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Wearable technology
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Q1- Create a hypothetical global corporation and answer the five basic questions that deal with production: •Where should production be located and should it be concentrated or dispersed? •What should be the long-term strategic role of foreign productions sites? Should the firm abandon a foreign site if factor costs change, or is there value to maintaining an operation at a given location even if economic conditions change? •Should the firm own foreign production or should production be outsourced? •How should a globally-dispersed supply chain be managed? •Should the firm manage the logistics or outsource their management?
Q2- Imagine you are the marketing manager for a U.S. manufacturer of disposable diapers. Your firm is considering entering the Brazilian market. Your CEO believes the advertising message that has been effective in the United States will suffice in Brazil. Your CEO also believes that the pricing decisions in Brazil can be left to the local managers. Detail the possible objections to both beliefs. Support your answer with examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
Country Differences in Accounting Standards
Read Closing Case: Adopting International Accounting Standards at the end of chapter 19 and write a 2-3 page paper in APA format with a detailed analysis that answers the following questions: •What are the benefits of adopting international accounting standards for (a) investors, and (b) business enterprises? •What are the potential risks associated with a move toward the adoption of international accounting standards in a nation? •In which nation is the move to adoption of IASB standard likely to cause the revisions in the reported financial performance of business enterprises, the United States or China? Why?
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Discussion 1
Summarize a situation from your professional or personal experience where you were confronted with a potential change that you resisted. Describe the motivations behind your resistance to the change. Discuss what you did to overcome your resistance using the technical terminology used in the course. Then, explain whether or not the change ultimately had a positive or negative impact on you personally.
Using the methods of change described in Table 6.11 in Chapter 6 of the Palmer textbook, select the method for managing resistance to change that was utilized by the individual or individuals asserting the change in the instance indicated in Part 1 of this discussion. Expound upon your determination.
Discussion 2
Consider a situation where you have been directed to control the change process for your organization and you encounter a supervisor who is extremely resistant to change. Even though the change may bring about new profits, his view is “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” He is also convinced that the change will make his job and the jobs of his team members, obsolete, which is not the case. Describe the steps that you would take to deal with the resistance to change. Explain why you believe those steps would be effective in convincing the supervisor that the change will benefit all parties involved in the long run. Put yourself in the shoes of the supervisor. Describe the type of information you would need to be presented with in order to lessen your resistance to the change being proposed. Then, argue whether or not the same level of information is needed for personnel at each level. Justify your argument.
The Toronto Ultimate Club
Alison Sutherland
BUSI 3334
March 11th, 2013
Table of Contents 1.0 Problem Statement3 2.0 Situational Analysis3 2.1 SWOT Analysis4 3.0 List of Alternatives6 4.0 Choice and Rationale8 5.0 Implementation and Control 8
Problem Statement:
Toronto Ultimate Club is located in Toronto, Ontario, and is an organization that focuses on growing the sport of Ultimate Frisbee by offering leagues in the Toronto area. Since the development of their strategic plan two years ago; memberships had stopped declining, but TUC’s general manager, was still not satisfied with the organizations growth. Other for-profit clubs have been claiming a growing portion of the market, and the general manager of TUC knew that developing a marketing plan for the coming year would be a necessity.
Situational Analysis:
Industry: Over the past 30 years, Ultimate Frisbee has been embraced and promoted by local not-for-profit clubs whose members share a love and passion for the game. As the sport grew on, and other clubs began to realize the success and popularity of Ultimate Frisbee, various for-profit organizations recognized this sport as an opportunity. Currently, Ultimate Frisbee clubs are geographically based and are primarily financed by revenue from league and membership fees, which, in turn, pay for fields, workshops, tournaments, social events, as well as general club operations.
Customer: TUC has already established a positive and on-going relationship with its members, which can be demonstrated through players playing with the same group of friends for over five years. Since its foundation, TUC’s main target market has traditionally been the serious Ultimate players, those who were looking for the highest quality of Ultimate Frisbee in the Greater Toronto Area. However, as years passed by the market changed; and TUC saw opportunities. TUC is looking to continue their strong ties with the youth community, while targeting
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one firm, a unique product, price control, and entry barriers.
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Employee Development and Psychological Tests” Please respond to the following:
WEEK 6 E-ACTIVITY Go to eHow’s website to read the article titled “How to Determine the Impact of Employee Development on the Success of an Organization.” (copy/past) Be prepared to discuss. Use the internet to research a psychological test (such as IPIP-NEO Personality Test or the Kolbe Index) that may be used in employee development to identify individual preferences, ways of decision making, means of gathering information, etc. Be prepared to discuss. 23/9
The reaction of 3-methyl-2-butanol with concentrated hydrobromic acid gives the two isomers bromoalkenes.Using curved arrows to symbolize the flow of electrons, suggest two reasonable mechanisms for this reaction that account for the formation of each of the products. Indicate whether each is an SN1 or an SN2 reaction.
Meals n’ More, Inc., a catering company, requires its customers to pay by check. Lyra, a Meals n’ More driver, tells customers that they can pay her with cash. When Meals n’ More learns of Lyra’s collections, it takes no action to stop it. Lyra steals some of the cash. Meals n’ More may suffer the loss under the doctrine of
A competency model is a set of knowledge, skills, behaviors, or attributes, which defines what is needed by a person to be effective in a particular leadership position. Chapter 7 of the course text introduces the concept of competency models and provides an example of a leadership competency model. Study the practice of competency modeling and existing leadership competency models. Using the Ashford University Library, search for a minimum of three scholarly sources on competency models and develop a competency model for a particular leadership position, such as college president, mayor, college athletic coach, or chief executive officer.
In your paper
Provide an overview of your competency model. List three to five specific skills, abilities, behaviors, attitudes, and/or knowledge areas you believe are important for success in the position. Clearly define and provide examples of each. Illustrate how you would go about evaluating leaders in a specific leadership position using your model. Discuss how your model of leadership assists in the development of leaders.
Your paper should be two to three pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages).