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STR 581 Week 1 Individual Career Connection: Values And Strategy Paper NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
STR 581 Week 2 Individual Capstone Final Exam Part 1 NEW
STR 581 Week 2 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 1 Environmental Scan NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
STR 581 Week 3 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 2 Internal Environmental Analysis NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Apple Inc) NEW
STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Gap Inc) NEW
STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Southwest Airlines) NEW
STR 581 Week 4 Individual Capstone Final Exam Part 2 NEW
STR 581 Week 4 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 3 Strategic Evaluation NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
STR 581 Week 5 Individual Strategic Plan Implementation Plan, Strategic Controls, and Contingency Plan Analysis NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
STR 581 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Apple Inc) NEW
STR 581 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Sony Corp) NEW
STR 581 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Under Armour) NEW
STR 581 Week 6 Individual Capstone Final Exam Part 3 NEW
STR 581 Week 6 Individual Final Strategic Plan NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
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STR 581 Week 1 Individual Career Connection: Values And Strategy Paper NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
Use an organization where you work or one in which you are familiar.
Examine the process of strategic management.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:
Identify the major components of the strategic management process.
Discuss how these components work together to create value for the organization.
Evaluate the company’s mission statement, vision statement, motivation strategy, innovation strategy, and people strategy. If the organization does not have one or more of these, how does that affect the organization and its people?
Explain the role of ethics and corporate social responsibility in strategic planning. How does this direct their strategy? How does the organization’s vison and mission align with your own values and vision? If you are currently working for the organization, how does your role influence this and vice versa?
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STR 581 Week 2 Individual Capstone Final Exam Part 1 NEW
Marreese works as a janitor in a company. She is fed up of her manager who has been verbally abusing her. The fear of losing her job and further harassment causes her to refrain from escalating the manager’s behavior to the senior manager. Throug which of the following ways should Marreese resolve the problem?
Lattel Inc. holds 50 percent of the market share for video games and 90 percent of the market share for action figures. The management decides to cease investment in action figures and invest the money generated from the sales of action figures in research and development for video games.
Which of the following is the likely reason behind the management’s decision?
Joshua has been working as a project manager in an information technology company for three years. Martha is a delivery team lead in the same company. When the company receives a project that has to be completed in a short span of time, Joshua decides to increase the daily work hours of the delivery team to accommodate the project. Martha, however, insists that Joshua request the client for a time extension. Not willing to reach an agreement, Joshua and Martha ignore each other’s opinions and begin working on the project individually. Which of the following conflict-handling intentions does this scenario portray?
Jennifer is a manager in an upscale store selling perfumes for women. She is high on “initiating structure” and low on “consideration.” Which of the following actions is she likely to engage in to influence her subordinates?
Airlines, as core service providers, provide tangible goods, such as food and beverages to the passengers during flight. Core service providers must blend tangible goods with services. Based on the above description, which of the following is a core service?
TechMark Inc. manufactures smartphones with higher RAMs to address consumers’ need to run multiple applications without affecting the smartphone’s performance.
To persuade the consumers to purchase its products, the management runs social media campaigns targeting specific consumer needs. Which of the following functional activities of the value chain is the management performing at this stage
Josh works as a clerical assistant in a law firm located in a small town. He is not satisfied with the pay provided to him. His company is only one of two firms located in the town, and the other firm does not have requirements for a similar job role. Which of the following is a constructive behavior that Josh is likely to engage in?
Joshua is a project manager in an information technology company. The company receives a project that has to be completed in a short span of time. Joshua decides to increase the daily work hours of the delivery team to fast-track the project. However, Martha, the delivery team lead, does not want her team to be put under pressure and insists that Joshua request the client for a deadline extension. Joshua wants to please the client, so he is against Martha’s suggestion. Which of the following is an effective strategy to resolve their differences without the need to compromise on each other’s stand?
Meera works as a first line manager in an assembly plant. During an economic crisis, the company instructs her to lay off assembly line workers with poor performance ratings.
Keeping the workers’ interests in mind, Meera suggests that they be given additional training so that they become more efficient at their work. She adds that this may improve the overall performance of the company. Which of the following leadership styles does Meera display?
The managers at TeteTech Inc., a company that provides back-end support to multinational technology firms, measure the company’s performance by assessing the time taken by its employees to resolve customers’ queries. Based on the results, the managers find ways to increase the efficiency of individual telephone operators. Which of the following tasks are the managers performing?
A manufacturing plant uses 2 kanbans to deliver inputs from its suppliers to the assembly line. When a kanban is empty, it is sent back to the supplier for replenishment. The operations manager increases the number of kanbans from 2 to 4 to meet a sudden rise in demand. Which of the following decisions should the manager make to ensure that the input inventory is not overstocked when the demand subsides?
Managers at Widget Corp., a television manufacturer, are engaged in a planning exercise. During one dummy activity, managers generated different future situations along with development of response strategies.
One of the assumption by them was, the demand for their 15 inch televisions will reduce by 30% in the next decade, and this demand will be replaced by tablet computers. Based on this assumption, the managers developed a plan that included starting a manufacturing plant for tablets in the next two years. It is evident that the managers at Widget Corp. were engaged in __________.
Trident Inc. operates in several industries. One of its division deals with desktop named Belwick. The company management is planning to revamp Belwick, which produces a range of customized desktops. Although Trident Inc. has a sizable share and is producing revenue, the market for its customized desktops is rapidly declining. In this segment, Trident Inc.
is facing reduced sales due to strong competition in the market. Trident’s management wants Belwick’s marketing group to develop a strong turnaround plan for the division.
Which among the following steps should be avoided by Belwick’s marketing group to survive in the present market
Aitana Inc. produces different kinds of prescription drugs. Owing to the popularity of these drugs, the management decides to diversify the company’s portfolio by entering into a new market segment. It chooses to manufacture organic baby formulas.
The marketing team that was successful in selling the prescription drugs failed to attract a significant share of the new target market because it did not have the expertise required to assess the new market. Which of the following organizational structures should the company adapt to be successful in both the market segments?
Jasmine is a marketing manager. When one of her subordinates comes up with the idea to run a social campaign to generate user awareness, Jasmine accepts without hesitation. She is used to campaigning over traditional media, and she knows that a campaign over social media can invite quick negative reviews.
However, she is willing to take the risk. Jasmine’s actions portray her:
Mercel Inc., a garments manufacturing company, recruits Fredrick as a senior human resource manager. As his first assignment, the company instructs him to take measures to portray the company as being inclusive of minority groups. Fredrick recruits a few people from a minority group to some key positions in the company and refrains from recruiting more people from that group. Which of the following problems is evident in the company’s and Fredrick’s actions?
Max &Leaon’s, a popular hypermarket, attracts the best of salespeople with its popular commission plans. Salespeople are paid huge incentives for every sale they make.
Soon the management realizes that salespeople are not interested in marketing the hypermarket’s services and hard-to-sell items. Which of the following actions, if taken by the company, would motivate salespeople of Max &Leaon’s?
Consider the following financial data of Eastlake Service Industries from the past year.
Gross income X
Total sales Y
Total annual credit sales Z
Net income W
Cost of goods sold V
Total assets T
Average inventory value L
Average account receivables K
Considering the data mentioned above, which of the following is the correct expression for the receivables turnover ratio of Eastlake Service Industries?Martha was recently appointed as a senior operations manager in a leading multinational company. However, she is not satisfied with the pay rate that the company is providing her.
She thinks that the pay is significantly less compared to industry standards. Martha’s perceived unfairness is because of the difference in:
Sara works as the marketing manager of a leading beverage producer. The company is accustomed to promoting its products through newspapers and television. To keep up with the evolving trend of social media marketing, Sara suggests that the company start investing in social media to promote its products. If Sara wants to portray herself as a charismatic leader to the management, what should she do?
X Wheels, a wheel manufacturing company, was using a single machine to produce wheels for cars, trucks, and airplanes until 2009. Workers at X Wheels needed as much as four hours to set up the automated equipment when they switched from one type of wheel to the other. Aiming to reduce the time required for setting up the machine, X Wheels introduced a new machine in 2010, which could be set up in one hour for the varying production needs. This step also reduced its operating costs by a significant amount without limiting customer options. On the basis of the above scenario, it can be said that X Wheels incorporated __________ to reduce their operating costs.
Andrea attends an interview in an IT company for a senior marketing manager’s position. During the negotiation process, she mentions that the compensation offered by the company is satisfactory, but it is not sufficient to splurge on yearly trips. Which of the following is an indirect financial payment that will satisfy Andrea’s financial needs?
Clara, a senior manager at MC Consultants, tells her subordinate, David, during the annual appraisal process that his performance has been poor over the past few months. David argues that his performance was up to the expected standards set by the company. In which of the following ways should Clara deal with David’s claim?
One receptionist posted an anonymous blog on the web that said, “I work in a five-star hotel, servicing the rich and famous. That being said, the people who come to the reception are not worth servicing sometimes. In fact, the guests can be idiots. I am often treated with no respect, and nobody listens to me until I threaten to call the security and put them in their place.” Clearly, if a receptionist is in a bad mood, it is going to influence her perceptions of guests, which will in turn influence her behavior. It is evident that the receptionist exhibits __________.
Mark Cavell is a senior manager in a technology firm. Two of his team members, Clara and Rodriguez, are up for a promotion. Mark gives the promotion to Rodriguez.
Which of the following criteria, if considered by Mark for the promotion, would be viewed as illegally discriminatory?
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STR 581 Week 2 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 1 Environmental Scan NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
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STR 581 Week 2 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 1 Environmental Scan NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
You will perform an environmental scan for your target company.
Choose an organization according to the following:
- Current employer
- Most recent or former employer
- Place of business that you have patronized or have been familiarwith over a long period of time.
- Avoid choosing an organization that is so large that historical datawould be difficult to apply. Firms in the Russell 2000® index may fit well,whereas firms in the Dow 30 Industrial index probably do not.
- The organization can be a start-up that you or a significant other maycreate in the future. For a start-up, focus on an entrepreneurial idea thatis of substantive interest, so this project leaves you with a product youmay leverage in the future.
Write a 1,050-word minimum environmental analysis in which youinclude the following:
• Determine how to create value and sustain competitive advantageusing the environmental scanning strategy.
• Evaluate the company’s external environment.
- Assess the company’s general environment.
- Evaluate the organization’s industry operating environment.
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STR 581 Week 3 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 2 Internal Environmental Analysis NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
Write a 1,400-word minimum internal environmental analysis in whichyou include the following:
• Assess the organization’s internal environment.
• Identify the most important strengths and weaknesses of yourorganization including an assessment of the organization’s resources.
• Identify the most important internal environmental factors in thegeneral, industry, and external analysis in relation to the internalanalysis.
• Perform competitor analysis.
• Assess the structure of the organization and the influence this has onits performance.
• Determine the organization’s competitive position and the
possibilities this provides.
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STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Apple Inc) NEW
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status.
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. Obtain results for the last 5 years.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations that are designed to realize growth.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences
Length of time in the current position
Major career accomplishments Leadership and management styles Vision for the company Innovative accomplishments Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Gap Inc) NEW
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status.
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. Obtain results for the last 5 years.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations that are designed to realize growth.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences Length of time in the current position Major career accomplishments Leadership and management styles Vision for the company Innovative accomplishments Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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STR 581 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Mini Strategy (Southwest Airlines) NEW
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status.
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices. Obtain results for the last 5 years.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations that are designed to realize growth.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences
Length of time in the current position
Major career accomplishments
Leadership and management styles
Vision for the company
Innovative accomplishments
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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STR 581 Week 4 Individual Capstone Final Exam Part 2 NEW
1 Intanke Inc. manufactures vacuum cleaners. The following information is available for the company.
Per unit cost
Sales $550
Variable expenses 370
The fixed expenses are $95,000. Calculate the net operating income for 750 vacuum cleaners.
A. $135,000
C. $35,000
D. $40,000
2 Rinetin Corporation has been falsifying its financial statements for the past year. The staff in the accounting department of the company have been fake employee IDs and recording payments on the company’s payroll. The funds sent to these fake employees are then redirected to the company’s bank accounts. When Rinetin Corporation is audited, the auditors fail to discover this fraud because of their negligence. Months later, a whistle-blower alerts the appropriate authorities about the company’s deceptive practices. In this scenario, the accountants who conducted the audit of the company will be held civilly liable under __________.
A. Section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
B. Section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933
C. Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933
D. Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
3 Jonah’s Restaurant reports net income of $20,000 during the year 2015. It distributes a dividend of $6,000 to its shareholders. Calculate the retention ratio. A. 50% B. 30% C. 80% D. 70%
4 Wilande Inc., a leading apparel store, acquires Parewa Inc., an energy drink manufacturer. This is an example of a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. congeneric merger B. horizontal merger C. conglomerate acquisition D. vertical acquisition
5 Gina and Samantha are discussing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Gina argues that although the act requires the management of a company to explicitly declare in writing that a company’s financial statements accurately and fairly represent the financial results, no steps have been taken to ensure that this rule is followed. Which of the following statements weakens Gina’s argument?
A. An individual who is employed by a certified public accounting firm that audits a company can be employed as the CEO or CFO of that company to ensure the fairness of its financial statements.
B. If a company’s financial statements contain misrepresentations, the CEO and CFO run the risk of serving time in jail.
C. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits a public company from granting personal loans to any of its executive officers or directors
D. If a CEO or CFO of a company fails to comply with the provisions of the act, he or she is subject to a fine up to $10,000 and one year in jail.
6 Ray is an entrepreneur who has recently started his own venture. Since he does not have the resources to hire a financial expert, he has to manage the company’s finance in addition to managing the company. He needs to calculate the working capital of his business. From the following information, calculate the net working capital.
Cash $20,000 Accounts receivable 12,000 Accounts payable 14,500 Inventory 32,000 Accrued expenses 6,500
A. $23,000
B. $49,500
C. $11,000
D. $43,000
7 Blanrin Inc. currently produces all the components for the products it makes and sells. The total costs of producing a component,
Component Y, for one of its products are given below. The annual requirement of Component Y is 2,200 units.
Direct materials $19,800
Direct labor 11,000
Variable manufacturing overhead 15,400
Fixed manufacturing overhead 13,200
An external supplier offers to sell the component to Blanrin Inc. for $23 per unit. After analysis, it is found that if the company buys the component instead of producing it, all of its variable costs and $8,200 of its fixed overhead costs will be eliminated. If Blanrin Inc. decides to buy the component instead of manufacturing it, how will the decision affect the company?
A. Its net income will increase by $8,200.
B. Its net income will increase by $3,800.
C. Its net income will decrease by $3,800.
D. Its net income will increase by $4,400.
8 Rick, a certified accountant, is asked to conduct an audit of the financial statements of Schenk Ltd. However, the company refuses to cooperate with Rick and does not provide him with the necessary information. This makes it impossible for him to carry on with the audit. In this scenario, which of the following opinions is Rick most likely to express? A. Adverse opinion B. Disclaimer of opinion C. Unqualified opinion D. Qualified opinion
9 Susan is a financial manager at Rvetz Corporation. She wants to evaluate the efficiency with which the company is using its resources. For this reason, she needs to calculate the operating margin from the information given below.
Net sales $3,500,000 Cost of goods sold 1,750,000 Office rent 54,500 Selling expenses 350,000 Interest expense 50,000 Other operating expenses 88,500
Which of the following will be the result? A. 38.4% B. 35.9% C. 85.9% D. 64.1%
10 Calculate depreciation from the following information.
Accounting profit break-even point 2,871 units Fixed costs $4,083,200 Sales price $42 per unit Total variable costs $2,600 Number of units 100 A. $706,200 B. $510,400 C. $812,000 D. $1,483,200
10 Calculate depreciation from the following information.
Accounting profit break-even point 2,871 units Fixed costs $4,083,200 Sales price $42 per unit Total variable costs $2,600 Number of units 100 A. $706,200 B. $510,400 C. $812,000 D. $1,483,200
11 Yalken Corporation is considering the purchase of a new machine. The cost of the machine is $250,000. The cash flows for five years are given below.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Cash flows $84,790 $102,500 $70,580 $64,760 $115,700
The company is in the 35 percent tax bracket. Assuming that the cost of capital is 12%, calculate the net present value. A. $314,452 B. $64,463 C. $(64,452) D. $204,394
12 Which of the following scenarios illustrates a violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
• Natalie is assigned to audit a company’s financial records. She finds it impossible to arrive at a conclusion and issues a disclaimer of opinion.
• Ronan, the CFO of Puvane Inc., is granted an unsecured loan by the company to pay his son’s medical bills.
• Tina, an accountant, fails to detect a fraud in the financial statements of the company she audits.
• Wong is a member of the audit committee of a public corporation. However, he is an external member and was not employed by the corporation.
13 Tanial Inc. has $950,000 in assets and $400,000 in debt. If it earns net income of $350,000, calculate the return on assets A. 63.6% B. 36.8% C. 271.4% D. 87.5%
The financial manager of a company needs to measure
how efficiently the company’s total assets are being used to generate sales. From the information given below, calculate the relevant ratio he needs for this purpose.
Cash $220,000 Accounts receivable 1,800,000 Inventory 950,000 Plant and equipment 1,330,000 Sales 10,000,000 A. Assets turnover ratio of 0.3 B. Debt to assets ratio of 3.4 C. Assets turnover ratio of 2.3 D. Debt to assets ratio of 0.4
15 Jose, a financial expert of Cerione Ltd., analyzes the data given below. What conclusion is he likely to arrive at?
Sales $161,000
Cost of goods sold 110,000
Gross margin $ 51,000
Total selling and administrative expenses 39,500
Net operating income $ 11,500
Interest expenses 2,170
Net income before taxes $ 9,330
Income tax (30%) 2,799
Net income $ 6,531
A. The company does not have adequate resources to pay the interest due to creditors.
B. The company’s gross margin is 20 percent.
C. The company has sufficient resources to pay the interest due to creditors.
D. The company’s earnings before interest is the same as its earnings after taxes.
16 The capital structure for Purnen Corporation is given below. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
Debt: 10%, 1,500 bonds, 20 years to maturity, selling for 105% of par. The bonds have a $1,000 par value each and make annual payments.
Common stock: 3,000,000 shares outstanding at a par value of $1, selling for $35 a share. The expected dividend is $2.8, and the growth rate is 10%.
Preferred stock: 5,000 shares of 6% preferred stock outstanding, selling for $103 a share and having a par value of $100. The flotation cost is $3, and the dividend is $9.
The corporate tax rate is 35%.
A. 8.4%
B. 16.5%
C. 9.96%
D. 13.65%
17 Raul needs to choose one alternative from the four alternatives given below. Applying the concept of time value of money, which of the following alternatives should he select?
A. Receiving $130 at the end of two years at an interest rate of 8% compounded annually
B. Receiving $100 at the end of two years at an interest rate of 9% compounded annually
C. Receiving $150 at the end of three years at an interest rate of 7% compounded annually
D. Receiving $90 at the end of one year at an interest rate of 5% compounded annually
18 Josh and Mike are discussing the pros and cons of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. While Josh argues that the act has a high compliance cost, Mike is of the opinion that companies can easily avoid these costs by choosing to go dark and delisting their shares from exchanges. Josh, in turn, states that such a choice comes with its own drawbacks. Which of the following statements best supports Josh’s argument?
A. Companies that choose to go dark typically have only limited access to capital markets.
B. Mandatory annual audits by independent auditors are carried out regardless of whether or not companies choose to go dark.
C. Executives of companies that choose to go dark are required to certify the accuracy of financial statements.
D. Companies that go dark are required to file annual reports.
19 Robert is a manager of a small-scale firm. He needs to decide whether the firm has sufficient resources to meet its short-term obligations. Calculate the ratio that Robert needs to calculate from the information given below.
Cash and cash equivalents $1,057,600 Accounts receivables 1,556,500 Short-term investments 770,300 Other current assets 420,500 Accounts payable 995,700 Long-term debt 528,000 Short-term debt 176,000 Other current liabilities 2,495,700
A. Current ratio of 0.92
B. Current ratio of 1.04
C. Debt ratio of 0.91
D. Debt ratio of 1.26
20 Mark wants to withdraw $6,500 at the end of three years and $8,000 at the end of five years. He wants to do this in such a way that the account balance drops to zero after the last withdrawal. Assuming that the interest rate is 5%, how much money should Mark deposit today to ensure that his needs are met? A. $11,883.15 B. $653.26 C. 5,614.94 D. $6,268.21
21 Darrin Corporation is considering a proposal to purchase a new piece of equipment. The cost of the equipment is $16,611. The equipment is estimated to provide an annual cash flow of $3,000 for the next nine years. The company has a required rate of return of 15%. Calculate the internal rate of return (IRR), and interpret the results. Use the present value of an annuity table.
• Since the cash flows are evenly distributed, the proposal should be accepted.
• Since the IRR is lesser than the required rate of return, the proposal should be rejected.
• Since the capital investment is higher than $15,000, the proposal should be rejected.
• Since the IRR is greater than the required rate of return, the proposal should be accepted.
22 Calculate the total equivalent units for materials from the information given below.
Percentage complete
Units Materials Conversion
Work in process, June 1 1,100 60% 35%
Units started into production during June 22,500
Units completed and transferred to the next department 21,800 100% 100%
Work in process, June 30 1,800 50% 15%
A. 2,070
B. 23,400
C. 22,700
D. 21,260
23 Bob is a project leader in a software company. He assigns tasks to his team members, explains how to execute the tasks, and sets weekly goals for them. He convenes meetings to discuss the progress of projects at each stage of execution and does not bother about the personal issues of his team when he evaluates any dip in their performance with respect to the targets he set. In accordance with House’s path-goal theory, which of the following leadership behaviors does Bob display? A. Participative behavior B. Directive behavior C. Supportive behavior D. Achievement-oriented behavior
24 The following information is given for Rafea Corporation.
Rafea Corporation
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2016
Assets Liabilities
Cash $ 20,300 Accounts payable $ 82,400
Marketable securities 33,000 Bonds payable 215,300
Accounts receivable 74,200 Common stock 78,900
Inventory 82,400 Paid-in-capital 37,600
Fixed assets 258,500 Retained earnings 54,200
468,400 468,400
Which of the following can be inferred from the data?
A. The company has a current ratio of 1.51.
B. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74.
C. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.
D. The company has a current ratio of 1.13.
25 Calculate the direct labor quantity variance from the information given below.
Standard rate $13 per hour Standard hours 4,300 hours Actual hours 5,000 hours Actual rate $11.50 per hour A. $15,550 unfavorable B. $1,600 favorable C. $9,100 unfavorable D. $6,450 unfavorable
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STR 581 Week 4 Individual Strategic Plan, Part 3 Strategic Evaluation NEW (Kohl’s Corporation)
In this section, you will be evaluating various strategies and makingrecommendations for the organization.
Write a 1,050-word minimum strategic evaluation in whichyou includethe following:
- Evaluate potential business level strategies for the organization.
- Assess potential corporate level strategies for the organization.
- Assess potential global strategies for the organization.
- Recommend a strategy or combination of strategies the organizationshould implement, and include a rationale for that recommendation.
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Write a 1,400-word minimum strategic implementation plan in which you include the following:
- Create an implementation plan including:
- Objectives
- Functional tactics
- Action items
- Milestones and deadlines
- Tasks and task ownership
- Resource allocation
- Recommend any organizational change management strategies thatmay enhance successful implementation.
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Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status:
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report the most recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations to the board of directors including rationale.
Evaluate the potential generic strategies being considered.
Assess the potential value disciplines being considered for the organization.
Evaluate the potential grand strategies for the organization.
Assess potential global strategies for the organization.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences
Length of time in the current position
Major career accomplishments
Leadership and management styles
Vision for the company
Innovative accomplishments
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Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status:
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report the most recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations to the board of directors including rationale.
Evaluate the potential generic strategies being considered.
Assess the potential value disciplines being considered for the organization.
Evaluate the potential grand strategies for the organization.
Assess potential global strategies for the organization.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences
Length of time in the current position
Major career accomplishments
Leadership and management styles
Vision for the company
Innovative accomplishments
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for a Mini-Strategy using the Mini-Strategy Outline. Include the following in your outline:
Evaluate the organization’s vision statement.
Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.
Assess the organization’s current status:
Leadership
Board members
Structure
Number of employees
Conduct a basic SWOT analysis including the implications of the environment on a global organization.
Report the most recent financial results including annual revenues, annual after tax earnings, and year end stock prices.
Perform competitor benchmarking.
Develop strategic recommendations to the board of directors including rationale.
Evaluate the potential generic strategies being considered.
Assess the potential value disciplines being considered for the organization.
Evaluate the potential grand strategies for the organization.
Assess potential global strategies for the organization.
Create a profile of the current CEO including the following:
Background and accomplishments
Education and educational experiences
Length of time in the current position
Major career accomplishments
Leadership and management styles
Vision for the company
Innovative accomplishments
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
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