Business

Research and select a company or organization that has been in some type of current negotiations (e.g., union contracts, mergers, buy-outs, product disputes, patent infringement.). Then, summarize the company or organization’s history and current negotiation status. Highlight some of the negotiator-cognition issues they may have encountered during negotiations. Discuss decision-analysis tools that are used in negotiations. Were any of these tools used by your company during negotiations? Next, explain what a BATNA is and how it is used during negotiations. Try to determine if one or both sides had a BATNA and, if so, summarize your understanding of it. Finally, provide recommendations for the company to use in future negotiations based on what you have learned in this unit. How could they use best practices in negotiations to improve future negotiations? Your case study should be a minimum of two pages in length. You must use at least two academic sources, and any information from those sources should be cited and referenced in APA format.

Please answer the question below.  Is it necessary for Home Depot to emphasize both the DIY and contractor segments of the market to build and maintain economies of scale? Is one segment tied more closely to the general state of the economy than the other? Explain. Has competitive pressure from Lowe’s caused Home Depot to modify its business strategy? If so, how? Do international opportunities exist for Home Depot beyond North America?

Through the attached readings, through your research, through suggestions by your family, friends, co-workers….identify one leadership skill that you want to focus on to develop (Prior discussions have been on communication and planning). What would I need to do to develop this skill? The discussion should be focused on what results you are seeing, challenges you are having (thus you can practice leadership skills with each other) – bring strategies to the table! Part of your plan should include obtaining feedback from those involved in your plans.  The goal is to make it obvious in your life that you are a leader, no matter your roles are at this time. Important: Always tie your plan to the readings from the text or other sources that you research. You can also freely use Internet sources, just make sure they are not -pedia sites. Use reputable sources 🙂

write a paper addressing the function accounting and finance plays in business.  Why is understanding accounting so important?  Why is finance so important to the development and operation of business?  minimum of 500 words.

Only use the sources uploaded to write a 1 page essay answering the following:   Tompkins and Minzberg provide models of organization and management tools to influence quality performance.  Using the Quinn and Rohrbaugh framework. Tompkins integrates many models to reflect basis organizational dimensions; foci, values, goals, structure, control, coordination and human control—all with the public manager’s aim of ensuring performance of government programs.  Minzberg, on the hand, as a writer of the 1990s, is concerned with the underlying view of management-public and private.  Further, his models of government management include complementary principles espoused by Tompkins, performance, control, values and the end-users.  However, Minzberg’s normative (HR) model characteristic is associated with Tompkin’s “end-oriented” values under the HR model.  Acknowledging that the model is important to understanding organization and manager performance concepts, do they provide substantive materials or tools for the public managers to actualize performance goals?  What more, if any, is needed?

Complete Critical Thinking Exercises:  My business is wedding planning. READ chapter 4 1) 4-1 Customer Analysis and 4-2 Market Analysis in the Entrepreneurship Portfolio section of your text. Be sure to complete the chart and the three bullet point questions shown. 2) CREATE YOUR OWN customer survey specifically for your business.  (My business is wedding planning) This should be a professional-looking form, not just a list of questions on a Word document.   Be careful as to what questions and the format that you ask your questions, as this will determine whether your responses are valid and/or useful to you as a business owner.  Be sure to avoid using ALL ‘yes’ and ‘no’ response questions so that you can glean the most information possible from your customers. and be sure to include a COMMENTS section in your survey for customer feedback- it appropriate for your business.    3) Write a summary of possible strategies and ideas you will consider in your marketing mix to market the product/service you have identified as your business. (My business is wedding planning)  Some questions you might answer include: Product: Who is the product aimed at? What benefit will customers expect? How will you design, package or otherwise add perceived value to your product/service in the eyes of your customers? Price (discounts, sales, list price, credit terms): How will you price your product/service for different customers? How will you make money based on your costs and desired profits? Will you have different prices for different customers? How might you have to adjust your prices to take into consideration different products or services in your marketing mix? Place (distribution, locations, inventory, logistics and transportation): How will you distribute your product/service to customers to best advantage? How will you make your product available to your targeted customers? Will you sell directly or produce your product and like Ford or GM, use dealers to market and sell your product or service? Promotion (communications, public relations, personal selling and advertising): What kinds of communications will you use to tell potential customers about the features and benefits or your products? Will you use direct selling, advertising, newsletters and special sales? Choose your pricing strategically. Decide on the location that is best for your customers. Determine the mix of promotion to use for your business. Use breakeven analysis to evaluate your marketing plan….this data will be used in your Sales Forecast coming up! Use your text as a source from the business/market plan sample.  This will be an active part of your business plan.  You may incorporate tables, graphs or spreadsheet in your document.

4 Discuss in detail the Income Statement. What is shown on the Income Statement? Why is the Income Statement important to a hospitality firm? (400 words required. See direction sheet as a reminder for all directions)Objective: Discussion topics are mini essay type papers designed to open your mind to some of the complex and often challenging aspects of the hospitality industry and the financial processes within the industry. These are topics that in live class we dive into. Not all topics will be found in your book. You may need to search the internet and your mind for these topics. Answer all topics with your OWN thoughts. There are no bad ideas, but stolen ideas are not accepted. What does the topic mean to you? What do you perceive the best way to approach these topics would be? Think about your own experiences as you answer each topic and complete all aspects asked in the question. Plagiarism will result in a zero grade

Selection is the process of determining who will be allowed into the organization.  Several standards must be understood and in place to effectively assess candidates.  Training is also important and is needed in numerous areas of the organization.  Write a paper in APA 6e format, that addresses the following: Discuss the employee selection method standards of reliability, validity, and generalizability.  Use headings for each of the three standards being discussed. What is needs assessment and why is it important?  Briefly discuss the importance of understanding the employees’ readiness for training. Briefly discuss the importance of managing workforce diversity and inclusion.  Refer to Table 7.9. What is training?  Include a discussion of tacit knowledge and knowledge management.

Each student shoulkd prepare a two page full-text case study of one economic event. You should answer at least the following four questions: 1. What is the background? 2. What happened? 3. What is the consequence for different stakeholders? 4. What is your lesson? He whats to make sure there is at least one economic analysis.  Which may include a graph or chart.

Please read the Netflix case and answer the following questions within 2-page total limit. 1: Positioning of Netflix vs. Blockbuster. 1) Based on the information included in the case, what “jobs” did Netflix do for consumers? 2) What “jobs” did Blockbuster do for the consumers? 3) How did the “jobs” provided by Netflix evolve over time to create a strategic advantage over Blockbuster?