Author: chris

Based on your reading of Who Moved My Cheese? Please respond to the following:

1)  Consider the experiences of both Sniff and Scurry as well as Hem and Haw.  With which characters would you most identify, based on your professional and personal experiences?

 

Sniff

 

2)  Why do modern organizations have both “Sniff and Scurry” as well as “Hem and Haw” as part of the organization?

 

3)  As a leader, how would you encourage your direct reports to move towards characteristics and performance as exhibited by “Sniff and Scurry”?

Scenario: You are currently employed by a national Auto Parts retail chain. You started out as a customer service representative and have moved your way up through the ranks to store manager. Recently your company has indicated that they wish to promote you to District Manager, however, they want you to find your replacement as Store Manager.

Recruiting for labor, whether it is to expand operations or to replace outgoing personnel requires and understanding of the needs of the business and the skills necessary to perform the tasks at hand. When we seek to expand current operations we typically look outside or to new labor. However, when we are looking to replace or promote, we sometimes look internally.

Research different 2 different large, international companies and address the following issues:

1. Provide 3 different criteria in selecting personnel when filling labor needs and their importance in the selection process.
2. Provide an advantage and a disadvantage of external selection for this position and an advantage and a disadvantage of internal selection

Write a short (5-6 page) APA style term paper answering the following:

Richmond Coffee, Inc. was founded by Gail McCornell and his wife in 2010 in Richmond, Indiana. Due to the lack of the related expertise, the company has not been using much financial planning for its investment needs. Therefore, RC is currently undergoing some hard times resulted in some severe cash flow problems. In addition to losing sales, RC is also falling short of profit to pay salaries to the founders. So, there is an urgent need for the company to prepare a financial plan for the next year to cope with the anticipated investment requirements.

Richmond Coffee, Inc. 2015 Income Statement Sales  $6,854,000  Cost of goods sold  5,231,000 Other expenses  472,000 Depreciation  186,000 EBIT   $965,000  Interest  124,800 Taxable income   $840,200  Taxes (40%)  336,080 Net income  504,120 Dividends $201,648 Add to retained earnings 302,472

Richmond Coffee, Inc. 2015 Balance Sheet Assets  Liabilities and Equity Current assets   Current liabilities       Cash $282,000       Accounts payable $265,000      Accounts receivable 342,000      Notes payable 168,000     Inventory 650,000          Total current liabilities  $433,000           Total current assets  $1,274,000     Long-term debt $2,080,000 Fixed assets        Net plant and equipment  $2,854,000 Shareholder equity        Common stock $450,000        Retained earnings 1,165,000            Total equity  $1,615,000    Total assets  $4,128,000 Total liabilities and equity $4,128,000

RC is looking forward to a growth rate of 14 percent in 2016 (i.e. its sales is expected to increase by 14%). The firm has decided to hire you as a financial consultant to fix all the cash flow problems for them.   1. You are expected to calculate the internal growth rate and sustainable growth rate for RC, and explain to the founders what these numbers mean. (20 points) 2. RC is currently operating at full (100%) capacity. Gail McCornell, one of the founders of the company, would like you to advise them on what amount of external financing will be needed (EFN) for 2016 and whether RC’s sales can rise at this particular rate of growth?

01 F15 BUS-F301 Case Study 1 – Description and Requirements                                                           3/3

Please be reminded to include the necessary assumptions, pro forma income statement and pro forma balance sheet in your answer in addition to other workings. (50 points) 3. RC’s fixed assets can only be acquired in multiples of $1,500,000 (i.e. adding a new product line will call for an additional investment of $1,500,000 in new equipment) once RC has reached its full operating capacity. Gail is eager to know what the new external financing needed (EFN) should be as the firm is now already operating at its full capacity. In addition, he also asks you to estimate the new level of capacity utilization of the fixed assets for RD in next year when the new production line has been implemented. Please be reminded to include the new pro forma income statement and pro forma balance sheet in your answer in addition to other workings. (50 points)   4. Gail is interested in knowing as well how the firm’s ROE will change from 2015 to 2016 according to the projected growth rate (subject to the condition that the firm can only acquire the required fixed assets in multiples of $1,500,000, the owners are not going to put in more capital and the firm’s payout ratio remains at the 2015 level). You are expected to do a Du Pont analysis comparison between the two years. For the Du Pont analysis, you must include both the calculations and the explanations. (30  points)

Important Reminder “If you choose to turn in a late case study, you will lose 25% of the points for each day pastdue for that case study. Penalty will be given immediately after the deadline. As I need to return the case studies and post the answers to the case studies, no case study will be accepted for grading after 4 days past-due” – 4-day penalty rule. It is your own responsibility to make sure that you do turn in the case studies and submit the right case study files when you turn them in. You are required to save frequently at least one backup copy of your case studies before you submit them. Past-due submission because of computer crash, misplacing of your memory stick (jump drive) or failing to submit the correct file by the deadline will be penalized according to the above-mentioned 4-day penalty rule.    After you have made your submission of the individual case studies, you should see a short message immediately under Assignments telling whether you have submitted your work successfully or not. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have turned in your work files successfully before you leave the Assignments webpage. If you fail to do so, your subsequent submission will be subject to the 4-day penalty rule mentioned above.

 

 

MINICASE

Your task here is to pick an organization, study them and formulate a plan to attack their systems. You must devise ten attacks, with the required elements listed below. This should be more like a report than a research paper. This is NOT a theoretical exercise, it is a direct plan that you would use to attack this organization. Description of Eight of the attacks can be brief, it tabular form. An example is provided. A detailed paragraph for your social engineering attacks and Physical Security Attacks must be provided. For each attack, you must provide a description of the attack, tools used to implement the attack, harm the attack will do to the organization, and countermeasures to thwart the attack. 

Cover Page

Abstract/Executive Summary

Table of Contents

Background. Business background of the organization- short elevator pitch.

Information Gathering

Two Parts here. The first is the actual information gathering that you did. Where did you go, web sites, job boards, blogs, and what information could you get out of it facility pictures, OS, software used, etc.

The second is additional information gathering techniques you would do. Examples are dumpster diving, direct observation, etc. Try to come up with some innovative ideas. You won’t actually do these! 

Pre-Attacks. This is actually more information gathering but what kind of electronic information reconnaissance would you do? (port scan, etc.) The idea here is you can initially gather some information that will aid you later.

Assumptions. You can list any assumptions here. For example, you can assume that the organization uses Windows or Unix, you can assume that your pre-attack vulnerability will find a vulnerability to attack, your port scan will find a TCP port is used (for a Syn Flooding attack for example). It is inherently assumed for this assignment that you will have the resources needed for any attack attempted.

Attacks. (or I should say attack attempts). I want ten total for an “A” paper. Why ten? I want to see that you as a student know how a hacker would implement a wide variety of attacks. For eight of these I simply want:

The attack you would attempt, how you would implement it, the tools you would use, the harm it would do to the organization, and the countermeasures needed. I don’t want a lot of theoretical broo-ha-ha, I want what you would do, short and succinct. You can put it in the table form I provided to make it easy!

Of the eight attack attempts, I require:

1 Physical Attack 

– 1 Social Engineering Attack

– 1 password attack (you can have 2-3, but I would want either different attacks, birthday attack, brute force, or maybe two different tools.)

– 1 virus/worm/Trojan/Malware Attack

– 1 DOS or DDOS attack

– 1 Software Attack

– 1 Wireless Attack

Social Engineering attack (attack attempt #9). This should be a paragraph on how you would set up and pull off a social engineering attack. Again, this is direct – I would attempt, not you could do this or that. I want what you could do. Be creative… and even have some fun!

Physical Attack (attack attempt #10). Similar in style to the social engineering attack. This should be a paragraph on how you would set up and pull off a physical attack. Again, this is direct – I would attempt, not you could do this or that. I want what you could do.

Recommendations/Findings – what could the company do to strengthen their security posture. In your information gathering, did the organization give away too many details?

Appendix of Tools – I want a listing of the tools you used and where you would find them.

1. Paper needs to incorporate the external infuences that impact business. You should address each facet illustrated : Introduction, Competition (both domestic and foreign), U.S. based company, Geography, Economic system Legal/Political, and Culture.

 

2. Paper must have a minimum of four sources/references and the text book. Paper needs to be a minimum of three pages, doubled spaced, Times New roman 12pt, APA style.

Note: 2 of the sources must be from a college library, for example proquest.

3. Name of Book, International Business: Environments and operations. (15^th Edition) Authors: Daniels, J. D., Radebaugh, L. H., & Sullivan, D. P. (2015).

 

 

4. Must choose one U.S. based company that has global operations in another country. Must discuss each facet and how it may impact the way the company you chose does business internationally. Here are the facets: Introduction, Competition (both domestic and foreign), U.S. based company, Geography, Economic system Legal/Political, and Culture.

 

5. EXAMPLE, For example, the legal systems are civil law, common law, and theocratic law. If Coca-Cola does business in Iran, how does the theocratic legal system impact the way Coca-Cola does business? Thus, you are to;

 

6. Delineate the legal systems and discuss which legal system and political ideology applies to the country you chose that the company does business in.

 

7. Delineate the economic systems and discuss which economic system applies to the country you chose that the company does business in.

 

8. Discuss the culture of the country (both verbal and nonverbal) and how it may impact the way the company does business internationally.

 

All sources quoted or paraphrased must have proper in-text citations with a corresponding listing in the reference page.

 

Healthcare organizations face the challenge of acquiring capital to finance equipment purchases. As the Director of Rehabilitation Services in a hospital outpatient clinic, you have identified the need to acquire new isokinetic exercise equipment. You are preparing a briefing for the Assistant Administrator to discuss lease options versus purchase options for an exercise equipment system that would cost $25,000 to purchase. The useful life of the equipment is 5 years.

Based on your analysis of the scenario, the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, address the following:

• Describe different leasing options.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of lease versus purchase.
• Make a decision about lease or purchase and present that option to the Assistant Administrator.
• Summarize the central factors that shaped your decision to recommend lease or purchase.

Write a 3–5-page report in Word format. Utilize a minimum of 2–3 scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be clear, concise, and organized; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Define “depreciation expense.” How is depreciation expense different from other expenses? What are the tax implications of depreciation expense?   Define “accumulated depreciation.” How is accumulated depreciation affected when a company disposes of an asset that had been depreciated? Describe how depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation are related.
What is a benefit corporation? What kind of corporation is most likely to seek a change to benefit corporation status? What role do current common stockholders usually play when a corporation seeks a change to benefit corporation status? Are publicly traded corporations likely to seek benefit corporation status? Explain

Query #1: Display the character constant ‘Greeting’ with a column heading of ‘Hello.’

Query #2: Display all data from the Products table without specifying the names of the table columns. Order the results by Product Name.

Query #3: Display all employees’ names, last name first, and then first name, and hire date. Order the results by employee name, last name first, and then first name.

Query #4: Modify query 3 so that the column headings are as follows: ‘Last Name,’ ‘First Name,’ and ‘Date of Hire’.

Query #5: Display all fields from the Sales Order detail for all products that have a unit price greater than $50. Order the results by unit price in descending order.

Query #6: Display the Sales Order Id, Ship Date, and Freight of all orders that have a freight greater or equal to 50 and less than or equal to 1000.

Query #7: Select the Employee’s First Name, concatenated to the Last name, separated by a space. Call the column ‘Employee Name,’ the length of this employee name Length, the location of the first ‘a’ in the name ‘A Location,’ and the 3–5 characters from the name ‘Substring.’ Order the results by the Employee Name using the alias.

Query #8: For each customer, show the number of orders placed, and the largest, smallest and total freight ordered. Only show those customers whose total freight is greater than $1000.

Query #9: Display all product columns for products that are red and black and have a list price greater than or equal to $400 and less than or equal to $800. Use the keywords BETWEEN and IN.

Query #10: Rewrite query #9 to remove the use of BETWEEN and IN, and replace with the equivalent use of =, <, >, /= and AND and OR expressions.

Write SQL statements that will retrieve the following data from a database, using Subqueries and Joins. Using the AdventureWorksLT2012 database, write a SQL SELECT statement that will retrieve the data for the following questions:

Query #1: For each order, display the Customer’s Company Name, Phone, and the Email for the customer who placed the order. Include the Sales Order ID, Order Date and the Due Date. Sort the results by Company Name in ascending order.

Query #2: For each order, list the Sales Order ID, Order Date, Product Name, sales order Unit Price, Quantity Ordered. Sort the data by the Sales Order ID and then the Product Name.

Query #3: Modify the first query to list the same fields, but include all customers even if they have not placed an order.

Query #4: List all product categories (including product categoryID and name), the number of products in each category as well as the average list price of the products in that category. Display those categories that have 5 products or less including categories that have no products assigned to it. Name the count column ‘ProductCount’ and the average column ‘Average List Price’. Sort the results by the product count in descending order.

Query #5: Display the Product Name, and List Price of all products that have a list price larger than the Cable Lock product. Sort the results by List Price in descending order. Note: use of a subquery is required.

Query #6: Display the Customer Name of all customers who have placed orders between May 2004 and September 2004. Sort the results by Company Name in ascending order. The name should appear once on the list.

Query #7: Display the ProductID, name and weight of all products that weigh less than ‘Front Brakes’. Sort by the results by weight in descending order. Use a subquery.

Query #8: List the Product Name and ProductID for all products that have not sold. Use a sub query.

Query #9: Display the Customer ID and Customer Company Name for all customer’s shipping addresses in the United States.

Query #10: Display the Sales OrderID and Total Due for all orders where the Total Due is larger than the average Total Due for all orders.