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Read the instructions in full before you attempt to answer. In section 1 below, a total of eight different market segments for the cold beverage market have been provided (Note: For the purpose of this discussion activity, let’s assume that the cold beverage market includes fizzy drinks (sodas), juice, energy drinks, milk-based drinks, yoghurt-based drinks, water, sports drinks, and so on.). Read section 1 statements, then read the task in section 2. Section 1: Quick Overview of Each Market Segment The ‘Really thirsty’: This group of consumers is seeking a fairly straightforward functional benefit from their consumption of a beverage. The ‘On the go’:  The on-the-go market segment is a busy group of consumers who tend to eat and drink while they are traveling. The ‘Need a boost’: This market segment consists of those consumers are feeling rundown or tired during the day. The ‘Variety seekers’: Variety seekers are consumers that have limited brand loyalty and will consume a broader…

In developing and implementing IT, the study team and steering committee must consider organizational goals. These include: a. General, operating management, and technical goals b. General, technical, and top management goals c. Top management, operating management, and general systems goals d. Top management, operating management, and economic goals

SWOT analysis is a framework for analyzing the internal and external environment of a company. It consists of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. According to a SWOT analysis, which of the following is not an aspect that the company's strategy should follow? a. take advantage of their weaknesses b. remedy weaknesses or work around them c. take advantage of the opportunities presented by the environment d. protect the company from threats

According to the AFI Framework, Corporate Governance and Organizational Design are two main topics that a strategist would need to understand during the implementation phase. TRUE or FALSE

I need help completing this assignment Base on selecting a Family Practice and a Nursing Home as my health care organization  Locating 2 compliance program documents from comparabling the two health care organizations using Internet search engine.  After Reading both compliance program documents and examine the similarities and differences between the 2.  what should I include in my matrix that compares how both organizations execute the following compliance components:  How internal monitoring and auditing is conducted  How compliance and practice standards are implemented  How employees are trained and educated to model compliant behaviors  How violations or offenses are detected, reported, and corrected  How lines of communication with employees are developed  How disciplinary standards are enforced

Businesses are often faced with operational risks and decisions must be made to alleviate such risks. Discuss typical operational decisions that are made to deal with operational risks.

You are the Laboratory manager of a medium sized 120-bed hospital, and you are called to a hospital leadership meeting by the CEO of the facility. You are told that the hospital is having problems meeting some debt responsibility and there is possibility that a budgetary cutback will be needed to alleviate the situation. Each departmental management is being given one week to plan how to accomplish a cost reduction of 10% within his/her department. Should it become necessary. You are also told that this situation is highly confidential because it is not yet known whether the cost reduction will be needed. Issues and Questions to Consider: 1.What criteria will you use to determine the best plan of action? 2.What type of long-range planning should be considered?

The basic objectives or goals of an organization are derived from its a. standard operating procedures b.supervisory management strategy c.operational plans d.strategic planning process

Suppose there is a company that does all the work manually and has a particular system in each department. After spending a period of time, they wanted to automate all the company's functions and operations, and they decided to apply the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to their organization. Why did they determine to use the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system instead of manually working?

Direction: Do what is instructed below. Write your answers in your notebook. One of the goals of business is to cater the needs and wants of the customers and make them satisfied of the goods & services that a business provides in order for them to share their experiences for the growth and sustainability of the business operation. Now, I want you to create your own product or services that best suits to the needs of our present situation which we are in the midst of the global pandemic. Requirement: Create your own product using the Five (5) Product Levels by Kotler. Use the table below: Product levels Question Product or services you Draw the product you want Drawing here: Answer can create and offer to to offer your customers bas Core benefit of the State the fundamental product benefit that you can offer to satisfy them Generic product State the basic version of the product the features necessary for it to function State the product set of Expected product features that the…

How can an operational plan assists in achieving the strategic objectives of an organization?

As described in the textbook, all of the following statements about R&D are true except: a. The R&D plan is where specific engineering activities are defined, and then matched to the personnel, resources, and timelines necessary to achieve them b. Each R&D milestone should be broken down into the key technical challenges that must be overcome to achieve it c. The process of achieving R&D milestones is iterative, not linear d. R&D planning is one of the few activities within the biodesign innovation process that can be driven within a single function (i.e., engineering) rather than managed with cross-functional involvement

You're a shift supervisor at GFC, a multi-national retail company, and you have been in your position for three years. Recently, you got a new General Manager for the store, and they have instituted some changes in inventory reporting and employee evaluation with the aim of increasing efficiency. One of these new changes, weekly employee evaluations, has begun to take up a significant amount of your time. The new form you must fill in for each of your hourly employees is extensive, and the manager wants all one of these completed for each employee that covers and accounts for every shift they work during a week. You have gotten the reports completed on time, but only by spending hours each day recording notes. That time has taken away from your time on the floor, your ability to work with employees 1:1, and your other tasks. You see the value of having a good record of employee performance, but at this rate you will have to significantly reduce other duties just to complete these…