DISCUSSION Post: 

Youve definitely gotten your feet wet during your short time as the VP of Training & Development at Kareco. The CEO of the organization has taken notice, and has a new request for you. Several of the top level executives will be retiring over the next few years. He has asked you to hold a meeting with the Board of Directors to discuss preliminary ideas for an executive development program for the organization.

1.    Describe what questions you would ask of the CEO and Board of Directors to better understand what will be required of the new program.
        Since you are a relatively new employee, it is acceptable to ask even basic questions about the nature of the organization, as long as they will help you create a better development program.
2.    Describe what high level recommendations you would make to the Board.

you are provided with a Harvard Business School (HBS) case BrisConnections (A): The Vested Interest of an Australian Toll Road

read case study, answer questions, pretty straightforward

prepare to present on the following questions on HBS case:

1.    What are the most significant risks faced by the different project stakeholders?
Are the risks properly mitigated?
2.    What are the State of Queenslands objectives vis--vis Airport Link?
What are the pros and cons of the selected bid for the State?

thank you

The paper includes both summary for the case and suggestion for addressing the issue in question.
3. The summary explains the situation where a firm faces an issue in the international trade or
international financial management.
4. The suggestion illustrates the strategies designed to help the firm address the issue. In this case,
there are two possible solutions to hedging the foreign exchange risk: one strategy based on the
forward market hedge and the other one using the money market hedge.
5. The paper describes how to hedge the foreign exchange risk in detail. For example, whether the firm takes a long or short position on the forward market or how it creates a hedging strategy with
a series of actions on the money market

Analyze the case and opinion in Keith v. County of Oakland, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 595 (6th Cir.) located in your textbook on pp. 337-342.

Write a case study review of Judge Griffins opinion that answers the questions below. Support your review with analysis and evidence from the unit reading and outside sources.

What are the legal issues presented in this case? Did the plaintiff establish a valid claim of failure to reasonably accommodate? What did the appeals court decide?

What accommodations was Keith requesting? Was it reasonable? Support your opinion with an argument based on the course concepts and existing legal evidence or precedents.

Did the county follow the interactive process required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? What did they do well? What could they have done differently?

You are required to use a minimum of three sources, one of which may be your textbook as reference material for your case study. Adhere to APA Style w

Write a script for a ten-minute PowerPoint presentation you would give to a group of freshman who are interested in choosing the major you have selected and are interested in developing their skills, knowledge, and experience in this field to enhance their future employability. Your script should be single-spaced and tied to the text you include on the slides in your presentation.

For the script, write out the words you would say in your presentation.  Topics you should include are the labor market projections for your career field, the skills, knowledge, and experience graduates should have in your career field in order to be competitive when seeking employment, and how prospective students can enhance their identity capital

. We are going to have discussions on strategic management topics, as they apply to companies. 

For this assignment, we will focus on General Mills, a multinational food manufacturing company: http://www.generalmills.com/

WEEK 1:

As you research General Mills, you may want to compare and contrast that company with the other food service retailers such as Kraft Foods, Nestle, Tyson Foods, ConAgra, and Kellogg.

Please visit the General Mills site, and identify the company's mission and vision, as well as their major stakeholders (you may need to interpret and/or make assumptions here, as all mission and vision statements are not crystal clear - nor are they always explicitly stated. You should note that the stakeholders aren't simply the shareholders. "Stakeholders" include everyone and anyone who is affected by the success or failure of the company). 

WEEK 2:

analyze how General Mills represents and advances the goals of its stake

The suggestion illustrates the strategies designed to help the firm address the issue. In this case,
there are two possible solutions to hedging the foreign exchange risk: one strategy based on the
forward market hedge and the other one using the money market hedge.
5. The paper describes how to hedge the foreign exchange risk in detail. For example, whether the firm takes a long or short position on the forward market or how it creates a hedging strategy with
a series of actions on the money market.

Final:

Pick a profession you imagine yourself working in:

Choose 3 MIS systems that you think will be useful in your chosen field.  Describe the system 2 pages. 

No more than 7 total pages.

Zoho CRM, ADP, ABACUS.COM

Please focus on how these systems can be valuable in the field settings

Assignment Details

For this assignment, suppose that you work for a consulting firm, and that you have been asked to research a company and make a presentation to your client. 

For the presentation:

Choose a major U.S. company,
Research the company and the market(s) in which it competes, and
Prepare a presentation of 10-12 PowerPoint slides (with detailed speaker notes).
Using information from the business press, AIU's Library, IBIS World, and the Internet, address the following in your slides:

Describe the firm, include such information as its:
products or services
annual sales, and
market share (this information is readily available in the IBIS World database.)
Describe the market(s) in which it operates.
For instance, does it operate within an oligopoly or monopolistically competitive market, a perfectly competitive market, or is it a monopoly? (Choose the closest fit.)
Explain.
Does it operate in only one region of t

John and Susan Verbal through their real estate agents Slipup Associates  sold a lakeshore lot  in Anystate to Shane and Deborah Rancor for $115,000. The Rancors intended to build a house on the property, but after preparing the land for construction, they learned that a wetland protection law mandated by the Clean Water Act and administered by the (US) EPA prevented building near the lake. They sued, seeking rescission of the contract. The trial court concluded that the parties had reached their agreement under a "mutual, but innocent, misunderstanding." The trial judge gave the Verbals a choice: they could rescind the contract and refund the purchase price, or they could give the Rancors $55,000, the difference between the sales price and the actual market value of the land. The Rancors appealed. Were the Rancors entitled to rescission of the contract? What are the Arguments for the Rancors, and the Verbals? Can anyone sue Slipup Associates and under what theory?

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