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Researching Marketing QuestionsMKT/571
2017
Researching Marketing Questions
Part 1: Marketing Report Memorandum
MEMORANDUM
To: John Mullin (Senior Vice President (SVP) of Marketing)
From: (Marketing Analyst)
Date: 2017
Re: Researching Marketing Questions
This memo summarizes the data provided in the business growth overview datasheets comparing 2016 vs. 2015 revenue data. Data information breakdown covers the four primary areas of revenue increase and decreases, revenue trends, revenue growth insights, and marketing goals and strategies analysis.
Revenue Increase and Decrease
There were revenue increases in all categories and a few decreases to mention also about the business growth. Within the datasheet global breakout was an increase across the board. Domestic produce significantly higher revenue over International, but International is mentionable for increasing strongly with over 10% within semiannual, quarterly and monthly categories. Within the customer rank category, there is a total increase, except for the category of non-coded. Although acquiring arose over expanding and retaining as far as daily revenue, total revenue ranking is expanding, retaining and then acquiring.
Customer class has year to date (YTD) increases but some decreases in the quarter to date and month to date (MTD). Commercial, Industrial Labs, Resell - Industrial Hygiene, and education show decreases within the quarter to date and MTD sales and gross profit (GP) but do come out with revenue increases within YTD. ABC Corporation is the revenue leader within the top customers. Delta Appliance is the third-ranking top customer; although, they have had a slip over the last year with the largest of 164% decrease of monthly GP, 21% quarterly sales decrease, and almost $2,000 YTD daily revenue loss (UOP, 2017).
Revenue Trends
Revenue within the YTD is an increase except for Delta Appliance, so it is perceived that increase is a trend and a good trend at that. However, Delta Appliance shows a revenue decrease not just in YTD but also quarter to date and MTD indicating a continual downward decline in revenue growth, profit, and sales which are a definite revenue loss trend. There is also a sales and GP percentage decrease trend within MTD for various top customers. Good news is upward revenue increase trends are evident within global breakout and customer rank with some MTD slippage from customer class, but not a noteworthy widespread trend.
Businesses must emplace a focus on trends, root-causes, and systemic issues to ensure continued growth in revenue. “It should set up a marketing intelligence system to track trends and important developments and any related opportunities and threats” (Kotler, P.T. & Keller, K.L., 2016, pg. 49).
Revenue Growth Insights
Moving forward with revenue growth and reversing the declining areas with without a doubt need established objectives. Creating realistic objectives will enable the business to reach desir ...
Quantitative Critique Rubric- 5.25.2020Student Name .docxsimonlbentley59018
Quantitative Critique Rubric- 5.25.2020
Student Name: Article Title:
Areas of critique
Questions to be answered regarding article
Critique Responses
Points achieved
Intent of the
Research (7)
Is the title of the study clear? (1)
What is the research question(s) if stated? What is the hypothesis if stated? (3)
What are the issues or variables being studied? Are there Independent & Dependent variables identified? (3)
Significance of study (5)
How is the research problem significant to nursing?
How will the findings improve practice? (5)
Methods (26)
What is the study design? Describe. Was this appropriate? (5) What is the level of evidence in this research? Describe model used to evaluate level of research (3)
Was the sample randomized or not randomized? Was the sample selection addressed?(3)
Was the sample size adequate? Was there a power analysis done? (3)
What evidence was provided that biases were eliminated or minimized? What steps were taken to control confounding participant characteristics that could affect the equivalence of groups being compared? Were these steps adequate? (6)
What were the inclusion and exclusion criteria? (3)
Describe the instruments used- were they reliable/valid? Is this addressed? (3)
Procedures (6)
Describe how the data was collected- was it consistent? (3)
Were the dependent variables always obtained in the same manner? (3)
Analysis (32)
What type of analysis was done? Identify the statistics used-were they appropriate for level of measurement? All assumptions met? (5) Was rationale provided for use of statistical tests?
Was analysis appropriate for the design/methods used? (3)
Were the relevant sample demographics described? (3) Were they used to answer RQ when inferential statistics would have been more appropriate? (3)
What were the results of the study? (3) Were any results significant? What do the tests tell about the RQ or hypotheses? (3) Were any tests non-significant? Is it plausible that these reflect a Type II error? (3) What factors might have undermined the study’s statistical conclusion validity? (3)
Was an appropriate amount of statistical information reported? Are the findings clearly and logically organized? (3) Were tables or figures used to summarize large amounts of statistical information? (3)
Results and Interpretation (24)
What was the researcher's interpretation of the results? (3)
Do the results make sense? Did the researcher develop reasonable conclusions? (3)
Do the researchers discuss the limitations of the study and their possible effects on the credibility of the research? (3) Did the researchers discuss the generalizability of the results? (3) Did the researchers discuss the implications for clinical practice? (3)
What is your interpretation of the results? (3)
How would you improve upon this study if you w.
MGT 660 Strategic Management New
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MGT 660 Full Course Discussions
MGT 660 Topic 1 DQ 1
Discuss how doing case analysis will help you develop skills needed to prepare recommendations for consideration in a Strategic Plan. What is a business model and how can it disrupt a company, industry and or both? Provide at least two examples.
MGT 660 Topic 1 DQ 2
in the world of data analytics, there is a multitude of visualizatLizbethQuinonez813
in the world of data analytics, there is a multitude of visualization products. This article (Using Tableau to Visualize) discusses the methodology of teaching the use of these visualization products. After reading the article you will find a Gartner Magic Quadrant depicting the different manufacturers of visualization products. In the leader quadrant, there are three companies, Tableau, Qlik, and Microsoft Power BI. As the Subject Matter Expert (SME), compare one major difference between each of the products as it pertains to this article (i.e.: online resources, online training, tutorials, etc.).
Read the scenario and assignment instructions in the You Decide Overview. You have been asked by the hospital's board of directors to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to be implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to be implemented, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital's deficiencies. Your primary text and journal and/or website research must be used as a reference to support your analysis.
Scenario Summary
The Joint Commission has recently visited Little Falls Hospital for its accreditation visit. Overall, the survey went well except for the standards related to the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals. The Joint Commission surveyors indicated that the hospital has not devoted enough resources and staff into achieving these goals.
As the new risk manager, you are aware of the following issues.
· There is no specific plan on how Little Falls Hospital will address and achieve these goals. This has been handled on a department-by-department basis.
· Recently, there has been a significant plaintiff settlement paid by the hospital's insurance carrier, which involved a patient death related to the incorrect medication being administered.
· The costs of the hospital's professional liability insurance continue to escalate, and the policy is due to expire in 6 months. Little Falls Hospital has had the same health professional liability insurance policy for 10 years.
· The hospital is facing financial constraints and does not have a significant amount of cash on hand to invest in new technologies.
Your Assignment
You have been asked by the hospital's board of director's to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to be implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to implement, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital's deficiencies. Your primary text and journal and website research must be used as a reference to support your analysis.
Key Players
Mr. Howard— ...
INTEGRATIVE PROJECT BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE2.docxmariuse18nolet
INTEGRATIVE PROJECT: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE 2
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REVIEW: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
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INTEGRATIVE PROJECT: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE 1
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-BUDGETING PAGE
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-BUDGETING PAGE
Abstract
For Module 2, consider your organization's mission and strategy from the perspective of its potential, prospective, and present customers. In this section of the assignment you’ll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to the presentation Objectives, Measures, Targets & Action Plans if you need to.
Once you’re reasonably clear on what’s involved, think about your organization and its customers/clients/users/service recipients/whatever-you-wish-to-call-them, and then:
• Identify at least three objectives for the organization's customer service perspective and show how they relate to the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization.
• For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).
• For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).
• For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization's strategy (initiative).
• Comment briefly on the relationships of the customer service objectives that you've identified here to the financial objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don't (and they don't have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to finances?
• Finally, do you wish to make any changes to your Module 1 objective write-up in light of your Module 2 experience?
Nike Organization
Every organization should have objectives in their business plan so as to have something to gear them towards success. The objectives should be understood by the organization’s executives and also the employees. This will be of great advantage because everybody in the organization will work hard to attain the targets.
The first target of the organization is to increase the number of customers by 20% in the first financial year. This calculation of the increase will be done by subtracting the average number of customers in the previous financial year from the average number of customers in current financial year. Divide the difference with the average number of customers in the previous financial year and then multiplying by one hundred. The strategy to increase the number of customers is by increasing the type of products produced by Nike. This will attract the customers due to the variety which will not be ex.
PART IWelcome to the Free Excel Student Template Version 18.1Dear .docxLacieKlineeb
PART IWelcome to the Free Excel Student Template Version 18.1Dear Student,By using this Template, you hereby agree to the Copyright terms and conditions. This Template should save you considerable time and allow for your presentation to be more professional. Do not mistake this Template for doing all of the work. Your assignment is to analyze and present strategies for the next three years. You will still need to do the research and enter key internal and external information into the Template. The Template does not gather or prioritize information. It does however assimilate information you enter in a professional way and does many calculations for you once that critical information is entered. Refer to the David & David textbook for conceptual guidelines for developing all matrices and analyses included in this Template. Best of luck with your project. This Template is designed for Textbook editions 17ed and 18th. Instructions for Using the Template1Please read all Template instructions below carefully before you start each new section of this Template. Only type in the green boxes. Refer to the David, David & David textbook for conceptual guidelines for every matrix and analysis in this Template.2This Template is organized into three primary parts: Part I, Part II, and the respective data output pages for your respective matrices. All data entered will be entered into Part I or Part II. Part I consists of data entry in developing matrices, where Part II consists of data entry for your financial information, including ratios, financial statements, and projected financial statements. Blue buttons are provided for navigating within and to Part I, yellow buttons are for navigating within and to Part II, orange buttons are for navigating to the respective matrices and pink buttons are for navigating to your financial output tables. The navigation buttons along the top of Part I and Part II may not be visible for Apple users but all other features should work without any problems.Strengths and Weaknesses1Enter into the Template exactly 10 strengths and 10 weaknesses, no more and no less. Your factors should be detailed and actionable rather than vague. For example, the strength: "Sales up nicely" is too vague and not actionable; "Sales were up 15% on women's apparel in China during 2018" is stated far better. Always be thinking in terms of divisions when writing strengths and weaknesses. Note women's apparel could be a division for Nike. All divisions do not need to be treated equally; allow more coverage for divisions with more revenue and those most pertinent to your strategic plan.2Weights reveal how important a factor is to being successful in the industry. All weights are "industry-based." A factor of 0.10 for example is 5 times more important than a factor of 0.02 for being successful in the industry. Do not be afraid to include factors with lower weights though. To have a factor make your top 10 list (10 strengths for exampl.
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Researching Marketing QuestionsMKT/571
2017
Researching Marketing Questions
Part 1: Marketing Report Memorandum
MEMORANDUM
To: John Mullin (Senior Vice President (SVP) of Marketing)
From: (Marketing Analyst)
Date: 2017
Re: Researching Marketing Questions
This memo summarizes the data provided in the business growth overview datasheets comparing 2016 vs. 2015 revenue data. Data information breakdown covers the four primary areas of revenue increase and decreases, revenue trends, revenue growth insights, and marketing goals and strategies analysis.
Revenue Increase and Decrease
There were revenue increases in all categories and a few decreases to mention also about the business growth. Within the datasheet global breakout was an increase across the board. Domestic produce significantly higher revenue over International, but International is mentionable for increasing strongly with over 10% within semiannual, quarterly and monthly categories. Within the customer rank category, there is a total increase, except for the category of non-coded. Although acquiring arose over expanding and retaining as far as daily revenue, total revenue ranking is expanding, retaining and then acquiring.
Customer class has year to date (YTD) increases but some decreases in the quarter to date and month to date (MTD). Commercial, Industrial Labs, Resell - Industrial Hygiene, and education show decreases within the quarter to date and MTD sales and gross profit (GP) but do come out with revenue increases within YTD. ABC Corporation is the revenue leader within the top customers. Delta Appliance is the third-ranking top customer; although, they have had a slip over the last year with the largest of 164% decrease of monthly GP, 21% quarterly sales decrease, and almost $2,000 YTD daily revenue loss (UOP, 2017).
Revenue Trends
Revenue within the YTD is an increase except for Delta Appliance, so it is perceived that increase is a trend and a good trend at that. However, Delta Appliance shows a revenue decrease not just in YTD but also quarter to date and MTD indicating a continual downward decline in revenue growth, profit, and sales which are a definite revenue loss trend. There is also a sales and GP percentage decrease trend within MTD for various top customers. Good news is upward revenue increase trends are evident within global breakout and customer rank with some MTD slippage from customer class, but not a noteworthy widespread trend.
Businesses must emplace a focus on trends, root-causes, and systemic issues to ensure continued growth in revenue. “It should set up a marketing intelligence system to track trends and important developments and any related opportunities and threats” (Kotler, P.T. & Keller, K.L., 2016, pg. 49).
Revenue Growth Insights
Moving forward with revenue growth and reversing the declining areas with without a doubt need established objectives. Creating realistic objectives will enable the business to reach desir ...
Quantitative Critique Rubric- 5.25.2020Student Name .docxsimonlbentley59018
Quantitative Critique Rubric- 5.25.2020
Student Name: Article Title:
Areas of critique
Questions to be answered regarding article
Critique Responses
Points achieved
Intent of the
Research (7)
Is the title of the study clear? (1)
What is the research question(s) if stated? What is the hypothesis if stated? (3)
What are the issues or variables being studied? Are there Independent & Dependent variables identified? (3)
Significance of study (5)
How is the research problem significant to nursing?
How will the findings improve practice? (5)
Methods (26)
What is the study design? Describe. Was this appropriate? (5) What is the level of evidence in this research? Describe model used to evaluate level of research (3)
Was the sample randomized or not randomized? Was the sample selection addressed?(3)
Was the sample size adequate? Was there a power analysis done? (3)
What evidence was provided that biases were eliminated or minimized? What steps were taken to control confounding participant characteristics that could affect the equivalence of groups being compared? Were these steps adequate? (6)
What were the inclusion and exclusion criteria? (3)
Describe the instruments used- were they reliable/valid? Is this addressed? (3)
Procedures (6)
Describe how the data was collected- was it consistent? (3)
Were the dependent variables always obtained in the same manner? (3)
Analysis (32)
What type of analysis was done? Identify the statistics used-were they appropriate for level of measurement? All assumptions met? (5) Was rationale provided for use of statistical tests?
Was analysis appropriate for the design/methods used? (3)
Were the relevant sample demographics described? (3) Were they used to answer RQ when inferential statistics would have been more appropriate? (3)
What were the results of the study? (3) Were any results significant? What do the tests tell about the RQ or hypotheses? (3) Were any tests non-significant? Is it plausible that these reflect a Type II error? (3) What factors might have undermined the study’s statistical conclusion validity? (3)
Was an appropriate amount of statistical information reported? Are the findings clearly and logically organized? (3) Were tables or figures used to summarize large amounts of statistical information? (3)
Results and Interpretation (24)
What was the researcher's interpretation of the results? (3)
Do the results make sense? Did the researcher develop reasonable conclusions? (3)
Do the researchers discuss the limitations of the study and their possible effects on the credibility of the research? (3) Did the researchers discuss the generalizability of the results? (3) Did the researchers discuss the implications for clinical practice? (3)
What is your interpretation of the results? (3)
How would you improve upon this study if you w.
MGT 660 Strategic Management New
Just Click on Below Link To Download This Course:
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MGT 660 Strategic Management New
MGT 660 Full Course Discussions
MGT 660 Topic 1 DQ 1
Discuss how doing case analysis will help you develop skills needed to prepare recommendations for consideration in a Strategic Plan. What is a business model and how can it disrupt a company, industry and or both? Provide at least two examples.
MGT 660 Topic 1 DQ 2
in the world of data analytics, there is a multitude of visualizatLizbethQuinonez813
in the world of data analytics, there is a multitude of visualization products. This article (Using Tableau to Visualize) discusses the methodology of teaching the use of these visualization products. After reading the article you will find a Gartner Magic Quadrant depicting the different manufacturers of visualization products. In the leader quadrant, there are three companies, Tableau, Qlik, and Microsoft Power BI. As the Subject Matter Expert (SME), compare one major difference between each of the products as it pertains to this article (i.e.: online resources, online training, tutorials, etc.).
Read the scenario and assignment instructions in the You Decide Overview. You have been asked by the hospital's board of directors to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to be implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to be implemented, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital's deficiencies. Your primary text and journal and/or website research must be used as a reference to support your analysis.
Scenario Summary
The Joint Commission has recently visited Little Falls Hospital for its accreditation visit. Overall, the survey went well except for the standards related to the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals. The Joint Commission surveyors indicated that the hospital has not devoted enough resources and staff into achieving these goals.
As the new risk manager, you are aware of the following issues.
· There is no specific plan on how Little Falls Hospital will address and achieve these goals. This has been handled on a department-by-department basis.
· Recently, there has been a significant plaintiff settlement paid by the hospital's insurance carrier, which involved a patient death related to the incorrect medication being administered.
· The costs of the hospital's professional liability insurance continue to escalate, and the policy is due to expire in 6 months. Little Falls Hospital has had the same health professional liability insurance policy for 10 years.
· The hospital is facing financial constraints and does not have a significant amount of cash on hand to invest in new technologies.
Your Assignment
You have been asked by the hospital's board of director's to prepare a risk management plan that will help to develop a culture of safety throughout Little Falls Hospital. The plan should address the National Patient Safety Goals and strategies to be implemented throughout the organization. Prepare a 750-word summary of the important components of the plan, the resources that are required to implement, and strategies to overcome some of the hospital's deficiencies. Your primary text and journal and website research must be used as a reference to support your analysis.
Key Players
Mr. Howard— ...
INTEGRATIVE PROJECT BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE2.docxmariuse18nolet
INTEGRATIVE PROJECT: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE 2
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INTEGRATIVE PROJECT: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE PAGE 3
REVIEW: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
SESSION LONG PROJECT
STUDENT, TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL
INTEGRATIVE PROJECT: BSC FLEXIBILITY & THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE 1
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-BUDGETING PAGE
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-BUDGETING PAGE
Abstract
For Module 2, consider your organization's mission and strategy from the perspective of its potential, prospective, and present customers. In this section of the assignment you’ll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to the presentation Objectives, Measures, Targets & Action Plans if you need to.
Once you’re reasonably clear on what’s involved, think about your organization and its customers/clients/users/service recipients/whatever-you-wish-to-call-them, and then:
• Identify at least three objectives for the organization's customer service perspective and show how they relate to the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization.
• For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).
• For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).
• For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization's strategy (initiative).
• Comment briefly on the relationships of the customer service objectives that you've identified here to the financial objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don't (and they don't have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to finances?
• Finally, do you wish to make any changes to your Module 1 objective write-up in light of your Module 2 experience?
Nike Organization
Every organization should have objectives in their business plan so as to have something to gear them towards success. The objectives should be understood by the organization’s executives and also the employees. This will be of great advantage because everybody in the organization will work hard to attain the targets.
The first target of the organization is to increase the number of customers by 20% in the first financial year. This calculation of the increase will be done by subtracting the average number of customers in the previous financial year from the average number of customers in current financial year. Divide the difference with the average number of customers in the previous financial year and then multiplying by one hundred. The strategy to increase the number of customers is by increasing the type of products produced by Nike. This will attract the customers due to the variety which will not be ex.
PART IWelcome to the Free Excel Student Template Version 18.1Dear .docxLacieKlineeb
PART IWelcome to the Free Excel Student Template Version 18.1Dear Student,By using this Template, you hereby agree to the Copyright terms and conditions. This Template should save you considerable time and allow for your presentation to be more professional. Do not mistake this Template for doing all of the work. Your assignment is to analyze and present strategies for the next three years. You will still need to do the research and enter key internal and external information into the Template. The Template does not gather or prioritize information. It does however assimilate information you enter in a professional way and does many calculations for you once that critical information is entered. Refer to the David & David textbook for conceptual guidelines for developing all matrices and analyses included in this Template. Best of luck with your project. This Template is designed for Textbook editions 17ed and 18th. Instructions for Using the Template1Please read all Template instructions below carefully before you start each new section of this Template. Only type in the green boxes. Refer to the David, David & David textbook for conceptual guidelines for every matrix and analysis in this Template.2This Template is organized into three primary parts: Part I, Part II, and the respective data output pages for your respective matrices. All data entered will be entered into Part I or Part II. Part I consists of data entry in developing matrices, where Part II consists of data entry for your financial information, including ratios, financial statements, and projected financial statements. Blue buttons are provided for navigating within and to Part I, yellow buttons are for navigating within and to Part II, orange buttons are for navigating to the respective matrices and pink buttons are for navigating to your financial output tables. The navigation buttons along the top of Part I and Part II may not be visible for Apple users but all other features should work without any problems.Strengths and Weaknesses1Enter into the Template exactly 10 strengths and 10 weaknesses, no more and no less. Your factors should be detailed and actionable rather than vague. For example, the strength: "Sales up nicely" is too vague and not actionable; "Sales were up 15% on women's apparel in China during 2018" is stated far better. Always be thinking in terms of divisions when writing strengths and weaknesses. Note women's apparel could be a division for Nike. All divisions do not need to be treated equally; allow more coverage for divisions with more revenue and those most pertinent to your strategic plan.2Weights reveal how important a factor is to being successful in the industry. All weights are "industry-based." A factor of 0.10 for example is 5 times more important than a factor of 0.02 for being successful in the industry. Do not be afraid to include factors with lower weights though. To have a factor make your top 10 list (10 strengths for exampl.
ECO 201 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview .docxjack60216
ECO 201 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of a research paper. Every day, millions of economic choices are made by people—from what brand of soap to buy
to how many employees to hire for a factory. Microeconomics provides us with the tools, models, and concepts to better understand individual choices in the
marketplace and how resource allocation is determined at the micro level. The decisions made by individuals and households impact the market and influence
decisions made by firms. Firms use these tools as a way to determine pricing, output, and profit maximization. As a student of economics, you can use the
microeconomic principles to gain an understanding of how firms and individuals make decisions and also to make your own conclusions about actions we can
take to improve those decisions.
Now, imagine that you are a consultant to the firm of your choice. The firm has hired you to advise it on how it can ensure its future success as a company in its
current market. To do this, you will write a 7–9-page research paper analyzing market and business data to explain how the core microeconomic principles impact
the sustainability of the firm and what actions it can take to ensure success.
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Four, and Five. The final submission will occur in Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Apply microeconomic models to real-world situations for informing effective business decisions
Analyze business and market data using microeconomic tools for their impact on business sustainability
Evaluate the structure of various markets for informing effective decision-making strategies
Assess the behavior and decisions of individuals and firms for their relation to the microeconomic framework
Prompt
You will work with your instructor to choose a firm for which you can find reliable data and information, both at the firm level and the industry level. The firm you
select must be a publicly traded company, must operate in the U.S. market, and must currently be in business. You will need instructor approval before continuing
on with your research paper in order to ensure you have met the necessary requirements. Publicly traded companies file reports with a great deal of data that
you will find useful for your analysis. Once you have selected a firm for your case study, you will gather information and data relevant to the firm and its industry
and use the core microeconomic principles you have learned in class to analyze the information and make a recommendation for your firm. You will compose a
7–9-page research paper in which you will analyze the market and business data to explain ...
Assignment 1 Company Description and SWOT AnalysisDue Week 3 .docxtrippettjettie
Assignment 1: Company Description and SWOT Analysis
Due Week 3 and worth 100 points
In this assignment, you will conduct a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) analysis for the type of beverage you have selected, and for your company overall. As you work on the assignment, consider why you have chosen one type of non-alcoholic beverage over another and the reasons for that choice. As you complete your SWOT analysis, be sure to include external factors such as industry / market trends and competition, and internal factors such as your capabilities or abilities to reach certain market segments.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper, in which you:
Create your revised NAB company name and explain its significance.
Develop your revised company’s Mission Statement and provide a rationale for its components.
Hints: Use the Statement of Mission template on pp. 72-73 on the course textbook: Successful Business Plan to aid your development. Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook.
Extracting appropriate information from the NAB company portfolio, where applicable. You should fill in other required items in the template using your personal preferences.
Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen. Justify at least three (3) reasons why you have chosen this type of non-alcoholic beverage.
Hints: Research and outline beverage industry trends. Consider the size and growth rate of the industry overall and the specific beverage type you have chosen. Use the worksheet in the course text (p. 88 | Past and Future Growth of Your Industry) to help you project the future growth rate. Consider the use of industry associations and search engines to find reliable, recent data.
Choose one (1) strategic position from the course text (pp. 142–143) that you believe is the best strategic position for your company. Explain the approach you will use to implement this strategic position in order to distinguish your beverage from other non-alcoholic beverages.
Provide an overview of your company’s distribution channels. Explain the manner in which your product will reach end users. Provide a rationale for your chosen method.
Hints: For example, will you sell your beverage in grocery stores, restaurants, or sports venues? If so, describe the types of resellers and distributors who will sell to resellers and fulfill their orders. If you are attempting to sell direct-to-consumers, such as online via a monthly subscription, how will you manage warehousing / fulfillment / shipping?
Outline at least three (3) types of risks (including any regulatory risks) that your business faces. Describe your company’s plan to mitigate such risk.
Hints: You may refer to the types of risk listed in the course text (pp. 148–149) as well as any risks not listed in the text. Regulation weighs more heavily on beverage and food businesses than many other types of companies, so ...
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Your introduction should be typed here. It should be at least four sentences and include a thesis statement that introduces all of the key topics you are going to present. Please note that you should follow all APA writing rules within your essay. This means avoid first and second person, do not use contractions, and use citations throughout your paper!
Major Subsystem in Need of Change
After reviewing the case study choose the Major Subsystem that you believe is in most need of change. Provide examples of why you have chosen this subsystem and ensure you cite your academic research. Keep in mind the case study is not an academic source.
Comparison with Successful Example
After conducting your research present a successful example of the subsystem that you chose. Provide examples and compare and contrast the two. Make sure you cite the source of your information.
Realignment of the Total Organization
Describe in detail how the proposed change to the major subsystem would subsequently create positive changes to two other subsystems within RSPS. Make a presentation of how these changes would realign the organization for the better. Make sure you conduct research to support your assertions and cite throughout.
Satisfy Stakeholders
Identify three stakeholder groups. Discuss how your proposed changes would increase satisfaction of each. Describe in detail and cite your research.
Human Resources
Present how the Human Resources Department within RSPS would attract, develop, and retain future employees. Describe each stage in detail and cite your sources. Show how attracting, developing, and retaining these employees would bring about the changes you have presented. Again, make sure you cite sources throughout.
Christian Worldview
This can be a separate paragraph as presented here or can be incorporated throughout your paper.
Conclusion
The conclusion is the last paragraph. It should not introduce any new information; it should simply be a summary of your introduction, with a restatement of your thesis. See below for how to format references. You must have two academic references. One can be your text, but the other must be a GCU library source. The video does not count as a research source, although you should cite it. If you follow this template and the rubric, you will do very well on your paper! (
**This paper requires a minimum of four academic sources (the case study does not count). Also, I am looking for you to pull past course concepts into this paper. This is a Benchmark assignment so it is important to include leadership theories and management principles from the pas.
PAD 631 Module Six Memo Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: This activity will allow you to practice making recommendations, which is a skill needed for the final project.
Prompt: Making recommendations is an important component of the final project. This assignment allows you to practice making recommendations. In order to
prepare for this assignment, view the video How to Analyze a Case Study. Then, examine the case study Artesanias de Colombia. What best practices led to
program success? Use the provided Memo Template and format your submission as you would a memo to an organization.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Program Success: Identify program outcomes and best practices, and, based on the measures used to evaluate them, explain which best practices
decision makers could implement to enhance the likelihood of program success.
Overcoming Constraints: How effective were the strategic management processes used to overcome the constraints they faced?
Organizational Success: Explain how governmental and nonprofit agencies can improve organizational success by best utilizing the principles of
benchmarking, best practices, and comparative governmental performance.
Customer Service: Recommend a strategy to mitigate the impact of the challenge of providing effective and efficient customer service. Justify your
recommendation.
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted using the Memo Template Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New
Roman font, and sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Program Success Determines appropriate best practices
decision makers could implement to
enhance likelihood of program success,
based on measures used to evaluate
program outcomes and best practices
identification
Determines best practices decision
makers could implement but practices
are not appropriate for enhancing
likelihood of program success or are
not based on measures used to
evaluate program outcomes and best
practices identification
Does not determine best practices
decision makers could implement
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Overcoming Constraints Assesses effectiveness of strategic
management processes used by the
organization to overcome constraints
Assesses effectiveness of strategic
management processes used by the
organization to overcome constraints
but assessment is cursory or inaccurate
Does not assess effectiveness of
strategic management processes used
by the organization to overcome
constraints
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Organizational Success Explains how governmental and
nonprofit agencies can improve
organizational success by best utilizing
the principles of benchmarking, best
practices, and comparative
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Trying to figure out if embedded analytics are for you?
According to Gartner Research, more than 90% of business leaders view content information as a strategic asset, yet fewer than 10% can quantify its economic value. Read this guide to learn why you should be leveraging an asset you already own--data--to build relationships, increase retention, and drive revenue.
· The 4 to 5-page limit refers to your analysis. The page limit do.docxalinainglis
· The 4 to 5-page limit refers to your analysis. The page limit does not include the reference page, the 5-forces diagram, nor a title page. If you prepare any supporting analysis that can be shown in an appendix page. So, you have 4 to 5 pages available for your written analysis.
· Introducing and describing the company (what it does, key products, markets, distribution) and the industry (key competitors, market size) should be succinct, no more than a half a page. Dedicate approximately 1/2 page introducing the company and it's industry. Beyond that don't spend much time or space describing basic info about the company. For example, providing the history of the company is not relevant to the model.
· The bulk of your writing should be specific to the model as it applies to your company, evaluating each of the five forces thoroughly. Assume the reader is a business person who has a basic knowledge of the company/industry.
· Your analysis should inform the reader of those aspects of the business and industry relevant to each of the five forces. For example, if sales figures are needed to establish the company's position in their industry, use that information in the industry competitors (rivalry) force.
· Use outside references. Key analysis points are to be referenced. As master’s-level business students it is expected that you will utilize sources beyond the company website, the Porter article itself, and sites like yahoo finance. You can use these sites but are strongly advised to not limit yourself to them.
· Thoroughly analyze each of the five forces. The Porter article gives you criteria and examples for each force that can be investigated as you prepare your analysis. Pick two or three for each force and use these to guide your paper.
· The 1-page model should be prepared after you complete your paper. It is nothing more than a visual, concise representation of your analysis. It does not have to be fancy. It does have to be clear and represent your analysis. Use exhibit 2.7 or the model in the Porter paper as your guide. Label each force as high or low, based on your analysis. Insert three to four (max) key bullet points related to each force into the five boxes in the model.
· Proofread your paper. Spelling, grammar, and APA.
BBA 4951, Business Policy and Strategy 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
3. Analyze external and internal audit processes.
9. Assess the strategy evaluation process.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 3: The External Assessment
Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment
Unit Lesson
External Assessments
During this unit, we will explore the factors that impact an internal and external assessment. Let us begin with
the external assessment. To effectively develop a successful strategic plan, the organization must be aware
and adapt to the external environments. These environments include identifying and incorporating .
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NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMPANY DELL INC.
ANALYZING THE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF BRANT FREEZER COMPANY
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMPANY DELL INC.
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ANALYZING THE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF BRANT FREEZER COMPANY
Tenets of creating a new organization with a new service charter in the Dell, Inc. organization
Introduction
In any business, the main aim of developing a new product is to improve customer service and consequentially the company income and its portfolio in general. Bringing a new product to the market place is most often provoked by change in consumer preferences, competition factors as well as advancement in technology and a new idea that needs to be taken to consideration. In our case study the three factors are applicable as they all cut across the objectives and mission of the company. As such, proper research for strategies on what to develop and how to do it is crucial for a successful venture. Dell, Inc. is a worldwide company whose objective is to empower communities to use technology for prosperity. Dell provides the technological tools that are necessary and crucial for everyone to achieve their dreams. Whether at home, school, organizations and governments, Dell is always at the forefront in delivering the necessary tools for achieving more. The focus should therefore be , how better Dell could assist communities build themselves efficiently, develop the mechanism and make them readily available for this wide market.
Type of product
Successful ideas are those that are centered on understanding the market requirements, which would in turn be molded into smart products that meet and even go beyond the customer expectations. Financial management has since been a problem to the whole world from governmental institutions to small enterprises and even individuals. Wealth is what measures the capacity to sustain life in any given community. Misappropriation of wealth is like a “hole in the bucket of wealth” and one of the loopholes that lead to this menace is lack of intelligent systems that could assist manage and report financial aspects of any entity that generates and spends money. The type of product in question is an Electronic Resource Planning software.
Building the product
As aforementioned, a myriad of communities around the globe are in dire need of systems that could assist them build themselves and progress through proper fiscal management. To the Dell fraternity, that is a wide market to tap into. Ordinarily, new products could have either of the attributes:
- They could be have never been marketed by Dell , Inc. but have been taken up by other companies or
- They could be original creations being taken in for the first time.
The product that is proposed in this text has evidently been in the market having been sold by the major players in the IT business.
Assignment 3 Part C Final Marketing PlanDue Week 8 and worth 2.docxsherni1
Assignment 3: Part C: Final Marketing Plan
Due Week 8 and worth 280 points
From the start of this course, you have accessed the Interactive Marketing Plan tool and used the step-by-step guide to complete Part C of your marketing plan. You are required to submit a marketing plan for a hypothetical product-based company. Your plan must include the company’s social media strategy, and information collected from Steps 6-7 of the Interactive Marketing Plan, located in the course shell. Note: Some elements may not be covered in the Interactive Marketing Plan and will require additional research.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
2. Provide the following marketing strategy information:
a. Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
b. Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
c. Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
d. Assess the level of impact that the salient macro-environmental issues (e.g., legal, technological, social, and economic, etc.) and trends with which the company must contend could potentially have on the company’s marketing strategy.
e. Discuss the marketing research tools that you used in your marketing strategy.
3. Construct an implementation strategy for your hypothetical company in which you specify the essential activities and responsibilities. Include a timetable for completion of each component of your strategy.
4. Develop a five (5) year expansion plan that includes future profitability and market share growth. Include necessary graphs to explain your plan.
5. Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
6. Choose two (2) performance standards, two (2) monitory methods, and two (2) financial controls that you would implement that differ from the standards that you had provided in Assignment 1. Justify your choices.
7. Assess the potential for your company’s overall performance in relation to the marketing plan objectives.
8. Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
9. Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one- ...
RubricRubric for Assignment 5a- MetricsMaxYour PointsCommentsTop.docxtoddr4
RubricRubric for Assignment 5a- MetricsMaxYour
PointsCommentsTop 3Top 2 for each category 1 and why selected20Top 2 for each category 2 and why selected20Top 2 for each category 3 and why selected20Target Values for 6 Metrics years 1-320Clear Units5Top 6 Metrics Steps to Achieve10Grammar - Organization - Spelling5Late Total 100095Consider that you are starting a PMO in your company using the previously developed PMO Charter. Starting on Page 86 in Gerard Hill’s book, list the top 2 metrics that would apply best to your company in each of the three categories: Process Management and Improvement Metrics, Project Performance Metrics, and Business Management Metrics and why you are selecting them. You should tie the selection of metrics to the needs analysis you completed in Unit 4 for your company. (PRJ-60)Submit a Word Doc and Table with the two metrics under each of the three categories. (Total of 6 metrics should be on the table.)In the same Word Doc, list the top 6 metrics above for your company PMO that you wrote your charter on, explain why you selected the six based on your needs analysis completed in Unit 4 and denote their target values for year 1, year 2 and year 3. Display the units clearly for you metrics. For each metric of the top 6 use at least 75 words per metric that would describe any specific steps you would need take to in your company to achieve your targets for each metric.
MetricsProcess Management and Improvement MetricsProcess Management Methodology ProcessesTechnical ProcessesBusiness ProcessesResource Management ProcessesPMO Support ProcessesProject Performance MetricsBudgetScheduleResource ManagementRisk ManagementQuality AssuranceBusiness Management MetricsContract and Agreement MetricsCustomer Satisfaction MetricsProject Portfolio Management MetricsFinancial Metrics
STAT200 Introduction to Statistics
Assignment #1: Statistics Data Analysis Plan
Assignment #1: Prepare Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Plan
Before conducting any statistical analyses, researchers develop a plan for how they will analyze their data to answer their research questions. The purpose of this assignment is to provide experience developing and executing a descriptive statistics analysis plan using real world data to answer a practical question.
Note: This first assignment develops and executes a preliminary plan using a subset of the data to create tables and graphs to address the assigned task. The second assignment will involve carrying out the plan in greater detail, after receiving in class feedback from your instructor.
Assignment Steps:
Step #1: Understanding the task to be addressed:
You are interviewing for a new job as a Financial Advisor and have been asked to perform the following task:
Using the provided real world data determine the budgetary expenditures for groceries (food) your client should anticipate, assuming your client has the following social/economical family profile.
In Assignment 2 you will have leeway in .
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 2 Apply Internal and External Environmental Analysis (Hoosier Media Inc)
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Each quiz needs to be answered in a four-page minimum APA style research paper. Title page and references page are not included in page count. Don’t worry about adding this page after the title page which is stated in the lower instruction. However, please restate each question in the paper before answering it.
Please answer each question thoroughly. Research must be done where applicable. Your grade is contingent upon the in-depthness of the responses given. The minimum/maximum length of this paper is four pages.
Quiz 1
1. Explain the impact of the recent hurricane/disasters to the import export system.
2. You have a manufacturer company that produces tennis shoes (XY2 Company). You have decided that you would like to market your product to Indonesia. Determine the differences in attitude, values, and norms: relationship with the U.S, regarding business operations, and how to alleviate any barriers that may exist in doing business with your company.
3. You are the CEO of a cough syrup company (666 Cough Syrup). Taking into consideration the legal and political system, the cultural barriers and the language barriers, how would you market your cough syrup to China? Give specific details on
marketing promotion, distribution, and packaging.
Quiz 2
1
. China is the largest country in the world. You are thinking about marketing your product in their country. Your information must be current (NLT 2008). You are to conduct a COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS between China and the United States.
You are to determine the population of China, the mean gross income, the gross national product (GNP). It is suggested that you display your information in a table format however do not forget to cite your source.
2. Choose two countries from Africa and two countries from Asia. Conduct a COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS with inflation rates, interest rates, exchange rates in comparison with the United States. discuss the economic system of these countries. whether they are mixed economies, etc, discuss the economic slowdown and what factors could have contributed to it. discuss whether economies are moving toward private ownership and how.
3. You are the owner of a tennis shoe company. Taken into consideration all the issues presented in question 2, would you expand your market to the four countries in question 2. If so, what steps would you take relating to political policies, legal environment behavioral practices, and economic environment to gain access.
Quiz 3
1. One of the Eastern Bloc countries has resulted in a transition from a command economy to a market economy. Explain the process, incentives, decontrols Hungarian’s government has/had to put in place to transition to a market economy. How long you think this process will take? As a manager, at what stage would you try to market your
product/service to this country? Explain.
2. With regards to the various agreements/treaties discussed: EU, WTO, NAFTA, CARICOM.
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Abstract
For Module 3, consider the organization's mission and strategy from the perspective of its internal business processes (from your work on the case, your previous course work, and your background reading, you should be reasonably clear what such business processes are). In this section of the assignment you’ll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to Objectives, Measures, Targets & Action Plans if you need to.
Once you’re reasonably clear on what’s involved, think about your organization and its business processes, and then:
Identify at least three objectives for improving the organization's internal business processes, and show how they relate to the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization.
• For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).
• For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).
• For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization's strategy (initiative).
• Comment briefly on the relationships of the process objectives that you've identified here to the finance objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment and/or the customer service objectives that you identified in the Module 2 SLP assignment. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don't (and they don't have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to finance or customer service?
• Finally, do you wish to make any changes to your Module 1 or Module 2 objective write-ups in light of your Module 3 experience?
Nike Organization
An organization’s internal business processes has to be improved by placing objectives which are aimed towards the success of the business through good customer relations and even producing quality products. The main objectives of Nike Company are aimed at increasing the total revenue of the organization, reducing the cost of revenue as well as reducing the operating expenses thereby sticking to its vision of using innovation as its key strategy to attain success by acquiring a competitive advantage in the industry. This has helped in achieving maximum satisfaction for its customers hence increasing loyalty thus the competitive advantage .
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Business Unit Analysis
Directions: Create a Feasibility Study for Harley-Davidson using the following outline:
Part I: Differentiation Strategies
The analysis of current strategy and competitor analysis you conducted last module impressed the
senior vice president. She now needs you to delve into the brands and analyze them by conducting a
business unit analysis and presenting your findings in a three-part PowerPoint presentation.
Research the Harley-Davidson (H-D) Web site for each brand and review the annual report for relevant
details of the size, scope, target market, services and amenities, and other salient points of
differentiation. Include these details in Part I of your PowerPoint presentation.
From the research and analysis of the business units, identify:
• A description of each brand that provides a clear picture of the brand and its place in the overall
portfolio of Harley-Davidson.
• The target market of each brand.
• How the brands are alike and how they differ.
• A preliminary analysis of any gaps that exist in the portfolio that might lead to opportunities to
add to the brands.
• Your analysis of possible merger/acquisition/joint venture possibilities and what would be
achieved or accomplished through the merger/acquisition/joint venture.
Part II: SWOT Analysis
Perform a SWOT analysis for Harley-Davidson and include this information in Part II of your PowerPoint
presentation.
• Based on the internal analyses of the SWOT analysis, assess the functional areas, resources,
capabilities, and strengths H-D possesses. Please be sure to cover the following functional areas
in your assessment:
o Marketing: New product development, integrated marketing planning,
marketing communications, and building customer loyalty.
o Operations: Quality, service, and consistent execution.
o Human Resources: Hiring, training, developing talent, and performance
planning. Avoided lawsuits and bad PR due to its hiring practices. Is ethical in its
HR practices.
o Executive Leadership: Industry knowledge and experience, vision about where
the industry is heading, and strategy execution.
o Supply Chain Optimization: Strategic sourcing of input, vendor management,
integrated IS, and joint forecasting with suppliers.
o Corporate Responsibility and Ethics: Concern for corporate citizenship and the
environment. Present any potential ethical concerns as well.
o Safety and Quality: How the motorcycle industry is dealing with safety and
quality issues.
Part III: Growth and Profitability Strategies
In addition, the executive board is interested in your ideas about bold strategies for the future. The
strategies you recommend will have to contribute to growth and profitability, as outlined in the Annual
Report.
You will want to pay special attention to exploring vertical integration, strategic alliances, and the
internal growth of new brands entering new geographic markets, and ...
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presentation to present your findings. This assignment requires you to use Excel; make sure you also submit the Excel file to show your work. Place all calculations for each of the questions on a separate worksheet. Then, using the results of your work from Excel, prepare PowerPoint slides to answer
COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS .docxcargillfilberto
COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS 2
Maintaining a strong security system in the networking environment to prevent any form of attack and compromise information has been a formidable problem in recent times. There is fairly a small number of operating systems compared to the vast number of computer systems that are in operation. This situation has created a leeway for cyber attackers to target the systems easily (Palmer, 2010). Cyber attackers have formulated diverse techniques to exploit the homogeneity of the network environment. This article will explore the benefits related to diversity and commonality in the event of a malicious attack.
The purpose of any security strategy is to completely eliminate or at least limit the impact of damage to a successful attack on a particular system. At some point, any computer can be vulnerable to malware attacks, and the most important aspect in a case like this is to achieve an optimum level of preparedness. Diversity of the operating systems is beneficial in several ways, though an organization could incur an extra operational cost. Moving some groups of users to various different operating systems helps avert the overall damage caused by the SQL Slammer and MSBlast worms. Malicious-code attacks directed towards the commonly used operating system, windows, have been so rampant, thereby necessitating the need for improved security procedures of the computers (Anderson & Anderson, 2010).
Significant operational damages have been incurred before by businesses and enterprise to extensive downtime, brought about by malware attacks. Adopting diversity in operating systems comes along with several security benefits;
· Helps contain malicious-code attacks- Virus and worm attacks target and exploit the flaws in windows operating systems. In a case like this, availing an alternative operating system would be critical in helping to contain the spread to other PCs owned by the business. The impact of the attack is leveled down since some core business can be carried out in the event of an attack.
· Directing some pressure towards Microsoft- Health competition among service and commodity provider is beneficial for the consumers. Being diversified in terms of operating systems pushes dominant companies like Microsoft to try so hard to meet the security needs of their customers.
· It helps speed up innovations in the sense that other operating system developers will work towards improving their operating systems to match that of the windows. Such innovations include stable security systems that prevent malware from instilling too much damage to the computer system.
Exercising commonality in the usage of operating systems comes with its own benefits, too, especially when dealing with a malicious attack. The business would not incur too much cost, in the event of a .
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Common Mistakes I see on this paper are
1. Using summaries and reviews written by other authors rather than using the actual IOM report and viewing each section, or viewing the IOM's summaries of it's report.
2. Forgetting to include information on how the IOM report will or has impacted one's practice. This is worth a high percentage of points
3. Not formatting the paper in APA, citing sources or using current sources like those supplied in our course resources for the week (since I am supplying a template APA should be flawless)
4. Going over the allowed length (papers that are over the criteria for length will be returned for revision)
5. Including background information, losing focus - remember the goal is to discuss the recommendations for education, practice, leadership and discuss how they can be achieved.
6. Ineffective introduction, too long, does not introduce the topic briefly, does not include a summary of what the paper will cover
LINKS TO THE IOM REPORT AND IOM SUMMARIES OF THE REPORT (These should be your main references for the report, don’t use a summary written about the report, use the IOMs summaries)
Download whole report as guest
Report Brief
Summary of Report on Education
Summary of Report on Practice
Summary of recommendations
Great infograph that highlights IOM recommendations. Here is the link. This link gives an outline of the IOM's recommendations. Both offer an option that provides quick access to needed information in a brief and easy to follow format. Hope these are helpful.
How to Reference and Cite the IOM Report
IOM will each have the same author (the Institute of Medicine is the author) and year you will differentiate them by adding a small case letter after the year of publication in both your reference and citation. The reference would be listed in alphabetical order using the title. I have posted examples below.
Institute of Medicine [IOM]. (2010). Future of nursing: Focus on education. Retrieved from www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Nursing%20Education%202010%20Brief.pdf
Research Article
The Cross-Category Effect
Mere Social Categorization Is Sufficient to Elicit an
Own-Group Bias in Face Recognition
Michael J. Bernstein, Steven G. Young, and Kurt Hugenberg
Miami University
ABSTRACT—Although the cross-race effect (CRE) is a well-
established phenomenon, both perceptual-expertise and
social-categorization models have been proposed to ex-
plain the effect. The two studies reported here investigated
the extent to which categorizing other people as in-group
versus out-group members is sufficient to elicit a pattern of
face recognition analogous to that of the CRE, even when
perceptual expertise with the stimuli is held constant. In
Study 1, targets were categorized as members of real-life
in-groups and out-groups (based on university affiliation),
whereas in Study 2, targets were categorized into experi-
mentally created .
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Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of a research paper. Every day, millions of economic choices are made by people—from what brand of soap to buy
to how many employees to hire for a factory. Microeconomics provides us with the tools, models, and concepts to better understand individual choices in the
marketplace and how resource allocation is determined at the micro level. The decisions made by individuals and households impact the market and influence
decisions made by firms. Firms use these tools as a way to determine pricing, output, and profit maximization. As a student of economics, you can use the
microeconomic principles to gain an understanding of how firms and individuals make decisions and also to make your own conclusions about actions we can
take to improve those decisions.
Now, imagine that you are a consultant to the firm of your choice. The firm has hired you to advise it on how it can ensure its future success as a company in its
current market. To do this, you will write a 7–9-page research paper analyzing market and business data to explain how the core microeconomic principles impact
the sustainability of the firm and what actions it can take to ensure success.
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Four, and Five. The final submission will occur in Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Apply microeconomic models to real-world situations for informing effective business decisions
Analyze business and market data using microeconomic tools for their impact on business sustainability
Evaluate the structure of various markets for informing effective decision-making strategies
Assess the behavior and decisions of individuals and firms for their relation to the microeconomic framework
Prompt
You will work with your instructor to choose a firm for which you can find reliable data and information, both at the firm level and the industry level. The firm you
select must be a publicly traded company, must operate in the U.S. market, and must currently be in business. You will need instructor approval before continuing
on with your research paper in order to ensure you have met the necessary requirements. Publicly traded companies file reports with a great deal of data that
you will find useful for your analysis. Once you have selected a firm for your case study, you will gather information and data relevant to the firm and its industry
and use the core microeconomic principles you have learned in class to analyze the information and make a recommendation for your firm. You will compose a
7–9-page research paper in which you will analyze the market and business data to explain ...
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Assignment 1: Company Description and SWOT Analysis
Due Week 3 and worth 100 points
In this assignment, you will conduct a SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) analysis for the type of beverage you have selected, and for your company overall. As you work on the assignment, consider why you have chosen one type of non-alcoholic beverage over another and the reasons for that choice. As you complete your SWOT analysis, be sure to include external factors such as industry / market trends and competition, and internal factors such as your capabilities or abilities to reach certain market segments.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper, in which you:
Create your revised NAB company name and explain its significance.
Develop your revised company’s Mission Statement and provide a rationale for its components.
Hints: Use the Statement of Mission template on pp. 72-73 on the course textbook: Successful Business Plan to aid your development. Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook.
Extracting appropriate information from the NAB company portfolio, where applicable. You should fill in other required items in the template using your personal preferences.
Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen. Justify at least three (3) reasons why you have chosen this type of non-alcoholic beverage.
Hints: Research and outline beverage industry trends. Consider the size and growth rate of the industry overall and the specific beverage type you have chosen. Use the worksheet in the course text (p. 88 | Past and Future Growth of Your Industry) to help you project the future growth rate. Consider the use of industry associations and search engines to find reliable, recent data.
Choose one (1) strategic position from the course text (pp. 142–143) that you believe is the best strategic position for your company. Explain the approach you will use to implement this strategic position in order to distinguish your beverage from other non-alcoholic beverages.
Provide an overview of your company’s distribution channels. Explain the manner in which your product will reach end users. Provide a rationale for your chosen method.
Hints: For example, will you sell your beverage in grocery stores, restaurants, or sports venues? If so, describe the types of resellers and distributors who will sell to resellers and fulfill their orders. If you are attempting to sell direct-to-consumers, such as online via a monthly subscription, how will you manage warehousing / fulfillment / shipping?
Outline at least three (3) types of risks (including any regulatory risks) that your business faces. Describe your company’s plan to mitigate such risk.
Hints: You may refer to the types of risk listed in the course text (pp. 148–149) as well as any risks not listed in the text. Regulation weighs more heavily on beverage and food businesses than many other types of companies, so ...
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Your introduction should be typed here. It should be at least four sentences and include a thesis statement that introduces all of the key topics you are going to present. Please note that you should follow all APA writing rules within your essay. This means avoid first and second person, do not use contractions, and use citations throughout your paper!
Major Subsystem in Need of Change
After reviewing the case study choose the Major Subsystem that you believe is in most need of change. Provide examples of why you have chosen this subsystem and ensure you cite your academic research. Keep in mind the case study is not an academic source.
Comparison with Successful Example
After conducting your research present a successful example of the subsystem that you chose. Provide examples and compare and contrast the two. Make sure you cite the source of your information.
Realignment of the Total Organization
Describe in detail how the proposed change to the major subsystem would subsequently create positive changes to two other subsystems within RSPS. Make a presentation of how these changes would realign the organization for the better. Make sure you conduct research to support your assertions and cite throughout.
Satisfy Stakeholders
Identify three stakeholder groups. Discuss how your proposed changes would increase satisfaction of each. Describe in detail and cite your research.
Human Resources
Present how the Human Resources Department within RSPS would attract, develop, and retain future employees. Describe each stage in detail and cite your sources. Show how attracting, developing, and retaining these employees would bring about the changes you have presented. Again, make sure you cite sources throughout.
Christian Worldview
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Conclusion
The conclusion is the last paragraph. It should not introduce any new information; it should simply be a summary of your introduction, with a restatement of your thesis. See below for how to format references. You must have two academic references. One can be your text, but the other must be a GCU library source. The video does not count as a research source, although you should cite it. If you follow this template and the rubric, you will do very well on your paper! (
**This paper requires a minimum of four academic sources (the case study does not count). Also, I am looking for you to pull past course concepts into this paper. This is a Benchmark assignment so it is important to include leadership theories and management principles from the pas.
PAD 631 Module Six Memo Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: This activity will allow you to practice making recommendations, which is a skill needed for the final project.
Prompt: Making recommendations is an important component of the final project. This assignment allows you to practice making recommendations. In order to
prepare for this assignment, view the video How to Analyze a Case Study. Then, examine the case study Artesanias de Colombia. What best practices led to
program success? Use the provided Memo Template and format your submission as you would a memo to an organization.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Program Success: Identify program outcomes and best practices, and, based on the measures used to evaluate them, explain which best practices
decision makers could implement to enhance the likelihood of program success.
Overcoming Constraints: How effective were the strategic management processes used to overcome the constraints they faced?
Organizational Success: Explain how governmental and nonprofit agencies can improve organizational success by best utilizing the principles of
benchmarking, best practices, and comparative governmental performance.
Customer Service: Recommend a strategy to mitigate the impact of the challenge of providing effective and efficient customer service. Justify your
recommendation.
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted using the Memo Template Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New
Roman font, and sources cited in APA format.
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Trying to figure out if embedded analytics are for you?
According to Gartner Research, more than 90% of business leaders view content information as a strategic asset, yet fewer than 10% can quantify its economic value. Read this guide to learn why you should be leveraging an asset you already own--data--to build relationships, increase retention, and drive revenue.
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· The 4 to 5-page limit refers to your analysis. The page limit does not include the reference page, the 5-forces diagram, nor a title page. If you prepare any supporting analysis that can be shown in an appendix page. So, you have 4 to 5 pages available for your written analysis.
· Introducing and describing the company (what it does, key products, markets, distribution) and the industry (key competitors, market size) should be succinct, no more than a half a page. Dedicate approximately 1/2 page introducing the company and it's industry. Beyond that don't spend much time or space describing basic info about the company. For example, providing the history of the company is not relevant to the model.
· The bulk of your writing should be specific to the model as it applies to your company, evaluating each of the five forces thoroughly. Assume the reader is a business person who has a basic knowledge of the company/industry.
· Your analysis should inform the reader of those aspects of the business and industry relevant to each of the five forces. For example, if sales figures are needed to establish the company's position in their industry, use that information in the industry competitors (rivalry) force.
· Use outside references. Key analysis points are to be referenced. As master’s-level business students it is expected that you will utilize sources beyond the company website, the Porter article itself, and sites like yahoo finance. You can use these sites but are strongly advised to not limit yourself to them.
· Thoroughly analyze each of the five forces. The Porter article gives you criteria and examples for each force that can be investigated as you prepare your analysis. Pick two or three for each force and use these to guide your paper.
· The 1-page model should be prepared after you complete your paper. It is nothing more than a visual, concise representation of your analysis. It does not have to be fancy. It does have to be clear and represent your analysis. Use exhibit 2.7 or the model in the Porter paper as your guide. Label each force as high or low, based on your analysis. Insert three to four (max) key bullet points related to each force into the five boxes in the model.
· Proofread your paper. Spelling, grammar, and APA.
BBA 4951, Business Policy and Strategy 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
3. Analyze external and internal audit processes.
9. Assess the strategy evaluation process.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 3: The External Assessment
Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment
Unit Lesson
External Assessments
During this unit, we will explore the factors that impact an internal and external assessment. Let us begin with
the external assessment. To effectively develop a successful strategic plan, the organization must be aware
and adapt to the external environments. These environments include identifying and incorporating .
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NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMPANY DELL INC.
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Tenets of creating a new organization with a new service charter in the Dell, Inc. organization
Introduction
In any business, the main aim of developing a new product is to improve customer service and consequentially the company income and its portfolio in general. Bringing a new product to the market place is most often provoked by change in consumer preferences, competition factors as well as advancement in technology and a new idea that needs to be taken to consideration. In our case study the three factors are applicable as they all cut across the objectives and mission of the company. As such, proper research for strategies on what to develop and how to do it is crucial for a successful venture. Dell, Inc. is a worldwide company whose objective is to empower communities to use technology for prosperity. Dell provides the technological tools that are necessary and crucial for everyone to achieve their dreams. Whether at home, school, organizations and governments, Dell is always at the forefront in delivering the necessary tools for achieving more. The focus should therefore be , how better Dell could assist communities build themselves efficiently, develop the mechanism and make them readily available for this wide market.
Type of product
Successful ideas are those that are centered on understanding the market requirements, which would in turn be molded into smart products that meet and even go beyond the customer expectations. Financial management has since been a problem to the whole world from governmental institutions to small enterprises and even individuals. Wealth is what measures the capacity to sustain life in any given community. Misappropriation of wealth is like a “hole in the bucket of wealth” and one of the loopholes that lead to this menace is lack of intelligent systems that could assist manage and report financial aspects of any entity that generates and spends money. The type of product in question is an Electronic Resource Planning software.
Building the product
As aforementioned, a myriad of communities around the globe are in dire need of systems that could assist them build themselves and progress through proper fiscal management. To the Dell fraternity, that is a wide market to tap into. Ordinarily, new products could have either of the attributes:
- They could be have never been marketed by Dell , Inc. but have been taken up by other companies or
- They could be original creations being taken in for the first time.
The product that is proposed in this text has evidently been in the market having been sold by the major players in the IT business.
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Assignment 3: Part C: Final Marketing Plan
Due Week 8 and worth 280 points
From the start of this course, you have accessed the Interactive Marketing Plan tool and used the step-by-step guide to complete Part C of your marketing plan. You are required to submit a marketing plan for a hypothetical product-based company. Your plan must include the company’s social media strategy, and information collected from Steps 6-7 of the Interactive Marketing Plan, located in the course shell. Note: Some elements may not be covered in the Interactive Marketing Plan and will require additional research.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
2. Provide the following marketing strategy information:
a. Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
b. Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
c. Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
d. Assess the level of impact that the salient macro-environmental issues (e.g., legal, technological, social, and economic, etc.) and trends with which the company must contend could potentially have on the company’s marketing strategy.
e. Discuss the marketing research tools that you used in your marketing strategy.
3. Construct an implementation strategy for your hypothetical company in which you specify the essential activities and responsibilities. Include a timetable for completion of each component of your strategy.
4. Develop a five (5) year expansion plan that includes future profitability and market share growth. Include necessary graphs to explain your plan.
5. Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
6. Choose two (2) performance standards, two (2) monitory methods, and two (2) financial controls that you would implement that differ from the standards that you had provided in Assignment 1. Justify your choices.
7. Assess the potential for your company’s overall performance in relation to the marketing plan objectives.
8. Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
9. Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one- ...
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RubricRubric for Assignment 5a- MetricsMaxYour
PointsCommentsTop 3Top 2 for each category 1 and why selected20Top 2 for each category 2 and why selected20Top 2 for each category 3 and why selected20Target Values for 6 Metrics years 1-320Clear Units5Top 6 Metrics Steps to Achieve10Grammar - Organization - Spelling5Late Total 100095Consider that you are starting a PMO in your company using the previously developed PMO Charter. Starting on Page 86 in Gerard Hill’s book, list the top 2 metrics that would apply best to your company in each of the three categories: Process Management and Improvement Metrics, Project Performance Metrics, and Business Management Metrics and why you are selecting them. You should tie the selection of metrics to the needs analysis you completed in Unit 4 for your company. (PRJ-60)Submit a Word Doc and Table with the two metrics under each of the three categories. (Total of 6 metrics should be on the table.)In the same Word Doc, list the top 6 metrics above for your company PMO that you wrote your charter on, explain why you selected the six based on your needs analysis completed in Unit 4 and denote their target values for year 1, year 2 and year 3. Display the units clearly for you metrics. For each metric of the top 6 use at least 75 words per metric that would describe any specific steps you would need take to in your company to achieve your targets for each metric.
MetricsProcess Management and Improvement MetricsProcess Management Methodology ProcessesTechnical ProcessesBusiness ProcessesResource Management ProcessesPMO Support ProcessesProject Performance MetricsBudgetScheduleResource ManagementRisk ManagementQuality AssuranceBusiness Management MetricsContract and Agreement MetricsCustomer Satisfaction MetricsProject Portfolio Management MetricsFinancial Metrics
STAT200 Introduction to Statistics
Assignment #1: Statistics Data Analysis Plan
Assignment #1: Prepare Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Plan
Before conducting any statistical analyses, researchers develop a plan for how they will analyze their data to answer their research questions. The purpose of this assignment is to provide experience developing and executing a descriptive statistics analysis plan using real world data to answer a practical question.
Note: This first assignment develops and executes a preliminary plan using a subset of the data to create tables and graphs to address the assigned task. The second assignment will involve carrying out the plan in greater detail, after receiving in class feedback from your instructor.
Assignment Steps:
Step #1: Understanding the task to be addressed:
You are interviewing for a new job as a Financial Advisor and have been asked to perform the following task:
Using the provided real world data determine the budgetary expenditures for groceries (food) your client should anticipate, assuming your client has the following social/economical family profile.
In Assignment 2 you will have leeway in .
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BUS 475 Assignment Week 2 Apply Internal and External Environmental Analysis (Hoosier Media Inc)
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Each quiz needs to be answered in a four-page minimum APA style research paper. Title page and references page are not included in page count. Don’t worry about adding this page after the title page which is stated in the lower instruction. However, please restate each question in the paper before answering it.
Please answer each question thoroughly. Research must be done where applicable. Your grade is contingent upon the in-depthness of the responses given. The minimum/maximum length of this paper is four pages.
Quiz 1
1. Explain the impact of the recent hurricane/disasters to the import export system.
2. You have a manufacturer company that produces tennis shoes (XY2 Company). You have decided that you would like to market your product to Indonesia. Determine the differences in attitude, values, and norms: relationship with the U.S, regarding business operations, and how to alleviate any barriers that may exist in doing business with your company.
3. You are the CEO of a cough syrup company (666 Cough Syrup). Taking into consideration the legal and political system, the cultural barriers and the language barriers, how would you market your cough syrup to China? Give specific details on
marketing promotion, distribution, and packaging.
Quiz 2
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. China is the largest country in the world. You are thinking about marketing your product in their country. Your information must be current (NLT 2008). You are to conduct a COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS between China and the United States.
You are to determine the population of China, the mean gross income, the gross national product (GNP). It is suggested that you display your information in a table format however do not forget to cite your source.
2. Choose two countries from Africa and two countries from Asia. Conduct a COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS with inflation rates, interest rates, exchange rates in comparison with the United States. discuss the economic system of these countries. whether they are mixed economies, etc, discuss the economic slowdown and what factors could have contributed to it. discuss whether economies are moving toward private ownership and how.
3. You are the owner of a tennis shoe company. Taken into consideration all the issues presented in question 2, would you expand your market to the four countries in question 2. If so, what steps would you take relating to political policies, legal environment behavioral practices, and economic environment to gain access.
Quiz 3
1. One of the Eastern Bloc countries has resulted in a transition from a command economy to a market economy. Explain the process, incentives, decontrols Hungarian’s government has/had to put in place to transition to a market economy. How long you think this process will take? As a manager, at what stage would you try to market your
product/service to this country? Explain.
2. With regards to the various agreements/treaties discussed: EU, WTO, NAFTA, CARICOM.
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Abstract
For Module 3, consider the organization's mission and strategy from the perspective of its internal business processes (from your work on the case, your previous course work, and your background reading, you should be reasonably clear what such business processes are). In this section of the assignment you’ll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to Objectives, Measures, Targets & Action Plans if you need to.
Once you’re reasonably clear on what’s involved, think about your organization and its business processes, and then:
Identify at least three objectives for improving the organization's internal business processes, and show how they relate to the mission, vision, and strategy of the organization.
• For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).
• For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).
• For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization's strategy (initiative).
• Comment briefly on the relationships of the process objectives that you've identified here to the finance objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment and/or the customer service objectives that you identified in the Module 2 SLP assignment. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don't (and they don't have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to finance or customer service?
• Finally, do you wish to make any changes to your Module 1 or Module 2 objective write-ups in light of your Module 3 experience?
Nike Organization
An organization’s internal business processes has to be improved by placing objectives which are aimed towards the success of the business through good customer relations and even producing quality products. The main objectives of Nike Company are aimed at increasing the total revenue of the organization, reducing the cost of revenue as well as reducing the operating expenses thereby sticking to its vision of using innovation as its key strategy to attain success by acquiring a competitive advantage in the industry. This has helped in achieving maximum satisfaction for its customers hence increasing loyalty thus the competitive advantage .
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Business Unit Analysis
Directions: Create a Feasibility Study for Harley-Davidson using the following outline:
Part I: Differentiation Strategies
The analysis of current strategy and competitor analysis you conducted last module impressed the
senior vice president. She now needs you to delve into the brands and analyze them by conducting a
business unit analysis and presenting your findings in a three-part PowerPoint presentation.
Research the Harley-Davidson (H-D) Web site for each brand and review the annual report for relevant
details of the size, scope, target market, services and amenities, and other salient points of
differentiation. Include these details in Part I of your PowerPoint presentation.
From the research and analysis of the business units, identify:
• A description of each brand that provides a clear picture of the brand and its place in the overall
portfolio of Harley-Davidson.
• The target market of each brand.
• How the brands are alike and how they differ.
• A preliminary analysis of any gaps that exist in the portfolio that might lead to opportunities to
add to the brands.
• Your analysis of possible merger/acquisition/joint venture possibilities and what would be
achieved or accomplished through the merger/acquisition/joint venture.
Part II: SWOT Analysis
Perform a SWOT analysis for Harley-Davidson and include this information in Part II of your PowerPoint
presentation.
• Based on the internal analyses of the SWOT analysis, assess the functional areas, resources,
capabilities, and strengths H-D possesses. Please be sure to cover the following functional areas
in your assessment:
o Marketing: New product development, integrated marketing planning,
marketing communications, and building customer loyalty.
o Operations: Quality, service, and consistent execution.
o Human Resources: Hiring, training, developing talent, and performance
planning. Avoided lawsuits and bad PR due to its hiring practices. Is ethical in its
HR practices.
o Executive Leadership: Industry knowledge and experience, vision about where
the industry is heading, and strategy execution.
o Supply Chain Optimization: Strategic sourcing of input, vendor management,
integrated IS, and joint forecasting with suppliers.
o Corporate Responsibility and Ethics: Concern for corporate citizenship and the
environment. Present any potential ethical concerns as well.
o Safety and Quality: How the motorcycle industry is dealing with safety and
quality issues.
Part III: Growth and Profitability Strategies
In addition, the executive board is interested in your ideas about bold strategies for the future. The
strategies you recommend will have to contribute to growth and profitability, as outlined in the Annual
Report.
You will want to pay special attention to exploring vertical integration, strategic alliances, and the
internal growth of new brands entering new geographic markets, and ...
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COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS 2
Maintaining a strong security system in the networking environment to prevent any form of attack and compromise information has been a formidable problem in recent times. There is fairly a small number of operating systems compared to the vast number of computer systems that are in operation. This situation has created a leeway for cyber attackers to target the systems easily (Palmer, 2010). Cyber attackers have formulated diverse techniques to exploit the homogeneity of the network environment. This article will explore the benefits related to diversity and commonality in the event of a malicious attack.
The purpose of any security strategy is to completely eliminate or at least limit the impact of damage to a successful attack on a particular system. At some point, any computer can be vulnerable to malware attacks, and the most important aspect in a case like this is to achieve an optimum level of preparedness. Diversity of the operating systems is beneficial in several ways, though an organization could incur an extra operational cost. Moving some groups of users to various different operating systems helps avert the overall damage caused by the SQL Slammer and MSBlast worms. Malicious-code attacks directed towards the commonly used operating system, windows, have been so rampant, thereby necessitating the need for improved security procedures of the computers (Anderson & Anderson, 2010).
Significant operational damages have been incurred before by businesses and enterprise to extensive downtime, brought about by malware attacks. Adopting diversity in operating systems comes along with several security benefits;
· Helps contain malicious-code attacks- Virus and worm attacks target and exploit the flaws in windows operating systems. In a case like this, availing an alternative operating system would be critical in helping to contain the spread to other PCs owned by the business. The impact of the attack is leveled down since some core business can be carried out in the event of an attack.
· Directing some pressure towards Microsoft- Health competition among service and commodity provider is beneficial for the consumers. Being diversified in terms of operating systems pushes dominant companies like Microsoft to try so hard to meet the security needs of their customers.
· It helps speed up innovations in the sense that other operating system developers will work towards improving their operating systems to match that of the windows. Such innovations include stable security systems that prevent malware from instilling too much damage to the computer system.
Exercising commonality in the usage of operating systems comes with its own benefits, too, especially when dealing with a malicious attack. The business would not incur too much cost, in the event of a .
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Common Mistakes I see on this paper are
1. Using summaries and reviews written by other authors rather than using the actual IOM report and viewing each section, or viewing the IOM's summaries of it's report.
2. Forgetting to include information on how the IOM report will or has impacted one's practice. This is worth a high percentage of points
3. Not formatting the paper in APA, citing sources or using current sources like those supplied in our course resources for the week (since I am supplying a template APA should be flawless)
4. Going over the allowed length (papers that are over the criteria for length will be returned for revision)
5. Including background information, losing focus - remember the goal is to discuss the recommendations for education, practice, leadership and discuss how they can be achieved.
6. Ineffective introduction, too long, does not introduce the topic briefly, does not include a summary of what the paper will cover
LINKS TO THE IOM REPORT AND IOM SUMMARIES OF THE REPORT (These should be your main references for the report, don’t use a summary written about the report, use the IOMs summaries)
Download whole report as guest
Report Brief
Summary of Report on Education
Summary of Report on Practice
Summary of recommendations
Great infograph that highlights IOM recommendations. Here is the link. This link gives an outline of the IOM's recommendations. Both offer an option that provides quick access to needed information in a brief and easy to follow format. Hope these are helpful.
How to Reference and Cite the IOM Report
IOM will each have the same author (the Institute of Medicine is the author) and year you will differentiate them by adding a small case letter after the year of publication in both your reference and citation. The reference would be listed in alphabetical order using the title. I have posted examples below.
Institute of Medicine [IOM]. (2010). Future of nursing: Focus on education. Retrieved from www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Nursing%20Education%202010%20Brief.pdf
Research Article
The Cross-Category Effect
Mere Social Categorization Is Sufficient to Elicit an
Own-Group Bias in Face Recognition
Michael J. Bernstein, Steven G. Young, and Kurt Hugenberg
Miami University
ABSTRACT—Although the cross-race effect (CRE) is a well-
established phenomenon, both perceptual-expertise and
social-categorization models have been proposed to ex-
plain the effect. The two studies reported here investigated
the extent to which categorizing other people as in-group
versus out-group members is sufficient to elicit a pattern of
face recognition analogous to that of the CRE, even when
perceptual expertise with the stimuli is held constant. In
Study 1, targets were categorized as members of real-life
in-groups and out-groups (based on university affiliation),
whereas in Study 2, targets were categorized into experi-
mentally created .
Common symptoms of memory changes during the lifetime in healthy.docxcargillfilberto
Common symptoms of memory changes during the lifetime in healthy people generally start gradually beginning with those associated with episodic memory i.e. forgetting names of people or details of personally experienced events. While semantic memory does not decline in the same way and can in fact be equal to those of younger people, aging adults typically access general knowledge and information more slowly (Dixon et al., 2006).This is a sign of declining working memory which encompasses processing speed, attentional capability/distractibility and problem solving (Dixon et al., 2006; Richmond et al., 2011). Another type of memory change may stem from a decline in sensory acuity. For example, loss of vision, hearing, taste and smell would all impact how stimuli are encoded and will contribute to additional attentional interference (Wolfe & Horowitz, 2004)
Compared with expected changes in memory functioning over the lifespan, pathological conditions such as anterograde amnesia and loss of semantic memory are much more debilitating. Since typically developing memory decline is gradual and centers around past experiences rather than general knowledge, people are often able to adapt to their “forgetfulness” with the assistance of formal and informal compensatory strategies such as more effortful attention, associative learning of new information, making to-do lists, keeping a journal and/or relying on another close individual to fill in missing pieces of stories and events (Dixon et al., 2006)
While typically aging adults may make a to-do list but have to spend time trying to find where they left it, in the case of anterograde amnesia, this sort of strategy would be ineffective. This is because these individuals would have no memory of even making a list since they have lost the ability to form new memories (Squire & Wixted, 2011). People with this condition are likely to become easily confused in social situations involving unfamiliar people since they will not retain any introductory information provided.
Loss of semantic memory would also be more negatively impactful than loss of episodic memory because an individual would lose the ability to make sense of objects in their everyday environment. For example, they make not be able to identify what a television or a toilet is or what each item is used for. As is the case with anterograde amnesia, compensatory strategies that are effective for typical aging memory decline could not be used for semantic memory loss since the individuals would not be able to engage in metamemory cognitions that would enable them to identify their areas of deficit and the most appropriate strategies to address these (Squire & Wixted, 2011). In addition, in both conditions, the individual would require a high level of external support to live safely.
References
Dixon, R. A., Rust, T. B., Feltmate, S. E., & See, S. K. (2007). Memor.
Common Surface-Level Issues for the Informative Essay(Note Thes.docxcargillfilberto
Common Surface-Level Issues for the Informative Essay
(Note: These Surface-Level Issues will be the only grammar/mechanics issues that I will look for in this paper. I will add more in subsequent papers.)
· Have a title! Every written work has a title; yours should be no exception. (The title should be something interesting, and NOT Assignment 1 or Informative Essay!)
· Neither authors nor articles SAY anything (same thing with TALKS ABOUT) – it’s a text. “Anderson argues…” or “Jones believes…” or “Brown states…”
· Always write about the article (or any source you are use) in the present tense. It is a text, which means it always exists in the present. Even if the author is dead, the text is not. This means “Smith notes…” not “Smith noted…”
· The titles of articles belong in quotations marks. Italics are for books and movies.
· Make sure your writing is more formal than your speech – there should be no “I was so freaked out” or “I was totally bummed.” This is a formal essay, so even though it is personal, your writing should reflect formality. Don’t use slang.
· Do not use the word “you” (the second person) in a formal essay. People use it a lot to try to generalize. “You think the Internet is safe, but it’s not.” Instead, you can write, “Many people think the Internet is safe, but it’s not.”
· Avoid using too many rhetorical questions in your essay. A few are fine for effect, but be careful how and why you use them. It is generally not considered a good idea to begin paragraphs with a rhetorical question either.
· Notice how I changed it to, “MANY people think…” rather than, “EVERYONE thinks…” Be careful that you don’t assume too much about what people in general think.
· Introduce all quotes. They should not be their own sentences. (Also a reminder that the first time you introduce a source you need to give that source credibility so it is clear that the source has expert knowledge.)
Grammar/Mechanics Issues:
· Make sure all of the punctuation is correct. One thing to remember is that the quotation marks go right after the quote, not after the in-text citations parentheses.
· Make sure everything is spelled correctly. One thing to look for: there/their/they’re issues as well as to/too/two. Those are the most common, but there are others, of course.
· Subject/verb agreement. This is pretty-straightforward, and means looking for things like, “There is some more of those in the other room.” And, “My brother receive the prize for the best haircut.”
· Sentence fragments/run-on sentences. Make sure that all your sentences. Have a complete thought! Also, make sure they do not have too many thoughts in them because that means that it is a run-on sentence and that means that it can be too confusing for your readers if you include too much in one sentence, so you will want to be sure to break it up. (
Formatting/Documentation Issues
· Make sure the paper is written in 12 point Times New Roman font with 1 inch margins on all sides. .
Commercial Space TravelThere are about a half dozen commercial s.docxcargillfilberto
Commercial Space Travel
There are about a half dozen commercial space entrepreneurs globally today. Pick one of those companies, and then provide a short history of their company, outline their current projects, and describe their future plans for space travel. Describe the biggest obstacles that they will have to overcome to achieve their goals.
Your initial discussion post should be succinct (only about 200–300 words) and include references to your sources.
.
Common sports-relatedshoulder injuriesShoulder pain is.docxcargillfilberto
Common sports-related
shoulder injuries
S
houlder pain is commonly treated in general practice; its causes are often
multi-factorial. The focus of this article is on sports-related shoulder injuries
likely to be seen in the community. This article aims to overview the presen-
tation, assessment and management of these conditions in general practice.
The GP curriculum and common sports-related shoulder injuries
Clinical module 3.20: Care of people with musculoskeletal problems lists the learning objectives required
for a GP to manage common sports-related shoulder injuries in the community or refer for specialist management. In
particular, GPs are expected to be able to:
. Communicate health information effectively to promote better outcomes
. Explore the perceptions, ideas or beliefs the patient has about the condition and whether these may be acting as
barriers to recovery
. Use simple techniques and consistent advice to promote activity in the presence of pain and stiffness
. Agree treatment goals and facilitate supported self-management, particularly around pain, function and physical
activity
. Assess the importance and meaning of the following presenting features:
. pain: nature, location, severity, history of trauma
. variation of symptoms over time
. loss of function – weakness, restricted movement, deformity and disability, ability to perform usual work or
occupation
. Understand that reducing pain and disability rather than achieving a complete cure could be the goal of
treatment
. Understand indications and limitations of plain radiography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance scans
. Diagnose common, regional soft-tissue problems that can be managed in primary care
. Understand the challenge that many musculoskeletal conditions might be better and more confidently managed
by other healthcare personnel rather than GPs, because most GPs do not gain the necessary treatment skills
during their training
. Refer those conditions which may benefit from early referral to an orthopaedic surgeon
The four most common categories of shoulder pain
seen in primary care are (Mitchell, Adebajo, Hay, &
Carr, 2005):
. Rotator cuff disorders (85% tendinopathy)
. Glenohumeral disorders
. Acromioclavicular joint disease, and
. Referred neck pain.
There are many different types of sports that can cause
acute or chronic shoulder injuries. In professional English
Rugby Union, for example, the most common match
injury is of the acromioclavicular joint (32% overall) and
the most severe injury requiring the longest time off
(mean of 81 days) is shoulder dislocation (Headey,
Brooks, & Kemp, 2007).
Shoulder injuries can also occur in non-contact sports,
such as golf, tennis, swimming and weightlifting.
Although shoulder injuries may be more common in con-
tact sports, the injury may have a larger impact on the
performance of individuals playing non-contact sports.
For example, golfers require very precise manoeuvres
of their dominant.
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Common Law Strict Liability
Introduction: Strict liability, or liability without fault, is a category of unintentional torts
in which the wrongdoer may be held liable for harm to others even when exercising
utmost care and being as careful as possible. Strict liability applies to (1) abnormally
dangerous activities. Abnormally dangerous activities are those that involve a high risk
of serious harm to persons or property that cannot be completely eliminated even with
reasonable care, such as using and storing explosives, stunt flying, keeping wild
animals, and trespassing livestock.
Product Liability**
Introduction: Product liability, sometimes called strict product liability refers to cases in
which a person is injured by a product, or use of a product because the product is
defective in some way. When a product is defective it may become abnormally
dangerous although the product, when not defective, may be safe.
Please also see Instructor Notes link in week 2 for further details and explanation of
product liability.
**Strict product liability is often confused with the separate common law tort of strict
liability, sometimes referred to as “liability without fault”. Strict liability applies only to a
small category of abnormally dangerous activities, such as use of explosives, fireworks,
and stunt flying. Please see section above.
Warranties and Product Liability
Introduction: A warranty is a promise, or guarantee, by a seller or lessor that certain
facts are true of the goods being sold or leased. Types of warranties include (1)
warranties of title guaranteeing that the goods have clear and valid title, (2) express
warranties promising specific facts about the goods, and (3) implied warranties of
merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. A warranty creates a legal duty for
the seller or lessor; a non-breaching party can recover damages for breach of
warranty(ies). Because warranties are associated with the sale or lease of products,
breach of warranty claims are a part of product liability claims and manufacturers and
sellers of goods can be held liable for breach of warranty for defective products.
Warranties are subject to regulation under the UCC, product liability tort law, contract
law, and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Product Liability**
Product liability, sometimes called strict product liability refers to cases in which a
person is injured by a product, or use of a product because the product is
defective in some way. When a product is defective it may become abnormally
dangerous although the product, when not defective, may be safe.
Definitions of a Defective Product in Product Liability
Products may become defective because of:
1) defective manufacture (so the product is "broken", not perfectly made, i.e., a product
is manufactured so that the electric wiring is improperly made/attached, etc. and may
cause a fire or cause elect.
Common Core 2
Common Core Comment by Author: this should not be bold
Casey Berry
English / 200
September 5, 2018
Ms. Gaby Maruri
Introduction Comment by Author: this needs to be centered and not in bold; it needs to be the title of your paper Comment by Author:
Common core is a standardized education tool that is being used in almost 43 states of America. It is like an outline that has various benchmarks which need to be completed at the end of each grade so that students can successfully learn. It is like having a check and balance on what the students should learn. The primary aim is to prepare learners of America for college and make sure that they are acquiring various skills. Although some people believe that Common Core has been a great model and useful for education, it is an unnecessary program to have in schools and needs to be eliminated for several reasons. Comment by Author: plural needed
However, this practice is disadvantageous for students as well as teachers because no other material knows better than the teachers about the needs, wants, and goals of the students. Teachers can easily teach their students after analyzing their needs and previous knowledge. Moreover, this tool is unconstitutional as it has been created by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State Officers with help from the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation not the Department of Education. Comment by Author: choose a different phrase---“outer” is a bit awkward Comment by Author: Comment by Author: Comment by Author: rephrase this---“…can know about the needs, wants, and goals of students better than the classroom teacher.” Comment by Author: missing comma
Common core unconstitutional Comment by Author: needs to be centered; titles should not be complete sentences—think of newspaper titles…they’re fragments
The step to create a tool of education has not been taken by the Department of Education. Instead, it has been established by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers with no input from the Department of Education. It means that they have taken the responsibility of making crucial decisions regarding policies of education and the standardized testing system from the authorities of states (Robins, 2013). Comment by Author: article missing---a
what do you mean by “the step to create a tool of education”?? Did the department of education hire the private company who created The Common Core?? Comment by Author: of Comment by Author: the standardized
Common Core not embraced by teachers
After this program was introduced, many teachers, who had been using their styles and methodologies of teaching for many years, had to adapt their methods and had to bring enormous changes to their lesso.
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common core state stanDarDs For
english Language arts
&
Literacy in
History/social studies,
science, and technical subjects
appendix B: text exemplars and
sample Performance tasks
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exemplars of reading text complexity, Quality, and range
& sample Performance tasks related to core standards
Selecting Text Exemplars
The following text samples primarily serve to exemplify the level of complexity and quality that the Standards require
all students in a given grade band to engage with. Additionally, they are suggestive of the breadth of texts that stu-
dents should encounter in the text types required by the Standards. The choices should serve as useful guideposts in
helping educators select texts of similar complexity, quality, and range for their own classrooms. They expressly do
not represent a partial or complete reading list.
The process of text selection was guided by the following criteria:
• Complexity. Appendix A describes in detail a three-part model of measuring text complexity based on quali-
tative and quantitative indices of inherent text difficulty balanced with educators’ professional judgment in
matching readers and texts in light of particular tasks. In selecting texts to serve as exemplars, the work group
began by soliciting contributions from teachers, educational leaders, and researchers who have experience
working with students in the grades for which the texts have been selected. These contributors were asked to
recommend texts that they or their colleagues have used successfully with students in a given grade band. The
work group made final selections based in part on whether qualitative and quantitative measures indicated
that the recommended texts were of sufficient complexity for the grade band. For those types of texts—par-
ticularly poetry and multimedia sources—for which these measures are not as well suited, professional judg-
ment necessarily played a greater role in selection.
• Quality. While it is possible to have high-complexity texts of low inherent quality, the work group solicited only
texts of recognized value. From the pool of submissions gathered from outside contributors, the work group
selected classic or historically significant texts as well as contemporary works of comparable literary merit,
cultural significance, and rich content.
• Range. After identifying texts of appropriate complexity and quality, the work group applied other criteria to
ensure that the samples presented in each band represented as broad a range of sufficiently complex, high-
quality texts as possible. Among the factors considered were initial publication date, authorship, and subject
matter.
Copyright and Permissions
For those exemplar texts not in the public domain, we secured permissions and in some cases employed a conser-
vative interp.
COMMON ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF INDIVIDUALSBA 354COLLEG.docxcargillfilberto
COMMON ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF INDIVIDUALS
BA 354
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
1
ASSUMPTIONS OF THE “GIVING VOICE TO VALUES” APPROACH:
Ethical dilemmas at work are common, not rare.
You have values that you want to live up to.
There are many ways that you can voice your values.
Practicing ahead of time will help you to be more effective.
2
THE POWER OF FAIRNESS
The example of grades
Equity
Reciprocity
Impartiality
3
Discrimination
Unequal treatment based on one’s race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability, etc.
Standard for hiring, promotions, etc., should be the ability to do a job
+
4
Have you ever experienced discrimination?
What could you have done about it?
Why is discrimination an ethical issue?
DISCRIMINATION
5
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Objectivity is compromised by possibility of financial or other gains.
Gifts or bribes
Access to resources such as privileged information
Relationships or Influence
6
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
7
Conflict of Interest
Your daughter is applying to a prestigious university. Since admission to the school is difficult, your daughter has planned the process carefully. She has consistently achieved high marks, taken preparatory courses for entrance exams, and has participated in various extracurricular activities. When you tell one of your best customers about her activities, he offers to write her a letter of recommendation. He's an alumnus of the school and is one of its most active fund raisers. Although he's a customer, you also regularly play golf together and your families have socialized together on occasion.
8
CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE
Includes such issues as
Confidentiality
Product safety
Truth in advertising
Fiduciary responsibilities
9
Confidentiality
You work for a consulting company in Atlanta. Your team has recently completed an analysis of Big Co. including sales projections for the next five years. You're working late one night when you receive a call from an executive vice president at Big Co. in Los Angeles, who asks you to immediately fax her a summary of your team's report. When you locate the report, you discover that your team leader has stamped "For internal use only" on the report cover. Your team leader is on a hiking vacation and you know it would be impossible to locate him. Big Co. has a long-standing relationship with your company and has paid substantial fees for your company's services.
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Product Safety
You’re the head of marketing for a small pharmaceutical company that has just discovered a very promising drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. You have spent months designing a marketing campaign which contains printed materials and medication sample kits for distribution to almost every family physician and gerontologist in the country. As the materials are being loaded into cartons for delivery to your company’s representatives, your assistant tells you that .
Common CoreCasey BerryEnglish 200August .docxcargillfilberto
Common Core
Casey Berry
English / 200
August 29, 2018
Ms. Gaby Maruri
Common Core
I) Introduction
A. Common Core is an educational tool that should not be used in our public schools.
B. Common Core is unconstitutional and is a disadvantage for teachers as well as students and their parents.
C. Although some people believe that Common Core has been a great model and useful for education, it is an unnecessary program to have in schools and needs to be eliminated for several reasons.
II) Body
A. Common core is unconstitutional.
· Common Core was not a concept done by the Department of Education (DOE).
· It was created by a company named Achieve, Inc. and released under two private associations, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
· Educational responsibility has been taken away from the states and local districts.
B. Common Core has not been embraced by teachers very well.
· Many teachers have had to adapt their style of teaching to accommodate the Common Core curriculum.
· It only focuses on three specific subjects such as Mathematics.
· Focuses more on “critical thinking” rather than knowledge.
C. It is not beneficial for students and their parents.
· Parents have a difficult time helping their children with homework because they do not understand the methods used to solve the problems.
· Prepares students more for the workforce, rather than college.
III) Refuting Opponents Arguments Comment by Author: You list opposing arguments, but you did not provide refutations.
D. States win more money
· States that implement Common Core have the chance to compete for Race to the Top money and a better chance at a No Child Left Behind Waiver.
E. Prepares students more efficiently
· Students who are taught Common Core are more prepared for college than others.
F. Statewide standards benefit students from other states
· Statewide based school standards allow teachers to assist better students who move frequently and are constantly changing schools.
IV) Conclusion
G. While for some Common Core is a success, it is still a nuisance that needs to be eliminated. It takes rights away from teachers, parents and schools.
H. A Disaster For Libraries, a disaster for Language Arts, a Disaster for American Education. Comment by Author: Not sure how this will play out, but just be sure that this does not present itself as new information. Comment by Author: Comment by Author:
I. Finally, there is no evidence that having national standards and increasing testing have improved student learning in the past.
References
Shanahan, T. (2015). COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. Elementary School Journal, 115(4), 464-479.
I believe that this reference is justified and appropriate because the entire book covers the standards and meat of the common core curriculum. It is broad and general to help readers with little to no knowledge on the topic.
Robbins, J. (2013). Uncommonly bad. Ac.
Common Holy Days in Jewish Religious TraditionsComplete th.docxcargillfilberto
Common Holy Days in Jewish Religious Traditions
Complete
the table below with information about Jewish holy days. Identify at least seven Jewish religious holy days and place each holy day in the correct season (time of year). Provide a brief explanation of each holy day you identified.
Note
: An example has been provided. You may add additional rows or move the text fields to different locations within the table as needed.
Fall
(September – November)
Winter
(December – February)
Spring
(March – May)
Summer
(June – August)
Enter text.
Example:
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an 8 day-long Festival of Lights. It is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Syria, as well as the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Enter text.
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Enter text.
Part 2: Major Sects of Judaism
Select
three major sects of Judaism to compare and contrast. Identify them in the table below.
Sect of Judaism
Enter text.
Sect of Judaism
Enter text.
Sect of Judaism
Enter text.
In the table below,
list
at least two similarities and two differences among the sects of Judaism you selected.
Similarities
Differences
Enter text.
Enter text.
Part 3: Summary
Write
a 525- to 700-word summary that includes the following:
· A description of the life and importance of one key person in Jewish history
· An explanation of one key event in the history of Judaism that is connected to that person
· A description of any rituals, symbols, or sacred texts in Judaism associated with this event or person
· Brief explanation of Jewish ethics
Summary
Enter text.
Include
references formatted according to APA guidelines.
References
Enter text.
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Common Hacking Techniques You Should Know AboutHacking is th.docxcargillfilberto
Common Hacking Techniques You Should Know About
Hacking
is the process of gaining unauthorized access into a computer system, or group of computer systems. This is done through cracking of passwords and codes which gives access to the systems.
Discussion/Research Questions
What are the best ways to guard against hacking attacks?
List one of the biggest (known) hacks of all time and provide a few details related to this incident
.
Common Pool Resource ManagementKim Townsend SUS 350 Sustai.docxcargillfilberto
Common Pool Resource Management
Kim Townsend
SUS 350 Sustainable Communities
Key Features of Common Pool Resources
Goods that are difficult or costly to exclude users from
Subtractability-use of a resource by one person means it is not available to another
Core resource-a measure of the stock which must be retained to provide non-declining future stock
Fringe units-extractable units where availability is a function of the relative productivity of the core resource and rate of harvest
Marine Fisheries CPR Example
Used by multiple individuals through time and at the same time.
Subtractable—over-fishing reduces availability of stock for other users.
Core—total number of fish in a specific population required to sustain the population through time.
Fringe—number of fish that can be harvested without reducing the ability of the population to sustain itself through time.
Water
Subtractability-use of a resource by one person means it is not available to another
Core?
Fringe?
We must consider both quantity and quality of water in a system
Why is water quantity/quality important?
The Tragedy of the Commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYA1y405JW0
Narrative created by Garrett Harden, a renowned ecologist, in a 1968 Nature paper
Is this model too simplistic? Which assumptions can be questioned?
Elinor Ostrom: Sustainable Development
and the Tragedy of the Commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXM47Ri1Kc
Elinor "Lin" Ostrom (born Elinor Claire Awan;[2] August 7, 1933 – June 12, 2012) was an American political economist[3][4][5] whose work was associated with the New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy.[6] In 2009, she shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Oliver E. Williamson for "her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons".[7] To date, she remains the only woman to win The Prize in Economics.
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Elinor Ostrom’s Cooperative Management Conditions
Dr. Ostrom studied thousands of locally self-governed CPR systems all around the world
to determine what the sustainable systems had in common, and what the failures had in common.
Ostrom developed a set of design principles associated with sustainable local community governance of small-scale CPRs.
Ostrom’s Cooperative Management Conditions (1/2)
Clearly defined boundaries
Who gets access, who doesn’t
Resource boundaries
Congruence
Costs ≈ Benefits of cooperating
Appropriation rules are fair and sensible, locale-specific
Argues against “one rule system fits all” approach.
Collective-choice arrangements
Most individuals affected have a voice in changing the rules
Monitoring
Monitors are the cooperative members
Ostrom’s Cooperative Management Conditions (2/2)
Graduated sanctions
Punishment scaled to the offence
Sanctions administered by the cooperative
Conflict-resolution mechanisms
Access to low-cost, rapid, local way to resolve conflicts
Recognition of Rights to Organize
Community’s right t.
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Common Assignment:
Prepare a written analysis of the impact of the 4th, 5th, 6
th
8
th
and the 14th Amendments to the US Constitution in processing offenders through the criminal justice system. Explain the concept of due process as applied to the U.S. Constitution.
What due process rights are contained in the US Constitution? Give examples.
What is procedural due process and why does it exist?
Do you think any of these rights should be revoked at any time? Which ones?
What made you choose those?
To what extent does procedural due process hinders or strengthens the criminal justice system?
.
Common Assignment Essay Objective of this Assignment.docxcargillfilberto
Common Assignment Essay
Objective of this Assignment: This assignment will be used to evaluate student progress on the
course learning objectives. The assignment will be uploaded as a file on Blackboard.
Instructions: Students will follow the process outlined below to guide them in the development of a
comparative essay. The essay should be approximately 700-1000 words, and should include
footnotes.
➢ Step One: Essay Purpose / Relevance / The Task of a Historian
o Purpose: Students should consider why the topic of memorializing the Mexican
American War is a contemporary problem facing historians.
o Task of a Historian: Your work should clearly communicate the purpose of public history
sites (museums / battlegrounds / memorials), the current struggle between art and truth,
the reasons why this event has been ignored by previous generations / administrations,
and the societal impact of neglecting a major historic event.
o Relevance: Your work should consider the current facilities and public history sites
dedicated to honoring this event and its participants, as well as the funding and
supporters associated with those sites. (At a minimum you should examine the facilities
in Texas, however, there are links provided to steer you to other state /federal facilities).
Furthermore, you should consider the message provided at those sites / exhibits and
whether this message is satisfactory given the mission of public historians.
o You may copy and paste sections of your source analysis from the previous essay, just
pay attention to flow and be sure to utilize footnotes.
➢ Step Two: You must use these two sources. Read these first so you can understand the war,
and how it has or has not been remembered.
o REQUIRED SOURCE--"1848/1898: Memorial Day, Places of Memory, and Imperial
Amnesia" by Amy Greenberg in JSTOR
o REQUIRED SOURCE--"The Annexation of Texas and the Mexican War" by Z.T.
Fulmore in JSTOR
➢ Step Three: Study the information on current Mexican American War exhibits, battlegrounds,
monuments, dedications, etc. I have organized the suggested resources, emphasizing Texas
sites in the highly suggested category.
o Highly Suggested Sources:
▪ Palo Alto Battlegrounds: https://www.nps.gov/paal/learn/historyculture/places.htm
▪ Brazos Veteran’s Park: http://www.bvvm.org/photos/
▪ Mexican American War Exhibit for BVVM: https://www.theeagle.com/news/local/new-
memorial-at-veterans-park-honors-marines-valor-at-the/article_7b08cdbb-5899-5a12-
bdcd-014ebd3514fc.html
▪ Capitol 360 View of Mexican American War acknowledgement:
https://tspb.texas.gov/prop/tc/tc-spaces/spaces09.html
▪ Capitol Monuments: https://tspb.texas.gov/prop/tcg/tcg-monuments/index.html
o Potentially Useful Sources:
https://www.nps.gov/paal/learn/historyculture/places.htm
http://www.bvvm.org/photos/
https://www.theeagle.com/news/local/new-memorial-at-veterans-park-honors-marines-va.
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Committees
1. To provide for greater transparency in the HUD–VASH supported housing program for homeless
veterans, and for other purposes.
2. Representative Scott H. Peters. House and Senate committees: Energy and Commerce, Ways and
Means, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Senate Committee,
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources.
3. N/A no committee report
4. H.R.7022 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
Homes for Our Heroes Act of 2018
Sponsor: Representative Scott H. Peters Committees: House - Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs
Committee Reports: N/A
Latest Action: House 10/02/2018: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tracker: introduced
Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:
1. Introduced
Members
1. To authorize the Department of Energy to conduct collaborative research with the Department of
Veterans Affairs in order to improve healthcare services for veterans in the United States, and for other
purposes.
2. Representative Ralph Norman. Both House and senate committees: Judiciary, Ways and Means,
Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial
Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Rules, Armed Services, Science, Space, and Technology,
Transportation and, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Budget, House Administration, Homeland Security, Small
Business, Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations, Intelligence, Ethics, Senate Committee, Judiciary, Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
Environment and Public Works, Finance, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and
Veterans' Affairs.
3. The committee’s favorability is to recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
4. H.R.6398 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs | Senate - Energy and Natural
Resources
Committee Reports: https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/115th-congress/house-
report/974/1?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22H.R.6398%22%5D%7D&r=1
Latest Action: Senate - 09/26/2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Tracker: Passed House.
Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:
1. Introduced
2. Passed House
CLASS EXERCISE #2
THE STATUS OF BILLS IN CONGRESS
Go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/ and become familiar.
Commitment to ProfessionalismCommitment to Professionalism..docxcargillfilberto
Commitment to Professionalism
Commitment to Professionalism.
Due by Day 7
. As leaders in early childhood education we are in the unique position of creating partnerships with the community, organizations, and local government in an effort to promote the needs of the children we are serving. Through a program’s daily operation, we are witnesses to the specific issues that are facing the children, families, and community in which we work. When we highlight and broadcast these issues and advocate for a community’s needs, we are also advocating for increased awareness of the value and professionalism of the field of early childhood education. When we participate in advocating in our field we are further demonstrating that we are professionals that deserve to be valued and respected.
After reading the week’s text, write a reflection in two parts:
Part I
Identify the focus of your advocacy efforts and give an example of an issue you would like to address as an advocate.
Identify one individual or group (local policy maker, state-level legislator, corporate leader, etc.) that you can contact for support of your issue and provide a rationale for choosing this individual/group.
Describe the strategies you would use to gain the support needed for this issue through individual advocacy.
Describe the strategies you would use to attract the support needed for this issue through collective advocacy.
Create two talking points (as discussed in Chapter 13) using one
concrete example
(refer to key term in chapter reading for precise definition) for each point to demonstrate the importance of the issue.
These talking points should be appropriate to use when talking to legislators or the media about the issue for which you are advocating.
Part II
Create a Commitment to the Profession Statement. Remember, this is a draft that will continually be revised and modified as new information is acquired. Address the following:
Describe how you will advocate on behalf of young children, their families, and the profession.
Describe how you will support the development of future practitioners and leaders in the field.
Refer to Figure 13.1 “A Professional Continuum” and describe how your efforts will support the field away from
unskilled workers
and toward
paradigm professionals
.
The Commitment to Professionalism paper
Must be at least two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)
.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Use the text and two outside sources to support your responses.
The
Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)
table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific so.
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
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The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
ReferencesBenefits and perks. Starbucks Coffee Company. (202.docx
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Scholarly Activities
This document describes the scholarly activity elements that
should be included in a five paragraph summary. You may use
this resource to help guide the preparation of the Scholarly
Activities assignment, due in Topic 10.
Overview
This section consists of a single paragraph that succinctly
describes the scholarly activity that you attended/participated
in, the target market for the activity, and the benefit of the
activity to you.
Problem
This section consists of either a short narrative or a list of
bullet points that concisely identifies the problems the scholarly
activity is designed to solve. Educate: What is the current state
of the activity topic? Explain why this is a problem, and for
whom is it a problem? Inspire: What could a nurse achieve by
participating in the scholarly activity? Use declarative sentences
with simple words to communicate each point. Less is more.
4. Scholarly Activities
Assessment Description
Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to
participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or
professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include
attending conferences, seminars, journal clubs, grand rounds,
morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees,
quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities
available at your site, within your community, or nationally.
You are required to post at least one documented scholarly
activity by the end of this course. In addition to this
submission, you are required to be involved and contribute to
interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.
Submit, by way of this assignment, a summary report of the
scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when, and any
relevant take-home points. Include the appropriate program
competencies associated with the scholarly activity as well as
future professional goals related to this activity. You may use
the "Scholarly Activity Summary" resource to help guide this
assignment.
Solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and
references should be presented using APA documentation
5. guidelines.
PART IWelcome to the Free Excel Student Template Version
18.1Dear Student,By using this Template, you hereby agree to
the Copyright terms and conditions. This Template should save
you considerable time and allow for your presentation to be
more professional. Do not mistake this Template for doing all
of the work. Your assignment is to analyze and present
strategies for the next three years. You will still need to do the
research and enter key internal and external information into the
Template. The Template does not gather or prioritize
information. It does however assimilate information you enter
in a professional way and does many calculations for you once
that critical information is entered. Refer to the David & David
textbook for conceptual guidelines for developing all matrices
and analyses included in this Template. Best of luck with your
project. This Template is designed for Textbook editions 17ed
and 18th. Instructions for Using the Template1Please read all
Template instructions below carefully before you start each new
section of this Template. Only type in the green boxes. Refer
to the David, David & David textbook for conceptual guidelines
for every matrix and analysis in this Template.2This Template
is organized into three primary parts: Part I, Part II, and the
respective data output pages for your respective matrices. All
data entered will be entered into Part I or Part II. Part I consists
6. of data entry in developing matrices, where Part II consists of
data entry for your financial information, including ratios,
financial statements, and projected financial statements. Blue
buttons are provided for navigating within and to Part I, yellow
buttons are for navigating within and to Part II, orange buttons
are for navigating to the respective matrices and pink buttons
are for navigating to your financial output tables. The
navigation buttons along the top of Part I and Part II may not be
visible for Apple users but all other features should work
without any problems.Strengths and Weaknesses1Enter into the
Template exactly 10 strengths and 10 weaknesses, no more and
no less. Your factors should be detailed and actionable rather
than vague. For example, the strength: "Sales up nicely" is too
vague and not actionable; "Sales were up 15% on women's
apparel in China during 2018" is stated far better. Always be
thinking in terms of divisions when writing strengths and
weaknesses. Note women's apparel could be a division for Nike.
All divisions do not need to be treated equally; allow more
coverage for divisions with more revenue and those most
pertinent to your strategic plan.2Weights reveal how important
a factor is to being successful in the industry. All weights are
"industry-based." A factor of 0.10 for example is 5 times more
important than a factor of 0.02 for being successful in the
industry. Do not be afraid to include factors with lower weights
though. To have a factor make your top 10 list (10 strengths for
7. example out of the 100s the firm likely has), justifies its
importance, yet it still may be relatively a lot less important to
the industry than others factors you include. Also, be mindful
with respect to what industry your firm operates. A moderate
priced casual hamburger restaurant may have more in common
with a moderate priced chicken restaurant than with McDonalds
(cheaper fastfood). Automatically considering McDonalds,
Burger King, and Wendy's as the "industry" just because they
all sell hamburgers may not be appropriate. Here, casual
moderated priced restaurants may serve better as the "industry."
After entering in the weights, check to make sure the sum of
your weights equals 1.0 for your internal factors. Also, arrange
your strengths with highly weighted factors listed first; arrange
your Weaknesses also with highest weighted factors listed
first.3In contrast to weights that are industry-based, ratings are
company-based and reveal how well your firm is performing.
Use the coding scheme given below for ratings in an IFE
Matrix: If your strengths are being cut off, simply drag your
cursor between the two row numbers on the left to widen the
row.1 = "the response is poor"2 = "the response is average3 =
"the response is above average"4 = "the response is
superior"StrengthsWeightRatingActionableQuantitativeCompara
tiveDivisional1Direct owner ship of 51% of stores1yyyy2Q2
2018 Same store sales increase 2% globally/4% in China, record
profit 6B2yyyy3Pay employees well, above average pay, Stock
8. options, Parental leave options2yyyy4Supply Chain
Management (consistent quality in raw materials, and
flow)2ynyy5Product Quality and consitency2ynyy6Ethical
Business Values2ynyy7Brand Equity - Well known
brand1yyy8Operational effiicency, and solid Financal
Performance - increasing profits (operating margin 6.5% vs
industry avg of 5%)1yyyy9Customer loyalty programs, and
chase visa rewards program (53% of us corp store
sales)3yyyy10Reinvestment Strategy, long term stratgeic
planning - Multi-faceted strategic plan per
region1yyyyWeaknessesWeightRatingActionableQuantitativeCo
mparativeDivisional1Emea Market, 11% decline in operating
profits 20181yyyy2SBUX is highly dependent on the financail
performance on North America (77% of profit)yyyy3Higher
prices than competition(38% higher)yyyy4Products are not very
distinct, other franchises have nearly identical products -
Mcdonalds McCafe, Dunkin Donuts and a greater varierty to
draw in customersyyy5Product Recalls have had detrimental
impact on the brandynyy6Issues with European taxes not being
paid ( UK no taxes on 1.2B pounds in 2011-2012)yyyy7Product
Standards - unhealthy products, Starbucks built brand on
flavoured and sweetened items, does not meet some cultural
norms and are high calories, overdependence on coffee
products1yyyy8Starbucks rely's on foot traffic, not pandemic
friendlynyy9volatile supply costsnnyy10Customer base is mid
9. to upper calls wage earnersyyyyTotal Weight (Must Equal
1.00)0.000.7725550225Opportunities and Threats1Enter into
this Template exactly 10 opportunities and 10 threats, no more
no less. Your factors should be detailed and actionable rather
than vague. Keep in mind both opportunities and threats should
be external in nature. Ask yourself "Does the firm have control
over this factor?" If the answer is yes, then it cannot be an
opportunity or threat. For example, as a clothing retailer you
may have an opportunity to "start selling clothes in China." This
is not an opportunity for two reasons: 1) the firm has internal
control over doing business in China, and 2) the statement is a
strategy. The underlying opportunity may be "Women in China
spent 20% more on athletic apparel in 2018." Note how this
opportunity is specific, actionable, divisional, and external (we
cannot control the culture or demand for female athletic
apparel). All divisions do not need to be treated equally, allow
more coverage for divisions with more revenue and those most
pertinent to your strategic plan.2Weights reveal how important
a factor is to being successful in the industry. Read over the #2
tip under strengths and weaknesses above since the same logic
applies for the external factors. After entering in the weights,
check to make sure your sum of weights equals 1.0 for all 20
external factors. List factors according with highest weight
items first.3Ratings again are company-based and reflect how
well the firm is addressing the particular factor. Use the coding
10. scheme given below for ratings in an EFE Matrix. If your
opportunities are being cut off, simply drag your cursor between
the two row numbers on the left to widen the row.1 = the
response is poor"2 = "the response is average"3 = "the response
is above average"4 = "the response is
superior"OpportunitiesSFWeightRatingWRActionableQuantitive
ComparableDivsional1Premium Experience at Reserve stores
with Princi, expand bar service, premium food
options50.0430.1063829787YNYy2Coffee subscription (Circle
K- 200% increase in foot trffic, 70% increaseif food sales, 90-
95%RenewAL RATE)80.0640.2269503546yYyy3Diversification
into more products beyond Coffee and Tea into more food
products80.0620.1134751773YNYn4Emerging markets - enter
markets with limited competition, adapt to local markets - ex
McDonalds in India does not sell beef, but has ventured into the
vegetarian food market.70.0530.1489361702yyy5competitive
pricing50.0430.1063829787Yyy6Follow latest drink
trends90.0630.1914893617yyy7steady forcast for reveune
growth/consumption growth80.0610.0567375887nnnn8Business
partnerships and alliances (potentially responsible for sales by
1/3)40.0330.085106383ynyy9Faster Service - Corrective
measures to fix long lines - more advanced
Machines?90.0640.2553191489yyyy10SelfService
Machines70.0540.1985815603yyyyThreatsWeightRating1Dunki
n Donuts 2nd in market shars inUSA, and growing with coffe
11. adjacent products70.0540.1985815603yyyy2McDonalds 2nd in
market share globally70.0540.1985815603yyyy3Sales decline
due to decline in customer
traffic90.0630.1914893617nnyy4Brand Relevance - Business
incedents (Unionization)60.0430.1276595745ynyy5evolving
consumer preferences and tastes80.0630.170212766ynyy6Cyber
Security and Data
Privacy40.0330.085106383ynyy7Pandemic/Global Recession -
temporary clsoed 2K stores in China, 50% of corp stores and
43% ofl licensed stores-lost 915M+ sofar (June
2021)80.0630.170212766nyyy8Increased costs to maintain
supply chains, and raw material costs, and high
50.0440.1418439716yyyy9Competition from local favourite
brands(incumbents) , EMEA has a different coffee
culture90.0630.1914893617nyyy10Executive Changeover -
Chief Exceutive (Howard Shultz) retiring for the 3rd
time80.0610.0567375887nnyn141Total Weight (Must Equal
1.00)1.00Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM)1To perform the
CPM, enter up to 12 critical success factors. You may use some
of the ones listed below if you like but try to use ones that are
more pertinent to your company. For example, if your case is
Delta Airlines, perhaps include on time arrival, extra fees, and
frequent flyer points as factors, rather than the canned factors
below. In a CPM, factors do not need to be overly specific, but
they should be divisional in nature to the extent possible. If
12. Pepsi Co. is your firm, your factors should be about the firm's
soda business, Frito Lay business, bottling business, etc. (Pepsi
Co competes in a lot more than just soda) rather than just
general "advertising." Advertising for what division (business)
are you referring to? Frito Lay's advertising, soda marketing,
etc. All divisions do not need to be treated equally; allow more
coverage for divisions with more revenue and those most
pertinent to your strategic plan.2After entering in your critical
success factors, enter in a weight for each factor; weights are
industry-based. Be sure to check the bottom of the "Enter
Weight Below" column, to make sure your sum weight is equal
to 1.00. It is okay for some factors to receive a low weight and
a factor or two to receive a high weight of say 0.20. 3After
entering in your weights, type the name of your company and
two other competitors in the corresponding boxes.4After
entering in the weights and identifying your company and two
rival firms, then enter in a Rating (company-based) in the
"Enter Rating Below" column for each organization. DO NOT
ASSIGN THE COMPANIES THE SAME RATING; TAKE A
STAND; MAKE A CHOICE. In a CPM, use the coding scheme
provided below for ratings.1 = "the response is poor"2 = "the
response is average"3 = "the response is above average"4 = "the
response is superior"Enter 12 Factors Below WeightYour
FirmRivalRivalEnter Ratings BelowAdvertisingDomestic
Market PenetrationCustomer ServiceProduct
13. VarietyInternational Market Penetration Employee
DedicationFinancial ProfitCustomer LoyaltyMarket
ShareProduct QualityTop ManagementPrice
Competitiveness0.00Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Matrix1This Template allows for up to 5 divisions. If your
company has more than 5 divisions, combine the divisions with
the least amount of revenue into division 5, and mention the
adjustment to the class during your presentation, or simply
focus on the 5 divisions your 3-year plan centers around; check
with your professor. <See your firm's Form 10K or Annual
Report to find divisional information, and those documents of
your rivals> It is excellent to develop a BCG/IE by geographic
region, and construct another one by product (if you have the
data). 2In each division, enter a name, followed by the dollar
amount in revenues for that division. Do not include M or B for
millions or billions, but do drop off zeros. For example, for
$100,000,000, you could enter $100,000 or $100, just be
consistent.3After completing Step 2 in developing a BCG, enter
in the dollar amount in revenues for the top rival firm for each
division. Note, the top rival may be you and in this situation
enter in your company's revenue for that division. Also, note the
top rival may be different for different divisions. For example,
if your firm is Avon, Avon's top rival in its lipstick division
may be Revlon, but for nail polish, the top rival in the industry
may be L'Oréal, and in makeup, Avon may be the market leader.
14. There is no need to label the top rival by name, but you could
mention in class as part of your presentation. Be sure to enter in
all numbers in the same $ format you used in Step 2 above. If
you do not have a perfect apples to apples comparison,
(possibly a rival firm combines lipstick and makeup, where your
firm separates the two) then estimate as best you can and make
note in your presentation.4Finally, enter in the industry growth
rate (IGR) for each division. Generally, taking the top 2 or 3
rivals for each division (along with your firm), adding their
numbers together for the current year and the previous year and
using the equation (Current Year - Previous Year) / Previous
Year is sufficient to estimate guess of the industry growth rate.
This is because generally the top 3 players dominate an
industry. Note, using this process also weights larger firms
more, which is exactly what you desire. Do not use total
revenues; instead, use divisional revenues. Division industry
growth rates (IGR) must be between -0.20 and 0.20. If outside
these ranges, simply use -0.20 or 0.20 and mention during your
presentation.5Everything is calculated and positioned for you
(Other than Industry Growth Rate in Step 4) including the
Relative Market Share Position (RMSP). The BCG matrix in
this Template does not produce pie slices to show profits. You
may wish to discuss divisional profits in your
presentation.Enter in division names below (If less than 5, leave
the other spaces blank and no circles will appear)Your Firm's
15. Division RevenuesTop Firm in Industry Division
RevenuesDivision Market Growth Rate (Step 4)Relative Market
Share PositionHandcrafted beverages
$18.20$18.200.201.00Food$5.16$23.200.200.22Other
(merchandise, grab-and-
go)$1.24$1.240.051.00NANAMcDonalds is top food rival
Internal - External (IE) Matrix1This Template allows for up to 5
divisions. If the company has more than 5 divisions, combine
the divisions with the least amount of revenue into division 5,
and mention the adjustment to the class during your
presentation, or simply focus on the 5 divisions that your 3-year
plan centers around; check with your professor.2Company wide
EFE and IFE scores are automatically entered once you
complete the EFE and IFE Matrices.3Enter in estimated EFE
and IFE Scores for your respective divisions.4This Template's
IE matrix does not produce pie slices to show profits. Enter The
Name Of Your FirmEnter in division names below. If less than
5, leave the other spaces blank and no circles will appear.
Remember you could use divisions by geographic region for the
BCG and by product/service type for the IE (or vice versa).Your
Firm's Division RevenuesEstimated IFE ScoreEstimated EFE
ScoreAmerica$15,6523.23.5CAP$3,2403.03.0EMEA$1,0142.01.
2Channel Development$2,0092.52.8All other
segments$4721.82.0SPACE Matrix1Include up to five factors to
assess each SPACE axis: Financial Position (FP), Stability
16. Position (SP), Competitive Position (CP), and Industry Position
(IP) and the corresponding rating each factor should
receive.2You may use the factors provided here, but try to
determine key factors related to your company and industry in
the same manner you did with the CPM. The calculations are
done automatically and the rating scale is provided
below.3Enter in the estimated FP, SP, CP, and IP numbers for
up to two competitors. Or, instead of a competitor, you could
show the estimated SPACE values for your firm after your
proposed recommendations are implemented, ie a Before and
After analysis. Or you could do both, just cut and paste the
SPACE into PowerPoint then refill in the new data. It is
important you fill in all information or Excel will place a
circle(s) at the origin of the SPACE since the default will be
(0,0) plot, which is the origin. FP and IPPositive 1 (worst) to
Positive 7 (best)CP and SPNegative 1 (best) to Negative 7
(worst)Enter The Name Of Your FirmRatingsFinancial Position
(FP)Current RatioDebt to EquityNet IncomeRevenueInventory
TurnoverIndustry Position (IP)Growth PotentialFinancial
StabilityEase of Entry into MarketResource UtilizationProfit
PotentialRatingsCompetitive Position (CP)Market ShareProduct
QualityCustomer LoyaltyVariety of Products OfferedControl
over Suppliers and DistributorsStability Position (SP)Rate of
InflationTechnological ChangesPrice Elasticity of
DemandCompetitive PressureBarriers to Entry into MarketYour
17. firm's X-axis0.0Your firm's Y-axis0.0Estimated FPEstimated
IPEstimated CPEstimated SP Competitor 1's X-
axis0.0Competitor 1's Y-axis0.0Estimated FPEstimated
IPEstimated CPEstimated SP Competitor 2's X-
axis0.0Competitor 2's Y-axis0.0Perceptual Map1In this
Template's Perceptual Map, you may include for up to 10
product categories. 2Enter in the X axis and Y axis dimensions.
For example, if developing a map for frozen foods your X axis
could range from "low calorie" to "high calorie," while the Y
axis ranges from "low cost" to "high cost."3Enter in the
products you wish to compare (up to 10); in the example, these
products would be different brands of frozen foods available for
purchase. After entering in the products, rate each factor on a
scale of 1 to 9. In our example, extremely low calorie would
receive a score of 1 or 2, and likewise extremely high calorie
should receive a score of 8 or 9.4To enhance this analysis, you
could mentally draw a line (or two lines) of best fit (through
products) and identify areas along the line that do not have (in
this example) frozen food products near the line. In this
analysis, blank areas of the map are typically the most
advantageous for new product creation. Any products that fall
well above or below the line, may be over or under serving
customers and should be examined closely. Do not blindly
follow this rule of thumb however since, for example, a very
expensive product may be well off the projected best fit line and
18. yet serve its small customer base quite well. You may with this
Template wish to develop several perceptual maps changing
your X and Y dimensions. For example, if you are a large food
processor, you could examine frozen foods on dimensions other
than the ones used here, or you could examine dairy products or
any other related products. Simply cut and paste your existing
map into Power Point then enter your data for a new map.Enter
The Name of the Dimensions on the X-axisEnter The Name of
the Dimensions on the Y-axisEnter in up to 10 productsX - axis
RatingY - axis RatingGrand Strategy Matrix1The Grand
Strategy Matrix allows for entry of your firm and up to 5
divisions2Rank the X axis from 1 (Extremely Weak Competitive
Position) to 9 (Extremely Strong Competitive Position)3Rank
the Y axis from 1 (Extremely Slow Market Growth) to 9
(Extremely Rapid Market Growth)X-axis scoreY-axis
scoreSWOT1Click on the SWOT Hyperlink below and add your
SLOWEST, and WT Strategies.QSPM1.To perform a QSPM,
enter two strategies in the corresponding green boxes below.
These two strategies should be derived from your BCG, IE,
SPACE, GRAND, and SWOT. In your oral or written project,
you will need to provide a recommendations page(s) on your
own with the expected cost of each recommendation, ie after
performing the QSPM. The recommendations page is followed
by an EPS/EBIT Analysis to reveal where best to obtain the
needed capital (debt vs equity). You should have multiple
19. recommendations, including perhaps both strategies included in
the QSPM, and other strategies for the firm - but no firm can do
everything that would benefit the firm due to limited
resources.2.In developing a QSPM, after entering in your
strategies, then rate each strategy based on the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (factors). Do not give
two strategies the same rating for a particular strength,
weakness, opportunity, or threat. (the exception is if you enter 0
to signify a factor "not impacting the choice between strategies"
then you MUST enter 0 for both strategies. For example, if
Strategy 1 deserves a rating of 4 on a given factor, but that
factor has little to do with Strategy 2, just assign a rating of 1 to
Strategy 2. (Note QSPM's will have 0's across about one half of
the rows). Across each row in performing QSPM analysis, use
the rating scale below for AS scores.0 = Not applicableStrategy
OneStrategy Two1 = Not attractive2 = Somewhat attractive3 =
Reasonably attractive4 = Highly attractiveAS RatingsAS
RatingsStrengths1Direct owner ship of 51% of stores2Q2 2018
Same store sales increase 2% globally/4% in China, record
profit 6B3Pay employees well, above average pay, Stock
options, Parental leave options4Supply Chain Management
(consistent quality in raw materials, and flow)5Product Quality
and consitency6Ethical Business Values7Brand Equity - Well
known brand8Operational effiicency, and solid Financal
Performance - increasing profits (operating margin 6.5% vs
20. industry avg of 5%)9Customer loyalty programs, and chase visa
rewards program (53% of us corp store sales)10Reinvestment
Strategy, long term stratgeic planning - Multi-faceted strategic
plan per regionAS RatingsAS RatingsWeaknesses1Emea
Market, 11% decline in operating profits 20182SBUX is highly
dependent on the financail performance on North America (77%
of profit)3Higher prices than competition(38% higher)4Products
are not very distinct, other franchises have nearly identical
products - Mcdonalds McCafe, Dunkin Donuts and a greater
varierty to draw in customers5Product Recalls have had
detrimental impact on the brand6Issues with European taxes not
being paid ( UK no taxes on 1.2B pounds in 2011-
2012)7Product Standards - unhealthy products, Starbucks built
brand on flavoured and sweetened items, does not meet some
cultural norms and are high calories, overdependence on coffee
products8Starbucks rely's on foot traffic, not pandemic
friendly9volatile supply costs10Customer base is mid to upper
calls wage earnersAS RatingsAS
RatingsOpportunities1Premium Experience at Reserve stores
with Princi, expand bar service, premium food options2Coffee
subscription (Circle K- 200% increase in foot trffic, 70%
increaseif food sales, 90-95%RenewAL RATE)3Diversification
into more products beyond Coffee and Tea into more food
products4Emerging markets - enter markets with limited
competition, adapt to local markets - ex McDonalds in India
21. does not sell beef, but has ventured into the vegetarian food
market.5competitive pricing6Follow latest drink trends7steady
forcast for reveune growth/consumption growth8Business
partnerships and alliances (potentially responsible for sales by
1/3)9Faster Service - Corrective measures to fix long lines -
more advanced Machines?10SelfService MachinesAS RatingsAS
RatingsThreats1Dunkin Donuts 2nd in market shars inUSA, and
growing with coffe adjacent products2McDonalds 2nd in market
share globally3Sales decline due to decline in customer
traffic4Brand Relevance - Business incedents
(Unionization)5evolving consumer preferences and tastes6Cyber
Security and Data Privacy7Pandemic/Global Recession -
temporary clsoed 2K stores in China, 50% of corp stores and
43% ofl licensed stores-lost 915M+ sofar (June
2021)8Increased costs to maintain supply chains, and raw
material costs, and high 9Competition from local favourite
brands(incumbents) , EMEA has a different coffee
culture10Executive Changeover - Chief Exceutive (Howard
Shultz) retiring for the 3rd timeYou have completed Part 1.
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GRAND
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GRAND
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PART IIPreliminary Financial Data1Enter in your preliminary
financial data below for your company. This data is used to
construct financial statements, financial ratios, and much more.
Income Statement InformationEnter all as Dollar Amounts.
Make sure the oldest year is entered into Column 1 throughout
this Template. You may NOT Change this sequence as the
preset equations will not adjust.Read the Note to the left
CAREFULLY Reporting DateRevenueCost of Goods
SoldOperating expensesInterest ExpenseNote: If receiving
interest credit, enter as NEGATIVE numberNon-recurring
EventsNote: If NEGATIVE enter as negative number. Generally
this line is for "discontinued operations" and 90% of the time
you will enter 0TaxNote: If receiving a tax credit, enter as
NEGATIVE numberBalance Sheet InformationCurrent
Assets12/31/9912/31/99Cash and equivalents and Short Term
26. InvestmentsAccounts ReceivableInventoryOther Current
AssetsLong Term AssetsProperty, plant &
equipmentGoodwillIntangiblesOther Long-term AssetsCurrent
LiabilitiesAccounts PayableOther Current LiabilitiesLong Term
LiabilitiesLong-term DebtOther Long-term LiabilitiesEquity
Common StockRetained EarningsTreasury StockNote: Enter as
negative numberPaid in Capital & OtherCompany
Valuation1Enter in the corresponding data below for your firm,
and for a rival firm if you desire. The rival can be a firm you
wish to acquire or simply just to compare to your case
company.Stockholders' Equity0Note: Determined after you
complete the preliminary section.Net Income0Note: Determined
after you complete the preliminary
section.EPSERROR:#DIV/0!Note: Determined after you
complete the preliminary section and enter in # shares
outstanding below.# Shares OutstandingNote: Using Current #
shares outstanding is okay or # of shares outstanding (issued)
on the last day of the fiscal year.Stock PriceNote: Current Stock
price is fine, or the closing price on the last day of the fiscal
year.Goodwill & Intangibles0Note: Determined after you
complete the preliminary section.Rival Firm's
NameStockholders' EquityNet IncomeEPS# Shares
OutstandingStock PriceGoodwill & IntangiblesEPS/EBIT
Analysis1Enter in the corresponding data below for your
firm.2If you notice little to no change in EPS with stock vs debt
27. financing, the total amount of your recommendations is likely
too low. Unless of course, you are recommending defensive
strategies where you are not acquiring substantial new
capital.PessimisticRealisticOptimisticEBITEPS/EBIT
DataAmounted NeededNote: This number is the total cost of
your recommendations.Interest RateNote: Enter as a
decimal.Tax RateNote: Enter as a decimal.Shares
Outstanding0Note: Enter in under Company Valuation on this
page.# New Shares OutstandingERROR:#DIV/0!Note:
Calculated automaticallyStock Price$0.00Note: Enter in under
Company Valuation on this page.Combination Financing
DataPercent Equity Used to FinanceNote: Enter as a
decimal.Percent Debt Used to Finance Note: Enter as a
decimal.Total Equity and Debt0.00Note: Must equal 1.0. Check
the two line items above.Projected Financial Statements1Start
with the income statement and work your way from top to
bottom. Take extreme care to read and understand all notes
provided by each line item. See Chapter 8 in the David & David
textbook for examples and guidelines in developing projected
financial statements.2After completing the income statement,
begin the balance sheet starting with the "dividends to pay"
line near the bottom; finish the equity section of the balance
sheet first, then work your way up the statement to the
liabilities section, then onto the assets, using the top row (Cash)
as the plug figure. A detailed note beside the cash line item
28. explains further.3Take care to read all notes to the right of the
line items. Consult Chapter 8 of the David & David textbook for
excellent explanations and tips for constructing projected
statements.Percentages in the Projected Income Statement will
be multiplied by the most recent year. For example, if you
enter in 10% for projected revenues in projected year 2, the
Template will use the equation (1.10 x projected year 1
revenues) = projected year 2 revenues. For line items in the
projected income statement requesting dollar amounts, please
read the note below for the balance sheet. The calculations work
the same way as described there.Projected Years (earliest to
latest)Income StatementHistorical Numbers (see notes)
Projected Reporting DateHistorical Percent Notes Below. Enter
your data in the EXACT same format as the Notes
describe.RevenuesERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Difference
the two most recent years of data. Enter percent increases you
expect based on your recommendations. Do not blindly use the
historical number provided. Enter as percent.Cost of Goods
SoldERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Percent of Sales in the
most recent year. Use a similar percent across all three
projected years unless you believe COGS to sales percent will
change drastically. Enter as percent.Operating
ExpensesERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Percent of Sales in
the most recent year. Use a similar percent across all three
projected years unless you believe Operating Expenses to sales
29. percent will change drastically. Enter as percent.Interest
Expense$0Historical Note: Dollar amount of interest paid in the
most recent year. Enter in the NEW NET dollar amounts of
interest you will forecasted for each year. If your most recent
interest payment was $500 and you plan on a $20 net increase in
interest for projected year 1, simply enter in $20 for year one. If
financing through debt, the number is more likely to increase
more than if financing through equity. Enter as dollar amount.
If you anticipate less interest expense than the year before,
enter as a negative number.TaxERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note:
Tax Rate in most recent year. You can likely use the same tax
rate throughout unless you expect a large increase/decrease in
revenues and subsequently EBT. Enter as percent.Non-
Recurring Events0Historical Note: Dollar amount of Non-
Recurring Events for each year, this number is not cumulative.
Safe to forecast this number as $0 in ever year. Enter as dollar
amount.Scroll Down for Balance SheetWork from the bottom of
the Projected Balance Sheet to the top Projected Years (earliest
to latest)Balance Sheet (Start at the bottom)Historical
Dollar Amount PaidThe projected Balance Sheet is designed for
you to enter in the NET ADDITIONAL DOLLAR VALUES (for
PPE, Goodwill, and Intangibles). The Template will add these
values to the existing numbers. For Example, if you are adding
$1,000 in inventory in projected year 1, (but you estimate your
firm used $800 of its existing inventory from the prior year)
30. just enter in $200 ($1,000-$800) in the corresponding box and
the Template will use the equation ($200 + most recent
historical year Inventory number) = projected year 1
inventory.Read the message to the right, then start at the bottom
with dividends.Assets12/31/9912/31/9912/31/99Cash and
Equivalents$0$0$0$0Historical Note: If your cash number
appears too high or low, consult Chapter 8 of the textbook for
more information. Also, compare your projected ratios to
historical ratios. You may need to make adjustments to your
recommendations and/or your projected statements. It is rare
for any firm to have acceptal projected statements after the first
attempt. Accounts ReceivableERROR:#DIV/0! Historical Note:
Percent of revenues in the most recent year. Use a similar
percent across all three projected years unless you believe the
current assets to revenues percent will change drastically. Enter
as percentInventoryERROR:#DIV/0!Other Current
AssetsERROR:#DIV/0!Property Plant & Equipment$0
Historical Note: The values are for the most recent year
reported. Enter in the net new (not cumulative) dollar amounts
for each item for each forecasted year (Except for the Cash and
Equivalents line). If you are purchasing $200 of Property, Plant
& Equipment in Projected Year 1, simply enter $200 into the
first projected year. If you plan to also reduce existing PP&E by
$300, then you would enter in a negative $100 into Projected
Year 1 (assuming you still plan to purchase the other $200).
31. Take care with each line time, it is not how fast you get the
numbers entered. Reread the hints in red writing a few lines
above.Goodwill$0Intangibles$0Other Long-Term
AssetsERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Percent of revenues in
the most recent year. Use a similar percent across all three
projected years unless you believe the other long-term asets to
revenues percent will change drastically. Enter as
percentLiabilities12/31/9912/31/9912/31/99Accounts
PayableERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Percent of revenues in
the most recent year. Use a similar percent across all three
projected years unless you believe the current liabilities to
revenues percent will change drastically. Enter as percent.Other
Current LiabilitiesERROR:#DIV/0!Long-Term Debt$0Historical
Note: The values are for the most recent year reported. Enter in
the net new (not cumulative) dollar amounts for each item for
each forecasted year. For example, if you do not plan to take on
any additional long term debt in Projected Year 1, but do plan
to pay off $1,000 in debt in Projected Year 1, enter in ($1,000)
in Projected Year 1 long term debt column. Other Long-Term
LiabilitiesERROR:#DIV/0!Historical Note: Percent of revenues
in the most recent year. Use a similar percent across all three
projected years unless you believe the other long-term liabilities
to revenues percent will change drastically. Enter as
percent.Equity12/31/9912/31/9912/31/99Common
Stock0Historical Note: The values are for the most recent year
32. reported. Enter in the new (additional, not cumulative) Dollar
amounts for each Item for each forecasted year. If you change
Treasury Stock, you may need to make an adjustment to Paid in
Capital. Enter Treasury Stock as a negative number. Read over
Chapter 8 of the David, David and David textbook.Treasury
Stock0Paid in Capital & Other0Retained
Earnings0000Historical Note: The Retained Earnings value is
for the most recent year reported. The new additional (not
cumulative) Retained Earnings are calculated
automatically.Total Dividends to PaySTART HEREStart HERE.
Enter the total dollar amount you wish to pay in dividends each
forecasted year. If none, enter 0. This line is not cumulative, it
does not add the value to any existing value for dividends. For
example, if the firm paid $1,000 in dividends and you wish to
stop dividend payments, enter $0 in projected year 1 box. If you
wish to increase dividends by 10% enter $1,100 into projected
year 1 box. Check on your own to see historically what the firm
was paying.
Preliminary Financial Data
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Balance Sheet
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33. Company Valuation
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Rival Firm Valuation
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Company Valuation
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EPS/EBIT Analysis
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Projected Financial Statements
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34. EPS/EBIT Analysis
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IFE IFE Matrix1 If data is missing here, recheck "Part I"
2Check to make sure your text is not cut off in the matrix.
Double click (or drag) between the Cell Numbers.3To transfer
into Word or Power Point, highlight the matrix, then paste
special as "picture"StrengthsWeightRatingWeighted
Score1Direct owner ship of 51% of stores0.0010.002Q2 2018
Same store sales increase 2% globally/4% in China, record
profit 6B0.0020.003Pay employees well, above average pay,
Stock options, Parental leave options0.0020.004Supply Chain
Management (consistent quality in raw materials, and
flow)0.0020.005Product Quality and
consitency0.0020.006Ethical Business Values0.0020.007Brand
Equity - Well known brand0.0010.008Operational effiicency,
and solid Financal Performance - increasing profits (operating
margin 6.5% vs industry avg of 5%)0.0010.009Customer loyalty
programs, and chase visa rewards program (53% of us corp
store sales)0.0030.0010Reinvestment Strategy, long term
stratgeic planning - Multi-faceted strategic plan per
region0.0010.00WeaknessesWeightRatingWeighted Score1Emea
Market, 11% decline in operating profits 20180.0010.002SBUX
is highly dependent on the financail performance on North
America (77% of profit)0.0000.003Higher prices than
competition(38% higher)0.0000.004Products are not very
35. distinct, other franchises have nearly identical products -
Mcdonalds McCafe, Dunkin Donuts and a greater varierty to
draw in customers0.0000.005Product Recalls have had
detrimental impact on the brand0.0000.006Issues with European
taxes not being paid ( UK no taxes on 1.2B pounds in 2011-
2012)0.0000.007Product Standards - unhealthy products,
Starbucks built brand on flavoured and sweetened items, does
not meet some cultural norms and are high calories,
overdependence on coffee products0.0010.008Starbucks rely's
on foot traffic, not pandemic friendly0.0000.009volatile supply
costs0.0000.0010Customer base is mid to upper calls wage
earners0.0000.00Total IFE Score0.000.00
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EFE EFE Matrix1 If data is missing here, recheck "Part I"
2Check to make sure your text is not cut off in the matrix.
Double click (or drag) between the Cell Numbers.3To transfer
into Word or Power Point, highlight the matrix, then paste
special as "picture"OpportunitiesWeightRatingWeighted
Score1Premium Experience at Reserve stores with Princi,
expand bar service, premium food
options0.0430.10638297872Coffee subscription (Circle K-
200% increase in foot trffic, 70% increaseif food sales, 90-
95%RenewAL RATE)0.0640.22695035463Diversification into
more products beyond Coffee and Tea into more food
products0.0620.11347517734Emerging markets - enter markets
36. with limited competition, adapt to local markets - ex McDonalds
in India does not sell beef, but has ventured into the vegetarian
food market.0.0530.14893617025competitive
pricing0.0430.10638297876Follow latest drink
trends0.0630.19148936177steady forcast for reveune
growth/consumption growth0.0610.05673758878Business
partnerships and alliances (potentially responsible for sales by
1/3)0.0330.0851063839Faster Service - Corrective measures to
fix long lines - more advanced
Machines?0.0640.255319148910SelfService
Machines0.0540.1985815603ThreatsWeightRatingWeighted
Score1Dunkin Donuts 2nd in market shars inUSA, and growing
with coffe adjacent products0.0540.202McDonalds 2nd in
market share globally0.0540.203Sales decline due to decline in
customer traffic0.0630.194Brand Relevance - Business
incedents (Unionization)0.0430.135evolving consumer
preferences and tastes0.0630.176Cyber Security and Data
Privacy0.0330.097Pandemic/Global Recession - temporary
clsoed 2K stores in China, 50% of corp stores and 43% ofl
licensed stores-lost 915M+ sofar (June
2021)0.0630.178Increased costs to maintain supply chains, and
raw material costs, and high 0.0440.149Competition from local
favourite brands(incumbents) , EMEA has a different coffee
culture0.0630.1910Executive Changeover - Chief Exceutive
(Howard Shultz) retiring for the 3rd time0.0610.06Total EFE
37. Score1.003.02
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CPMCPM Matrix1If data is missing here, recheck the "Part I"
page.2Check to make sure your text is not cut off in the matrix.
Double click (or drag) between the Cell Numbers.3To transfer
into Word or Power Point, highlight the matrix, then paste
special as "picture"Your FirmRivalRivalCritical Success
Factors WeightRating ScoreRating Score Rating Score
Advertising0.0000.0000.0000.00Domestic Market
Penetration0.0000.0000.0000.00Customer
Service0.0000.0000.0000.00Product
Variety0.0000.0000.0000.00International Market Penetration
0.0000.0000.0000.00Employee
Dedication0.0000.0000.0000.00Financial
Profit0.0000.0000.0000.00Customer
Loyalty0.0000.0000.0000.00Market
Share0.0000.0000.0000.00Product
Quality0.0000.0000.0000.00Top
Management0.0000.0000.0000.00Price
Competitiveness0.0000.0000.0000.00Totals0.000.000.000.00
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BCGBCG1If data is missing here, recheck the "Part I" page and
read step 3.2Highlight the entire matrix (not just the inside
box), and then paste as paste special picture.3If you do not see
38. your circle, either you did not enter in the information or you
entered a number for the "Top Firm in the Industry Revenues"
smaller than your firm. This number can only be larger or the
same (if your firm's division is the largest revenue generator in
the industry). It is also possible your bubble is behind another
bubble if the information was close to the same, this is unlikely
however.Please Scroll down for the BCG Matrix and Table
Relative Market Share PositionHigh 1.0Low 0.0Industry Sales
Growth RateHigh 0.20Low -0.20DivisionYour Firm's Division
RevenuesTop Firm in Industry Division RevenuesIndustry Sales
Growth Rate Relative Market Share PositionHandcrafted
beverages $18$180.201.00Food$5$230.200.22Other
(merchandise, grab-and-
go)$1$10.051.000$0$00.00NA0$0$00.00NA
Handcrafted beverages 10.218.2Food
0.222413793103448280.25.16Other (merchandise, grab-and-go)
10.051.24
NA
39. NAHandcrafted beverages
10.218.2
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IEIE1If data is missing here, recheck the "Part I" page and read
step 3.2Highlight the entire matrix (not just the inside box), and
40. then paste as paste special picture.3If you do not see your
circle, either you did not enter in the corresponding EFE or IFE
information. It is also possible your bubble is behind another
bubble if the EFE and IFE information was close to the
same.Scroll down for IE Matrix and Table THE IFE TOTAL
WEIGHTED SCORESStrongWeak 4.01.0High4.0THE EFE
WEIGHTED SCORESLow1.0Division Firm's Division
RevenuesEstimated IFE ScoreEstimated EFE
ScoreAmerica$15,6523.23.5CAP$3,2403.03.0EMEA$1,0142.01.
2Channel Development$2,0092.52.8All other
segments$4721.82.0
03.02127659574468051America
3.23.515652CAP
333240EMEA
21.21014Channel Development
2.52.82009All other segments
41. 1.82472
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SPACESPACE1If data is missing here, recheck the "Part I"
page and read step 3.2Highlight the entire matrix (not just the
inside box), and then paste as paste special picture. Be sure to
also include the table below the chart also in your
presentation.3If you do not see your bubble either you did not
enter in the information or, it is also possible your bubble is
behind another bubble if the X and Y information were close to
the same.000X Axis0.00.00.0Y Axis0.00.00.0Internal Analysis:
External Analysis:Financial Position (FP)Stability Position
(SP)Current Ratio0Rate of Inflation0Debt to
Equity0Technological Changes0Net Income0Price Elasticity of
Demand0Revenue0Competitive Pressure0Inventory
Turnover0Barriers to Entry into Market0Financial Position (FP)
Average ERROR:#DIV/0!Stability Position (SP)
AverageERROR:#DIV/0!Internal Analysis: External
Analysis:Competitive Position (CP)Industry Position (IP)Market
Share0Growth Potential0Product Quality0Financial
Stability0Customer Loyalty0Ease of Entry into Market0Variety
of Products Offered0Resource Utilization0Control over
Suppliers and Distributors0Profit Potential0Competitive
Position (CP) AverageERROR:#DIV/0!Industry Position (IP)
43. information or it is also possible your bubble is behind another
bubble if the axis information was close to the same.
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I/xl/drawings/drawing11.xml#'PART%20I'!B299111111
Quadrant II
Quadrant I
Quadrant III
I
Quadrant IV
Rapid Market Growth
Slow Market Growth
Strong Competitive Position
Weak Competitive Position
Perceptual MapPerceptual Maps1If data is missing here, recheck
the "Part I" page and read Step 3.2Highlight the entire matrix
(not just the inside box), and then paste as paste special
picture.3If you do not see your circle, either you did not enter
in the corresponding information or it is also possible your
bubble is behind another bubble if the axis information was
close to the same.0000
44. 1111111111
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Financial Statements1Complete Part II to Construct the
Financial Statements. Income
Statement12/31/9912/31/99Percent ChangeRevenue
(Sales)$0$0NANACost of Goods Sold00NANAGross
Profit00NANAOperating Expenses00NANAEBIT (Operating
Income)00NANAInterest
Expense00NANAEBT00NANATax00NANANon-Recurring
Events00NANANet Income00NANABalance
Sheet12/31/9912/31/99Percent ChangeAssetsCash and Short
Term Investments$0$0NANAAccounts
Receivable00NANAInventory00NANAOther Current
Assets00NANATotal Current Assets00NANAProperty Plant &
Equipment00NANAGoodwill00NANAIntangibles00NANAOther
Long-Term Assets00NANATotal
Assets00NANALiabilitiesAccounts Payable00NANAOther
Current Liabilities00NANATotal Current
Liabilities00NANALong-Term Debt00NANAOther Long-Term
Liabilities00NANATotal Liabilities00NANAEquityCommon
Stock00NANARetained Earnings00NANATreasury
Stock00NANAPaid in Capital & Other00NANATotal
Equity00NANATotal Liabilities and Equity00NANA
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45. SWOTSWOTSO Strategies1234ST Strategies1234WO
Strategies1234WT Strategies1234
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QSPMQSPM1If data is missing here, recheck the "Part I" page.
3Check to make sure your text is not cut off in the matrix.
Double click (or drag) between the Cell
Numbers.00StrengthsWeightASTASAS TAS 1Direct owner
ship of 51% of stores0.0000.0000.002Q2 2018 Same store sales
increase 2% globally/4% in China, record profit
6B0.0000.0000.003Pay employees well, above average pay,
Stock options, Parental leave options0.0000.0000.004Supply
Chain Management (consistent quality in raw materials, and
flow)0.0000.0000.005Product Quality and
consitency0.0000.0000.006Ethical Business
Values0.0000.0000.007Brand Equity - Well known
brand0.0000.0000.008Operational effiicency, and solid Financal
Performance - increasing profits (operating margin 6.5% vs
industry avg of 5%)0.0000.0000.009Customer loyalty programs,
and chase visa rewards program (53% of us corp store
sales)0.0000.0000.0010Reinvestment Strategy, long term
stratgeic planning - Multi-faceted strategic plan per
region0.0000.0000.0000WeaknessesWeightASTASAS TAS
1Emea Market, 11% decline in operating profits
20180.0000.0000.002SBUX is highly dependent on the financail
performance on North America (77% of
46. profit)0.0000.0000.003Higher prices than competition(38%
higher)0.0000.0000.004Products are not very distinct, other
franchises have nearly identical products - Mcdonalds McCafe,
Dunkin Donuts and a greater varierty to draw in
customers0.0000.0000.005Product Recalls have had detrimental
impact on the brand0.0000.0000.006Issues with European taxes
not being paid ( UK no taxes on 1.2B pounds in 2011-
2012)0.0000.0000.007Product Standards - unhealthy products,
Starbucks built brand on flavoured and sweetened items, does
not meet some cultural norms and are high calories,
overdependence on coffee products0.0000.0000.008Starbucks
rely's on foot traffic, not pandemic
friendly0.0000.0000.009volatile supply
costs0.0000.0000.0010Customer base is mid to upper calls wage
earners0.0000.0000.0000OpportunitiesWeightASTASAS TAS
1Premium Experience at Reserve stores with Princi, expand bar
service, premium food options0.0400.0000.002Coffee
subscription (Circle K- 200% increase in foot trffic, 70%
increaseif food sales, 90-95%RenewAL
RATE)0.0600.0000.003Diversification into more products
beyond Coffee and Tea into more food
products0.0600.0000.004Emerging markets - enter markets with
limited competition, adapt to local markets - ex McDonalds in
India does not sell beef, but has ventured into the vegetarian
food market.0.0500.0000.005competitive
47. pricing0.0400.0000.006Follow latest drink
trends0.0600.0000.007steady forcast for reveune
growth/consumption growth0.0600.0000.008Business
partnerships and alliances (potentially responsible for sales by
1/3)0.0300.0000.009Faster Service - Corrective measures to fix
long lines - more advanced
Machines?0.0600.0000.0010SelfService
Machines0.0500.0000.0000ThreatsWeightASTASAS TAS
1Dunkin Donuts 2nd in market shars inUSA, and growing with
coffe adjacent products0.0500.0000.002McDonalds 2nd in
market share globally0.0500.0000.003Sales decline due to
decline in customer traffic0.0600.0000.004Brand Relevance -
Business incedents (Unionization)0.0400.0000.005evolving
consumer preferences and tastes0.0600.0000.006Cyber Security
and Data Privacy0.0300.0000.007Pandemic/Global Recession -
temporary clsoed 2K stores in China, 50% of corp stores and
43% ofl licensed stores-lost 915M+ sofar (June
2021)0.0600.0000.008Increased costs to maintain supply chains,
and raw material costs, and high 0.0400.0000.009Competition
from local favourite brands(incumbents) , EMEA has a different
coffee culture0.0600.0000.0010Executive Changeover - Chief
Exceutive (Howard Shultz) retiring for the 3rd
time0.0600.0000.00TOTALS0.000.00
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Company Valuation1Complete Part II to Construct the Company
48. Valuation 0Stockholders' Equity - (Goodwill +
Intangibles)$0Net Income x 5$0(Share Price/EPS) x Net
IncomeERROR:#DIV/0!Number of Shares Outstanding x Share
Price$0Method AverageERROR:#DIV/0!Rival Firm's
NameStockholders' Equity - (Goodwill + Intangibles)$0Net
Income x 5$0(Share Price/EPS) x Net
IncomeERROR:#DIV/0!Number of Shares Outstanding x Share
Price$0Method AverageERROR:#DIV/0!
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/xl/drawings/drawing17.xml#'PART%20II'!B71
EPS_EBIT1Complete Part II to Construct the EPS/EBIT Charts
Common Stock FinancingDebt
FinancingPessimisticRealisticOptimisticPessimisticRealisticOpt
imisticEBIT$0$0$0$0$0$0Interest
000000EBT000000Taxes000000EAT000000#
SharesERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!000EP
SERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DI
V/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Amount Needed$0Interest
Rate0% Stock0%Debt0%Tax
Rate0%PessimisticRealisticOptimistic# Shares
Outstanding0.0EBIT$0$0$0Additional Shares Outstanding
NeededNAInterest 000Stock
Price$0.00EBT000Taxes000EAT000#
SharesERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!EPSER
ROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!
49. Common Stock Financing000000Debt Financing000000
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II/xl/drawings/drawing18.xml#'PART%20II'!B107
Retained Earnings TableComplete Part II to Construct the RE
TableDividend InformationBalance Sheet
InformationSteps12345YearCurrent Year's Net IncomeLess
Current Year's Dividends PaidNew REPlus Prior Year's
RECurrent Year's Balance Sheet
RE12/31/99$0$0$0$0$012/31/99$0$0$0$0$012/31/99$0$0$0$0
$0
Projected Statements1Complete Part II to Construct the
Projected Financial Statements.Projected Income
Statement12/31/9912/31/9912/31/99Revenues
(Sales)$0$0$0Cost of Goods Sold000Gross Profit000Operating
Expenses (Operating Income)000EBIT000Interest
Expense000EBT000Tax000Non-Recurring Events000Net
Income000Projected Balance
Sheet12/31/9912/31/9912/31/99AssetsCash and
Equivalents$0$0$0Accounts Receivable000Inventory000Other
Current Assets000Total Current Assets000Property Plant &
Equipment000Goodwill000Intangibles000Other Long-Term
Assets000Total Assets000LiabilitiesAccounts Payable000Other
Current Liabilities000Total Current Liabilities000Long-Term
Debt000Other Long-Term Liabilities000Total
50. Liabilities000EquityCommon Stock000Retained
Earnings000Treasury Stock000Paid in Capital & Other000Total
Equity000Total Liabilities and Equity000
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/xl/drawings/drawing19.xml#'PART%20II'!B139
Ratios1Complete Part II to Construct the Ratios Historical
RatiosProjected
Ratios12/31/9912/31/9912/31/9912/31/9912/31/99Current
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Current
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Quick
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Quick
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Total
Debt-to-Total-Assets
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Debt-to-Total-Assets
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Total
Debt-to-Equity RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Debt-to-
Equity
RatioERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Times-
Interest-Earned RatioNANATimes-Interest-Earned
RatioNANANAInventory
TurnoverERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Inventory
TurnoverERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Fixe
d Assets TurnoverERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Fixed
Assets
TurnoverERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Tota
51. l Assets TurnoverNANATotal Assets
TurnoverERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Acc
ounts Receivable TurnoverNANAAccounts Receivable
TurnoverNANANAAverage Collection
PeriodERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Average Collection
PeriodERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Gross
Profit Margin %ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Gross Profit
Margin
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Operating
Profit Margin %ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!Operating
Profit Margin
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ROA
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ROA
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ROE
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ROE
%ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!ERROR:#DIV/0!
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