Business

Case Assignment  4th paper – Dillard’s, Inc. Answer the following questions and be sure to check the SafeAssign report about plagiarism before making it your final submission! Remember to define and discuss the terms that you use. Double space, please. Remember to define the main term and cite facts that you use in each answer. 1. What are some of the elements of good or poor leadership in the firm you are analyzing? How would you describe the CEO’s leadership? Why did you use to determine this? Define, discuss, and give examples. 1 page minimum 2. What is the Balanced Scorecard methodology? Define, discuss, and give examples of how you would use it as a manager. 1 page minimum 3. If you were making a speech to company personnel, what would you tell them about the kind of corporate culture that you would like at the company? Explain why and discuss key values in this culture. 4. How do you think that the firm’s current culture aids or hinders (or both) the firm from achieving its goals?

In the introduction for this course, you were challenged to watch for three things you were curious about the economy.  Use this curiosity as a springboard to preparing a 400 – 500 word exploration (roughly 1-2 pages) in which you pick an industry/market and develop an argument for what type of market structure that the industry must compete in.  An example would be the bowling ball industry.  The bowling ball industry includes all manufacturers of bowling balls.  The company, Brunswick that makes bowling balls is not the industry, it is a member of the industry. Compare and contrast your industry to each of the three characteristics of the market structure you chose and explain why the industry fits each of the characteristics of the market structure.  In addition, explain why this industry is an example of market failure. Then make a conclusion about which type of market structure your industry fits best.

Case Assignment 2 (2nd paper) – the subject company is Dillard’s, Inc.For the public company that you decided to analyze for this class, please answer the following and attach as a Word document. Be sure to check the SafeAssign report about plagiarism before making it your final submission! Be sure to cite the sources of your information and facts. Be sure to define terms. This is an excellent place to cite the textbook!

1.     The participation of women in the labor force has been on the rise since 1960. Identify 2 specific reasons for this. 2.     Identify 3 reasons why the participation rate of men in the work force has been declining since 1960.  3.     Part time jobs are attractive to many workers as well as many employers. Explain.  4.     Look at Figure 15.5, pg. 409. Approximately what time period saw the highest level of part time workers for economic reasons? Why this period?. 5.     If there were 1.5 million people unemployed in Canada with 15.5 million people employed and a population of 20 million, what would the unemployment rate equal? What would be the participation rate? (When calculating, remember that the unemployment rate is calculated upon the number of people in the labor market while the participation rate is calculated upon the entire population- Refer to Checkpoint 15.1, pg. 404).  6.     Assume that the government decides to drastically decrease welfare, social security, and unemployment payments. How would this action change the unemployment rate? How would it change the labor participation rate? 7.     Look at Figure 15.5, pg. 414. Explain what the author means by the ‘output gap’ in the 2008-2009 recession.  8.     Frictional unemployment is considered to be a “…permanent and healthy phenomenon in a dynamic, growing economy”. Identify 3 different causes of frictional unemployment. 9.     Susan Sampson lost her job as a bank teller in the early 1970’s when automatic teller machines were introduced. Identify and define the type of unemployment this would be.  10.  Compare the figures for 2010 and 2013 as presented on pg. 412 (Eye on the Unemployed). What is the biggest contrast (difference) between the two years as far as the duration to find a job is concerned?

1. How do you handle a new project or task at work, home or school? 2. how do you embrace working in groups when you prefer to work independently? 3. how would you react to your instructor’s suggestion to incorporate a data component into an assignment for your non- math- related course? 4. what do you do when you don’t understand something that everyone around you seems to have caught onto?

Discussion1: Most think of the Accounting Information System (AIS) as computer software, which it is, but it in our context, it is much more than just software.  After reading chapter 3, what is your perspective on the AIS, and why is an understanding of the AIS so important in the accounting field?  Please be specific, and as always, cite your sources in APA format. Examples of what you might discuss, would be the implications of the expanded accounting equation on financial statement preparation, the required sequence of statement preparation and why, accrual vs. cash basis accounting, etc.  Discussion2: As you have learned, the Income Statement presents the amount of profit (Net Income) for a specific period of time, based on accrual accounting.  In addition to Net Income, what else can you tell about a company from their income statement.  Please look up a company on the SEC’s website https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html  Using the company’s stock symbol (i.e. do a web search similar to “stock symbol for Chipotle”).  What you will find is that their stock symbol is CMG, and then you can use that in the Fast Search feature of the SEC site.  P.S.  Please do not use Chipotle.

Discussion Questions   Note: Please type the question and then the answer which should be about 250 words for each question.   There have been some interesting studies on the effect of gender on leadership style. Respond to the following statement with your opinions and experiences:  “Successful male and female leaders tend to have many similarities; yet, women as a group tend to be more democratic in style than men. The modern concept of managerial coaching may thus be more natural for women than men.”  Incorporate at least one outside reference into your answer.  What value differences might you as a leader expect to find among your Baby Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y employees?  Discuss.  Use at least one outside reference in your answer.

Positive thinking is an attitude that is solution-oriented and focuses on favorable results. This attitude is important in creating effective business messages. Your ability to be positive and exude optimism in your communications can strongly influence others and ultimately lead to greater success. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Reflect on your own expressions of positiveness. Explain how you can apply a positive writing style at work in a situation where you also must identify logical inconsistencies.

Listen to a Podcast on business from one of the following sources and write a summary that includes Explain what the podcast was about. How did the podcast relate to accounting, finance, business, profits, or money, broadly defined? Podcast URL and podcast title and episode title and length The American Life http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ ( you can search on key word business for relevant episodes.)    If you can’t find site, type This american life The Walls Close In.

Explain how international marketers can utilize the total value concept in marketing the following products: A theme park in Brazil.  Please submit it in an hour. Half a page answer the question. NO plaragizism.