A great deal has been written about Africa and its ability to attract international business. In 2000 a report was prepared by the Pan-African Productivity Association (PAPA), for the International Labour Office entitled, supply side constraints that hamper African enterprises from taking advantage of emerging export market opportunities. Obviously, the report is now outdated. However, if you were reading this article in 2000 what pieces […]

You are an administrator at Arizona Health Services (AHS), a large hospital system. You have been asked to assist in evaluating the financial feasibility of purchasing Jiranna Healthcare, a managed care organization in the San Jose area. For this part of the Performance Task, you will conduct a 5-year analysis of Jiranna Healthcare’s operational and financial data in order to determine whether or not it […]

Please do not pick this assignment apart as being perfect – it is not. It is just meant to get you thinking about real life. My goal is to provide you with some concrete ideas and metrics to help you determine if you are saving properly for retirement. Do you have realistic expectations, etc? This assignment will not take a lot of work, but it […]

Use the Stage-Gate model (Links to an external site.) to develop a theoretical new product or service. Some of your businesses might be service based, so you may have to be creative in thinking about a new project. If you have any problems thinking of a product or service idea, please let me know and I’ll help you think of one. Here is another resource on the […]

 250-300 word response to one of the following discussion prompts by Day 5 in the discussion area:  What is one method for developing personal financial goals? What could stand in your way of reaching these goals? Micro expenses are the small expenses we have on a recurring basis. Examples of micro expenses include buying a cup of coffee, buying an item from a vending machine, […]

Record accuracy is a prerequisite to inventory management, production scheduling, and ultimately, sales. For this case study assignment, choose a local organization and research how it manages its inventory. Identify how the company’s inventory is classified and what strategies the organization uses to ensure accurate inventory records are maintained. Specifically, identify at least 8-10 items within the company’s inventory and determine which items should be […]

 A firm based in California wants to export a shipload of finished lumber to the Philippines. The would-be importer cannot get enough credit from domestic sources to pay for the shipment but insists that the finished lumber can quickly be resold in the Philippines for a profit. Outline the steps the exporter should take to successfully export this product to the Philippines and make a […]

It is the hopes of many that the future of fashion will belong to clothes with a more moral principle. Designer Stella McCartney as well as several other designers are creating garments that are all in accordance with their organic-biological principles. As a society, we are very concerned with eating green (organic, local, etc.), but why do you think the idea of green fashion is […]

For Question #1 you are to redesign one camp position/job using the Hackman/Oldham Job Dimensions model. See the attached handout explaining each dimension.  You will describe the job duties and then identify each dimension by name and include actual activities that relate to that dimension and illustrate your understanding of that dimension.  For Question #2 you will be applying the need based theories of Maslow and Herzberg with […]

Top executives and members of a corporation’s board of directors have different roles and responsibilities. Traditionally, executives have been responsible for determining the firm’s strategic direction and implementing strategies to achieve it, whereas the board of directors has been responsible for monitoring and controlling managerial decisions and actions. Some argue that boards should become more involved with the formulation of a firm’s strategies. How would […]