Week 7- Milestone 3-Investing Analysis

Moving to Green Computing  Your organization is a leader in the development of renewable energy sources based on enhanced geothermal systems and is viewed as a champion in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The organization employs over 25,000 people worldwide and operates three global data centers, one each in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The CEO has asked all her C level executives for input on a proposed strategy to become a leader in green computing.    Critical Thinking Questions  Identify two additional tactics the organization might take to accelerate its move toward green computing?  Identify the pros and cons or any issues associated with your proposed tactics.

2019 COBIT Principle 1 Each enterprise needs a governance system to satisfy stakeholder needs and to generate value from the use of I&T. Value reflects a balance among benefits, risk and resources, and enterprises need an actionable strategy and governance system to realize this value. Current Practice Recommendation Principle 2 A governance system for enterprise I&T is built from a number of components that can be of different types and that work together in a holistic way. Current Practice Recommendation

Make a Decision: Analyze CSR initiatives at Gree Manufacturing (from Chapter 14)Obj. 5 Green Manufacturing is a traditional manufacturing company located in the midwestern United States.  The company's operations manager is developing a strategy to become more CSR-oriented. In an effort to evaluate possible areas where CSR initiatives can be implemented, the manager has gathered the following data regarding three potential CSR activities:  Initial Added CostVariable CostVariable SavingsRecycle and reuse production materials$    5,000$0.10 per lb. of recycled material$0.15 per lb. of recycled materialAdd solar panels as a source of power  700,000$ 1,000 per year$ 33,000 per yearReplace assembly room light fixtures with natural light  120,000$ 180 per month$ 220 per month The recycling activity would carry on indefinitely.  The solar panels would have a useful life of 30 years.  The replacement of assembly room light fixtures with natural light is assumed to have an 80-year effect.a.…

Building from the Module 2 Critical Thinking assignment about your company’s water purification product and target country market, research the components needed to build the product. Use the following questions to guide your decisions about production and components, respond to the following topics for this week’s critical thinking assignment. What does the target country produce and export?  What does the target country import; what are the imports used for?  To what degree does the target country have relevant and cost-effective component manufacturing capabilities? Does the target country have relevant and cost-effective manufacturing/assembly capabilities to create products of acceptable quality? If the target country does not have relevant component and manufacturing skills, where will the water purification components/devices be sourced from given the target country’s trade agreements?  How do trade profiles and trade relationships enter into your decision about manufacturing…

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Integrative Case 4 Enviro Plastics Company Since its inception, Enviro Plastics Company has been revolutionizing plastic and trying to do its part to save the environment. Enviro’s founder, Marion Cosby, developed a biodegradable plastic that her company is marketing to manufacturing companies throughout the southeastern United States. After operating as a private company for six years, Enviro went public in 2015 and is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. As the chief financial officer of a young company with lots of investment opportunities, Enviro’s CFO closely monitors the firm’s cost of capital. The CFO keeps tabs on each of the individual costs of Enviro’s three main financing sources: long-term debt, preferred stock, and common stock. The target capital structure for Enviro is given by the weights in the following table: At the present time, Enviro can raise debt by selling 20-year bonds with a $1,000 par value and a 10.5% annual coupon interest rate. Enviro’s corporate tax rate…

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Choice of Strategic Business Unit Hamilton-Jones, a large consulting firm in Los Angeles,has experienced rapid growth over the last 5 years. To better serve its clients and to bettermanage its practice, the firm decided 2 years ago to organize into five strategic business units,each of which serves a significant base of clients: accounting systems, executive recruitment andcompensation, client-server office information systems, manufacturing information systems, andreal-estate consulting. Each SBU is served by a variety of administrative services within the firm,including payroll and accounting, printing and duplicating, report preparation, and secretarialsupport. Hamilton-Jones’s management closely watches the trend in the total costs for eachadministrative support area on a month-to-month basis. Management has noted that the costs inthe printing and duplicating area have risen 40% over the last 2 years, a rate that is twice that ofany other support area.Required Should Hamilton-Jones…

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please can you write more on this topic around 2000 words with some references please Rio Tinto's corporate governance, sustainability practices, and CSR activities in paragraph form, covering the critical evaluation required for your assignment: Rio Tinto, a prominent global mining, and metals corporation operating across continents like Australia, North America, and Africa, has entrenched itself with robust corporate governance practices that underscore transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct. Central to its operational ethos are comprehensive CSR and sustainability policies integral to its overarching strategy. These policies emphasize environmental stewardship, community engagement, and responsible mining practices, aiming not only to comply with regulatory requirements but also to foster long-term sustainability. Rio Tinto's board structure reflects a commitment to diversity, comprising directors with varied expertise and a substantial degree of independence.…

Case Study Jumping Flash Pty Ltd is an innovative organisation that produces environmentally friendly pumps for water management. The design of this pump is unique and represents an efficient and environmentally friendly system that may be used on any mine site. These pumps combine positive features of economy, efficiency and innovation. The company has just completed its second year of operations. You are now employed as the management accountant for Jumping Flash Pty Ltd and you have been requested to produce a performance report (using Excel) and the calculate all the relevant variances. Information The following details are available: 1. SALES AND SALES REVENUE Jumping Flash Pty Ltd Units and revenue details for the period 01 July - 30 September 2018 Sales (units) Sales revenue Actual Master (Fixed) Budget 16,500 15,000 $ $ 5,362,500 5,250,000 Note: Both these production levels are within the relevant range. 2. STANDARD COST DETAILS Jumping Flash Pty Ltd Standard cost schedule -…

Question 9 One of the benefits of spending sizable sums of money for social responsibility initiatives and good corporate citizenship over a multi-year period is ← Previous O O greater ease in achieving the investor-expected performance targets for EPS, ROE, and stock price, provided a company wins one or more Gold Star Awards for Corporate Citizenship. the positive impact that such a strategy has on the company's credit rating which can affect the attractiveness of both action cameras and UAV drones. the positive impact it has on achieving a higher image rating/brand reputation. Next→ increased power and effectiveness of a company's advertising expenditures for action cameras in all four regions in those years when the company's total annual spending for socially responsible activities exceeds the industry average (as reported on p. 3 of the Camera & Drone Journal. O increased company ability to charge higher prices for its action cameras and UAV drones (because of widespread public…

Question 2          Use the Goretex case to explain how the P.R.O.F.I.T. supports the assertion that it’s managerial practices and organisational culture make it ‘a great place to work’   The Case When Goretex developed the core technology on which most of its more than 2,000 worldwide patents is based, the company’s unique culture played a crucial role in allowing Gore to pursue multiple end-market applications simultaneously, enabling rapid growth from a niche business into a diversified multinational company. The company’s culture is team-based and designed to foster personal initiative. It is described on the company’s website as follows: There are no traditional organizational charts, no chains of command, nor predetermined channels of communication. Instead, we communicate directly with each other and are accountable to fellow members of our multidiscipline teams. We encourage hands-on innovation, involving those closest to a project in decision making. Teams organize around…

Key success factors. Vargas Construction Company provides construction services for major projects. Managers at the company believe that construction is a people-management business, and they list the following as factors critical to their success: Increase spending on employee development to streamline processes. Foster cooperative relationships with suppliers that allow for more frequent deliveries as and when products are needed. Integrate tools and techniques that reduce errors in construction projects. Train employees in green construction techniques to appeal to companies seeking LEED certification. Benchmark the company’s gross margin percentages against its major competitors. Match each of the above factors to the key success factors that are important to managers.

Outsourcing Call Centers; Strategy; Ethics; Present-Value Analysis (Chapter 12) Merchants’Bank (MB) is a large regional bank operating in 634 locations in the southeastern United States.Until 2014, the bank operated a call center for customer inquiries out of a single location in Atlanta,Georgia. MB understood the importance of the call center for overall customer satisfaction andmade sure that the center was managed effectively. However, in early 2013, it became clear that thecost of running the center was increasing very rapidly, along with the firm’s growth, and that someissues were arising about the quality of the service. To improve the quality and dramatically reducethe cost of the service, MB moved its call center to Bangalore, India, to be run by an experiencedoutsourcing firm, Naftel, which offers similar services to other banks like MB.The Naftel contract was for 5 years, and in late 2017 it was time to consider whether to renewthe contract, change to another call center…

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Creating Balanced Scorecard? that Support Different Strategies The Midwest Consulting Group (MCG) helps companies build balanced scorecards. As part of its marketing efforts. MCG conducts an annual balanced scorecard workshop for prospective clients. As MCG’s newest employee, your boss has asked you to participate in this year’s workshop by explaining to attendees how a company’s strategy determines the measures that are appropriate for its balanced scorecard. Your boss has provided you with the excerpts below from the annual reports of two current MCG clients. She has asked you to use these excerpts in your portion of the workshop. Excerpt from Applied Pharmaceuticals’ annual report: The keys to our business are consistent and timely new product introductions and manufacturing process integrity. The new product introduction side of the equation is a function of research and development (R&D) yield (e.g., the number of marketable drug compounds created relative to the total number…