Gainsharing incentive plan

1.      What are gainsharing incentive plans? 

2.      Identify at least ten (10) characteristics that contribute to the success of some gainsharing plans.

3.      Identify at least five (5) factors that contribute to the failure of some gainsharing plans.

 

frauds and corporate scandals similar

With all of the recent frauds and corporate scandals similar to Merck, AIG, Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and ImClone you have heard. Your supervisor has asked you to research news sites and read articles on the potential legal and ethical issues related to data analysis organizations have gone through in the recent past. After reading these sites, you have become interested on researching additional resources on the data analysis by using the Library, the Internet, and all other resources that are linked to this case and you want to research and prepare a report that summarizes the following questions relevant to data analysis on a specific organization of your choice. 1. How did the company you have researched use or misuse data to support their decisions? 2. What were the results? 3. What are the limitations and significance of the data? 4. What are ethical implications of data misuses in this case?

forward integration

In your opinion, when would forward integration be a particularly good strategy to pursue? 200 words w/references

environmental issues ozone depletion, global warming...(management)

Identify and describe how one business in your community is addressing at least one of the four (4) environmental issues presented…ozone depletion, global warming, declining biodiversity, and threats to our marine ecosystem.

enterprise system

What is an enterprise system and how does it work? Discuss at least three (3) ways it can provide value for a company.

Downhill Boards

Downhill Boards (DB), a producer of snow boards, is evaluating a new process for applying the finish to its snow boards. Downhill Boards currently incurs a fixed annual cost of $125,000 and has a variable cost of $0.90 per unit. Annual demand for the snow boards is 160,000. Fast Finish, Inc. (FFI) has made a technological breakthrough in snow board finish application. FFI will apply the finish for $0.23 per unit in variable costs plus a fixed annual cost of $230,000.
a) What will it cost Downhill Boards to outsource the finishing process?
Total Cost from FFI = $ .
$ than insourcing.
b) At what demand level does it make sense economically to outsource the finishing process?
Better to outsource when demand is or more.

Discuss the appropriateness of using the same leadership style across all EU countries

Discuss the appropriateness of using the same leadership style across all EU countries.  Include in your discussion the research results for both views given in your textbook.