Why is it important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global expansion?

Deborah enters your office, and you notice that she looks apprehensive. “Hi, Deborah. What’s up?” you ask, hoping that nothing is wrong.

“Well, your team is doing an excellent job researching, and you’ve been keeping me up-to-date on your findings. My concern is that we are approaching this from a narrow-minded approach.”

“How so?” You ask. You are puzzled. “Our team has been looking at every aspect of the company and considering both internal and external pros and cons.”

“Have you considered partnerships or an acquisition or other options for expanding our brand?” Deborah asks. “I didn’t see that as an option in any of your reports. I think you really need to cover our bases here. Please report back to me next week with more options.”

You decide that Deborah has brought up another good point that should have been discussed in the beginning of the project. You make a note to add this to a list of project management ideas to help make future projects go smoother.

Complete the following:

  • What other strategies would be a good fit for your company profile?
  • Provide a brief overview of these strategies.
  • Why is it important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global expansion?

Prepare a capital budget for the Hot New Café with the net cash flows for this project over a 5-year period.

Calculate the cost of capital, capital budgeting, debt instruments, and markets.

Assignment Details

Deliverable Length:  1-2 pages

A quaint but well-established coffee shop, the Hot New Café, wants to build a new café for increased capacity. Its expected sales are $800,000 for the first 5 years. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 50% of sales. Indirect costs are estimated at $100,000 a year. The cost of the building for the new cafe will be a total of $750,000, which will be depreciated straight line over the next 5 years. The firm’s marginal tax rate is 37%, and its cost of capital is 12%.

For this assignment, you need to develop a capital budget. It is important to know what the café managers should consider within their capital budget. You must also define the key terms necessary to understand capital budgeting. In this assignment, please show all work, including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values. You must answer the following:

  • Using the information in the assignment description:

o   Prepare a capital budget for the Hot New Café with the net cash flows for this project over a 5-year period.

o   Calculate the payback period (P/B) and the net present value (NPV) for the project.

o   Answer the following questions based on your P/B and NPV calculations:

  • Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?
  • Define and describe Net Present Value (NPV) as it pertains to the new café.
  • Define payback period. Assume the company has a P/B (payback) policy of not accepting projects with life of over 3 years. Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?

Your submitted assignment  must include the following:

  • A double-spaced Word document of 1–2 pages that contains answers to the word questions.
  • You must include a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for your calculations.

 

  • Either the Word document or the Excel spreadsheet must have all of your calculation values, your complete calculations, any formulae that you used, the sources you wish to cite, and your answers to the questions listed in the assignment guidelines

Examine your organization. Is it a learning organization? Explain why or why not.

This has to be done tomorrow for $25.00  Can you make it happen?

Write a 3+ page, double-spaced essay: Exploring Learning Organizations.

  1. What is a learning organization?
  2. Examine your organization. Is it a learning organization? Explain why or why not.
  3. Explore what factors have enabled it to survive.
  4. What changes can it implement to ensure its continued existence?

Write in APA format with complete paragraphs (4-8 sentences each).

  • Include an introduction, body and conclusion.
  • Cite consistently throughout your work in APA format.
  • Paraphrase rather than directly quote citations.
  • Write in third person. Include a title and reference page.
  • For an example of a paper in APA format, please see: Example Paper in APA.
  • For help with formatting the essay, please watch the following video: How to Write a Perfect College Paper.

Explain three business risks or threats that might threaten Whole Foods ability to accomplish their financial goals for the next 3 years.

Review Whole Foods Market, Inc’s 2010 Annual report, company information and investor information(see the link: Whole Foods Market, Inc. Investor Relations in the webilography) and write a 5-7 page paper following APA guidelines which addresses the following:

  1. Summarize the company’s financial performance for 2010. Do you think they satisfied stockholder expectations? Why or why not?
  2. Explain three business risks or threats that might threaten Whole Foods ability to accomplish their financial goals for the next 3 years. Use examples and references to support your response.
  3. Describe three examples of control activities Whole Foods Market, Inc. could use to minimize these risks.
  4. What is your overall impression of Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s annual report? Is it a financial accounting document or a managerial accounting document? Who is the target audience? Did the annual report present a positive or negative image of the company? Provide support for your responses.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M3_A3.doc.

By Wednesday, October 21, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Part II: MyAccountingLab:

In each module of this course, you will complete textbook exercises and problems using MyAccountingLab. The exercises and problems in this assignment provide real-world examples that give you an opportunity to apply your knowledge of the concepts covered in prior modules.

In this assignment, you will complete the following My Accounting Lab Post Tests:

  • Chapter 14-B Post Test
  • Chapter 16-B Post Test

Click here to access MyAccountingLab

You will be given the opportunity to take the post-tests a maximum of three times. You will have until Wednesday, October 21, 2015 to complete you final submission. Due to the ability to attempt this assignment multiple times, it is recommended that you complete your first attempt early in the module in order to provide yourself additional time to complete your second or third attempt if needed.   Since this assignment reviews items covered in prior modules, it is also recommended that you review your prior MyAccountingLab assignments, as well as, any feedback provided by your instructor prior to completing Part II of this assignment.

How structurally attractive was the videogame industry prior to the emergence of cloud gaming?

Read the case and answer the question

How structurally attractive was the videogame industry prior to the emergence of cloud gaming?  How does the emergence of cloud gaming impact the structural attractiveness of the console gaming industry?

 

Where do profits come from in the traditional business model of videogame consoles?  What is the economic logic of this profit model?

 

What are the new pricing models made possible by cloud gaming and what will be their impact on the traditional pricing model?

 

Should the console makers:
a) embrace cloud gaming (aggressively roll out cloud gaming features, including streaming), or
b) stay the course with console gaming (adopt a “slow and cautious approach”,  with minimal adoption of cloud gaming features)?
Explain your answer.

Proposes a change to the workplace or proposes a new initiative using the components of ethical business communication.

Research-Driven Long, Formal Report Instructions

 

Select a topic for your assignment from the list of potential recommendations below:

 

  • Improving a company’s customer services

 

Part I

 

Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word Research-Driven Long, Formal Report (follow the model offered in Ch. 18 of Workplace Writing) that proposes a change to the workplace or proposes a new initiative using the components of ethical business communication.

 

Your report should look similar to the example in Ch.18 of Workplace Writing. It must include the following headings:

 

  • List of illustrations
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion/Recommendation
  • Glossary
  • References

 

Note. The cover page and references pages will not count toward your final word count.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Part II

 

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation, including detailed presenter notes, (using Microsoft®PowerPoint®, Prezi, or another presentation software as approved by your instructor) to accompany your written report. Include any relevant data or visuals from your report or other sources to support your claims. Format and cite consistent with APA guidelines.

Explain how (you as a manager) would hire, manage, compensate and motivate teams working under your leadership in order to meet the goals of the organization and Human Resource Management.

Twenty years from now, the typical large business will have half the levels of management and one-third the managers of its counterpart today.

Work will be done by specialists brought together in task forces (teams) that cut across traditional departments. Coordination and control will depend largely on employees’ willingness to discipline themselves—not by Human Resources.

 

Please write a word paper on the importance of Teams in the Organization.  

  • Explain how (you as a manager) would hire, manage, compensate and motivate teams working under your leadership in order to meet the goals of the organization and Human Resource Management.

 

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

  • Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download an example here

 

There are 10 questions – Each question has a statement. Your task is to write two responses…one to agree with the statement and another to disagree with the statement. It’s not “pick one or the other”. You have to make a separate argument for each side. One paragraph why you would agree, and one paragraph why you would disagree.

 

1.Employees should not be permitted to see their personnel files. Allowing them to review the file constrains realistic observations by managers. Accordingly, as long as the information is not used against an employee, these files should be off limits.

2. Job analysis is just another burden placed on organizations through EEO legislation.

3.An organization should follow a promote-from-within policy.

4.Flexible benefits programs are employer inducements to reduce benefits costs. The average employee has neither the ability nor information to make such important choices. Employees should suspect such programs.

5.Investments in career development do not provide an organization a viable return on its investment. It simply raises employees’ expectations, and then, if not fulfilled, cause employees leave. Accordingly, the organization has trained employees for its competitors.

6.Proper selection is a substitute for socialization.

7.Training organizational members how to be coaches and how to empower employees should be a major activity in the next decade.

8.All that is required for successful labor-management relations is common sense, sound business judgment, and good listening skills.

9.Given that the white male is becoming a “minority” in the workplace, they should be afforded affirmative action protection.

10.Globalization has led us to the realization that workers a interchangeable between countries so long as language issues are resolved.