Unit 2 Challenge Problem Today is your birthday and you are now 37! You are planning your retirement and have decided that you can save $8,000.00 per year to go toward your retirement. The plan is to make your first deposit one year from today. You found a mutual fund that is expected to provide a return of 7.5% per year. You plan to retire at the age of 65, exactly 28 years from today. It is your expectation that you will live for 25 years after your retirement. Under these assumptions, how much can you spend each year after you retire? Your first withdrawal will be made at the end of your first retirement year.

 

Pick a each seven usuestion and answer under thier headings..

 

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Use the Internet to research the code of ethical conduct of Coca-Cola

 

 

 

Next, use the Internet to research the code of ethical conduct of two (2) similar companies in the same industry as the company you have chosen.

 

 

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

1. Specify, in brief, the nature, structure, types of products or service of the business you selected. Examine the information within the company’s code of ethical conduct, and choose three (3) key issues from within the document that you believe are critical for success. Provide a rationale for the response.
2. Using the three (3) key issues you selected as a benchmark, compare and contrast the codes of conduct of two (2) similar companies within the same industry as your chosen company.
3. Examine the extent to which the two (2) similar companies you researched have addressed the key issues you selected. Hypothesize two (2) potential positive outcomes for each company if each addresses the key issues in question and two (2) potential adverse effects if each company fails to address these issues.
4. Propose two (2) techniques that the original company you selected could use in order to ensure that its code of conduct will remain relevant through years of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological forces on business and society. Next, evaluate the effectiveness of two (2) methods that the company currently adopts in order to manage environment issues.
5. Examine two (2) approaches that the original company you selected has taken in order to embrace technological advancements for innovation and thus improve business offerings. Anticipate three (3) potential technological challenges the company could face, and recommend one (1) strategy that the company could use in order to eliminate or minimize each of these anticipated challenges.
6. Specify at least one (1) one lobbying strategy that the original company you selected has used in an effort to influence national or local government decisions in its favor. Summarize the issue in question, and ascertain whether or not the lobbying effort was appropriate. Justify the response.
7. Analyze two (2) global corporate citizenship efforts of the original company you selected, and assess the extent to which these efforts are effective in accomplishing the company’s goals.  Examine the manner in which the two (2) global citizenship efforts could contribute significantly to the company’s sustainable development goals.
8. Use at least four (4) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

This assignment requires student complete an analysis of the LensCrafters case from Chapter 6 of the 

text.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

1.  Evaluate LensCrafters’ operations strategy and explain how the organization seeks to gain a 

competitive advantage in terms of sustainability.

2.  Analyze how operation management activities affect the customer experience. Select two (2) 

operation management challenges and provide the solutions for confronting them.

3.  Examine LensCrafters’ value chain and evaluate its effectiveness to operations in terms of 

quality, value creation, and customer satisfaction. 

4.  Determine the different types of performance measurements that can be used to measure 

LensCrafters’ service-delivery system design. Select at least two (2) types that can be applied 

and provide justifications for the selection. 

5.  Examine the different types of technologies applied to LensCrafters’ service operations and 

evaluate how the technologies strengthen the value chain.

6.  Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites 

do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all 

sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your 

professor for any additional instructions.

  Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s 

name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in 

the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  Apply the concept of operations management. 

  Compare and contrast the difference between a supply chain and a value chain.

  Analyze the types of measures used for decision making. 

  Analyze the five key competitive priorities and their relationship to operations strategy.

  Analyze different types of technology and their role in manufacturing and service operations.

  Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management. 

  Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

 

Collier, D. A., & Evans, J. R. (2013). OM: 2013 custom edition (4th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western 

Cengage Learning.

Complete 45 problems – HW8, App of Quad Equa

 

Develop a one-two page bibliography of the resources you will use in addition to the course readings for your final project. Explain the contribution of each resource to your analysis.

Here’s what I started:

 

One of the major gender issues at the work place today is the difference of the level of income for both women and men.  Statistics show evidence as well as the readings in this course that men who have the same and even less academic qualifications and experience tend to earn more income than their woman counterparts; it is of great interest to delve into and undertake explanatory research. Pertaining to the underlying reasons and issues that could lead to why woman earn less income compared to their male counterparts. The findings in explaining this phenomenon has been documented widely in workforce economics both formal and informal.