You are a financial planner working for Personal Finance, Inc. in Boise, Idaho. The owner of the company, Andrew Burke, has asked you to meet with John and Mary Smith to discuss their financial plans and needs and provide a financial plan for them. Andrew would like to discuss the report with you prior to presenting it to John and Mary. Andrew strongly believes that […]

Analyze the following scenario: Jump Hospital currently allocates all maintenance department costs based on departmental square feet.  However, the manager of the pharmacy department has suggested that an ABC approach be used for the portion of the maintenance department costs that relate to repairing equipment.  Her contention is that the pharmacy has relatively little equipment that breaks.  However, it must subsidize many high-tech departments that […]

Futronics Inc. is a $2 billion firm that sells communications services. Founded in 1937, Futronics has provided consumer products, as well as government systems and services, for well over half a century. Due to a sharp increase in competition, flattened sales, and external economic conditions, Futronics is implementing a corporate overhead reduction program. The proposal is to replace the company’s central office stores with outside […]

nalyze the following scenario: Meals for the Homeless buys 30,000 large cans of green beans each year.  The cost of each can of beans is $4.  The cost to place an order for beans, including the time of the employee placing the order, shipping, and so forth, comes to $20 per order.  The out-of-pocket carrying costs (for storage, etc.) are $0.30 per can per year.  […]

Suppose you have been hired as a financial consultant to Defense Electronics, Inc. (DEI), a large, publicly traded firm that is the market share leader in radar detection systems (RDSs). The company is looking at setting up a manufacturing plant overseas to produce a new line of RDSs. This will be a five-year project. The company bought some land three years ago for $5.5 million […]

For this assignment, you will draft a two- to three-page investment recommendation to be given to the Board of Directors at the next board meeting. This analysis should draw upon the material given in this course, as well as any outside research that you need to conduct in order to complete the report. Be sure to listen closely to Mr. Horton and Mr. LaPoint. They […]

Major Assignment PRBF010 – Aspects of Corporate Finance Semester 2, 2015 Maximum Marks: 45 (Please show your calculations clearly) Instructions: Please use excel spreadsheet wherever appropriate. If you use excel spreadsheets, please copy and paste them into MSWord. Once you have completed the assignment, it needs to be lodged in the Assessments section of Learnline. Your assessments must be lodged using MSWord. PDF, Excel or […]

Chapter 10 identified various ideal and theories to support the politics of globalization and given that we’ve just completed an election for the presidency of the United States, it’s important to connect any of these theories to the political processes in this country.  The reason that we review the political processes in this country is understand how we view the issue of globalization and what […]

Aligning the company planning statements and SMART goals with the customer service plan (see the customer service plan Learning Activity) ensures that the business has a viable, aligned and consistent plan for customer service. The customer sees the company in a consistent manner and is better able to align their own values with the company culture as a result. Use what you have learned in […]

Collaboration leverages the collective knowledge of a healthcare team. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual. Please describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the Comprehensive Project due in Unit 5 and present a brief outline indicating […]