Acceptability Case Studies Samples For Students

Executive summary 1

Question 1: Environmental analysis of Severstal Company 2
Question 2: Severstal’s corporate and competitive strategies evaluation 3
Question 3: strategic recommendations for Severstal 4

References 5

Executive summary
Steel is one of the most widely used materials in infrastructure development. This is due to the quality of its products and the fact that it is relatively cheaper than other materials that would be used to make the same products. However, the steel industry has had its fair share of tribulations especially during the 2008 economic crisis that fell many giants in the business. The industry experienced operations ...

Calculating cost of equity using Gorden Model:

In the first section of this paper, we will calculate the cost of equity of Nike Inc. using the Gorden Model as part of which, recent dividend payment will be used for estimating the cost of equity multiple. Followed are the calculations:
Value of Stock: Current Dividend(1+Growth Rate)/ (Required Rate- Growth Rate)
58.02= 0.62/( Required Rate- 0.1209)
= 13.15%

Here:

Growth Rate= Compounded Annual Growth Rate for past 5 years
= (0.62/0.35)0.20- 1
= 12.09%
Therefore, following Gorden Model, we found that the cost of equity for Nike Inc is 12.09%. However, because of the limitations of Gorden Model, ...

Organizations face many challenges that require readers to come up with strategic implementations that help the business overcome market challenges and achieve its goals (Redmond 1). No one could images McDonald could record reduced sales after a year of high sale volume and high profitability. The rapidd dramatic changes in the business world propagated by technology, globalization, rise of many emerging markets, and competition demand leaders to apply for strategic leadership roles. Thompson, the new McDonalds Chief Executive Officer (CEO), faces complex challenges in leading the company through achieving its three strategic goals. McDonald aims at optimizing and evolving ...

Role of GIS in Promoting a More Sustainable Future in Energy: A case study of theStädteregion Aachen in Germany
In the last decades, the world has experienced unprecedented population growth. Populations in the cities have doubled up with more than 74% of the country’s population live inside urban centres in developed countries. In developing countries, approximately 44% of the population are living in urban settings. With the influx of people in urban areas, there has been an increase in the consumption of energy. With increased use of fossil fuel, there has been constant pollution by gases like ...

Criteria for effectiveness of a performance management system

Organizations use different ways to measure the performance of their employees. An effective performance management system must have strategic congruence, valid, reliable, acceptable, and specific (Phillips & Gully, 2013).

Strategic congruence: The performance management system adopted by the organization must match with the organization’s culture, goals, and strategy.

Validity: The validity of a performance management system represents its ability to assess all relevant aspects needed in the performance. When the performance system aims at improving productivity, the aspects used in the system must be relevant to the job performed by the employee.
Reliability: A performance management system must show consistency. Individuals evaluating the employee's level of performance must consider the reliability of the evaluating method to achieve consistent results.
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The Labatt brewery was a well-established brewery in Ontaria, Canada, owned by John Labatt. The case study discusses Labatt’s expansion into Chicago, USA and consequently his retreat. In the first part of the case we discuss the various factors which led to Labatt’s decision to make an entry into the US market. The major push factor responsible for this decision was the incessant price-cutting of beer in the Canadian market which led to declining profits for Labatt. The major pull factors for Labatt were the market size in America and the potential profits & prestige ...

Introduction

An estimated 100,000 people reside in Deesville City with a mayor-council government. Providing assistance to the City Manager is the main highlight for this case study, as an intern to the local government office. This internship is part of the requirements for completing the Public Administration Program at Gill University. In this scenario, Deesville’s local administration faces an assortment of issues, majority of which relate to human resources and its administration and includes problems on budget management. In detail, the human resources and its administration concerns are currently taking place in three agencies or offices—the Police Department, ...

A budget is a method of organizational planning and control that ensures the judicious use of limited financial resources and contributes to the entity’s ability to survive in a competitive healthcare industry (Yoder-Wise, 2011). To keep track of unit adherence to the budget, allow timely adjustments if needed and improve the succeeding fiscal year’s budget projections, variance calculations and analysis for each line item is done. To increase accuracy, projections must be based on concrete data. Moreover, needs that arise should be prioritized in accordance with organization and unit goals in order to optimize the use of finite resources. ...