I’m excited about what the upcoming year has in store for our organization! According to the leadership team, sales continue to be the focus point on increasing revenue. The entry level sales position is vital to the growth and expansion of our consumer goods division. Based on the job description and the objectives of the company we must be strategic in our selection process. I’ve had the pleasure to meet with the six individuals being considered for the open position. In addition to the six fundamentals we use during recruitment, I have developed an evaluation model to help identify the best candidates for hire. Please consider the following when screening applicants.…
(See attached excel files with the 2 scenarios (pessimistic and most likely). In both me need a loan from the bank to meet all commitments of the company, dividends, CAPEX and Bank Debt)…
The goal of this essay is to create an effective development plan that will determine the characteristics of “Learning Team A” to including myself as the team manager. During the first week of class all of the members of the learning team took the DISC Platinum rule; a behavioral style assessment that breaks down the individuals predominant behavioral styles; dominance, interactive, steadiness, and cautious. There are sixteen sub-styles that further attempt to explain the results. My learning team is comprised of five members including myself. Our team includes three of the four behavioral styles previously listed. The plan…
Limited Brands, Inc., like many other companies, saw a downturn in profits and revenues during the economic slowdown. Limited Brands owns companies such as Victoria’s Secret, The Limited, Bath and Body Works and others. Chairperson and CEO Leslie Wexner did not fear the economic crisis, she did not focus on things that were out of her control, but instead, focused on getting even closer to the customer. Wexner (2010) stated, “we had to be frugal with resources, time and money…we streamlined the business, stayed lean and quick and concentrated all our efforts on the few things that produce the biggest returns.” While there was a decline between 2009 and 2010, Wexner’s efforts paid off, as Limited Brands has seen an increase in profit margin during the 2010 year.…
I feel this position is a great opportunity to increase and utilize my professional skills, abilities and education. These skills will provide a valuable resource to your business while increasing my own personal and professional development.…
I am very keen to join your company because as a market leader in your field you are able to offer candidates a range of superb…
The job seems to be an excellent match for my skills and interests. In addition to my flexibility, I will bring to the position compassion, patience and work well with other team members.…
Shelby Givens is a graduate from business school who returned to Raleigh, North Carolina with an ambition to transform Westlake Lanes into a successful business renamed to Sugar Bowl. Before the transformation Givens saw a downward spiral for Westlake Lanes barely earning any profits and the ability to sustain a healthy business was dwindling. Givens in March of 2010 was able to persuade the board of Westlake to allow her transform the bowling alley in hopes of changing the business into a success. After evaluating the cost of this major overhaul that was estimated to be $600,000 Givens faced three phases. Phase I, preparing for the transformation presented challenges for Givens which were employee procurement, research & development, and food costs. Phase II, renovation and grand opening. Givens challenges involved the contractor being behind schedule, missed deadlines, staff shortage. Also due to operations being delayed Givens calculated every week there was a delay, they lost $30,000 in revenue. Phase III offered unpredictability and an emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs with customers as well as revenue and employees quitting.…
Following your advice at class, I decided to choose a different organization that I work for. I did this primarily for two reasons: to learn about the mission statement and operations strategy of another company and to apply the quality improvement concepts to a completely new operation’s environment.…
The conversation above leads an attitude that I want to apply for the vacant position in our Marketing Department. And since Ashy told me that there will be a vacant position…
invest in the company. We have completed an overview of the competitive scenario, profitability and…
The reason for my decision, and how it can benefit the company as a whole.…
I trust I have convinced you that I have the qualities and commitment that will make me an excellent employee at Bean Happy Coffee. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss my application further.…
Martha Rinaldi from Iowa City earned a MBA in May 2008 from a business school in Chicago. After her first year of MBA program, she had the opportunity to do an internship at the Deep Dive Pizza located in Chicago as an assistant to the director of Promotions. She was doing so well in her responsibilities that the CEO himself was interested of having her in the company. He even proposed her to lead a new and special project in the marketing department. Later on, she got another job offer in a different and bigger company, the Potomac Waters. From that time, her main challenge was to choose between these tow companies. Both have their advantages and inconveniences, which we will be talking about more in detail later in our study. Finally, she decided to work for Potomac Waters as the assistant product manager. However, as she stated working, things aren’t going as she expected, and problems got bigger and bigger as time passed by. After few months working there, she started doubting about her decision of working there. Did she take the right decision? This study will help us answer this question throughout the study.…
Moawia had first presented to mall management his plan to open a food service business. The mall management would only consider plans for food services from people or organizations that has restaurant experience. Moawia had none. He thought of opening a fresh fruit juice operation because he had enjoyed making a variety of fruit drinks at home both family and friends and he felt that perhaps mall management would not require the owner to have restaurant experience for a juice stand. He proposed to offer customers freshly squeezed fruit juices mixed with homemade soft ice cream. The mall management accepted his business proposal. Moawai gathered the financial data required to open the store and now had five days to accept the mall’s offer to lease the space.…