Author: chris

You’ve just been hired onto ABC Company as the corporate controller. ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The company currently has annual sales of around $1.2 million, a 25% increase from the previous year. The company has an aggressive growth target of reaching $3 million annual sales within the next 3 years. The CEO has been trying to find additional products that can leverage the current ABC employee skillset as well as the manufacturing facilities.

As the controller of ABC Company, the CEO has come to you with a new opportunity that he’s been working on. The CEO would like to use the some of the shingle scrap materials to build cedar dollhouses. While this new product line would add additional raw materials and be more time-intensive to manufacture than the cedar shingles, this new product line will be able to leverage ABC’s existing manufacturing facilities as well as the current staff. Although this product line will require added expenses, it will provide additional revenue and gross profit to help reach the growth targets. The CEO is relying on you to help decide how this project can be afforded  Provide details about the estimated product costs, what is needed to break even on the project, and what level of return this product is expected to provide.

In order to help out the CEO, you need to prepare a six- to eight-page report that will contain the following information (including exhibits, but excluding your references and title page). Refer to the accompanying Excel spreadsheet (available through your online course) for some specific cost and profit information to complete the calculations.

Final Paper Spreadsheet

1. 1. An overall risk profile of the company based on current economic and industry issues that it may be facing.

 

1. 1. Current company cash flow

 

1. 1. 1. You need to complete a cash flow statement for the company using the direct method.
      2. Once you’ve completed the cash flow statement, answer the following questions:
         1. What does this statement of cash flow tell you about the sources and uses of the company funds?
         2. Is there anything ABC Company can do to improve the cash flow?

            Can this project be financed with current cash flow from the company? Why or why not?

         3. If the company needs additional financing beyond what ABC Company can provide internally (either now or sometime throughout the life of the project), how would you suggest the company obtain the additional financing, equity or corporate debt, and why?

 

1. 1. Product cost: ABC Company believes that it has an additional 5,000 machine hours available in the current facility before it would need to expand. ABC Company uses machine hours to allocate the fixed factory overhead, and units sold to allocate the fixed sales expenses. Bases on current research, ABC Company expects that it will take twice as long to produce the expansion product as it currently takes to produce its existing product.
      1. What is the product cost for the expansion product under absorption and variable costing?
      2. By adding this new expansion product, it helps to absorb the fixed factory and sales expenses. How much cheaper does this expansion make the existing product?
      3. Assuming ABC Company wants a 40% gross margin for the new product, what selling price should it set for the expansion product?
      4. Assuming the same sales mix of these two products, what are the contribution margins and break-even points by product?

 

1. 1. Potential investments to accelerate profit: ABC company has the option to purchase additional equipment that will cost about $42,000, and this new equipment will produce the following savings in factory overhead costs over the next five years:

      Year 1, $15,000

      Year 2, $13,000

      Year 3, $10,000

      Year 4, $10,000

      Year 5, $6,000

      ABC Company uses the net-present-value method to analyze investments and desires a minimum rate of return of 12% on the equipment.

      1. What is the net present value of the proposed investment (ignore income taxes and depreciation)?
      2. Assuming a 5-year straight-line depreciation, how will this impact the factory’s fixed costs for each of the 5 years (and the implied product costs)? What about cash flow?
      3. Considering the cash flow impact of the equipment as well as the time-value of money, would you recommend that ABC Company purchases the equipment? Why or why not?

 

1. 1. Conclusion:

 

1. 1. What are the major risk factors that you see in this project?
   2. As the controller and a management accountant, what is your responsibility to this project?
   3. What do you recommend the CEO do?

Writing the Final Paper

1. Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must document at least three, but no more than five sources in APA style,
7. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style a

Imagine that you work for your state’s environmental protection agency in the waste management division. Your boss has asked you to create a presentation on household hazardous waste (HHW) to give to community groups in an effort to encourage people to dispose of HHW properly.

 

Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the environmental and health risks of household hazardous waste. Use the notes section in PowerPoint to narrate your presentation. Your presentation should address the following topics:

 

 What is HHW?

 Why is it important to dispose of HHW properly?

 What are some best practices that people should follow to dispose of HHW properly?

 What regulations cover HHW?

 

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Be sure to include in-text citations on your slides, and provide a reference slide that lists all of your sources.

 

Please follow the Unit I Success Center Power Point Presentation Guide for developing your PowerPoint as it contains the best practices and strategies for creating your slides. Click here to access the Success Center Guide, Creating a Scholarly PowerPoint: Best Practices and Citation Information.

 

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below

Assignment 1 – Efficient performance organization is no longer effective. Discuss why this is the case, citing at least three (3) examples from business journals and/or the popular press (e.g.,Wall Street Journal). (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.).

 

Assignment 2 – Activity Instructions: CEO Analysis

 

This Activity is comprised of three (3) parts. Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style. (150 points) (A 5-page response is required for the combination of Parts A, B, and C.)

 

In this Activity, you will use the concepts you have learned to this point to analyze a CEO’s leadership abilities. Select a current or former CEO of your choosing. The CEO you choose does not necessarily have to be a successful or popular CEO. The person you choose may be, or have been, very unsuccessful or unpopular. However, you should find him or her to be interesting and a good example of many of the concepts you have studied in this course. You will want to choose someone fairly well known or, more specifically, someone well documented in order to have ample material for your analysis. You are required to review a minimum of (6) sources of information about the CEO in order to form your own conclusions and to obtain significant data relating to all the required concepts.

 

Part A

Introduction: Provide a 1-2 paragraph synopsis of your entire paper, similar to the abstract of a journal article. In the introduction, you should summarize the topic and your conclusions. (20 points)

 

Part B

Research: This portion of your paper should provide a comprehensive overview of the CEO’s career, highlights, achievements, and significant events. You must have a minimum of six (6) sources. These sources may be newspaper or magazine articles, books, or corporate press releases. In your search, do not focus simply on articles about the CEO. You should also attempt to find articles and/or books about the organization during the time the CEO was in charge. In addition, you should search for any written works by the CEO, which may provide excellent insight into him or her. Review as many sources as necessary to develop an in-depth understanding of the leader and his or her style of leadership. (60 points)

 

Part C

Conclusions and Examples: In this section, draw conclusions regarding the CEO’s leadership, focusing on the topics covered in the text. In addition to drawing conclusions, you must support your evaluation with specific behavioral examples drawn from your research. For example, if you were to state that Mr. Smith was clearly a highly extroverted individual; you would need to provide some evidence for that conclusion. You might state, “It is clear that Mr. Smith was highly extroverted based on numerous examples of his desire to be in the limelight. At an early age, Mr. Smith joined drama and debate teams and ran for class offices. Once he joined the corporate arena, Mr. Smith’s colleagues consistently described him as ‘the life of the party.’” You must address the following concepts, or topics, in your Conclusions section. (70 points)

 

1. Personality and Leadership Style
2. Courage and Moral Leadership

 

3. Motivation and Empowerment
4. Communication
5. Power and Influence
6. Vision and Strategic Direction
7. Culture and Values

 

 

Please keep in mind that the objective of this section is to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the required concepts, or topics. These topics are fairly broad and require a significant amount of discussion to demonstrate full knowledge. As a rule of thumb, you should cover no fewer than two (2) subtopics to sufficiently cover any given topic. For example, to discuss personality and leadership style fully, I might choose to discuss the Big-Five model: locus of control, authoritarianism, Theory X and Y, Myers Briggs, and charisma. I would choose these concepts both because they give a good overview of the topic I am required to cover and because the information I have gathered on the CEO I have chosen includes several examples I can use to illustrate these concepts. As I mentioned above, the CEO you choose does not necessarily need to demonstrate superior performance or glowing examples of the concepts. You may cite examples that demonstrate a lack of charisma.

Instructions
This is an essay for a group project essay only on the points highlighted.

Companies to compare:        Boston Consulting Group, Adobe, and Intel.
Your team has been charged to examine organizations that promote diversity. Your team is to research the designated companies using the following topics and questions to guide your research:
I attached also the companies’ information and the companies’ diversity initiatives portion from other team members.
Project Task Choices:
Introduction-Corrine
Company Information- see attachment
Company’s Diversity Initiatives- see attachment
Company’s Success-
Compare and Contrast: most and least diverse and focus on the value to managers that want to optimize stakeholder value in the organization.  How did you rate them?  This should be between 3 and 4 pages of your assignment.
Conclusion/Summary-Alessandra at 1 page

Throughout this class you have examined a product of the Waters Bottling Company and addressed market concepts/ theories that will play a role in the success or failure of that given product.

Using the Waters Bottling Company in Module 1, continue to build the Marketing Plan Sections for the product you have selected/ created. Complete the following in MS Word: Be concise but complete in your analysis of each plan element. Your employer wants to know you have left nothing out in your analysis.

This assignment represents Section 5 of the Marketing Plan. Use the guide to identify the sections of the Marketing Plan and the marketing elements contained therein. This assignment will focus on Section 5– Personal Selling & Global Markets (Module 5).

Section 5 – Promotion Mix/ Personal Selling & Global Markets (Module 5 LASA 2)

• Promotion Mix
  • Advertising
  • Personal Selling
  • Sales Promotion
  • Direct Marketing
  • Public Relations
• Brand Management
  • Branding Strategies
  • Emotional Branding
  • Brand Extension
• Global Markets
  • Opportunities & Challenges

Executive Summary

• • Marketing Implementation & Evaluation
  • Careers in Marketing

You will create a complete Marketing Plan by the end of the course. You will write the Fifth and last section of the Marketing Plan for this assignment. Use the Marketing Plan guide to identify the sections of the Marketing Plan and the marketing elements contained therein. This assignment will focus on Section 5 – The Promotion Mix/ Personal Selling & Global Markets (Module 5).

Relate all responses using the WBC scenario and the product you have selected to market in Module 1.

Create a 4- to 6-page Word document for this Marketing Plan Section. Apply a standard business writing style using the Market Planning Guide sections as your (headers/ sub heads/ bullets) to your work. Be sure to cite your work in the APA format.

After completing Section 5, assemble and submit all of the sections into a single comprehensive Marketing Plan document. Include a Title Page, Executive Summary, Table of Contents, and Appendix. Your Executive Summary should be compelling as you sum up the marketing elements that are the keys to the successful execution of this plan.

Careers in Marketing

• List the sections of the marketing plan.
• Identify possible careers associated for each section.
• Select two of those career choices and discuss the skills required to secure these two positions.
• Determine what steps you can take to develop those skills.

Be sure to provide supporting evidence for your statements. Remember to reference your sources of information.

Write your Careers in Marketing response in a minimum of 200–300 words. Apply a standard business writing style (headers/ sub heads/ bullets) to your work but be sure to cite your work in the APA format.

 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Evaluate the Advertising media for your advertising campaign. Select a theme, analyze and select your media choices. Include your rationale for your media selection.	30
Discuss the role of Personal Selling for this product. Develop the elements of the typical Sales Cycle for this product.	30
Examine and select which of the Sales Promotions you will use for this product.	30
Select the Direct Marketing activities you will employ.	20
Identify the role of Public Relations and how it will be utilized to promote your product.	20
Describe the Branding Strategy you will use for your product.	15
Discuss how Emotional Branding will be used.	15
Explore possible Brand Extensions for the product.	15
Analyze the Global opportunities present for this product and the challenges it will face in the global market.	15
Create an Executive Summary to include the Marketing Implementations and Evaluations for a compelling finish to your Marketing Plan.	30
Assemble all revised Marketing Plan Sections into a single comprehensive document compete with Title Page, Table of Contents, and Appendix.	30
Include a “Careers in Marketing” section described above.	10
Written Components: Organization (16), Usage and Mechanics (16), APA Elements (24), and Style (4)	40

Assignment 2: Exposures, Financial Contracts, and Operational Techniques

Your company is considering expanding into the international markets. The Board of Directors has asked you create a 5-to-8-page report that defines and explains the various types of exposure the company could experience and the types of financial contracts and operational techniques that will be used to deal with these exposures.

Of particular interest to the Board are the relationships among different types of exposures, financial contracts, and operational techniques. The Board has asked you to address the following issues in your report:

• Define the different types of exposure the firm might encounter, including transaction exposure, economic exposure, and translation exposure and explain why they occur Use examples to support your response..
• Explain the relationship between the three types of exposure. Provide examples to illustrate how and why it occurs.
• Describe the different types of financial contracts and how they are associated with each type of exposure.
• Explain the operational techniques that are available for each type of exposure.
• Make sure to include at least three outside resources to support the claims you present in your report.

By Wednesday, November 25, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Correctly defined transaction exposure and provided examples of how and why it occurs.	20
Correctly defined economic exposure and provided examples of how and why it occurs.	20
Correctly defined translation exposure and provided examples of how and why it occurs.	20
Correctly explained the relationships between transaction exposure, economic exposure, and translation exposure.	28
Identified and analyzed the various contracts and techniques associated with each type of exposure.	36
Explained the operational techniques that are available for each type of exposure.	32
Written Components: Organization (12) usage and mechanics (12) APA elements (16) Style (4)	44

Due Week 8 and worth 70 points

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate Microsoft Word or Excel document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link in Blackboard.

Exercises

E11-7. Quay Co. had the following transactions during the current period.

Mar. 2 Issued 5,000 shares of $5 par value common stock to attorneys in payment of a bill for $30,000 for services performed in helping the company to incorporate.
June 12 Issued 60,000 shares of $5 par value common stock for cash of $375,000.
July 11 Issued 1,000 shares of $100 par value preferred stock for cash at $110 per share.
Nov. 28 Purchased 2,000 shares of treasury stock for $80,000.

Instructions
Journalize the transactions.

E11-13. On January 1, Guillen Corporation had 95,000 shares of no-par common stock issued and outstanding. The stock has a stated value of $5 per share. During the year, the following occurred.

Apr. 1 Issued 25,000 additional shares of common stock for $17 per share.
June 15 Declared a cash dividend of $1 per share to stockholders of record on June 30.
July 10 Paid the $1 cash dividend.
Dec. 1 Issued 2,000 additional shares of common stock for $19 per share.
15 Declared a cash dividend on outstanding shares of $1.20 per share to stockholders of record on December 31.

Instructions
⦁ Prepare the entries, if any, on each of the three dividend dates.
⦁ How are dividends and dividends payable reported in the financial statements prepared at December 31?
E12-8. Presented below are two independent situations.

⦁ Gambino Cosmetics acquired 10% of the 200,000 shares of common stock of Nevins Fashion at a total cost of $13 per share on March 18, 2015. On June 30, Nevins declared and paid a $60,000 dividend. On December 31, Nevins reported net income of $122,000 for the year. At December 31, the market price of Nevins Fashion was $15 per share. The stock is classified as available-for-sale.
⦁ Kanza, Inc., obtained significant influence over Rogan Corporation by buying 40% of Rogan’s 30,000 outstanding shares of common stock at a total cost of $9 per share on January 1, 2015. On June 15, Rogan declared and paid a cash dividend of $30,000. On December 31, Rogan reported a net income of $80,000 for the year.

Instructions
Prepare all the necessary journal entries for 2015 for (a) Gambino Cosmetics and (b) Kanza, Inc.

E12-12. Uttinger Company has the following data at December 31, 2015.
The available-for-sale securities are held as a long-term investment.

Instructions
⦁ Prepare the adjusting entries to report each class of securities at fair value.
⦁ Indicate the statement presentation of each class of securities and the related unrealized gain (loss) accounts.
Problems

P11-3A. The stockholders’ equity accounts of Castle Corporation on January 1, 2015, were as follows.
Preferred Stock (8%, $50 par, cumulative, 10,000 shares authorized) $ 400,000
Common Stock ($1 stated value, 2,000,000 shares authorized) 1,000,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par—Preferred Stock 100,000
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value—Common Stock 1,450,000
Retained Earnings 1,816,000
Treasury Stock (10,000 common shares) 50,000

During 2015, the corporation had the following transactions and events pertaining to its stockholders’ equity.

Feb. 1 Issued 25,000 shares of common stock for $120,000.
Apr. 14 Sold 6,000 shares of treasury stock—common for $33,000.
Sept. 3 Issued 5,000 shares of common stock for a patent valued at $35,000.
Nov. 10 Purchased 1,000 shares of common stock for the treasury at a cost of $6,000.
Dec. 31 Determined that net income for the year was $452,000.
No dividends were declared during the year.

Instructions
⦁ Journalize the transactions and the closing entry for net income.
⦁ Enter the beginning balances in the accounts, and post the journal entries to the stockholders’ equity accounts. (Use J5 for the posting reference.)
⦁ Prepare a stockholders’ equity section at December 31, 2015, including the disclosure of the preferred dividends in arrears.
P12-6A. The following data, presented in alphabetical order, are taken from the records of Nieto Corporation.

The investment in Sasse common stock is considered to be a long-term available-for-sale security.

Instructions
Prepare a classified balance sheet at December 31, 2015.

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Assignment 3: Performance Management

Due Week 8 and worth 300 points

You are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which sells clothing, shoes, handbags, and other accessories. Due to the economic downturn, the company has experienced a significant reduction in earnings, resulting in the layoff of a number of retail sales associates. Business seems to be rebounding, but you are concerned about the performance of the retail sales staff. The CEO has requested that you recommend ways to increase sales and customer service. You believe that implementing a performance management system may help modify employee behavior and improve results.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Create a job description for a retail sales associate, which includes the most significant components necessary to describe the job both internally and externally.
2. Create an organizational behavior modification (OBM) plan to define four (4) key behaviors that are required for successful job performance as a retail sales associate. Suggest the significant ways that your plan will benefit the organization.
3. Specify two (2) ways that you would measure whether current employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that you could use to inform employees of the new performance standards.
4. Outline a plan with two (2) methods of providing feedback to employees. Include the frequency with which the feedback will be provided. Propose two (2) actions company leaders should take to reinforce positive employee behaviors.
5. Examine at least three (3) key legal and ethical issues that could potentially impact the performance management system. Support your response with specific examples of the identified issues’ possible effects on the performance management system.
6. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine performance management issues and processes.
• Examine the influences on and various approaches to compensation.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

As a financial analyst, you are asked to advise a MNC about its one-year investment plan next year in Canada. Because the investment is denominated in Canadian Dollars, you are asked to forecast how the canadian dollars  value may change against the U.S. dollar over the 1-year period. For your assessment, use all of the three major forecasting techniques.

• Fundamental forecasting
• Papers must be 10–15 pages in length, written in 12-point, double-spaced font, and include a cover page, table of contents, introduction, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and works cited.
• Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page, titled “Works Cited.”
• Appropriate citations are required.
• you should  mention Interest rate , Trade balance, budget and treasury budget , Gross Domestic Product (GDP) , Employment situation
• but most important thing , i attached power point slides , check the slides 6 (fundamental forecasting) you should follow thats steps. Professor wants me to show those all steps in my paper work

Use at least one project you have been a team member of, or a project manager for, as an example to contextualize the research topics below:

All of the following topics must be addressed in order for the paper to be complete:

• Define the importance of purchasing and supply management and how this relates to selecting a qualified supplier.
• Discuss how to select strategies for negotiating prices.
• Assemble the steps of the creation of a project supply, service, and material budget from detailed requirements.
• Illustrate the benefits and costs of outsourcing, and the growth pattern of outsourcing.
• Evaluation of the various organizations that are benchmarks in purchasing and supply management, and their best practices. Provide specific examples of companies who show market leadership in purchasing and supply management.

This is an assignment with a length of eight to ten pages that should integrate the reading, multi-media and class discussions. It is mandatory to have research from the classroom text, as well as three sources from scholarly sources to support your views.

Consider the validity of your resources carefully before using them in academic papers. It is recommended to use examples from your professional experience where possible, or build from your learning in the discussion boards.

Writing the Research Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

   a. Title of paper

   b. Student’s name

   c. Course name and number

   d. Instructor’s name

   e. Date submitted

3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least three scholarly sources, other than the textbook.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment