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1.) Please complete the class discussion Topic: The Importance of Strategic Controls:

Retail companies like Walmart are heavy users of strategic control systems. Think about how it utilizes RFID technology to track products from inventory to the market shelves. Discuss how Walmart relies upon strategic surveillance, special alert control, and implementation control. What improvements might you suggest to the company’s COO relative to strategic control and why?  

Please have the discussion above complete by next Wed/Thursday.  I will attach the 2 class responses as usual by next wed/Thursday for you to respond to.  

2.) Main Assignment is :

Case 2 "Ann Taylor: Survival in Specialty Retail"

I attached the Rubric along with the template.  Please ensure that everything is complete exactly on the template as it gives you the information on how long each question needs to be such as number of paragraphs for each section and how many sentences as well.  I will upload the Case information shortly since you cant access it in the book. 

Thanks.

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Googles Employee Benefits and Employee Retention

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Gun Manufacturers and Responsibility

John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo shot and killed 13 people in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. They used a semiautomatic assault rifle manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. The two killers bought the rifle from Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply, a gunshop in Tacoma, Washington, although federal law prohibited the shop from selling the gun to either Muhammad, who had a record of domestic battery, or to Malvo, who was a minor.

Survivors of the victims have claimed that although Muhammad and Malvo were directly responsible for the deaths of the victims, both Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., and Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply (and their owners) also “should be held responsible.” Audits by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 
showed that Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply had “lost” guns (238 in a 3-year period) or “lost” documentationincluding its records of the Muhammad–Malvo sale—yet Bushmaster Firearms continued to sell its guns to the shop. Survivors of the victims claimed that Bushmaster Firearms had an obligation not to create an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm from the distribution of its guns. The company, they claimed, failed to adequately investigate or screen this dealer’s record of weapons handling, failed to adequately monitor and supervise how its dealer was selling its guns, and failed to provide training or incentives for its dealer to comply with gun laws.

If Bull’s Eye and Bushmaster had acted as they had an obligation to act, Muhammad and Malvo would have been prevented from obtaining the assault rifle they needed to kill their victims since federal 
laws prohibited both from buying guns. Bull’s Eye and Bushmaster helped cause the deaths, the wife of a victim claimed, and so “they share the responsibility for my husband’s death and many others.”

Answer the following questions:

1)In your opinion are Bull’s Eye and Bushmaster morally 
responsible for the Washington, D.C. victims’ deaths? Why or why not? 

2)Are manufacturers ever morally responsible for deaths caused by the use of their 
products? Why or why not?

Please answer the above 2 questions one by one in two paragraphs. And one paragraph for a response to this two paragraphs.

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The casebook is attached and the case is Hollinger International on page 73.
Only answer question 4. 

The following requirements relate to Ms. Stitt’s testimony about the audit working papers:
[a] Based on your review of requirements in auditing standards related to auditor documentation,
why must auditors prepare audit documentation?
[b] Discuss the concept of “experienced auditors” as described in auditing standards and highlight how that concept relates to the form, content, and extent of audit documentation.
[c] Summarize the requirements for identifying the preparer and reviewer of audit documentation. Is Ms. Stitt’s testimony consistent with those requirements? Briefly explain.
[d] Summarize the responsibilities for reviewing audit documentation's describedin auditing standards.

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Select a manufacturer that are familiar with and assume that you are the logistics manager of this organization.
Determine the areas in which logistics and the core functional areas like production, marketing, finance and accounting. Might interface and analyse the effectiveness of the current order cycle and inventory management. Base on your analysis recommend improvement by applying the theories and concepts found in logistics management.

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In your own words, you will define and give examples for the five fields of communication, including their differences and similarities. Because the eText does not explain these fields of communication, you will need to research their meanings using other sources, providing descriptions and examples for each of the following communication fields: interpersonal, group, organizational, mass, and cultural communication.

Instructions

1.Choose your favorite search engine such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, AltaVista, Cuil, Dogpile, GigaBlast, Excite, ixquick, Mamma, or WebCrawler.

2.Type the name of the communication field in the search box and press Enter.

3.Choose a link with “.org” or “.edu” in the URL.

4.Select and read the linked information.

5.Describe the field of communication in your own words.

6.Create an example.

7.Respond to the definitions and examples of your classmates. Can you add to the definition?

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Dram Shop Acts and managing drunk customers

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Assume you are the marketing manager for a local cable company. You have some direct competitors including AT&T U-verse and the Dish Network. Using the six steps outlined in your textbook for setting a pricing policy, prepare a report for your Vice President on your suggested pricing strategy for your service. 
Be sure to include the following in your report:

•    Determine your price objective with your justification.
•    Determine the demand of your service and how this influences your pricing 
        strategy.
•    Estimate your cost elements and discuss how this will influence the price of 
        your service.
•    Prepare a competitive price analysis.
•    Select your pricing method and determine your final price along with your 
        justification.

The six steps are:
1. Selecting the Pricing Objective

These are: Survival, maximum current profit, maximum market share, maximum market skimming, and product-quality leadership.

2. Determining Demand

3. Estimating Costs

4. Analyzing Competitors’ Costs, Prices, and Offers

5. Selecting a Pricing Method

6. Selecting the Final Price

this is the ISBN to the textbook im using:      9780133856460

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How did Philips become the worldwide leader in the consumer electronics industry? How did Panasonic overtake Philips? How did Samsung overtake Panasonic and Philips? What core competencies (resources and capabilities) did each firm possess that helped it to be successful? 22.    What were the key success-factors in the industry during the 1920-1980 period when Philips was the world leader? How did those key success factors change during later time periods when Panasonic and Samsung overtook Philips to become leaders in the consumer electronics industry? 3 3.    What are the major problems/challenges that each firm faced? What additional steps should each firm take to strengthen their respective competitive positions?

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Prepare a 3 page business report on the advantages and disadvantages of using payroll companies (ex. ADP) to process payroll. Research 3 companies and generate a proposal for each. Please describe the services each company provides, which payroll taxes they assist with and how this applies to their material in class.

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Workplace trends within and outside health care require employees to connect with an ever-widening array of coworkers, consultants, off-site employees, and other resources. Sharing knowledge is critical to any organization's success, especially in the health care industry.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following questions:
Which organizational model best describes your organization or an organization with which you are familiar? 
How does your organization currently share knowledge or involve employees in formulating solutions to problems?
Include the following in your paper:
The techniques that have been most effective for sharing information and ideas
The techniques that proved to be ineffective
How these techniques might be applied or modified in a health care work environment
How technology might also affect this process
Cite a minimum of 3 references, one of which may be your course textbook, to support your position.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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A women smoking Weyco may be one of the only large companies in the country that can boast not only a smoke-free workplace, but a smoke-free workforce. Achieving that status, however, didn’t come without a lot of effort—and controversy.  Howard Weyers, the founder and CEO of the Michigan-based health-benefits-management company, attracted a lot of media attention—and the ire of workers’ advocates—when he let go four employees recently after they refused to stop smoking. Civil-rights activists accused the company of discrimination, arguing that Weyers was punishing workers for engaging in a legal activity on their own time.  Weyers claimed that he gave his employees plenty of notice and opportunities and incentives to quit.  “I gave them a little over 15 months to decide which is most important: my job or tobacco?” says Weyers. That’s a question that more Americans may be asking themselves these days. Most companies already ban tobacco use in the workplace and more than a half dozen states and hundreds of cities have enacted laws to the same effect. Now, citing rising health-insurance costs and concerns about employees’ well-being, a growing number of companies are refusing to hire people who smoke, even if they do so on their own time and nowhere near their jobs. An estimated 6,000 employers no longer hire smokers, according to the National Workrights Institute, an affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Discuss with your peers how you would react in this type of situation.  Should an employer have the right to not hire you solely based on the fact that you are a smoker?  Why or why not?  After creating your initial post, respond to at least two of your peers and discuss whether you agree or disagree with their viewpoint.  Explain and justify your response.

Be sure to support your analysis with appropriate material from the text and outside web sites