... Summary of Facts Upon assessment of the FY2004 financial information, Wendy Wiley, Northlake Bookstore’s manager, identified the first ever drop in book sales over the previous quarter. After identifying the drop in sales, Wendy turned to Chuck Irwin, the Vice Chancellor of Finance for Northlake University. He mentioned that Wendy should conduct a benchmarking analysis in order to identify the deficiencies that led to the drop in book sales. In addition, Chuck also asked Wendy to develop a set of short-term performance goals and measurements for future evaluations. Northlake is a private university located in the Midwest U.S. Annual enrollment is estimated at 12,700 students. Northlake is overwhelmingly comprised of undergraduate students. Over 60% of the university’s revenues come from student tuitions, with the majority of the remaining 40% stemming from donations and gifts. Chucks, the Vice Chancellor, is worried that the donations and gifts have decreased dramatically during the current year. He believes this is due to the current uncertain economic conditions and the stock market’s erratic performance. Wendy has been the bookstore’s manager for 7 years now. She previously worked as a Wal-Mart sales manager where she acquired15 years of experience in retail sales. Even though this is her first experience working in an academic environment, she has done an excellent job to date. In order to prepare for the benchmarking analysis report, Wendy has collected...
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...HBS Case Analysis-Wendy Peterson Name Institution Case Analysis-Wendy Peterson Executive Summary Every institution encompasses various stakeholders whose collective efforts determine the success or failure both in the short-run and in the long-run. However, most institution adopts a centralized structure of governance where all decisions are made from the top that often prove redundant or even ineffective. On that note, this paper addresses the success of Wendy Peterson that manifests through her unwavering commitment, industry, desire to achieve greater things despite her tender age in comparison with the superior employees in all institutions that she served. This case reveals that the management should not recruit its personnel based on age or other affiliations since Wendy has proved that age is an insignificant aspect as far as productivity is concerned. Thus, this paper presents a situation analysis of her presentations in the article. Besides, it diagnoses the problem, provides alternative solutions, recommendations, and the implementation step. Situation Analysis Wendy Peterson holds a degree in economics from Ivy League University in 2000. Upon her graduation, he joined AccountBack where he served as a junior manager as the article portrays. Her rise to prosperity is attributed to her industrious and tireless efforts that are compelled by curiosity to learn and attain superior objectives. These attributes earns Peterson a significant reputation from her...
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...3/15/2015 Lever Ltd. Group Case Study GROUP 5 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Situation Analysis 4 Environment 4 Economic Conditions & Trends 4 Cultural and Social Values & Trends 4 Political & Legal Issues 4 Summary of Environmental Opportunities & Threats 5 Implications for Strategy Development 5 Industry 5 Classification & Definition of Industry 5 Analysis of Existing Competitors 5 Analysis of Potential New Entrants 6 Analysis of Substitute Products 6 Analysis of Suppliers & Buyers 6 Summary of Industry Opportunities & Threats 7 Implications for Strategy Development 7 Organization 7 Objectives & Constraints 7 Financial Condition 8 Organizational Structure 8 Organizational Culture 9 Summary of the Firm’s Strengths & Weaknesses 9 Implications for Strategy Development 10 Marketing Strategy 10 Objectives & Constraints 10 Analysis of Sales, Profits & Market share 11 Analysis of Target Markets 11 Analysis of Marketing Mix Variables 12 Summary of the Marketing Strategy’s Strengths and Weaknesses 12 Implications for Strategy Development 12 Problems Found in Situation Analysis 13 Statement of Primary Problem 13 Evidence of Problem 13 Effects of Problem 13 Statement of Secondary Problem 13 Evidence of Problem 13 Effects of Problem 14 Strategic Alternatives for Solving Problems 14 Description of First Strategic Alternative 14 Benefits of First...
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...Name: Topic: Things to consider before adopting a puppy General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform people of factors to consider before adopting a dog, such as breed, age, space of home and training needs. Thesis Statement: Adopting a dog is a big responsibility, but it can also be an incredibly fun, rewarding experience as long as you consider some important factors Introduction: Attention-Getting Device: Imagine this, you decide to get a puppy so you go into a shelter and see the perfect one. A cute little 9 week old Border collie mix, that they say shouldn’t get over 40 pounds. That’s perfect! Not to big and just so darn cute. Three months later you’re ripping your hair out. Your nice leather couch, destroyed. The legs on your tables look like they’re chew toys, and your neighbors are complaining about the excessive amount barking. Speaker Credibility: I myself own a dog that was once returned to a shelter because the original owners were not educated on her breed and could not handle her energy level. Thesis Statement: There is a lot to consider when adopting a dog, but educating yourself on breeds, age, and training needs will help you make a decision that will result in a special friendship that will last for years to come. Preview Statement: Today I am going to teach you a few thing to consider before adopting your new dog. Being educated on Factors such as age, breed, and training can make all the difference when adopting your new dog. By following...
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...learning, we are going to use a KWL chart. An empty KWL chart will be displayed. The teacher will review the purpose of a KWL chart and then ask the students about what they already know about tadpoles and frogs. The students will turn and talk to discuss with their partner what they already know about tadpoles and frogs. The teacher will then call on one partner to announce what they know. The teacher will fill in the KWL chart with the students telling what they already know about tadpoles and frogs. The class will follow the same procedure discussing what they are wondering about the topic. The second partner will tell the teacher what they were wondering and she will write it on the chart.Mentor Text: From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer will be introduced. The teacher will describe the book as nonfiction and explain that a nonfiction book provides us with lots of information and can help us learn about a certain topic.The students will make predictions about what they think they will learn in the story based on cover and illustrations within the text. The 7 Step strategy to better vocabulary will be introduced through a pre-made chart illustrating each step. Pre-teach two tier 2 vocabulary words from the text: hibernation and cling using the seven step vocabulary...
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...LLB 428 CAM* IELTS with answer 2: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates ENG Exams – IELTS * Catt, Carolyn Language Passport, Preparing students for the IELTS interview New Zealand : Addison Wesley Longman, 1966 ENG Exams – IELTS * IELTS with answer 1: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates 428 JAK* Jakeman, Vanessa IELTS Practice Tests Plus London : Longman, 2001 LLB 428 SAH* Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS preparation and practice Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 ENG Exams – IELTS * Deakin, Greg Practice tests for IELTS Melbourne : Indonesia Australia Language Foundation, 1996 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS. Preparation and Practice. Reading and Writing . Academic Module Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 LLB 428 SAH Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS Preparation and Practice. Listening and Speaking Oxford University Press Melbourne, 2001 ENG Exams - IELTS CAM* IELTS with answer 3: (1b+2c) Cambridge : Cambridge Univerity Press, 2003 Summary: It containes: four complete tests for Academic candidates LLB 428 SAH* Sahanaya, Wendy IELTS preparation and practice: Listening and Speaking (1b+2c) Oxford : Oxford Univeristy Press, 2006 LLB 428 JAK* Jakeman, Vanessa Inside into IELTS extra with answers Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003 Summary: This book offers comprehensive preparation for the International English Language Testing...
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...IM Medicine and untrained employees BY Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi (7009417) October 10th 2013 ADM1100 Section B Professor’s name: James Bowen Executive Summary To: IM Medicine From: Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi Subject: IM Medicine and untrained employees Primary or central problem: The employees at IM Medicine do not follow and understand the company’s policies that have been in place for over 20 years. Alternatives: 1. Drugs inspection before dispatchment. 2. Company’s policies awareness. 3. Discourage doctors from accepting bribes and prescribing IM’s drugs to salespeople 4. Replace failing products with new ones. 5. Free medical consultation for customers that were affected by Filex. Facts considered: 1. Ignorance of employees 2. Lack of knowledge about the company’s policies 3. No cooperation among employees. Recommendation: The company should immediately compensate customers that were affected by Filex. A new and improved drug that can replace Filex should be introduced to the public. All drugs must be properly checked before they are dispatched to the public. Assumptions It would cost the company money to implement alternative and a long while to recover lost customers that might have switches to competitors. Statement of the problem Satellite problems: * IM Medicine is suffering from a decrease the company’s stock. This means a decrease in the sales of the drugs manufactured by...
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...Net Present Value and Project Evaluation IUJ, Spring 2006 Pham Thi Thuy Ha Marriott Corporation, an American firm, has 3 major lines of business: lodging, contract service and restaurants. Its growth objective is to remain a premier growth company. The four components of its financial strategy are consistent with this growth objective for the reasons: Manage rather than own hotel assets: Marriott sold its hotel assets to limited partners to reduce assets and thus, it can increase ROA and thereby increase potential profitability. Invest in projects that increase shareholders’ value: the discounted cash flow techniques to evaluate potential investments allow the company to invest only in profitable projects. Therefore, it can maximize the use of its cash flow to gain profits. Optimize the use of debt in the capital structure: because firms with lower percentage of debt have higher value, Marriott uses this strategy to increase its value and thereby increase it profitability. Repurchase undervalued shares: By buying back its undervalued shares, Marriott can increase PE ration when needed and can make its investors’ holdings more valuable because share prices will increase (increase in ROE). It also can appease investors and avoid pressure to increase dividend, thereby it can use its retained earnings to invest more in profitable projects. This strategy means that Marriott are confident in its future performance. Marriott use the Weighted-Average-Cost-of...
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...Marriott Corporation, an American firm, has 3 major lines of business: lodging, contract service and restaurants. Its growth objective is to remain a premier growth company. The four components of its financial strategy are consistent with this growth objective for the reasons: Manage rather than own hotel assets: Marriott sold its hotel assets to limited partners to reduce assets and thus, it can increase ROA and thereby increase potential profitability. Invest in projects that increase shareholders’ value: the discounted cash flow techniques to evaluate potential investments allow the company to invest only in profitable projects. Therefore, it can maximize the use of its cash flow to gain profits. Optimize the use of debt in the capital structure: because firms with lower percentage of debt have higher value, Marriott uses this strategy to increase its value and thereby increase it profitability. Repurchase undervalued shares: By buying back its undervalued shares, Marriott can increase PE ration when needed and can make its investors’ holdings more valuable because share prices will increase (increase in ROE). It also can appease investors and avoid pressure to increase dividend, thereby it can use its retained earnings to invest more in profitable projects. This strategy means that Marriott are confident in its future performance. Marriott use the Weighted-Average-Cost-of Capital (WACC) method to measure the opportunity cost for investments. WACC = (1-t)rD(D/V)...
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...ARTICLE IN PRESS Long Range Planning -- (2010) ---e--- http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lrp Complex Business Models: Managing Strategic Paradoxes Simultaneously Wendy K. Smith, Andy Binns and Michael L. Tushman As our world becomes more global, fast paced and hypercompetitive, competitive advantage may increasingly depend on success in managing paradoxical strategies strategies associated with contradictory, yet integrated tensions. We identify several types of complex business models organizations will need to adopt if they are to host such paradoxical strategies. Managing complex business models effectively depends on leadership that can make dynamic decisions, build commitment to both overarching visions and agenda specific goals, learn actively at multiple levels, and engage conflict. Leaders can engage these functions through team-centric or leader-centric structures. Ó 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction By the late 1990’s, USA Today was the highest circulating national newspaper in the United States.1 CEO Tom Curley and his senior executive team had created a new category of newspapers by negotiating distribution deals with hotels and businesses to provide national news to educated and high-income business travelers, a demographic that yielded excellent advertising revenues. When widening access to the Internet and the emergence of novel news content channels such as Yahoo! and AOL promised to put the newspaper’s position under...
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...Wendy’s Analysis Khalid Al-Ajmi Neil Commerce Terrell Matthews Anil K Cheerla MBAD 271: Strategic Management Professor Gary Bojes Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Mission Statement 4 Vision Statement 4 Analysis of Strengths: 5 Strength 1 5 Strength 2 6 Strength 3 7 Analysis of Weaknesses 8 Weakness 1 8 Weakness 2 9 Weakness 3 10 Summary of Strengths and Weaknesses 11 Internal Factors Framework 12 Three Core Elements of Wendy’s / Arby’s Strategy: 14 Scope: 14 Distinctive Competencies: 14 Competitive Advantage: 14 SWOT Analysis Matrix: 15 Internal-External Matrix: 17 Grand Strategy Matrix: 18 SPACE Matrix Analysis: 19 PARTS Analysis: 21 Count Summary Analysis: 22 Further Analysis 23 The Strategy 23 The Strategy Map 24 Financial Perspective 24 Customer Perspective 25 Internal Perspective (Operations) 26 Learning and Growth Perspective 27 Appendix 1-Strategy Map 29 Appendix 2- Balanced Scorecard 30 Executive Summary Wendy’s historically has fared very well within the fast-food industry; they have led or been the front runners in a number of key areas that are of extreme importance to customers. However, while Wendy’s has excelled since inception and been a key member in the big four of the fast-food industry inclusive of Wendy’s, McDonalds, Burger King, and YUM Brands, there are a number of area’s that Wendy’s could improved upon and areas of focus the company should examine more deeply in order...
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...TEACHING AND LEARNING RESEARCH EXCHANGE Exploring Identity and Social Justice through Drama in Schools Rhonda Rosenberg, Executive Director Saskatchewan Association for Multicultural Education Project #58 July 2001 This research was partially funded through a grant from the McDowell Foundation. However, the points of view and opinions expressed in project documents are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation. The purpose of the Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching is to fund research, inquiry and dissemination of information focusing on instruction (both teaching and learning) in the context of the public elementary and secondary education system. Specifically, it will: 1) contribute to knowledge about teaching and learning; 2) encourage educational inquiry through a wide range of methodologies; 3) support the involvement of practising teachers in active research projects; 4) encourage organizations as well as individuals to determine and act in areas of research and inquiry; and 5) encourage experimentation with innovative ideas and methodologies related to teaching and learning. The Foundation is an independent charitable organization formed by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation in 1991. It is governed by a Board of Directors with the assistance of an Advisory Committee of representatives from the educational and business communities. The selection and evaluation of projects funded by the...
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...Sport Obermeyer Case Report Table of Contents Executive summary 3 Introduction 5 Issues Identification and Root Cause Analysis 8 Alternatives and Options 9 Recommendations 10 Implementation 11 Monitor and Control 12 Conclusion and Management Issues 13 Exhibits 14 Executive Summary Sport Obermeyer is currently having great difficulty with matching supply with demand. We have to predict far in advance what styles are going to be popular and how they are going to be produced. Difficulty is more acute with seasonal demand and short life cycles and prediction which is speculative must be almost two...
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...COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES Competitive Strategies and Government Policies PLACE INTRODUCTION HERE – WENDY Solar energy is one of the cleanest energy sources available and some of the richest resources in the world. With modern technology the solar energy can be harnessed for many different uses from providing electric, to heating and cooling, even heating up water for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. The solar market faces both challenges and opportunities; the industry is working to scale up production of solar technology. Solar energy can be stored in what they call solar cells which are then made into large panels. By catching the solar rays the sun puts out including the suns heat it gives off it can be all used to provide all of us with the resources we need each day. Some utility-scale solar plants can store energy produced for use, and set it to be used after the sun sets in the evening. PLACE RAYKEYIA’S INPUT HERE Since the solar industry is now a big market that is propagating at a rapid past, it has also had a great impact on the economy. Companies and manufacturers in the USA that can be identified in this market are First Solar, Sun Power, United Solar Ovonic and many others that helping in the trend of solar energy. According to SEIA.com, the Solar Foundation's Solar Job Census 2012, there are more than 119,000 solar workers in the U.S., a 13.2 percent increase over employment totals in 2011. These workers are employed...
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...The Interplay of Diversity Training and Diversity Beliefs on Team Creativity in Nationality Diverse Teams by Astrid C. Homan, Claudia Buengeler, Robert A. Eckhoff, Wendy P. van Ginkel and Sven C. Voelpel. The journal puts forth the following research question; Does diversity training increase team creativity reflecting in better team cohesion and effectiveness but only for teams with less positive beliefs of diversity. The method in which the research is conducted is through a qualitative study whereas diversity beliefs questionnaires (online) were completed by 192 participants of 41 different nationalities. All of the participants were undergraduate students who were enrolled in an international university located in Germany. One of the gaps in the study was that the study failed to understand the long term effects of diversity training along with addressing the effects of it on individuals who have not been previously exposed to diverse conditions or diverse individuals. Additionally, the diversity training was only conducted for persons within an academic setting and may suggest that people outside of academia would respond much differently to diversity training. The findings of the research suggest and support the idea that a lack of diversity in organizations may be a liability and that providing diversity training to teams and organizations with a little or no diversity can achieve positive results but at the same time, may result in a reduction of creative performance...
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