Homework
(Fresh and Original)
Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
Review Case 8.1, A U.S. Supreme Court Case titled Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. Using the IRAC Method of briefing cases found in the Appendix, prepare a document that outlines the legal aspects of this case.

Write ten to twelve (10-12) page papers in which you:
1. Summarize the facts associated with Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
2. Identity the legal question(s) that is under consideration.
3. Prioritize the rules of law that the court will consider in this case.
4. Compile the court’s decision and opinions on the case.
5. Prepare a conclusion for the outcome of the case.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Determined the primary factors that contributed to the downfall of Enron.
Justified the legality of its methods of handling its finances.
Differentiated the responsibilities of Arthur Anderson’s auditors from that of Enron’s executives.
Analyzed the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
-Given a business situation, evaluate the various options for resolving a business dispute from a legal —–perspective and develop an optimal course of action to resolve the dispute.
-Use technology and information resources to research issues in commercial law.
-Analyze company policies to ensure compliance with key provisions of the major federal laws related to investor protection, equal employment opportunity, consumer protection, and environmental protection.
-Write clearly and concisely about commercial law using proper writing mechanics.

Strategic Management Case
The Strategic Management Case is an analysis of the firm selected by the student. The format of the report should include:
Description of the firm (brief history, critical strategic events, competitors, leadership, etc.). If there are any general situational assumptions or limitations on the scope of the analysis, these should also be specified here. This section should be limited to a maximum of five pages. Note: Some students may select a new business venture for a firm they would seriously consider starting. For these students, this section will focus on a research based history, critical strategic events, emerging competition, and industry leaders.

2. The strategic analysis of the firm. The results of each strategic tool are presented along with a discussion of importance and implications. Also required are sections for financial analysis and assumptions, although the specific contents of these sections may vary considerably.

3. Financial strategic assessment. This section should integrate the findings from all of the analytical exercises employed in Phase 2. A final and all-encompassing analysis is presented, along with the recommendations that you would make to the firm’s board of directors. This would include identifying what you would and would not do, and outlining any relevant alternate scenario plans or contingency plans. Be sure to address any potential competitive reaction.

All project phases should be submitted via the Dropbox. You will receive feedback after submitting the first two phases which you should incorporate into subsequent submissions.
The final submission for your project includes developing a PowerPoint presentation with embedded audio files. Each slide must contain an audio file in which you offer insight to the material in the slide and key points the professor should take away from the visual information in the PowerPoint. You should minimize repeating points made in the slide other than emphasizing important components. To put this simply, please do not read the slides verbatim but make sure to add value to what is presented on the slide to improve the understanding of your work. The presentation with audio is a significant component of the final submission, so please makes sure to offer your best work, speak clearly, emphasize the strategic implications of your work, and engage the viewer.

This will be a long, detail-oriented project, and consequently there are no examinations in this course. You will hopefully find this project to be the most rewarding effort in your educational career. You are encouraged to select a company related to your career direction. Take this opportunity to learn more about the strategic aspects of your industry, any potential competition, and/or a company that you would like to work for.

Phase I

Project Deliverables

Phase 1 – Modules 1-3 (Outline for Strategic Management Case)
Introduction of the company (limit to a maximum of three single-spaced pages).
o Description of the firm and its products
o Company history (brief history, critical events, competitors, leadership), including strategic elements of its history
o Vision and mission statement
o Assessment of mission and vision

External assessment
o EFE and CPM with strategic implications
o Analysis of competitive position, opportunities, and threats

Internal assessment
o IFE with strategic implications
o Financial ratio analysis with key conclusions and implications for strategic choice
o Overall analysis of internal capabilities and implications for your strategic decisions
Module 1: Select company (Apple) and secure instructor approval. Once approved, create plan outline, insert current mission and vision.

Module 2: Complete an EFE and CPM for your company (including analysis and conclusions) and insert in your working draft which you will hold until you submit Phase 1 during Module 3.

Module 3: Complete an IFE and calculate financial ratios (including analysis and conclusions) for your
company and insert in your plan to submit at the end of Module 3.

****Break Down of Phase 1

Create an outline for your Strategic Management Case (see steps on p. 389), write a brief history of the organization, and insert the current mission and vision statement. Identify what you believe are the strategic elements of the history and assess the mission and visions based on characteristics identified in Table 4 of the “The Business Vision and Mission” chapter. (limit to a maximum of three single-spaced pages).

Prepare an EFE and CPM for the company you selected for your Strategic Management Case. Prepare a written analysis of the company’s competitive position and opportunities and threats that need to be addressed.

Prepare a Financial Ratio Analysis and IFE for the company you selected for your Strategic Management Case. Prepare a written analysis of the company’s internal capabilities and implications for your strategic decisions to follow. Integrate this with your work from Modules 1-2(previous bullets)

My presentation topic:

Please look at Table 9.3: Modes of Entry (p. 270). Briefly explain how these different modes work in the logistics industry, and show examples of how they work. (Note that some forms may not work – ok, but say why.)

Find at least one example in your two countries of a logistics company that uses a non-equity mode, and one that uses an equity mode. Explain how these examples work. How strong is the foreign involvement in the logistics industry in the two countries? Is foreign involvement mostly non-equity or equity? Why?

Suppose Agility wants to develop / expand its operations in your two countries. Show several different ways of doing this. Recommend as the best way for Agility to develop your two markets, with justification for why this will work best. (Note: you do not get the option of staying out.) Your best strategy can be different in each country, if necessary.
It is a presentation in 15 min I need a plot about the topic or to be clear a points my two countries is Libya and united kingdom UK Agility as it shown it is a Kuwaiti company it is a logistic company and I attached the pages that is relevant to the topic it is from our books I need a power point without report a slide explain everything I need a the slide contain a pic thanks.

This is the website of agility
http://www.agility.com/EN/Pages/Default.aspx

if u have any question about my presentation tell me

 

You can use a calculator to do numerical calculations. No graphing calculator is allowed. Please DO NOT USE ANY COMPUTER SOFTWARE to solve the problems.

 

 

 

 

 

1. (a) What is an assignment problem? Briefly discuss the decision variables, the objective function and constraint requirements in an assignment problem. Give a real world example of the assignment problem.

 

 

 

(b) What is a diet problem? Briefly discuss the objective function and constraint requirements in a diet problem. Give a real world example of a diet problem.

 

 

 

(c) What are the differences between QM for Windows and Excel when solving a linear programming problem? Which one you like better? Why?

 

 

 

(d) What are the dual prices? In what range are they valid? Why are they useful in making recommendations to the decision maker? Give a real world example.

 

 

 

Answer Questions 2 and 3 based on the following LP problem.

 

 

 

Let     P1 = number of Product 1 to be produced

 

P2 = number of Product 2 to be produced

 

P3 = number of Product 3 to be produced

 

P4 = number of Product 4 to be produced

 

 

 

Maximize 80P1 + 100P2 + 120P3 + 70P4        Total profit

 

Subject to

 

10P1 + 12P2 + 10P3 + 8P4 ≤ 3200       Production budget constraint

 

4P1 + 3P2 + 2P3 + 3P4 ≤ 1000       Labor hours constraint

 

5P1 + 4P2 + 3P3 + 3P4 ≤ 1200       Material constraint

 

P1 > 100         Minimum quantity needed for Product 1 constraint

 

And P1, P2, P3, P4 ≥ 0             Non-negativity constraints

 

 

 

The QM for Windows output for this problem is given below.

 

 

 

Linear Programming Results:

 

Variable           Status   Value

 

P1        Basic    100

 

P2        NONBasic       0

 

P3        Basic    220

 

P4        NONBasic       0

 

slack 1NONBasic       0

 

slack 2Basic    160

 

slack 3Basic    40

 

surplus 4          NONBasic       0

 

Optimal Value (Z)        34400

 

 

 

Original problem w/answers:

 

P1        P2         P3         P4          RHS        Dual

 

Maximize              80       100       120        70

 

Constraint 1          10         12         10         8   <=    3200         12

 

Constraint 2           4           3          2          3   <=    1000          0

 

Constraint 3           5           4          3          3   <=    1200          0

 

Constraint 4          1            0          0          0   >=      100       -40

 

Solution->         100            0      220          0   Optimal Z->    34400

 

 

 

Ranging Results:

 

Variable           Value   Reduced Cost  Original Val     Lower Bound   Upper Bound

 

P1        100      0          80        -Infinity           120

 

P2        0          44        100      -Infinity           144

 

P3        220      0          120      87.5     Infinity

 

P4        0          26        70        -Infinity           96

 

 

 

Constraint        Dual Value      Slack/Surplus   Original Val     Lower Bound   Upper Bound

 

Constraint 1     12        0          3200    1000    3333.333

 

Constraint 2     0          160      1000    840      Infinity

 

Constraint 3     0          40        1200    1160    Infinity

 

Constraint 4     -40       0          100      0          120

 

 

 

 

 

2. (a) Determine the optimal solution  and optimal value and interpret their meanings.

 

(b) Determine the slack (or surplus) value for each constraint and interpret its meaning.

 

 

 

 

 

3. (a) What are the ranges of optimality for the profit of Product 1, Product 2, Product 3, and Product 4?

 

(b) Find the dual prices of the four constraints and interpret their meanings. What are the ranges in which each of these dual prices is valid?

 

(c) If the profit contribution of Product 2 changes from $100 per unit to $130 per unit, what will be the optimal solution? What will be the new total profit? (Note: Answer this question by using the ranging results given above).

 

(d) Which resource should be obtained in larger quantity to increase the profit most? (Note: Answer this question using the ranging results given above.).

 

 

 

 

 

4. The Portfolio Manager of Charm City Pension Planners, Inc., has been asked to invest $1,000,000 of a large pension fund. The management of the company has identified five mutual funds as possible investment options. The details of these five mutual funds are given below:

 

 

 

                                                                  Mutual Fund

 

1           2           3            4             5

 

Annual return (in dollars)     12%       10%      8.5%       10%      11%

 

Risk amount (in dollars)       9.8%       8%      7.2%       7.1%     7.3%

 

 

 

To control the risk, the management of the company has specified that the total risk amount cannot exceed $200,000. In addition, the management wants to invest at least $150,000 in mutual fund 2 and at least $125,000 in mutual fund 3.

 

 

 

With these restrictions, how much money should the portfolio manager of the company invest in each mutual fund so as to maximize the total annual return?

 

 

 

(a) Define the decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

 

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating.

 

 

 

 

5. A charity wants to contact people to collect donations. A person can be contacted morning or evening, by phone, or door-to-door. The average donation resulting from each type of contact is given below:

 

 

 

Phone          Door-to-Door

 

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Morning           $35                    $60

 

Evening            $40                    $70

 

 

 

The Charity has 150 volunteer hours in the morning and 120 volunteer hours in the evening. Each phone contact takes 6 minutes and each door-to-door contact takes 15 minutes to conduct. The Charity wants to have at least 550 phone and at least 400 door-to-door contacts.

 

 

 

Formulate a linear programming model that meets these restrictions and maximizes the total average donations by determining

 

 

 

(a) The decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

 

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating

 

 

 

6. The Charm City Truck Rental Inc. has accumulated extra trucks at three of its truck leasing outlets, as shown in the following table:

 

 

 

Leasing Outlet            Extra Trucks

 

1. Atlanta               70

 

2. St. Louis          115

 

3. Greensboro        60

 

 

 

The firm also has three outlets with shortages of rental trucks, as follows:

 

 

 

Leasing Outlet            Truck Shortage

 

A. New Orleans          80

 

B. Cincinnati             50

 

C. Baltimore             45

 

 

 

The firm wants to transfer trucks from those outlets with extras to those with shortages at the minimum total cost. The following costs of transporting these trucks from city to city have been determined:

 

 

 

To (cost in dollars)          

 

From      A      B         C

 

1            75      80        45

 

2          115      50        55

 

3          100      60        40

 

 

 

For this transportation problem:

 

 

 

(a) Define the decision variables.

 

(b) Determine the objective function. What does it represent?

 

(c) Determine all the constraints. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

 

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating.

Research the current strategic options and opportunities for one of the following companies: Honda, Lowes, GEICO, Nike, Mcdonalds, Amazon, FEDEX, Disney, or Proctor and Gamble.

Write a 3-5 page paper in which the following is done:

1. Identify the company’s principal competitors and describe the kind of competition they currently present (traditional, potential, and oblique).

2. Generate at least three strategic options for the firm you have chosen.

3. With your strategic options defined, suggest at least three specific criteria to evaluate these options. Provide a rationale for each of the criteria.

4. Choose the best strategic option based on your evaluation criteria. (If your criteria require quantitative considerations, it is only necessary to make rough estimates. You do not need to make a detailed quantitative analysis.)

Directions: Using at least three resources (Wikipedia sources are not permitted), write a four page paper addressing the following prompts.  Your submission should comply with APA guidelines for formatting and citations.Be sure to list each resource used at the end of paper in the reference list section.

 

Part I:

 

1. Explain how the Cairo 1994 Population Conference strategy of increased women’s responsibility and education will help to reduce fertility rates.  What sub-issues are also brought forth from this approach?

 

2. Interpret and further explain the world arguments for and against birth control in Section 24. Also try to interpret and represent different cultures’ and non-western, developing countries’ viewpoints.

 

3. Outline clearly why declining world fertility rates do not reduce population growth at a parallel rate.

 

4. Describe why the concept of population carrying capacity is difficult to apply to the human population.

 

5. Describe the dynamics of food supply for increasing human populations.

 

 

Part II:

 

Explain why population growth is more rapidly growing in the lower developed countries and will account for most of the new population by 2025.

 

 

Part III:

 

 

Using the Internet and other sources, research in more detail food supply problems for LDC’s and industrialized nations in view of the next century’s population growth and their national population growth.

health disparities of one of the underserved populations in the NYC-Metropolitan region. select from the African American, Latino, or a newly emerging immigrant community and then collectively concentrate on that population. Use the required Nur418 resources to aid in your composition: Allender, J. A., Rector, C., & Warner, K. D. (2013). Community & public health nursing: Promoting the public’s health. (8th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: North American edition. ISBN-13: 978-1609136888 American Nursing Association. (2007). ANA’s Principles of environmental health for nursing practice with implementation strategies. Silver Spring, MD: ANA. Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/principles Sattler, B., & Lipscomb, J. (2003). Environmental health and nursing practice. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. ISBN-13: 978-0826142825 The paper must be completed using APA format with appropriate APA references. Purdue OWL can assist you in the proper format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)

Examine the steps of the supply process in Chapter 4 of the text and identify a project where improvements could be made in one or more of the steps.  Would the project have been more successful with the implementation of any or all of these steps in the supply process? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Discussion 2

 

The process of outsourcing the creation of a product or a service is a controversial, yet critical strategic decision for many employers. Describe one example from your professional experience, or that you are familiar with, where a process or function was outsourced. What are the financial implications of this change? Did the quality of the product or service stay the same, improve, or decline? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

You, Mike, and Tiffany meet in a conference room to begin to assemble your final presentation.

This presentation will be the project deliverable, so you want to make sure you have provided all of the requirements.

Mike begins, “I think we’ve done some pretty good analysis on our strategy. We just have to put the pieces together before the final presentation.”

“We do have some solid information, but we have to look at all the parts to see if we can remain competitive,” Tiffany adds.

Complete the following:

• What are the considerations that you need to be aware of to remain competitive?
• Based on the research that you have done, can you compete in the market that you have chosen? Why or why not?
• What primary factors led you to this decision?
• What would you say to someone who would dispute your position?
• How do you plan on evaluating the global marketplace in the future?

A Yale psychologist, Irving Janis, coined the term groupthink in the early 1970s (1972).* Groupthink occurs when group cohesion and agreement become so important that the members of the group are not able to dissent, even if that means that the members of the group make irrational decisions. Janis argued that groupthink was especially a problem for government decisions such as policy choices. Knowing the group dynamics and symptoms of groupthink can help leaders avoid the pitfalls from decisions that can result from groupthink.

 

*Janis, Irving L. (1972). Victims of groupthink: A psychological study of foreign-policy decisions and fiascoes. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Read the Janis article introducing the concept of groupthink.

 

Using the Internet, search for and find an example of groupthink. Think about strategies that can be used to overcome groupthink.

 

Submit 150 – 500 word response: Due by Thursday 11/12/15 a brief definition of groupthink. Provide an example of groupthink from your experience or research. Then, explain how groupthink can lead to unethical decisions. Finally, offer three strategies that might be used to avoid or overcome groupthink.

 

Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your explanation, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.

 

 

 

Journal

 

 

 

Explain a time in your life that you participated in, or were the recipient of, “groupthink.” Based on what you learned this week, explain your insights regarding your experience.

(2–3 paragraphs)