Critical Thinking : Corporate Strategy and Diversification

Corporate diversification strategies raise a wide range of strategic management issues. For this week’s critical thinking assignment, read the case study found in your textbook: Case 16: Manchester City: Building a Multinational Soccer Enterprise, p.554 (in the textbook).

Remember, a case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific case and study questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:

1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course module, which apply to the situation described in the case study.
2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the module. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current module. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.
3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.
4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life examples or cases from textbooks.
5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.

Case Study Questions:

1. Under what circumstances can a company extend its competitive advantage from its home market to an overseas market? Issues concerning the transferability and replicability of the firm’s competitive advantage are critical here.
2. What are the distinctive features of City Football’s strategy? What mode of foreign market entry should City Football adopt? Why? Again, issues of resources and capabilities and the need for local market knowledge, distribution, and political and business connections become critical here.
3. What criteria can companies apply in deciding what new diversification to pursue and which should City Football apply in deciding?
4. What changes in the financial structure, organizational structure and management systems would you recommend? 

I’m working on a accounting multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Assignment Question(s):             (Marks 10)

Q 1 K. Corporation Use Part A43 in one of products. The company’s Accounting Department reports the following costs of producing the 12,000 units of the part that are needed every year.

Particulars 

Per Unit

Direct Materials

$ 4.50

Direct Labor 

$ 1.20

Variable Overhead

$ 2.70

Supervisor’s Salary

$ 3.00

Depreciation of Special Equipment

$ 2.30

Allocated General Overhead 

$ 1.80

An outside supplier has offered to make the part and sell it to the company for $14.70 each. If this offer is accepted, the supervisor’s salary and all of the variable costs, including direct labor, can be avoided. The special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. The allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company. If the outside supplier’s offer were accepted, only $5,000 of these allocated general overhead costs will be bear. .

Required:
a. Prepare a report that shows the effect on the company’s total net operating income of buying part A43 from the supplier rather than continuing to make it inside the company.
b. Which alternative should the company choose?                 (3 Marks)

Answer..

Q2. Define in Your words
a. Cost Centre
b. Profit Centre
c. Investment Centre       (2 Marks)

Answer: 

Q.3 KK Industries is a division of a major corporation. Last year the division had total sales of $23,380,000, net operating income of $2,828,980, and average operating assets of $7,000,000. The company’s minimum required rate of return is 12%.
Required:
a. What is the division’s margin?
b. What is the division’s turnover?
c. What is the division’s return on investment (ROI)?   (2 Marks )

Answer

Q 4.The following standards have been established for a raw material used in the production of product 44:

Standard quantity of the material per unit of output

2.6 

pounds

Standard price of the material

$14.50 

per pound

The following data pertain to a recent month’s operations:

Actual material purchased

7,600 

Pounds

Actual cost of material purchased

$110,960

Actual material used in production

7,300

Pounds

Actual output

2,800

units of product O99

Required:

a. What is the materials price variance for the month?

b. What is the materials quantity variance for the month?(3 Marks )

Answer:

Week 3 Assignment – Organizing HR Projects

Overview

Your company has had embedded HR generalists in business units for the past several years. Over that time, it has become more costly and more difficult to maintain standards, and is a frustration for business units to have that budget “hit.” The leadership has decided to move to a more centralized model of delivering HR services and has asked you to evaluate that proposition and begin establishing a project team to initiate the needed changes. The project team is selected, and you must now provide a general direction.

Instructions

Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

1. Review and define the five steps of strategic planning depicted in Exhibit 2-1 in the textbook on page 34. Based on the information, provide a statement of the overall importance of these steps to your project team.
2. Develop a vision and mission statement for the project team specific to the current project. Hint: It is highly recommended to follow the guidance offered in the textbook about vision and mission statements.
3. Explain to the project team what a project charter is and why it is used.
4. Review Exhibit 3.3 in the textbook and select any three charter elements you feel are more important and explain why.
5. Provide a statement of emphasis to your project team based on the information you provided in the previous three sections of the paper requirements.
   • The goal is to ensure your team understands the importance of the information.
6. Use three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Create an overview of project planning, a project vision and mission statement, a project charter, and a statement of emphasis.

TOPIC: An evaluation of the rights of employers in relation to social media postings by their employees.

It is a powerpoint (5 minutes presentation)

The topic must include a reference to at least one case or a statute that we have come across in our discussions. Please note that this does not mean that you present on a case or a statute but rather that you incorporate a reference to case law or statutory provisions in your discussion.

The aim of this assessment is to further develop your understanding of the legal issues and topics we have covered within the module and build upon skills such as the use of online resources, conducting of legal research and the use of relevant examples.

– Think of legal and business aspect of the topic

§ You will need to introduce yourself to start with and have an effective conclusion.

§ You can use slides, props, sound effects etc to help you convey your thoughts and arguments.

§ Do not exceed the maximum time limit.

§ You may want to consider the following questions to help you get started (do not feel obliged to or restricted in any way):

· What topics have I found most interesting?

· Why have these topics or cases/statutes been interesting to me personally?

· Why is this an important issue both in the context of law and business?

· What case(s)/ statutes are most relevant to this issue (try to focus on landmark and leading cases)

· What are some of the future legal questions that this issue/topic raises?

· What is my opinion on this topic? (explain your answer)

· What would I change about the future of this legal issue and why?

MUST for the research

Law Journals: oxford journal legal studies, legal studies, CAMBRIDGE LAW journal, law quarterly review, Harvard law review,

-Avoid anything published by students

-Corporate law: international company law review, journal of business law

-Books: oxford scholarship online website, Cambridge core

-Going for academic level of work

-Cases: The British and Irish Legal Information institute

-Footnotes and Bibliography

-ONLY USE UNITED KINGDOM ACT/LAW

-Journals research: Westlaw edge UK

I’m working on a journalism question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

The book’s name is Campbell, R., Martin,C., & Fabos, B. Media & Culture, 12th ed. Macmillan.

chapter 14 discusses values and ethics in the journalism industry.  For your last reflection, please write on the following scenario:

You are a reporter for a local news outlet in Nashville (pick either TV, newspaper, or radio), and have been assigned to cover a  protest in the city against the Biden/Harris administration while during the COVID-19 pandemic.  While it’s difficult to predict what exactly will happen, you can probably predict potential scenarios that may pop up due to past events.  Using issues and content from the book, what sort of ethical issues could you face while covering the rally?  How would you approach it?  

I’m not looking for a specific right/wrong answer for this one.  Just prove to me that you read the chapter and use that information to actively apply that knowledge to your approach.  

Please use proper spelling, grammar, etc. and shoot for 250-300 words.  You can submit the reflection in the box provided.  Please let me know if you have any questions at all.  hapter 14 discusses values and ethics in the journalism industry.  For your last reflection, please write on the following scenario:

You are a reporter for a local news outlet in Nashville (pick either TV, newspaper, or radio), and have been assigned to cover a  protest in the city against the Biden/Harris administration while during the COVID-19 pandemic.  While it’s difficult to predict what exactly will happen, you can probably predict potential scenarios that may pop up due to past events.  Using issues and content from the book, what sort of ethical issues could you face while covering the rally?  How would you approach it?  

I’m not looking for a specific right/wrong answer for this one.  Just prove to me that you read the chapter and use that information to actively apply that knowledge to your approach.