...Institutions, 4e (Fabozzi/Modigliani/Jones) Chapter 9 Properties and Pricing of Financial Assets Multiple Choice Questions 1 Properties of Financial Assets 1) Which of the below is NOT one of the eleven properties of financial assets? A) moneyness B) multiplicity and denomination C) reversibility D) cash flow Answer: B Comment: The eleven properties of financial assets are (1) moneyness, (2) divisibility and denomination, (3) reversibility, (4) cash flow, (5) term to maturity, (6) convertibility, (7) currency, (8) liquidity, (9) return predictability, (10) complexity, and (11) tax status. Diff: 2 Topic: 9.1 Properties of Financial Assets Objective: 9.1 the many key properties of financial assets: moneyness; divisibility and denomination; reversibility; cash flow and return; term to maturity; convertibility; currency; liquidity; return predictability or risk; complexity; and tax status 2) Which of the below is NOT one of the eleven properties of financial assets? A) convertibility B) currency C) liquidity predictability D) tax status Answer: C Comment: The eleven properties of financial assets are (1) moneyness, (2) divisibility and denomination, (3) reversibility, (4) cash flow, (5) term to maturity, (6) convertibility, (7) currency, (8) liquidity, (9) return predictability, (10) complexity, and (11) tax status. Diff: 2 Topic: 9.1 Properties of Financial Assets Objective: 9.1 the many key properties of financial assets: moneyness; divisibility and denomination; reversibility; cash flow...
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...Activity-Based Management Objective 5. 1 1) If products are different, then for costing purposes: A) an ABC costing system will yield more accurate cost numbers B) a simple costing system should be used C) a single indirect-cost rate should be used D) none of the above Answer: A Diff: 1 Terms: activity-based costing (ABC) Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 2) Overcosting a particular product may result in: A) loss of market share B) pricing the product too low C) operating efficiencies D) understating total product costs Answer: A Diff: 2 Terms: product undercosting Objective: 1 AACSB: Analytical skills 3) Undercosting of a product is most likely to result from: A) misallocating direct labor costs B) underpricing the product C) overcosting another product D) overstating total product costs Answer: C Diff: 2 Terms: product overcosting Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective thinking 4) A company produces three products; if one product is overcosted then: A) one product is undercosted B) one or two products are undercosted C) two products are undercosted D) no products are undercosted Answer: B Diff: 1 Terms: product-cost cross-subsidization Objective: 1 AACSB: Ethical reasoning 1 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 5) Misleading cost numbers are most likely the result of misallocating: A) direct material costs B) direct manufacturing labor costs C) indirect costs D) All of these answers are correct. Answer: C Diff: 2 Terms: activity-based costing (ABC) Objective: 1 AACSB: Reflective...
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...DESIGNS 10 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Ltd Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Ltd. 10-1 10 - 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Describe six key elements in organizational design. Know how to delegate work to others and develop your skill at delegating. 2. Contrast mechanistic and organic structures. 3. Discuss the contingency factors that favor either the mechanistic model or the organic model of organizational design. 4. Describe traditional organizational designs. Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Ltd Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Ltd. 10-2 10 - 2 DESIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Organizing – arranging and structuring work to accomplish an organization’s goals. Organizational Structure – the formal arrangement of jobs within an organization. Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Ltd Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Ltd. 10-3 10 - 3 DESIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Organizational chart – the visual representation of an organization’s structure. Organizational Design – a process involving decisions about six key elements: • • • • • • Work specialization Departmentalization Chain of command Span of control Centralization and decentralization Formalization Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Ltd Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Ltd. 10-4 10 - 4 EXHIBIT 10-1 PURPOSES OF ORGANIZING Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Ltd Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Ltd. 10-5 ...
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...Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career 1.1 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How are information systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization? • Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today? • What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its people, organization, and technology components? 1.2 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How will a four-step method for business problem solving help you solve information systemrelated problems? • How will information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential? 1.3 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career The New Yankee Stadium Looks to the Future • Problem: Escalating salaries, travel costs, and ticket prices, more competing entertainment options. • Solutions: Enhance fan experience by building state-of-the-art new stadium. 1.4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice...
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...The Financial Times: A Remodel for 21st Century Publishing Profitability Kenneth C. Laudon Carol Guercio Traver What were the objectives of the Financial Times in redesigning its e-commerce presence? What considerations, if any, unique to the newspaper business were involved? What did Financial Times do to meet the needs of mobile device users? Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Slide 3-1 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Slide 3-3 Imagine Your E-commerce Presence What’s the idea? Vision Mission statement Target audience Intended market space Strategic analysis Internet marketing matrix Development timeline and preliminary budget Chapter 3 Building an E-commerce Presence: Web Sites, Mobile Sites, and Apps Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Slide 3-4 1 Imagine Your E-commerce Presence (cont.) Imagine Your E-commerce Presence (cont.) Where’s the money? Business model(s): Portal, e-tailer, content provider, transaction broker, market creator, service provider, community provider Characterize the marketplace Demographics Size, growth, changes Structure Competitors Suppliers Substitute products Revenue model(s): Advertising, subscriptions, transaction fees, sales, and affiliate revenue Where is the content coming from? Static or dynamic? Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Slide 3-5 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education Slide 3-7 Imagine Your E-commerce Presence (cont.) Imagine Your E-commerce Presence (cont.) Who and where is the...
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...Basic Elements of a Marketing Plan 1. A detailed situation analysis 2. Specific marketing objectives 3. A marketing strategy and program 4. A program for implementing the strategy 5. A process for monitoring and evaluating performance Marketing Mix • The four Ps Product Price Place Promotion The Promotional Mix Advertising Direct Marketing Interactive/ Internet Marketing Sales Promotion Publicity/Public Relations Personal Selling Model of the IMC Planning Process Review of marketing plan Analysis of Promotional program situation Analysis of communications process Budget determination Develop integrated marketing communications program Advertising Sales promotion PR/ publicity Personal selling Direct marketing Develop objectives and strategy for each Develop message, media strategy, and tactics Integrate and implement marketing communications strategies Monitor, evaluate and control IMC Program Internet/ interactive Retail communication planning Retail objectives • The primary objective is to build store traffic. • Retailers also use advertising to: – attract new customers – build store loyalty – increase the average sale – maintain inventory balance – create a sense of urgency Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education 1 8 -5 Retail communication planning Retail targeting • The first concern is geography. – Where do my customers live? – How far will they drive to visit my store? • The next concern is consumer taste. – Offers, merchandise, and advertising messages...
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...Slide 1.1 1: Introducing Strategy Johnson, Whittington and Scholes, Exploring Strategy, 9th Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2011 Slide 1.2 Learning outcomes • Summarise the strategy of an organisation in a ‘strategy statement’. • Identify key issues for an organisation’s strategy according to the Exploring Strategy model. • Distinguish between corporate, business and operational strategies. • Understand how different people contribute to strategy at work. • Appreciate the contributions of different academic disciplines and theoretical lenses to practical strategy analysis. Johnson, Whittington and Scholes, Exploring Strategy, 9th Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2011 Slide 1.3 Definitions of strategy (1) • ‘..the determination of the long-run goals and objectives of an enterprise and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resource necessary for carrying out these goals’ Alfred Chandler • ‘Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value’ Michael Porter Sources: A.D. Chandler, Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of American Enterprise, MIT Press, 1963, p. 13 M.E. Porter, ‘What is strategy?’, Harvard Business Review, 1996, November–December, p. 60 Johnson, Whittington and Scholes, Exploring Strategy, 9th Edition, © Pearson Education Limited 2011 Slide 1.4 Definitions of strategy (2) • ‘..a pattern in a stream of decisions’...
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...Management 1) According to the global company profile, Amazon.com's advantage in inventory management comes from its almost fanatical use of economic order quantity and safety stock calculations. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Topic: Global company profile Objective: no LO 2) A major challenge in inventory management is to maintain a balance between inventory investment and customer service. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: The importance of inventory Objective: no LO 3) Which item to order and with which supplier the order should be placed are the two fundamental issues in inventory management. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Topic: The importance of inventory Objective: no LO 4) One function of inventory is to take advantage of quantity discounts. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: Functions of inventory Objective: no LO 5) Work-in-process inventory is devoted to maintenance, repair, and operations. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Topic: Functions of inventory Objective: no LO 6) ABC analysis classifies inventoried items into three groups, usually based on annual units or quantities used. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Topic: Managing inventory Objective: LO12-1 7) In ABC analysis, "A" Items are the most tightly controlled. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Topic: Managing inventory Objective: LO12-1 1 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc 8) ABC analysis is based on the presumption that carefully controlling all items is necessary to produce important inventory savings. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Topic: Managing...
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...MARKETING FUNDAMENTALS: LECTURE 2: RAZZAQUE MARK1012: LECTURE 2 MARKETING STRATEGY & MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Mohammed Abdur Razzaque: School of Marketing Associate Professor MARK1012: LECTURE 2A Marketing Strategy Strategy Marketing Environment Consumer and Business Market Introduction to Marketing Marketing Research 1 MARKETING FUNDAMENTALS: LECTURE 2: RAZZAQUE Lecture objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Explain company‐wide strategic planning and its four steps Discuss how to design business portfolios and develop growth strategies Explain marketing’s role in strategic planning and how marketing works with its partners to create and deliver customer value Describe the elements of a customer‐driven marketing strategy and mix, and the forces that influence it List the marketing management functions, including the elements of a marketing plan, and discuss the importance of measuring and managing return on marketing investment L 2L2A-3 3 Strategic planning: A task and a process The task of selecting an overall company strategy for long‐ run survival and growth. The process of developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organisation’s goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities. Sets the stage for the rest of the planning in the firm such as annual plans and long‐range plans which deal with the company’s current businesses and how to keep them going. Strategies follow a hierarchy Corporate level...
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...Statistics & Quantitative system For Business Pre MBA-Course Dr. Nourredine Khababa 1 1 Business School Lecture 1 Topic 1 The Where, Why, and How of Data Collection 2 Chapter Goals After completing this chapter, you should be able to: Describe key data collection methods Know key definitions: Population vs. Sample Qualitative vs. Qualitative data Primary vs. Secondary data types Time Series vs. Cross-Sectional data Explain the difference between descriptive and inferential procedures Describe different sampling methods Construct and interpret graphs 1-3 Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Tools of Business Statistics Descriptive procedures Collecting, presenting, and describing data Inferential procedures Drawing conclusions and/or making decisions concerning a population based only on sample data Goal: Convert data into meaningful information! Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 1-4 Descriptive Procedures Collect data e.g., Survey, Observation, Experiments Present data e.g., Charts and graphs Characterize data x e.g., Sample mean = n i Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 1-5 Inferential Procedures Making statements about a population by examining sample results (known) Sample statistics Population parameters Inference ...
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...The Internal Assessment Chapter Four Chapter Objectives 1. Describe how to perform an internal strategicmanagement audit. Discuss the Resource-Based View (RBV) in strategic management. Discuss key interrelationships among the functional areas of business. Identify the basic functions or activities that make up management, marketing, finance/accounting production/operations, research and development, and management information systems. Copyright ©2013 Pearson Education 4-2 2. 3. 4. Chapter Objectives 5. Explain how to determine and prioritize a firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses. Explain the importance of financial ratio analysis. Discuss the nature and role of management information systems in strategic management. Develop an Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix. Explain cost/benefit analysis value chain analysis, and benchmarking as strategicmanagement tools. Copyright ©2013 Pearson Education 4-3 6. 7. 8. 9. A Comprehensive StrategicManagement Model Copyright ©2013 Pearson Education 4-4 Key Internal Forces Distinctive competencies A firm’s strengths that cannot be easily matched or imitated by competitors Building competitive advantages involves taking advantage of distinctive competencies. Copyright ©2013 Pearson Education 4-5 The Process of Performing an Internal Audit The internal audit Requires gathering and assimilating information about the firm’s management, marketing, finance/accounting, production/operations...
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...Institutions 1 DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) CURRICULUM FOR FULL-TIME COURSES FIRST YEAR First Semester SUBJECT CODE LIST OF SUBJECTS FT 101C FT 102C FT 103C FT 104C FT 105C FT 106C FT 107C FT 108C Management Principles and Practices Mathematics and Statistics for Managers Accounting for Managers IT and E-Business Fundamentals Business Environment Organization Behavior and Processes Business Communication Business Legislation 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 COURSES AND SYLLABUS FOR SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SEMESTER SHALL BE COMMUNICATED LATER. 2 FT-101C MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Course Objective The objective of this course is to help the students gain understanding of the functions and responsibilities of the manager, provide them tools and techniques to be used in the performance of the managerial job, and enable them to analyze and understand the environment of the organization. Examination The faculty member will award internal marks out of 20 (8 for Tests and 12 for class participation). The semester examination carrying 80 marks will have two sections A and B. Section A worth 60 marks will have 6 theory questions out of which students will be required to attempt any four questions. Section B carrying 20 marks will contain one or more cases. Cases prescribed below are only for classroom discussion and internal evaluation and not for end semester examinations Course contents 1. Concept...
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...Overview of Electronic Commerce 1. Define electronic commerce (EC) and describe its various categories. 2. Describe and discuss the content and framework of EC. 3. Describe the major types of EC transactions. 4. Discuss e-commerce 2.0. 5. Understand the elements of the digital world. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-1 6. Describe the drivers of EC as they relate to business pressures and organizational responses. 7. Describe some EC business models. 8. Describe the benefits and limitations of EC to organizations, consumers, and society. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-2 • electronic commerce (EC) The process of buying, selling, or exchanging products, services, or information via computer • e-business A broader definition of EC that includes not just the buying and selling of goods and services, but also servicing customers, collaborating with business partners, and conducting electronic transactions within an organization Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-3 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-4 • OTHER EC CONCEPTS – Pure Versus Partial EC – EC Organizations • brick-and-mortar (old economy) organizations Old-economy organizations (corporations) that perform their primary business off-line, selling physical products by means of physical agents • virtual (pure-play)...
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...Internal Assessment – 25 marks Semester End Examination -- 50 marks Objectives: This cour se is designed to help students to develop basic appreciation of quality concepts and learn the tools and techniques to achieve quality. It also gives the totally integrated effort for gaining competitive advantage by continuously improving every facet of an organization’s activities. Pedagogy : Lectures, Assignments, case studies, seminar, MODULE 1 Introduction to TQM: Various definitions of quality and TQM, Core concepts of quality, The masters of quality(W Edwards Deming, Joseph M Juran, Philiph B Crosby, Kaoru Ishikawa, Ginichi Taguchi, Shigeo shingo) Evolution of quality, The Total Quality Management Excellence Model, Strategic Quality Management, Lecture, Numerical Exercises on cost of quality, TPM 1. Basterfield H Dale and others, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education/PHI, Inc. 2006. 2. K.Shridhar Bhat Total Quality Management (Himalaya publishing house 2005). 3. Poornima M Charantimath, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education, 2003. MODULE 2 Continuous process improvement: Concepts of Kaizen, Kaizen vs. Innovation, Kaizen Strategy, House of Quality, Quality Function deployment, Quality Circles. Brain storming, Value analysis, Poka Yoke, Bench marking. Lecture, Case study on Kaizen 1. Imai Masaki, Kaizen, The key to Japan’s Competitive Success, McGraw-Hill, Inc., International Edition...
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...programme would be organized through lectures, group discussions, experiential exercises, group projects, presentations, workshops and seminars. Students would be encouraged to connect to real life issues and participate in the programs and practices in the different social context. To this end practicum is incorporated as an important component in most of the papers with hands on training in the use of various research methods such as: laboratory experiments, field experiments, observation, testing, survey, interview, case study. The programme has three components i.e. Discipline 1(DC1), Discipline 2 (DC2) and Application courses (AC). While in DC 1 practicum is a key component, AC follows a modular pattern where hands on training will be provided for developing psychological skills and their applications. Every semester, teaching will be spread over 16 weeks, including 2 weeks for review. Teaching of DC 1 and...
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