Choose a quotation in David Foster Wallace’s speech that resonates with you somehow and explain why you chose that quotation. Make sure to respond to two others.
Category: Business
Business of making food items, mostly desert-type products.
Your firm is in the business of making food items, mostly desert-type products. The firm is planning to launch a new product, which will be half-gallon size of cherry vanilla ice cream. The firm has never produced ice cream before. Your job is to forcast out what the anticipated earnings (ie, projected revenues less costs) will be over the next 7 years. How would your forecast your sales and your costs for this new product?
Organization change
Research paper on an organization of his or her choice (5-7 pages minimum). The organizational analysis will utilize a minimum of five external, peer-reviewed academic sources and contain the following sections:
· What is the organization and how would you describe it?
· Who are the leaders of the organization?
· Is the organization successful?
· How do you determine whether an organization is ethical or not?
· Based on your assessment and research, is the organization ethical?
· What would you change about the organization to make it better, without sacrificing ethical standards?
Organization — Mircrosoft
Powell’s (2017) diligence-based strategy, Kim and Mauborgne’s (2005) blue ocean strategy
Consider Powell’s (2017) diligence-based strategy, Kim and Mauborgne’s (2005) blue ocean strategy, and Porter’s (1996, 2008) strategy theory. Which do you believe is the more effective to achieve competitive advantage in organizations today? Why?
The pressure on a businessperson to “succeed”
Contrast the pressure on a businessperson to “succeed” (whether that’s making a sale, producing a quantity of goods for sale, or providing a service such as surgery) and what impact that level of success has on her or his family. What would failure mean for the family? What would the businessperson’s success do for others beyond the family? Might they become philanthropists and give lots of money to charity? Who benefits then? And if a charity becomes dependent on major gifts from successful people (say, a hospital or university), and the businesses become less successful so the donations dry up, what is the effect on others who use or depend on the charity’s services?
Recent business leaders’ (CEOs) personal background
Research three recent business leaders’ (CEOs) personal background and write about whether or not they have a high emotional intelligence level and how they have used that in their success or failure as a CEO. For example, Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos and how he uses emotional intelligence in setting his customer service standards and culture.
Maintaining concurrency in a multiuser platform.
There are times when a database is accessed by many users across the enterprise. Transaction logs can help maintain concurrency in a multiuser platform.
Describe at least two business scenarios where “commit” and “rollback” would be required.
Describe how these functions would be essential for business continuity and concurrency control.
Identify how these functions would enable an organization to recover from a database corruption event.
Apply relevant aspects of law to current business situations
Differentiate between matters of law and matters of ethics in business situations
Scenario
The Friendly Dawg is a retail pet supply store owned by Dave Dawgs. Dave has worked in the store since high school and took over running the store after his father died two years ago. Originally the store sold only pet food and supplies, such as animal food, bird cages, water bowls, pet beds, and so forth. Upon taking ownership, Dave added fish tanks with fish for sale. Recently he built a kennel and cages in a former storage area in the rear of the store in order to sell live animals, such as snakes, birds, dogs, and cats. Landlord Lou came by during renovations and asked what was going on. One of Dave’s employees told Lou that The Friendly Dawg was expanding its inventory and needed the space. Landlord Lou told the employee, “Very exciting! Good luck!”
A few weeks later, landlord Lou began receiving complaints from the neighboring tenant, the Sunshine Yoga studio, that the noise from the dogs and parrots was very disruptive.
The signed lease between Dave Dawg’s deceased father and Lou describes the business as a pet supply store only and does not mention selling live animals. The lease specifies a rent in the amount of $500 a month. Sunshine Yoga does not have a written lease. The owner of Sunshine Yoga, Jasmine, met Lou one night in a bar two years ago where he verbally offered to rent her the space for $300 a month. Jasmine claims that landlord Lou told her that night that she could rent from him forever and that he would never evict her.
Lou called Dave, asking him to quiet the animals. Dave said he would try, but the complaints from Jasmine continued. Dave also demanded that Lou improve the air-conditioning system, claiming it was too hot in the rear of the store for his animals and it was causing them to become agitated. Landlord Lou refused, claiming that air-conditioning was not meant to cool that area and it was not his job as landlord to take care of live animals.
Dave stopped paying his rent, claiming that he was not obligated to do so because Lou was breaching his obligation under the lease to maintain the property in good repair. The next day, a dangerous snake escaped through the air vents and slithered into the neighboring yoga studio, frightening Jasmine, the owner, such that she had a heart attack.
After recovering, Jasmine stopped paying her rent, claiming that the premises were unsafe due to the presence of wild animals. She also claimed that she has been very depressed and anxious as a result of the ongoing situation. And she contends that she has lost clients because of the noise coming from The Friendly Dawg.
The Friendly Dawg has been a good tenant, enjoys a strong customer base, and pays more in rent than Sunshine Yoga. Sunshine Yoga has always been late with rent, and Jasmine constantly bothers Lou over minor issues.
Directions
Write two short papers—one on contract law and one on tort law.
Contract Law
Evaluate the potential rights, claims, defenses, obligations, and remedies for each party from the perspective of contract law. Determine whether landlord Lou has a right to evict either party. Use reliable resources, such as the textbook and other course resources, to support your evaluation. Specifically, include the following components in your evaluation:
High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group’s sponsored research
Based largely on the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group’s sponsored research which interrogation ‘best
practices’ are more relevant to law enforcement or to the military? Or, are they equally relevant? In the process, I
want you to critique the ‘best practices’ against the tactics reflected in the Army Field Manual 2-22.3? How do
they compare or differ? (Approximately 1000 to 1500 words) (100 points)
Business leaders are engaging in CEO activism today
- Why do you think that so many business leaders are engaging in CEO activism today?
- What are the most important benefits and drawbacks of engaging in this kind of activism? How would you measure them and weigh them against each other?
- What process should Dan Schulman undertake to decide whether and how to respond to North Carolina’s HB2?
- In your career, assuming you are a CEO, how would you decide whether and how to engage in CEO activism?