Business

Choosing a CompanyIn addition to introducing yourself to your classmates, you will post about the company that you are choosing to use for the Week 5 Final Project. Although the company must meet certain conditions to be used in this class, the company you choose should be one that interests you. You will be assuming the role of equity analyst for this class. Most stock analysts focus on a single industry and provide equity research reports on a select number of key competitors in that industry.Areas of interest could be:A product/service/brand that you use and think highly of; (e.g., sportswear company, food/restaurant, technology products, retail)A company in an industry you care about (e.g., solar energy, social media, healthcare/pharmaceutical);A company that you work for or want to work for, or a company that is known as one that treats its employees well;Also, if the company you are initially interested in does not work for this class (for example, if it does not pay dividends), consider choosing one of its competitors. It can be fascinating to investigate the rival company to your favorite brand!Remember, the company you choose:Must be publicly traded;Must have paid dividends for the last four-five years.

accounting fraud in large public companies has produced its fair share of major news headlines over the past 20 years. Even though laws like Sarbanes Oxley have been put in place to minimize the opportunity for financial fraud, the threat is still real in today’s corporate environment.Imagine you have been hired to oversee the financial audit of a major company in your city. During the audit, one of the company’s employees has disclosed a potential fraud situation involving an accounting department supervisor.In addition to alerting your own manager about the situation, which one of the following options below would you choose to perform next as you proceed with your investigation? Only choose one.Option A: Gather additional information by interviewing other company employees.Option B: Meet with other members of the management team to discuss the company’s current internal controls for preventing fraud.Why do you feel your choice would be most effective?Discuss the reasoning for your selection.

Explain the concept of management control and how budgeting is used as part of it. Make sure you use course materials to support your ideas

(i) Briefly explain the principal-agency problem and can you propose one potential solution to reduce costs associated with this problem? (10 marks)(ii) Specify two typical types of behavioural biases when people make financial decisions. Do you think that the behaviour of buying lottery tickets is consistent with the theory of rational expectations? Explain your answer. (10 marks)

Demonstrate process-flow analysis, process design solutions, operations strategies, Inventory Control System and customer services in the business operation.Assignment Question(s): (Marks 5)A public accounting firm requires the following activities for an audit:( IN ATTACHMENT )a) Draw a network for this project? (Marks 2.0)b) Make a forward pass and a backward pass to determine ES, LS, EF, and LF? (Marks 2.0)c) What are the critical path? (Marks 1.0)

My paper needs to analyze PetSmart, and the paper need to cover following points.–History (industry and company woven together as appropriate)(External first)–PESTEL–SCP (just the perfect competition/monopolistic/oligopoly part)–Porter’s Five Forces(Internal next)–Resource-based View (RBV…tangible and intangible)–Core Competence–Competitive advantage that company has had (or still has?)–VRIO (as applies to either or both of resources or their product)–Product life cycle (where company currently is)–Generic strategy in use (price leadership or product differentiation)–SWOT(Concluding part)–Issue that is causing company to fail. This will provide you with a jumping off point for the second paper)

Communication Guidelines—Meetings:1) Meetings must have pre-published agendas, prior to meeting request…agenda must accompany the OUTLOOK meeting request23)4)56)Escalation ProcessProcurementCost ManagementIntroduction[The purpose of this document is to provide general content of a Cost Management Plan and to describe submission required in Microsoft Project format (.mpp file).]Cost Management Plan[A cost management Plan defines cost baseline, modifies it whenever necessary, and uses it for monitoring and controlling cost. A project cost management plan generally includes descriptions, procedures and responsibilities for items such as Costs included, activity resource estimating, cost estimating, cost baseline, budget determination and cost control.]Estimate Cost[Estimate Cost is a process of developing an approximation of monetary resources needed to complete project activities.]Contingency Reserve[Contingency reserve is money assigned to the project and allocated for identified risks for which contingent responses are developed. Generally, how much money is reserved and its rationale are included here.]Budget[Once the project costs or cost baseline is determined, a time-phased project budget is developed. Project budget shows how the project cost will be incurred by appropriate periods (months, weeks, quarter, etc.) during project performance period. Describe how your budget is developed.]Cost Control and Monitoring[The approved project budget with contingency reserves serves as a baseline for project control. This section usually include project approach to monitor actual versus planned performance, approach ( e.g. Earned Value analysis), and how any cost changes will be managed.]Performance Monitoring[Describe your approach to monitor planned versus actual performance and matrices that will be used]Project Reports[Include name and description of 2 to 3 reports that you plan to use for performance monitoring, status reporting or other reports. These are the reports for which you will be submitting a Microsoft Project mpp file. See section below. ]Cost Change Control[Describe briefly how any changes to the cost baseline will be administered and implemented.]

A report writingAt least 5 pagesTitle pageExecutive SummaryTable of Contents (automated)Clear Purpose and ProblemClear RecommendationsClear plan for implementing those recommendationsReferences pageeasy-to-ready formatpdf so formatting doesn’t shift

Lead and Manage effective workplace relationshipsChoose 2 scenarios from number 2 to 10. Conversation /dialogue needs to be providedScenario:1. Description of the purpose of the meeting2. Description of your employee behaviour3. Explain reaction4. Solutions proposed and agreed one5. Documentation of the resolution

Read “Case 2: Airbnb in 2018” in your Connect textbook.In the accommodations market, Airbnb appears to have a significant advantage over its competitors as it relates to regulations affecting the operations of its business.Develop a business strategy that will allow Airbnb to meet local, state, and international regulatory requirements and motivate individuals to benefit from participating in this space of the accommodations market. Address the following questions:How can Airbnb ensure the ethical treatment of consumers?Should there be a separate strategy for the international component of their business model?