Characteristics of successful entrepreneurs 3. McGregor’s view was that theory X amounted to “treating people as children”. Should we deduce from this that a Theory X approach on part of teachers will produce the best results in the classroom? (10) Firstly‚ Theory X managers assume a number of things about the workers: they assume they don’t want to work‚ lack ambition and discipline is essential to make them work. For these reasons‚ the leadership style of theory X managers is autocratic- orders
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Solution: Moving from “make do” to “can do” Meeting SUBWAY’s expectations meant IPC needed topnotch management of key issues: Card programs: A newly implemented Gift card program – and management of an existing loyalty card program – brought high customer demand for IPC to handle card issues and placed a serious burden on them to respond efficiently. Customer service: Efforts to address issues were being duplicated and the process was managed manually. There was no real control of customer
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Sergil Houston MKT 500 Week 3 Assignment Professor Hiatt October 21‚2010 Executive Summary Food’n’Fun is a new‚ innovative experience for dining and entertainment for people of all ages. People from each age group will have no problems engaging in the various forms of entertainment provided. Billiards‚ video games‚ and darts will be offered. Also‚ fun-houses‚ ride-on games‚ and slides will be available for the younger ages. For “kids” of all ages I will include Wii games. Karaoke
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Through New Product Development In today’s competitive world‚ companies do not compete on price or delivery alone. Introduction of new products or new product features has become a main source of competitive advantage. The best example of this strategy is that of Pepsi Co. For decades‚ Pepsi Cola & Coca Cola battled for supremacy in the cola market‚ however in 1990’s Pepsi gained market share‚ improved profitability and became World No. 1 beverage vendor by introducing slew of new products. See:
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Problems Q.1 Consider a five-year coupon bond with a face value of $1000 paying an annual coupon of 15%. (i) If the current market yield is 8%‚ what is the bond’s price? (ii) If the current market yield increases by 1% what is the bond’s new price? (iii) Using your answers to part (i) and (ii) ‚ what is percentage change in the bond’s price as a result of 1% increase in interest rates. Q.2 Consider the following FI balance sheet: M. Match Ltd Assets | Liabilities | 2 –year Treasury bond
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YSL Marketing Research is a small firm conducts focus group meetings and mail opinion surveys. The YSL’s partner Connie Bachmann has been asked to conduct a survey for Surenex that has the potential to be a valued long-run client. And the firm willing to pay YSL’s normally billing rates. 2.0 Answer the question (a) The full cost of the Surenex engagement including indirect costs and direct costs. Direct costs consist of travel cost and cost of conducting surveys. In the case‚ direct cost means
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QUESTIONS 1. Based upon the case study above‚ discuss whether Beckett Organics is a marketing oriented organization or not. Support your answer by the use of relevant examples from the case. ( 10 marks) By definition a Marketing Oriented Organisation is an organisation that focuses on meeting the needs and desires of its customer. It attempts to tailor products to meet the demands of the customers. The business starts with the customers‚ find out what they need‚ and then produces it for them. The
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PART TWO Solutions to Empirical Exercises Chapter 3 Review of Statistics Solutions to Empirical Exercises 1. (a) Average Hourly Earnings‚ Nominal $’s Mean AHE1992 AHE2004 AHE2004 − AHE1992 (b) Average Hourly Earnings‚ Real $2004 Mean AHE1992 AHE2004 AHE2004 − AHE1992 15.66 16.77 Difference 1.11 SE(Mean) 0.086 0.098 SE(Difference) 0.130 95% Confidence Interval 15.49−15.82 16.58−16.96 95% Confidence Interval 0.85−1.37 11.63 16.77 Difference 5.14 SE(Mean) 0.064 0.098 SE(Difference) 0.117 95%
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New Product Paper The new product name is called “Good for Me App” it will cost $1.99 per download with a .99 cent monthly charge for maintenance and updates. This is a downloadable app for everyone to use. It has a built in scanner for your smartphone/tablet so you can scan a food/drug product to see if it is healthy or unhealthy. This would save time reading and trying to figure out the nutritional information on products with a simple‚ “good” for me with a ‚ or “bad” for me with a listed
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Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Applesauce: Using a Choice Experiment to Assess the Value of Organic‚ Local‚ and Nutrition Attributes Jennifer S. James‚ Bradley J. Rickard‚ William J. Rossman Recently‚ there has been much interest among horticultural producers concerning the marketing of organic and locally produced food. A consumer survey was administered that asked respondents to choose an applesauce product from a list of products differentiated by price‚ and by labels that
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