Read the opening  story about Dunkin Donuts (chapter 7) and identify at least three types of marketing research that Dunkin used. Fully explain if it is qualitative or quantitative research Hint: Read  the marketing research chapter (7) before answering. Minimum of 150 words, cite the text please.  Perreault, W. D., Cannon, J. P., & McCarthy, E. J. (2017). Essentials of marketing: A marketing strategy planning approach (15th […]

  For each assignment in business law, students should utilize the IRAC method. Introduce the concepts from a particular week, state the Rule of law making sure to include all elements of any law, Analyze the problem using both the facts of the case and the rule of law and finally make a Conclusion on the problem that week. As you learned this week, the […]

You are a member of the senior management staff at XYZ Corporation.  You have historically been using a functional structure set up with five departments: finance, human resources, marketing, production, and engineering.  Create a drawing of your simplified functional structure, identifying the five departments. Assume you have decided to move to a project structure.  What might be some of the environmental pressures that would contribute […]

Stock Repurchases  In the short article “Royal Dutch Shell Finally Delivers Big Stock Buyback, But Shares Break Support” by Aparna Narayanan (see below), stock repurchases may produce favorable effects on key financial ratios. Narayanan, A. (2018, July 26). Royal Dutch Shell finally delivers big stock buyback, but shares break support. Investors Business Daily.  Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=131003207&site=ehost-live&scope=site  Include an introduction that summarizes the article.  Analyze the […]

Scenario It is important to have a clear view of where a company wants to be in the future. Healthy Dynamics wants to increase company revenue, decrease risk, increase customer satisfaction, and possibly add new services (goals) to the wellness programs they offer. As the strategic planning manager, you are tasked with determining what the company must do to get there (strategy) and what direction […]

Computation of portfolio VAR  The provided yields data file (yields.xls) contains 5-year yields from 1953 to 1994. Using this information and the duration approximation, compute the portfolio VAR as of December 1994. Risk should be measured over a month at the 95% level. Report the distribution and compute the VAR: · using a normal distribution for yield changes (Delta-Normal method) and a 12-month moving average […]

Unit 2 DB: Learning Styles and Preferences (HRM 308) Complete the VARK Assessment in the Readings and Resources.  Based on your preferred learning style as identified from the VARK Assessment, and what we have learned about adult learning theory (Andragogy) principles, how could your personal learning style and learning preferences most influence your training design?  Share some pros and cons – how might they be […]

Respond to…  The glass ceiling is a barrier that prevents an individual or group from going any higher within an organization. As it relates to gender and according to Northouse (2018), the glass cieling is an invisible barrier that is preventing women from obtaining higher positions within the work place. The glass ceiling is a term that can be applied to many groups, not just […]

sameer  Problematic employees are often the cause for conflicts in an organisation. Whenever employees like this exist in the company, it should be recommended that they have to be confronted instead of avoiding them. People think that problematic employees are better off when they are kept at distance. However, doing this can result in the problematic employee creating a hostile environment for the person who […]

Final Paper Proposal For detailed information regarding outlines, introductions, thesis statements, and an APA references list, visit the Ashford Writing Center. Review the assignment instructions for the Final Paper in Week Five. Submit an outline for your Final Paper that includes the following: Develop an introduction with a thesis statement for the Final Paper. Create an outline of the major headings with a two- to […]