Haverland offers a wide range of electric radiators, electric towel, natural conversion heater, electric radiant heating panel and many other related electric products. However, inertia radiators are the company’s most trusted product which is available on most of its market segment. The best thing about the company new inertia radiators is that it comes with two options i.e. dry and fluid., therefore, it presents customers with a wide range of choices based on their heating needs and budget.
Leadership Plan for Equity at Children’s Council for San Francisco
Equity is an important organizational and legal requirement recognized as one of most critical drivers of organizational performance and economic development in a nation. In many jurisdictions, legal statutes dictate minimal policy requirements that place equity in place
In a bid to give literary works more perspectives, literary critics often use different styles of analysis. Among them are the diverse theories of literary analysis that take various frameworks of the interpretations of creative works. A good example of the models is feminist theory. Essentially, feminist theory is a principle that delves into the link between gender and power from the background of the female sex (Barnett et al. 1219). In particular, the philosophy concerns the depicting of the women and girls in a positive light by basically portraying their desirable traits or roles in their societies or showing how they suffer in male chauvinist societies.
Crafting Effective Interview Questions
Introduction
The purpose of this interview guide phenomenological research is to describe the central phenomenon experience for online learners in a business or technology doctoral program informed by the theoretical framework. At this stage in the research, the central phenomenon being studied will be generally defined as methods that online learners can lead to effective work-life balance.
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES examples
Flat organizational structure is less practical for SHU since the company has employees that believe in hieratical structure and also young employees that prefer a flat environment. It is clear also that technology change was applied to the company without proper procedure and thus resulted in conflicts. It is also clear that employees are undermotivated due to fear of job loss. This paper aims at identifying structural strategies technological strategies and behavioral strategies that can be applied to SHU to improve its effectiveness.
Structural strategies
The flat organizational structure should be replaced with original hieratical structure but give employees ownership and ability to contribute or go for flatter structure
INTERVIEWING A PROFESSIONAL NURSE
According to State Online (2017) professional nurse in today society is more than just a bedside helper, vital signs checker and medicine givers. Today professional nurse are communicators, holistic caregivers, instructors, specialists and researchers. The wide nature of today professional nurses responsibilities is a result of patients suffering from multiple illnesses as well as advancement in technology. Therefore, today professional nurses are required to have skills to operate different machines as well as give care to patients with multiple illnesses. Therefore, while interviewing a professional nurse, it is important to address wide range of aspects so that the nurse with right qualifications, skills and experience can be hired or recommended for particular position that needs a nurse profession.
General Electric (GE) SUSTAINABILITY
According to GE sustainability is defined as process of aligning the business strategies to meet wide range of societal needs, reducing environmental impact and aid society developments. As of 2016, GE was investing ana average of $1 billion worldwide for employee development. It was also voted for 11th times as one of the world’s ethical companies (GE, n.d.). It had also carried about 26500 supplier assessment top ensure they deliver quality products (GE, n.d.). in 2016 alone the company invested about $4.9 billion in green research and development programs (GE, n.d.). Despite good sustainability initiative GE has suffered several challenges, but they are responding to them adequately to keep sustainability drive alive.
Leadership and Communication Literature Review
Leadership and communication play an instrumental role in the current dynamic technological landscape. Given the essence of leadership, available scholarly sources suggest that leaders usually play a significant role in influencing performance at an organizational level. By exploring the views presented by various authors on the topic of leadership and communication, this paper will seek to provide an insightful review on aspects such as team development, motivation, employee engagement, leadership attributes, and the communication approaches embraced by organizations. Through this paper, the reader will understand the extent to which leadership and communication usually affect the success of projects, past and future leadership, and communication models as well as how a rhetoric leader can influence performance.
Introduces the SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis stands for strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Swots measures both internal and external factors influencing the business. Strength and weaknesses are internal factors while opportunities and threats are external factors. The focus of this speech is to provide an insight about PRU SWOT based on recent takeover by SHU.
Create a slide that shows the SWOT results in table form.
According to Li, Yan, Wang, and Xia (2013) information visibility are the availability of relevant and accurate information for making supply chain-related decisions. Duckworth (2018) on the other hand defined visibility as easiness of sharing of information in B2B level. Some of the benefits identified in information visibility include making the supply chain more efficient, promote business collaboration, as well enabling them manage operations more efficiently (Duckworth, 2018). Transparency, on the other hand, was defined as easiness of information disclosure between businesses, partners, regulatory bodies, customers and shareholders (Duckworth, 2018). Duckworth (2018) suggested that both visibility and transparency are related such that it is impossible to share data or to be open about if you do not have visibility to such information. Information transparency aids accountability, safety, and quality (Duckworth, 2018).
MEMO for What would be the best workplace environment and culture for Pigs R US
What would be the best workplace environment and culture for Pigs R US be in 2040, and what challenges could the company face in implementing the vision?
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT
Introduction
GE is a conglomerate company with a presence in various industries, including manufacturing, finance, and healthcare. The wide nature of GE business comes with greatest challenges especially when collaboration is needed. From the core aspect of GE business it is clear that it has wide range of professions and people from diverse backgrounds. It also has many suppliers who have different production and supply chain strategies. Above all, GE operates in 130 countries across the world (ge.com). Global supply chain management best practices are very important for GE. Collaboration is among the best practices in supply chain and companies that have mastered the art of collaboration both in internal and external aspects, can cut down operation costs and enjoy competitive advantage (Supply Chain Collaboration, 2017). This paper will address the role of collaboration in the global supply chain of GE. Specifically, the paper will address regional trade agreements that influence GE, consequences of characterizing a product wrongly, NAFTA tribunal, global collaboration, global supply chain strategy, and global risk factor.
Assignment 1: First Business Scenario
In the first business scenario, it has been outlined that I am working on a project along with other several companies and it happens that one of the companies is doing shoddy, dangerous work. In such a case, the shoddy and dangerous work done by one company that is part of the project being undertaken will mean that the entire project will be futile. This is because such an unscrupulous behavior will jeopardize the good work done by other companies. In such a case, the only morally viable decision to undertake is to report the company engaging in shoddy, dangerous work. Even though undertaking such a decision will mean that I lose 20% of my revenue for the year, I am convinced that reporting the problem is the only viable decision that can be undertaken to avoid scenarios where all companies working on a project faces collective criminal susceptibility due to the shoddy and dangerous work done by one company.
Systematic Literature Review Example
Phase 1: Problem discovery and definition.
Business Problem: Shop-Here is a small company that aims to provide the best quality services to the consumers. The company is faced with several challenges regarding management. Currently, the company is planning to invest in offering ethically sourced products to attract a large spectrum of consumers and remain relevant in the market. Therefore, the project assesses factors that the company needs to consider when rebranding its products to meet the clients’ needs.
Working Title: Ethical consumption acting as a barometer of profitability; a convergent mixed method approach
Aims of the Project: The aim of the project is to evaluate the behaviors of the consumers towards sustainably sourced products.
Objectives of the Project: The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between ethical consumers’ purchasing behavior and their apparent intention to consume. The other objective is to understand ethically minded consumers’ requirement and preferences. Last, the objective will identify which attributes make products more appealing to ethical consumers.
ADOPTION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Autonomous vehicles, also referred to as self-driving cars are vehicles that can sense their environments and move safely without the intervention or input of human beings. They use a lot of sensors to learn their surroundings such as the navigation paths, signage and obstacles that should be considered in movement (Seshan and Maitra, 2014). Accordingly, autonomous denotes the fact that it is self-governing. Moreover, the autonomous control means that the gadget in this case the vehicle can satisfactorily perform under critical uncertainties in the environment.
Factors influencing project success
Factors influencing project success
The study by Salazar-Aramayo, Rodrigues-da-Silveira, Rodrigues-de-Almeida, and de Castro-Dantas, (2013) aimed at finding out the factors that influenced exploration and production project management success at Petrobras S.A. the study focused on seven hypotheses to identify the reasons for the success of the project as influenced by different factors. The first hypothesis aimed at identifying whether training, experience and good internal communication influenced project planning and control. The second objective aimed at identifying whether a coordinated team, with experience and good internal communication influences the project success. On the other hands the third objective focused on a coordinated team with skills and experience influences the quality of the scope of the E&P project.
United States steel is a steel production company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1901. The company area of operation includes the USA and central Europe. The company generated revenue of 10 billion in 2016 financial year. Facebook, on the other hand, is a social media platform founded in 2004. The company is based in Menlo Park California. The company generated a revenue of 27 billion 2016 financial year. These companies operate in different industries. Therefore, the underlying conditions that influence the earning of companies may be totally different. Besides, their assets and expenses are totally different. A company like Facebook invest most on research and development while a company like US steel invest heavily on plant and equipment.
Saudi ARAMCO is one of the largest company in the world by assets. The company position as largest among peers might not remain the same for many coming years unless they up their game in R&D and technology. The strategic alliance is one of the fundamental ways that the company can consider to ensure they remain competitive by exchanging worthy ideas and strategies. There are many challenges in strategic alliance including difficulty in finding the best partner, inability to know when the alliance is no longer viable and inability to establish trust among the parties. Using both descriptive and normative decision theory, the alliance can be able to find worthy methods and technique that can move them forward
[solved]Module 12: External Sustainability Reporting and Verification
Module 12: External Sustainability Reporting and Verification
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Module 12: Critical Thinking
Impact of ISO 14001 and AA1000 Regulations on Stakeholders (100 points)
Analyze how ISO 14001 and AA1000 regulations protect stakeholders. Do these regulations and reports have an impact on how investors see the long-term viability of an organization or company in which they plan to invest?
What are examples of this in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where this reporting occurs? In a 4-5 page paper, not including the cover and reference pages, explain how these regulations impact future investors, local stakeholders, and the organization’s or company’s sustainability.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing references as appropriate.
Below is Module 12: Interactive Lecture
MGT630 – Business Ethics and Sustainability
Module 12: External Sustainability Reporting and Verification
MGT630
Table of Contents Tools
Module Introduction
Readings
Note: The following readings may require you to be logged in to the Saudi Digital Library. You may do that here.
Required
Chapter 9 in Making Sustainability Work
Lu, Y., & Abeysekera, I. (2017). What do stakeholders care about? Investigating corporate social and environmental disclosure in China. Journal of Business Ethics, 144(1), 169-184.
Massa, L., Farneti, F., & Scappini, B. (2015). Developing a sustainability report in a small to medium enterprise: Process and consequences. Meditari Accountancy Research, 23(1), 62-91.
For Your Success
We will explore the sustainability efforts that interest stakeholders most and how an organization informs its stakeholders on its sustainability efforts. We begin our examination of what should be covered and why, which will continue in Module 13.
Review the following required activities for this week:
There is a Critical Thinking Assignment due this week. You will write an analysis on the ways in which ISO 14001 and AA1000 regulations protect stakeholders.
Take the next graded quiz, covering content from Modules 11 and 12.
Learning Outcomes
Examine external sustainability reporting and verification.
Evaluate standards for sustainability reporting and verification.
1. Sustainability Efforts
Do certain sustainability efforts grab the attention of stakeholders more than others? The answer is yes. Epstein and Buhovac (2014) noted one study that identified the top five sustainability efforts of interest to stakeholders as human rights, eco/energy efficiency, health and safety, climate protection, and environmental management of the production process.
So, does that mean that all companies should focus on these five priorities? The answer is no. Different organizations have different stakeholders and operate in different business environments. The organization must determine which types of sustainability activities it should engage in based on its unique circumstances.
For example, a diamond mining company might decide to focus on improving the health of the people in the underdeveloped country where the diamonds are mined. Otherwise, the company may not have a healthy workforce available to mine the diamonds. Or, a jewelry store might focus on improving its supply chain by insisting on responsible and ethical sourcing practices from its diamond suppliers.
Before continuing, take a moment to watch the following video, which asks (and answers) the question, “Why sustainability?”
Steve Howard: Let’s Go All-In on Selling Sustainability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buH_vs7LFzw
What priorities does the speaker identify for IKEA? Where do these align with the top five efforts listed previously?
2. Sustainability Information for Stakeholders
Stakeholders have specific expectations with regard to the sustainability information they receive from organizations. External sustainability reports strive to provide this information. For more information, listen to an audio explanation of sustainability reporting here—What is Sustainability Reporting?
Certain principles and standards tend to guide the organization when developing a sustainability report. Let’s examine some of these in more detail—click on the following tabs.
Materiality
Completeness
Responsiveness
Take a moment to watch the following video on the benefits of sustainability and sustainability reporting.
Eco-Business Explains Sustainability Reporting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCzbeyZwwqE
The video notes that the benefits of sustainability reporting extend beyond just numbers. What are these benefits?
3. What Do Stakeholders Want to Know?
Stakeholders want to know about more than just the bottom-line financial measures when it comes to reporting. Instead, they want to know about the triple bottom line, which includes social and environmental considerations as well.
Stakeholders want to see the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the business and its operations. They also want to see what the company is doing to reduce negative impacts. For example, they may want information on the sources of energy the company uses, the amount of recycled materials it utilizes, voluntary and involuntary employee turnover numbers, and the results of polls regarding the organization’s image and reputation.
The following video provides another interesting look at the issue of sustainability reporting.
Sustainability Reporting: Reporting for Stakeholders while Building a Competitive Advantage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5DvW2j3WBs
The speaker mentions that a study of sustainability professionals found that they ranked customers as the most important audience for their sustainability reporting. The next most important group was employees, with the respondents viewing reporting as a tool they could use for recruitment and retention purposes. Does this ranking surprise you?
Reflect
Consider your own organization or one you know well with regard to sustainability. Could you answer any of the following questions?
How much waste does the organization create?
How much energy does it take to run the organization? What is the source of that energy? How much does it cost, and what does it do to the environment? Are there alternative sources that could be used?
What about the amount of paper that the organization uses? Could that amount be easily cut in half? Is the paper that the organization uses recycled? If not, why not?
What about the amount of organizational turnover, both voluntary and involuntary? Is this a high or low number, and what can be done within the organization to reduce that number?
If you can’t answer these questions (or similar questions), does this mean that the organization does not engage in sustainability reporting? If given the opportunity to recommend sustainability reporting to management, what would you say?
4. The Format of Information
Of course, it is up to an organization to decide whether or not it will report on sustainability, and if it does, it will choose the format it wants to use.
How do stakeholders want to get this information? There is not one answer. Some might prefer to receive it at annual shareholders’ meetings, for example, while others might want on-demand access to these documents from the company’s website.
The length of these documents is also a consideration. People do not have a great deal of time to wade through an enormous amount of information to learn about an organization’s sustainability measures. One stakeholder survey found that the majority of individuals would like these documents to be less than 50 pages long (Epstein & Buhovac, 2014). However, if the documents were in electronic format, the organization could take the time to create links to the different sections of the documents, so the stakeholders could easily jump to the topics they want to read.
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Answer the question or define the term on the front of the card before flipping the card over to check your answer.
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References
AccountAbility. (2018). AA1000 accountability principles. Retrieved from https://www.accountability.org/standards/
Global Reporting Initiative. (2018). GRI 101: Foundation 2016. Retrieved from https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1036/gri-101-foundation-2016.pdf#page=%2010
Epstein, M. J., & Buhovac, A. J. (2014). Making sustainability work: Best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
ROLL ROYCE CULLINAN ORDER FULFILMENT
Roll Royce Cullinan is a new SUV produced by Roll Royce. This car is also the first of the kind produced since it is all wheeled drive SUV. The starting price is $325000 (Zhang, 2018). Therefore, the brand falls under the luxury brand. The average price of most of SUV is between 30,000 to 40,000 dollars. The vehicle was released in 2018 and will start being marketed in 2019 (Zhang, 2018). In 2016, roll Royce sold 4000 cars per year for the first time. If the SUV peaks, it is estimated that overall sales will grow to 6000 sales per year by 2019. This paper addresses order fulfillment which is the process of receiving, processing and delivering orders to final customer (Logistiikanmaailm, 2019). To address order fulfillment. There is need to understand order penetration point which is a point where the order is earmarked for specific customer (Logistiikanmaailm, 2019).
Tony has been sent to sales training and the final examination requires delivering an effective sales presentation. If he passes this examination, he will be placed into a sales job. If he does not pass, he will be let go from the company. In assessing Tony’s performance, the trainer remarks that although his talk was solid as far as content, he did not pass. The trainer fails to mention that the talk lacked several elements of excellence. Tony’s presentation graphics were inconsistent, he mumbled, and he failed to answer any of the follow-up questions. Tony throws the evaluation at the trainer, shouting, "Whatever, dude!" and slams the door on the way out. The trainer’s failure to discuss these aspects of Tony’s presentation performance demonstrated a lack of attention to which form of fairness or justice?
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Baldwin Corporation is considering adding capacity to their Boat product, currently automated to 7.0. Assume: - They will use the new capacity next year to make and sell 200 additional units (000). - Each unit of capacity will cost $34.00. - Boat's price will be unchanged at $34.00. - Material costs will remain $13.04 next year. - Labor costs will remain $5.34 on first shift, and $7.91 on second shift. - Bond interest will remain 13.5% next year. - Depreciation will be straight line over 15 years. - SG&A costs can be ignored because they would be the same with or without the new capacity. Which of the following tactics will yield the highest ROI in their first year of production?
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Buy 200 units of capacity. Finance the $6,800 purchase entirely with a new bond.
Buy 200 units of capacity. Finance the $6,800 purchase entirely with a stock issue.
Buy 100 units of capacity. Finance the $3,400 purchase entirely with a new bond.
Buy 100 units of capacity. Finance the $3,400 purchase entirely with a stock issue.
[SOLVED]Rank the following companies from high to low cumulative profit
Rank the following companies from high to low cumulative profit, (in descending order, 1=highest, 4=lowest).
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Andrews
Digby
Baldwin
Chester
Andrews Corp. ended the year carrying $10,281,000
Andrews Corp. ended the year carrying $10,281,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how much more revenue would it have brought to Andrews Corp.?
According to information found on the production
According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Baldwin sold 1127 units of Bolt in the current year. Assuming that Bolt maintains a constant market share, all the units of Bolt are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Bolt will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory
You’re a sales manager the Andrews Company and it’s time to decide annual bonuses for your sales force. One normally good salesperson completely failed in the fourth quarter dropping his overall sales percentage one point below what is required to earn a bonus. After receiving the news of his overall sales percentage, he reported to you that he didn’t feel good about his fourth-quarter performance because he’s been very distracted with the new knowledge that his mother had been diagnosed with an advanced cancer. Given this information, you decide to award the salesperson with an annual bonus. Which of the following arguments bests captures a Universalist perspective on this decision?
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[SOLVED]The Andrews company has a strong "promote from within" culture and thus as the team manager
The Andrews company has a strong "promote from within" culture and thus as the team manager, when a job opened up on your team you sought talented internal candidates. One of the candidates, Sally, had worked closely with you on previous projects before you took your current managerial role. The other two candidates, Cynthia and Jennifer were recommended by other managers in the company. You interviewed all three candidates and examined their personnel files for prior performance information. At this point, you’re fairly certain Sally is the best of the three candidates. Which of the following steps would be best to take before making a decision?
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Which of the following statements would best characterize someone who is not culturally competent in working with others from different cultures?
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You’ve dreaded it for a while, but now you feel prepared. In 30 minutes you’ll have to terminate Tim, a 12-year employee who is beloved by everyone in the firm. Unfortunately, he just hasn’t performed very well since his wife died three years ago and while he was given every chance to regain his performance, he has just continued to slide. Which of the following elements of communication is least likely to influence Tim’s perception of your communication effectiveness?
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Your boss recently told you that you needed to be more "culturally intelligent." Specifically he said, "I received some feedback from a major client, Palo, who said after a meeting him that you seemed not be very interested in his business anymore." You replied that meeting with Palo is very uncomfortable because he is a "close talker" and invades your personal space so you end up backing up all the time. Your boss said, "well you better figure out what to do and fast, he’s giving you another chance to meet next week." Which of the following actions would be MOST EFFECTIVE in your next communication with Palo?
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Sally was recently given feedback from her boss that the content of her quarterly financial presentation is excellent; however, she really needs to work on the "execution." Which of the following aspects of communication effectiveness is Sally’s boss NOT referring to when talking about execution?
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Her non-verbal presentation behavior
Assume Digby Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 10% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. Digby is planning to conduct exit interviews to learn more about how they can improve in processes and increase productivity. The exit interviews are estimated to cost $100 per employee in additional to normal separation costs of $5000. How much will the company pay in separation costs if these exit interviews are implemented next year?
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One of the least desirable and routine tasks members of your team must do is taking minutes (notes) at team meetings. Proof that this task is disagreeable can be seen in the repeated arguments among team members before every meeting about who should take the minutes. Which of the following would be the most effective way for the team to address this situation?
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You’ve been asked to participate at a prestigious and well-attended annual conference within your industry. Your participation requires that you sit on a panel of experts during the keynote session of the conference. This session focuses on discussing key industry trends and challenges, and it is expected to draw a large and engaged crowd. The session will include brief presentations by each panelist, as well as a question-and-answer portion where you will respond to the audience. Which of the following aspects of effective communication should you give the most attention during the conference session?
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[SOLVED]Tom works for a large payroll outsourcing firm.
Tom works for a large payroll outsourcing firm. One of his key customer’s contracts is set to expire in one month. Competition has heated up in this industry and Tom’s customer asked him to make a presentation to the top management team about his firm’s services. In his presentation, he thanked the customers for their loyalty, talked about industry trends, highlighted how his firm has been successfully serving firms for decades (unlike the new players in the market), and then asked them to renew their business again by showing them pricing options. Tom didn’t get the contract renewed and wonders if his presentation had anything to do with it. Which of the following actions should Tom do in order to IMPROVE his future presentations?
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One of your colleagues spends a great deal of time planning her interactions with people from different cultural backgrounds. Before she talks with people from a different culture, she researches their culture, tries to understand how it’s both similar and different from her own, and then tries to put herself "in their shoes" by testing how different statements might make her feel if she were from their culture. Which of the following views is MOST ACCURATE about her behavior with respect to being culturally competent?
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[SOLVED] representative from a prestigious industry association just emailed.
A representative from a prestigious industry association just emailed. She asks for your participation on an expert panel that will be held at an upcoming professional conference. The conference is not local, so it will require you to travel and stay several days in the conference location. The representative offers to pay for travel and lodgings for you and a guest to the conference. Which of the following responses would be most effective for helping you to make an ethical decision?
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Ask the representative to cover travel expenses, but not hotel expenses
[SOLVED] You are an account manager working for the Andrews Company
You are an account manager working for the Andrews Company. You sell and service the sensors for sales representatives in many different industries. Your boss tells you that your engineers are contemplating changing the specifications to make the sensors operate in mobile phones. Some of the proposed changes however may be unpopular with your customers. You suggest to your boss that customers should be notified before any changes would take place. Your boss disagrees and says, "It’s better to ask for forgiveness than for permission." Which of the following is the best course of action in order to help make the best decision?
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[SOLVED]It’s been six months since you began your role as a regional sales manager.
It’s been six months since you began your role as a regional sales manager. Your territory includes the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, making it highly culturally diverse. You feel like you are doing fairly well, but still feel somewhat uncomfortable when coaching sales people from Mexico. In fact, a recent meeting with a Mexican sales rep did not go well. You tried to motivate him but he just became very defensive and you’re not sure if he reacted that way because of the negative performance feedback, because you violated some cultural norm, or potentially, both. You spoke with another manager in Mexico who assured you that you were culturally sensitive in your feedback delivery. Which of the following would be LEAST helpful in continuing to develop your cross-cultural skills in delivering performance feedback?
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[SOLVED]You have just accepted a leadership position of a newly formed project team
You have just accepted a leadership position of a newly formed project team. The team is geographically dispersed with team members from Europe, North America, and South America. Although the team will have quarterly face-to-face meetings at the company’s headquarters, most of the team’s work is conducted virtually (online). As the leader of this new team, you want to ensure that team members from different cultural backgrounds work effectively and efficiently together. Which of the following actions would be most effective in facilitating your team’s performance?
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[SOLVED] You have realized that a report your team authored and which is now sitting on the desk
You have realized that a report your team authored and which is now sitting on the desk of the CEO, contains several significant errors. What is the most effective way to deal with this situation?
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[SOLVED] You are preparing for a 3-month global assignment in Turkey working on an international
You are preparing for a 3-month global assignment in Turkey working on an international quality improvement team for your company’s manufacturing division. After buying a few travel books and researching some of Turkey’s contemporary history, you are quickly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information to learn. Which of the following types of cultural information would be MOST CRITICAL to understand before arriving in Turkey for your assignment?
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[SOLVED] Mike is the Director of Human Resources for a 120-employee family-owned manufacturing firm.
Mike is the Director of Human Resources for a 120-employee family-owned manufacturing firm. Mike has been quite busy the last year reforming the benefit offerings to comply with recent changes in healthcare laws. Given the many changes, Mike took the opportunity to completely overhaul the employee benefits program including replacing the old medical plans with three brand-new plans. Mike is preparing to tell employees about their new benefit offerings a few months prior to the benefits open-enrollment period. Given the number of employees, he decides to design a nicely formatted PowerPoint slide deck explaining the changes and to send this presentation via email to all employees. One day into the open-enrollment period, his inbox is flooded with over 50 emails from confused employees. Mike is puzzled, but realizes he may have made a mistake in communication. Which of the following BEST describes the primary communication mistake he made?
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[SOLVED] Your team is struggling with the quality of discussions during team meetings
Your team is struggling with the quality of discussions during team meetings. Much of the difficulty stems from how conversation flows among team members. Which of the following actions would be most likely to enhance the overall quality of your team’s discussions?
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[SOLVED] Your boss confides in you that one of your highly successful coworkers has been "padding"
Your boss confides in you that one of your highly successful coworkers has been "padding" his expense account by billing for personal items. This action violates a company policy, which notes that termination is a possible consequence of such action. He asks you for your opinion, saying, "Should I fire him or just ask him to pay back the money?" Which of the following responses would be most effective in helping your boss make an ethical decision?
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You are hiring for a new group of sales reps for next year in anticipation of an increase in business. Charles, a minority candidate, is your top pick as his performance in the sales training program far exceeded any other sales rep. You’re set to hire him into your largest and most profitable territory. Your boss, however, has expressed concerns that his minority status might be a problem in your mainly White territory. Today your boss sent you an email that read in part "I think it’s in Charles’ best interest if we find him a territory that is better suited to his background." Which stakeholders are you primarily obligated to consider in making this decision?
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[SOLVED] Suggest to the group that a clear chart of roles and responsibility be created.
At the last team meeting both Shelia and Freddy showed up having erroneously accomplished the same task, which meant that one task was left undone. Both Shelia and Freddy were certain that they accomplished their assigned task. Which of the following actions would be most effective to ensure this does not occur again?
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[SOLVED] All of your teammates are dedicated to the project.
All of your teammates are dedicated to the project. They put in the time and effort to complete their individual assignments and to be adequately prepared for team meetings. However, this time and effort does not seem to translate into effectively sharing information. Which of the following actions is most likely to improve your team’s information sharing?
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Which of the following steps to making an ethical decision comes after Investigating Ethical Issues?
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You have been working on a new entrepreneurial venture with a few friends for the past year. Everyone’s efforts are really starting to come together and you have even developed a proof-of-concept to show folks in order to obtain feedback and advice. The process has been going so well that you have been invited to pitch your idea to a panel of successful entrepreneurs that might be interested in investing. You have been told the pitch is limited to 15 minutes. Which of the following areas of communication effectiveness should you focus on the most when designing your pitch?
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Determining a few key ideas and how to best sequence them.
You just finished leading your team during a two-hour long meeting with one of your larger clients. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of results and recommendations from a project your team just finished for the client. Your team was very prepared and even practiced the debrief presentation several times. Everything seemed to go very well during the meeting, as you and your team detailed how the project was handled, who did what, the results of each project phase, as well recommendations for the client to implement. However, right after the meeting, the point of contact at the client said that her boss was “not at all happy with the project” and was questioning whether or not to renew your team’s contract because she “didn’t see the value created by the project.” Which of the following aspects of communication was lacking the most in your team’s debrief presentation?
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As a senior consultant, part of your role on the team is to approve final client reports before they are delivered to the client. Your team was recently hired by the President of the sales division of Plessy and Grouper, a consumer packaged goods company, to address poor customer service within the division. Your consulting team just submitted the draft of a recommendations report. While it’s full of good content, it also contains a lot of technical jargon. Which of the following aspects of effective communication do you fear your team has overlooked?
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[SOLVED] You were recently selected for an important 2-year overseas assignment in Qatar
You were recently selected for an important 2-year overseas assignment in Qatar. This is a big career opportunity and a chance to work in a high-growth region of your company’s business. You just returned from a weeklong trip to Qatar, which was part of the introduction to your new team and your soon-to-be new home. You certainly became aware that there were some noticeable cultural differences between your country and Qatar. You are scheduled to move in 3 months. Which of the following actions would be the MOST EFFECTIVE approach for improving your cultural competence?
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[SOLVED]You are the lead team member of a warranty claim team within the Andrews Company
You are the lead team member of a warranty claim team within the Andrews Company. Your team has had an average year, with profits remaining generally flat. In effort to boost profits for the year, your manager suggests you postpone processing any existing claims in the 4th quarter until the new fiscal year (some claims are as high as $150,000) but he’s not sure and is open to your opinion, asking "what would you suggest?" Which of the following responses would be the most appropriate step toward making an ethical decision?
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Your team has just been assigned a new project. So far, the start-up work has been productive, and the team has built its initial project plan. Your team’s leader has asked for projects goals to be create that aligned with this plan. Which of the following actions would be most effective in creating goals that motivate high performance for the team?
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Since your desk is close to the office supplies closet, it didn’t take long for you to notice that one of your colleagues, Jeffery, visits the office supplies quite frequently. You don’t have any solid evidence that he’s stealing, but you can’t figure out why else he’d be making daily trips into the closet. So you decide to confront Jeffery and he says, "Of course I’m taking office supplies home. And yes, I know that technically it’s stealing, but don’t act for a second like you don’t do it either; heck even the boss takes home a ream or two of paper each month. Look, you and I both know we don’t get paid much and life sucks around here, this is one of the few perks we get on this crummy job." What ethical perspective is Jeffery using to justify his actions?
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[SOLVED]At a recent networking event, a former colleague from the Andrews Company
At a recent networking event, a former colleague from the Andrews Company is talking to you about some bad press her company received. She concludes by saying, "you know it’s silly, there is no such thing as an ‘ethical decision’ anyway since ethics is totally in the eye of the beholder." You’re not sure you agree. Which of the following responses would accurately communicate the nature of an ethical decision?
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[SOLVED]Larry is in charge of collecting customer service and satisfaction data for his company.
Larry is in charge of collecting customer service and satisfaction data for his company. He’s not sure which key groups in the company would be the most appropriate audience to communicate the recent customer satisfaction results, including call center employees, senior management, and company-wide. As Larry begins to develop his communication plan, which of the following questions would most help him strategize a plan for targeting a specific audience?
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[SOLVED] One of your team members, Ted, has not been accomplishing his fair share of the work
One of your team members, Ted, has not been accomplishing his fair share of the work and because of this your team’s performance is suffering. Which of the following actions would be most effective to get Ted to do his fair share?
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[SOLVED]Digby's balance sheet has $75,183,000 in equity.
Digby's balance sheet has $75,183,000 in equity. Further, the company is expecting net income of 3,000,000 next year, and also expecting to issue $4,000,000 in new stock. If there are no dividends paid what will beDigby's book value?
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$82,183,000
$74,183,000
$39,416,000
$31,416,000
Investing $1,500,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems
Investing $1,500,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,405,682. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,777,897 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $947,263 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $1,500,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?
Investing $1,500,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems
Investing $1,500,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,405,682. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,777,897 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $947,263 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $1,500,000 TQM investment, rounded to the near
[SOLVED] Larry is in charge of collecting customer service and satisfaction data for his company
Larry is in charge of collecting customer service and satisfaction data for his company. He’s not sure which key groups in the company would be the most appropriate audience to communicate the recent customer satisfaction results, including call center employees, senior management, and company-wide. As Larry begins to develop his communication plan, which of the following questions would most help him strategize a plan for targeting a specific audience?
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You work on a multinational team and just finished leading a long virtual meeting with your colleagues in China. After the meeting, one of your local co-workers called you to ask, “why were you rushing through the meeting? I understand we had important agenda items to complete but you seemed really impatient with the team. I think our Chinese colleagues were clearly offended by your behavior.” Which of the following actions best describes how to improve your own cross-cultural communication with your colleagues in China?
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You work on a multinational team and just finished leading a long virtual meeting with your colleagues in China. After the meeting, one of your local co-workers called you to ask, “why were you rushing through the meeting? I understand we had important agenda items to complete but you seemed really impatient with the team. I think our Chinese colleagues were clearly offended by your behavior.” Which of the following actions best describes how to improve your own cross-cultural communication with your colleagues in China?
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You’re a sales manager the Andrews Company and it’s time to decide annual bonuses for your sales force. One normally good salesperson completely failed in the fourth quarter dropping his overall sales percentage one point below what is required to earn a bonus. After receiving the news of his overall sales percentage, he reported to you that he didn’t feel good about his fourth-quarter performance because he’s been very distracted with the new knowledge that his mother had been diagnosed with an advanced cancer. Given this information, you decide to award the salesperson with an annual bonus. Which of the following arguments bests captures a Universalist perspective on this decision?
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The decision is not justified because all employees have the right to fair and equitable evaluation of their performance.
The decision is not justified because harm was done to the employee in the long run because the bonus does not reflect his actual level of performance.
The decision is justified because special circumstances required special treatment.
The decision is not justified because previous sales performance was not taken into account.
Because of the fast-paced nature of your team’s project, it has been necessary to make adjustments in “real-time” to the way work is being done. Which of the following actions is most likely to help your team make these kinds of adjustments?
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Gather information that is needed to solve performance problems.
Provide feedback to team members in order to improve performance.
Encourage teammates to help each other correct performance-related mistakes.
Assign the responsibility for solving a performance issue to the person with the problem.
[SOLVED] All of your teammates are dedicated to the project.
>All of your teammates are dedicated to the project. They put in the time and effort to complete their individual assignments and to be adequately prepared for team meetings. However, this time and effort does not seem to translate into effectively sharing information. Which of the following actions is most likely to improve your team’s information sharing?
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Create less structure to allow more open sharing during team meetings.
Encourage more virtual communication among team members.
Share more information about each other’s assignments to boost mutual understanding.
Reduce the number of priorities that are discussed during team meetings.
Since your desk is close to the office supplies closet, it didn’t take long for you to notice that one of your colleagues, Jeffery, visits the office supplies quite frequently. You don’t have any solid evidence that he’s stealing, but you can’t figure out why else he’d be making daily trips into the closet. So you decide to confront Jeffery and he says, "Of course I’m taking office supplies home. And yes, I know that technically it’s stealing, but don’t act for a second like you don’t do it either; heck even the boss takes home a ream or two of paper each month. Look, you and I both know we don’t get paid much and life sucks around here, this is one of the few perks we get on this crummy job." What ethical perspective is Jeffery using to justify his actions?
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Universalism
Relativism
Utilitarianism
Resource allocation
[SOLVED]Your team is working hard to develop a strategy to serve a new client.
Your team is working hard to develop a strategy to serve a new client. Which of the following actions is most important to ensuring an effective strategy is chosen?
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Ask the team member with the most industry-related experience to lead the process.
Suggest that each proposed strategy be evaluated against a set of key objectives.
Invite the client into a meeting to shape the strategy.
Conduct a benchmarking survey of similar clients to determine best strategy.
Which of the following is the defining difference between Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition?
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Number of Sellers
Number of Buyers
Differentiation of the Product
Barriers to Entry
An increase in the number of sellers will have what effect on the price and sales of a product?
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Price Increases, Sales Increase
Price Increases, Sales Decrease
Price Decreases, Sales Increase
Price Decreases, Sales Decrease
You work on a multinational team and
You work on a multinational team and just finished leading a long virtual meeting with your colleagues in China. After the meeting, one of your local co-workers called you to ask, “why were you rushing through the meeting? I understand we had important agenda items to complete but you seemed really impatient with the team. I think our Chinese colleagues were clearly offended by your behavior.” Which of the following actions best describes how to improve your own cross-cultural communication with your colleagues in China?
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Larry is in charge of collecting customer service and satisfaction data for his company. He’s not sure which key groups in the company would be the most appropriate audience to communicate the recent customer satisfaction results, including call center employees, senior management, and company-wide. As Larry begins to develop his communication plan, which of the following questions would most help him strategize a plan for targeting a specific audience?
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What does each group know and not know about the customer satisfaction data?
What groups have been informed of customer satisfaction results in the past?
What way can the results be communicated so that they are acceptable to all groups?
What are the consequences of communicating the information to everyone?
You were recently hired by the Andrews CEO as a consultant to evaluate the performance of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As a part of that process, you interview the CFO’s direct reports (employees). Although they indicate that the CFO is technically competent, one individual told you stories about his verbal abuse with employees. Given this information, what would be the least effective next step in the process?
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Inform the human resources department that there is a potential problem.
Collect more information about the extent to which this reported behavior is impacting others.
Tell the CEO about what you have uncovered and ask for her permission to speak about it with the CFO.
Focus on the CFO’s work performance since his personal behavior is inappropriate in the workplace.
Your team has recently experienced some difficulties and setbacks. Some of your teammates have expressed their lack of confidence in the team. Which of the following tactics is most likely to help boost your teammates’ perception of the team’s capability to perform well?
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Identify the team’s weak links that led to the team’s past failures.
Encourage your teammates to focus on the future and not to dwell on the past.
Discuss the past successes your team has had and how the team pulled together to get the job done.
Allow time at a team meeting for everyone to openly share any complaints they might have about one another.
[SOLVED] Chester's balance sheet has $74,255,000 in equity.
Chester's balance sheet has $74,255,000 in equity. Further, the company is expecting net income of 4,000,000 next year, and also expecting to pay $5,000,000 in dividends. If there is no new stock issued what will be Chester's book value?
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The Baldwin company wants to decrease its plant utilization for Bell by 15%. How many units would need to be produced next year to meet this production goal? Ignore impact of accounts payable on plant utilization.
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Assume Digby Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 10% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. Digby is planning to conduct exit interviews to learn more about how they can improve in processes and increase productivity. The exit interviews are estimated to cost $100 per employee in additional to normal separation costs of $5000. How much will the company pay in separation costs if these exit interviews are implemented next year?
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Chester has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product Cat. Labor costs will go from $2.88 to $3.48 per unit. Assume all period and other variable costs remain the same. If Chester were to absorb the new labor costs without passing them on in the form of higher prices, how many units of product Cat would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?
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[SOLVED] What would Chester Corporation's market capitalization be if the current price rose 10%?
What would Chester Corporation's market capitalization be if the current price rose 10%?
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Assuming no brokerage fees, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 11.2S2030 bond early.
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Of Baldwin Corporation’s products, which earned the lowest direct labor as a percentage of its sales?
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The Baldwin Company currently has the following balances on their balance sheet: Total Liabilities $56,080 Common Stock $10,729 Retained Earnings $60,351 Suppose next year the Baldwin Company generates $36,500 in net profit and pays $15,000 in dividends and total liabilities and common stock remain unchanged. What must their total assets be next year?
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Baldwin Corp. ended the year carrying $15,786,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how much more revenue would it have brought to Baldwin Corp.?
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[SOLVED] On the Income Statement, which of the following would be classified as a variable cost?
On the Income Statement, which of the following would be classified as a variable cost?
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Suppose the Baldwin company expands to other markets with good designs, high awareness and easy accessibility, what strategy would they be implementing?
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Digby's turnover rate for this year is 6.33%. This rate is projected to remain the same next year and no further downsizing will occur from automating. Digby plans to spend an additional $500 beyond the extra amount above the $1000 recruiting base it spent this year. The goal of this additional investment is to improve the quality of applicants. What would the total recruiting cost be for Digby next year?
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It is January 2nd and senior management of Digby meets to determine their investment plan for the year. They decide to fully fund a plant and equipment purchase by issuing $10,000,000 in bonds. Assume the bonds are issued at face value and leverage changes to 2.8. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
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This year Andrews achieved an ROE of 21.6%. Suppose the Board of Directors of Andrews mandates that management take measures to decrease financial Leverage (Assets/Equity) next year. Assuming Sales, Profits, and Assets remain the same next year, what effect would you expect this new Leverage policy will have on Andrews's ROE?
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Andrews ROE will increase
The statement of cash flows for Baldwin Company shows what happens in the Cash account during the year. It can be seen as a summary of the sources and uses of cash (sources of cash are added, uses of cash are subtracted). Please answer which of the following is true if Baldwin's inventory goes up:
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Last year, Baldwin Corp paid their workers $26.81 per hour. How much will they be paying them 2 rounds from then?
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[SOLVED] Which mission statement best represents the Chester company?
Which mission statement best represents the Chester company?
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Innovation meets revolution. We create value for our customers through breakthrough designs that lead to unique high-performance products
[SOLVED] What is the Current Ratio of Chester?
What is the Current Ratio of Chester?
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The Andrews Company has just purchased $59,068,000 of plant and equipment that has an estimated useful life of 15 years. The expected salvage value at the end of 15 years is $5,906,800. What will the accumulated depreciation expense for this purchase (exclude all other plant and equipment) be after its second year of use? (Use FASB GAAP)
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If Baldwin issued 1000 shares of common stock at last year's end price, the effect on the balance sheet would be:
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Midyear on July 31st, the Chester Corporation's balance sheet reported: Total Assets of $243.772 million Total Common Stock of $7.620 million Cash of $12.060 million Retained Earnings of $49.549 million. What were the Chester Corporation's total liabilities?
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Baldwin has a leverage of 1.84 This means that: (Assume leverage is calculated as Assets/Equity)
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Review the Inquirer to determine Digby's current strategy. How will they seek a competitive advantage? From the following list, select the top five sources of competitive advantage that Digby would be most likely to pursue.
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Cat's product manager is under pressure to increase market share, but is uncertain about how to make the product more competitive. The product is reasonably well-positioned in the Thrift segment and enjoys relatively high awareness and accessibility. Which of the following would most likely result in a quick increase in market share?
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Investing $2,000,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 3.0% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,085,264. Assuming similar sales next year, the 3.0% increase in demand will provide $4,892,558 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $1,668,362 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?
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Looking forward to next year, if Baldwin’s current cash amount is $20,132 (000) and cash flows from operations next period are unchanged from this period and Baldwin takes ONLY the following actions relating to cash flows from investing and financing activities: Issues $2,000 (000) of long-term debt Pays $4,000 (000) in dividends Retires $10,000 (000) in debt Which of the following activities will expose Baldwin to the most risk of needing an emergency loan?
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[SOLVED] Deal is a product of the Digby company. Digby's sales forecast for Deal is 2079 units.
Deal is a product of the Digby company. Digby's sales forecast for Deal is 2079 units. Digby wants to have an extra 10% of units on hand above and beyond their forecast in case sales are better than expected. (They would risk the possibility of excess inventory carrying charges rather than risk lost profits on a stock out.) Taking current inventory into account, what will Deal's Production After Adjustment have to be in order to have a 10% reserve of units available for sale?
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Refer to the HR Reports in the Inquirer. Through past investments in recruiting and training Chester has obtained a productivity index of 109.5%. This means that Chester's labor costs would be increased by 9.5% if it did not have these productivity improvements. This is a competitive advantage that Chester can sustain or even widen further if its competitors have no HR initiatives. Now, refer to the Income Statement in Chester's Annual Report. How much did Chester's productivity improvements save it in direct labor costs (in thousands) last year?
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Increasing the promotional budget for a product is not advisable in the short-term under which of the following circumstances?
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According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Baldwin sold 1125 units of Bam in the current year. Assuming that Bam maintains a constant market share, all the units of Bam are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Bam will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory.
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[SOLVED] Digby's product manager is considering lowering the price of the Dome product by $2.50
Digby's product manager is considering lowering the price of the Dome product by $2.50 and wants to know what the impact will be on the product’s contribution margin. Assuming no inventory carry costs, what will Dome's contribution margin be if the price is lowered?
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In three years, assuming the competitive environment remains unchanged, how many units of Bam will Baldwin be selling in the Nano market segment?
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PREVALENCE OF CARDIO-VASCULAR ILLNESS IN MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
PREVALENCE OF CARDIO-VASCULAR ILLNESS IN MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA
Introduction
Mental health care globally is one area receiving less focus, and despite this, it is a fact that mental health issues continue to soar and more people are affected. Of all the mental health cases, schizophrenia is the least common but chronic and severe. The symptoms of schizophrenia are very disabling, and interest in the research developed because of getting into contact with a patient suffering from cardiovascular disease who was schizophrenic (Fan et al., 2013). There are always strategies that can be developed and initiated to ensure that mental health patients get to live healthy lives similarly to their counterparts, but dedication and undivided support are vital. These people are human beings like the rest, citizens contributing to society and economy at large; hence have to enjoy the right to healthy lives (Bresee et al., 2010).
Experience from the contact with the schizophrenic patient drove my interest into researching about the topic, the current trends in the public health sector specifically dealing with intellectually disabled persons and lastly what interventions the government, health sector and other stakeholders in the industry have in place to improve the quality of lives of these persons. Despite the data, depicting some conflicting inferences, it can be concluded that recommendable steps have been made in the sector depicting the concern and effort various stakeholders are putting in place to ensure that intellectually disabled persons get to live a healthy life in the country.
Overview
Over the years, mental health issues have been swept under the carpet despite them being prevalent in society. Equality act of 2010 can be considered as the turning point in the management of mental health cases in the United Kingdom, under which schizophrenia is included. Before the bill being signed, most mental health victims may have been exposed to lower quality health care as compared to their counterparts but thanks to the law, changes in their health status are being recognized.
Schizophrenic patients record higher mortality rates as a result of cardiovascular diseases as depicted by research studies carried over the globe and not only in the United Kingdom. With such indexes, there is a need for health practitioners, families and the authority at large to invest more in caring and supporting these victims to ensure that deaths because of cardiovascular diseases are limited and schizophrenic patients get to live healthy lives exposed to little or no risk factors that may lead to cardiovascular diseases.
Various professionals have been significant in the management of schizophrenia and ensuring that schizophrenic patients do not suffer from cardiovascular diseases that may be brought about by their behaviors and lifestyles. The intervention strategies include developing proper diet plans that ensure these victims eat balanced diets and not only foods rich in fats, a precursor to cardiovascular disease development. Developing practice plans that ensure these patients exercise physically hence breaking the monotony of their sedentary lives and prescribing best medication for their conditions.
Definitions, statistics, and impacts
Meehl (2017) defines schizophrenia as a severe and long-term mental health condition that causes a range of different psychological symptoms. In most cases, schizophrenia is a particular type of psychosis whereby the victims are not able to distinguish the reality from their ideas and thoughts.
Data has it that one in every six people in the United Kingdom suffers from mental health at one stage in their lives and one in every 100 will experience a schizophrenic episode. An astonishing fact about schizophrenia is that it affects individuals from all lifestyles or social backgrounds, regardless of gender or social class. National Health Service (NHS) treats around 220,000 cases of schizophrenia annually, and these patients have an incidence of between 5- 10 percent of dying within 10 years after diagnosis (NHS, n.d.). Compared to the other population, this mortality incidence percentage is high. Regarding cost, schizophrenia is an economic burden in the United Kingdom (UK) as mental health cases cost the economy close to £77 Billion annually, and this calculated in percentage is close to 4 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NHS, n.d.).
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) on the other end are a class of ailments related to the heart and blood vessels. Examples of CDV’s include coronary artery diseases, stroke, heart failure, Venus thrombosis and congenital heart disease (World Health Organization, 2017). Despite 90 percent of CDV disease being preventable, statistics have it that it is the leading cause of mortality globally accounting for tens of millions of deaths annually.
Mortality among schizophrenic victims because of cardio-vascular illnesses has significantly elevated over the years, and despite the research and studies were done in this area, no single cause can be attributed to being a cause of the occurrence (NHS, n.d.). Deductions from this may be that the area has not been adequately addressed or no strict studies have been undertaken in the area. An example is the sedentary life of schizophrenic people hence increased incidences of diseases related to CDV (Taylor & Perera, 2015).
Role of a nurse practitioner in assisting Schizophrenic patients with cardiovascular disease
People with schizophrenia are the most affected by cardiovascular diseases, given the likelihood of the unhealthy life that they live. The basis of this statement is from statistics that show that schizophrenic patients record higher mortality rates from CDV compared to their counterparts, hence the need to develop appropriate public health interventions explicitly targeting this group of people with the aim of reversing the trend (Laursen et al., 2012).
Schizophrenic people just like other people with mental issues need adequate access to healthcare, and nurses as the primary health practitioners in the UK more likely to come into contact with them have to understand the needs of this select group of people. The equality act of 2010 makes this a mandatory requirement for people with mental disability, an area under which schizophrenia perfectly suits.
Research by Laursen et al., (2012) showed that the lifestyle of schizophrenic people is a leading factor towards their increased incidences of CVD’s but there also exists other factors contributing to that but with a much lower significance as compared to lifestyle. Given this, the central role of a nurse, at this phase is to enable schizophrenic victims with CVD’s live quality life.
There are strategies and programs in place to ensure that health practitioners play a vital role in providing medical support to schizophrenic patients with CDV. Contrary, studies have shown that inadequacy in relevant skills and knowledge as a result of inadequate training and reluctance to accept more responsibilities are leading factors towards limiting nurses offering services to these patients (Ringen et al., 2014).
Schizophrenic patients require assistance in managing their health despite their being variance in dependency on families or other practitioners to assist. The result is that nurses have to lias with family members or other people close to the patient to ensure that communication regarding the health needs of the patient, decision making and other health-related activities is enhanced for the health benefit of the schizophrenic patient (Bradshaw & Pedley, 2012). Given the sedentary life of most schizophrenic patients, developing issues like high blood pressure and being overweight is common and these are the leading risk factors for CVD. Nurses have a role to play, like ensuring that regular health check-ups are carried out on these people and the right medication or public health intervention auctioned.
Nurses also have the responsibility of enhancing self-management knowledge through public health education. The primary aim of this is to develop constructive and sustainable strategies aimed at mitigating the risk factors for CDV amongst schizophrenic patients (Videbeck & Videbeck, 2013). This may not be necessarily on the patients, but adults or family members of the patients may be advised and educated on the need to change their lifestyle or behavior patterns to limit the risks factors for developing CDV amongst schizophrenic persons. Nurses are professionally required to play this role effectively. Communication skills and knowledge of the particular nurse about the care and health needs of the schizophrenic patient with CDV is crucial in undertaking such a responsibility.
Prescription of medication in case a prior one is considered ineffective may be required and as a nurse frequently assessing the health condition of the patient, protocol to initiate such changes have to be observed. Prescriptions that trigger unlikely responses from the patient have to be substituted and given the fact that stress may be a risk factor to behavioral changes that may risk the development of CDV among schizophrenic patients; interaction with the patient in a manner that develops trust is a role to be played by the nurse. Development of such a relationship between the patient and the nurse not only enables the nurse to attain vital information from the patient but also enables the family and health practitioner to develop strategies and make decisions applicable and effective to the health of the patient (Videbeck & Videbeck, 2013).
Involvement of the patient, family and health practitioner (nurse)
Caring for schizophrenic victims with CVD is a responsibility to be performed by the family, health practitioner and the individual patient. Despite most people considering mental health cases victims like those who have schizophrenia as being incapable of making an informed decision, it is vital to involve them in the decision-making process since it is their health at stake and they have the right to make decisions also. Exceptional cases like where the victim is a minor or have been proved medically to be incapable of making such decisions are common, and it is only in such scenarios where the patient may be excluded from the decision-making process (Kakuma et al., 2011).
In most cases, schizophrenic patients live with their families, friends or extended families and it is always essential to ensure that all the people in close and frequent contact with the patient get to understand the condition their mate is suffering from to reduce conflicting instances. These family members and close acquaintances, commonly referred to as informal carers have to be actively involved in decision-making. Nurses have to ensure that the family members are presented with national policies and strategies that make it easier for them to assess the health needs of schizophrenic patients hence making it easier for the health practitioners to make informed decisions regarding the health status of the patient (Kakuma et al., 2011).
The support given to the schizophrenic patient has to be developed in a manner that makes it easier for both the nurse and family deliver health care that is manageable. Contact between the family and health practitioner is essential in ensuring that a strategy to offer the schizophrenic patient health care without any hardship or inequality on both ends hence regardless of the service provided by the family or nurse, the patient is satisfied (Richards et al., 2010). The family also plays a vital role in conjunction with the nurse and the patient may develop routines aimed at improving the health of the CDV schizophrenic patient. Like having routine chores that may enable the schizophrenic patient exercise. Diet management is also vital, and the parties involved may work together to develop a dietary routine that is healthy for the patient. Example, more vegetables may be included in the diet of the patient and foods with high levels of fats minimized, and this acts as a strategy to reinstate the health of the schizophrenic patient.
Characteristic health problems is also an area, which requires assistance and support from the parties involved; family and health practitioners. In some instances, schizophrenic patients with CVD may find it hard to express their emotions or communicate effectively. With the aid of the family, the connection that has been initially developed between the patients and their kinship they can be able to express their emotions or feelings. This may be vital in enabling health practitioners to make decisions regarding the health condition of the patient and develop supportive interventions (Kates et al., 2011).
Patients with schizophrenia and suffering from CDV’s are in most cases admitted to hospitals because of acute emergency conditions that can be easily avoided. Involvement of the patient’s family in the treatment process may play a significant role in minimizing the occurrence and likelihood of such emergency hospitalization cases depicting an improvement in the quality of life of the patient and limiting the economic burden because of frequent hospitalization of schizophrenic patients suffering from CDV’s. Engagement of the family and the nurse effectively ensures that knowledge and information for effective home-based care for the schizophrenic patient is initiated. The information provided by the nurse to the family and the victim is aimed at ensuring that the decisions made are sustainable and aim to improve the health status of the patient. Poor coordination and involvement of the parties in the treatment process increase the risks of failure, and the results may be deteriorated the health status of the patient or even mortality (Kates et al., 2011). To avoid such, it is always important to ensure that all the parties involved actively take part in the decision-making and initiation of health programs and strategies for the patient.
Roles played by different professionals in caring for schizophrenic victims suffering from CDV’s
Caring for schizophrenic patients with CDV involves various professionals. Nursing as a healthcare profession is considered the most involved in caring for these people but in reality, multiple professionals are involved but nurses play a major role, and that goes undisputed. The support provided by nurses is crucial as they provide physical care, public health advice and even support (Azad et al., 2016). The family and schizophrenic patient with CDV can share emotions and feelings with the nurse with the aim of relieving stress
Schizophrenic victims have a speech disorder. The order in which they organize their speech may be hard for others to understand. Speech pathologists role, in this case, is to work with these patients to help them manage their communication. These pathologists educate both the family and schizophrenic patient, and this is vital to enable the patient to communicate about their feelings and conditions about CDV’s. Communication is essential in ensuring that the right medication and decisions are made and limits the probability of misdiagnosis (Lee et al., 2017).
Apart from exercise, diet is important in enabling CDV patients to manage their conditions and live a healthy life. Dieticians help schizophrenic patients suffering from CDV’s and their families develop a healthy eating plan that is focused on the health needs of the victim. The objective is to enable the schizophrenic patient to eat healthy to reinstate their health condition or avoid risks factors that may lead to CDV. Emotional, practical and social support are required for schizophrenic patients with CDV and their families. These forms of support aid in relieving pain and gaining a better understanding of the system and social workers provide this support effectively (Lee et al., 2017). The families of schizophrenic CDV patients and the patients may take the initiative of enrolling themselves in societal groups that may offer these types of support or nurses, and other practitioners may pinpoint an organization where this support may be sort from. The main role of social workers, in this case, is to enable families, schizophrenic patients suffering from CDV adjust to changes, and experiences brought about because of the rehabilitation process (Azad et al., 2016). Pharmacists are also an essential professional in caring for schizophrenic patients with CDV. The medication provided to these patients may have effects and pharmacists may provide the information regarding these effects.
In some cases, the drugs provided may be ineffective, it is the role of the pharmacists to review the medication and advice health professionals on what changes can be made if necessary. Volunteers also work in close association with the health practitioners and aid in providing practical and emotional help. These include tasks such as getting schizophrenic patients to appointments. Specifically, volunteers do not replace paid health practitioners — psychologist’s aid in managing social factors, behaviors, and emotions related to schizophrenia and CDV. Psychologists may develop non-drug approaches that aid in the management of pain and health.
Pastoral care workers and chaplains are also essential healthcare professionals in managing schizophrenic patients suffering from CDV. Regardless of religion, pastoral care workers and chaplains provide emotional and spiritual support in rehabilitation.
The proposed plan of care and support
There is a need to develop a plan that is both manageable financially and sustainable in caring for schizophrenic patients with CVD. Lifestyle concerns are an important factor in the management of CDV. Practices such as smoking which is widely associated with CVD mortality is high among Schizophrenic patients as compared to the other population with indexes standing at about three times higher. Programs to ensure that these categories of people are educated against such practices are important as a health intervention to enable schizophrenic patients to limit risks for developing CDV (American Diabetes Association, 2015).
Schizophrenia is associated with a sedentary behavior that is associated with an increased risk of being overweight, a prerequisite risk for developing CDV. A plan to ensure that schizophrenic individuals engage in physical activities is essential and to improve their fitness hence reducing risks of developing Cardiovascular related illnesses (Bresee et al., 2010). The activities selected for a schizophrenic patient have to consider their functioning levels, and the nature of the psychiatric setting the victim is exposed to. Diet is also an important consideration when developing a care plan for schizophrenic patients. To avoid include foods rich in calories, carbohydrates, and fats as they increase the risk of CVD. People with schizophrenia have unhealthy diets if let to make diet decisions on their own, so it is important to develop a plan with balanced nutrition. Eating habits also have to be observed to ensure that these patients are served the right amounts of foods so that instances of overeating or undereating that may lead to eating disorders are minimized (De Hert et al., 2011).
Medication with Antipsychotic is a central and significant element in the treatment of schizophrenia. Some of this medication are obesogenic hence the need to ensure that these patients adopt an active lifestyle to reduce instances of developing CDV risks (Bresee et al., 2010). Adherence to medication is also a problem given the personal suffering associated with them, hence the need to include a plan that makes drug adherence a priority among these patients, and effectively may be making a family member monitor these patients to ensure that they do take their medication as prescribed.
Conclusion
Schizophrenia may be a rare condition but based on the facts, the economic burden is high, and interventions have to be made to ensure that the condition is managed and people suffering from it live a quality life, similarly to the other citizens in the country. Mortality and morbidity cases related to cardiovascular diseases are high among schizophrenic patients, hence the need for families and health professionals to intervene. Their sedentary lives and behaviors are considered as the main factors in them developing cardiovascular-related illnesses, whereby these diseases can be easily managed if proper care is initiated in time.
Various professionals are involved in the management of the health of schizophrenic patients, from families, social workers, nurses and even psychologists. Of importance is to ensure that proper communication is maintained for medication and all vital information assessed before decisions regarding the health of the victim are made. Schizophrenic patients also have the right to be involved in decision-making and made aware of the practices they are made to go through as a way of limiting aggressive behaviors that may be depicted at times.
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Code Switching As Language Acquiring StrategyBackground and
Code Switching As Language Acquiring Strategy
Background and rationale
Control processes are what govern speech comprehension and production. In most cases, code-switching has been utilized by language speakers to achieve a particular objective, and in most cases, code-switching is influenced by recurrent demands dictated by the context of interaction (Auer, 2013). The globe is tremendously changing and given the fact that it is becoming a global village, learning foreign language especially international ones like English, Spanish, French and even mandarin is growing inevitable.
In the course of the conversation, it is necessary to decide on a particular code and change between various languages by either code-mixing or code-switching. In some instances, when multilingual or bilingual people converse, their first language influences them to a greater extent yet there is a way to control the first language’s influence. For the people, not very conversant with international foreign languages, cognitive control of code-switching may be the most effective way of enhancing their understanding of foreign languages. Myers?Scotton (2017) states that most monolingual speakers view multilingualism as unimportant as they fail to understand the real essence of multilingualism or bilingualism in real life and this has been found to be the primary holding back factor against them developing interests in learning foreign languages.
Aims and Objectives
The primary objective of this research is to understand the more excellent details of how cognitive code-switching may be utilized as a strategy for enhancing multilingualism. Other goals to be satisfied by this research include; determine the perception the community has towards code-switching and the impact of code-switching on learning foreign languages.
Research questions
Research questions that are aimed at guiding this research include;
a. What is the impact of cognitive code-switching on conversations?
b. What perceptions do the people have on code-switching and learning foreign languages?
c. What influence does code-switching have on learning foreign languages?
Theoretical framework and methodological approach
The focus for the research revolves around institutions of higher learning in China, explicitly selecting Chinese students. The main reason behind the selection of this group of people is the exposure they have gained in foreign languages that have molded their unique view of the society, politics and ethic portions of the different people in China.
Data collection, analysis, and discussion are the major considerate activities to be undertaken for the research to be complete. The primary source of data would be reviews from literature and the responses made by the study sample of 100 students selected randomly from Chinese students in institutions of higher learning within the country.
The principal method of data collection to be utilized for the research is questionnaires with standardized Likert scale format. The scale comprises of indexes labeled 1-5. Where 1- strongly agree, 2- agree, 3- undecided, 4- disagree, 5- strongly disagree. Instructions ought to be offered before the respondents are included in the research to ensure that validity is observed.
The main collaboration deemed essential in this research is support from the languages department of the university. The lecturers and other stakeholders in the department are considered the main consultants in this case and their support would be highly appreciated.
On matters ethics, safeguarding the respondent’s information, using the data for the right intended purpose and seeking informed consent before incorporating respondents into the research would be the key factors to consider.
Analytic discussion of scholarly research to date
The issue of cognitive code-switching has been the focus for most researchers recently, and this may be as a result of the increased intercultural interaction being experienced all over the globe currently. Thanks to contributions by Shana Poplack and Carol Myers-Scottons contributions in the area of linguistic code-switching as their models form the basis for most researches in the sector and formation of strategies that facilitate second language acquisition. The research apart from contributing to the literature in the sector, also play a role in the coining of strategies that aim at effectively utilizing cognitive code-switching in learning foreign languages.
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STAFF FUTUREHuman resource management in projects is
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Human resource management in projects is of crucial importance. The success or failure of a project largely hinges on the way the human resource management department functions, coupled up with the programs and strategies enacted to manage employees in the project. Facts have it that project durations differ, like one project may run for a week while others run for over a decade, but regardless of the duration, all projects aimed at delivering what was initially promised. Failure to deliver means the project is a failure and was just as good as not being run.
For our case, project A is expected to run till 2025, and with the current employees, the dilemma is the human resource management plan. Is there need to recruit more employees or does using the current pool of employees till the end of the project advisable. The most viable option may be to use the current pool of employees to the end of the project but in various, unavoidable circumstances recruitment of new employees may be inevitable especially in instances where new skills and expertise that is missing in the current pool of employees is required.
The first significant reason behind settling for using the current pool of employees until the end of the project is workplace culture. Staff are a replaceable resource, but the quality of experience and dedication among the employees is an essential ingredient to project success. Workplace culture is developed only when employees get to interact over a more extended period working together and with a high turnover of employees in the form of newer recruitments, developing and maintaining a workplace culture may be hard.
Loyalty is also created when the employees who started the project are retained to completion. The impact loyalty creates is that a positive relationship between the project management team and the employees is established which goes a long way into ensuring that the employees are satisfied. With satisfaction, morale is boosted among the employees hence the quality of deliverables raised, conflict resolution becomes an easy task to handles, and it is more likely that these employees may go beyond what is required from them with the aim of aiding the project, something that may be unfamiliarly experienced with recruited new employees.
Retaining employees also improves their experience with the approach of project management the organisation utilises and this is invaluable. These employees compared to recruited ones are always in a better position to advertise the organisation hence increase its marketability, unlike newer contracted employees. The quality of projects delivered by these teams is always of high quality hence endear the project organisation to its clients.
The other issue at stake is identifying top talent that can be maintained by the shareholders. There are various strategies that can be applied, first would be important to do away with the traditional aspects of identifying top talents which solely relied on the manager’s instincts and deductions from observations.
Leadership would be the foundation for selecting top talents based on three vital leadership aspects which are foundations of leadership, emergence and lastly effectiveness. With foundation, one would observe how employees manage their careers, example how they handle work-related issues like conflicts and social interaction. With leadership emergence, the employees may be categorised based on how they stand out as compared to their peers. Those that are naturally viewed as leaders and exert a massive influence on their peers may always prove to be top talents as compared to others. Lastly under aspects of leadership when identifying top talent is leadership effectiveness. Under leadership effectiveness, especially for the project team, the focus may be on team leaders. Like the leaders who always drive their teams to success always stand out and these leaders also have to depict some sense of maintaining these high performing teams and this is primarily based on their leadership skills.
In accordance with Harvard Business Review, the other strategy that may be applied in the move to identify top talent is to use three distinguished markers which are a drive, social skills and ability. On ability, the employees with the capability of strategically thinking and adapting to the organizations changing environments are considered top talents and may prove crucial if maintained by the organisation. Emotional intelligence is what defines social skills, and top talents in an organisation are the employees able to carry themselves with integrity and dignity apart from effectively managing others. Lastly, is a drive which is the will and desire to work extra hard as compared to one’s peers and driven by the desire to achieve. Behaviorally, the drive can be manifested through the willingness of an employee to take additional roles, sacrifices made and eagerness to take newer responsibilities. Incorporating the two distinct aspects of identifying top talents in an organisation may prove useful.
What happens with the other employees once top talents have been identified and projects have been completed primarily rests with the stakeholders of the project, but productive advice is that the contracts with these employees have to be maintained in a manner that is cheaper and easily managed by the organisation. The reason behind such a decision is that, even though these employees may not be top talents, they have the experience and expertise of running a project based on the experience gained and may prove beneficial to the organisation in future. These employees may be easier to incorporate in future projects as compared to newer recruits.
[SOLVED] Which company has the most efficient SG&A / Sales ratio?
Which company has the most efficient SG&A / Sales ratio?
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Your Competitive Intelligence team reports that a wave of product liability lawsuits is likely to cause Digby to pull the product Dome entirely off the market this year. Assume Digby scraps all capacity and inventory this round, completely writing off those assets and escrowing the proceeds to a settlement fund, and assume these lawsuits will have no effect on any other products of Digby or other companies. Without Digby's product Dome how much can the industry currently produce in the Core segment? Consider only products primarily in the Core segment last year. Ignore current inventories. Figures in thousands (000).
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11,860
[SOLVED] Last year Aft charged $5,040,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews.
Last year Aft charged $5,040,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews. If Aft sold a fully depreciated piece of equipment at a loss, the effect on Andrews's financial statements would be (all other items remaining equal):
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Currently Chester is paying a dividend of $10.65 (per share). If this dividend stayed the same, but the stock price rose by 10% what would be the dividend yield?
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In the Month of March, Digby Corporation received orders of 145 units at a price of $15.00 for their product Daze. Digby uses the accrual method of accounting and offers 30 day credit terms. Digby delivers 96 units in March and the balance of 48 units in April. They received payment for 48 units in March, 48 units in April, and 48 units in May. How much revenue is recognized on the March income statement from this order? How much in the April Income statement? (Answer in thousands)
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Chester Corporation is considering adding capacity to their Cake product, currently automated to 7.0. Assume: - They will use the new capacity next year to make and sell 200 additional units (000). - Each unit of capacity will cost $34.00. - Cake's price will be unchanged at $34.00. - Material costs will remain $13.04 next year. - Labor costs will remain $5.34 on first shift, and $7.91 on second shift. - Bond interest will remain 12.3% next year. - Depreciation will be straight line over 15 years. - SG&A costs can be ignored because they would be the same with or without the new capacity. Which of the following tactics will yield the highest ROI in their first year of production?
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Buy 100 units of capacity. Finance the $3,400 purchase entirely with a stock issue
Chester Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 10% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. How much will the company pay in separation costs if each worker receives $5,000 when separated?
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[SOLVED] The Baldwin's balance sheet has $94,137,000 in equity.
The Baldwin's balance sheet has $94,137,000 in equity. Further, the company is expecting $3,000,000 in net income next year. Assuming no dividends are paid and no stock is issued, what would their Book Value be next year?
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The Digby company will continue to train their existing workforce at their current level to help reduce turnover and improve productivity next year. Employee training costs $20 per hour. How much would their training costs per employee be to the nearest dollar?
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[SOLVED] Which description best fits Chester in your industry? For clarity:
Which description best fits Chester in your industry? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes this competitor?
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Assuming no brokerage fees, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 11.2S2027 bond early.
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-$775,219
The Chester company will increase its automation for the Cid product by 2.0. Assuming no further change in capacity, how much will this investment in automation cost?
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How much would it cost for Chester Corporation to repurchase all its outstanding shares if the price went up by 10%? Assume no brokerage fees.
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Of Chester Corporation’s products, which earned the lowest direct labor as a percentage of its sales?
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Chester has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product Cake. Labor costs will go from $7.51 to $8.11 per unit. Assume all period and other variable costs remain the same. If Chester were to absorb the new labor costs without passing them on in the form of higher prices, how many units of product Cake would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?
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1,354
[SOLVED] The Baldwin company currently has the following balances on their balance sheet:
The Baldwin company currently has the following balances on their balance sheet: Assets $219,040 Common Stock $52,266 Retained earnings $34,045 Suppose next year the Baldwin Company generates $20,000 in net profit, pays $10,000 in dividends, assets change to $151,000, and common stock remains unchanged. What must their total liabilities be next year?
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The statement of cash flows for Baldwin Company shows what happens in the Cash account during the year. It can be seen as a summary of the sources and uses of cash (sources of cash are added, uses of cash are subtracted). Please answer which of the following is true if Baldwin issues bonds:
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The Baldwin's workforce complement will grow by 10% (rounded to the nearest person) next year. Ignoring downsizing from automating, what would their total recruiting cost be? Assume Baldwin spends the same amount extra above the $1,000 recruiting base as they did last year.
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Chester Corp. ended the year carrying $14,319,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how much more revenue would it have brought to Chester Corp.?
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Which description best fits Digby? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes this competitor?
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Next year Baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.25% in its compensation plan. This incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. Assuming the goals are reached, how much will Baldwin pay its employees per hour?
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It is January 2nd and senior management of Baldwin meets to determine their investment plan for the year. They decide to fully fund a plant and equipment purchase by issuing 75,000 shares of stock plus a new bond issue. Assume the stock can be issued at yesterday’s stock price ($27.57) and leverage changes to 2.8. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
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[SOLVED] On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a Period cost?
On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a Period cost?
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[SOLVED] This year Andrews achieved an ROE of 18.4%.
This year Andrews achieved an ROE of 18.4%. Suppose the Board of Directors of Andrews mandates that management take measures to decrease financial Leverage (Assets/Equity) next year. Assuming Sales, Profits, and Assets remain the same next year, what effect would you expect this new Leverage policy will have on Andrews's ROE?
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Andrews ROE will increase
[SOLVED] What is the Profit Margin of Chester?
What is the Profit Margin of Chester?
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[SOLVED] The Chester Company has just issued $6,493,586 in dividends last year.
The Chester Company has just issued $6,493,586 in dividends last year. The effect of this payment on the balance sheet is:
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[SOLVED] Review the Inquirer to determine Chester’s current strategy
Review the Inquirer to determine Chester’s current strategy. Where will they seek a competitive advantage? From the following list, select the top five sources of competitive advantage that Chester would be most likely to pursue.
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Which description best fits Baldwin in your industry? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes this competitor?
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Rank the following companies from high to low cumulative profit, (in descending order, 1=highest, 4=lowest).
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The Andrews Company has just purchased $59,328,000 of plant and equipment that has an estimated useful life of 15 years. The expected salvage value at the end of 15 years is $5,932,800. What will the depreciation expense for this purchase (exclude all other plant and equipment) be for the second year of use? (Use FASB GAAP)
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$3,559,680
[SOLVED]Midyear on July 31st, the Digby Corporation's balance sheet reported:
Midyear on July 31st, the Digby Corporation's balance sheet reported: Total Liabilities of $25.487 million Cash of $2.010 million Total Assets of $40.680 million Total Common Stock of $1.270 million. What were the Digby Corporation's retained earnings?
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[SOLVED]Chester has an asset turnover of 1.53 (Asset Turnover = Sales/Assets). That means:
Chester has an asset turnover of 1.53 (Asset Turnover = Sales/Assets). That means:
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Chester's Elite product Cedar has an awareness of 72%. Chester's Cedar product manager for the Elite segment is determined to have more awareness for Cedar than Andrews' Elite product Acre. She knows that the first $1M in promotion generates 22% new awareness, the second million adds 23% more and the third million adds another 5%. She also knows one-third of Cedar's existing awareness is lost every year. Assuming that Acre's awareness stays the same next year (77%), out of the promotion budgets below, what is the minimum Chester's Elite product manager should spend in promotion to earn more awareness than Andrews' Acre product?
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Which description best fits Andrews? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes your company's current strategy?
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Assuming no direct factory overhead costs (i.e., inventory carry costs) and $2.75 million dollars in combined promotion and sales budget, the Bold product manager wishes to achieve a product contribution margin of 30%. Given their product currently is priced at $35.00, what would they need to limit the material and labor costs to?
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According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Chester sold 1129 units of Cake in the current year. Assuming that Cake maintains a constant market share, all the units of Cake are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Cake will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory.
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Assuming Digby’s current market share for its Dell product remains the same, how many units of Dell should Digby expect to sell in the primary segment for the upcoming year?
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A productivity index of 110% means that a company’s labor costs would have been 10% higher if it had not made production improvements. Assume that Digby had a productivity index of 112% and that Baldwin had a productivity index of 103%. Now refer to the Income Statements in the Annual Report for Digby and Baldwin. Using the labor costs shown in the Income Statements, how much more did Digby save in direct labor costs compared to Baldwin by having a higher productivity index?
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Looking forward to next year, if Chester’s current cash amount is $17,624 (000) and cash flows from operations next period are unchanged from this period and Chester takes ONLY the following actions relating to cash flows from investing and financing activities: Issues $2,000 (000) of long-term debt Pays $4,000 (000) in dividends Retires $10,000 (000) in debt Which of the following activities will expose Chester to the most risk of needing an emergency loan?
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Investing $2,000,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM.xls Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,712,225. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,783,108 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.2%, after direct costs this revenue will add $951,823 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?
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Bid is a product of the Baldwin company which is primarily in the Nano segment, but is also sold in another segment. Baldwin starts to create their sales forecast by assuming all policies (R&D, Marketing, and Production) for all competitors are equal this year over last. For this question assume that all 700 of units of Bid are sold in the Nano segment. If the competitive environment remains unchanged what will be the Bid product’s demand next year (in 000’s)?
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Demand is created through meeting customer buying criteria, credit terms, awareness (promotion) and accessibility (distribution). According to the Thrift segment's customers, which of these products was the most competitive at the end of last year?
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The statement of cash flows for Baldwin Company shows what happens in the Cash account during the year. It can be seen as a summary of the sources and uses of cash (sources of cash are added, uses of cash are subtracted). Please answer which of the following is true if Baldwin repurchases some of its common stock:
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This year Andrews achieved an ROE of 19.9%. Suppose next year the profit margin (Net Income/Sales) increases. Assuming sales, assets and financial leverage remain the same next year, what effect would you expect this action to have on Andrews's ROE?
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[SOLVED]On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a Period cost?
On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a Period cost?
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It is January 2nd and senior management of Digby meets to determine their investment plan for the year. They decide to fully fund a plant and equipment purchase by issuing $10,000,000 in bonds. Assume the bonds are issued at face value and leverage changes to 2.8. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
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The Digby's workforce complement will grow by 20% (rounded to the nearest person) next year. Ignoring downsizing from automating, what would their total recruiting cost be? Assume Digby spends the same amount extra above the $1,000 recruiting base as they did last year.
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Next year Baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.5% in its compensation plan. This incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. Assuming the goals are reached, how much will Baldwin pay its employees per hour?
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Suppose the Chester company begins to compete through good designs, high awareness and easy accessibility for their existing products, what strategy would they be implementing?
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[SOLVED]Baldwin Corp. ended the year carrying $17,515,000 worth of inventory.
Baldwin Corp. ended the year carrying $17,515,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how much more revenue would it have brought to Baldwin Corp.?
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The Andrews company currently has the following balances in their equity accounts: Common Stock $14,081 Retained earnings $101,016 Suppose next year the Andrews company generates $46,300 in Net Profit, and declares and pays $16,000 in Dividends. What will Andrews ending balance in Retained Earnings be next year?
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[SOLVED]The Baldwin company will sell 100 units (x1000) of capacity from their Bat product line
The Baldwin company will sell 100 units (x1000) of capacity from their Bat product line. Each unit of capacity is worth $6 plus $4 per automation rating. The Baldwin company will sell the capacity for 35% off. How much do they receive when the capacity is sold?
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Chester has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product Coat. Labor costs will go from $2.94 to $3.44 per unit. Assume all period and variable costs as reported on Chester's Income Statement remain the same. If Chester were to pass on half the new labor costs to their customers, how many units of product Coat would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?
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Of Baldwin Corporation’s products, which earned the lowest direct labor as a percentage of its sales?
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Assuming Brokerage fees of $6000, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 11.2S2029 bond early.
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How much would it cost for Chester Corporation to repurchase all its outstanding shares if the price went up by 10%? Assume no brokerage fees.
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[SOLVED]Refer to the HR Report section of the Inquirer
Refer to the HR Report section of the Inquirer. Chester will continue to keep their current hourly levels of training in order to help reduce turnover and improve productivity next year. How much must be spent per employee on an hourly basis to maintain the current training commitment?
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Suppose you were hired as a consultant for a company that wants to penetrate the Comp-XM market. This company wants to pursue a niche differentiation strategy. From last year’s reports, which company would be the strongest competitor?
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Currently Baldwin is paying a dividend of $14.68 (per share). If this dividend were raised by $3.64, given its current stock price what would be the Dividend Yield?
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[SOLVED]Which company has the most efficient SG&A / Sales ratio?
Which company has the most efficient SG&A / Sales ratio?
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In the Month of March, Chester received orders of 147 units at a price of $15.00 for their product Coat, and in April receives an order for 37 units of their product Coat at $15.00. Chester uses the accrual method of accounting and offers 30 day credit terms. Chester delivers 0 units in March, 147 units in April and 37 units in May. They received payment for 147 units in April, and payment for 37 units in May. How much revenue is recognized on the March income statement from this order? How much in the April Income statement? (Answer in thousands)
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Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Chester Company will invest in adding capacity to their Cake product this year. Assume Chester's product Cake invests in increasing its capacity by 10% this year. Because of this new information, your company anticipates all other products in the Core segment will increase their capacity by the same amount. How much can the industry produce in the Core segment the next year? Consider only products primarily in the Core segment last year. Ignore current inventories. Figures in thousands (000).
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[SOLVED]Last year Abby charged $2,256,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews.
Last year Abby charged $2,256,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews. If Abby sold a fully depreciated piece of equipment at a loss, the effect on Andrews's financial statements would be (all other items remaining equal):
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Assume Baldwin is producing 600 units of Buddy next year. What would Buddy's plant utilization be?
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[SOLVED]Chester's balance sheet has $75,340,000 in equity
Chester's balance sheet has $75,340,000 in equity. If next year, assets decrease by $4,000,000 and liabilities increase by $2,000,000, what will be Chester's book value?
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Assume Baldwin Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 15% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. Baldwin is planning to conduct exit interviews to learn more about how they can improve in processes and increase productivity. The exit interviews are estimated to cost $100 per employee in additional to normal separation costs of $5000. How much will the company pay in separation costs if these exit interviews are implemented next year?
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[SOLVED]Bill's product manager continues to perform well in the market.
Bill's product manager continues to perform well in the market. However, a competing product is coming on strong and is looking to take over as the market share leader in the segment. Without sacrificing contribution margin, what can the Bill product manager do in order to improve upon the buying criteria, and thus potentially increase demand?
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Assuming no direct factory overhead costs (i.e., inventory carry costs) and $3 million dollars in combined promotion and sales budget, the Daft product manager wishes to achieve a product contribution margin of 35%. Given their product currently is priced at $35.00, what would they need to limit the material and labor costs to?
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According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Baldwin sold 1128 units of Bill in the current year. Assuming that Bill maintains a constant market share, all the units of Bill are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Bill will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory.
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Which description best fits Andrews? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes your company's current strategy?
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[SOLVED]Baldwin's Elite product Boat has an awareness of 72%.
Baldwin's Elite product Boat has an awareness of 72%. Baldwin's Boat product manager for the Elite segment is determined to have more awareness for Boat than Andrews' Elite product Axe. She knows that the first $1M in promotion generates 22% new awareness, the second million adds 23% more and the third million adds another 5%. She also knows one-third of Boat's existing awareness is lost every year. Assuming that Axe's awareness stays the same next year (77%), out of the promotion budgets below, what is the minimum Baldwin's Elite product manager should spend in promotion to earn more awareness than Andrews' Axe product?
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Bill is a product of the Baldwin company which is primarily in the Nano segment, but is also sold in another segment. Baldwin starts to create their sales forecast by assuming all policies (R&D, Marketing, and Production) for all competitors are equal this year over last. For this question assume that all 1128 of units of Bill are sold in the Nano segment. If the competitive environment remains unchanged what will be the Bill product’s demand next year (in 000’s)?
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Investing $2,000,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM.xls Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,508,343. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,779,642 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $947,858 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?
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[SOLVED]Looking forward to next year, if Baldwin’s current cash amount is $17,334 (000)
Looking forward to next year, if Baldwin’s current cash amount is $17,334 (000) and cash flows from operations next period are unchanged from this period and Baldwin takes ONLY the following actions relating to cash flows from investing and financing activities: Issues $2,000 (000) of long-term debt Pays $4,000 (000) in dividends Retires $10,000 (000) in debt Which of the following activities will expose Baldwin to the most risk of needing an emergency loan?
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A productivity index of 110% means that a company’s labor costs would have been 10% higher if it had not made production improvements. Now refer to the Income Statement in Chester's Annual Report. The direct labor costs for Chester were $32,611. These labor costs could have been $20,000 higher if investments in training that increased productivity had not been made. What was the productivity index for Chester that led to such savings?
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From a marginal analysis perspective, what is the inventory carry cost for Andrews if the company carries one additional unit of Axe in inventory at the end?
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[SOLVED]What is the Profit Margin of Chester?
What is the Profit Margin of Chester?
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[SOLVED]Baldwin has an asset turnover of 1.52 (Asset Turnover = Sales/Assets). That means:
Baldwin has an asset turnover of 1.52 (Asset Turnover = Sales/Assets). That means:
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[SOLVED]Midyear on July 31st, the Chester Corporation's balance sheet reported:
Midyear on July 31st, the Chester Corporation's balance sheet reported: Total Liabilities of $25.439 million Cash of $2.010 million Total Assets of $40.623 million Total Common Stock of $1.270 million. What were the Chester Corporation's retained earnings?
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[SOLVED]Which mission statement best represents the Chester company?
Which mission statement best represents the Chester company?
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Review the Inquirer to determine Digby's current strategy. How will they seek a competitive advantage? From the following list, select the top five sources of competitive advantage that Digby would be most likely to pursue.
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The Andrews Company has just purchased $59,328,000 of plant and equipment that has an estimated useful life of 15 years. The expected salvage value at the end of 15 years is $5,932,800. What will the depreciation expense for this purchase (exclude all other plant and equipment) be for the second year of use? (Use FASB GAAP)
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If Baldwin issued 1000 shares of common stock at last year's end price, the effect on the balance sheet would be:
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Next year Baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.5% in its compensation plan. This incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. Assuming the goals are reached, how much will Baldwin pay its employees per hour?
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[SOLVED]Suppose the Digby company shifts focus to only competing in the Thrift and Nano segment
Suppose the Digby company shifts focus to only competing in the Thrift and Nano segments, while competing on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to the customers, what strategy would they be implementing?
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[SOLVED]Andrews Corp. ended the year carrying $10,749,000 worth of inventory.
Andrews Corp. ended the year carrying $10,749,000 worth of inventory. Had they sold their entire inventory at their current prices, how many more dollars of contribution margin would it have brought to Andrews Corp.?
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It is January 2nd. Senior management of Digby meets to determine their investment plan for the year. They decide to fully fund a plant and equipment purchase by issuing 50,000 shares of stock plus a new bond issue. The CFO happily notes this will raise their Leverage (=assets/equity) to a new target of 2.8. Assume the stock can be issued at yesterday’s stock price ($27.43). Which of the following statements are true? Check all that apply.
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The statement of cash flows for Baldwin Company shows what happens in the Cash account during the year. It can be seen as a summary of the sources and uses of cash (sources of cash are added, uses of cash are subtracted). Please answer which of the following is true if Baldwin issues bonds:
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This year Andrews achieved an ROE of 18.6%. Suppose management takes measures that decrease Asset turnover (Sales/Total Assets) next year. Assuming Sales, Profits, and financial leverage remain the same, what effect would you expect this action to have on Andrews's ROE?
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[SOLVED]On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a variable cost?
On the income statement, which of the following would be classified as a variable cost?
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The Digby's workforce complement will grow by 20% (rounded to the nearest person) next year. Ignoring downsizing from automating, what would their total recruiting cost be? Assume Digby spends the same amount extra above the $1,000 recruiting base as they did last year.
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Assuming Brokerage fees of $6000, calculate the amount of cash needed to retire Baldwin's 11.2S2029 bond early.
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The Chester company will continue to train their existing workforce at their current level to help reduce turnover and improve productivity next year. Employee training costs have increased to $30 per hour. How much would their training costs per employee be to the nearest dollar?
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Suppose you were hired as a consultant for a company that wants to penetrate the Comp-XM market. This company wants to pursue a niche cost leader strategy. From last year’s reports, which company would be the strongest competitor?
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The Baldwin company will increase its automation for the Best product by 2.0. Assuming no further change in capacity, how much will this investment in automation cost?
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If Chester Corp. were to buy all of it's shares outstanding at its current price, how much would it cost Chester Corp, excluding brokerage fees?
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$144 million
Baldwin has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product Bill. Labor costs will go from $7.70 to $8.20 per unit. In addition, their material costs have fallen from $13.66 to $12.66. Assume all period costs as reported on Baldwin's Income Statement remain the same. If Baldwin were to pass on half the new costs of labor and half the savings in materials to customers by adjusting the price of their product, how many units of product Bill would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?
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Of Baldwin Corporation’s products, which earned the lowest direct labor as a percentage of its sales?
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[SOLVED]Last year Attic charged $2,216,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews
Last year Attic charged $2,216,000 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews. If early this year Attic sold all its depreicable assets for their book value, the effect on Andrews's financial statements would be (all other items remaining equal):
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Assume Baldwin is producing 600 units of Boat next year. What would Boat's plant utilization be?
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[SOLVED]Chester's balance sheet has $73,467,000 in equity.
Chester's balance sheet has $73,467,000 in equity. Next year they expect Assets to increase by $4,000,000 and Liabilities to decrease by $2,000,000. If that happens, what will be Chester's book value?
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[SOLVED]Which company has the least efficient SG&A/Sales ratio?
Which company has the least efficient SG&A/Sales ratio?
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[SOLVED] Currently Baldwin is paying a dividend of $13.14 (per share).
Currently Baldwin is paying a dividend of $13.14 (per share). If this dividend were raised by $3.64, given its current stock price what would be the Dividend Yield?
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Chester Corp. is downsizing the size of their workforce by 10% (to the nearest person) next year from various strategic initiatives. How much will the company pay in separation costs if each worker receives $5,000 when separated?
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In the Month of March, Chester Corporation received orders of 153 units at a price of $15.00 for their product Clack. Chester uses the accrual method of accounting and offers 30 day credit terms. Chester delivers 102 units in March and the balance of 51 units in April. They received payment for 51 units in March, 51 units in April, and 51 units in May. How much revenue is recognized on the March income statement from this order? How much in the April Income statement? (Answer in thousands)
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[SOLVED] Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Chester Company
Your Competitive Intelligence team is predicting that the Chester Company will invest in adding capacity to their Cure product this year. Assume Chester's product Cure invests in increasing its capacity by 10% this year. Because of this new information, your company anticipates all other products in the Core segment will increase their capacity by the same amount. How much can the industry produce in the Core segment the next year? Consider only products primarily in the Core segment last year. Ignore current inventories. Figures in thousands (000).
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A productivity index of 110% means that
A productivity index of 110% means that a company’s labor costs would have been 10% higher if it had not made production improvements. Assume that Baldwin had a productivity index of 112% and that Chester had a productivity index of 103%. Now refer to the Income Statements in the Annual Report for Baldwin and Chester. Using the labor costs shown in the Income Statements, how much more did Baldwin save in direct labor costs compared to Chester by having a higher productivity index?
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[SOLVED] example of company performance analysis. select
[SOLVED] example of company performance analysis. select two companies and compare their financial structures including WACC, book value, and market value.
United States steel is a steel production company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1901. The company area of operation includes the USA and central Europe. The company generated revenue of 10 billion in 2016 financial year. Facebook, on the other hand, is a social media platform founded in 2004. The company is based in Menlo Park California. The company generated a revenue of 27 billion 2016 financial year. These companies operate in different industries. Therefore, the underlying conditions that influence the earning of companies may be totally different. Besides, their assets and expenses are totally different. A company like Facebook invest most on research and development while a company like US steel invest heavily on plant and equipment.
United States steel (X) have 176,000,000 outstanding shares while Facebook have 2,930,000,000 outstanding shares. The price per share for United States steel (X) is 35.48 USD and for Facebook (FB) is 161.89 USD. Therefore, the value of United States Steel (X) is 6,244,480,000 USD and for Facebook (FB) is 474,337,700,000 USD (Yahoo, 2019). The book value of the company is calculated by taking the total asset value less total liability. Therefore the book value of each company is as calculated below
[SOLVED] UMGC Data 620 Assignment 7.2Your name:
[SOLVED] UMGC Data 620 Assignment 7.2
Your name:
Date:
Each student runs the Python development environment Jupyter Notebook! Using the browser from the computer, prints “hello world” and writes a Celsius to Fahrenheit converter.
Turn in separate document(s) with the following items. Please label each with the TURN IN # statement so we can easily follow it.
Deliverable
Description
Points
TURN IN #1
Turn in a screen shot of your successful editor Jupyter Notebook.
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TURN IN #2
Turn in screen shot(s) showing “hello world” program execution with your name as the input string.
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(You can put TURN IN #1 and TURN IN #2 in the same Word document.)
TURN IN #3
Your Python code to perform a Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion. Name your python file “XXXX-temp.ipynb” where XXXX is your name. Your deliverable here is just the Python notebook; you don’t need to include screen shots. (Note there is a Rubric for Python programs (located also in this week’s materials) for how we will grade this.)
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TOTAL
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The following walkthrough exercises from “Python for Everybody – Exploring Data Using Python 3” by Charles R. Severance are included here:
Chapter 1: Exercises 5, 7, 9
Chapter 2: Exercises 2, 3, 4
You are encouraged to walk through these exercises. To do this, you should type the commands into your computer and make sure they give the same results as here.
Browsing the Python Jupyter IDLE (Integrated Development Environment), writing and running a program:
Try Jupyter out without installing anything.
Step 1:
Go to Jupter
Sometimes the screen will look slightly different, like this below. In that case, you need to “Try Classic Notebook”
You will get binder starting Python IDE (give it some seconds), then you will see this screen below:
Step 2:
Figure 1 into My Content area.
