Assignment 2: Case Study By Thursday, November 15, 2012, read the Case Study and answer the questions that follow. Q1. Based on what you have read and researched in our class, how would you describe the corporate culture at Trader Joe’s? What motivational technique has Trader Joe’s used to gain a competitive advantage over other companies in the grocery or specialty industry? Q2. Would changing […]

  Journal Article Analysis Each student will select one of the key terms presented in the module and conduct a search  find 1 recent peer-reviewed academic journal article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format: DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the […]

Legal Underpinnings of Business Law Imagine that you own each of the following businesses: Tinker’s Home Security Service (sole proprietorship)Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (general partnership)Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (LP)Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, Inc. (corporation)Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, LLC (LLC) The businesses are being sued for breach of contract. Create a matrix that lists each business, and compare […]

Read the Mini Case from the end of Chapter 11 about Caledonia Products and thoroughly respond to Parts A to N at the end of the case as a concise management statement. Round any dollar amounts to the nearest dollar ($1,500,074) and any percentages to two decimals (9.56%). Mini Case It’s been 2 months since you took a position as an assistant financial analyst at […]

Objective:               Your boss wants to know the limits of expected variation. You know there is another shipment coming in next week and based upon this week’s run, you can calculate/predict the limits of expected variation by calculating the mean and standard deviation.   need to use excell The Mean and StDev in Excel Expected variation Instructions for you: […]

Accounting II Final Exam !!     1. The cash budget is especially important to a firm when:  A. there is not a lot of confidence in the sales forecast. B. it has a relatively large amount of operating cash. C. the P/E ratio has been trending downwards. D. it may have to negotiate a short-term bank loan.       2. Which of the following costs are included in the […]

1.A repair that extends the useful life of an asset would be considered a/an A.extraordinary repair. B.betterment. C.capital expense. D.ordinary repair. 2. A company receives a note payable for $3,500 at 9% for 45 days. How much interest (to the nearest cent) will the customer owe using a 360-day year? A.$354.38 B.$38.84 C.$39.38 D.$315.00 3.If the amount extracted from a coal mine was different every […]

  Instructions: This project requires you to develop a PowerPoint slide presentation for use as a training tool with brand new supervisors!  You are in charge of presenting them on information on how to transition from a worker to a supervisor. There is great satisfaction in taking a brand new employee, helping them to develop their Management, Coaching and Leadership skills, and then watching them excel!  With this in […]

Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions. Write a four to six (4-6) […]

After listening to the podcast about the relationship between franchisers and franchisees what do you think the best way to best manage the relationship between the two? How do you keep the corporate parents relationship aligned with the individual KFC owners? (the response should be at least a half page, please give 3 examples/ideas for full credit https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/02/17/467108611/episode-684-the-return-of-the-colonel