Read the Case Study “Blake Electronics” at the end of chapter 3. Let’s let the quantitative analysis stay at home for this exercise and use your qualitative skills instead. After reading the case study text, give me your best analysis of the decision making process at Blake Electronics. I don’t need a “great work” or “terrible” reply from you. Don’t rewrite what is in the […]

  The corner diner – Jo’s Hash House – has outgrown its small current facility. It serves as many people as it can from breakfast to late night snack, and Jo – the owner – wants to see if she might be able to serve more customers (and make more money) by moving to a new facility. She has three top contenders: a small diner location […]

Students will get an understanding of how the uncertainty of the business environment changes decisions and leads to Capital Budgeting decisions. The Case tracks the story of Gulf Electric Inc., a mid-sized electrical manufacturing firm, producing parts for utility firms and electrical products for retailers. Hurricane Katrina caused a paradigm shift for individuals and businesses. Many Post-Katrina firms were devastated but some found a golden […]

This is the beginning of a progressive assignment where you will be creating a job description/specification for a job of your own choosing.  This assignment will then be used to complete the remaining three writing assignments; namely, a recruiting ad, a selection plan, and a training program respectively.  You can select a job you are familiar with or you can select a job that you aspire to obtain.  Please […]

Discuss the benefits and detriments of business or entity involvement in social justice campaigns; and in your factually based opinion, should these companies be involved in social justice campaigns? If yes, then why? Is this a risk to business? Discuss – companies rushing to be involved in issues possibly without doing research on that issue, whether this is a true social justice remedy, is it […]

Your business recently purchased a product ( XJ 11 widgets, 50 cases) from a vendor and are your supervisor is unsatisfied with the quality of the product found in 30 cases. Now, you are tasked with contacting the vendor to apply for a refund, exchange or credit for the product.  You are unaware of the vendor’s return and refund policy. Write a letter to your […]

In the retail world, there is a significant difference between steady-state and peak holiday demand. After reviewing the Demand Forecasting Graph presentation, analyze and explain the measures required to ensure customer satisfaction throughout the scenario below. In other words, where is the supply risk? As you read the scenario below, keep in mind the service-level agreement to have a certain amount of product on the […]

Balance of Payments The balance of payments between the U.S. and China is watched closely by corporations and investors. · What are some of the effects of shifts in the U.S.-China balance of payments on the world economy? · What is one example of a real-world industry, product, or corporation that is impacted by changes in the U.S.-China balance of payments? · What policies might […]

Review  the Module Three Power Point, “One Common Form of Moral Argument.”  Construct a moral argument in the common form of moral argument.  Premise one is a moral principle. Premise two is a factual claim.  Your conclusion is your moral judgment.  Be sure to match your three terms (a general  type of behavior term, a moral language term, and a specific issue term, each appearing […]

You are editor-in-chief of the Times Leader, and in this role it is your responsibility to write the paper’s editorials. A strange thing has recently come to pass in Wilkes-Barre. The owners of Liberty Tax Service apparently concluded that advertising the firm through dancing men, preferably bearded dancing men, cross-dressed as the Statue of Liberty, just does not suffice. So, the owners supplemented this campaign […]