...local or international. Research these companies and identify the (a) mission statement (b) business model and (c) competitive strategies for each one. Write a paper (word limit – 2500 words) based on the above research (which may be limited to secondary sources only) discussing the following questions: 1. Compare the mission statements of the two companies. How do they differ? Do the mission statements reflect in the way these companies do business? How? 2. What in your opinion are the core competencies for each company? 3. Simply stated, “ A business model is how a company is going to make money”. What is the business model chosen by each company? Discuss in terms of the strategy/ strategies that each company has chosen for itself. 4. Do you think the strategies chosen by these companies are useful in achieving competitive advantage? How? Please note the following: * There will be negative marking for papers exceeding the word limit. * You may use exhibits and/or tables to present your findings. This will not be counted in the 2500 word limit. * You are not required to answer in a Q & A format. However, each question must be answered which you may choose to present in any format you are comfortable with. * Use of headings & sub headings, and other formatting techniques to make the paper reader friendly and organized is encouraged. * You are required to provide a list of references and sources that you refer to. Borrowing from any source without...
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...I am writing this paper so that I can learn about the process for filing a small claims lawsuit in Santa Clara County. According to the Santa Clara County Superior Court of California website, small claim courts are courts in which plaintiffs can resolve their disputes in the quickest, easiest, and cheapest ways. Small claim courts also have procedures which are straight-forward as well as an informal hearing as part of their process. The form which the plaintiff obtains to file a small claims court against another person, also known as the defendant, is on the website for the California Judicial Branch. When you go to that website, you go to the “Forms and Rules” tab and click on the link for the “Browse All Forms” page. There, you go to the...
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...1.Prestige Builders has been offered a contract by Excel Ltd. to build Guest Houses for use by top management. The contract will be for a period of one year and the offer price is Rs. 100 lakhs. In addition, Excel Ltd. will also provide 2 grounds of land free of cost for the construction. A Trainee Accountant has prepared an estimate on the basis of which he has advised that the contract should not be accepted at the price offered. His estimate was as follows: (Rs.lakhs) Land (3 grounds @20 lakhs per ground) | 60 | Drawing and design cost | 7 | Registration | 10 | Materials | | Cement and Sand (In stock at original cost) | 12 | Bricks and tiles (To be ordered-current cost) | 4 | Steel (Firm orders placed- purchase cost) | 10 | Others (To be ordered- current cost) | 10 | Labour | | Skilled | 12 | Unskilled | 8 | Supervisor | 3 | Travel expenses to the site | 2 | Site management expenses | 5 | General Overheads | 7 | Total Cost | 150 | Additional Information 1. Total land required for the project- 3 grounds of which 2 grounds will be provided by Excel ltd. 2. Drawings and design: They have already been prepared by consultant architects and the payment will be made in the next month. 3. Registration: The registration expenses have to be borne by Prestige Builders. 4. Material a. Cement and sand are already in stock and are in regular use. Current...
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...IRMA 6th August 2013 To : PRM 34 & FPRM 12 From : Debiprasad Mishra Sub. : Assignment #1, MAC Please use the case “Birch Paper Co.” for a written submission of case analysis. You would like to recall that the task is not so much for you to get the correct answer for the case as for you to discuss the elements in your group, prepare a written submission, edit and refine the same. You should be able to do all these as you have ample time at your disposal for this purpose. Please follow the guidelines for a written report given in the TAU’s reading material. This is a group assignment. Every group would make one submission. The submission deadline is 5.15pm, 12th August 2013. All submissions must be made at Ms. Sarada Rajan’s office (Office Room No. 105) in the Faculty Block. • • • • The submissions should preferably be, but not necessarily, word processed. Please use A4-sized paper even if you decided to hand-write. The margins should be 1 inch on all sides. Line spacing should be 1.5 The maximum word limit for the assignment is 2500 (roughly 6 – 7 word processed pages, excluding the Executive Summary and exhibits, if any). The Executive Summary should be single spaced and limited to one page. The assignment must contain the following; 1. Executive Summary (as the first page, a summary of the entire assignment) 2. Situation analysis (or introduction), statement(s) of objective, decision problem, decision criteria, alternatives/ options, evaluation of alternatives/ options...
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...University of Dhaka Department Of Management Information Systems (MIS) Term paper On Managerial Economics Course Code: EMIS 505 Submitted to: Md. Abul Kashem Submitted by: Nadia Shahrin Chandni Student ID: 61323016044 Abstract Verifying consistency of empirical data is the motto of this paper. Data of four different kinds of businesses –Soft drink, Refrigerator, Paint and Life Insurance Premium- have been tasted to establish and examine estimate function. SPSS has been used as based software for the study. Introduction Estimation is one of the core responsibilities of a manager. The aim of studying Managerial Economics, among other, is to equip managers with the economic tools that enable proper forecasting. Business environment has changed rapidly over the years, making decision making a tougher job and more complex one is well. To face the wrath of the complexities computer analysts have developed software, capable of handling the pressure. Developed by IBM SPSS is one of the most trusted applications, used worldwide, to assist managerial decision making. Analyzed Cases 1. Soft Drinks: A leading soft drinks manufacturer has accumulated the following data from their sales of summers of last two years. As it can be known for the given data, the weather indicators have a significant effect on the sale of the carbonated drinks. Sales×000 Units | Temperature°C | Humidity% | Rainmm | 100 | 28 | 85 | 10 | 110 | 28 | 88 | 5...
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...Health Records Case Study Analysis Exercise Starts Week 6 Due End of Week 8 (11:55pm) This assignment is to perform an analysis of a full length case study dealing with a CPOE implementation at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. This will be similar in form to the work you have been doing each week on the mini case studies but different in scope. You will use the material in the case to develop an analysis of the state of the CPOE project and defend you position with facts contained in the case and theory and principals based on our course work and your own experience. Format 1. Your paper should be titled LastName_FirstInitial_CaseStudy 2. The file format can be MS Word (from 2003 or newer please) or OpenOffice, if you would like to use something else ask me first. Please do not use PDF as it is hard for me to annotate the paper when I am grading it. 3. There is no minimum length on this paper; there is a hard maximum of 2500 words of body text. As a guide if I was writing it I would probably take around 1800 or so. 4. Double space the body of your paper. 5. Include a title page with your name, the name of the class, and the date. 6. Include a footer with your name and the page number on each page. 7. Clarity counts, to that end spelling, grammar, and formatting matter. This document should be intended to convince a senior manager that you have done a thoughtful analysis of the problem. 8. The paper will be submitted...
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...mark sense sheet will be collected: you may keep this midterm examination paper. • Mark your answers on it for later reference. Ensure your name is on the pink mark sense sheet. 2. Mark Sense Sheet • Record your name and student number and answer all questions on the computer mark sense sheet provided with an HB (soft lead) pencil. Bring several pencils in case one breaks. The computer will not recognize ink or hard lead pencils. • Test Form is for the exam version you are writing (A, B or C) and Code is your Section (in the left column). • Fill in the bubbles for your name and student number in pencil (your phone number is not required). Leave the last column of the student number BLANK . • If you change an answer, use a high quality eraser to completely remove the previous mark. If the computer senses two answers to a question, only the first scanned will be recognized. 3. Exam Aids • Only calculators without alphanumeric programmable memories are allowed. It is strongly suggested you bring a couple of cheap 4 function computers to the exam in case one fails. Be prepared to be challenged by invigilators if you bring a “fancy” calculator. • Compact foreign language/English dictionaries may be used. However, these will be examined by invigilators. If there are any loose pages or handwriting in the dictionary, it will be seized and you will be charged with academic dishonesty. • In 2500, invigilators answer no questions of interpretation. They will pass along...
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... : Campus : TPM Handout Date : Week 1 Due Date : Week 13 A. Project Description: (TESCO) This group assignment requires you to work as a team of four (4) members. Working in a term is an norm in the workplace. The assigned group project requires your team to look at the current information systems resources of a company selected by your module lecturer. A written report which consist of individual and group components is to be produced by the end of the submission date. The paper should focus on the use of information systems resources within a company. Information systems resources play a key role in making a company successful. The paper should focus on how information systems resources contributed to that success. The organization of the paper is up to you and your group. You may consider organizing it by subjects (content title) of information resources, or organizing it by references, or some combination of both. Nevertheless, the paper should answer the following; Your assignment is to produce: 1. As a group (30 % of the assignment marks) You should prepare the following sections of the report (word limit: 1,000): up to 1500 • Introduction • Background and current situation of the company (standing… their standing.. market share.. giant/ tesco/ aeon are competitor.. some chart.. graph pie chart.. (current market.)) o Country ?? u can choose.. different country got different situation.. search thing about thing = FACT… u have...
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...Template Research Paper First Draft | Marker’s Alias: Leonhart | | Author’s Alias: Spearow | I. STRUCTURE/ORGANIZATION | Comments | Introduction: HookDoes the essay begin with a hook/brief introduction that situates the topic more broadly? The hook should make it evident why the topic is interesting and important to generalist and specialist audiences.Does it draw the reader’s interest? How could it be improved? | Positive * Hook introduces the topic in a great way, by analyzing a healthy government, and introducing the topic of how, to succeed it needs the help of the people who vote them in. Improvements * The author could give an example of a regime that turned on its people, (Syria) and thus lead to the overthrowing of the government (Arab spring) to further relate to the reader and gain its interest. | Introduction: Thesis StatementIs the thesis statement easy to identify? E.g. “This essay argues…” Is it clear? Does it make sense? How could it be made clearer and more easily identifiable? | Positive * The thesis is clear and makes sense “this essay will argue that societal politics are derived from the motivations of the middle class as it pertains to the state flourishing” Improvements * The factors that relate to this topic could be further addressed in a few words. What are these economic needs? Etc.… | Introduction: RoadmapDoes the roadmap state how the paper will prove the thesis statement in several parts? E.g. “This paper is organized into X...
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...General strategy: Be aggressive as it’s a zero-sum game. I think the first pitfall comes from teams who listen to the professor and treat it as a friendly competition, or take the advice to be a quality niche player. It’s possible to take over the market and grab every segment, which has the benefit of choking revenue from other companies while making yours look better. Since you’re trying to be first, your scorecard will establish the class curve and automatically give your team an A. Yes, for probably the only opportunity you will have in college, you receive an A by lowering the grades of your fellow classmates. Enjoy the ride. Round 1: Borrow long term debt to the hilt, and issue max stock and you should have around $56 million to play with. You’ll zoom ahead of your classmates as they’re too timid to fully commit and go all-in. College students in their early twenties have this misconception that low debt is a good thing, probably because they’ve been traumatized by student loans. Companies use debt for positive things such as growth and plant investment, similar to homeowners who take on a mortgage or take out equity on their home; it shouldn’t be seen as a bad thing. Before starting your practice rounds, read your capstone student guide a couple times to familiarize yourself with the game. It’s a desperate situation when you try to intuit or “feel” your way through the game. We had a few teams who didn’t do the research and lost their shirts. Remember what it felt...
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...think 70 buildings in there...it took me 20 minutes to find the bus loop... next, I put on some old assignment, Advanced Managment Accouting. there were a lot of case study when I learned that unit, but now, the teacher was changed, so the assignment was changed... anyway, the requirements: 1. Conduct a SWOT analysis 2. Using the information in the text and in Exhibit 5, calculate ‘ABC’ based service costs for the TFC business. 3. Using your new costing system, calculate distribution services costs for ‘Customer A’ and ‘Customer B’. 4. What inferences do you draw about the profitability of these two customers? (hint: you can compare the ‘old’ method to the ‘abc’ method using customer profitability analysis in a table format; you can show this by: Sales less Product Costs less Service Fees = Gross Profit You can also show Gross Profit as a % 5. Should TFC implement the SBP pricing system? Give reasons. 6. What managerial advice do you have for Allied about the Total For Control (TFC) business? How does Exhibit 1 relate to this question? 7. Can ‘lean manufacturing’ practices be implemented in a company such as Allied? Explain. 8. Google ‘Allied Office Products’. Are they still in business? What other information have you discovered on Allied? SOME ANSWERS SAMPLES: Allied Office Products Case 8.1 1) Conduct a SWOT analysis Under the Strengths: it was found that They used Value...
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...WEEK 8 FINAL PAPER: DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS Purpose The purpose of this diagnostic analysis is to create an opportunity to use the ideas and concepts discussed in the course in the analysis of a real organizational situation. The situation may be drawn from your experiences, or if you are not working or do not have a frame of reference, then research an organization through the online library (www.greatplacetowork.com/). Your choice of the situation is important and will take considerable judgment and discretion in deciding whether it is feasible to use it for the purposes of the papers. Discretion and confidentiality are of utmost importance in this analysis. So, disguise the source of the case study (unless it is drawn from public record) through use of appropriate pseudonyms. Learning objectives of the Final Paper: 1. Identify an organizational situation for the purpose of analysis (the situation must be sufficiently complex to generate enough material to satisfy the requirements as outlined below) 2. Analyze how the images, concepts and theoretical frameworks help to make sense of the situation 3. Construct a case study that relates evidence to theory and provide an appropriate analysis and explanation of the situation described Organizational Analysis in a Nutshell Organizational analysis is the ability to examine an organization/organizational situation so that its fundamental characteristics are made clear. It is not simply spotting problems...
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...often identified as an issue of equity. Discuss the arguments FOR and AGAINST governments allocating funds to non-government schools in some countries, such as Australia, and include a justification of your OWN VIEW on this issue. (12 marks) iii) CRITICALLY ANALYSE the following statement: “ Education reproduces inequalities in society”. (10 marks) An extra 3 marks will be allocated to overall quality of writing & referencing TOTAL = 35 MARKS References: http://www.oecd.org/education/school/38692676.pdf http://www.unicef.org.au/Upload/UNICEF/Media/Our%20work/childfriendlycrc.pdf http://www.interesjournals.org/full-articles/equity-response-in-formal-education-a-case-of-secondary-school.pdf?view=inline http://isca.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PPI-Paper-1-Equity-and-Education.pdf 2500 Words Introduction Concept of Equity X2 Positives Negatives Provide Evidence to support your argument Critically Analyse Conclusion Equity in Education: The idea of equity within society is a highly complex and contested issue, which lends itself to various definitions and meanings that are often hard to clarify. In the simplest terms, the concept of equity can be regarded as fairness, whereby personal and social circumstances, such as gender, socioeconomic class, race or ethnic group, are not obstacles in achieving ones education potential. Citizens from all groups in society have the opportunity to participate successfully in education....
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...INVENTORIES QUESTIONS: 1. Write down the definition of ‘Inventory’ under IAS-2. What physical materials does ‘Inventory’ include? 2. According to IAS-2, what are the components of non-components of Inventory Cost? 3. Distinguish between ‘Perpetual’ and ‘Periodic’ system for recording Inventory? Show proper examples. 4. What are the Cost Flow Formulas/Assumptions allowed in IAS-2 for maintaining Inventory? Show examples. Which one should be used in what situation? 5. Explain LIFO? Why LIFO is not permitted in IAS-2. Do you think repealing LIFO was wise decision of IASB? Discuss with its advantages & disadvantages. 6. What is NRV of an asset? When should company write down its inventories to NRV? Explain write-down processes with illustrations. * Write down the definition of ‘Inventory’ under IAS-2. What physical materials does ‘Inventory’ include? * Paragraph-6 of IAS-2 defines inventories as following- 1. Held for sale in ordinary course of business 2. In the process of production for such sale 3. in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in the rendering of services. This definition implies that 3 types of physical materials are to be included in ‘Inventories’- a) Raw Materials b) Work in process c) Finished Goods * According to IAS-2, what are the components of non-components of Inventory Cost? * Components of Inventory Cost: 1) Cost of Purchase Includes-...
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...They introduced me to all the Physicians, Nurses and Staff. We had a few patients that we have given nutritional advices and recommendations. The Dietician also showed me headlines on what she refers to when she gives advices. 3. Briefly summarize new knowledge and experience gained during the week: The dietician showed me her main references which she uses to deal with different cases. She uses four papers in which she refers to when she phases any question to the patient. 1) Table of recommended dietary allowance of calories for children and How to deal with each category (Age, Height, Weight, Calories, Protein and Fluids). 2) My Pyramid Food Intake Pattern Calorie Levels for male and female.” Referenced by USDA”. 3) Sheet with formulas that she often use (Calories account (TEE-BEE-PA-Stress Factor) 4) Table with calculated grams of CHO and protein for different Kcal (3000, 2500, 2200, 2000, 1800, 1500, and 1200). I asked her about how she can manage to set a meal plan immediately during the visit of the patient. She said: “Due to her long experience and usually her cases are similar which result to same recommendation.” One new thing also is dealing with children, considering the course we took “Nutrition in education and communication”. Practically seeing how the dietician deals with children and how she plays around with their psychology to...
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