Code of Conduct for Retail Food Group

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You are required to research recent news articles and other information about Retail Food Group. Here is an example of a recent news article describing some of the corporate governance issues at Retail Food Group: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/cant-change-the-past-retail-food-group-boss-on-how-heplans-to-save-the-scandalplagued-franchisor/news-story/0c1b7f2bd56e7fe619654f78b9bae577 You must then draft a Code of Conduct for Retail Food Group Assessment Instructions https://kaplananz.zoom.us/recording/play/7lG4sOJTSS9-vy7QX3mPhkVb798EGG94rlzaGh7NsHQdfroLRV06_w1UT5NhdhuJ?startTime=1565838193000 Your Code of Conduct for Retail Food Group must specifically address: A. Discrimination B. Exploitation C. Corruption D. Dishonest and Fraudulent Behaviour E. Whistleblower Protections F. Enforcement You will be required to include a minimum of 15 references in your Code of Conduct at least 5 of which must come from academic journals or textbooks. For further guidance here are the links to three example company codes of conduct: 1. Wesfarmers – http://www.wesfarmers.com.au/docs/default-source/corporate-governance/code-ofconduct—may-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=8 2. Stockland – https://www.stockland.com.au/about-stockland/corporate-governance 3. Woolworths – http://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/icms_docs/183764_Code_of_Conduct.pdf

Role of Automatic Stabilizers

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Role of Automatic Stabilizers

Which of the following would be automatic stabilizers? Employment-insurance payments. Cost-of-living escalators in government contracts and pensions. Free university tuition for unemployed workers after six months of unemployment, provided that they are under 30 years old and have had five or more years of full-time work experience since high school. Is there a stigma attached to automatic stabilizers and are they what are sometimes referred to, often derogatorily, as “entitlements”? As a student of macroeconomics do you see anything good in the automatic stabilizers? Why or why not?

Case study on Cambridge Cooling Systems: Global Operations Strategy by P. Fraser Johnson Ken Mark

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You will need to review the case and determine the best course of action by the Owner, Harris Bell based on the following information presented by your COO, David Jansen. 1. 10% APA Format 2. 5% Summarize the case study and the relevant issues – 1 page 3. 10% What are the macroeconomic conditions that have caused CCS to change its corporate strategy? 4. 5% Describe the type of industrial cooling systems sold by Cambridge. What are they used for? 5. 60% What are the arguments for and against moving custom manufacturing from Canada’s Cambridge plant to Mexico’s G-1 plant?. Some considerations • Financial cost-benefit based on available data • Workforce: skill levels, wages, reward systems, and worker development and training • Organization: structure, level of centralization between the Cambridge head office and G1, and local versus centralized decision-making • Production planning and control: scheduling and planning processes • Inventory control • Quality: defect monitoring and prevention, continuous improvement initiatives, and employee involvement in quality and process improvements • New product and process development: investments in product and process innovation • Supply chain and distribution: sourcing (e.g., dual versus single sourcing, local versus international sources), collaboration with suppliers and customers, materials planning, transportation, and warehousing and reverse logistics • Standing of the company in the community in Cambridge 6. 10% From the perspective of Harris Bell, the Chairman of the Board, should CCS move its custom production from Canada to Mexico? Why or why not? Important note: please follow the instructions mentioned especially 60% part

Analyze the role that corporate governance played in enabling preventing or detecting the fraud

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Question 1 “Corporate Governance”

Please respond to the following: From the e-Activity, analyze the role that corporate governance played in enabling, preventing, or detecting the fraud. Make a recommendation as to how the role of corporate governance could have been improved to prevent or detect the fraud sooner. Support your recommendation with examples and provide a rationale. You are an external auditor reviewing the corporate governance at XYZ Company. Analyze the corporate governance functions and propose a plan of what function(s) you would target for your audit. Support your plan with examples.

Question 2 “Board of Directors and Audit Committees” Please respond to the following: XYZ Company’s CEO has asked you to serve on its board of directors. XYZ has had some past problems with fraud issues and the CEO is looking to you to help restore credibility.

Analyze the functions of the board of directors and propose a plan to the CEO as to how you would operate as a board member. Support your plan with examples. You have been appointed to the audit committee at XYZ Company. In this role, you are considered the financial expert. The external auditors have approached you regarding the potential of a negative audit report for the financial statements. Develop a plan and process for how you would work with management and the external auditors to resolve the issues the auditors may have regarding the financial statements in order that the company could achieve an unqualified opinion. Support your plan with examples and provide a rationale for your plan.

Hewlett Packard Operations Plan

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Hewlett Packard Operations Plan

The student will submit an operations plan, based on the assigned product or company provided by the course instructor. The operations plan will include how operations will be measured, the structure of operations, the supply chain, the value chain, the quality control aspects, and technology used in the operation. Specific details for the assignment will be provided by the course instructor.

Aggregate Supply curve shows the relationship between the price level and the real GDP supplied in an economy

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1. Aggregate Supply curve shows the relationship between the price level and the real GDP supplied in an economy. A: Under what circumstances will the AS curve have a flat segment? B: When an economy has a vertical AS curve? C: The AS curve is upward sloping in the intermediate region between the horizontal and the vertical segments. What kind of macroeconomic conditions give rise to the upward sloping range? 2. Write a one-page essay on the role of automatic stabilizers. In your essay include comments on the following points: A: What are automatic fiscal stabilizers? How do these stabilizers stabilize real GDP in the face of AD and AS shocks? B: What is the role of the simple multiplier [ 1/{1 – MPC(1 – t) – m}] in stabilization of the swings in real GDP? C: How the slope of the AD curve affects the stability of real GDP in the presence of AS shocks? D: How the automatic stabilizers depend on the sizes of MPC, t, and m.

Leading Lean Enterprises Through Change

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Assignment Content Resource: Leading Lean Enterprises Through Change Grading Guide Identify at least two non-standardized processes within your own organization or one with which you are familiar. Create a 1,050- to 1,400-word analysis of methods that can be used to reduce resistance to process change that addresses the following: Describe the two non-standardized processes selected. Explain why each non-standardized process should be standardized to help reduce variation. If you believe that a non-standardized process should be used, explain why and how you will control variations in the application of this process. Evaluate challenges/barriers that the selected organization may face in the implementation of the identified lean enterprise improvements. Recommend strategies that your selected organization could use to reduce resistance to change. Explain how management can help organizations facilitate change by empowering employees and getting everyone involved in process improvement.

 

Structuring a New Business Venture

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In this project, you will be called upon to research the possible legal structures and organizational structures for a business that will produce solar energy–fueled chargers that will charge a variety of products on the go. As you consider starting your own company, you’ll make a determination about which structures will work best. Click Step 1: Research the Steps to Create and Manage a Small Business to get started. Competencies Your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below. • 1.7: Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the project or presentation. • 1.8: Create clear oral messages. • 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks. • 7.1: Analyze the legal forms of business organization and make recommendations to support business decisions. • 9.1: Design organizational structure, systems and processes that support the strategic goals of the organization.

Johnson International Corporation

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Johnson International Corporation

The case study must be viewed from the Procurement and Acquisition discipline as well as various aspects of systems thinking vis a vis how your solutions and recommendations may be viewed by other parts of the company. Think about the cost of your proposed solution. Where will the funds come from? Will it work? How can you make it happen? How long will it take…and will the company survive? how will it sell to a reluctant department on adopting your proposed solutions?

Dell’s Supply Chain

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For this assessment, consider that you work as a business analyst for a consulting firm that specializes in helping clients improve their operations and associated processes. Your manager asked you to write a white paper that they will use to demonstrate how your firm can help clients implement best practices in their supply chains and distribution channels, and you and your manager selected Dell as the subject of the white paper. Dell has been selling computers for over 25 years with its unique, direct build-to-order sales model.

As part of your research into Dell’s supply chain and distribution strategy, you identified related articles in the Capella library (linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading) that you decided to use to help you write your white paper. You and your manager decided your white paper should address the following points: Analyze why Dell’s supply chain strategy is successful. Describe the main supply chain challenges that Dell is now facing and provide strategies to effectively overcome the challenges. Analyze how Dell has changed its supply chain to satisfy its customers. As an example, was Dell’s decision to sell its products via retail outlets a viable solution? Do you agree with this distribution strategy? Why or why not?