BUS599 Week 10 DIscussions 1 & 2

BUS599 Week 10 DIscussions 1 & 2 Discussion 1: “Southwest Airlines”   Assess how Southwest Airlines’ culture is different from other airline competitors and the resulting impact on business performance. Southwest Airlines’ management believes that employees come first and customers come second. Assess the merits of this belief, indicating your agreement or disagreement with the […]

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BUS599: Week 8 Discussion 1 & 2

BUS599: Week 8 Discussion 1 & 2 Discussion 1: “Strategic Role of Employees” Select a company that you believe uses its employees to achieve a competitive advantage. Discuss how the employees effectively execute the strategy and how the company can sustain this position over time.   Discussion 2: “Shangri-La Hotel” Assess how employee training and […]

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Business Capstone

Business Capstone Develop a business plan for a start-up company (preferably a school/daycare) that plans to sell a product or service in a local market, in a national market, or on the Internet. Select one of your favorite products as the basis for the company, or invent a product. Is this the question you were […]

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Bivariate Regression

Bivariate Regression Regression analysis is a powerful and commonly used tool in business research. One important step in regression is to determine the dependent and independent variable(s). In a bivariate regression, which variable is the dependent variable and which one is the independent variable? What does the intercept of a regression tell? What does the […]

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BUS599 Discussion Wk 1&2

BUS599 Discussion Wk 1&2 Discussion 1: “Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award”   Discuss the standout features of the companies’ approaches to managing operations. Discuss the attributes you find impressive about the companies’ policies and procedures, and use of best practices. Discuss how the companies emphasize continuous improvement and the use of rewards and incentives.   […]

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business modeling forecasting

business modeling forecasting reparation Study Customized Readings for QNT5040 Business Modeling Chapter 9 You are to create a 12 month forecast, from September 2013 through August 2014 for Tech Tierra that uses the following forecasting techniques:   The one variable summary in StatTools. The runs test to determine if the data is random or not. The annual box and whisker plot. The moving average with a span of […]

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Business Policy Analysis

Business Policy Analysis (ENVIRONMENT ßà STRATEGY ßà ORG. CAPABILITIES) Having worked through each of the individual components of the “criterion of consistency” framework, it is now time to put the various pieces together to assess the overall fit between the current strategy and both the external environment and the org. capabilities (built on resources, management preferences and organization).  In doing […]

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Business Strategic planning

Business Strategic planning External forces and trends considerations:       o    Legal and regulatory   o    Global   o    Economic   o    Technological   o    Innovation   o    Social   o    Environmental   o    Competitive analysis       ·         Internal forces and trends considerations:   o    Strategy   o    Structures   o    Processes […]

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Contracts and Procurement

Contracts and Procurement Category: Instructions:Instructor Comments: Deliverable Length:             4-5 pages (excluding cover page, abstract and references) Organizations with clear techniques of negotiation of contracts help managers prepare for effective, successful contract negotiation. Techniques in one negotiation may not effectively work well in another. The president of the Brikris Corporation has assigned you a special project. The special project is focused […]

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