Chapter 11
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1.
As coca-cola faced problems in the late 1990s, Douglas Daft changed strategies and focussed on
____________?
A. price
B. quantity
C. quality
D. tailoring strategy to meet local needs
E. centralizing firm decisions in Atlanta
2.
Profit can be defined as:
A. costs minus profits
B. the difference between time and money
C. quantity times profit
D. sales plus costs
E. the difference between TR and TC
3.
A firm's __________ can be defined as the actions that managers take to attain the goals of the firm.
A. systems
B. value chain
C. operations
D. strategy
E. plans
4.
Sally creates _______, when she develops a way to maximize long-term
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A. complementary
B. secondary
C. support
D. subsidiary
E. staff
19. Which function ensures that the company has the right mix of skilled people to perform its value creation activities effectively?
A. Accounting
B. Human resources
C. Materials management
D. Infrastructure
E. information services
20. The __________ function controls the transmission of physical materials through the value chain.
A. human resources
B. infrastructure
C. R & D
D. materials management
E. distribution
21. All of the following, except ____________, are included in infrastructure.
A. structure
B. employee relations
C. culture
D. control systems
E. all of these answers are correct
22. Which of the following is not something firms that operate internationally are able to do?
A Earn a greater return from the fir's distinctive skills or core competencies by leveraging those skills and
. applying them to new geographic markets.
B Earn a greater return by leveraging any valuable skills developed in foreign operations and transferring
. them to other entities within the firm's global network of operations.
C Realize location economies by dispersing individual creation activities to those locations around the
. globe where they can be performed most efficiently.
D Realize greater cost economies from experience effects by serving an expanded global market from a
. central location, and
As much as Europe’s worldwide empires had globalized the war, so too its economic linkages
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19 Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences (HSC 3004) Assessment of this unit This unit introduces you to the knowledge and skills that are needed to support individuals to plan, take part in and evaluate learning and development activities. It focuses on the benefits of learning and development activities to individuals, the importance of identifying individual needs and the role of the practitioner in planning, preparing, facilitating and reviewing learning and development activities. You will need to: 1.
1. (Table: Barrels of Oil) Refer to the table. How many barrels of oil should the company produce
[LO 1] Augustana received $10,000 of qualified dividends this year. Under what circumstances would all $10,000 be taxed at the same rate? Under what circumstances might the entire $10,000 of income not be taxed at the same rate?
Chapter 10, Section 1 B, Poverty, Marriage and Parenting Problems, discusses how a person's social class, family life or family's attitudes can affect a child's relationship with peers, teachers and others in an educational environment. This section seemed to attract my action because it reminded me of a part time job I had when I was in high school. My job was to be a counselor and a teacher assistant for a summer and spring program called Bain + 2. The author noted that some districts and schools hire counselors to help students or sponsor after school programs for children (Foundations of Education, p. 291). When I worked for Bain + 2, it was an after-school and summer program in the city of Cranston at Hugh B. Bain Middle School. Hugh B.
1. Coming out of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, different views of federalism were carried: (1) Alexander Hamilton believed that the national government was the superior and leading force in political affairs, since the people created it and its laws were the “supreme law of the land;” (2) Thomas Jefferson believed that “the people” were the ultimate sovereigns, and since the states was a result of agreement among the states, the states were supreme over the national gov’t.
Depending on the nature of the business, organizations will require various sets of talents (skill, knowledge and capabilities) that contribute towards the their growth and success. Markets in general have high supply of some talents and low of others. Based on the talent requirement of the organization and the market in which it operates, it will have to alter its approach towards attracting the required talent. This may involve adjusting factors like remuneration, long & short-term benefits, career prospects, trainings, etc.
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d. They can figure out how to logistically get their clothing and materials to stores all over the world through different cost saving supply chain efforts.
The Company will convey business skills to help organizations solve problems, improve efficiency and manage change with diverse objectives such as: