Discussions

Discussion Question 1

Go to the company Websites for Home Depot (http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal ); Avon (www.avoncompany.com/ ); and Yum Brands, a restaurant company that includes KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell ( www.yum.com ), to find some examples of strategic and financial objectives.

Make a list of four objectives for each company, and indicate which of these are strategic and which are financial?

Discussion Question 2

Write about:

Charting a Company’s Direction- Vision and Mission, Objectives, and Strategy

Go through the Article: CEO of American Apparel (Dov Charney), Businessweek 

 
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Financial Management

1_)Some key factors listed below are used from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other resources to determine the most common career jobs in the USA. Some items listed are…. “Median salary, expected job growth over the coming years, level of competition, amount of physical work required, Safety hazards and Amount of stress.”

  1. Based on all the above-mentioned factors listed, to what extent do you see your current position in your internship as being long-term?

2) What kinds of activities and subjects do you find interesting? What values are important to you in your ideal career?

3) Please search for any existing Project and provide pre-existing (predicted) and existing (a few years after the start of the project) analysis. Tell us what did you found? Any differences? Do you think there were any mistakes on forecasting the project or any wrong part of running the business in a real life? Share with your critical thoughts.

Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise. Explain in your own words. Provide references for content when necessary. Support your statements with peer-reviewed intext citation(s) and reference(s).

4) ALA (P) – Personalized CLO – Applied Learning Assignment (ALA) Graduate

Each student is to choose one (1) Course Learning Outcome (CLO) listed in the course syllabus. Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, JSTOR.org, the Internet, or any other electronic journal database, research a peer-reviewed article that applies to the CLO you selected AND facilitates answering part of your upcoming CLA1 assignment. 

Subsequently, you will include in your CLA1 assignment paper, a separate and distinct heading titled “Personalized CLO Applied Learning Assignment”. Under this heading, you will provide a minimum of two (2) paragraphs that should contain the following information and/or details: 

  • Clearly state what the article is about and its purpose 
  • How the article and/or author(s) support your argument(s) 
  • Most important aspects of the article as it directly related to your CLO 
  • Any findings and conclusions 
  • Approximately 250 to 350 words in length (minimum of 2 paragraphs) 
  • Include the industry example demonstrating the application of your researched article 
  • Include the in-text citation in APA format to properly reference your article 

*Please be sure to provide justification by citing the article researched, and include the citation in the reference page of your paper.

5) When a firm has to shutdown?

6) Discussion Question 3 – Week/Course Learning Outcomes

Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to one of the following scenarios:

  • As applied to your current professional career
  • As applied to enhancing, improving, or advancing your current professional career
  • As applied to a management, leadership, or any decision-making position
  • As applied to a current or future entrepreneurial endeavor

OR

  • Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to a business organization that exhibits and demonstrates these concepts. You should develop a summary of the organizations strategy and how they use these concepts to compete.

This is a learning and application exercise designed to give you an opportunity to apply concepts learned in a pragmatic and meaningful way that will enable you to gain valuable and relevant knowledge in an effort to augment your skill set and enhance your professional careers.

 
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Problem Evaluation and Formulation of Solutions

Identify an issue or problem in your current work setting that could be the focus of a change project. Using the format outlined on p. 201 of Puccio, Mance, & Murdock, outline the pluses, potentials, concerns, and ways to successfully implement change (PPCo). Develop an 8-10 page paper which examines, in depth, the items you have outlined.

In your assessment of the problem and identification of possible solutions, include the following in your discussion. Provide supporting literature (5-7 articles minimum) regarding the issues identified as you engage in the examination of the problem.

1. Background of the problem. What is the history of the issue or problem? Why do you believe change is necessary? Advantages to implementing change. What are the positive aspects of initiating change? (Pluses)

2. Possibilities related to implementing change. How might the organization benefit from implementing change? (Potentials)

3. Possible obstacles to implementing change. What will you need to address in order to successfully implement change? (Concerns)

4. Brainstorm ideas for overcoming obstacles identified in #3. What can be done to overcome concerns? (Overcome)

 
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Business

Establishing a culture of sound business ethics within an organization is challenging, to say the least. Companies that market products that are not considered to be “healthy” for consumers have additional challenges. Research a company that markets “unhealthy” products. Examples might include tobacco or alcohol companies but these examples are not all-inclusive. Respond to the following questions.

  1. Briefly describe the company and its product and the ethical dilemma associated with the production and distribution of its products.
  2. Describe how the perception of the product differs within cultures both within the United States and globally.
  3. How has this company handled the ethical implications of its product with a focus on social responsibility, integrity and business ethics?
  4. Explain how leadership within the organization can instill a culture of ethics within the marketing department as they strive to advertise a product that is not healthy for the customer.

The response should be a minimum of two double-spaced pages not including the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least one peer-reviewed source. Referenced sources must have accompanying citations complying with APA guidelines.

The essay should be formatted in accordance with APA style.

 
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Economic

Understanding the WTO,    3rd editio, Previously published as “Trading into the Future” September 2003, revised October 2005 

1. Describe how the GATT and WTO have helped to free international trade. Also, what has been the mechanism to accomplish that objective?

2. Explain how a multilateral trading system can help to create a stable and predictable environment and why this is important.

3. Explain the factors in favor of an open trading system based on multilaterally agreed rules.

4. What are the successes and challenges that the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) faced during its existence?

5. What are the temptations or possible reasons to impose protective barriers with the idea of preventing the challenge of competitive imports?

 
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Business

Discussion 1

The decline of union membership in the United States raises questions about whether unions will continue to exist in their present configurations. What do you think are the major problems with unions that are costing them membership? Do you think that unions will survive, or do you think they will have to change? What do you imagine unions will look like in the future? Why?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post. 

Discussion 2

Globalization impacts all business, foreign and domestic. How does globalization impact a union in the United States? Is the impact positive or negative? What aspects of globalization do you think will have the greatest impact on unions? Why?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post. 

 
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MGMT 201

We have been learning about motivation over the last 2 weeks.  I would like you to choose one of the companies from, “The Best Places to Work In 2019” according to Forbes.    Why is this company on the list? Do some additional research and find the theories that support how their motivational programs are effective. How much did the company invest in these program? Has the company performed better since implementing these programs? Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length, not including the cover and reference page.  You should be sure to write this paper in the third person (do not use “I” statements), this is not a paper that should express your opinion.  Please make sure that you use appropriate sources to support your paper.

Paper Format:

A. Title Page – Include a title page formatted using APA style. Include the APA formatted Header. Use this APA Style Guide to help you format your paper.

B. Executive Summary (We use Executive Summaries in business, not Abstracts).

C. Introductory Paragraph – Include an introductory paragraph that includes your thesis sentence.

You should support your thesis with supporting paragraphs and a concluding paragraph, using APA style and section headings. Be sure to include theories, models, terms, concepts, and principles, with examples, learned throughout the course.

D. Reference Page – Include all sources on a Reference page formatted in APA style.

Five references are required with a minimum of three coming from the APUS Library. Wikipedia and other wikis are not allowed as sources. Online encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. may be used, but will not count in fulfilling your required number of references.  Please make sure to review this Rubric to understand how your paper will be graded.

 
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Accounting Methods

University of Phoenix Week 2 Homework revisited

Instructions: For event, indicate the accounting treatment under both Cash Accounting and Accrual Accounting. If no accounting entry is required enter “NA.” What accounts? What TYPE are the accounts? Are the accounts increasing or decreasing?

Business Policy Event Cash Accounting Accrual Accounting GAAP
180-day financing for customers   Goods or services delivered to customer    
  Customer pays cash after 180 days      
Payment to equipment suppliers upon delivery of goods Received equipment    
  Adjusting entry each accounting period      
Prepayment for 2 years of insurance coverage   Paid cash for insurance coverage    
  Adjusting entry each accounting period      
Salary and Wages paid monthly One month’s salaries owed at year-end    
  Payroll checks delivered at beginning of next year    
 
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Comparative Advantage, Tariffs, Quotas, Subsidies Problem Set

Problem 1. 

Let’s assume there are only 2 countries that produce 2 good.  More specifically, suppose that the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) each have 2 units of productive resources, 1 used to produce Wine, the other Cloth.  The US can produce 40 units of Wine with 1 unit of productive resources and 40 units of Cloth with 1 unit of productive resources.  The UK can produce 20 units of Wine with 1 unit of productive resources and 10 units of cloth with 1 unit of productive resources.  Using this information, please answer the questions below:

*Who has an absolute advantage in the production of Wine?  Cloth?

*Who has a comparative advantage in the production of Wine?  Cloth?

*Given specialization, what is production before trade?  After trade?

*What are the gains from trade?

*What is the “range” of potential exchange rates between US and UK?

Problem 2

 Suppose that in Japan, without a tariff 10,000 cars will be sold per year at an equilibrium price of $20,000.  With a $5,000 tariff, supply decreases such that 8,000 cars are produced at $22,500 per car. 

*Use a supply and demand diagram to graphically illustrate the example above.

*Why is the increase in price less than the tariff?

*Who bears the burden of the tariff?

*What are government revenues from the tariff?

*What is the “dead-weight loss” associated with the tariff?

Problem 3

Graphically explain the negative effects of quotas.  How about subsidies?

Problem 4

Each year, consumers in a small country purchase 1 million pounds of sugar at the global price of $1.50 per

pound. Domestic firms produce 500,000 pounds and domestic consumers imports the remainder. Policymakers of the world’s major supplier of sugar begin an export-subsidy program that rewards firms for exporting sugar. This program causes the global price of sugar to drop to $1 per pound. The domestic quantity demanded in the small country climbs to 1.3 million pounds, and the domestic quantity supplied falls to 300,000 pounds.

  1. Draw a diagram of the small-country market for sugar under free trade, and with the export subsidy in place.
  2. Calculate the loss of domestic producer surplus and the increase in domestic consumer surplus.
  3. What is the total value of the subsidy in the small-country market?
  4. Can you identify any deadweight losses?

Problem 5

Consider the following situation for a nation in a small country setting that has an import quota on men’s shirts.

  With quota Free trade
Price $45 $30
Quality purchased 1 million 1.2 million
Domestic quantity supplied 400,000 300,000
Quota 600,000 None
  • Illustrate the effects of the quota in a supply and demand framework.
  • Indicate in your diagram and calculate:
  • The loss of consumer surplus
  • The gain in domestic producer surplus
  • The deadweight losses
  • The quota rent
 
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Economic

  1. Explain the process, as well as the direction of causation, of (expansionary, restrictive) monetary policy? Use complete sentences
  2. What are the basic requirements for a country to have a gold standard(or full-bodied money)? Use graphical and verbal analysis to explain.
  3. Why do Libertarians advocate for a gold standard, or full bodied money?
  4. What keeps the market price of gold from rising above the stipulated price?
  5. What keeps the market price of gold from falling below the stipulated price?

Use one –inch margins, 12 Character front, and single spacing

 
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