“Let’s be more practical. DCF is not the gospel. Managers should not become so enchanted with DCF that strategic considerations are overlooked.” Do you agree? Explain.

From an investor perspective ESOPs are the most valuable if used to help prevent takeovers but are much less valuable if designed and used to help improve worker productivity. IS THE SATEMENT TRUE OR FALSE?

Agency theory suggests that one way to motivate managers to act in the best interests of the owners/shareholders is to link managerial compensation to firms' payoffs, such as net income or share returns. However, such a linkage imposes risk on the manager. Required: (1) Why is it important to control or reduce some of the risk thus imposed on managers? Explain. Discuss two methods by which risk imposed on the managers could be reduced.

What is sensitivity analysis? How do managers use this tool?

A manager using an adversarial intervention exerts high control over both the process and the decision. Select one: O A. True O B. False

Explain

What is turnover? What does it measure? Describe this in your own words. Writing a formula is not a sufficient answer. Name one specific way a manager could improve turnover. This will demonstrate your understanding. Explain why your idea would have a positive effect on turnover?

Use your own word to explain heuristics  and In a business context,how would heuristics lead to poor decision making?

PLEASE IDENTIFY AN ORGANIZATION If a firm is performing poorly financially, what might this say about the differentiators, arenas, or both? Use a specific organization as an example and apply Hambrick and Frederickson's Strategy Diamond in your response.

“Performance reports based on controllability are impossible. Nobody really controls anything in an organization!” Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.