Category: Business and Management

Respond to the following discussion on (Explain what factors would typically be considered in contingency planning in outsourcing arrangements). with or more word.  Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions.

1. How common is outsourcing? Its very common. More then 2/3 or  68% of the consumer product companies in the United States alone, outsource something within their company. With that much responsibility placed into another companies hands, a contingency plan has to be implemented.  A contingency plan address and plans for the “what if” to happen. In my reading there was four factors that stood out to me when it comes to contingency planning. They are probability, what are the chances something is going to happen.  Impact, if something happens, what  type of issues could possibly arise from this.  Order, in what order will the steps take place to implement and carryout the contingency plan. Risk mitigation,taking action to reduce the possibility of something happening.
A good company to use as an example for outsourcing would be Hershey Food Company. Their main raw material is cocoa. Cocoa is grown is warm climates, and Hershey gets the majority of their cocoa from West Africa. 70% of the worlds cocoa comes from here. Because of where they get their product from they have to plan for issues like political upset that would prevent them for getting their main product. They also have to plan for what if the crop is destroyed by weather or insects. As part of their plan, they are able to resort to getting cocoa from other locations like Ghana. Hershey also outsources some of there shipping and warehousing. Instead of owning their own fleet, or all of their warehouses, Hershey contracts trucking companies to transport their goods. They also pay for other companies to store their products. One thing about chocolate is it has to be stored and transported in temperature controlled environments. There contingency plan has to cover all the possibilities that could come from elevated temperatures.
If you were tasked with creating a contingency plan for transporting chocolate, what are some of the things you would take into consideration when coming up with your plan?

2. Outsourcing and offshoring can help a business become more lean and flexible. The practice can save money for the company while freeing up the company to focus on the aspects that they deem are important to the companys goals or value systems. when speaking of component manufacturing and services de Kluyver details that the two services can offer compelling strategic and financial advantages including lower cost, greater flexibility, enhanced expertise, greater discipline, and the freedom to focus on core business activities (de Kluyver, 2012).

As with all business strategies, there is risk associated. One of the biggest risks is that you lose that control of your business. No matter how much you share information you are not in control of the process. Things like customer service or goods being sent out are now out of your span of control. This is why it is important that you braced for this with a contingency plan. You need a contingency plan when it comes to the loss of control is making sure the company you outsource with shares the same value systems as you. When thinking about customer service, the outsourcing company has to have the same values as you because they are representing you as an intent.

One of the biggest ways to plan for a contingency when outsourcing is more outsourcing. Having one manufacture to outsource a product is not ideal when producing on a big scale. A company should split up outsourcing between outsourcing companies in case there is problems with one. This provides a readymade stopgap. It does have some limiting factors. One being that the company will not be able to immediately pick up the slack of two manufacturing companies. Also, the companies may have slight differences in the products they offer that may or may not be noticed to the consumer.

This must be of Phd/Graduate level with zero plagarism ;
Topic is Recruitment & Selection and Performance Management

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Recruitment & Selection and Performance Management
The major assignment requires applying what you have learned to your present (or past) employer. The major assignment has two major components. First, you will evaluate your organizations human resource management policy or procedures in two or three areas covered in the course (e.g., recruitment, selection, performance management, compensation, HR strategy, labor relations). This review will include what the current practice is and what could be improved (~1000 words).  In this section, it is important to identify and define important terms and concepts. It is also informative to provide relevant examples and to explicitly link how those examples apply to the concept under review. Try to make sure there is as little ambiguity as possible and that the instructor has enough information to understand the context.

In the second section, you will explain how you would revise practices or policies to address these problems by leveraging course content (~1000 words). Again, make sure to clearly define any concepts, theory, or models covered in class, and directly explain how it is relevant to your proposed changes. If you are particularly interested in a concept discussed outside of our class, make sure to provide in-text citations and references. It would be useful to provide primary sources rather than a popular press summary of this practice.

All information provided in these reports will be strictly confidential, secured and encrypted, and deleted three months after final marks are posted. If students are uncomfortable using their current or past employers, they may use another company after speaking with the instructor.

Using the company/organization that you have chosen for your marketing plan (final project), answer the following questions:
Look at the Figure in Chapter 14 entitled, Integrated Marketing Communications, that outlines the blended mix of promotional tools (advertising, personal selling, sales promotion etc.). Consider which mix of tools will be best suited to the company/organization (choose at least 2).
Discuss why these would be the best marketing communication tools and summarize what kind of marketing communication you would employ (for example, what type of sales promotion would you recommend for the company etc.).
What types of advertising objectives would you recommend (see table entitled Possible Advertising Objectives in Chapter 15)?
How could a cloud based CRM tool help this company/organization?

I need a well written cover letter applying for a Graduate Assistantship for Masters in Business Administration that highlights the following;

    Any volunteer experience you may have in the field
    Projects you initiated and completed
    What types of projects you would like to work on
    prefer to work within a department or with a faculty member?ANy
    Excellent oral and written communication skills
    Self-motivation
    Professionalism
    Computer competences( MSOffice Suite, SPSS, etc)
    Organizational skills
    Problem-solving orientation
    Multitasking
    Teamwork

See my personal profile below

Mr X is an experienced International Social Sustainability professional and a certified GIS Specialist with extensive managerial experience on livelihood related and GIS studies on development projects. His field experience span managing team of consultants conducting multi-stakeholder engagements, social mapping, GIS mapping and livelihood restoration and improvement related research. Specifically, Mr X has over 5 years experience and conducting and implementing livelihood restoration options, essentially for agriculture, oil and gas, wind, solar, and transmission line projects involving up to 600km in East and West Africa. Mr X is a trained Geomatics Engineer and has worked with COMPANY X as a Social sustainability lead and GIS Specialist on several projects in Ghana, Cote DIvoire, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria. Having trained in project management, he leads the team of quantitative and qualitative surveyors, and GIS surveyors working on households surveys, land parcel surveys and implementation of livelihood options respectively. Most recently, Mr X has led teams of multi-disciplinary consultants in conducting implementation activities under a developed livelihood restoration plan for large agribusiness projects, household surveys and multiple stakeholder engagements on projects in Northern, Southern and Western parts of Ghana. Before joining COMPANY X, Mr X worked as a Research Assistant at University X. He possesses a clear and logical mind with a practical approach to problem-solving and a drive to see things through to completion and strong attention to details. Mr X is a confident team player and a peoples person. Mr X is a certified GIS specialist with experience in developing GIS databases and performing spatial analysis with an emphasis on agriculture and livelihood related studies. Mr Xs vast knowledge in quantitative and qualitative surveys extends to multivariate data analysis, longitudinal analysis, regression analysis and statistical methods / Inferential procedures. Mr X has a BSc in Geomatic Engineering

You will submit a single page that interacts with the reading material for that week in some way. The page might raise a significant question or express either agreement or disagreement about something that appeared in the reading. You might think of these pages as a personal journal entry that you record as you engage the reading material. The purpose of these pages is to provide evidence that you have engaged the reading material for the week. Consequently, your pages must specifically allude to something particular in the reading materialand make reference to a particular page number. You must limit your submissions to a single sheet of paper (double-spacing is preferred but use single-spacing if necessary to keep the submission to a single sheet). Submissions must reflect your own personal, original work. Submissions MUST BE PREPARED WITH TECHNICAL CARE.  By technical care, I mean to suggest that the document you submit should be copy ready if it were to be submitted to a newspaper or to an employer as a sample of your writing. Your document should NOT contain spelling errors, grammatical errors or problems with sentence structure.
!!!!!!!!!!!! Your task is to read CHAPTER 4 in the book and write the personal reaction paper. The file uploaded is the book, and also one sample essay that I wrote before. Please follow my sample essay to write!

I need a well written cover letter applying for a Graduate Assistantship for Masters in Business Administration that highlights the following;

    Any volunteer experience you may have in the field
    Projects you initiated and completed
    What types of projects you would like to work on
    prefer to work within a department or with a faculty member?ANy
    Excellent oral and written communication skills
    Self-motivation
    Professionalism
    Computer competences( MSOffice Suite, SPSS, etc)
    Organizational skills
    Problem-solving orientation
    Multitasking
    Teamwork

See my personal profile below

Mr X is an experienced International Social Sustainability professional and a certified GIS Specialist with extensive managerial experience on livelihood related and GIS studies on development projects. His field experience span managing team of consultants conducting multi-stakeholder engagements, social mapping, GIS mapping and livelihood restoration and improvement related research. Specifically, Mr X has over 5 years experience and conducting and implementing livelihood restoration options, essentially for agriculture, oil and gas, wind, solar, and transmission line projects involving up to 600km in East and West Africa. Mr X is a trained Geomatics Engineer and has worked with COMPANY X as a Social sustainability lead and GIS Specialist on several projects in Ghana, Cote DIvoire, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria. Having trained in project management, he leads the team of quantitative and qualitative surveyors, and GIS surveyors working on households surveys, land parcel surveys and implementation of livelihood options respectively. Most recently, Mr X has led teams of multi-disciplinary consultants in conducting implementation activities under a developed livelihood restoration plan for large agribusiness projects, household surveys and multiple stakeholder engagements on projects in Northern, Southern and Western parts of Ghana. Before joining COMPANY X, Mr X worked as a Research Assistant at University X. He possesses a clear and logical mind with a practical approach to problem-solving and a drive to see things through to completion and strong attention to details. Mr X is a confident team player and a peoples person. Mr X is a certified GIS specialist with experience in developing GIS databases and performing spatial analysis with an emphasis on agriculture and livelihood related studies. Mr Xs vast knowledge in quantitative and qualitative surveys extends to multivariate data analysis, longitudinal analysis, regression analysis and statistical methods / Inferential procedures. Mr X has a BSc in Geomatic Engineering

Read chapter5 “Convergence is not Integrity.” p95-111

first, it should be clear that you’ve read and understood the chapter; second, it should be clear that you’ve thought about how the chapter’s arguments relate to your own personal experience, whether as a student, a friend, an intern, or some other role.

Presentation need to answer these questions:
Political Patterns
Are there political threats to the Countrys survival?
Is there more than one dominant political party?
How is political power manifest?
What channels are used to express political opinions?
Is it appropriate to talk politics in business or social situations?

The professor give me some comment about that page. Please check that.

You are missing many things required for your paper such as a proper cover page, table of contents, as well as a conclusion. In addition, you did not use proper APA in-text citations. You were also missing tie ins to course concepts such as NPV and payback periods.

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Read Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. in Knapp cases and discuss on the following questions.

Discussion Questions

1. Using the financial statements data in Exhibit 1, compute the following financial ratios for Take-Two Interactive and Software and discuss what major “red flags”, if any were present in Take-Two’s financial statements given these ratios. The following financial ratios are often used to assess the risk. Age of Accounts Receivable, Age of Inventory, Gross Profit percentage, Profit Margin percentage, Return on assets, Return on equity, Current ratio, Debt-to-equity ratio, and Quality-of-earnings ratio. The formulas for these ratios are provided here .
2. Identify audit tests that may be used as alternative audit procedures when a response is not received for a positive confirmation request. Discuss the quality of audit evidence yielded by these alternative procedures compared to that produced by audit confirmation procedures.

Instructions:

Read the given discussion questions carefully and provide your response to every question thoroughly, but succinctly, taking a position on the given discussion topics, supporting your argument or suggestions.