This is your first week in your new job at Safety Zone, a leading producer of IT modeling software. Your prior experience with a smaller competitor gave you an edge in landing the job, and you are excited about joining a larger company in the same field. So far, all is going well and you are getting used to the new routine. However, you are concerned about one issue. In your initial meeting with the IT manager, she seemed very interested in the details of your prior position, and some of her questions made you a little uncomfortable. She did not actually ask you to reveal any proprietary information, but she made it clear that Safety Zone likes to know as much as possible about its competitors. Thinking about it some more, you try to draw a line between information that is OK to discuss, and topics such as software specifics or strategy that should be considered private. This is the first time you have ever been in a situation like this. How will you handle it?

Suggest two distinct pieces of information, which if available, would help us, the case analysts, draw more definitive conclusions about whether launching Plain Gold Jewelry at the end of the first year was a good decision, than I have been able to do in my presentation. Please be as specific as possible in your statement of these pieces of information. For instance, rather than stating "sales data" or "more information on sales", you should state sales data for which product, for which time period, whether by monetary amount or quantity sold, etc. In other words, be as specific and clear as possible in stating the needed information but be concise as well; also, select information that managers can have access to, realistically speaking, either from existing data or from fresh market research; for instance, it might be much more realistic to expect managers to have access to "past market price trends for gold as a raw material" than to "possible changes in tax structure for the…

What are the roles and functions of chairman/president of the company? Note: PLEASE NO PLAGIARISM. Thaank you

“After a short stint as a booking salesman assigned to directly serve the hospital accounts, my boss assigned me to handle a distributor.  This new task practically overwhelmed me.  It was my first time to manage a distributor account.  I was a consistent sales quota buster and I didn’t understand why my boss called this career move a reward for my good performance.  I also had very little idea why our company had to sell to our non-key accounts through distributors and not directly through own sales force.  I didn’t even know how distributors operate their business but my office calls me a distributor manager.” – Bothered Mike     “My boss measures my performance based on how much I sold to my distributor and how fast I collected from them.  Period!  My boss never bothered to ask me how much my distributor sells to customers, to which customers, how many customers, and how much money my distributor makes.  He didn’t care as long as I hit my targets.  As my monthly targets became…

Reaction to discussion below.  Do you agree or disagree? Any additional thoughts? It is important to understand that for a business to succeed, being motivated and hardworking does not guarantee a good positive outcome for the company.  There are other key factors that have to be in place in order to put the company on a path for success.  These factors include effective planning and decision-making with a systematic approach that considers the available information, the goals and objectives of the organization, and the potential outcomes of different decisions.    One of the companies I admire the most today is Apple. I because of how it started and all the changes they had to go through to become the company they are today. Apple is well-known for its innovations in hardware, software, and services. Thanks to them, it grew from some 8,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue in 1997, the year Steve Jobs returned, to 137,000 employees and $260 billion in revenue in 2019. Much less well…

Need a conclusion for the essay. Essay parts Below: Introduction: As a company begins or continues to grow, there are many steps they must take in order to determine the opportunities and threats available. An external factor evaluation matrix can help in regulating how quickly and easily a company can expand in a certain area. Competitive profile matrix is a tool that provides information on the competitive advantage a company has to others in the same industry and their critical success factors. Expansions in business are constant and companies must learn to adapt to their environments by using tools such as the matrices to do so. Paragraph 1: External factor evaluation matrices are used by companies in order to determine possible opportunities and threats in expanding the company. EFE matrices provide the possibility of a company to handle risk management on a higher level and also help raise awareness to possible threats before they are able to affect the business. Paragraph 2:  An…

How do I respond to this in 100 words? The focus of my Organizational Development Project and Proposal revolves around The Sharp Manufacturing Company of America, a subsidiary of Sharp Electronics Corporation. Situated within the Health and Environmental sector and falling under the umbrella of Sharp Home Electronics Company of America, SMCA specializes in the manufacturing of premium kitchen appliances. Within this company, I serve as the Master Planner within the Supply Chain department. My responsibilities encompass production planning, demand forecasting, capacity management, and overall supply chain oversight. In my capacity as the Master Planner, it is crucial for me to remain vigilant about industry dynamics and consumer preferences to effectively strategize production over a seven-month horizon. By closely monitoring trends, I can ensure that our production aligns with market demands, optimizing efficiency and meeting customer expectations. This involves constant adaptation and…

Overview Atomic Habits offers a framework for improving every day. Chapters 8–10 focus on the 2nd Law – Make It Attractive. Instructions Read Chapters 8, 9, and 10 of Atomic Habits. Assume that you work for theAmazon as your publicly-traded BIA project. Write a persuasive email to your supervising manager summarizing what you learned from your reading and how it would benefit the company to train employees on what you read in chapters 8–10. Your email must be persuasive and should include responses to the following questions: In your opinion, what were the three most valuable principles taught in these chapters? Why? How will training employees on these chapters help them personally and professionally? How will training employees on these chapters benefit the company as a whole?

“After a short stint as a booking salesman assigned to directly serve the hospital accounts, my boss assigned me to handle a distributor.  This new task practically overwhelmed me.  It was my first time to manage a distributor account.  I was a consistent sales quota buster and I didn’t understand why my boss called this career move a reward for my good performance.  I also had very little idea why our company had to sell to our non-key accounts through distributors and not directly through own sales force.  I didn’t even know how distributors operate their business but my office calls me a distributor manager.” – Bothered Mike    “My boss measures my performance based on how much I sold to my distributor and how fast I collected from them.  Period!  My boss never bothered to ask me how much my distributor sells to customers, to which customers, how many customers, and how much money my distributor makes.  He didn’t care as long as I hit my targets.  As my monthly targets became…

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