Leadership Challenge, marketing homework help

Complete Leadership Challenge in a Word document approximately 2 pages

Leadership Challenge: What Have You Done For Me Lately

Terri Ann Masters, Vice President of Sales for Startech Corporation, was wrestling with a critical issue related to one of her longtime and, until recently, most talented salespeople, Jason Benjamin. Startech was a French high tech manufacturer with its corporate offices in Paris and manufacturing operation in France and China. Jason, whose territory included Silicon Valley in California, had been one of Startech’s top salespeople for 11 of his 15 years with the company. At first, Terri Ann thought it was just “bad luck” and Jason would be able to turn it around. Now, however, after four years of seeing Jason miss sales targets and hearing increasing complaints from customers, Terri Ann knew something was wrong.

This was especially critical for Startech because Jason called on some of the company’s biggest clients. Jason had worked his way up in the company and been given these accounts seven years ago. During his first three years with the accounts, Jason generated substantial new business from his clients. Management at the customers had actually gone to the trouble of calling Terri Ann and complimenting Startech on the relationship Jason had established. The end result was that Jason frequently exceeded his sales quotas and received healthy bonuses.

In the last few years, however, there was very little new business coming from Jason’s accounts. At the same time, Terri Ann knew these companies were growing and were taking business to other competitors. It was not that Jason had lost the accounts; they were still doing a reasonable business with Startech. Rather, Terri Ann recognized there was additional business the company was not getting for some reason.

Of even greater concern was the number of complaints about Jason that had been coming in to Terri Ann. Jason certainly did not have the greatest number of complaints, but given his history, they were high. In addition, Jason seemed to be less motivated. When Terri Ann would call his office on Friday afternoons, she would find that he had already left for the weekend. The “old” Jason was one of the hardest-working salespeople in the company. In addition, EU and French employment law limited Terri Ann’s flexibility in dealing with employment performance issues.

The problem was coming to a head. Management had a big push on inside the company to increase productivity. Terri Ann also had several younger salespeople who were eager to move into larger, more demanding and higher potential accounts. (Johnston & Marshall, 2013). 

Questions:

1.  You are Terri Ann Masters. What would you do about Jason Benjamin?

 

2.  What would you do with these younger salespeople who are looking for new opportunities inside the company?

3.  Offer ideas on why Jason’s performance might have slipped after all these years with the company?

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Enterprise Development, business and finance homework help

Just answer the following questions no essay required.

  1. Why did the Russian economy perform well during the 2001-2013 period and why did it run into trouble in 2014?
  2. After the collapse of communism, many Western businesses started to invest in Russia.  How do you think the current political and economic climate is impacting the profitability of those investments?
  3. Given what is happening in Russia today, what do you think will happen to foreign investment in Russia going forward?
  4. Is this a country where a Western enterprise would want to do business?

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Final Project Accounting, assignment help

Final Project

The management of Zigby Manufacturing prepared the following estimated balance sheet for March, 2015:

ZIGBY Manufacturing

Estimated Balance Sheet

March 31, 2015

            ASSETS                                                                                 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 

Cash…………………………………………….$  40,000                 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE………………..$200,500

Accounts Receivables………………………342,248          Short-Term notes payable ………………….  $12,000

Raw Materials……………………………….. 98,500          Total Current Liabilities ………………………. $212,500

Finished Goods Inventory………………..325,540          Long-tern Notes payable……………………..$500,000

Total current Asset…………………………806,288          Total Liabilities …………………………………$712,500

Equipment Gross……………………………600,000            Common Stock…………………………………$335,000

Accumulated depreciation …………….(150,000)          Retained Earnings……………………………  206,788

Equipment Net ……………………………450,000              Total Stockholders equity…………………. 543,788

Total Assets ……………………………..$1,256,288          Total liabilities and equity ………………..$1,256,288


To prepare a master budget for April, May, and June of 2015, management gathers the following information:

  1. Sales for March total 20,500 units. Forecasted sales in units are as follows: April, 20,500; May, 19,500; June, 20,000; and July, 20,500. Sales of 240,000 units are forecasted for the entire year. The product’s selling price is $23.85 per unit and its total product cost is $19.85 per unit.
  1. Company policy calls for a given month’s ending raw materials inventory to equal 50% of the next month’s materials requirements. The March 31 raw materials inventory is 4,925 units, which complies with the policy. The expected June 30 ending raw materials inventory is 4,000 units. Raw materials cost $20 per unit. Each finished unit requires 0.50 units of raw materials.
  1. Company policy calls for a given month’s ending finished goods inventory to equal 80% of the next month’s expected unit sales. The March 31 finished goods inventory is 16,400 units, which complies with the policy.
  1. Each finished unit requires 0.50 hours of direct labor at a rate of $15 per hour.
  1. Overhead is allocated based on direct labor hours. The predetermined variable overhead rate is $2.70 per direct labor hour. Depreciation of $20,000 per month is treated as fixed factory overhead.
  1. Sales representatives’ commissions are 8% of sales and are paid in the month of the sales. The sales manager’s monthly salary is $3,000.
  1. Monthly general and administrative expenses include $12,000 administrative salaries and 0.9% monthly interest on the long-term note payable.
  1. The company expects 30% of sales to be for cash and the remaining 70% on credit. Receivables are collected in full in the month following the sale (none is collected in the month of the sale).
  1. All raw materials purchases are on credit, and no payables arise from any other transactions. One month’s raw materials purchases are fully paid in the next month.
  1. The minimum ending cash balance for all months is $40,000. If necessary, the company borrows enough cash using a short-term note to reach the minimum. Short-term notes require an interest payment of 1% at each month-end (before any repayment). If the ending cash balance exceeds the minimum, the excess will be applied to repaying the short-term notes payable balance.
  1. Dividends of $10,000 are to be declared and paid in May.
  1. No cash payments for income taxes are to be made during the second calendar quarter. Income tax will be assessed at 35% in the quarter and paid in the third calendar quarter.
  1. Equipment purchases of $130,000 are budgeted for the last day of June.

Required

Prepare the following budgets and other financial information as required. All budgets and other financial information should be prepared for the second calendar quarter, except as otherwise noted below. Round calculations up to the nearest whole dollar, except for the amount of cash sales, which should be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.  (Use the information in the chapter plus the Need-to-Know Comprehensive 1 example at the end of the chapter as a guide for requirements 1-10).

  1. Sales budget.
  1. Production budget.
  1. Raw materials budget.
  1. Direct labor budget.
  1. Factory overhead budget.
  1. Selling expense budget.
  1. General and administrative expense budget.
  1. Cash budget.
  1. Budgeted income statement for the entire second quarter (not for each month separately).
  1. Budgeted balance sheet as of the end of the second calendar quarter.
  2. Explain why each budget is prepared.  Why would management want to see each budget?
  3. Analyze your results.  Do the budgets look favorable?  Explain. 

Check Figures

(2) Units to produce: April, 19,700; May, 19,900

(3) Cost of raw materials purchases, April, $198,000

(5) Total overhead cost, May, $46,865

(8) Ending cash balance: April, $83,346; May, $124,295

(10) Budgeted total assets, June 30: $1,299,440

Write a short summary for #11 and #12. 

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Analysts adjust forecasts, expect slowing growth, powerpoint presentation help

I summarized an article from website— <http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/70507/HDC-Analysts-adjust-forecasts-expect-slowing-growth>—-

please make it a PowerPoint , please make it simple and easy to present it.

this is the article that I summarized  from the website and i need it to be use for the PowerPoint, please check it out below.

HDC: Analysts adjust forecasts, expect slowing growth

According to Sean McCracken, 2016 was rough than expected and as a result, the 2016 Hotel Data conference speakers mentioned that there will be a slower growth in 2017 than it has been in the recent years. However, this was not the case with CBRE Hotels, and STR  Hotel News Now’s Parent Company officials who said that despite things being harder than before, the industry is still doing well and the expected crash will not be as severe as those expected earlier. Amanda Hite, the SPR president as well as CEO declared that SPR is growing and expects to grow further. According to Hite, such growth taking part early within the years as well as so quickly was not expected. However, she indicates the absence of rate growth has been quite challenging for the last 3-years but there are projections that higher growth is expected. CBRE Hotels also expect to grow in 2016.

  SPR expects to grow in 2017 but at a weaker pace as it is the case with CBRE Hotels who projects to grow at a slightly higher pace. However, both companies expect that their occupancy to fall. According to CRBE senior managing director, Mark Woodworth, the industry experienced quick as well as dramatic declines in the last two cycles, something not expected this time round as the cycle is expected to go on with some solid growth for the near future.  

According to sacks, developing tourism and travel priority amongst the public and the declining consumer confidence as well as corporate spending tightening are two economic trends impacting the hospitality industry.  There are still some chances for optimism, which include: record-high absolute values of performance indicators, strong profits, a relatively stable economy, and moderate supply growth.

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Professional Meeting, 2 MGT assignments help

there are two assignments.

1- paraphrase

the file that is called Professional Meeting just need to be paraphrased. this copy from my classmate who attended with me the meeting so you must rewrite it with different style that will not let the Prof finds out. 

2- two questions

the first question I have I ready answer it but not completely so I want to understand the question first then read my half answer then complete the answer and DO NOT CHANGE THE IDEA. the second question just answer the question.

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Financial Transactions

Scenario

It is time for the staff accountants to begin preparing daily accounting transactions. In preparation for the upcoming audit, the accountants must ensure that these transactions are correct and are free from any misstatement. Because this is a new subsidiary of the company, there are no beginning balances.

As a staff accountant, your job is to do the following:

  • Prepare the 10 transactions below by posting to the general journal. You should use an Excel spreadsheet to accomplish this task.
  • Post the general journal entries to the general ledger in the Excel spreadsheet.
  • Prepare a trial balance from the ending balances on the ledger. You should also use an Excel file for the trial balance.

Transactions

  1. Invested $50,000 in the business
  2. Paid $100 for phone service
  3. Purchased $35,000 equipment on credit
  4. Paid $3,000 for 3 months rent
  5. Paid $5,500 for 6 months of insurance
  6. Paid $1,000 for advertising on credit (Note: This is an expense to the company)
  7. Customer purchased $2,000 on account
  8. Customer in #7 paid $1,000 on account
  9. Paid for #6 advertising
  10. Sold to customer and received $5,000 cash

Click here for the General Journal Ledger template.

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Financial Management Challenges, assignment help

Ashford University Assignment Submision Week 1 Assignment

Financial Management Challenges

The following video discusses the four types of markets: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly.

Given the market structures as described in the video, identify at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today in these varied market structures. In a three- to five-page paper (excluding title and reference pages), summarize your findings from the articles. Include how market liquidity, competitiveness, and efficiency impact financial managers. The paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Be sure to properly cite your two required articles resources using APA style.

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Poetry for Further Reading, management assignment help

Choose one of the poems from your readings in Chapter 33: “Poetry for Further Reading” and compose a written explication of that poem. The poem you select must be sophisticated enough to sustain a detailed analysis. You may choose a poem by the same poet you discussed in the Module 5 Discussion Board who comes from a different culture than your own.

  • Your explication should be 3-4 pages.
  • It should analyze one or more of the poem’s elements (see readings from chapters 27 and 28 for specific elements). 
  • Your explication is not a summary of what the poem is about. Nor are you expected to unravel the poem’s “meaning.”  Rather, you are explaining how the poet used a particular poetic element, and you are analyzing how that element affects the rest of the poem.

When writing your explication:

  • Choose a poem that is sophisticated enough to sustain a detailed analysis.
  • Include a thesis statement that states the element you are analyzing and why.
  • Follow a systematic writing pattern by analyzing the element on which you are focusing line by line or stanza by stanza.
  • Provide textual examples (words, phrases, and lines) from the poem to illustrate your analytical statements. Cite your sources using correct APA formatting f

33. Poetry for Further Reading .
*ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, “West Indian Primer.” SHERMAN J. ALEXIE, “Defending Walt Whitman.” ANONYMOUS, “Bonny Barbara Allan.” ANONYMOUS, “Go Down, Moses.” ANONYMOUS, “Western Wind.” MATTHEW ARNOLD, “Dover Beach.” *JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA, “Family Ties.” ELIZABETH BISHOP, “The Fish.” ELIZABETH BISHOP, “One Art.” WILLIAM BLAKE, “The Lamb.” WILLIAM BLAKE, “To see a World in a Grain of Sand.” WILLIAM BLAKE, “The Tyger.” ANNE BRADSTREET, “The Author to Her Book.” GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON, “She Walks in Beauty.” *ROSEMARY CATACALOS, “Morning Geograph.” *LUCILLE CLIFTON, “At the Cemetery, Walnut Grove Plantation, South Carolina, 1989.” *JUDITH ORTIZ COFER, “Lessons of the Past.” SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, “Kubla Khan.” BILLY COLLINS, “Introduction to Poetry.” *WENDY COPE, “Bloody Men.” *BILL COYLE, “Aubade.” E. E. CUMMINGS, “Buffalo Bill”s.” E. E. CUMMINGS, “next to of course god america i.” *SILVIA CURBELO, “If You Need a Reason.” *JIM DANIELS, “Short-Order Cook.” *ANGELA DE HOYOS, “Woman, Woman.” EMILY DICKINSON, “After great pain, a formal feeling comes–.” EMILY DICKINSON, “Because I could not stop for Death–.” EMILY DICKINSON, “”Faith” is a fine invention.” EMILY DICKINSON, “I dwell in Possibility–.” EMILY DICKINSON, “I heard a Fly buzz–when I died–.” EMILY DICKINSON, “Success is counted sweetest.” EMILY DICKINSON, Tell all the Truth but tell it slant–.”EMILY DICKINSON, “Wild Nights–Wild Nights!” JOHN DONNE, “Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God.” JOHN DONNE, “Death Be Not Proud.” JOHN DONNE, “The Flea.” *CAROL ANN DUFFY, “Mrs. Darwin.” PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, “We Wear the Mask.” *RUSSELL EDSON, “The Fall.” T. S. ELIOT, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” JAMES A. EMANUEL, “Emmett Till.” LOUISE ERDRICH, “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways.” *MARTÍN ESPADA, “The Community College Revises Its Curriculum in Response to Changing Demographics.” ROBERT FROST, “Acquainted with the Night.” ROBERT FROST, “Design.” ROBERT FROST, “Mending Wall.” ROBERT FROST, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” *DAVID GRAHAM, “The Dogs in Dutch Paintings.” THOMAS HARDY, “The Convergence of the Twain.” *JOY HARJO, “Perhaps the World Ends Here.” H. D. (HILDA DOOLITTLE), “Helen.” SEAMUS HEANEY, “Mid-Term Break.” *WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY, “Invictus.” GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS, “God”s Grandeur.” *A. E. HOUSMAN, “When I Was One-and-Twenty.” *ANDREW HUDGINS, “Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead.” DONALD JUSTICE, “Men at Forty.” JOHN KEATS, “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad.” JOHN KEATS, “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” JOHN KEATS, “When I Have Fears.” *STEVE KOWIT, “The Grammar Lesson.” PHILIP LARKIN, “The Explosion.” *LI-YOUNG LEE, “From Blossoms.” *JAN HELLER LEVI, “Not Bad, Dad, Not Bad.” *HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, “A Psalm of Life.” *ROBERT LOWELL, “Skunk Hour.” ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, “Ars Poetica.” CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” CLAUDE MCKAY, “If We Must Die.” *W. S. MERWIN, “For the Anniversary of My Death.” *CZESLAW MILOSZ, “Encounter.” JOHN MILTON, “When I consider how my light is spent.” *PAT MORA, “La Migra.” *HOWARD NEMEROV, “The War in the Air.” *PABLO NERUDA, “Tonight I Can Write.” *NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, “Famous.” FRANK O”HARA, “Ave Maria.” SHARON OLDS, “The One Girl at the Boys” Party.” LINDA PASTAN, “Ethics.” LINDA PASTAN, “Marks.” *LINDA PASTAN, “Reading the Obituary Page.” MARGE PIERCY, “Barbie doll.” *LEROY V. QUINTANA, “Poem for Salt.” *LEROY V. QUINTANA, “Taps.” SIR WALTER RALEIGH, “The Nymph”s Reply to the Shepherd.” HENRY REED, “Naming of Parts.” EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, “Miniver Cheevy.” EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, “Richard Cory.” WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, “Let me not to the marriage of true minds.” WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments.” PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, “Ode to the West Wind.” *CHARLES SIMIC, “The Partial Explanation.” *DAVID R. SLAVITT, “Titanic.” *PATRICIA SMITH, “Hip-Hop Ghazal.” STEVIE SMITH, “Not Waving but Drowning.” *CATHY SONG, “Picture Bride.” WALLACE STEVENS, “Anecdote of the Jar.” WALLACE STEVENS, “The Emperor of Ice-Cream.” *VIRGIL SUÁREZ, “Aguacero.” *ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, “Break, Break, Break.” ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, “The Eagle.” ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, “Ulysses.” DYLAN THOMAS, “Fern Hill.” *TOM WAYMAN, “Wayman in Love.” *CHARLES WEBB, “The Death of Santa Claus.” PHILLIS WHEATLEY, “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” WALT WHITMAN, “A Noiseless Patient Spider.” WALT WHITMAN, from “Song of Myself.” *C. K. WILLIAMS, “First Desires.” WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.” WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, “London, 1802.” WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, “My heart leaps up when I behold.” WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, “The Solitary Reaper.” WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop.” *WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.” WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.” WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “Sailing to Byzantium.” WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, “The Second Coming.” *KEVIN YOUNG, “Song of Smoke.” Poetry Sampler: Poetry and Art. RITA DOVE, “Sonnet in Primary Colors.” ALLEN GINSBERG, “Cézanne”s Ports.” ROBERT HAYDEN, “Monet”s ”Waterlilies.”” CATHY SONG, “Girl Powdering Her Neck.” MAY SWENSON, “The Tall Figures of Giacometti.” KEVIN YOUNG, “The Fun Gallery.” Writing Suggestions: Poetry and Art.
PART 4 DRAMA.

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Review and assess the interview questions used by the Southwood School District. Develop a report in which you present your assessment.

Review and assess the interview questions used by the Southwood School District. Develop a report in which you present your assessment.

As part of this report, develop five additional questions that you believe should be asked by the principal and HR manager when selecting a new employee. Using three external sources, provide supporting rationale to support the five additional questions and any changes to existing questions. Cite external sources using APA format.

*Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment

*Use headings to separate the sections of the paper

*Page numbers

*Double-spacing

*Times New Roman, size 12

*In-text citations to sources in APA style

*Reference page using APA style

*References not older than three years old

Thecase study “Southwood School: A Case Study in Recruitment and Selection”. It should be 4-5 pages excluding the work cited page.

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Compare and Contrast Two Countries Using Hofstede Six Dimensions, communications homework help

Follow the steps below to write a compare and contrast paper on Hofstede’s six dimensions:

  1. Review the information provided on Hofstede’s Six Dimensions of Culture in this week’s lecture.
  2. Choose two countries to compare using Hofstede’s Six Dimensions of Culture.
  3. To compare the countries, access the Country Comparison section of The Hofstede Center website. Select one country in the dropdown menu to see that country’s values for the six dimensions. After you have selected that country, you can then select a second country to see a comparison of their scores.
  4. Consider how the cultural differences between these two countries impact work relationships.

Your paper should be 3-4 pages in length. Use the compare and contrast essay guidelines presented in this week’s lecture. Be sure to conform to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Include at least two additional references in addition to those in your required readings. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.

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