Category: Business

ABC Incorporated is a small start-up company.

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

ABC Incorporated is a small start-up company. The company decided to dedicate a small portion of its marketing budget and a small team of employees to build a presence on the Internet. The purpose of the website will be to offer customers information about the company and to reach new customers through advertisement. The company will consider expanding and offering online purchases at a later time.

Topic:

The team at ABC Incorporated has completed the new website for the company. ABC Incorporated has never had a website before and the team must now decide the best option for publishing the website to the Web. The team calls you for a consultation. You have been asked to work with the development team at ABC Incorporated to address the following:

Since ABC Incorporated is new to the Web, the team needs help finding a hosting company that best meets the company’s needs. Identify a website hosting company and present the hosting company to ABC Incorporated. Write your recommendation to ABC Inc. and discuss why you think this particular hosting company is the best choice for ABC Incorporated.
Examine a hosting company recommended by one of your classmates. Review the hosting company and discuss why the hosting company should or should not be selected. Include your recommended hosting company in your reply for your classmate to consider.
Your classmate will consider your input and decide to either recommend the hosting company originally discussed or change the recommendation to the hosting company you suggested. Explain the reason(s) for the decision.

Organizational change effort

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

Reflect on an organizational change effort in the past that you are familiar with (this can be at an organization you researched or worked with) that experienced significant resistance from employees, and answer the following questions:

Why did employees resist the change?
What were the problematic issues that were not being effectively addressed, from the employees’ point of view?
Were the underlying concerns legitimate?
What could the leader have done to address the situation or prevent the concern from arising?
How would this have changed the outcomes of the change effort?

The importance of Reports to an organization.

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

topic 1: Describe three aggregate functions and provide a business example where you would want to use each function.

topic 2: Explain the importance of Reports to an organization. Who typically reads the reports, and what use is made of reports? Who is responsible for delivering the content of reports? Why is it important that you understand the intended audience for a report?

PRODUCT or SERVICE you RECENTLY PURCHASED

Posted on | by

 

Think of a relevant PRODUCT or SERVICE you RECENTLY PURCHASED (NOTE: not allowed – food, coffee, groceries, car wash, movies, music, or any low-ticket frequent purchase).
Answer the 5 questions on the search process you went through, using terminology from the textbook and respecting the word count for each response.
Describing Your Search Process (question and answer format):
Specify the following:
Product
Seller (Retailer/Store/Brand/Website)
Price
Date of Purchase
How did you become aware that you wanted or needed that product (the first step of the Consumer Decision Process)? (min. 100 words)
Describe how/where you looked for information to better help you make a decision (the second step of the Consumer Decision Process). (min. 150 words)
List 3 retailers/brands/products you considered when doing your alternatives evaluation and explain why they ranked higher than other options available (the third step of the Consumer Decision Process). (min. 180 words)
What were the 3 main factors that influenced your decision on the retailer/brand/product you ended up buying from when evaluating your best alternatives ((the fourth step of the Consumer Decision Process)? (200-300 words)
After you made the purchase, how did you feel? Satisfied? Dissatisfied? Explain why. (Last step of the Consumer Decision Process)? (150-200 words)

 

Storage area networks (SANs)

Posted on | by

Find a related topic in current technologies:
Storage area networks (SANs)
Write a research paper on the real-world application of the chosen technology. Your paper should include the type of organization(s) that benefits most from this technology. Elaborate on what business problem the technology solves. Also, how does it help the organization achieve one or more of the following:
Achieve operational excellence through higher levels of efficiency and productivity
Create new products, services, and business models
Raise revenue and profits while lowering costs by increasing customer and supplier intimacy
Improve decision making for managers and employees
Increase competitive advantages
Ensure survival caused by business environment changes

 

Virtualization

Posted on | by

 

Find a related topic in current technologies:
Virtualization
Write a research paper on the real-world application of the chosen technology. Your paper should include the type of organization(s) that benefits most from this technology. Elaborate on what business problem the technology solves. Also, how does it help the organization achieve one or more of the following:
Achieve operational excellence through higher levels of efficiency and productivity
Create new products, services, and business models
Raise revenue and profits while lowering costs by increasing customer and supplier intimacy
Improve decision making for managers and employees
Increase competitive advantages
Ensure survival caused by business environment changes

 

 

International Negotiations

Posted on | by

 

 

 

 

The purpose of this assignment is to understand how an MNC can demonstrate unethical practices and thereby hurt society. International and global companies have a responsibility not only to their shareholders but also to society, called social responsibility.

Compare and contrast the negotiating styles and strategies of French versus Spanish negotiators. Using the readings, lecture, and your own scholarly research, complete an analysis. Address the following in your paper:

What are three of differing negotiating styles and strategies of French negotiators and of Spanish negotiators?
What are three of similar negotiating styles and strategies of French negotiators and of Spanish negotiators?
What could MNCs do to improve their position when negotiating with either group?
Use critical thinking to apply depth and breadth. Be concise and address the negotiating styles of France and Spain and how those affect negotiations.

Business valuations

Posted on | by

 

 

 

Business valuations can be adversarial or non-adversarial in nature. If the dispute is over the value of a major asset such as a business, the lines are clearly drawn. But many business valuations have some form of dispute associated with it. Search the web for business valuation disputes, and prepare a list of some common types of disputes associated with business valuations.

Information to add to a SWOT analysis

Posted on | by

 

 

 

 

What information or detail is important to add to a SWOT analysis in general? How can a complete SWOT help a company succeed? These thoughts should be qualitative and generic – not discussing/providing specific applications of how you may have gleaned competitive advantage (e.g., listing the SWOT components applicable to Hisco).

 

 

 

Competency

Posted on | by

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilize virtue and character-based ethical theories in case studies.

Instructions
For this assessment, you will get the chance to highlight your creative writing skills and your knowledge surrounding Aristotle. Be the Best You, is a career coaching and mentorship agency that works with employees to not only achieve their professional goals, but their personal goals as well. By using a virtue and character-based approach. As a coach for Be the Best You, you are part of the training committee that creates new training material for the clientele. The agency is seeking 3 new training sessions related to the golden mean, Aristotelian friendship, and eudemonia. Part of these trainings include scenarios that the clientele read and then answer applicable questions. You will be creating three, fully developed scenarios for the golden mean, Aristotelian friendship, and eudemonia.