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Questions: Financial Statement Analysis Read through the requirements below, and then complete all parts of the assessment and then save your work as either a Word document or a PDF file. Once you have saved your work click on the Assessment submission link within this topic and upload your completed assessment to your tutor for marking. Question 1 Identify and discuss the benefits and limitations of Ratio Analysis. In your own words exp...

Part A: Multiple-Choice (1 mark each for a .total of 20 marks) For each question, choose the correct answer by circling only one of the letters a, b, c, or d.   1. The Star Wars Industries has the following account balances: Retained earnings $75,000 Revenue $365,000 Operating Expenses $297,000 Interest Expense $17,500 On the corporate income statement what will be...

Task: Task One Using the Annual Report and Accounts of Thomas Cook for the period 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, you are required to evaluate the performance of the company.  You are required to : (a)Evaluate the performance of Thomas Cook in the following areas, using ratio analysis:  -Profitability -Liquidity/Solvency -Working capital efficiency -Long term financial structure -Investors’ perspective In addition you could a...

Course Code   :  ACM201

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Answers: Introduction Wilmar was established in 1991 and it’s headquarter is in Singapore. It is the largest company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The company is engaged in agribusiness activities including oilseed crushing, oil palm farming, oil filtering, sugar refining and biodiesel, specialty fats, oleo chemicals, composts, flour and rice milling. The company has more than 500 trade plants and wide dispersed network c...

Read the following case carefully and answer the questions based on your analysis of the case and what you studied during the course. George Fisher Works to Turnaround Kodak George Fisher is the first outsider ever to become CEO of Rochester-based Eastman Kodak Co. Fisher was recruited in 1993 from Motorola, where he was CEO, to take the helm of the troubled photography giant. Kodak has been suffering from declining earning, slow growth, heavy de...

Course Code   :  MGT200

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Questions: Give An Example Of a Company For Each Three Directional Strategies And Where Would You Use These Strategies And How And When? Answers: Introduction Growth Hexa Oil and Gas The company produces mot of their products themselves rather than outsourcing to others. Vertical Growth Helps in understanding the ways in current market scenario(Ahmed, 2016)   This must be used when the company is trying to expand in the same prod...

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Task Objectives   This assignment aims to assess students’ theoretical understanding and practical knowledge of concepts covered in independent learning and practical sessions.   Background   The dataset provided in this assignment is created by researchers at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) which uses data from the 1996 to 2014 Forbes’ World’s Billionaires lists. The data includes...

Question: Five years ago, Laura Whitten left the regional accounting firm where she had worked for 15 years, since  her graduation from college.  Laura obtained her CPA two years after joining WesternCPAs, and the  parting from Western was on amicable terms.  In the time since Laura left Western, Whitten LLC has  grown into a profitable consulting firm, concentrating on tax work and IT consulting.  Laura was one of  the state’s leadin...

Course Code   :  MARK315

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Questions:   This assignment is based upon Case Study 4 in the core text: “Uber: Competing as Market Leader in the US versus Being a Distant Second in China” (pls. see case study attached). Read the case and answer the following question: Using the Flower of Service, the Wheel of Loyalty, and market positioning (STP) suggest how Uber might adapt further to improve its market share in China. Learning Outcomes:   1) Provide a detailed und...

Course Code   :  B207A

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Questions: If you look at a range of management textbooks, you will notice that a very high proportion have IKEA, the Swedish furniture company, as one of the prime examples of a successful organization. Everyone who has visited IKEA, in almost any country, has noted the unique approach to self-service, whereby the customer spends potentially many hours viewing displays of furniture and then collects the modular components from the warehouse n...

Question: Using both the outside-in and inside-out analytical frameworks, critically analyse your selected company’s external and internal environment, and identify the strategic issues it needs to address in the short, medium and long term. From your analysis what are your company’s major opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses? Use module theory to generate strategies your company can draw upon in addressing the strategi...

Course Code   :  MAT119

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Questions: Identify The Need To Better Forecast The Impact Of An Event On Sales Where You Need To Identify If You Will Adopt a Bayesian Probabilistic Approach Answers: Introduction In order to improve customer relationship, most business organisations put in place favourable policies enabling them to boost sales and increase profits. One of the departments given considerable attention is the marketing department, as it forms one of the ...

Task: Instructions The assignment must be typed as word document using Times New Roman font, size 12, with single spacing. Length:The answers to each question should not exceed 1 page in length. Penalty will apply if length restriction is breached; 2 marks to be deducted. 5 marks will also be deducted for works without citations, bibliography and references. Submission:A soft copy is due via the assignment linkprovided on the blackboard a...

Course Code   :  MGT160

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Task: Type of business: import/ export Countries involved: India Product: Indian ladies stuff ( Punjabi suits, jewellery) SWOT analysis Strengths: My customers would be Indian ladies or girls. The main strength of my business is that I would gonna sell matching jewellery with suits and would give different deals if the customers want to buy jewellery along with suits. What is the advantage of importing it from India to sell it here...

Task Environmental issues and sustainability are now a ‘mainstream’ to the tourism industry.  Chapter 3 in the 4th and 3rd edition (and Chapter 4 in the 2nd edition) of the Stipanuk text provides a good discussion of the current issues and practices related to sustainable management in the tourism industry and with specific reference to the hotel sector.  You will notice that much of what is being proposed is based on Age...

Course Code   :  MAN2021

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Questions: Why does a business need to define its mission and engage in planning? Dan Smith is a management consultant with the firm Business Advisors. He’s sitting in his office one day when the telephone rings.   He picks it up and hears the voice of Tom Wilson, an old high school friend. “Hi Dan. This is Tom Wilson from Southside High. Remember me?” They discuss old times for a few minutes, and then Tom gets down to b...

Question: Project Preassessment Evaluation Based on an evaluation of the organization’s current state and recent initiatives, the areas listed below have been identified as being in need of improvement based on the triple-bottom-line framework and B Corp Certification requirements. Competencies In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies: Recommend operations management methods and techniq...

Course Code   :  CSIA 350

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Task: For this project, you will research and report upon the problem of Supply Chain Risk as it pertains to the cybersecurity industry. To begin, you will need to explore through the readings the concepts of global supply chains and global cooperation for cross-border trade in goods and services. Then, you will need to investigate due diligence and other business processes / strategies which can be used to mitigate the impacts of supply chain r...

Course Code   :  MGMT2001

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Questions: Part 1Discussion Questions 1. What management skills do you think would have been most important for Howard Schultz to have? Why? What skills do you think would be most important for a Starbucks store manager to have? Why?   2. Choose two of the current trends and issues facing managers, and explain how Starbucks might be impacted. What might be the implications for first-line managers? Middle managers? Top managers?  ...

Question: You have been employed as the new manager of an American company producing automobile in U.S.A. The company wants to venture into the international business, manufacturing and marketing in China and Korea.   What are the major cultural risks the company may encounter and how will you attempt to deal with it?   How will the roles of comparative and competitive advantages in your American company ensure its success?  ...

Answers: Introduction Financial and market performance highlights how an entity is operating, and extent to which its financial objectives has been accomplished (Gartenberg, Prat and Serafeim 2019). Hence, this report aims to evaluate the market performance of Western Digital Corporation and its competitors by using Dupont analysis and other significant ratios. Overview of the Companies Western Digital Corporation is the world’s leading...

Course Code   :  EC6618

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Task Assessment Description: Case Study. Learning Outcomes Addressed LO 1. Critique critical contemporary economic issues in a rigorous way, using applied concepts and theories. LO 2. Apply economic frameworks and decision-making to specific real-world business cases. LO 3. Evaluate and assess macroeconomic policy decisions (including competitiveness policies and labour market policies) on the business environment. LO 4. Use macroeconomi...

Question: PESTLE is a strategic analysis tool. It is often seen as the most effective analytical tools to analyse the impacts of external issues. It is an extended version of PEST analysis. Other forms of this tool are PESTEL, STEEP, and STEEPLE. The acronym PESTLE stands for 6 factors which affect the business. The factors are: Political Economic Social Technological Legal Environmental PESTLE Analysis of Starbucks The constant global...

Question: Assessment Questions Make a list of those factors that determine the contestability of a particular air route. (20%) Demonstrate your understanding of dead weight loss in relation to the previoulsy regulated airline industry where airlines had monopolies on routes. How has the deregulation of the aviation industry solved that and who benefits from that solution the most? (illustrate) (20%) In the UK, train operators comp...

Task: In this day and age, it is critical for the management of the small-scale businesses to improve their operational methodology and work on the strategic affairs to ensure that they are able to achieve the growth that is better than their rivals. Sushi restaurants are gaining popularity in different parts of the world even in the small countries as well. It is critical for these restaurants to offer the maximum value for the money (Kashima, ...