How would you deal with that inconvenience and re-negotiate the contract, noting that you are keen on maintaining the business with that European counterpart ?

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Value Creation Assessment

Contract Re-Negotiation Strategies for Value Creation Assessment Assignment 2 Your company is in the export/import business. Two years ago, you signed a contract with your European counterpart, where the Euro to SAR exchange rate was 1 Euro = 4.00 SAR. Now, the exchange rate is 1 Euro = 4.50 SAR As you are the importer of the products from Europe and the payment currency you both agreed in the contract was in Euro, that exchange rate is not only leading to less profits but also starting to affect your cash flows.

How would you deal with that inconvenience and re-negotiate the contract, noting that you are keen on maintaining the business with that European counterpart ?

 

Discuss how the existing structures and systems affected the ability of the change leader to bring about the desired change? Were any systems changed to prepare for the change? Detail the systems/structures that were involved?

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Organizational structures and systems

Systems and structures can influence change initiatives and the organization’s strategy and culture as a whole. It is critical that the proper structures are created, which are aligned with the organization’s strategy and culture. For the purpose of this discussion, please do the following:

Think of a change you are familiar with.

  1. Share the type of organization structure in the organization.
  2. Discuss how the existing structures and systems affected the ability of the change leader to bring about the desired change? Were any systems changed to prepare for the change? Detail the systems/structures that were involved?
  3. How did formal and informal systems and structures influence the success or challenges in this change?
  4. Did the organizational structures and systems reduce or increase the uncertainty and complexity of the change in the organization?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with two scholarly peer-reviewed references in supporting your answer.

 

 

Describe three distinct target markets for drinking water. How does marketing create value for each of these segments using the four Ps; product price, place, and promotion?

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Drinking water marketing

  1. How does marketing impact the consumption of water, and how has this impact changed since the mid-20th century?
  1. Describe three distinct target markets for drinking water. How does marketing create value for each of these segments using the four Ps; product price, place, and promotion?
  1. How has changing societal values impacted the ways in which water is purchased and consumed?
  1. How has the manner in which you consume water changed in the last five years?

 

Create an organizational response that addresses the bullying incident in the workplace. Identify how it will be addressed, mitigated and prevented.

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Part 1: The Memo

For the first part of the assignment,

  • Create an organizational response that addresses the bullying incident in the workplace.
  • Outline four relevant points that an organizational training program could utilize to address the negative effects of the bullying incident in the workplace.

Part 2: Analysis of Communication Technology

For the second part of the assignment,

  • Select three communication technologies to communicate the policy.
  • Formulate two benefits and one limitation of each selected technology.

Along with the Workplace Bullying: Costly and Preventable article, use at least two other credible sources in addition to the textbook to support your paper

 

In cell A19, type a comment that indicates the largest revenue item and apply a 15% Orientation to the cell. Apply the Accounting number format with zero decimal places to all amounts within the statement and apply appropriate column widths to columns A–D.

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Present in a single excel file

In this exercise, you will create a monthly income statement, statement of owner’s equity, and balance sheet in Excel for Metropolitan Corp. With the exception of the Terry Mattingly, Capital account (the balance for which is from 5/1/2016), the company had the following account balances as of 5/31/2016.

Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable

Cash Land

Maintenance Expense Notes Payable Printing Expense

$27,000 $24,000 $57,000 $41,000 $17,000 $9,000

$11,000

Sales Revenue Service Revenue Supplies Expense Tax Expense

Telephone Expense

Terry Mattingly, Capital – 5/1/2016 Terry Mattingly, Drawing

$23,000 $4,000 $6,000

$13,000 $10,000 $118,000 $2,000

  1. Open a Blank Workbook and save the file in your Chapter 02 folder as: EA2-A2-Financial Statements-[YourName]
  2. Set the workbook to contain a total of three tabs, one for each financial statement and arranged in the order they will be completed
  3. In the range A1:A3 on each tab:
  • Enter the appropriate three-line header with bold formatting and the Green, Accent 6, Lighter 60% fill color.
  • Merge and center the header rows across columns A–D (Income Statement) or columns A–C (Statement of O.E. and Balance Sheet).

Enter Data Within the Income Statement 4. On the Income Statement tab, enter the data as described: In this cell or range:

Cell A5

Range B6:B7 Range C6:C7 Cell A8 Cell D8 Cell A10

Range B11:B15 Range C11:C15 Cell A16 Cell A17

Range D16:D17

Enter the data for the: Header for revenues

Revenue account names (largest to smallest) Revenue account amounts

Total revenue entry Total revenue amount

Header for expenses

Expense account names (largest to smallest) Expense account amounts Total expenses entry

Net income or loss entry Amounts associated with cells A16 and A17 5. Apply the appropriate border to cells C7, C15, D16, and D17.

  1. In cell A19, type a comment that indicates the largest revenue item and apply a 15% Orientation to the cell.
  2. Apply the Accounting number format with zero decimal places to all amounts within the statement and apply appropriate column widths to columns A–D.

Enter Data for the Statement of Owner’s Equity 8. On the Statement of O.E. tab, enter the data as described: In this cell:

Enter the data for the:

Cell A5 Cell C5 Cell A6 Cell C6 Cell A7 Cell C7 Cell A8 Cell C8

Beginning equity account name Beginning equity amount

Net income or loss title Net income or loss amount Appropriate account name

Amount associated with cell A7 Ending equity account name Ending equity amount

  1. Apply the appropriate border to cells C7 and C8 and use line breaks to display the account names in cells A5 and A8.
  2. Apply the Accounting number format with zero decimal places to all amounts.
  3. Apply appropriate column widths to columns A–C and appropriate row heights to rows 5 and 8.

Enter Data Within the Balance Sheet 12. On the Balance Sheet tab, enter the data as described: In this cell or range:

Cell A5 Range A6:A8

Range C6:C8 Cell A9

Cell C9

Enter the data for the: Asset header

Asset account names in order of liquidity (Cash, Accounts Receivable, Land)

Asset account amounts Total assets name Total assets amount

  1. Apply the appropriate border to cells C8 and C9. 14. Wrap the text in cell A7. 15. Enter the data as described:

In this cell or range: Cell A11

Range A12:A13 Range C12:C13 Cell A14 Cell C14 Cell A16 Cell A17 Cell C17 Cell A19 Cell C19

Enter the data for the: Liabilities header

Liability account names (from short-to long-term) Liability account amounts Total liability name Total liability amount Owner’s equity header Equity account name Equity account amount

Total liabilities and owner’s equity name Total liabilities and owner’s equity amount

Hint: In this instance, the order of liabilities from short-to long-term is also the order from smallest to largest.

  1. Indent the account names twice in the ranges A6:A8 and A22:A13.
  2. Apply the appropriate border to cells C13, C17, and C19 and add a line break to the entry in cell A19.
  3. Apply the Accounting number format with zero decimal places to all amounts.
  4. Apply appropriate column widths to columns A–C and appropriate row heights as needed.
  5. Save and close your file.

 

The following table shows the nominal prices for gold over several years. Complete the table showing gold prices in constant 2020 dollars. Show your work below the table.

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The following table shows inflation rates for several decades into 2020 dollars.

Time span 1980-2020 1990-2020 2000-2020 2010-2020
Inflation 232% 102% 53% 19%

 

The following table shows the nominal (unadjusted) prices for gold over several years. Complete the table showing gold prices in constant 2020 dollars. (Round to the nearest cent.) Show your work below the table.                                                       

[(5 x 0.2)(table) + (4 x 1)(work) = 5 pt]

 

Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Nominal (unadjusted) price per ounce $516.92 $381.73 $273.68 $1179.25 $1636.35
Constant (adjusted) price per ounce in 2020 dollars          

 

1a.     1980

 

$516.92

  
1b.     1990

 

$381.73

  
1c.     2000

 

$273.68

  
1d.     2010

 

$1179.25

  
1e.     2020

 

$1636.35

 It is not necessary to adjust the 2020 price,

but you must still fill in the table above in constant 2020 dollars!

The bar charts below display the unadjusted gold prices per ounce (left) from the previous page and the adjusted prices (in 2020) that you calculated.

2.    Unadjusted Prices     (0.25+0.25+2=2.5 pts) 3.    Adjusted Prices         (0.25+0.25+2=2.5 pts)
2a. In what year were unadjusted prices the

lowest?

 3a. In what year were adjusted prices the lowest?
   
2b. In what year were unadjusted prices the

highest?

 3b. In what year were adjusted prices the

highest?
   
2c. Describe the trend(s) in unadjusted prices over

time. Use words like increase, decrease,

and/or constant and mention specific years.

 

 3c. Describe the trend(s) in adjusted prices over

time. Use words like increase, decrease,

and/or constant and mention specific years.

 
   

 

Partial Answer Key: No specific values are provided, but here’s a hint: Check your inflation-adjusted prices from 1a-1d against the price-adjusted bar graph at the top-right of page 2 to see if they match. You won’t be able to tell exact values, but you can tell if your answers are close to what they should be.

 

Analyze the importance of procurement in the project management process. Discuss whether procurement might be eliminated or replaced by alternate organizational activities.

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Importance of procurement

Analyze the importance of procurement in the project management process.

Discuss whether procurement might be eliminated or replaced by alternate organizational activities.

Analyze the unintended consequences that might occur in the project management process when procurement is poorly executed.

 

 

Using a company of your choice, identify the five forces that underlie the five forces model of competition in that industry. Explain with examples, how each of these forces may affect industry profit potential and attractiveness of the industry.

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Business strategy

Using a business/company of your choice, identify the business strategy of the company in terms of its target customer segment and competitive positioning per Porter’s Framework. Explain (with examples) how the firm/business maintains its competitive advantage in the industry (5 Forces).

Using a company of your choice, identify the five forces that underlie the five forces model of competition in that industry. Explain with examples, how each of these forces may affect industry profit potential and attractiveness of the industry.

 

Discuss the nine-step forecast process and explain why each step is important to the results.

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Chapter 2 Paper

(3-5 pages, APA format): Discuss the nine-step forecast process and explain why each step is important to the results.

Keating, B. & Wilson, J.H. (2019). Forecasting and Predictive Analytics with ForecastX (7th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.

 

Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?

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An entrepreneur Start-up

Business Plan

A business plan is any simple plan, not only limited to the business start-up plan that helps the management to understand the current situation of the enterprises (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) and look forward into the future. A start-up plan is a business plan which consists of the mission, vision, objectives and action plans for the future of the new enterprises while the business plan drawn during the operation of the firm is vital for running the firm effectively, acquire new customers, partners, loans and so on. According to Fiore (2005), a business plan involves two dimensions; an organizing tool to simplify and clarify your business goals and strategy, the second one is a selling document that sells the business idea and shows that a product or a service can make a profit and attract funding and company resources.

Imagine you started a new business as an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia. Briefly mention the specific steps which you consider necessary to a successful business plan.

 

Think and share information on the following items:

  1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (3 Marks)
  2. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
  3.  Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….
  4. Investment capital

 

  1. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
  2. Scope and type of business (5 Marks)

What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?

  • Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes your idea different?
  • Mission Statement
  • Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
  • Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they live? What is your target market passionate about?

Business Philosophy (4 Marks)

What is important to you in your business?

  • Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?
  • Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?
  • Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using SWOT.
  • Who is your competition and how do you beat them?

Products and Services (3 Marks)

  1. Briefly discuss your products or services (Technical specification).
  2. Size of business: how many employees? How many offices and retail facilities?
  3. What factors will give you competitive advantages or disadvantages? Examples, include level of quality or unique or proprietary features.