Riordan Virtual Organization and Environmental Scan Paper help

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Use the Riordan Virtual Organization and research from last week’s Environmental Scan Paper for this assignment.

The question I need to answer is – Explain why you chose these competitive strategies and estimate how they might affect sustainability of long-term organizational performance.

Please answer this question in no more than 250 words

Please include reference and in text citations. Please use the competitive advantages below for each company I am working with as a reference to answering this question.

Apple, Inc. has a competitive advantage/strategy on brand with customer loyalty, and technological innovation – their knack for simplicity. Apple Inc. uses Differentiation Strategy.

I have the Measurement Guideline to verify Strategic Effectiveness if that helps for each Apple and Starbucks. For Riordan you would have to tell me where to look for that as I have their income statements and such. This may be a good article to use –

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/live-apple-repo…

or http://www.apple.com/environment/reports/

Starbucks has a competitive advantage/strategy of delivering quality products and excellent customer interaction while remaining green and sustainable enables Starbucks to stay a step ahead of the others. Starbucks offers a mobile app that allows customers to order and pay conveniently from the app.

Riordan has a competitive advantage/strategy of them being a leader in the industry. Riordan has several locations, which can be used to implement production capabilities, which then ultimately lower costs. Riordan identifies opportunities through holding an organization comprehension market study so they can gain knowledge and establish directional strategies.

I have a bunch of PDF’s on this company (Riordan) if you need them please just ask and I can send to you on what you need.

Make-or-Buy Decision Paper, management homework help

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Read ;Case Study III-2, “A Make-or-Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company, in provided doc.

Write ;a 1,050- to 1,400-word (3- to 4-page) paper that addresses the following:

  • Identify the business issues that are leading BMC to consider a new application.
  • What are the key factors for Baxter in making the buy vs. build decision?
  • What would you recommend Kyle Baxter do? Provide a rationale for your recommendation.

Provide ;research and references to support your recommendations.

Accounting for Managers, BU330 assignment help

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BU330 Accounting for Managers

Directions: ; Be sure to make an electronic copy of ;your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading.

Factoring resource constraints into product mix decisions

Rose Incorporated manufactures two types of vases, small and large. The following per-unit data are available.

; Small Vase ; Large Vase

Sale price ; $60 ; $100

Variable costs ; $35 ; $60

Machine hours required for 1 vase ; 1 ; 2

Total fixed costs are $600,000, and Rose Incorporated can sell a maximum of 25,000 units of each type of vase annually. Machine hour capacity is 50,000 hours per year.

a. ; Determine the contribution margin per unit for each type of vase.

b. ; Determine the contribution margin per machine hour for each type of vase.

c. ; Determine the number of units of each style of vase that Rose Incorporated should produce to maximize operating income.

d. ; What is the dollar amount of the maximum operating income as calculated in C above?

This is the end of Assignment 04.

Complete Leadership Management Assignment

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Write a paper on “Personal Power.”

Address the following in your paper:

  • Describe ways in which you might increase your personal power.
  • How would you:
    • Appeal to a vision or higher purpose?
    • Use rational persuasion?
    • Help people to like you?
    • Rely on the rule of reciprocity?
    • Develop allies?
    • Ask for what you want?

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS EACH QUESTION REQUIRED LISTED ABOVE

AT LEAST 750 WORDS AND A TITLE PAGE

PLEASE NO COURSEHERO OR SIMILAR CITES AS REFRENCES

Theory of Consumer Choice and Frontiers of Microeconomics, assignment help

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You have been asked to assist your organization’s marketing department to better understand how consumers make economic decisions. Write a 1,050-word analysis that includes the following: •The impact the theory of consumer choice has on: •Demand curves •Higher wages •Higher interest rates •The role asymmetric information has in many economic transactions •The Condorcet Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem in the political economy •People not being rational in behavior economics Cite a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook. Format consistent with APA guidelines.

Outsource: A New Operating Model, management assignment help

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Please assist wit the below: ;
Thanks!
  1. Read Chapter 9, “Outsource: A New Operating Model?” in the textbook, ;The ROI of Human Capital.
  2. Read Chapter 10, “How to Change the Game,” in the textbook, ;The ROI of Human Capital.
  3. Download and read “How Strategy Maps Frame an Organization’s Objectives” via ;http://tinyurl.com/l25m9w9.
  4. Download and review the paper “Feasibility Study for Information Systems Projects” at ;http://www.umsl.edu/~sauterv/analysis/F08papers/Katimuneetorn_Feasibility_Study.html#BEA.
  5. Write an 800-1000 word paper guided by the following requirements:
    1. Introduction: Write a brief introduction to the paper.
    2. Feasibility Study Research Summary: Research the concept of conducting a feasibility study and provide a summary of your research findings.
    3. Appendix – Action Plan: Using your submitted HR Scorecard from Workshop Four (updated as necessary), complete the Action Plan section of the scorecard:
      1. Initiatives: Complete the Initiatives section, as it is shown in “Figure 2. A Strategic Theme Defines the Process, Intangible Assets, Targets, and Initiatives Required to Execute a Piece of the Strategy” (on page 44 of the Kaplan and Norton, 2004a article). ; The initiatives are to be correlated to the objectives. ; Note in the example that initiatives are very specific to the objectives. ; In other words, the selected objectives will indicate the initiatives that are likely needed.
      2. Budget: Complete the Budget section, as shown in “Figure 2, A Strategic Theme Defines the Process, Intangible Assets, Targets, and Initiatives Required to Execute a Piece of the Strategy” (on page 44 of the Kaplan and Norton, 2004a article, “How Strategy Maps Frame an Organization’s Objectives”). ; Budgeted figures are estimates. ; “Fair”estimates are considered closer to actual, while “rough” and “ballpark” estimates are further removed, respectively. ; For this assignment, your estimates are to be as close to actual values as you can obtain.
    4. Action Plan Initiatives and Budget: Explain your reasoning for including the initiatives and budgeted amounts in the action plan. ; Also give consideration to why no initiative was selected for one or more objectives, if applicable.
    5. Feasibility Study of the Action Plan: Complete a brief feasibility study of the action plan initiatives with corresponding budgeted dollars, to include:
      1. Identification of “go/no-go decisions” (alterations made to originally planned initiatives to either accept (“go”) or reject (“no go”)
      2. Risk management considerations (i.e., risk mitigation, limitation, termination, or acceptance)
    6. Conclusion: Provide a brief conclusion.
    7. Include a cover page and a reference page in addition to the 800-1000 words required for the assignment. ; Use appropriate headings for each of the above lettered items in the paper.

Theoretical Foundation, business and finance homework help

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The Theoretical Foundation section of a research study is often one of the most challenging components to create. It is informed by the historical context as described in the Background to the Problem section. In this assignment, you will connect the Background to the Problem with theories, models, and concepts to develop the Theoretical Foundation for your research study.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • Refer to the Background to the Problem that you submitted as your response to the first discussion question in Topic 5.
  • Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Locate the Background to the Problem that you submitted as your response to the first discussion question in Topic 5.

Write a draft (750-1,000 words) of the Theoretical Foundation (a theory, model, law, or concept underpinning the study) for your research study. The draft should include the following:

  1. The study’s problem statement resulting from the defined need or gap. This can be taken from the Background to the Problem section that you drafted earlier.
  2. A definition and description of each of the theories, models, laws, or concepts that will be the basis for the Theoretical Foundation of the study. Support these ideas with seminal sources.
  3. The phenomena and research questions (qualitative studies) ;or ;the variables and hypotheses (quantitative studies) for the study.
  4. A discussion of how the theory, model, law, or concept undergirds and connects to the research study.

Project Management Recommendation, writing homework help

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Review the Project Management Email. (Included in attachment)

Create an 1,050-word analysis and recommendation in which you address the following:

1. Explain the five phases of the project. Provide a detailed description of each phase.

2. Describe the key deliverables (project completion date and cost) associated with each of the project options.

3. Analyze each of the projects to determine which might be best to implement. Use such approaches as a feasibility study, break-even analysis, pay-off, and ROI. (show the breakdown in the paper)

4. Recommend which project to implement and include a detailed rationale.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Cite at least 2-3 references

TO HELP YOU OUT:

FIVE PHASES OF THE PROJECT ARE:

1.PROJECT CONCEPTION AND INITIATION

2. PROJECT DEFINITION AND PLANNING (PRIORITIZING, BUDGETS, TIMELINE)

3. PROJECT LAUNCH OR EXECUTION

4. PROJECT PERFORMANCE & CONTROL

5. PROJECT CLOSE (EVALUATION)

PLEASE ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL! THANK YOU! I ALSO ATTACHED THE GRADING SCALE WHICH MIGHT HELP.

Private Investigation I-1, law assignment help

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Here is the first question on the Discussion page.

(2a) From this week’s reading, you will recall that private investigators need to be trained in both overt and covert methods of investigation to obtain desired results.

Select at least one covert and one overt method of investigation. Summarize these methods and their use in an investigation in a main post. Explain why one method would be used over another in a particular investigation. Compare and contrast your chosen methods with those of other students. No plagiarism, add your references and double check your grammar

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Which of the following is true about the differences between financial and managerial accounting?

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Managerial accounting cannot deviate from generally accepted accounting principles

Managerial accounting places more emphasis on the future

Managerial accounting presents information in a highly summarized form

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Elroy Rocket is entering his senior year as an accounting major and has a number of options for his summer break. His options for the 3 month break follow:
(1) Work full time at a local accounting firm making $3,950 per month.
(2) Take a summer class which will cost $800 and work half time making $1,100 per month.
(3) Take a class at a cost of $800 and not work at all during the summer.

Elroy’s incremental profit or loss if he chooses option 2 over option 1 would be

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Triton Company’s copy department, which does almost all of the photocopying for the sales department and the administrative department, budgets the following costs for the year, based on the expected activity of ;copies:

Salaries (fixed) $86,000
Employee benefits (fixed) 10,000
Depreciation of copy machines (fixed) 10,000
Utilities (fixed) 5,000
Paper (variable, 1 cent per copy) 50,000
Toner (variable, 1 cent per copy) 50,000

The costs are assigned to two cost pools, one for fixed and one for variable costs. The costs are then assigned to the sales department and the administrative department. Fixed costs are assigned on a lump-sum basis, 40 percent to sales and 60 percent to administration. The variable costs are assigned at a rate of 2 cents per copy.

Assuming ;the following copies were made during the year, 2,759,250 for sales and 2,373,500 for administration, calculate the copy department costs allocated to sales.

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Which organizational officer is directly responsible for managing a company’s cash and funds invested in various marketable securities?

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Treasurer

CIO

CFO

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Mama Italiano Sauce is in the process of preparing a production cost budget for May. ; The actual costs in April were:

Mama Italian Sauce

Production Cost Budget

April 2008

Production – Jars of sauce

20,000

Ingredient cost (variable)

$16,000

Labor cost (variable)

9,000

Rent (fixed)

4,000

Depreciation (fixed)

6,000

Other (fixed)

1,000

Total

$36,000

Using this information, prepare a budget for May stating the total amount for the May budget. ; Assume the budget will increase to 23,500 jars of sauce reflecting anticipated sales increase related to a new marketing campaign

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Consider the production cost information for Mama Italiano Sauce given below:

Mama Italian Sauce

Production Cost Budget

April 2008

Production – Jars of sauce

20,000

Ingredient cost (variable)

$16,000

Labor cost (variable)

9,000

Rent (fixed)

4,000

Depreciation (fixed)

6,000

Other (fixed)

1,000

Total

$36,000

The company is currently producing and selling ;jars of sauce ; The jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar. ; The company is considering lowering the price to $3.70 per jar. ; Suppose this action will increase sales. ; What is the incremental costs associated with producing an extra 72,500 jars of sauce?

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Consider the production cost information for Mama Italiano Sauce given below:

Mama Italiano Sauce

Production Cost Budget

April 2008

Production – Jars of sauce

20,000

Ingredient cost (variable)

$16,000

Labor cost (variable)

9,000

Rent (fixed)

4,000

Depreciation (fixed)

6,000

Other (fixed)

1,000

Total

$36,000

The company is currently producing and selling 250,000 jars of sauce annually. ; The jars of sauce sell for $4 per jar. ; The company is considering lowering the price to $3.75 per jar. ; Suppose this action will increase sales to 315,000 jars of sauce. ; What is the incremental revenue associated with the price reduction of sauce?

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Ceradyne projects its factory rent to be $6,000 in August when 8,600 units are expected to be produced. If rent is a fixed cost, and if production is expected to drop to 7,000 units in September, what is the expected cost of rent in September?

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$4,884

$4,900

$6,000

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