Management 230 3/11/2014 Week Three Discussion Questions How do organizational functions affect organizational structures? How do your organization’s functions affect its organizational structure? How do organizational structures affect organizational functions? How does your organization’s structure affect its organizational functions? An organization is defined as a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals. The function of an organization
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Week 6 - DQ 1 Do social inequities (for example‚ certain individuals preferred over others for jobs‚ housing financing‚ and so on) based on race still occur? If so‚ what are some examples that you have seen? I have not seen social inequities based on race‚ but I have heard about it still going on. I have heard that the African Americans get more food stamps than white people. I do not know if it is true or not. I know many black people that do not want any financial help‚ and I know plenty
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David Rivers MKT/421 Tracy Foote Week Three Discussion Questions • Select a product with which you are familiar. What stage is this product at in the product life cycle? Provide rationale for your answer. The chose Apples IPhone and currently it is the Maturity phase of the product life cycle. The IPhone is very popular and is often copied or remanufactured to look like and perform the same as the original. Apple is creating new features‚ products‚ and apps to allow users to do a lot more than
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Learning Discussion Week 3 How did your parents most influence your behavior growing up? Was it through classical conditioning? What about operant conditioning and social learning theory? Which theory had the biggest impact? Why? Give an example and state how it has impacted the person you are today. Make sure to briefly define what the type of conditioning is and cite the text (unless you invented: Classical‚ Operant or Social Learning theory). Try to use the terms the textbook authors use. If
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Marketing University of Phoenix Marketing Marketing is the strategic planning a company or entrepreneur does before launching a product to the public. Many consumers when hearing the word marketing confuse it with advertising which is a part of marketing a product but only a small part of the process and usually the results of research and product development. Marketing is the development of a concept not the advertising of that concept. The strategic plan behind a good marketing program
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Melt-Away: Product Strategy and Positioning MKT/421 Introduction Today‚ July 28‚ 2014‚ the Coca-Cola Company is proud to announce a new product line to benefit the hard working‚ parents‚ and employees of America who struggle daily to meet life’s demands and maintain optimum health. This new product will boost energy levels with natural‚ healthy‚ ingredients designed to assist with maintaining a healthy‚ body‚ weight. Coupled with “Melt-Away” (available in numerous flavors with varying
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Week Three Summary The team is to recap what was learned from last week’s assignments‚ readings‚ and discussion from class. As a team‚ each member ranked the six factors of innovation‚ and a final ranking was agreed upon. A brief description of the assignment will be discussed‚ highlighting the outcome. Innovation is essential for businesses to remain competitive‚ and the business not promoting innovations are losing portions of the market. The team learned the Seven Innovation rules to help
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require new subscribers to contact the company to set up new service and schedule an installation. This can be costly to both the company and the subscriber. Customers moving in to newly constructed homes already have outlets installed in the home and question the employee about why they must pay a technician to come out to "install" outlets that are already there. Technically inclined subscribers wonder why they must pay someone to complete a job they can do themselves for free. Installation costs start
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estimating how many competitors will make electric vehicles and what kinds they will make‚ is: A. A production activity. B. One of the universal functions of innovation. C. An example of the micro-macro dilemma. D. A part of marketing. 3) Which of the following statements best describes the modern view of marketing? A. Marketing should take over production‚ accounting‚ and financial services within a firm. B. The job of marketing is to get rid of whatever the company is producing
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Julian Nicholson MKT/421 January 15‚ 2015 Terry Dunning Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Blue Ocean Strategy Pertinence Blue Ocean Strategy is a concept in which authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne devised. They then wrote a bestselling book called you guessed it‚ Blue Ocean Strategy. In this book the authors expound upon at great length‚ the benefits for business owners to leave the red ocean. Red Ocean is a term used for what is known as the waters
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