I found your Discussion Board Forum 4 post quite interesting. I didn’t agree with the post in its entirety. Opening a new business is hard work. Anyone looking into opening a business should thoroughly do their research. Betty has done some great ground work by researching a few franchises. The franchise concept is a great option for someone new to the business world. The franchisor usually continues to support the operation of the franchisee ’s business by providing advertising‚ accounting‚ training
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Selecting a Contemporary Accounting Management Technique for Google‚ Inc. Amanda Matherly Stowe Business 601 Liberty University Google‚ Inc. has been one of the fastest growing and profitable companies in the world. Since its inception in 1998‚ it has revolutionized the way the world uses the Internet. Though Google has its hands in many different projects‚ the classification of industry under which Google falls is simply the Internet search process. Initially‚ Google strived to be the
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Discussion Board Forum 4 BUSI 610 August 13‚ 2012 Ch. 10: How much do you think it is possible for an outsider to discern about the underlying cultural values of an organization by analyzing symbols‚ ceremonies‚ dress‚ or other observable aspects of culture‚ compared to an insider with several years of work experience? Select a percentage (e.g.‚ 10%‚ 70%) and discuss your reasoning. Outsiders’ being able to discern the underlying cultural values of an organization is about 40% When an outsider
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Walmart and Benchmarking Discussion Board 1 Liberty University As the world’s largest retailer‚ Walmart has set the bar in the cost leadership strategy following its motto “Every Day Low Price”. In order to be competitive‚ other retailers have to strive to differentiate or match their prices and they look at Walmart as a benchmark (Yanrong‚ 2013). Being the leader is not good enough though. Walmart must remain dissatisfied with their current results. Melanie Hicks writes
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Shauntia Ford Discussion Board #4 BUSN310-1205A-02 International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business November 29‚ 2012 Do you feel that these concepts are appropriate forms of remedy in the workplace? Explain By using affirmative action programs‚ discrimination can be removed because of the fact the assemblies developed confirms that the weak group is allowed. Affirmative action can be carried out through a number of ways including the delivery of educational benefits‚ employment‚ and tightening
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Question #4: Data integrity is essential for a company’s operations. Describe various steps companies can use to ensure the integrity of its information. Data integrity refers to the validity of the data. This means that data within a system is true and correct. If the information in an accounting information system is not correct then information that is produced is going to be of no use to the company’s employees‚ management‚ and board of directors that make the decisions. There are various
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Describe the nature of the early African-European contact. At first‚ the relations between the Europeans and Africans centered primarily on the trade of items such as gold‚ ivory‚ cloth and guns. Then things took a turn for the worse when trade turned to from gold‚ ivory‚ cloth and guns to humans. What is meant by enslavement? Enslavements is the making slaves of your captives or forcibly dispossessing an owner of property (people). How did the plantation system make slavery a lucrative
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In lesson two the focus began on the differences between television viewing and reading literature. Several points were laid out which led to the ultimate conclusion that media must be balanced between analog and cognitive involvement. An unnamed source of information claims that the average time of electronic media usage exceeds 27 hours in the lives of children between the ages of five and eighteen. Television viewing requires little brain activity as the visual aspects do not require as much
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Introduction to Project Management – Week 3 Discussion Questions – Leonardo Trigos Evaluate the claim of the authors Article “Matching the project manager’s leadership style to project type” that the project manager’s leadership style influences project success. Identify and briefly evaluate one of the leadership traits possessed by some project managers that the authors state as unimportant and possibly detrimental to the success of a project. The Article (Muller‚ 2007) tries to test two
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Discussion Board #1 Answer the following questions in the Discussion Board after reading chapter 1 & 2. 1. Is it possible for an economy to be based entirely on services? I think so. It is possible for an economy to base itself solely on services and importing manufactured materials or raw materials from other countries. However‚ in real life‚ it is more "service dominant" than "service monopoly". 2. What is the value of self-service in an economy? It can reduce labor costs. For example
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