QUESTIONS 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Age is definitely a huge factor in his decision to get an MBA. The younger the individual‚ the more opportunity for salary increases which in turn‚ the quick he can recover his costs of returning for an MBA. These costs include the opportunity cost of lost income in pursuing his MBA as well as the cost of the tuition itself. 2. What other‚ perhaps nonquantifiable‚ factors affect Ben’s decision to get an MBA? The location of
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the year‚ per Exhibit 1? 3. What is the proposed incremental contribution margin per occupied room/day during the off-season? Assuming 40% occupancy that can be expected due to the advertising budget 4. For each alternative in the case‚ list the annual expenses that are incremental to that decision alternative but are not related to the room/days occupied? A. Open West wing during offseason Annual incremental expenses that are not related to rooms/days occupied 1.
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SELECTING FABRICS‚ COLORS‚ AND SUSTAINABLE FLOORING Charita Y Parker ID121Rp Donna Pennella February 4‚2013 Flooring Living Room I chose the Bamboo flooring foe the living room area because it is a truly sustainable harvested grass that regenerates at a speed faster than hardwood. Bamboo mature rapidly but harvesting does not kill the plant. Duro-design uses only fully mature Moso bamboo which is selected for superior strength and maximum hardness. I think it fits in to my overall concept because
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Also‚ another option is to spend all of the money towards one promotional strategy. Findings: Industry: How BatesManor is compared to the household furniture industry. Add Another Sales Rep: An additional sales rep will be needed to service company accounts because 50 new accounts were being added. Promote New Styles of Furniture: These new items would require consumer advertising in shelter magazines to be launched successfully. Push/Pull Strategy for Promotions: The cost and benefits
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Stickley Furniture Stickley Furniture Ashford University Business 644 Operations Management Professor Ronald Beach December 12‚ 2012 An analysis of Stickley Furniture’s production‚ aggregate planning production control‚ inventory and quality reveals that the company has made changes that have proven successful strategies for the long term success of the company since it was sold in 1974. The analysis presented here will show areas of strength and areas of improvement
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Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation Analysis Sales Management June 10th‚ 2012 Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation Sale Management Analysis The Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation is a company who produces processing chemicals for the chemical plating industry. James Sprague was promoted to the northeast district sales manager for the company. Sprague sales experience was approximately 4 years which 2 were spent assisting the national sales manager. The team he will manage has a significant
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1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age should be a positive factor in earning his MBA. He is still very young‚ and has 40 years in his career to go. 2. What other‚ perhaps non-quantifiable factors‚ affect Ben’s decision to get an MBA? If Ben works hard on his MBA‚ he will get great grades and possibly a high GPA which can have better opportunities and promotions. 3. Assuming all salaries are paid at the end of each year‚ what is the best option for Ben‚ from a
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Robert Grubbs Case Analysis 3.2 April 3‚ 2013 Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation 1. Current Situation James Sprague is the newly appointed district sales manager for the northeast. Upon arriving he had dinner with Hank Carver and John Follet‚ two senior sales representatives‚ and discussed his plans to review the company’s data prepared by the national sales manager and better the area’s profits. Carver‚ the most experience sales representative‚ took offense to analysis saying that his 34
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manorialism‚ which centered around manors. There were many key characteristics that defined the Medieval manor. A manor was a large estate owned by a feudal lord‚ and the most common form of a fief (Ahlin 1‚ Nardo 19). Manors included a castle or manor house‚ at least one village‚ and the surrounding farmland (Frey 22). Manorialism was the name of the system that included the services that the peasants on a manor owed to the lord and their contracts with the lord (Nardo 25). A manor could be anywhere from 16
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Most lords owned a Manor‚ which was a district where the lord could exercise certain privileges and rights in medieval Europe. Only the Lords could own a Manor‚ because they were at the top of the feudal system. Let’s take a look at what everyone’s role was on the Manors. As I already said‚ Lords and their families lived quite comfortably on their Manor. Lords lived in a manor house‚ which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived. There were many rooms in a manor home. Some had a
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