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MKT 441 Week 2 Learning Team Market Research Implementation Plan Problem Identification and Project Outline
$12.50Learning Team
Market Research Implementation Plan: Problem Identification and Project Outline
Resources: Internet, University Library
Select an organization with which you are familiar. This organization is the basis for your Market Research Implementation Plan.
Obtain your instructor’s approval for this organization before beginning this project.
Select a scenario from the following list:
· An organization is planning to introduce a new product or service in another country.
· An organization is considering introducing a new product or service.
· An organization is considering launching a new business unit.
· An organization is considering pursuing a new geographical market.
· An organization is considering adjusting the pricing of an existing product or service.
· An organization is considering enhancing an existing product or service to meet expanding customer needs.
· An organization wants to evaluate its perceived customer service.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word detailed outline of your Market Research Implementation Plan in which you address the following:
· Write an introduction describing your selected organization and scenario.
· Based on your selected scenario, identify the detailed areas in which market research is needed, such as population, target market, and per capita, and describe their importance to the organization in the selected scenario.
· Develop an outline with headings and a brief paragraph for each of the sections you anticipate having in your final Market Research Implementation Plan. You may decide to change these sections in future weeks.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
MKT 441 Week 2 Learning Team Market Research Implementation Plan Problem Identification and Project Outline
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ACC 561 Week 2 Individual Assignment Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
$15.00Write a paper that describes the main aspects of the regulatory environment which will protectthe public from fraud within corporations, Pay particular attention to SOX requirements
Required Elements:
No more than 1400 words
Specifically evaluate whether SOX will be effective in avoiding future frauds.
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MGT 521 Week 5 Individual Assignment Team Leadership
$10.00Your manager tells you about a new department the company will be adding that is part of the company’s strategic plan to enter a particular market segment. Your manager would like you to manage one of the teams in this new department. Your manager has put together the team you will be managing.
Your new team consists of the members of your current Learning Team. To be successful in the new market segment, your team must efficiently accomplish the goals set by the company. Your manager, therefore, would like you to develop a leadership approach for each team member on your team based on the theories of leadership and each member’s individual personalities.
Write a memo to your manager of no more than 1,400 words in which you explain how you plan to successfully lead your team. Include the following: Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, based on the personality assessment. Evaluate the situation in terms of urgency, culture, and so forth. Determine leadership approaches, based on individuals and the situation. Highlight the principles you have applied from various leadership theories.
Format your memo consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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CASE APPLICATION 1 Lessons from Lehman Brothers: Will We Ever Learn?
$10.00“Greed” and “Crooks” are a sampling of comments recorded on a rendering of Lehman’s chief executive Richard Fuld by artist Geoffrey Raymond, who placed his painting outside of Lehman’s New York City offices and handed out markers to employees and pedestrians so they could write a message regarding the firm’s announcement that it was filing for bankruptcy.
On September 15, 2008, financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. 95 That action—the largest Chapter 11 filing in financial history—unleashed a “crisis of confidence that threw financial markets worldwide into turmoil, sparking the worst crisis since the Great Depression.” The fall of this Wall Street icon is, unfortunately, not a new one, as we’ve seen in the stories of Enron, WorldCom, and others. In a report released by bankruptcy court-appointed examiner Anton Valukas, Lehman executives and the firm’s auditor, Ernst & Young, were lambasted for actions that led to the firm’s collapse. He said, “Lehman repeatedly exceeded its own internal risk limits and controls, and a wide range of bad calls by its management led to the bank’s failure.” Let’s look behind the scenes at some of the issues.
One of the major problems at Lehman was its culture and reward structure. Excessive risk taking by employees was openly lauded and rewarded handsomely. Individuals making questionable deals were hailed and treated as “conquering heroes.” On the other hand, anyone who questioned decisions was often ignored or overruled. For instance, Oliver Budde, who served as an associate general counsel at Lehman for nine years, was responsible for preparing the firm’s public filings on executive compensation. Infuriated by what he felt was the firm’s “intentional under-representation of how much top executives were paid,” Budde argued with his bosses for years about that matter, to no avail. Then, one time he objected to a tax deal that an outside accounting firm had proposed to lower medical insurance costs saying, “My gut feeling was that this was just reshuffling some papers to get an expense off the balance sheet. It was not the right thing, and I told them.” However, Budde’s bosses disagreed and okayed the deal.
Another problem at Lehman was the firm’s top leadership. Valukas’s report was highly critical of Lehman’s executives who “should have done more, done better.” He pointed out that the executives made the company’s problems worse by their conduct, which ranged from “serious but nonculpable errors of business judgment to actionable balance sheet manipulation.” Valukas went on to say that “former chief executive Richard Fuld was at least grossly negligent in causing Lehman to file misleading periodic reports.” These reports were part of an accounting device called “Repo 105.” Lehman used this device to get some $50 billion of undesirable assets off its balance sheet at the end of the first and second quarters of 2008, instead of selling those assets at a loss. The examiner’s report “included e-mails from Lehman’s global financial controller confirming that the only purpose or motive for Repo 105 transactions was reduction in the balance sheet, adding that there was no substance to the transactions.” Lehman’s auditor was aware of the use of Repo 105 but did not challenge or question it. Sufficient evidence indicated that Fuld knew about the use of it as well; however, he signed off on quarterly reports that made no mention of it. Fuld’s attorney said, “Mr. Fuld did not know what these 147148transactions were—he didn’t structure or negotiate them, nor was he aware of their accounting treatment.” A spokesperson from Ernst & Young (the auditor) said that, “Lehman’s bankruptcy was the result of a series of unprecedented adverse events in the financial markets.”
Discussion Questions
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- What was the culture at Lehman Brothers like? How did this culture contribute to the company’s downfall?
- What role did Lehman’s executives play in the company’s collapse? Were they being responsible and ethical? Discuss.
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- After all the public uproar over Enron and then the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to protect shareholders, why do you think we still continue to see these types of situations? Is it unreasonable to expect that businesses can and should act ethically?
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ETH/321 Elements of a Contract
$5.00ETH/321 Elements of a Contract Questions
Should Jack engage an attorney?
Valid contract with the widow?
Will daughter’s suit succeed?
Case Summary
Jack has to come to me with a business dilemma. Recently he purchased pieces of antique china for $150.00 from an older adult widow who was selling (to downsize for assisted living). Coincidentally, the adult daughter of the widow happened to visit his shop during one of his sales and saw the china, marked up with high prices. She advised Jack that the china shouldn’t have been sold to him, especially at a low price, and that her mother was going to assisted living because she was experiencing the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Even though the daughter offered Jack double what he paid for the china, he turned down the offer. Within a week, he was served with legal process seeking return of the china, or alternatively, its value, which was estimated to be $25,000.00.
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MKT 421 Week 2 Team Assignment Marketing Plan Phase 1
$10.00Resources: University Library, Internet
Create a new product or service for an existing organization. This product or service will be the basis for your Marketing Plan Paper. Obtain your instructor’s approval of your product or service before beginning this project.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper to include the following:
• An overview of the existing organization
• A description of the new product or service
• An explanation of the importance of marketing to your selected organization’s success
• A SWOTT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends) analysis on the new product or service
• The marketing research approach you would use to develop the marketing strategy and tactics for this new product or service
Refer to the Marketing Plan Outline listed on the student website for the general framework of the Marketing Plan.
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MKT 421 Week 2 Personal Branding Plan Paper
$5.00Personal Branding Plan Paper
Write a 700- to 1050-word paper that does the following:
• Summarizes your background and what makes you unique in a 1-paragraph elevator pitch
• Identifies 3 to 4 companies you want to work for, and an explanation as to why
• Identifies the best methods for contacting those companies and engaging those who might influence the hiring decision
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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ACC 291 Week 3 Learning Team Weekly Reflection
$5.00Discuss the objectives for Week Three. Your discussion should include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field.
Write a 350- to 1,050-word summary of the team’s discussion.
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Comparing IFRS to GAAP
$10.00Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of the team’s discussion about IFRS versus GAAP, based on your team collaborative discussions. The summary should be structured in a subject-by-subject format. An introduction and a conclusion are needed. Your essay should include the answers to the following:
IFRS 8-1: What are some steps taken by both the FASB and IASB to move to fair value measurement for financial instruments? In what ways have some of the approaches differed?
IFRS 9-1: What is component depreciation, and when must it be used?
IFRS 9-2: What is revaluation of plant assets? When should revaluation be applied?
IFRS 9-3: Some product development expenditures are recorded as development expenses and others as development costs. Explain the difference between these accounts and how a company decides which classification is appropriate.
IFRS 10-2: Explain how IFRS defines a contingent liability and provide an example.
IFRS10-3: Briefly describe some similarities and differences between GAAP and IFRS with respect to the accounting for liabilities.Use the Financial Accounting text and at least two additional scholarly-reviewed references.