...Case 1: Malincho (Word limit: 1000 words, A4, 12-times new roman, 1.5 line spacing) Q1. What is the Case all about? The case is all about Mr. Kalin Pentchev’s business. Kalin is a Bulgarian who traveled to the US for his Accounting and Finance studies. His experiences and discussions led him to the cheese business: Bulgarian feta importation. The case describes his story from 2000 to 2003 where he started from nothing and built a well-established business. His activity went from importing containers of cheese only, to importing a variety of Eastern European products. * First time business * Early stages * Opportunities Q2. Please describe Mr. Kalin Pentchev’s personality Kalin is a hardworker, selfmade man who doesn’t seem to have limits on what he can do to create a successful business. He has an interesting personality because he can spend a lot of time brainstorming before taking a decision, but when it comes to solve an urgent issue he is able to think fast and adapt to almost any situation. Intelligent with strong business abilities, he knows how to manipulate peoples mind like when he decides to buy a brand new car and a suit just to impress the people he has to make business with. Q3. Is It a good opportunity for Kalin’s business? Kalin started from almost nothing. He had to take risks, think fast and use his network to succeed, while remaining aware of the costs and benefits of everything. His personality suits perfectly for his activity since you need...
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...Littlefield Technologies Assignment 5 PM on February 22 . Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. Accessing your factory http://quick.responsive.net/lt/toronto3/entry.html Littlefield Technologies’ Operations board stuffing testing tuning Operations Policies at Littlefield Purchasing Supplies Processing in Batches Contract Pricing Borrowing from the Bank Cash Balance The winning team is the team with the most cash at the end of the game (cash on hand less debt). Current State of the System and Your Assignment At the end of day 350, the factory will shut down and your final cash position will be determined. Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL SECONDS TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES. SOMETIMES THEY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO BE PROCESSED. Written Assignment: Analysis of Game 2 of Littlefield Technologies Simulation Due March 14, 8:30 am in eDropbox Your group is going to be evaluated in part on your success in the game and in part on how clear, well structured and thorough your write-up is. The write-up only covers the second round, played from February 27 through March 3. It should not discuss the first round. Your write-up should address the following points: • A brief description of what actions you chose and when. Not a full list of every action, but the major...
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...Make sure your Numbers paragraph follows guidelines on both sides of handout Numbers Intro Paragraph Grading Rubric 1. Presentation 20 points __ 4 3 2 Margins All 1 inch __ 4 3 2 Page Number Last name & page number in header, right justified __ 4 3 2 Title Block Following sample on other side __ 4 3 2 Line Spacing All double space—NOT 1.15 + double space __ 4 3 2 Title Represents Thesis; no extra space before or after; no bold, no underline, 12 pt font, capitalized first word and all words except prepositions (in, on, etc.), conjunctions (and, or, etc.), and articles (the, a, or an) 2. Organization 50 points (20, 20, 10) __ 20 18 16 Intro Sentence Get reader’s attention. Begin with something recognizable and then transition to Numbers—2 sentences maximum __ 20 18 16 Thesis/Main point of Numbers—A thesis statement is a single declarative sentence that states what you want your readers to know, believe, or understand about the content of Numbers after having read your essay—1 sentence __ 10 9 8 Points/Proofs 1. Moving from Sinai to the border of the promised land 2. Rejection of the promised land 3. 40 years of wasted travel 4. Balaam, Balak, and Baal-Peor—the end of the 1st generation Rewrite my 4 points: 1–3 sentences to defend your Thesis 3. Mechanics: 30 points __ 30 27 24 Read through 3 times checking for errors ___ TOTAL Example from Deuteronomy Dino Pedrone,...
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...The Haier Group: U.S. Expansion I. INTRODUCTION A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Summary statement of the problem: The Haier Group is a major home electrical appliance maker based out of China. This company was listed as the only Chinese name brand among the world’s 100 most recognizable brands in a global name brand list edited by the World Brand Laboratory. The main issue that Haier Group is facing is how expand into the U.S. market. 2. Summary statement of the recommended solution: Haier has been successful in the Chinese and foreign market but is looking to succeed in the U.S. market. The problem is, Haier has to compete with well known electrical appliance maker companies like General Electric, Whirlpool, Maytag, Electrolux, Sony, Panasonic, Phillips and LG. All of these companies are well known in the US and have control over the market. Haier Group will have to lower their prices for their products in order to get U.S. consumers to want buy their products. Then they’ll have to convince U.S. consumers that their products are comparable with the other major brands when it comes to productivity. When they achieve this goal there will be no stopping Haier. B. THE SITUATION Haier Group started out in 1984 and was enterprise that was owned by the Chinese government. They originally imported refrigerator technology from Germany. Haier would eventually start to venture into international expansion, acquisitions and mergers, capital operations, scientific...
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...always so, there are times where conflict can bring unexpected qualities from people – change a person for the better. Humans are stubborn, without being naturally stubborn, humans would have not evolved like we did. Furthermore, conflict leads to the building of strong relationships amongst those involved. An agreement is formed between people with the same goal of overcoming conflict; they can support each other through this hardship. During “Omagh”, the Help and Support group had Protestants and Catholic members. Even though the two did not blend together before, they were united in conflict. Additionally, the United Nations was formed on the basis of this idea - People had the same beliefs about world peace and formed an organization leading the charge for a better world. When people fight for the same cause, they are united together as one. People change for the better. However, every coin has two sides. Conflict is not always virtuous; it breeds suffering. Whether it is at the mercy of global or local catastrophes, people are most vulnerable during...
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...Finance 475 Euroland Foods Case Spring, 2014 1. What are the various capital-budgeting tools currently used by leading firms? Define each, and discuss the accept/reject criterion for each. Which one is “best,” and why is it best? 2. Evaluate the capital-budgeting criteria of Euroland Foods on page 326. Their “Minimum Acceptable IRR” criterion is wrong. Why? Also, why is their criteria not a complete set of criteria with which to evaluate projects? 3. Evaluate the “Minimum Acceptable IRR” returns that Euroland uses for different types of projects. (See page 326.) When, if ever, should these returns be used as the hurdle rate instead of WACC? 4. Evaluate Euroland’s capital rationing. Do you agree or disagree with this policy? Why? If you disagree, then what policy should Euroland follow? 5. In Exhibit 3, rank order (from first to fifth) the five most profitable of the 11 projects, in accordance with correct, risk adjusted capital-budgeting criteria. State the NPV of each of the five projects. Explain your ranking criteria. (Note: create a table showing ONLY the five most profitable projects and their profitability; do NOT state any other projects.) 6. Did Euroland take risk into account in its capital budgeting? If so, how? Which project is the riskiest, and why? There are several reasons why the riskiest project is riskiest; name three reasons. 7. Which of the 11 possible projects was not evaluated in Exhibit 3? Why do you think it was not evaluated? Calculate...
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...Internet Info A new management team at VW do Brazil develops and deploys a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard to accomplish a turnaround and cultural change after eight consecutive years of financial losses and market share declines. The team uses the strategy map to align financial and project resources to the strategy, and to motivate its more than 20,000 employees by communicating the strategy in multiple ways and installing reward and recognition programs. It also establishes new programs to align the extensive networks of suppliers and dealers to the strategy. But after a sharp decline in sales triggered by the global financial crisis of 2008, the executive team faces a dilemma: should cut back production levels and funding for strategic initiatives until sales recover, or should it continue to invest for the future? Balanced scorecard to monitor and anlayze the root cause of the problems: market share decline & financial losses BSC was based on strategy map which had power to decode high-level objectives into operational terms that mobile their employee teams Key problem: cut back production levels and funding for strategy initiatives until sales recover OR should it continue to invest for future https://www.scribd.com/doc/216303578/Volkswagen-Do-Brasil Question 1,2, 4, 5, 7 Quetsion 1 Internal & external problems: External: * vast decrease in domestic market share * appreciation of Brazilian currency & increases in local labor...
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...Defining Diversity Defining Diversity * To me, diversity encompasses a wide range of elements in which to classify a student population. It includes the obvious such as race/ethnicity, culture, gender, disabilities, and socio-economic status. However, diversity goes so much deeper. Diversity also includes the various cognitive levels in students, the different styles in which they learn, and the various levels of motivation in students. Each of these diversity categories can be evidenced in an educational setting. The impact it has on a school can be positive if it is approached and handled appropriately by the school and its’ teachers. If it is not, it can have very negative effects on the school and the student. Having low expectations and showing bias toward one diverse group over another can have a very negative and lasting impact. It is important to acknowledge that ALL students can achieve if given the motivation and encouragement to do so. According to Janine Bempechat, high achievers in all ethnic groups believed that success was die to hard work. She concluded, “Teachers need to help low achievers understand that poor performance does not result from a lack of ability as much as from lack of trying” (Nieto & Bode, 2008). It is for this reason that it is of utmost importance that teachers convey positive messages to their students. Building self-esteem can be the first step in academic achievement. If students do not believe they have the ability...
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...KXI723 Organisational Problem Solving for Business Analysts, Semester 2, 2012 Assignment 1 – Executive Report on SODA/Cognitive Mapping Title: Executive Report Type: In-Semester - individual assignment Task Length: 12 A4 pages in 12 point font, double spaced , plus bibliography, use normal margins Weighting: 10% Due: 3.00pm Tuesday 21st August Description: Executive Report on SODA/Cognitive Mapping Methodology for Strategy Formulation and Organisational Problem Solving Imagine that you are an early career junior executive in a multinational corporation. You are well thought of by the CEO who regards you as an “ideas person”. The CEO has asked you to prepare a short briefing paper or executive report on the SODA/Cognitive Mapping methodology. The CEO hopes that you can clearly describe and explain the methodology in about 6 pages – the CEO does not have time to do the reading of books and journals himself and, further, does not have the time to read a report of more than 6 pages. For academic purposes please reference the Executive Report carefully, listing the references in alphabetical order of family names in a section called “References” [The References section does not count as part of the 6 pages]. In the Executive Report you are expected to cover, among other things, the following: • The assumptions and theory behind SODA/Cognitive Mapping • The nature of cognitive mapping, oval mapping and causal mapping and any differences between...
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...Communications Effective & Ineffective Rebecca Edwards BCOM/275 December 14, 2011 University of PhoenixDale J. Harrington Communications Effective & Ineffective Communication is a process of sending and receiving messages. Communication is to listen, receive information and someone else’s thoughts in writing, verbal or in person. I believe communications can be non-verbal or verbal. Verbal communications can be written or oral and non verbal is expressions, body move, and eye contact. We need to have good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, either with co-workers or family. Demonstrative can be effective by collaborating. I believe oral communication is very effective, because we are voicing our opinion and receiving feedback from each employee. Having good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, for example; co-workers family and friends. I believe in having eye contact indicates you are listening to the sender and [Incomplete sentence and the font size is 11 and not 12 with this paragraph.] Ineffective communication in an organization can lead to non-productive employees, due to ignoring the employees request or statements on the job situation. Unhealthy open door policy can make it difficult or employees to do their job properly. Some organizations have employees or management that have language barriers...
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...Advanced Corporate Finance: Guidelines for In-class Presentations and Term Papers 1. Grading The information in the handouts is not very clear and does not include the case, so here some more precision about the grading rules: Everybody should do a writeup for the Wrigley Capital Structure Case. If you only do the case the final exam will count for 70% and the case writeup for 30% of the final grade. In case you want to improve your grade you should think about handing in a term paper or making an in-class presentation. If you do this the case writeup as well as the term paper or presentation will count for 25% of the final grade and the final exam will be reduced to 50%. 2. In-class Presentations The fundamentals: Approximate size: 10-15 powerpoint slides Approximate duration: 15 min Presentation date: will be assigned by me depending on the content Maximum group size: 4 class participants Presentations are optional Not everybody will be able to participate in a presentation, Purpose of the in class presentation: The presentations are intended to summarize academic research on a given issue. The presentation should not only be factually correct and complete but the topic should be well presented. The class should be able to easily understand and follow the argumentation. Grades will not only depend on the content but also on the quality of the presentation. Format: There is no predefined format, as the optimal way to present an issue depends...
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...Page numbers appear in upper right corner Short title at left margin in caps Use the Header/Footer feature to insert the short title and page # at the top of every page. Use the words Running head on first page only (use header function of Different First Page) The title of the paper and subsequent information is centered on the page and double spaced Notice that the font is Times New Roman, 12 point size Learning Autobiography (LAB # 1): Formal and Informal Educational Experiences Student’s Name Date LAS 30012 Writing and Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts Ottawa University (Notice the next page number appears with short title) Title of Paper (Notice that the title of the paper is repeated here--centered, with the main words capitalized) Most of the papers you write at the college level should begin with an introduction. The introduction is much like a movie preview, in that it gives the reader a glimpse into what your paper is about, its purpose, and how it is organized. Instead of simply listing the things you will discuss in the paper, think creatively about how you could engage the reader and motivate him or her to want to read what you have written. The introduction section for both Learning Autobiographies should be one-quarter to one-half page in length. Formal Educational Experiences (Notice that the main headings of the paper are centered, boldface, and main words are capitalized. Also note that the heading...
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...ECE THESIS WRITING GUIDELINES I. Abstract All capitalized, bold font style, center page alignment, double line spacing (body) The abstract gives the reader an overview of the study, based on information from the other sections of the report. The information given in the abstract is usually the basis of many readers as to whether they will read the entire report or not. The abstract is one paragraph of about 100-200 words. The typical information elements included in an abstract are as follows: 1. Some background or general information on the study and the main topic (or purpose of the study and its scope) 2. Some information on how the study was conducted (or the methodology used in the study) 3. The most important findings of the study. 4. A statement of conclusion (justified based on the data presented). I. Body of the Manuscript Chapter 1 (Capitalize the first letter only, bold font style, center page) TITLE (FIRST LEVEL HEADING, bold face, center page) Example: Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Line spacing: double space Spacing before: 0 pt Spacing after: 0 pt Paragraph indention: 1.50 cm Alignment: justified. Line spacing in the body: double space; 0 pt before and after No extra space will be given after the last sentence and another paragraph Content of The Problem and its Setting This chapter gives an overview of the thesis/practicum of research report, giving the reader background or basis of the problem to be...
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...Your Last Name Your Full Name Professor_______________________________ IST 123, section ___, Journal 24 Date: 2 September 2015 Journal 24 (Delete These Instructions Before Printing: Please use double spaced for line spacing. Double sided printing is ok. YOU must staple all assignments. Unstapled assignments will not be accepted and counted late. Fill out the rubric attached at the end. Do not change the font or margins. Delete These Instructions Before Printing.) 7 Rules for Success in College (as determined during class exercise): |1 |Fill in from class notes | |2 | | |3 | | |4 | | |5 | | |6 | | |7 | | Choose...
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...Achieving Academic Success Joe Castillo Gen 201 26 May 2015 Douglas Millar Achieving Academic Success Triple click your mouse anywhere in this paragraph to replace this text with your introduction. Often the most important paragraph in the entire essay, the introduction grabs the reader's attention—sometimes a difficult task for academic writing. When writing an introduction, some approaches are best avoided. Avoid starting sentences with “The purpose of this essay is . . .” or “In this essay I will . . .” or any similar flat announcement of your intention or topic. Read more: Center for Writing Excellence>Tutorials and Guides>Essay Development>Guidelines for Writing Academic Essays. Goal Setting Goal Setting is one of the main skills needed in order to succeed in higher education, it helps you set a timeline, maintain organization, and gives you an idea of how far you’ve gone, and how much you have accomplished in your class. I haven’t always been a goal setter. It wasn’t until my second year in the Army when I was in Afghanistan surrounded by dirt, and trees slumped in a hot little wooden hut with seven other men doing the same boring routine, when our boss the Section Chief wanted to change things up. He told us we had one month to complete at least ten hours of correspondent courses, which are kind of like online college classes, except it was for the Army. Knowing that he wouldn’t take it lightly if I blew off the task, I one had to...
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