Write a brief analysis of the graph. What do you see in the graph that might be helpful to the production and sales people?

Suppose Procter & Gamble sells 20 million bars of soap per week, but the demand is not constant and production management would like to get a better handle on how sales are distributed over the year. Let the following sales figures given in units of million bars represent the sales of bars per week over 1-year .
a) Construct a histogram chart to represent the data using the appropriate tool from the Data Analysis Tool Pak. Make sure to specify your own bin ranges otherwise Excel will automatically pick them for you and you will have very strange bin ranges with confusing decimal points. Make a list of numbers in multiples of 5, starting from 10 up to 40; then, show where the bin numbers are in the histogram dialog box.
b) Creating a chart is not useful in and of itself unless it is properly interpreted. Write a brief analysis of the graph. What do you see in the graph that might be helpful to the production and sales people?

What are the three practices that you assign the highest priority? How would you address these three practices?

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You have just been named the new CEO at Wells Fargo.  The facts cited in the above case reflect the reality of the situation you have just inherited.  You are concerned about all the practices you find but want to prioritize your efforts.
What are the three practices that you assign the highest priority?
How would you address these three practices?
Looking at the big picture, what about Wells Fargo’s corporate culture is encouraging these practices and how would change the overall corporate culture to discourage them?
In answering the above, ignore the legal issues involved in the case and focus from the perspective of ethics.

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Discuss any comparative advantages you believe the company possesses, and what its market strategy appears to be.

Every course you take should provide the knowledge and skills useful in the real world. Not every course will directly link to every task that you perform in your life or current employment, but learning how to review data, develop data analysis, critical thinking, and writing skills are all needed to convince someone that you can think critically and solve problems.

Select an e-commerce company. After visiting its website or mobile app:
⦁ Describe its business model based on the information you find there.
⦁ Identify its customer value proposition, its revenue model, the market space it operates in, and who its main competitors are.
⦁ Discuss any comparative advantages you believe the company possesses, and what its market strategy appears to be.
⦁ Discuss what you do or do not find appealing about this company.

Describe the unique features of e-commerce technology and their business significance.

Introduction do eBusiness
Module 1: Overview, Models, and Concepts
Module Goals
After completing this module, students will be able to do the following:
⦁ Define e-commerce, and how it differs e-commerce differs from e-business, identify the primary technological building blocks underlying e-commerce, and recognize major current themes in e-commerce.
⦁ Identify the primary technological building blocks underlying e-commerce.
⦁ Outline major current themes in ecommerce.
⦁ Describe the unique features of e-commerce technology and their business significance.
⦁ Describe the evolution of e-commerce from its early years to today.
⦁ Compare and contrast B2C and B2B eBusiness models.
⦁ Discuss key business concepts and strategies applicable to e-commerce.

How would you produce the appropriate product as soon as possible?What can you do to always have enough product on hand?

It is 9:30 A.M., Friday morning at The Pub. Product is scheduled to be delivered at 10:00. Sally specifically ordered an exceptional amount of food for the upcoming weekend because she is projecting it to be a busy holiday weekend. Sally receives a phone call at 10:30 from J&G Groceries, stating that they cannot deliver the product until 10:00 A.M. on Saturday morning. She explains to the driver that it is crucial that she receives the product as soon as possible. He apologizes; however, it is impossible to have delivery made until Saturday morning. By 1:00 P.M, they are beginning to run out of product, including absolute necessities such as steaks, chicken, fish, and produce. The guests are getting frustrated because the staff are beginning to “86” a great deal of product. In addition, if they do not begin product the P.M. shift soon, they will be in deep trouble. On Friday nights, The Pub.does in excess of $12,000 in sales. However, if the problem is n immediately alleviated, the restaurant will lose many guests and a great amount in profits. Discussion Questions

1. What immediate measures would you take to resolve the problem?

2. How would you produce the appropriate product as soon as possible?

3. Who should you call first, if anyone, to alleviate the problem?

4. What can you do to always have enough product on hand?

5. Is it important to have a backup plan for a situation like this? If so, what would it be?

What measures would you take to get the appropriate cooks in to .work as soon as possible?

Sally is the general manager of one of the best restaurants in town, known as The Pub. As usual, at 6:00 P.M. on a Friday night, there is a 45-minute wait. The kitchen is overloaded,,Pn they are running behind in check times, that is, the time that elapses between the kitchen getting the order and the guest receiving his or her meal. This is critical, especially if a corn . As she gets off the phone, the hostess tells Sally that a party of 50 is scheduled to arrive at 7:30 P.M. Sally is concerned, knowing that they are currently running a six-person line with only four cooks. The productivity is very high, but they are running extremely long check times. How can Sally handle the situation? Discussion Questions

1. How would you handle the short-staffing issue?

2. What measures would you take to get the appropriate cooks in to .work as soon as possible?

3. What would you do to ensure a smooth, successful transition for the party of 50?

4. HOw would you manipulate your floor plan to provide great service for the party of 50?

5. HOw would you immediately make an impact on the long check times? 6. What should you do to ensure that all the guests in the restaurant are happy?

What is to be predicted? What behaviors and outcomes are relevant for organizations and candidates? Based on what we know currently about the procedures used in hiring decisions, these are probably the most crucial questions for an effective personnel.

Performance Measurement and Approaches to
Personnel Selection
What is to be predicted? What behaviors and outcomes are relevant for organizations and candidates? Based on what we know currently about the procedures used in hiring
decisions, these are probably the most crucial questions for an effective personnel.
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selection process. These two questions underscore the issue of performance
measurement on the one hand, and the perspectives on the selection process on the
other.

Write two paragraphs about the business as if describing it to someone who knows nothing about it. For example, what type of business is it?

Your marketing plan will begin two lines below the header information. Each of the following represents a section that must be clearly identified in your plan.

Executive Summary
Write two paragraphs about the business as if describing it to someone who knows nothing about it. For example, what type of business is it? What need or want does it hope to fulfill for consumers? What prime benefit does it offer? What products or services does the business provide? Where is it located? Who are the employees? When does it receive most of its customers? What’s its marketing budget? Review the examples in Chapter 2 in your textbook.