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cost budjet

The project is progressing well, and you have now been asked if there is enough time and budget to create and distribute a new marketing mailing. This mailing will be focused on a new international marketplace, so the existing materials cannot be used as is. The materials will need to be translated (external resource), have different graphics applied, and use different colors. The cost for mailing internationally is twice the cost of the domestic mailing, and the volume is 200,000–250,000 addresses. A mailing list will be purchased for this mailing because it is a new market for the company.
You need to determine the costs of this mailing (internal and external). You also need to determine the resource requirements and identify any conflicts. Jennifer and you have a working session later this week to pull together the information.

  • In preparation for the meeting, create a worksheet (in Excel or another spreadsheet tool) that you can use to create the budget for the new mailing.
  • Pre populate the worksheet with the components of the estimate, and provide directions to Jennifer in a procedures document (in Word) on how to create a three-point estimate for the resulting budget.
  • Be sure to also include the internal costs.
  • Also, create a schedule that identifies the deliverables, activities, and resources to produce this mailing.
  • Using the project schedule you created as a group, identify the resources you will use and what conflicts that may form (in Word).
  • Justify your choices.
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Corporate Finance

Calculate the following problems and provide an overall summary of how companies make financial decisions in no more than 700 words, based on your answers: 

  1. Stock Valuation: A stock has an initial price of $100 per share, paid a dividend of $2.00 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $125. Compute the percentage total return, capital gains yield, and dividend yield.
  2. Total Return: You bought a share of 4% preferred stock for $100 last year. The market price for your stock is now $120. What was your total return for last year?
  3. CAPM: A stock has a beta of 1.20, the expected market rate of return is 12%, and a risk-free rate of 5 percent. What is the expected rate of return of the stock?
  4. WACC: The Corporation has a targeted capital structure of 80% common stock and 20% debt. The cost of equity is 12% and the cost of debt is 7%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?
  5. Flotation Costs: Medina Corp. has a debt-equity ratio of .75. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $125 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 10%. The flotation cost on new debt is 4%. What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally
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 short‐run aggregate supply curve

discuss:
The short‐run aggregate supply curve is considered the supply schedule of the economy only in the short‐run. The short‐run is the period that begins immediately after an increase in the price level and that ends when input prices have increased in the same proportion to the increase in the price level. The long‐run aggregate supply curve describes the economy’s supply schedule in the long‐run. The long‐run is defined as the period when input prices have completely adjusted to changes in the price level of final goods. There are two main factors that cause the aggregate supply curve to shift: economic growth and change in input prices. For example: Positive economic growth, labor and capital, increases GDP which will result in a shift to the right on the curve. A negative economic growth will decrease the level of GDP and result in a shirt to the left on the curve. With your own business, the supply curve is demonstrated through the goods and services that you plan on selling during a specific time period at a given price level.

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Review

Following review of Time’s 2002 Persons of the Year article, consider the challenges each woman faced in her respective work environment in relation to Gonzalez’s sentiment that “just because you have the rank [of leader], doesn’t mean you are one.”
 
 
 
Choose one of the women and companies featured within the Time magazine article. Conduct additional research and identify new resources as needed to answer the following questions:
 
 
 
How did the organizational culture at the institution promote or discourage unethical behaviors and whistle-blowing?
What did institutional leaders do to perpetuate or prevent these corrupt behaviors?

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CVP Analysis

Your company, Diamond Dynamics, is researching whether or not it would be a good decision to invest in new manufacturing equipment that will significantly speed up production time on the assembly line. However, the total cost of the equipment and installation, not including any maintenance plan, is a hefty investment of roughly $850,000. Explain how a CVP analysis would be useful for determining whether or not the investment is worth it. Also, explain the limitations of a CVP analysis in this situation and for making managerial decisions in general.
 
Please provide calculations along with anlysis in excelv

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Love Canal Tragedy Reaction Paper

After reading the first-hand account from EPA site and also watching the videos, please write a short reaction paper (1-2 pages) about the Love Canal tragedy.  I would like for you to focus on two issues:  
1) The failure of government to properly regulate both prior to and during the disaster. 
2) The effect of the measures taken to clean up the mess.  What lessons were learned? 
 
 

Love Canal: Case study in soil contamination

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrWtd1P-NoU
 
 

The Love Canal Disaster: Toxic Waste in the Neighborhood | Retro Report | The New York Times

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjobz14i8kM
 
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0201290

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Merger, Acquisition, and International Strategies

Choose two (2) public corporations in an industry with which you are familiar – one (1) that has acquired another company and operates internationally and one (1) that does not have a history of mergers and acquisitions and operates solely within the U.S. Research each company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
 
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
 

  1. For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion.
  2. For the corporation that has not been involved in any mergers or acquisitions, identify one (1) company that would be a profitable candidate for the corporation to acquire or merge with and explain why this company would be a profitable target.
  3. For the corporation that operates internationally, briefly evaluate its international business-level strategy and international corporate-level strategy and make recommendations for improvement.
  4. For the corporation that does not operate internationally, propose one business-level strategy and one corporate-level strategy that you would suggest the corporation consider. Justify your proposals.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic 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; 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 page length.

 

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use of technology

Watch this video,http://extmedia.kaplan.edu/gradEd/ED553/Spellings_Video_2.mov, in which Margaret Spellings discusses the changes taking place in today’s classrooms.
Consider these questions and post your responses to the Discussion Board:

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Dismissal Meeting

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
  1. Propose three (3) ways that a manager can cope with any negative emotions that may accompany an employee layoff.
  2. Describe a step-by-step process of conducting the dismissal meeting.
  3. Determine the compensation that the fictitious company may provide to the separated employee.
  4. Using Microsoft Word or an equivalent such as OpenOffice, create a chart that depicts the timeline of the disbursement of the compensation.
  5. Predict three (3) ways that this layoff may affect the company.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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:
  • Formulate HRM strategies and policies to recruit, select, place, and retain the most efficient and effective workforce.
  • Develop effective talent management strategies to recruit and select employees.
  • Design processes to manage employee performance, retention, and separation.
  • Analyze laws governing employment and how organizations can ensure ethical practices.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
  • Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics.
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innovative technology

 The focus on the third part of this project is to write a 2-3 page (350 words per page) paper in APA format addressing the following topics below for the new technology or application selected in the previous written assignments. You should also include as part of this paper any acknowledgements and resources used (e.g., websites, textbooks, articles). Each written assignment should include four or more references.
 
 
 

  • Develop and describe a technology lifecycle model (including the time and cost of development, the amount of time to recover the cost, and return on investment (profit) based on the development costs and risks) and/or product lifecycle model (including timing, marketing measures, and costs associated with the life of a product) for the new technology or application 

 

  • The acceptance process as it relates to the technology or product lifecycle