BUS 5910 Management Capstone
Task:
In the discussion forum, you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of discourse. Please post your initial response as early as possible and continue to participate throughout the unit. You are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in the Forum and then respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts.
You should also respond to anyone who has responded to you. Please discuss the Atlantic Lumber Traders case study, focusing the following elements of the case:
(1) Identify the problem in financial terms
(2) Diagnose the cause(s) by identifying specific business practices or situations that created or caused the problem
(3) Prescribe possible alternatives
(4) Recommend a plan of action (decision/implementation) along with proposed financial metrics (ratios/measures) which would define improvement success.
(5) State the importance and relevance of the case to the study of business.