The Discussion Board is part of the core of online learning. The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow you to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the Discussion Board question. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires your active participation with classmates and your instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Students are highly encouraged to […]

 Find a recent (within the last year) business news article online that connects with one of the topics (of your choice) that we have covered in the course. Some good sources include the business section of any general news source, I personally like The Guardian News to get a global/European perspective (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/business), Bloomberg news is also very good, along with Wall Street Journal, or again […]

OK, so we’ve discussed EXIM incontext of U.S. Exports. Now we come to financing of trade from another perspectice. Foreign trade continues to grow rapidly annually as more and more countries create product and services for sale. The financing requires knowledge of the many risks associated with global business, foreign exchange, country risk, counterparty ris legal rules that transcend boundries etc. Approxiatmetly 65% of cross […]

The Discussion Board is part of the core of online learning. The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow you to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the Discussion Board question. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires your active participation with classmates and your instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Students are highly encouraged to […]

Journal response. In Weeks 3-7 you were directed to keep a professional work journal (Please refer to Week 2 for a review of instructions). Now you will review your work journal entries and arrange some of them into an essay. The essay will reflect upon those five (5) weeks of experiences recorded in your journal and what you have learned.  Include how they may have […]

This comes from the Columbia University website: “As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, the University does not discriminate against or permit harassment of employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, gender (including gender identity and expression), pregnancy, religion, creed, national origin, age, alienage and citizenship, status as a perceived or actual victim of domestic violence, disability, marital status, […]

Hannah Gilpin is the controller of Blakemore Auto Glass, a division of Eastern Glass and Window. Blakemore replaces and installs wind- shields. Her division has been under pressure to improve its divisional operating income. Currently, divisions of Eastern Glass are allocated corporate overhead based on cost of goods sold. Jake Myers, the president of the division, has asked Gilpin to reclassify $50,000 of installation labor, […]

Team building is challenging, especially when it comes to building different types of teams. However, the end result of a highly functional team will lead to increased team and organizational performance. Therefore, having a good understanding of the best practices and tools to develop, motivate, and build teams is essential to an organization’s overall success. For this assignment, you will learn more about best practices […]

On the basis of your Week 1 and Week 3 work, analyze your organization against the four-quadrant model factors in organizational design as compared to (A) a modern, recent organizational structure such as Uber, Amazon, or Google, and (B) the traditional, international model of IBM (or similar). What are the benefits or weaknesses of your organizational design as compared to the other organizational structure you selected, based on the […]

Choose 2 comparable large corporations in the same industry and find within their annual reports the Balance Sheet and Income Statement for each and print them. Using a spreadsheet, calculate all of ratios in each category, for each company. Write up a paragraph for each category of ratio analysis, discussing each company’s strengths and weaknesses in that category and which company excels in that category. […]