Write a specific thank you letter for a real occasion that would preferably be a business occasion, such as an interview, plant tour, classroom visit, etc. Still, it can be a personal occasion if you are unable to think of a business situation.

Thank you letter

Write a specific thank you letter for a real occasion that would preferably be a business occasion, such as an interview, plant tour, classroom visit, etc. Still, it can be a personal occasion if you are unable to think of a business situation.

The letter must address a real person with a real situation. You can find a supporting website in D2L in this Module’s content. Feel free to use any template you desire that has the essential elements of a professional thank you letter: date, “Dear Line”, content, Sincerely/Thank You, and signature. Keep your letter business professional, however.

Complete the attached assignment and submit a Microsoft Word document to this drop box.

PDF or any other file formats will not be accepted.

 

Determine which international strategy you would choose for each of the three products listed below. Justify why you chose the strategy you did.

Discussion Question

This is for a discussion question, so there should be minimum effort.

Assume you are the CEO in charge of developing the strategy for a multinational company selling products in some 50 countries around the world. One of the issues you face is whether to employ a multidomestic, transnational or global strategy.

Determine which international strategy (multidomestic, transnational or global ) you would choose for each of the three products listed below. Justify why you chose the strategy you did.

  • a. Mobile phones
  • b. Dry soup mixes and canned soups
  • c. Large home appliances such as washing machines, ranges, ovens and refrigerators

To reduce costs X Airline is considering canceling the current contract with the independent bus service and lease a fleet of buses for employee transportation. Should X Airline continue to outsource the employee transportation needs or invest in a fleet of buses to control costs?

Group Project #2

  • X Airline
  • Employee Bus Service

X Airline has employees who reside and work in the Atlanta Hartfield area.  Employees who work at the airport locations must park in a designated employee lot.  There is currently a bus service offered by an independent operator exclusively for X Airline Airways.

To reduce costs X Airline is considering canceling the current contract with the independent bus service and lease a fleet of buses for employee transportation.  Should X Airline continue to outsource the employee transportation needs or invest in a fleet of buses to control costs?

Provide a detailed analyses.

 

Information pertaining to this project is as follows:

Current Bus Service Cost – $80,000.00/month

Bus Lease – $1200.00/month

Service Required – 24hr x 7 days

Bus Driver Total Compensation – $40,000.00/annual

Maintenance & Fuel Costs (all buses) – $10,000.00/month

Insurance Costs (all buses) – $1000.00

Independent Bus Capacity – 20 employees

X Airline Bus Capacity – 30 employees

Travel time, (the trip is always circular as follows)

  • Parking Lot to Line Maintenance – 12-14 Mins
  • Line Maintenance to Crew Lounge – 5-6 Mins
  • Crew Lounge to Parking Lot – 7-8 Mins

Employees should not wait to get transportation to get to work more than 10 mins

Employees Arrive for work to pick up bus on the following schedule (all random)

5 – 6am, 2-4 employees every minute

6 – 7am, 3-5 employees every minute

7 – 8am, 4-6 employees every minute

8am – 3 pm 3-5 employees every minute

3 – 4pm, 2 employees every minute

4 – 5pm, 3 employees every minute

6 – 7pm, 2 employees every minute

 

All other times employees arrive at a rate of 1-2 every minute

30% of employees work at line maintenance and will leave the bus at Line Maintenance.

70% of employees are crew and need to go to crew lounge.

 

The buses move in a circular way starting at parking lot, then to maintenance then go to crew lounge and back to parking lot. Each stop takes 1-2 minutes.

Analyze this case with your recommendations.

 

 

What did they like or not like about your product or service? What you learned by interviewing customers? How you are going to PIVOT based on interviews?

Final Presentation

Create a PowerPoint based off attached files
Name of Business, image related to business, along with name of team members
Description of the Business; product or service offered with image
Trends to which you are responding
PESTLE Analysis (1 or 2 slides)
Target Market Personas (try to fit all on one slide or just include one)

Results of your customer interviews. What did they like or not like about your product or service? What you learned by interviewing customers? How you are going to PIVOT based on interviews?

Financial Slide: Sources of Revenues? How much will you have to sell for the venture to be feasible? Summarize your feasibility analysis. Do you feel your idea is feasible? Why or why not? Where will you go from here?

Reference slide using consistent formatting

Write an essay on how training and development measures up to the ideal HRM functions and things you would recommend the company improve on or keep as a strength.

Human Resource Management Project.

  • Why training and development was chosen.
  • Write an essay on how training and development measures up to the ideal HRM functions and things you would recommend the company improve on or keep as a strength.

As you review and answer the questions below, take your time and put good thinking into each question. Act as if you are responsible for making the final decision. What would you need to know to make a call?

Case Study

Step 1: Read the Case Study. Utilizing the information provided, prepare a SWOT analysis of Hi-Line’s current situation, focusing on the threats to the business, opportunities which may present themselves, company strengths, and where does the company have exposure  that must be mitigated

Step 2:  answer the questions at the end of the Case Study

As you review and answer the questions below, take your time and put good thinking into each question. Act as if you are responsible for making the final decision. What would you need to know to make a call?

Complete the SWOT analysis and answer the question on the last page. This will be major component of your grade so answer with concise responses demonstrating clarity in your thinking.

 

Write this paper in a format that allows me to create 9 PP slides with 9 different headings each heading must discuss something as mentioned in the word document so that each slide has its main point.

Emotional Intelligence

This paper is to help me create a PP presentation and record it. All instructions are in the word document so please follow carefully. Write this paper in a format that allows me to create 9 PP slides with 9 different headings each heading must discuss something as mentioned in the word document so that each slide has its main point. The number of sources has to be at least 3 and one must be https://www.psychologytoday.com/ as this is the source where I took the test and gave me the results back. Ask if you need any additional info. Lastly, Read the word document as it has the necessary details to complete this assignment.

Based on the business challenges that Auto Finance Ltd. is facing, list and explain a segmentation problem and a classification problem respectively.

QUESTION 1 25 MARKS

With reference to the above case, answer all of the following questions:

  1. a) Based on the business challenges that Auto Finance Ltd. is facing, list and explain a segmentation problem and a classification problem respectively.
  1. b) Select an analytics model for each problem you have identified in Q1a and justify your choice.
  1. c) Outline relevant variables for each analytics model you have identified in Q1(b). Justify your choice of these variables.

QUESTION 2 15 MARKS

Explain how each of your proposed modelling techniques in Question 1 b) can help Auto Finance Ltd. generate insights about a potential customer defaulting on a loan.

 

QUESTION 3 10 MARKS

With reference to the above case, describe the pros and cons of using a metric accuracy vs. recall vs. Area-Under-Curve for your classification modelling. Justify which metric is the best based on the context of the case.

QUESTION 4 15 MARKS

There are concerns about the ethical issues involved in scoring a customer’s credits.

Identify three ethical issues that Auto Finance Ltd. could face. Provide your recommendations to mitigate each ethical issue identified.

 

What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?

Business marketing

Prompt: What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time? (<350 words)

Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.

Creative side

Prompt: Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side. (<350 words)