A manufacturing company is thinking of launching a new product. The company expects to sell $950,000 of the new product in the first year and $1,500,000 each year thereafter. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 55% of sales. Indirect incremental costs are estimated at $80,000 a year. The project requires a new plant that will cost a total of $1,000,000, which will be […]

Visit the Wall Street Journal and other similar sites as may be appropriate. Read at least two articles about the current state of the economy and consider how the economy may be influencing your life. What significant economic issue has the most impact on you? Has a similar economic condition happened in the past? What is the likelihood it could happen again? What should you do to […]

This assignment has 4 parts;   A common performance measurement for managers is the level to which he or she manages controllable and uncontrollable costs.   Discuss your understanding of controllable and uncontrollable costs. What factors are taken into consideration when distinguishing between controllable and uncontrollable costs? Does the level a manager holds within the hierarchy determine their level of control of the costs?  Explain. Discuss the […]

 You read about cloud computing in Chapter 3 of the course text, which discussed cloud computing as it applies to all types of applications. What are the specific advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing for enterprise resource planning (ERP)? Dr. Patterson, our guest speaker, spoke about the benefit of using global standards in INF220 Week Four Network Technology Development Approaches (Links to an external site.). Would […]

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), has been used widely to set the rates for many financial transactions, such as business loans, corporate bonds and derivatives. LIBOR is scheduled to be phased out in 2021 and lose its status as the global interest rate benchmark and be replaced in the US with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). As a future business professional you will […]

The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a national quality partnership of organizations interested in improving surgical care by significantly reducing surgical complications. Partners in SCIP believe that a meaningful reduction in surgical complications depends on surgeons, anesthesiologists, perioperative nurses, pharmacists, infection control professionals, and hospital executives working together to intensify their commitment to making surgical care improvement a priority. If you were the administrator […]

For the final presentation, you will create a 10- to 12-slide presentation analyzing a real-world scenario when change was needed in an organization. Change refers to the act of replacing something or making it different. Change in organizations is often related to improvement of organizational processes or accepted behaviors. Your choice of scenario could be from an organization that you have worked in previously or […]

In the last few units, you have developed skills to assist diverse clients that are experiencing unique crises across the various developmental stages of life. It is vital for human service professionals to be aware of how crises can impact individuals across the lifespan and within multicultural contexts. For this assignment, you will complete a maximum 5-page expository paper that reflects your multicultural competencies and […]

Background: To solve quantitative and qualitative research in business finance. In this multi-player simulation, students each play the role of a CEO at 1 of 3 publicly traded wine producers: Bel Vino, Starshine, or International Beverage. Bel Vino and Starshine consider a merger-of-equals transaction while International Beverage considers acquiring either Bel Vino or Starshine. Students review confidential information to determine the value and set reservation prices […]

Use the same organization as in previous weeks’ projects. Research the ethical challenges regarding employees (i.e., diversity, discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy, employee theft, bad leadership, etc.) that your chosen organization has faced over the past five to ten years and that they should prepare to face in the next five to ten years. Once you have developed a list of challenges, consider how having faced […]