Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

Friday, 14 February 2014

BUSN 312 WK2

BUSN 312 WK2

CHAPTER 4
2. Gabriela Manufacturing was able to find a new supplier that would provide the item for $1.80 per unit with an annual fixed cost of $200,000. Should Gabriela Manufacturing in source or outsource the item?
4. Fast Finish, Inc. (FFI) has made a technological breakthrough in snow board finish application. FFI will apply the finish for $0.23 per unit in variable costs plus a fixed annual cost of $230,000. Use the cost and demand information given in Problem 3 for Downhill Boards to evaluate this proposal.
(a) What will it cost Downhill Boards to outsource the finishing process?
(b) At what demand level does it make sense economically to outsource the finishing process?
(c) What additional factors should be considered when making this outsourcing decision?


6. Cal's Carpentry is considering outsourcing its accounts receivable function. Currently, Cal employs two full-time clerks and one part-time clerk to manage accounts receivable. Each full time clerk has an annual salary of $36,000 plus fringe benefits costing 30 percent of their salary. The part-time clerk makes $18,000 per year but has no fringe benefits. Total salary plus fringe cost is $111,600. Cal estimates that each account receivable incurs a $10 variable cost. The Small Business Accounts Receivables Group (SBARG) specializes in handling accounts receivable for small- to medium-size companies. Doris Roberts from SBARG has offered to do the accounts receivable for Cal's Carpentry at a fixed cost of $75,000 per year plus $30 per account receivable. Next year, Cal expects to have 2000 accounts receivable.
(a) Calculate the cost for Cal's Carpentry to continue doing accounts receivable in-house.
(b) Calculate the cost for Cal's Carpentry to use SBARG to handle the accounts receivable.
(c) If the fixed annual cost offered by SBARG is nonnegotiable but it is willing to negotiate the variable cost, what variable cost from SBARG would make Cal indifferent to the two options?
(d) What other alternatives might Cal consider in terms of his current staffing for accounts receivable?
(e) What additional criteria should Cal consider before outsourcing the accounts receivable?

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CHAPTER 5
4. An engine system consists of three main components in a series, all having the same reliability. Determine the level of reliability required for each of the components if the engine is to have a reliability of 0.998.
6. What would be the reliability of the bank system above if each of the three components had a backup with a reliability of 0.80? How would the total reliability be different?
8. A university Web server has five main components, each with the same reliability. All five components must work for the server to function as intended. If the university wants to have a 95 percent reliability, what must be the reliability of each of the components?
10. The following system of components has been proposed for a new product. Determine the reliability of the system.

Human Resources

An accounting firm has just contacted your consulting business for assistance. They want to hire someone to do accounting and payroll. The bookstore is downstairs, while the office is upstairs in an older building. The essential functions of the job include operating a computer, maintaining a ledger, providing the owner with financial statements, completing tax returns, paying bills and employees, and balancing the bank statements. The desk for this is at the top of a flight of 24 steps. There is no elevator and the building is too old to be ADA compliant. The firm is struggling financially, but hopes to increase sales as a new coffee shop just opened next door. The most qualified applicant to their advertisement has just come into the bookstore in a wheelchair.

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Choose a delivery style of delivering your recommendations to the accounting firm. Be sure to discuss whether this candidate is capable of performing the essential functions of this job from a wheelchair. Analyze and critically discuss the issue of reasonable accommodation. What does the law say? Could the employer make a reasonable accommodation here to hire the best candidate for this job? How could they do that considering their tight finances?
Find a court case on ADA that has reached a verdict, how did the court case interpret the law as written?


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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

De Beers Diamond Company

Assignment 1: Social Performance of Organizations According to the textbook, the current world economy is increasingly becoming integrated and interdependent; as a result, the relationship between business and society is becoming more complex. 
Use the Internet to research one (1) of the following organizations: De Beers Diamond Company Write a eight (8) page paper in which you: 

1. Specify the nature, structure, types of products or service of your chosen organization, and two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide explanation to support the rationale. 

2. Examine three (3) salient stakeholders of the chosen organization based on their key roles and relationships with the company.

3. Suggest five (5) ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organization’s financial performance. Provide support for the response.


4. Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with your selected organization.
 
5. Assuming you are the leader of the most influential stakeholder group, outline a plan to form a stakeholder coalition to force the organization to address your chosen controversial issue. The plan should include the key steps that you would take to identify members for your coalition group, the major reasons why you believe that the particular target group can help you to accomplish your goal, and the method you would utilize to foster collaboration among the various groups you target. 

6. Assume the role as the leader of the most influential stakeholder group, and indicate three (3) potential challenges that you may face in encouraging stakeholders to form a coalition to help you achieve your goals. Suggest the significant steps that you would take in order to overcome these challenges that you have identified. Justify the response. 

7. Use at least four (4) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

The United States has several laws that are intended to further fair, balanced, and competitive business practices?

Research Paper

The United States has several laws that are intended to further fair, balanced, and competitive business practices. Do you think that such laws are effective? If so, why? If not, why not? Be sure to provide evidence to support your position one way or the other.