblewski, M. T. ). Due to all these factors, this is why I think coming up with a JV is more secure and official to propose contracts in Nigeria or any other across the border countries. Also according to our textbook on page 281, it states that "companies acknowledge that the IJV has resulted in faster development and increased production capacity and that costs are shared without either company renouncing its independence." (Deresky, H). Since investing across borders can get messy and unofficial sometimes, doing a JV would be a better option, because of its benefits and legally binding contracts.  

Sarah is a CFO at PT Kembang Gula, a FMCG company which manufactures and sells products necessities of the day which consist of:

1. Foods like: Chili sauce, soy sauce, tea etc.

2. Personal Care such as: shampoo, soap, moisturizer, toothpaste, etc.

3. Home Care such as: detergent, fabric softener, washing kitchen soap, floor cleaners, etc.

One day Sarah received an email from the CEO, the email content :

Seeing more and more not sure the business situation, national and global economy, and also still the length of travel Pandemi COVID19, then please give reviews and recommendations on the subject matter as follows:

QUESTIONS :

1. With many variables that continue to change rapidly and significantly, how do we regulate the profitability and fundamental financial conditions of the company (the balance of loss/profit, balance sheet, cash flow) so that we remain healthy in the company and at the same time can still take any opportunities that arise in the market?

2. Please provide what is the example of business action that can be done by each section: Consumer & Market Insight, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and R&D, which is a unity with the corporate action above?