Riordan Manufacturing is using different business systems throughout their branches. These different systems are causing difficulties, which produces errors in reporting and argument between these branches. San Jose has a license for a fully integrated Windows system without application source code. Michigan has a vendor software application that is no longer supported due to the vendor no longer being in business. To compound the issue, Georgia’s software is from a different vendor than Michigan’s vendor. A company that uses multiple systems will run into numerous difficulties, which can be prevented or resolved by planning and integration of a single business system that was designed and configured for all braches to access and use.…
Ballard integrated managed services (BIMS) is a contract company at Douglas Medical Center (DMC). The company provides food and hospitality services for both the patients and staff (University of Phoenix, 2015). Lately the moral of the staff has been a huge concern at BIMS due to the high turnover rate. The rate has been higher than usual and management feels moral has a huge role to play in the situation that is going on. BIMS has a total of 452 employees and has a 55 to 60% turnover rate. In the past 4 months the rate has climbed a to 64% turnover rate (University of Phoenix, 2015). The employees don’t seem to be motivated or happy with the current situation at the workplace. The use of sick leave has increased (University of Phoenix, 2015). The performance of the workers has become poor and has created a number of client complaints (University of Phoenix, 2015). In this report the Team will report a conclusion on the study of BIMS. The conclusion will report the final statistics of the survey given to the employees. After collecting data the team analyzed tables, charts, measurements and variability to conclude and share recommendations to management in the participating departments. This report will help BIMS with their issue within the organization.…
In this file ACC 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Outline for Week 3 there is a review of the following parts:…
Understanding the competitive forces within a market is essential for the successful rollout of a new product. The following paper will perform a competitive market analysis to determine the product’s potential success. Our team has selected Apple and Smartphones. Apple is a very successful organization and they have mastered marketing to the consumer with their phone design and style. Despite their astronomical success there are some very good competitors with equipment that is comparable if not better than them.…
Team c will review slides 48 to 142 of the Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement slide show on the National Criminal Justice Reference Service website. The team will discuss the best practices to be used by police when conducting suspect identifications.…
After reviewing the results of the survey given to the employees, it became apparent that the degree in which the questions were answered did not yield a clear enough understanding to why so many employees were dissatisfied and left the company. The questions were administered using a survey and handed out along with pay statements to everyone within the study criteria. The survey used was developed to provide data regarding the overall work environment and its affect on the level of satisfaction. The answers were to be measured from employee responses. Unfortunately, the amount of participation needed was not obtained and the survey did not produce useful findings. Some of the information needed was not asked in the survey questions, errors were made when keying the information into the spreadsheet, and the response rate was astonishingly low at 17.3 percent.…
Since the beginning of time and into present times great leaders and decision makers have mastered the art of delegation. Over history we have seen the end product of what a great leader with delegation skills can accomplish using their most valuable resource, people. In biblical scripture examples of delegation can be seen in the choosing of “disciples” by Jesus himself in order to accomplish various tasks and missions. All great prominent generals from the times of Julies Ceaser to today’s modern generals such as David Petraeus, example effective delegation and its role in making them effective leaders. In my military time I witnessed firsthand the effective implementation of delegation and its successful outcomes. I have unfortunately also witnessed the failure and degradation of a unit’s effectiveness with poor delegation and it subsequent negative consequences. Knowing effective delegation is a timeless tool that any aspiring leader should hone and keep handy in there “back pocket” of managerial skills.…
With the completion of our environmental impact outline during week 2, our team is prepared to complete our environmental impact presentation for week 5. Having the initial research done early on has allowed us to do further research in areas we felt it was needed for our final presentation and also allowed time to ask questions and communicate if there were any barriers.…
For almost 80 years the New Wave Corporation has been dedicated to producing the most efficient sound systems in the world. With such a diverse market they have strived to conquer all types of interests. Currently, New Wave has become the leading global market in high-tech electronics manufacturing and digital media. Through reliable services, products, and talented people taking a responsible approach to global citizenship and business, New Wave has taken the world to imaginative new direction.…
Each state has at least two separate tiers of government counties and municipalities. Some states are divided even further into townships.…
Sliwinska, D., Ranasinghe, J. & Kardava, I. (2012). Apple’s pricing strategies. Retrieved 1/14/2014 from http://aeunike.lecture.ub.ac.id.files/2012/04/case-kel.13.pdf…
My original community was in Hartland, Wisconsin. This is a predominately caucasian population. Most of the families that I grew up around were extremely wealthy and came from happy families. Community members in this area were most likely to contribute to the community with their monetary donations rather than volunteering. My neighborhood alone was populated with Lawyers, Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists and the ever famous “Businessman.” Those were the fathers that no one really knew what their job entailed. Every so often a more modern family would move into the neighborhood, in my case, that was my family. A single mother and a her only child. My mother was a grocery store manager, a difficult task in its self but nothing as important, to other people, as a Doctor. The mothers of the families with fathers who made the “bread” would often get together for afternoon walks around the town, and baking nights. Community events took place mostly in the summer as Wisconsin is bitter cold in the winter. During the summer months community members would all gather on the streets downtown and sing and dance and drink. There would also be cookouts at the town grocery store in honor of different charities and school programs in the area. I would work the cook outs for my basketball team and track teams. It was a nice time and it allowed everyone to get together in the summer. Everyone in our community was nice, respected and respectful. When something would happen, such as an accident with high school students, it would effect the entire town. We had upstanding members of our community like the Chief of Police, who was a father of a daughter in my grade. He created a memorial for all the students who were lost in high school. It still stands tall in our town square. After we lost young members of our community, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical transponders would volunteer their off time to give speeches to all ages about the dangers of being un-responsible…
In some cases, a market penetration pricing strategy is used and introductory prices are set low to gain market share rapidly. Here, demand is highly elastic. Product differentiation increases with time as a brand image is built and prices are generally raised as the demand become less elastic.…
In the middle of rigor competition, the company should put attention to the competitor-based method to set its price. Furthermore, the case told that low price would have a risk of causing harm to their economic bottom line. Thus, the wireless company should formulate the marketing gimmick to compensate its low price. For example, Verizon lowers its voice plans price but in the flip side Verizon eliminates the data plan bonus. In addition, JP Morgan estimates that only…
The higher prices of Apple's products compared to its competitors triggers signals to consumers; exclusivity, high-quality, uniqueness, coolness factor, etc. They also incorporate psychological pricing in a different way. As stated previously, the different variations of the iPod Touch retail at different price points. While applying product-line pricing, I also believe this strategy also urges its consumers to step up to the next model and pay more for a higher model. For example, the $399 iPod touch yields the best value because the price per GB is $6.23 ($399/64) while the $199 yields a price per GB of $24.88 ($199/8). These cues could lead to a purchasing decision that a customer did not anticipate (i.e wanting to purchase the 16gb initially, but ended up purchasing the 32gb or 64gb model). Customer will think that instead of purchase the 16Gb, why…