Question

1. find an article about a product or service that impacts your daily life and write 1 to 2 paragraphs describing the item, how it impacts your life, and what factors you think are impacting the supply and demand of this item. Be sure to include the URL of the article you accessed for this question.

2.What are the ethics of outsourcing? Is a corporation’s primary responsibility to its stockholders, by reducing labor costs? Or is its primary responsibility to its community and customers, by ensuring the highest-quality goods and keeping jobs local?

3.Select and research one form of “virtual currency” or cash alternatives that are currently available to consumers. These include digital currencies, EFT, ACH transactions, iPay, Google Wallet, ePayments, direct draft, etc.How does the alternate form of currency you chose work as an alternative to traditional cash? What are its advantages? Does it have any disadvantages and/or risks? Do you use any forms of cash alternatives? If so, which one or ones? Do you have concerns about the security of your payment method(s), and if so, what can you do to mitigate them?

4.Research an instance of product liability that has resulted in a court decision within the last 12 to 24 months. It doesn’t matter if the decision was in favor of the plaintiff or the defendant; just be certain that you are able to report on the outcome of the lawsuit. Make sure to get a link and URL for case facts. Provide a brief synopsis of the case you read. Be sure to include a URL and/or Web link in your post. Based on the case you read about, should the consumer bear more responsibility for product injuries, or should manufacturers bear more responsibility?How does product liability impact business operations and decisions? Do you believe that the current product-liability legal system is broken? Why or why not? If you believe it is broken, how would you fix it? If you believe it is working well, defend the system.

5. elect a company that you are familiar with as a customer, employee, or investor. Locate a copy of the company’s code of ethics. You can generally find this on their website in the “About Us” section of the site. Make sure to get the link/URL for the code of ethics when you are there because you need to include that link in your initial post. Do some general research about the company you selected regarding possible activities by the company or its leadership that either violates or supports this code of ethics. Based on your reading of the company’s code of ethics, and your research into the activities of the company, what grade would you give them for adhering to their code of ethics? Use the same grading scale you are evaluated by: A, B, C, D, F. Provide your reasoning for assigning them the grade you did. Now, consider the industry in which the company operates (e.g., Disney in the entertainment industry). Are there forces at work in that industry that makes it easier or harder to be ethical?Are there external factors (public opinion, social norms, attitudes, values) that influence public perception of the company’s ethical behavior? For example, even though cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris may conduct its business according to its own code of ethics, some people believe it is unethical for them to make and sell a product that is known to cause cancer. Does a company’s adherence or nonadherence to a code of ethics influence your decision to do business with them?

6.Imagine that you are a business owner, and you need to select a legal form of ownership. What form of ownership would you choose? What factors would you take into consideration when making your choice?

7.Based on the qualities of an entrepreneur that you have studied, do you believe you are an entrepreneur? If not, do you believe you could become one? What entrepreneurial quality do you feel is most important to a successful business venture?

8.There are 16 Myers-Briggs personality types that extend the work of Carl Jung. Choose one historical figure from this module and answer the following questions: How would this person react to using personality information to better manage workers? Why would she or he feel this way about using personality information to manage employees? Be sure to discuss the perceived impact on tasks.What type of leadership would your historical figure exhibit? How does that compare to the idea of using personality information to manage employees?

9. Wanda of Salty Pawz just doesn’t understand her friend Jamie sometimes. They have been working together since the first dog biscuit came out of the oven, but now that the business is expanding, she can’t seem to get Jamie motivated to compete the tasks she delegates to her. She pays Jamie a salary now, so it’s not like the old days when she was working in exchange for dog treats. She has even given Jamie more responsibility; Jamie now supervises two other employees, a challenge Wanda assumed that Jamie wanted. One afternoon she stops Jamie in the hallway and asks her if everything is going OK. Jamie responds that things are fine. Later that same week Wanda and Jamie are meeting about an upcoming promotion they are holding at the local animal shelter. Jamie takes a few notes but doesn’t share Wanda’s enthusiasm for the event. Wanda comes right out and asks Jamie if she has lost interest in the business. Jamie shrugs and says no, she is good with everything. Why do you think Jamie might have lost her motivation and enthusiasm for the business at this point? How could Wanda motivate Jamie more effectively? Make sure the reasons you present are supported by sound motivational theory as established by leaders in the field.

10. Do you think a team member needs to be constantly available to the rest of his or her team? Why or why not? What impact would “pulling the plug” have on a team? Be sure to use specific details and examples to support your opinion.

11.describe the incident. At what level of process management do you see the failure as happening? Was it a lack of planning or forecasting with insufficient data? Was the end product not tested properly? Based on your reading, what would you have done differently?

12.Select one of the elements in the marketing mix and describe how it contributes to the overall marketing plan. Include information from the reading and provide an example.

13.A company is looking to hire a new manager for the marketing team. The job posting says that the ideal candidate would have their M.B.A. and a minimum of five years of experience in marketing. How can the company make a hire that is successful within the company and stays on long term, all while the company maintains a high-commitment management system? What specific questions would you ask in the interview? How would you recruit for this role? What type of interview would you conduct? How would you evaluate fit?

14.What assets and liabilities might a company have? How can a company increase its equity? What financial analyses rely on this type of information? Which users need this information to evaluate a company? Please use examples from personal experience, if applicable, to inform your answers.

Answer 1

1, community service and it's Activity impact my life daily life..providing little time by volunteering a few hours with activities in cleanup road, serving food for needy people, helping senior citizens for their daily needs..it satisfied me with social work I did for some people as much as I can..It motivate my friends and family to help others..I encouraged my friends also in bigger Activities..I can utilize my skills in this service when I was volunteer..I did this community volunteer services near to my area where there is people with vulnerable to disease and poor income..

I did this community service even in school where the students are disabled..It provides positive effects on student by developing their skills it improved their quality of life and wellbeing..

2, consumer prefer particular products which is best for them..practices should be open that consumer should feel the outsourcing practices is good..making high level employees and eradicate the issues will be acceptable.. outsourcing helps companies by considerably on costs and improve profitability and it is a non core activity..corporation maintain confidential information security.. employees must be good at security measures,if not practices must be considered to improve the quality.. quality is important so corporates should check the way which vendor and technical competencies..periodic audits to clear complaince and following standards must be followed..it is primary responsibility to make relationship with stockholders to satisfy the customer..

3, virtual currencies won't be available in banks it will be stored in digital wallet.. customers use private key for their account..some virtual currencies are Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin..They can use this currencies for buying goods and services.. Traditional bank account will help if anything happened to this customer..it helps to recover some funds..in case if your store virtual currencies in your own computer is stolen by someone traditional bank account will not help for that..Hackers can find out your virtual currencies and take your funds from traditional bank account if you not logged your digital wallet..if the person did not enter the proper 64 character public key perfectly this funds will go to someother person.If you fail to use hosted wallet provider your account payment will get stopped..no laws is required and maintain tax filling report.. refund money you will get more exchange benefit rate..

4, The highcourt interpret with great deal with friendly approach..it incorporates the product liability and primary issues and analysis..the case will be the priority issue ' defect' needs more clarification.. product and material important if any issues in that then the court will consider in which factors it is legally connected..It will assess more in where evidence concerning failure rates of the product..It impacts business improvement once the product liability takenover by the court..now a days court justice system not working properly because it take long time and cost more..more radical changes are needed to solve this existing problems..so the current product liability legal system is not broken but it should be repaired...