Exchange Rate Fluctuation

In what proportion does real exchange rate fluctuation influence the world trade volume in general?Causes of Exchange Rate Fluctuations
How to Calculate Real Exchange Rate
Foreign Exchange Rate
Exchange Rate Fluctuations Definition
Why Currency Values fluctuate
Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Exchange Rate Fluctuation Factors
What Causes Currency Fluctuations

Challenges associated with sustainable development, project management and entrepreneurship in Africa.

1.Compile a comprehensive literature review on the following topic:
Challenges associated with sustainable development, project management and entrepreneurship in Africa.
2. Use all five articles attached and add 2 more, and compile a comprehensive literature review for your proposal. Adapt the summaries to feature in the literature review.
3. In addition to the five articles, incorporate additional articles and sources for your literature review. You should draw on a total of 12-15 recent references. Your document should include a list of references.
Your literature review will be evaluated on (a) the context of your study and (b) the synthesis of key academic views drawn from literature related to the topic.
Assignment 8 should be presented as a single, fully referenced document of 2500-3000 words. Anything longer will not be marked.
The Harvard Referencing Method should be utilized
For instructions refer to the HRBUS83TL document under appendix B, Page 13 to 14

Building Strategic Compensation Project

The final compensation project should include all of the following:
1) Preface: historical perspective on compensation; 1-2 pages
2) Executive Summary
3) Strategic Analysis                                                                                                                                                        4) Section 1: Internally Consistent Job Structures including job descriptions, factor degree statements and job structure grids;                                                                                                                                                        5) Section 2: External Competitiveness including pie charts, graphs and a written explanation of decisions and results;                                                                                                                                                        6) Summary: summary of how you used strategic approach, research, communication, analytical skills and problem solving to present a compensation package for e-sonic; 1-2 pages
7) Elements in 1-6 should all be combined and submitted as one Word document.

Be sure to include all of the elements of the Outlines as follows:
Strategic Analysis Outline:
1. Executive Summary (Concisely conveys the project objectives and main findings. The executive summary is completed last, but included first in the strategic analysis.)
2. Strategic Analysis
a) Identification of e-sonic’s industry based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
b) Analysis of e-sonic’s external market environment
i. Industry Profile
ii. Competition
iii. Foreign Demand
iv. Long-Term Industry Prospects
v. Labor-Market Assessment
c) Analysis of Internal Capabilities
i. Functional Capabilities
ii. Human Resource Capabilities

Section 1 Outline:
1. Create Job Descriptions
2. Create Job Structures
3. Build Point Evaluation Method
a) Select benchmark jobs.
b) Choose compensable factors based upon benchmark jobs.
c) Define factor degree statements.
d) Determine weights for each compensable factor.
4. Calculate Point Values for e-Sonic Jobs
a) Determine point value for each compensable factor.
b) Use the job evaluation worksheet to calculate point values for each position.
c) Distribute points for each compensable factor across degree statements.
d) Rate jobs using point method.
e) Individually rate jobs to ensure reliability.
f) Resolve any discrepancies in point totals.
g) Rank jobs in each job structure according to results of your point evaluation.

Section 2 Outline:
Executive Summary Findings
1. Determine Appropriate Pay-Policy Mix
2. Pay-Policy Level Decisions
3. Compensation Survey
a) Choose competitors based upon industry, size, and union status.
b) Select benchmark jobs for each structure using benchmark job descriptions.
c) Reconcile differences using the benchmark job comparison sheet.
d) Update salary data for inflation using CPI-U.
4. Implementation of Salary Survey Results
a) Report and interpret results of regression analysis for each job.
b) Integrate external and internal structures by creating pay grades and ranges.
c) Evaluate and summarize decisions made for each job structure.

List the elements in the outlines as subject headings in your paper.Be sure to insert the grids, pie charts and graphs you created into your Word document and submit 1 document as your final assignment.

 

The final assignment should be at least 17 pages in length.

Be sure to watch your grammar and citations.

Business-Case Study

Read the case study provided and answer questions below.

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Questions:

1. Target positioned itself as an upscale discount chain. Target differentiated itself from its competitors by offering trendy merchandises at affordable prices.
Explain in detail how the differentiation strategy helped target to become one of the leading retailers in the US.
2. Target began forging partnerships with recognized designers and design houses to bring affordable designers goods to its customers.
Assess the symbiotic relationship that existed between Target and its design partners

Foreign Investment and Inward Investment

 Why do some countries attract more foreign investment than others? How might countries improve their chances of gaining inward investment ?

You are reminded that material copied from textbooks, from the coursework of other students, from the lecture slides, or downloaded from the internet constitutes plagiarism unless proper acknowledgement is provided. All references should be provided in standard Harvard format.

Case Study of Financial Analysis and Operating Ratios

Case Study of Financial Analysis and Operating Ratios
Instructions 
Use the income statement and balance sheet information identified below and evaluate the firm’s financial condition based on three profitability ratios: a) Total Margin, b) Return on Assets and c) Return on Equity.  You will also conduct a DUPONT ANALYSIS using the information on the financial statements.   You will be graded based on your understanding of the 3 ratios analyzed and the DUPONT ANALYSIS, the accuracy of your calculations, the validity of you conclusions and your ability to clearly communicate your analysis. To complete this assignment, follow these steps.
1. Review Chapter 17 in the Gapinski textbook and Chapter 14 in the Nowicki textbook. 
2. Examine the Statement of Operations and Balance Sheet provided as part of Problem 17.4 at the end of Chapter 17 in Gapenski textbook.
3. From this financial information calculate the three profitability ratios: a) Total Margin, b)Return on Assets and c) Return on equity and conduct a Dupont Analysis based on the financial statement information above
4. Write a short paper and indicate  Cover page with your name, class/section and instructor’s name
1. For each ratio, in a paragraph: define the ratio, explain what it measures, show your calculation and explain what the ratio tells you about your organization’s health and any limitations of using the ratio.
2. Explain the importance of a Dupont Analysis
3. Write a conclusion about your organization’s financial condition based on your ratio analysis. Use Industry benchmarks provided in Problem 17.4 of Gapenski.
4. Describe and discuss the use of operating indicators in additional to financial ratios in measuring financial performance.

Pay Structure

Pay Structure
You are the compensation manager for a growing manufacturing company. The CEO has decided that the company needs to have a formal pay structure, something they have not had in the past. Create a PowerPoint presentation explaining the specific steps you need to take to create a new pay structure. Include your recommendations for each step. You PowerPoint should consist of no less than seven slides, not including your title slide and reference slides. Any citations or references should be in APA format.

A Business Case Analysis based on Ethical Theories.

Instructions

This is a case  involving fictional characters and companies. However, it draws on a variety of actual cases. Imagine yourself in the position of an ethics analyst who is asked to go work for the company and draft a report analysing the situations, identifying the main moral wrongdoings, justifying the conclusions why they are wrong, and providing management and policy advice on how the company should deal with these problems in the future.

In writing the report, identify the main issues and discuss each separately. There are four to six distinct situations (e.g. sexual harassment issue or health and safety issue)—its up to you to identify them correctly and analyze them. One or one and a half single-spaced pages per issue should be sufficient, but it can be a bit more or a bit less depending on the complexity of the issue. Although you have some freedom in how you can approach the analysis, I suggest that each section contains the following parts:

Identify the problem and assess it. This is a good place to ask yourself this question—where does this situation fit as far as legal and ethical responsibilities are concerned? For example, if there (hypothetically) were a workplace safety issue where the employer ignores the dangers to employees and their objections, you would evaluate the actions of employers and pass a judgement on whether and why they were wrong as far as regulations and expectations of responsibility are concerned. If there were a sexual harassment situation, you could determine what kind discrimination it was (quid pro quo or poisoned environment) and whether the actions of the individuals amount to sexual harassment. Here you could appeal to legislation or policy guides, if relevant, uploaded to Moodle (i.e. Health and Safety Guides or Sexual Harassment guidelines).
Justify your moral assessment in a normative theory (theories) we have discussed in class (this could be deontological rights approach; utilitarian analysis or other moral standards discussed.
If in the section above you passed a moral judgement, in this section you need to ground the moral judgements in moral principles and ultimately a moral standard. To ground your analysis of the situation, keep these questions in mind:

Who is harmed by the activity?

How serious is the harm?

Who is responsible for the harm?

Does it violate essential human interests or moral rights?

Can this harm be morally justified by conflicting moral values?

What are the real motivations of the parties involved (e.g. perpetrators and critics)?

Appealing to this normative foundation should justify your analysis and help to clarify moral values involved. You need to show how moral obligations identified in a) follow from the moral theories we have covered in class.

In this section, you should think about the problem from a managerial perspective—suggest policy changes to ensure that these problems do not arise. But do not spend too much time on this section: it should be relatively short.

Business Budget

Create a business budget sheet using Microsoft Excel. In the budget sheet, do the following:

* Create a label called “Income” and add your monthly business income in the next cell: $25,000.
* Add a label called “Rent” and enter the amount in the next cell: -$4,000.
* Add a label called “Utilities” and add the amount in the next cell: -$2,000.
* Add a label called “Insurance” and add the amount in the next cell: -$500.
* Add a label called “Product Development” and add the amount in the next cell: -$6,000.
* Add a label called “Advertising” and add the amount in the next cell: -$2,000.
* Add a label called “Customer Support” and add the amount in the next cell -$3,000
* Use the SUM function to calculate the total for all the cells.
* Use the Freeze option to freeze the top panes.

Create a pie chart for your business income and spending.

Toulmin Exercise

Instructions: Study the image provided and analyze it using the Toulmin Model. First, study the six elements below to help you frame your answers. 

 Find the (6) main elements of the Toulmin Model in the Advertisement provided.

 What is the claim? Find it by completing the sentence, “The advertiser wants me to believe I should buy this because…

What is the support/data? Find it by completing the sentence, “The advertiser wants me to accept this because…

What are the warrants? Find them by asking the following question “What does this advertiser think the audience believes when it comes to selecting a car?

 Is there backing which supports the warrants? Ask, “Does the advertiser supply any additional information that would make it easier for me to accept the warrants

Is there a rebuttal? Ask, “Are there other views implicitly or explicitly represented in the ad that would address a potential short-coming of the product?

Is there a qualifier? Ask yourself if there is any qualifying language that would imply the product may not meet its standards.