Expatriate employees – How can organizations maximize the likelihood of success

How can organizations maximize the likelihood of success of expatriate employees?  What is the single point of failure in the expatriate experience?  What can the organization do to mitigate the single point of failure?  How can the organization retain repatriated employees upon their return from abroad?  What specific tactics and approaches can be applied to retain repatriated employees?

materials management

manage the inventory levels of direct material parts that go into finished goods. It is not uncommon to run out of inventory when production and demand is unpredictable. We pareto chart our stockouts to determine the frequency and commonality of parts that we run out of. It helps us to determine if inventory levels need to be adjusted based on the stockout frequency, or if a stockout was a “one off”.? Discuss this statement briefly and what other B7 quality improvement tools can be used and why?

The Bloomington Corporation

Effective April 1, 2014, The Bloomington Corporation, which has a December 31 year-end, authorized $1,500,000 of callable, mortgage bonds (secured by $2,200,000 of property and equipment, at market value). The bonds paid interest at a rate of 8% per year and had a term of six years. Interest was payable each September 30 and March 31. On July 1, 2015, Bloomington issued 1,000 of the bonds in exchange for $906,000 in cash. On October 1, 2017, Bloomington called the bonds, and paid the existing bondholders $1,150,000 in cash. Prepare the journal entries related to the bonds the Bloomington made for the period April 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015. In addition, prepare the journal entry the company made when it redeemed the bonds in October 2017.

-Earth's Best Company

Earth’s Best Company has sales of $200,000, a net income of $15,000, and the following balance sheet: Cash$ 10,000 Accounts payable$ 30,000 Receivables50,000 Other current liabilities20,000 Inventories150,000 Long-term debt 50,000 Net fixed assets 90,000 Common equity200,000 Total assets$300,000 Total liabilities and equity$300,000 The company’s new owner thinks that inventories are excessive and can be lowered to the point where the current ratio is equal to the industry average, 2.5x, without affecting either sales or net income. If inventories are sold off and not replaced so as to reduce the current ratio to 2.5x, if the funds generated are used to reduce common equity (stock can be repurchased at book value), and if no other changes occur, by how much will the return on equity (ROE) change?

Montejo Corporation expects sales to be $12 million

Montejo Corporation expects sales to be $12 million. Operating costs other than depreciation are expected to be 75 percent of sales, and depreciation is expected to be $1.5 million during the next year. All sales revenues will be collected in cash, and costs other than depreciation must be paid during The year. Montejo’s interest expense is expected to be $1 million, and it is taxed at a 40 percent rate. Set up an income statement and a cash flow statement (use two columns on one page) for Montejo. What is the expected cash flow from operations? Suppose Congress changed the tax laws so that Montejo’s depreciation expenses doubled, but no other changes occurred. What would happen to the net income and cash flow from operations expected during the year?

JOURNAL

1) On January 1, year 1, Luzak Company issued a $120,000, five year 6%, installment note to McGee Bank. The note requires annual payments of $28,488, beginning on December 31, Year 1. Journalize the entries to record the following. Year 1 January 1st. issued the note for cash at its face amount Dec. 31. Paid the annual payment on the note, which consisted of interest of $7,200 and principal of $21,288 Year 4 Dec. 31. Paid the annual payment on the note, including $3,134 of interest. The remainder of the payment reduced the principal balance on the note.
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Strategies for growing organizations

As the organization grows, does it become harder to communicate the strategy to everyone in the company? Does everyone still need to know the whole strategy, or can they get by with just knowing what their part of the company needs to achieve? There’s a common safety poster you find hanging in a lot of workplaces that says, “Safety is everyone’s responsibility.” Is the implementation of the strategy similarly everyone’s responsibility?  And if so, do you exempt people from that responsibility if you don’t communicate the strategy to them?

Adam and Laura wish to open a pet grooming

Scenario:Adam and Laura wish to open a pet grooming shop called Dazzling Doggies Day Spa. Laura’s mother Beth would like to contribute the startup costs in exchange for a share of profits, but she doesn’t want to participate in the daily operations of the business. She also doesn’t want to have any personal liability in the business. Develop summary with the following information: Which business organizational form would be best given the above circumstances, and why? Unbeknownst to Laura and Beth, Adam begins to use Dazzling Doggies Day Spa’s checking account to pay all his personal bills. Are his actions ethical? Why or why not? Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.