WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENT
Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives
INTRODUCTION
Choice of a company
Continue research on Southwest Airlines, or
Select another company, or
Select the company you work for
Size of paper
Six to eight (6–8) pages
QUESTION 1
Evaluate a company’s recent (within the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. (10 %)
Difference between risk and uncertainty
Risk is how we characterize uncertainty about values that vary.
Risk is modeled using random variables multiplied by their probabilities.
Uncertainty refers to the distribution of the random variables.
Which probabilities should be assigned to the various values the random variables can take?
QUESTION 1
Evaluate a company’s recent (within the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. (10 %)
When you’re uncertain about the costs or benefits of a decision, replace numbers with random variables and compute expected costs and benefits.
Analyze common types of uncertainty and risk your company faces. For example:
Uncertainty in pricing
Uncertainty in dealing with suppliers and distributers
…
QUESTION 2
Offer advice for improving risk management. (15 %)
By modeling uncertainty, you can:
Learn to make better decisions
Identify the source(s) of risk in a decisions
Compute the value of collecting more information.
Difference-in-difference estimators are a good way to gather information about the benefits and costs of a decision.
The first difference is before versus after the decision or event.
The second difference is the difference between a control and an experimental group.
If you are facing a decision in which one of your alternatives would work well in one state of the world, and you are uncertain about which state of the world you are in, think about how to minimize expected error costs.
QUESTION 2
Offer advice for improving risk management. (15 %)
Uncertainty is unavoidable. To cope with uncertainty, gather more or better information.
Best Buy has used dispersed sets of non-experts to predict future variables, such as a holiday sales rate.
Google uses internal prediction markets to generate demand and usage forecasting.
The US Marines advise:
Because we can never eliminate uncertainty, we must learn to fight effectively despite it. We can do this by developing simple, flexible plans; planning for likely contingencies; developing standing operating procedures; and fostering initiative among subordinates.
QUESTION 3
Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions. (15 %)
Define adverse selection
Adverse selection is a problem that arises from information asymmetry—anticipate it, and, if you can, figure out how to consummate the unconsummated wealth-creating transaction (for example, how to make low-risk customers pay for health insurance).
Screening is an uninformed party’s effort to learn the information that the more informe ...
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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission
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Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Assignment 2: Compensation Plan Outline
Using the same company you researched in Assignment 1, evaluate the company’s compensation plan to determine how it could be improved.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
· Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.
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· Determine the most beneficial ratio of internally consistent and market consistent compensations systems for the company you selected.
· Evaluate the current pay structure used by your company and assess the recognition of employee contributions.
· Make two (2) recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the discretionary benefits provided by the company you selected.
· Evaluate the types of employer-sponsored retirement plans and health insurance programs provided by the company you selected and compare them to that company’s major competitors.
· Use at least three (3) quality references. 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-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Evaluate the effectiveness of traditional bases for pay (seniority and merit) against incentive-based and person-focused compensation approaches.
· Compare and contrast internally consistent and market-competitive compensation systems.
· Evaluate the role of benefits in strategic compensation.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in compensation management.
· Write clearly and concisely about compensation management using proper writing mechanics.
The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:
Points: 300
Assignment 2: Compensation Plan Outline
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Did not submit or incompletely explained your rationale.
Insufficiently.
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and operating models. CFO"s continue to be instrumental in providing the analytical insights to help the enterprise invest capital into new opportunities. Essential to this process is a highly collaborative, in-synch C-suite. The CFO’s newest mandate – to help steer the strategic direction
of the enterprise and do so iteratively – requires changes to their finance organizations. Startlingly, nearly half of CFOs report their own finance organizations fall short of what’s required.
After conducting the 17th edition of our "Trends in Agency Compensation" research, we've put together four action items for marketers looking to improve agency relationships and their compensation models.
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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission
If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn App, please click "View in Browser".
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Assignment 2: Compensation Plan Outline
Using the same company you researched in Assignment 1, evaluate the company’s compensation plan to determine how it could be improved.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
· Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.
·
· Determine the most beneficial ratio of internally consistent and market consistent compensations systems for the company you selected.
· Evaluate the current pay structure used by your company and assess the recognition of employee contributions.
· Make two (2) recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the discretionary benefits provided by the company you selected.
· Evaluate the types of employer-sponsored retirement plans and health insurance programs provided by the company you selected and compare them to that company’s major competitors.
· Use at least three (3) quality references. 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-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Evaluate the effectiveness of traditional bases for pay (seniority and merit) against incentive-based and person-focused compensation approaches.
· Compare and contrast internally consistent and market-competitive compensation systems.
· Evaluate the role of benefits in strategic compensation.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in compensation management.
· Write clearly and concisely about compensation management using proper writing mechanics.
The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:
Points: 300
Assignment 2: Compensation Plan Outline
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Did not submit or incompletely explained your rationale.
Insufficiently.
Elevate your enterprise cfo role reportCor Ranzijn
Companies in virtually every industry are undergoing a secular change to new, platform- based businesses. To thrive, organizations need to digitally reinvent their enterprise business
and operating models. CFO"s continue to be instrumental in providing the analytical insights to help the enterprise invest capital into new opportunities. Essential to this process is a highly collaborative, in-synch C-suite. The CFO’s newest mandate – to help steer the strategic direction
of the enterprise and do so iteratively – requires changes to their finance organizations. Startlingly, nearly half of CFOs report their own finance organizations fall short of what’s required.
After conducting the 17th edition of our "Trends in Agency Compensation" research, we've put together four action items for marketers looking to improve agency relationships and their compensation models.
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Week 2 Discussion Ends; Week 2 Writing Assignment due at 11:59pm
Instructions
MRKT 310 Principles of Marketing
Week 2 Writing Assignment
Part 1 - What is Strategic Marketing?
Learning Outcomes
Creating Value for Customers:
Student can demonstrate an understanding of the concept of value creation.
The Role of the Customer in the Company's Strategic Planning.
Student can assess the company's commit to serving customer needs as evidenced in a company's mission statement.
SWOT analysis
: Student can conduct a simple SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of a product or service offering and draw inferences from an analysis of the results.
Competitive Analysis:
Student can conduct a simple competitive analysis based on criteria important to the customers of the product or service.
Directions
Select your product or service offering from the list in the Writing Assignment Discussion Forum. This list is also in the Syllabus. The
same product/service will be used in all of the writing assignments.
Research your product or service offering through the Internet and UMUC’s virtual library (your references will need to be mostly academic sources. See library services if you do not know what an academic source means). Do not limit yourself to searching solely on the product or service name. Look up the industry it is in (Hoovers.com is a good source for this via the UMUC library) and search on that industry as well. Look up the direct competitors. Check industry journals and the trade press. Ask your family, friends, coworkers and others what they think about the product and each of the competitors. You may want to visit a retailer to compare the products on the shelves or visit all of the websites. Keep all your research as you will need it for future writing assignments.
Prepare your assignment beginning with a title page with your name and the name of your product or service. Then answer each of the following eight questions (four in part 1 and four in part 2) in order and number the beginning of your response to each question. Although you do not need to repeat the question, each section should have a heading. The paper should contain approximately 5+ pages of analysis for the responses to the eight questions.
Creating Value for Customers.
Consider the customers you believe currently use your product or service and the definition of marketing offered in the course content. As we begin our study of marketing, what are your preliminary thoughts as to how you think the company creates value for its customers based on the concepts in this week's readings.
Role of the Customer in the Company's Strategic Plan.
The readings indicate that the best marketing begins with the customer and that commitment to the customer begins with including the customer in the company's mission statement. Find your company's mission statement. Repeat it ...
· 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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MGT 4337: Business Policy and Decision Making
Module 3 Strategy Exercises Worksheet
Overview: This exercise will tie concepts from the chapter material to the simulations assigned in this module. Completing this exercise will prepare you to help you to make decisions during the simulation rounds and prepare you for completing this module’s decision log journal entries and artifact analyses.
Specifically, you will apply what you learned in Chapters 5 and 6 to identify your own company’s and your rivals' competitive and supplemental strategies, as well as outline specific actions to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.
Directions: Download and save a copy of this document so you can edit the worksheet with your responses to the questions below.
Chapter 5
1. Which of the five basic competitive strategies best characterize your athletic footwear company’s strategic approach to competing successfully?
2. Which rival footwear companies appear to be employing a low-cost provider strategy?
3. Which rival footwear companies appear to be employing a broad differentiation strategy?
4. Which rival companies appear to be employing some type of focus strategy?
5. Which rival companies appear to be employing a best-cost provider strategy?
6. What is your company's plan to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals? List at least three (preferably more than three) specific kinds of decision entries on specific decision screens that your company has made or intends to make to win this kind of competitive edge over rivals.
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Chapter 6
1. What offensive strategy options discussed in this chapter does your athletic footwear company have? Identify at least two offensive moves that your company should seriously consider in order to improve the company’s market standing and financial performance.
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2. What defensive strategy moves should your company consider in the upcoming decision round? Identify at least two defensive actions your company has taken in the past one or two decision rounds.
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3. Is your company vertically integrated to some extent? Explain why or why not.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: To complete this assignment, submit a saved copy of this completed worksheet.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center.
Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Needs Improvement (75%)
Incomplete (50%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Worksheet
Submitted a complete worksheet that demonstrates sincere effort.
Submitted a mostly complete worksheet that demonstrates sincere effort.
Submitted an incomplete worksheet.
Did not submit a worksheet.
100
Total
100%
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Unit 4 Assignment
For this assignment, you are going to gather some data and discuss your results. Interview or survey 10 people and ask each person the first three terms or words that.
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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Most patients with mental health disorders are not aggressive. However, it is important for nurses to be able to know the signs and symptoms associated with the five phases of aggression, and to appropriately apply nursing interventions to assist in treating aggressive patients. Please read the case study below and answer the four questions related to it.
Aggression Case Study
Christopher, who is 14 years of age, was recently admitted to the hospital for schizophrenia. He has a history of aggressive behavior and states that the devil is telling him to kill all adults because they want to hurt him. Christopher has a history of recidivism and noncompliance with his medications. One day on the unit, the nurse observes Christopher displaying hypervigilant behaviors, pacing back and forth down the hallway, and speaking to himself under his breath. As the nurse runs over to Christopher to talk, he sees that his bedroom door is open and runs into his room and shuts the door. The nurse responds by attempting to open the door, but Christopher keeps pulling the door shut and tells the nurse that if the nurse comes in the room he will choke the nurse. The nurse responds by calling other staff to assist with the situation.
1. What phase of the aggression cycle is Christopher in at the beginning of this scenario? What phase is he in at the end the scenario? (State the evidence that supports your answers).
2. What interventions could have been implemented to prevent Christopher from escalating at the beginning of the scenario?
3. What interventions should the nurse take to deescalate the situation when Christopher is refusing to open his door?
4. If a restrictive intervention (restraint/seclusion) is used, what are some important steps for the nurse to remember?
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Explain your motivation for applying to this program. How does the content of this study abroad program relate to your future academic and professional goals?
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1) Go to
https://www.usa.gov
to begin your search.
2) Next, click on the menu tab labelled “Government Agencies and Elected Officials.”
3) Then, click on “A-Z Index of U.S. Government Agencies.”
4) Select one of the large federal agencies, and review one of its major policies, laws, or regulations.
What is the primary mission of the agency? Select a problem that the agency is attempting to solve. Research the major policy process as it has evolved and identify its major stakeholders. Identify what major factors have contributed to policy ineffectiveness. Is the bureaucracy now too large to provide adequate oversight and future development? Be sure to integrate lessons learned and policy concepts discussed throughout the class. Examples may include security at airports, immigration, education (No Child Left Behind), welfare support, Social Security, health care, etc. Identify government subsidies, tools, and regulations the agency uses to meet its policy goals. Pinpoint supporting agencies, groups, or businesses that would be most interested in these policies, and describe the potential conflicts of interest.
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History - Child began with sneezing, mild cough, and low grade fever of 100 degrees three days ago. All immunizations UTD. Father reports that the child has had only two incidents of URI and no other illnesses.
Social - non-smoking household. Child attends preschool four mornings a week and is insured through his father’s employment. No other siblings in the household.
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The nurse became involved with this family while Mrs. Walsh was still in surgery, because family members were very anxious that the procedure was taking longer than it had the first time and made repeated calls to the critical care unit to ask about the patient. The nurse met with the family and offered to go into the operating room to talk with the cardiac surgeon to better inform the family of their mother’s status.
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Please provide rationales for your answers. Make sure to provide a citation for your answers. Deadline: CASE STUDY:
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MSEL Strategy Mid-term Instructions Miguel Rivera-Santos
Format of the Mid-term
· You will find three recent newspaper articles describing a strategic move or a strategic decision in this document. Choose two out of these three articles and, for each of the two articles you have selected, answer the following two questions:
· Q1: What is (are) the issue(s) for the main company in the article? How do you assess the company’s strategic decision(s)? What additional information and what specific analyses would you conduct to fully understand the issue(s) and the decision(s)?
· Q2: What alternative recommendation would you consider in response to the issue(s)? What additional information/analyses would you need for this alternative recommendation? How could it be implemented?
· For each article, the combined answers to these two questions should be no longer than 2 single-spaced pages, in 12-point Times New Roman, with a 1-inch margin all around.
You can add as many appendices as you feel necessary, but remember that the page limitfor the mid-term (excluding exhibits) is 4 pages, i.e., 2 pages per newspaper article.
· You do not need to seek additional information beyond what is provided in the articles.
GOOD LUCK!
Geely to build satellites for self-driving cars - Financial Times (US), 3/4... https://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/FTUS/PrintArticle.aspx?d...
Automobiles
CHRISTIAN SHEPHERD — BEIJING
Geely is aiming to be the first China carmaker to design and build satellites to support its autonomous driving programme, the latest step by founder Li Shufu in his bid to build an industry leader.
Geely, which owns Swedish brand Volvo Cars, Malaysia’s Proton, and a stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, will invest Rmb2.27bn ($325m) in a new development centre and factory to manufacture satellites this year, the company said yesterday.
The announcement makes Geely the first known Chinese carmaker with plans to build its own satellites. Mr Li’s move sparked comparisons in China media with Elon Musk, founder of electric carmaker Tesla and private space exploration company SpaceX.
Last month Geely drew comparisons with Volkswagen when Mr Li’s holding group announced plans to merge Geely Automobile and Volvo Cars, moving the company towards becoming the first global Chinese carmaker.
Che Jun, Communist party boss of China’s eastern Zhejiang province, where Geely is based, said that the complex would be built in Taizhou city and that construction had begun.
The centre will design, test and manufacture low-orbit communication satellites, purpose-built to improve geolocation of vehicles and to support their connected functions, Geely said.
Geely has been pouring money into new technologies from self-driving cars to flying taxis, spending Rmb20bn on research and development in the past year.
The investments are part of the group’s spend on global expansion, such as buying a $9bn stake in Daimler.
The announcement comes as the coronavirus outbre.
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MRKT 310 Principles of Marketing
Week 2 Writing Assignment
Part 1 - What is Strategic Marketing?
Learning Outcomes
Creating Value for Customers:
Student can demonstrate an understanding of the concept of value creation.
The Role of the Customer in the Company's Strategic Planning.
Student can assess the company's commit to serving customer needs as evidenced in a company's mission statement.
SWOT analysis
: Student can conduct a simple SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of a product or service offering and draw inferences from an analysis of the results.
Competitive Analysis:
Student can conduct a simple competitive analysis based on criteria important to the customers of the product or service.
Directions
Select your product or service offering from the list in the Writing Assignment Discussion Forum. This list is also in the Syllabus. The
same product/service will be used in all of the writing assignments.
Research your product or service offering through the Internet and UMUC’s virtual library (your references will need to be mostly academic sources. See library services if you do not know what an academic source means). Do not limit yourself to searching solely on the product or service name. Look up the industry it is in (Hoovers.com is a good source for this via the UMUC library) and search on that industry as well. Look up the direct competitors. Check industry journals and the trade press. Ask your family, friends, coworkers and others what they think about the product and each of the competitors. You may want to visit a retailer to compare the products on the shelves or visit all of the websites. Keep all your research as you will need it for future writing assignments.
Prepare your assignment beginning with a title page with your name and the name of your product or service. Then answer each of the following eight questions (four in part 1 and four in part 2) in order and number the beginning of your response to each question. Although you do not need to repeat the question, each section should have a heading. The paper should contain approximately 5+ pages of analysis for the responses to the eight questions.
Creating Value for Customers.
Consider the customers you believe currently use your product or service and the definition of marketing offered in the course content. As we begin our study of marketing, what are your preliminary thoughts as to how you think the company creates value for its customers based on the concepts in this week's readings.
Role of the Customer in the Company's Strategic Plan.
The readings indicate that the best marketing begins with the customer and that commitment to the customer begins with including the customer in the company's mission statement. Find your company's mission statement. Repeat it ...
· 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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MGT 4337: Business Policy and Decision Making
Module 3 Strategy Exercises Worksheet
Overview: This exercise will tie concepts from the chapter material to the simulations assigned in this module. Completing this exercise will prepare you to help you to make decisions during the simulation rounds and prepare you for completing this module’s decision log journal entries and artifact analyses.
Specifically, you will apply what you learned in Chapters 5 and 6 to identify your own company’s and your rivals' competitive and supplemental strategies, as well as outline specific actions to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.
Directions: Download and save a copy of this document so you can edit the worksheet with your responses to the questions below.
Chapter 5
1. Which of the five basic competitive strategies best characterize your athletic footwear company’s strategic approach to competing successfully?
2. Which rival footwear companies appear to be employing a low-cost provider strategy?
3. Which rival footwear companies appear to be employing a broad differentiation strategy?
4. Which rival companies appear to be employing some type of focus strategy?
5. Which rival companies appear to be employing a best-cost provider strategy?
6. What is your company's plan to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals? List at least three (preferably more than three) specific kinds of decision entries on specific decision screens that your company has made or intends to make to win this kind of competitive edge over rivals.
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Chapter 6
1. What offensive strategy options discussed in this chapter does your athletic footwear company have? Identify at least two offensive moves that your company should seriously consider in order to improve the company’s market standing and financial performance.
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2. What defensive strategy moves should your company consider in the upcoming decision round? Identify at least two defensive actions your company has taken in the past one or two decision rounds.
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3. Is your company vertically integrated to some extent? Explain why or why not.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: To complete this assignment, submit a saved copy of this completed worksheet.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center.
Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Needs Improvement (75%)
Incomplete (50%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Worksheet
Submitted a complete worksheet that demonstrates sincere effort.
Submitted a mostly complete worksheet that demonstrates sincere effort.
Submitted an incomplete worksheet.
Did not submit a worksheet.
100
Total
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Unit 4 Assignment
For this assignment, you are going to gather some data and discuss your results. Interview or survey 10 people and ask each person the first three terms or words that.
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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nonprofit agencies can improve
organizational success by best utilizing
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Most patients with mental health disorders are not aggressive. However, it is important for nurses to be able to know the signs and symptoms associated with the five phases of aggression, and to appropriately apply nursing interventions to assist in treating aggressive patients. Please read the case study below and answer the four questions related to it.
Aggression Case Study
Christopher, who is 14 years of age, was recently admitted to the hospital for schizophrenia. He has a history of aggressive behavior and states that the devil is telling him to kill all adults because they want to hurt him. Christopher has a history of recidivism and noncompliance with his medications. One day on the unit, the nurse observes Christopher displaying hypervigilant behaviors, pacing back and forth down the hallway, and speaking to himself under his breath. As the nurse runs over to Christopher to talk, he sees that his bedroom door is open and runs into his room and shuts the door. The nurse responds by attempting to open the door, but Christopher keeps pulling the door shut and tells the nurse that if the nurse comes in the room he will choke the nurse. The nurse responds by calling other staff to assist with the situation.
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2. What interventions could have been implemented to prevent Christopher from escalating at the beginning of the scenario?
3. What interventions should the nurse take to deescalate the situation when Christopher is refusing to open his door?
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3) Then, click on “A-Z Index of U.S. Government Agencies.”
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The nurse became involved with this family while Mrs. Walsh was still in surgery, because family members were very anxious that the procedure was taking longer than it had the first time and made repeated calls to the critical care unit to ask about the patient. The nurse met with the family and offered to go into the operating room to talk with the cardiac surgeon to better inform the family of their mother’s status.
One of the helpful things the nurse did to assist this family was to establish a consistent group of nurses to work with Mrs. Walsh, so that family members could establish trust and feel more confident about the care their mother was receiving. This eventually enabled family members to leave the hospital for intervals to get some rest. The nurse related that this was a family whose members were affluent, educated, and well informed, and that they came in prepared with lists of questions. A consistent group of nurses who were familiar with Mrs. Walsh’s particular situation helped both family members and nurses to be more satisfied and less anxious. The family developed a close relationship with the three nurses who consistently cared for Mrs. Walsh and shared with them details about Mrs. Walsh and her life.
The nurse related that there was a tradition in this particular critical care unit not to involve family members in care. She broke that tradition when she responded to the son’s and the daughter’s helpless feelings by teaching them some simple things that they could do for their mother. They learned to give some basic care, such as bathing her. The nurse acknowledged that involving family members in direct patient care with a critically ill patient is complex and requires knowledge and sensitivity. She believes that a developmental process is involved when nurses learn to work with families.
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MSEL Strategy Mid-term Instructions Miguel Rivera-Santos
Format of the Mid-term
· You will find three recent newspaper articles describing a strategic move or a strategic decision in this document. Choose two out of these three articles and, for each of the two articles you have selected, answer the following two questions:
· Q1: What is (are) the issue(s) for the main company in the article? How do you assess the company’s strategic decision(s)? What additional information and what specific analyses would you conduct to fully understand the issue(s) and the decision(s)?
· Q2: What alternative recommendation would you consider in response to the issue(s)? What additional information/analyses would you need for this alternative recommendation? How could it be implemented?
· For each article, the combined answers to these two questions should be no longer than 2 single-spaced pages, in 12-point Times New Roman, with a 1-inch margin all around.
You can add as many appendices as you feel necessary, but remember that the page limitfor the mid-term (excluding exhibits) is 4 pages, i.e., 2 pages per newspaper article.
· You do not need to seek additional information beyond what is provided in the articles.
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Automobiles
CHRISTIAN SHEPHERD — BEIJING
Geely is aiming to be the first China carmaker to design and build satellites to support its autonomous driving programme, the latest step by founder Li Shufu in his bid to build an industry leader.
Geely, which owns Swedish brand Volvo Cars, Malaysia’s Proton, and a stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, will invest Rmb2.27bn ($325m) in a new development centre and factory to manufacture satellites this year, the company said yesterday.
The announcement makes Geely the first known Chinese carmaker with plans to build its own satellites. Mr Li’s move sparked comparisons in China media with Elon Musk, founder of electric carmaker Tesla and private space exploration company SpaceX.
Last month Geely drew comparisons with Volkswagen when Mr Li’s holding group announced plans to merge Geely Automobile and Volvo Cars, moving the company towards becoming the first global Chinese carmaker.
Che Jun, Communist party boss of China’s eastern Zhejiang province, where Geely is based, said that the complex would be built in Taizhou city and that construction had begun.
The centre will design, test and manufacture low-orbit communication satellites, purpose-built to improve geolocation of vehicles and to support their connected functions, Geely said.
Geely has been pouring money into new technologies from self-driving cars to flying taxis, spending Rmb20bn on research and development in the past year.
The investments are part of the group’s spend on global expansion, such as buying a $9bn stake in Daimler.
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Mt. Baker
Hazards
Hazard Rating Score
High silica content of eruptive products, >60% (andesite/dacite/rhyolite)
Major explosive activity within last 500 years
Major explosive activity within last 5000 years
Pyroclastic flows within last 500 years
Mudflows (lahars) within the last 500 years
Destructive tsunami within last 500 years
Occurrence of frequent volcano-seismic crises (volcanic earthquake swarms)
Occurrence of significant ground deformation within last 50 years
SCORE
Risk
Risk Rating Score
Population at risk >100
Population at risk >1,000
Population at risk >10,000
Population at risk >100,000
Population at risk >1,000,000
Historical fatalities
Evacuation as a result of historical eruption(s)
SCORE
TOTAL SCORE ___________
For each of the above queries to which the answer is yes, score 1. For an answer of no, score 0.
If no information is found, assume the answer is no and score 0.
Mt. Hood
Hazards
Hazard Rating Score
High silica content of eruptive products, >60% (andesite/dacite/rhyolite)
Major explosive activity within last 500 years
Major explosive activity within last 5000 years
Pyroclastic flows within last 500 years
Mudflows (lahars) within the last 500 years
Destructive tsunami within last 500 years
Occurrence of frequent volcano-seismic crises (volcanic earthquake swarms)
Occurrence of significant ground deformation within last 50 years
SCORE
Risk
Risk Rating Score
Population at risk >100
Population at risk >1,000
Population at risk >10,000
Population at risk >100,000
Population at risk >1,000,000
Historical fatalities
Evacuation as a result of historical eruption(s)
SCORE
TOTAL SCORE ___________
For each of the above queries to which the answer is yes, score 1. For an answer of no, score 0.
If no information is found, assume the answer is no and score 0.
Mt. Rainier
Hazards
Hazard Rating Score
High silica content of eruptive products, >60% (andesite/dacite/rhyolite)
Major explosive activity within last 500 years
Major explosive activity within last 5000 years
Pyroclastic flows within last 500 years
Mudflows (lahars) within the last 500 years
Destructive tsunami within last 500 years
Occurrence of frequent volcano-seismic crises (volcanic earthquake swarms)
Occurrence of significant ground deformation within last 50 years
SCORE
Risk
Risk Rating Score
Population at risk >100
Population at risk >1,000
Population at risk >10,000
Population at risk >100,000
Population at risk >1,000,000
Historical fatalities
Evacuation as a result of historical eruption(s)
SCORE
TOTAL SCORE ___________
For each of the above queries to which the answer is yes, score 1. For an answer of no, score 0.
If no information is found, assume the answer is no and score 0.
Mt. St. Helens
Hazards
Hazard Rating Score
High.
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Motivation and Cognitive Factors
Question A
Alfred Hitchcock reputedly said, “When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, “It’s in the script.” If he says, “But what’s my motivation,” I say, “Your salary.” Discuss motivation based on extrinsic rewards in comparison to that motivated by intrinsic rewards. Are different types of motivations preferable for different tasks? Remember to explain and cite educational sources to support the ideas within the post.
Question B
Social cognitive theory suggests that our beliefs and feelings influence our behavior. What beliefs (cognitive factors) might be related to the specific behavior of going to college? Remember to explain and cite educational sources to support the ideas within the post.
OR
Select one of the personality tests from
Similar Minds
. Take the test, read your results and reproduce them in your journal. What parts of the results ring true to you? What do not? Remember to explain and cite educational sources to support the ideas within the post.
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Motivation in Organizations
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Motivation in Organizations
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Preview:
Motivation in OrganizationsWhat do individuals need to do to meet a personal goal? What are the most important sources of work motivation (e.g., money? recognition? other?)What do you think makes for effective goal-setting? What happens when people feel that they are underpaid compared to their peers? What do people need to believe about a possible reward, in order for it to be motivating?
Components of motivation: What are the basic components of motivation? Page Ref: 214
Motivation: What motivates people to work? What are the most important sources of work motivation? Page Ref: 215
Guidelines for setting effective performance goals: What are they? Page Ref: 220-223
Equity Theory: What are some possible reactions to inequity? Page Ref: 226-227
Expectancy Theory: What are the three types of beliefs that people have, and what do they mean? Page Ref: 230
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Learning ObjectivesDefine motivation and explain its importance in the field of organizational behavior.Identify and explain the conditions through which goal setting can be used to improve job performance.
Learning ObjectivesDescribe equity theory and how it may be applied to motivating people in organizations.Describe expectancy theory and how it may be applied in organizations.
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Today’s AgendaMotivationGoal SettingEquity TheoryExpectancy Theory
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The set of processes thatarousedirect, and maintain
human behavior toward attaining some goal
Motivation
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Motivation Components
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Motivation
Key PointsMotivation and job performance are not synonymousMotivation is multifacetedPeople are motivated by more than just money
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What Motivates You to Work?
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What Motivates People to Work?
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Goal Setting
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Goal Setting
Do you have goals?Have you been successful in meeting them?What do you think are important characteristics of attainable goals?How does it make you feel to achieve goals?
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Goal Setting Guidelines
For ManagersAssign specific goalsAssign difficult, but acceptable, performance goalsstretch goalsProvide feedback on goal attainment
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Equity TheoryPeople strive to maintain ratios of their own outcomes (rewards) to their own inputs (contributions) that are equal to the outcome / input ratios of others with whom they compare themselves
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Equity Theory
Possible Reactions to Inequity
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Managerial ImplicationsAvoid underpaymentAvoid overpaymentBe honest and open with employees
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Pay Practices in the NewsPay Practices at Reddit, Google and Gravity Payments
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Motivations to Support Charity-Linked Events After Exposure to
Facebook Appeals: Emotional Cause Identification and Distinct
Self-Determined Regulations
Kaspar Schattke
Université du Québec à Montréal
Ronald Ferguson and Michèle Paulin
Concordia University
Nonprofit organizations are increasingly dependent on the involvement of Millennial
constituencies. Three studies investigated their motivations to support charity-linked
events: emotional identification with a cause, self-determination theory (SDT) regula-
tions, and context-related Facebook promotions. This article addresses the recent call to
expand SDT research from a simple analysis of autonomous versus controlled moti-
vation, to studying the effects of all the regulations in the SDT continuum, in particular,
the inclusion of the tripartite dimensions of intrinsic motivation and integrated moti-
vation. Results demonstrated that the greater the emotional identification with the
cause, the stronger was the tendency to support the charity-linked event. Also, the
results in these social media contexts revealed that specific intrinsic dimensions (e.g.,
experience stimulation) are motivators of online and offline support, as is the personal
value nature of integrated regulation. Whereas only autonomous motivational regula-
tions predicted support for the two events organized specifically a for charitable causes,
both autonomous and controlled regulations predicted support of a for-profit event
organized with a charitable cause as an adjunct. These findings can assist practitioners
in designing more effective social media communications in support of charity-linked
events.
Keywords: social media, self-determination theory, integrated regulation, tripartite
model of intrinsic motivation, charitable causes
Supplemental materials: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000085.supp
Social media is a new domain offering excit-
ing opportunities to investigate research ques-
tions in social psychology (Greitemeyer, 2011;
Kende, Ujhelyi, Joinson, & Greitemeyer, 2015).
Our research examined motivation to support
charity-linked events of nonprofit organizations
that are currently faced with increased compe-
tition for resources and declining government
support (Paulin, Ferguson, Jost, & Fallu, 2014;
Reed, Aquino, & Levy, 2007; White & Peloza,
2009). Presently, they depend on an ageing set
of traditional supporters (Urbain, Gonzalez, &
Le Gall-Ely, 2013). However, their future suc-
cess lies in ensuring the sustainable involve-
ment of the Millennial generation (Fine, 2009),
distinguished from other generations by their
intense exposure at an early age to interactive
technology and social media (Bolton et al.,
2013).
Facebook, the most detailed social media, is
used primarily to maintain or solidify existing
offline relationships allowing people to develop
a public or semipublic profile and to emotion-
ally participate with those whom they can share
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1. WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENT
Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives
INTRODUCTION
Choice of a company
Continue research on Southwest Airlines, or
Select another company, or
Select the company you work for
Size of paper
Six to eight (6–8) pages
QUESTION 1
Evaluate a company’s recent (within the last year) actions
dealing with risk and uncertainty. (10 %)
Difference between risk and uncertainty
Risk is how we characterize uncertainty about values that vary.
Risk is modeled using random variables multiplied by their
probabilities.
Uncertainty refers to the distribution of the random variables.
Which probabilities should be assigned to the various values the
random variables can take?
QUESTION 1
Evaluate a company’s recent (within the last year) actions
dealing with risk and uncertainty. (10 %)
When you’re uncertain about the costs or benefits of a decision,
replace numbers with random variables and compute expected
costs and benefits.
2. Analyze common types of uncertainty and risk your company
faces. For example:
Uncertainty in pricing
Uncertainty in dealing with suppliers and distributers
…
QUESTION 2
Offer advice for improving risk management. (15 %)
By modeling uncertainty, you can:
Learn to make better decisions
Identify the source(s) of risk in a decisions
Compute the value of collecting more information.
Difference-in-difference estimators are a good way to gather
information about the benefits and costs of a decision.
The first difference is before versus after the decision or event.
The second difference is the difference between a control and
an experimental group.
If you are facing a decision in which one of your alternatives
would work well in one state of the world, and you are
uncertain about which state of the world you are in, think about
how to minimize expected error costs.
QUESTION 2
Offer advice for improving risk management. (15 %)
Uncertainty is unavoidable. To cope with uncertainty, gather
more or better information.
Best Buy has used dispersed sets of non-experts to predict
future variables, such as a holiday sales rate.
Google uses internal prediction markets to generate demand and
usage forecasting.
3. The US Marines advise:
Because we can never eliminate uncertainty, we must learn to
fight effectively despite it. We can do this by developing
simple, flexible plans; planning for likely contingencies;
developing standing operating procedures; and fostering
initiative among subordinates.
QUESTION 3
Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing
and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on
transactions. (15 %)
Define adverse selection
Adverse selection is a problem that arises from information
asymmetry—anticipate it, and, if you can, figure out how to
consummate the unconsummated wealth-creating transaction
(for example, how to make low-risk customers pay for health
insurance).
Screening is an uninformed party’s effort to learn the
information that the more informed party has.
Signaling is an informed party’s effort to communicate her
information to the less informed party.
QUESTION 3
Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing
and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on
transactions. (15 %)
Lessons
Anticipate adverse selection and protect yourself against it.
Using screening or signaling helps overcome the adverse
selection problem so that low-risk individuals can be transacted
with profitably.
4. Gather enough information to distinguish high-risk from low-
risk consumers.
Direct and indirect methods
Information may be gathered indirectly by offering consumers a
menu of choices, and consumers reveal information about their
risks by the choices they make.
QUESTION 4
Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral
hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry
to deal with it. (15 %)
Moral hazard refers to the reduced incentive to exercise care
once you purchase insurance.
What is the difference between adverse selection and moral
hazard?
Adverse selection arises from hidden information about the type
of individual you’re dealing with.
Moral hazard arises from hidden actions.
The cost of managing both problems can be reduced by reducing
uncertainty (gathering more information).
QUESTION 4
Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral
hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry
to deal with it. (15 %)
Solution
5. s to the problem of moral hazard center on efforts to eliminate
the information asymmetry
monitoring
changing the incentives
QUESTION 4
Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral
hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry
to deal with it. (15 %)
Example: Moral hazard in lending.
This is a problem for both the lender and the borrower. If the
bank anticipates moral hazard they will be less willing to lend,
or demand a higher interest rate.
This incentive conflict is only made worse when the borrower
can put other people’s money at risk.
Borrowers take bigger risks with other people’s money than
they would with their own.
To control this, lenders must find ways to better align the
incentives of borrowers with the goals of lenders.
Banks sometimes do this by requiring borrowers to put some of
their own money at risk.
This is why banks are much more willing to lend to borrowers
who put a great deal of their own money at risk, but it also
leads to the complaint that banks lend money only to those who
6. don’t need it.
QUESTION 5
Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and
evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve
profitability. (15 %)
Principals want agents to work for their best interests, but
agents typically have different goals than do principals. This is
called incentive conflict.
In a well-run organization, decision makers have
the information necessary to make good decisions and
the incentive to do so.
If you decentralize decision-making authority, you should
strengthen incentive compensation schemes.
If you centralize decision-making authority, you should make
sure to transfer specific knowledge (information) to the decision
makers.
QUESTION 5
Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and
evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve
profitability. (15 %)
7. To analyze principal–agent conflicts, focus on three questions:
Who is making the bad decisions?
Does the employee have enough information to make good
decisions?
Does the employee have the incentive (performance evaluation
+ reward system) to make good decisions?
Alternatives for controlling principal–agent conflicts center on
one of the following:
Reassigning decision rights (to someone with better incentives
or information)
Transferring information
Changing incentives (performance evaluation and reward
system)
QUESTION 6
Examine the organizational structure of your company and
suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall
profitability. (20 %)
Organizational options
Functional (U-form): A functionally organized firm is one in
which various divisions perform separate tasks, such as
production and sales.
8. M-Form: An M-form firm is one whose divisions perform all the
tasks necessary to serve customers of a particular product or in
a particular region.
QUESTION 6
Examine the organizational structure of your company and
suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall
profitability. (20 %)
Companies with functional divisions share functional expertise
within a division and can more easily evaluate and reward
division employees. However, change is costly, and senior
management must coordinate the activities of the various
divisions to ensure they work towards a common goal.
Process teams are built around a multi-function task and are
evaluated based on the success of the task.
QUESTION 6
Examine the organizational structure of your company and
suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall
profitability. (20 %)
9. Three possible solutions for incentive conflicts
Change the division that does the decision making,
Change the flow of information, or
Change a division’s evaluation and compensation schemes
Profit center
The benefit of a profit center is that they are easy to evaluate
(and manage); the cost is that they are concerned only with
their own division profit.
A cost center
It is rewarded for reducing the cost of producing a specified
output.
You can get rid of the conflict by turning one division into a
cost center.
QUESTION 6
Examine the organizational structure of your company and
suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall
profitability. (20 %)
In a multi-divisional company, transactions between divisions
can create incentive conflicts.
To understand the source of conflicts that arise between
divisions, personify the divisions and consider each to be a
rational actor. Then ask the same three questions
10. Which division is making the bad decision?
Does the division have enough info. to make a good decision
Does it have the incentive to do so?
The problems of corporate budgeting and how to fix it
ACADEMIC RESOURCES
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment.
5 %
Note: One of your references should have been published within
the last 6 months.
Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
12. The proforma financial models have anticipated outcomes of a
transaction. Café Grill proforma balance sheet gives a summary
of the projected future of the business after all the transactions
based on the current financial status. Café Grill short total
assets, both short term, and long term equate to total liabilities
in the future, and hence the future balance sheet is realistic. The
next business profitability and risks are given out in the
proforma balance sheet. Solvency and liquidity of the business
dare calculated in risk analysis. Café Grill has enough cash to
meet all its obligations as portrayed in the balance sheet. Its
assets equate to the liabilities. The business solvency depicts
whether the company can be able to recover from losses. The
proforma balance sheet also looks into the future profitability
analysis in profitability ratios such as return on equity. (ROE).
13. The proforma income statement of Café Grill consists of
expenses and revenues alongside the resulting net loss or
income over a certain period from the company’s activities. The
proforma income statement of the business clearly shows the
management and investors whether the firm will make money or
not in the future. The future income statement has got a revenue
section that has inflows of cash as well as cash outflows. The
next net income is calculated by subtracting total expenses from
total revenue. Among the proforma expenses are; COGS (cost of
goods sold). This gives a future value of Café Grill’s direct
costs associated with the production and selling of goods. Other
costs such as expenses in development and research of products
are also included. Expected depreciation costs with respect to
the company’s fixed assets are also part of the proforma income
statement. The proforma non-operating expenses and revenues
include primary business losses such as foreign exchange rates
whereas revenues include patent income. A proforma analysis
on earnings per share, EPS is also calculated from the income
statement to give out the shareholders expected a profit for the
targeted period. The net income section in the proforma income
statement is critical as it represents the firm’s expected
profitability attributable to its shareholders. It determines the
production schedule. It also gives a sales projection as well as
computing other expenses.
The proforma cash flow gives out the expected amount of cash
14. outflows and inflows of the business. The proforma cash flow
statement illustrates Café Grill anticipated net cash flow over
the specified period. The cash balance on the proforma cash
statement shows improvement, and hence, the business will be
profitable. The proforma cash flow is composed of; operational
cash flows. This gives the expected cash receivership as a result
of Café Grill internal business activities. The cash earnings will
be net positive maintaining the company’s solvency. Investment
cash flows are also included in the proforma cash flow
statement of Café Grill. It estimates the amount of cash that will
be received from long-life assets and other investments.
Proforma financing cash flows will give the anticipated cash
receivership from equity and debt, or the cash paid out as share
repurchases and as dividends.
Café Grill expected rate of return is calculated from the
proforma cash flow statement as well as the net present value.
The two gives out a positive value; hence, the business is worth.
There are no problems with Café Grill’s proforma liquidity as
shown by the proforma cash budget. The company will have
enough cash and hence no probability of collapsing or going
bankrupt. Also, from the proforma cash budget, income
generated by accrual accounting of the firm is of quality. Café
Grill’s financial products risks are also anticipated to be low
based on the proforma cash budget.
Both the tangible and intangible costs of the business do not
15. exceed the gross income of the company; hence, the funding
source is well implemented.
A business would be worthwhile if it has a good return on
equity ratio (ROE). Return on equity ratio would measure the
effectiveness of the industry in using its equity to generate
income. Dividing the net profit with the equity gives this ratio
by the company’s equity. A return on equity ratio of about 15-
20% would make the enterprise worth as it gives the ability of
the management to generate income from the available equity.
(Saleem, 2011).
Operating margin will also provide a functional analysis of
whether the business is worthwhile. The ratio is calculated by
dividing the operating income with the company’s revenue. If
the industry happens to have a small ratio, then it is less
profitable and vice versa. If the operating margin of the
business is zero, then the company is not earning anything from
its sales. (Saleem, 2011).
Moreover, I would check on the business’s profit margin as the
operating margin ratio won’t be sufficient as a standalone. The
profit margin will measure the amount of profit the company
earns from its sales. The ratio is calculated by dividing profit by
sales. Both gross and net profit margins would be vital in
evaluating the profitability of the venture. Return on assets ratio
(ROA) would be crucial in measuring how the assets are being
effectively utilized to generate profit. The ratio would be made
16. by dividing the net income by the total assets. If the ratio is
high, then the business is effectively utilizing its assets to
generate profits. (Penman, 2007).
In conclusion, basic earning power ratio (BEP) of the business
is also considered. The ratio would be calculated by dividing
the business EBIT by its total number of assets. Generation of
income form the assets is effective if the ratio is high. EBIT
sums in all the income earned by the company in calculating the
BEP ratio and hence showing how the company makes money.
Comparison of tax situations with the business is done using
BEP ratio (Saleem, 2011).
References
Nissim D, Penman SH. (2001). Ratio analysis and equity
valuation: From research to practice. Review of accounting
studies.
Penman SH. (2007). Financial statement analysis and security
valuation.
Saleem Q, Rehman RU. (2011). Impacts of liquidity ratios on
profitability.
17. Table of Contents
1. Financial Start Up Needs2
a. Analysis2
b. Rationale3
2. Financing Options3
3. Financial Ratios4
1. Financial Start Up Needsa. Analysis
Start-up needs
Quantity
Total based on month
Amount
Cash at hand
200,000
30
6000,000
Set of cooking tools and Equipment’s
Total needed is 4 as each cost 300,000
0
12,00,000
Purchase of chicken and other needed raw material
18. 5 kg per day and each kg is 1000 of chicken and 10,000 for
other material
150000+300000
450,000
Rent cost
250,000 monthly
250000
250000
Water and cold drink dispenser
100,000 per dispenser of water and cold drink. Total needed in
quantity is 2
400,000
400,000
Air conditioners
5 as each has a cost of 100,000
500000
500000
Tables and chairs
15 sets as each costs 150000
2250,000
2250,000
Standby generator
19. 200000
0
200,000
Utility expenses (electricity bills, fuel etc)
100,000 per day
30
30,00,000
Labour cost
Total 20 working staff and each would be paid 50000, and for
executives 7 managers it needs to pay 120000
30000000+840000
30840000
Total
42090,000b. Rationale
Café grill would require cash at hand of Rs. 200000 to meet day
to day operations and financial needs. And it also requires a set
of cooking tools and equipment in order to cook fries, burgers,
broasts and other needed stuff for cooking. Not only this it
would also require chicken and other raw material needed to
cook chicken and other stuff and it will also incur the cost of
rent as we will not go for the purchase of land and building
because it will incur an excessive cost as paying aren’t in a
month would be simple enough. Café grill would also need to
20. have water, and cold drink dispensers in order to serve drinks,
water and ice cream to customers. Since it also needs to have an
air conditioner in order to create a smooth and comfortable
environment for customers as because its competitors offer all
these facilities along with it will also need a standby generator
in case of electricity breakdown occurs so that our customers
don’t get dissatisfied with the environment we provide. Lastly,
it will incur some utility expenses such as electricity bills of
light, machines and needed equipment and incurrence of fuel
charges for generator.
2. Financing Options
There are many ways through which company can generate the
amount of money to cater its business needs as café grill can
also go for the joint stock company, loans from bank, peers or
friends, a sole proprietorship in case if he has his own saving
hence in my opinion and partnership. The best financing option
for café grill would be going for partnership among all of its
partners as it can obtain money by a partnership of 5 partners
among each other. As one of the options can be that each
partner must invest an equal amount of money in the business
and also invest sufficient expertise and time needed to run this
restaurant business. Since another option can be active partners
who may invest less amount of money and provide expertise and
knowledge in the business and sleeping partner must invest a
huge amount of investment and pay a very little time to manage
21. the day to day operations. And approaching through this type
of financing would be finding credible partners who may invest
a certain sum of money as these credible partners can be one of
your friends, relatives or colleagues.3. Financial Ratios
Although there are many direct ways to measure the
performance of the business as we can measure it by evaluating
the number of assets café grill have, low amount of liabilities it
has and etc. but the two most important rations in order to
measure the performance of the business is Return on Equity
ratio (ROE) and current assets (CA) ratio as firstly current
assets ratio means that the amount of currents assets it has in
comparison to its liabilities. In other words, A high proportion
shows a greater degree of protection, which expands flexibility
for the company And also high ratio indicates that company can
have good financial efficiency of using its assets efficiently to
create revenue and its capability to deal with those advantages
whereas return on equity refers to measuring the financial
efficiency that tells us how much company generate profits
relative to its stockholder investment as A rising ROE
recommends that an organization is expanding its capacity to
produce profits without requiring as much capital. It
additionally demonstrates how well an organization
administrates its investors' capital. Hence with these two ratios,
we can measure the company performance of how it is
performing.
23. Crystal Messer
FIN 317
Table of Contents
1.Brief2
i.Location2
ii.Type of customers2
iii.Competitors2
2.Why this type of business interests you?2
3.Why do you believe it would be successful3
24. Cafe Grill
Brief
This business is from the food and beverage industry. Café grill
would be a fast-food restaurant chain like Mc Donald, Burger
King, KFC, and other fast-food restaurants. And the type of
business I am planning to start would be a partnership as it
doesn’t require paying income taxes as each partner would have
to pay tax based on personal income and it would have
increased pool of knowledge, capital, and expertise.
Location
The location of the business Warner Robins, Georgia, USA.
Since this would be the best location as would be the best fit
because people would love to try something new when coming
to Mc Donald’s and most of the restaurants and because the area
of your food business will affect about as much as the menu. If
your restaurant is at an inappropriate spot, you won’t attract
customers you will require so as to remain in business.
25. Type of customers
The type of customers of café grill would be fast food lovers
such as youngsters(these are the people who would love to
spend most of their pocket money with friends ) , children(
because they don’t prefer homemade food every time) and
office going people( who don’t have time to make food would
prefer to drive-thru).
Competitors
The main competitors of café grill would be Mc Donald’s, KFC,
Burger King, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Pizza hut, Wendy’s and
Taco Bell as they all are direct competitors of café grill as
because they have an almost similar target market and also
selling nearly similar food.
Why this type of business interests you?
As an entrepreneur, I love to do creative and innovative things
and I have an interest in cooking and trying new recipes so it is
the passion and creativity that lures me to open a restaurant.
Not only this but I am also a sociable person so restaurant
business falls into the hospitability category business so I love
to meet new people (greeting customers and solving their
problems). In Addition to this, I possess strong stamina for
working long hours and solving uncertain problems.
Why do you believe it would be successful?
The reason behind taking restaurant business is that eatery
26. business is one of the most beneficial business in view of its
developing demand as nowadays people want to dine out more
in comparison to cooking meal at home and as per market
research more than twice a week people like to dine out and try
to taste new and tasty food and spend some quality time with
their family and peers as because routine is hectic there so they
find this solution as more appropriate as eating food while
having good time with family.
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Sheet1Pro forma balance sheet as at 31st december 2019Café
GrilAssets Liabilities Cash at hand 6000000rent3000000Sales
20000000labor costs 27350000Gnerator 400000Tables and
chairs 2250000Air conditioners 500000cooking tools
1200000Total 3035000030350000Proforma income statement
Cash receipts january february
mrchapriljunejulyaugustseptmberoctobernovemberdecember500
00006000000600000080000001000000010000000120000001200
0000150000001600000018000000Total118000000cash
payments january february
marchaprilmayjunejulyaugustseptemberoctobernovemberdecemb
28. 20000000
Gnerator
400000
Tables and chairs
2250000
Unacceptable Below 70% F
Fair 70-79% C
Proficient 80-89% B
Exemplary 90-100% A
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