BUS 310 Assignment 4: Annual Review Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. […]

Use a study, news article, or textbook example that utilizes descriptive statistics in a business setting. You can do a search on the internet to find studies or news articles from well-known sources or you can utilize the textbook for this course. Your post should include: A summary (in a few sentences) of the business problem the study/article/example proposes to solve. An example of descriptive […]

  Discussion: Human Resource Strategy and Planning 2626 unread replies.2626 replies. When an organization looks at competitive differentiation, costs of doing business, they do SWOT and SOFT analyses, all as a part of determining the strategic direction of the business. As the leader of the organization’s human resources department, you will be developing your own strategy, which will provide direction to your group on how […]

Business valuation is based on many things, such as competition, growth potential, reputation, etc. Assume you are thinking of purchasing Columbia College, what value would you put on it? How did you arrive at that figure?  What variables did you use to calculate your valuation of CC? Look at what other students calculated, do you agree with their final valuation, the variables they used, etc? […]

Finance 534 week 6 Quiz5 Question 1 Call options on XYZ Corporation’s common stock trade in the market. Which of the following statements is most correct, holding other things constant?Answer Question 2 Other things held constant, the value of an option depends on the stock’s price, the risk-free rate, and the Question 3 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Question 4 Which of the […]

  Retirement and “The Number” Let’s first talk about your retirement. How much do you need to retire on to maintain a comfortable life-style? To live where you want to live, to have the means to visit your family and friends, to go on vacation, and to pursue your interests and avocations?  Specialists call this “The Number.” Financial planner, Lee Eisenberg, wrote a book about retirement planning called […]

The Verbrugge Publishing Company’s 2011 balance sheet and income statement are as follows (in millions of dollars) Balance Sheet Current Assets 168 Current Liabilities 42Net Fixed Assets 153 Advance payments 78Goodwill 15 Reserves 6$6 preferred stock, $112.50 par value (1,200,000 shares), 13510.50 preferred stock no par callable at $150 (60,000 shares) 9Common Stock, $1.50 par value (6,000,000 shares) 57 Total assets 336 Total claims 336 […]

submit your assignment.     Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.    Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.    Assignment 3: Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies   Due Week 6 and worth 300 points  Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its […]

Innovation Leadership Evaluation In this course, you have explored four main concepts:  • How contemporary leadership practices and models support innovation in the global context.  • The personal skills and leadership practices that drive innovation and the creation of innovative organizations.  • The models of innovation and change management leaders use to create a culture of innovation.  • Communication strategies, including storytelling, that support culture […]

Code of ethics paper A code of ethics is an important tool for organizations. It describes the organization’s ethical stance to its members and to the external environment. It can protect the organization from lawsuits, encourage resistance to unethical group and organizational pressures, and encourage ethical behavior. This assignment requires you to design a research-based code of ethics for an organization and to report it […]