1. The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or cont
1. The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or continue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do the same thing. Develop a strategic plan for succeeding in this course that includes the following steps:1a. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they relate to this course.2b. Establish goals and objectives, or performance targets, to direct all the activities that youll perform to earn a high grade in this course.3c. Describe tactical and operational plans for achieving your stated goals and objectives.2. Describe your definition of a leader vs. a manager and how vision and communication, among other characteristics play a role. Use scholary sources to support.Learning Activity #51. Youre a marketing researcher for a multinational food-products corporation, and for the past two years, youve been able to work at home. The international division of the company has asked you to join a virtual team assigned to assess the prospects for a new sandwich planned for the Indian market.List a few of the challenges that youre likely to encounter as a member of the virtual team. Explain the steps youd take to deal with each of the challenges that youve listed. Support your claims with scholarly resources2. Communication and teamwork are critical functions in todays business environment. Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and the factors that take place in the stages of team development. How does communication play a role in team effectiveness?Learning Activity #61. If you were developing a marketing campaign for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, what group of consumers would you target? What if you were marketing an iPad/Itouch? What about time-shares (vacation-ownership opportunities) in Vail, Colorado? For each of these products, identify at least five segmentation characteristics that youd use in developing a profile of your customers. Explain the segmentation category into which each characteristic fallsdemographic, geographic, behavioral, or psychographic. Where its appropriate, be sure to include at least one characteristic from each category. Link your ideas to the reading material in your text and other sources.2. Market segmentation. You probably know that Scion and Lexus are both Toyota brands, yet they are targeted to very different markets. Visit the Scion, Lexus, and Toyota U.S. Web sites. Based on your review of all three sites, prepare a brief report discussing Toyotas market segmentation strategy.http://www.lexus.comhttp://www.scion.comhttp://www.toyota.comLearning Activity #71. How does mass production work? Describe a good or service that would lend itself well to mass production and one that would not lend itself well to mass production. Using those aofrementioned goods, describe why or why not that they could be produced in a flexible production system.2. Discuss using personal experiences, how decision making is either aided or hindered by the use of data? How does data mining play a role in decision making?3. Describe a personal example when utilizing data and how it was derived and analyzed played a role in a business decision. What were the strengths and weakness of the information system?Learning The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or continue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do the same thing. Develop a strategic plan for succeeding in this course that includes the following steps:1a. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they relate to this course.2b. Establish goals and objectives, or performance targets, to direct all the activities that youll perform to earn a high grade in this course.3c. Describe tactical and operational plans for achieving your stated goals and objectives.2. Describe your definition of a leader vs. a manager and how vision and communication, among other characteristics play a role. Use scholary sources to support.Learning Activity #51. Youre a marketing researcher for a multinational food-products corporation, and for the past two years, youve been able to work at home. The international division of the company has asked you to join a virtual team assigned to assess the prospects for a new sandwich planned for the Indian market.List a few of the challenges that youre likely to encounter as a member of the virtual team. Explain the steps youd take to deal with each of the challenges that youve listed. Support your claims with scholarly resources2. Communication and teamwork are critical functions in todays business environment. Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and the factors that take place in the stages of team development. How does communication play a role in team effectiveness?Learning Activity #61. If you were developing a marketing campaign for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, what group of consumers would you target? What if you were marketing an iPad/Itouch? What about time-shares (vacation-ownership opportunities) in Vail, Colorado? For each of these products, identify at least five segmentation characteristics that youd use in developing a profile of your customers. Explain the segmentation category into which each characteristic fallsdemographic, geographic, behavioral, or psychographic. Where its appropriate, be sure to include at least one characteristic from each category. Link your ideas to the reading material in your text and other sources.2. Market segmentation. You probably know that Scion and Lexus are both Toyota brands, yet they are targeted to very different markets. Visit the Scion, Lexus, and Toyota U.S. Web sites. Based on your review of all three sites, prepare a brief report discussing Toyotas market segmentation strategy.http://www.lexus.comhttp://www.scion.comhttp://www.toyota.comLearning Activity #71. How does mass production work? Describe a good or service that would lend itself well to mass production and one that would not lend itself well to mass production. Using those aofrementioned goods, describe why or why not that they could be produced in a flexible production system.2. Discuss using personal experiences, how decision making is either aided or hindered by the use of data? How does data mining play a role in decision making?3. Describe a personal example when utilizing data and how it was derived and analyzed played a role in a business decision. What were the strengths and weakness of the information system?Describe the 3 branches of the U.S. federal government.
Explain the role of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Why are there three branches of government? Explain.
What is the purpose of the concept separation of powers? Explain.
What is federalism? Explain.
How does this impact the criminal justice system? Explain.
With regard to the criminal justice system, explain the roles of the following primary components:
Law enforcement
Criminal courts
Civil courts
Corrections
Explain the role of each component. Explain how each component is both interdependent and independent.
What are the similarities and differences between the federal and state criminal court systems? Explain.Learning Activity #81. Describe the information provided by each of these financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, statement of owners equity. Identify ten business questions that can be answered by using financial accounting information. For each question, indicate which financial statement (or statements) would be most helpful in answering the question, and why.2. Develop a summary statement of 25 words or less of the key points you have gleaned from your reading and studying about business. How will what you have studied help you in both your personal and professional life? Where will you go from here to learn more about leadership, management, and business organizations?Activity #81. Describe the information provided by each of these financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, statement of owners equity. Identify ten business questions that can be answered by using financial accounting information. For each question, indicate which financial statement (or statements) would be most helpful in answering the question, and why.2. Develop a summary statement of 25 words or less of the key points you have gleaned from your reading and studying about business. How will what you have studied help you in both your personal and professional life? Where will you go from here to learn more about leadership, management, and business organizations?inue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do the same thing. Develop a strategic plan for succeeding in this course that includes the following steps:1a. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they relate to this course.2b. Establish goals and objectives, or performance targets, to direct all the activities that youll perform to earn a high grade in this course.3c. Describe tactical and operational plans for achieving your stated goals and objectives.2. Describe your definition of a leader vs. a manager and how vision and communication, among other characteristics play a role. Use scholary sources to support.Learning Activity #51. Youre a marketing researcher for a multinational food-products corporation, and for the past two years, youve been able to work at home. The international division of the company has asked you to join a virtual team assigned to assess the prospects for a new sandwich planned for the Indian market.List a few of the challenges that youre likely to encounter as a member of the virtual team. Explain the steps youd take to deal with each of the challenges that youve listed. Support your claims with scholarly resources2. Communication and teamwork are critical functions in todays business environment. Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and the factors that take place in the stages of team development. How does communication play a role in team effectiveness?Learning Activity #61. If you were developing a marketing campaign for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, what group of consumers would you target? What if you were marketing an iPad/Itouch? What about time-shares (vacation-ownership opportunities) in Vail, Colorado? For each of these products, identify at least five segmentation characteristics that youd use in developing a profile of your customers. Explain the segmentation category into which each characteristic fallsdemographic, geographic, behavioral, or psychographic. Where its appropriate, be sure to include at least one characteristic from each category. Link your ideas to the reading material in your text and other sources.2. Market segmentation. You probably know that Scion and Lexus are both Toyota brands, yet they are targeted to very different markets. Visit the Scion, Lexus, and Toyota U.S. Web sites. Based on your review of all three sites, prepare a brief report discussing Toyotas market segmentation strategy.http://www.lexus.comhttp://www.scion.comhttp://www.toyota.comLearning Activity #71. How does mass production work? Describe a good or service that would lend itself well to mass production and one that would not lend itself well to mass production. Using those aofrementioned goods, describe why or why not that they could be produced in a flexible production system.2. Discuss using personal experiences, how decision making is either aided or hindered by the use of data? How does data mining play a role in decision making?3. Describe a personal example when utilizing data and how it was derived and analyzed played a role in a business decision. What were the strengths and weakness of the information system?Lear
1. The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or continue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do the same thing. Develop a strategic plan for succeeding in this course that includes the following steps:1a. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they relate to this course.2b. Establish goals and objectives, or performance targets, to direct all the activities that youll perform to earn a high grade in this course.3c. Describe tactical and operational plans for achieving your stated goals and objectives.2. Describe your definition of a leader vs. a manager and how vision and communication, among other characteristics play a role. Use scholary sources to support.Learning Activity #51. Youre a marketing researcher for a multinational food-products corporation, and for the past two years, youve been able to work at home. The international division of the company has asked you to join a virtual team assigned to assess the prospects for a new sandwich planned for the Indian market.List a few of the challenges that youre likely to encounter as a member of the virtual team. Explain the steps youd take to deal with each of the challenges that youve listed. Support your claims with scholarly resources2. Communication and teamwork are critical functions in todays business environment. Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and the factors that take place in the stages of team development. How does communication play a role in team effectiveness?Learning Activity #61. If you were developing a marketing campaign for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, what group of consumers would you target? What if you were marketing an iPad/Itouch? What about time-shares (vacation-ownership opportunities) in Vail, Colorado? For each of these products, identify at least five segmentation characteristics that youd use in developing a profile of your customers. Explain the segmentation category into which each characteristic fallsdemographic, geographic, behavioral, or psychographic. Where its appropriate, be sure to include at least one characteristic from each category. Link your ideas to the reading material in your text and other sources.2. Market segmentation. You probably know that Scion and Lexus are both Toyota brands, yet they are targeted to very different markets. Visit the Scion, Lexus, and Toyota U.S. Web sites. Based on your review of all three sites, prepare a brief report discussing Toyotas market segmentation strategy.http://www.lexus.comhttp://www.scion.comhttp://www.toyota.comLearning Activity #71. How does mass production work? Describe a good or service that would lend itself well to mass production and one that would not lend itself well to mass production. Using those aofrementioned goods, describe why or why not that they could be produced in a flexible production system.2. Discuss using personal experiences, how decision making is either aided or hindered by the use of data? How does data mining play a role in decision making?3. Describe a personal example when utilizing data and how it was derived and analyzed played a role in a business decision. What were the strengths and weakness of the information system?Learning Activity #81. The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or continue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do the same thing. Develop a strategic plan for succeeding in this course that includes the following steps:1a. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they relate to this course.2b. Establish goals and objectives, or performance targets, to direct all the activities that youll perform to earn a high grade in this course.3c. Describe tactical and operational plans for achieving your stated goals and objectives.2. Describe your definition of a leader vs. a manager and how vision and communication, among other characteristics play a role. Use scholary sources to support.Learning Activity #51. Youre a marketing researcher for a multinational food-products corporation, and for the past two years, youve been able to work at home. The international division of the company has asked you to join a virtual team assigned to assess the prospects for a new sandwich planned for the Indian market.List a few of the challenges that youre likely to encounter as a member of the virtual team. Explain the steps youd take to deal with each of the challenges that youve listed. Support your claims with scholarly resources2. Communication and teamwork are critical functions in todays business environment. Discuss the characteristics of an effective team and the factors that take place in the stages of team development. How does communication play a role in team effectiveness?Learning Activity #61. If you were developing a marketing campaign for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, what group of consumers would you target? What if you were marketing an iPad/Itouch? What about time-shares (vacation-ownership opportunities) in Vail, Colorado? For each of these products, identify at least five segmentation characteristics that youd use in developing a profile of your customers. Explain the segmentation category into which each characteristic fallsdemographic, geographic, behavioral, or psychographic. Where its appropriate, be sure to include at least one characteristic from each category. Link your ideas to the reading material in your text and other sources.2. Market segmentation. You probably know that Scion and Lexus are both Toyota brands, yet they are targeted to very different markets. Visit the Scion, Lexus, and Toyota U.S. Web sites. Based on your review of all three sites, prepare a brief report discussing Toyotas market segmentation strategy.http://www.lexus.comhttp://www.scion.comhttp://www.toyota.comLearning Activity #71. How does mass production work? Describe a good or service that would lend itself well to mass production and one that would not lend itself well to mass production. Using those aofrementioned goods, describe why or why not that they could be produced in a flexible production system.2. Discuss using personal experiences, how decision making is either aided or hindered by the use of data? How does data mining play a role in decision making?3. Describe a personal example when utilizing data and how it was derived and analyzed played a role in a business decision. What were the strengths and weakness of the information system?Learning Activity #81. Describe the information provided by each of these financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, statement of owners equity. Identify ten business questions that can be answered by using financial accounting information. For each question, indicate which financial statement (or statements) would be most helpful in answering the question, and why.2. Develop a summary statement of 25 words or less of the key points you have gleaned from your reading and studying about business. How will what you have studied help you in both your personal and professional life? Where will you go from here to learn more about leadership, management, and business organizations?
1. The Martin family has been making guitars out of its factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, for more than 150 years. In 2004, Martin Guitar was proud to produce its millionth instrument. Go to http://www.martinguitar.com to link to the Martin Guitar Web site and read about the companys long history. Youll discover that, even though its a family-run company with a fairly unique product, it operates like any other company. Identify the main activities or functions of Martin Guitars business and explain how each activity benefits the company.2. Explain the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. Then provide an example of each. Describe an ethical lapse and provide an example.Learning Activity #21. Critically discuss the trade deficit in the United States. What is its nature and purpose? Support your claims through the use of a scholarly source.2.You own a company that employs about two hundred people in Maine to produce hockey sticks. Why might you decide to outsource your production to Indonesia? Would closing your plant and moving your operations overseas help or hurt the U.S. economy? Who would be hurt? Who would be helped? Now, armed with answers to these questions, ask yourself whether you would indeed move your facilities or continue making hockey sticks in Maine. Explain your decision. Support your claims with a scholarly source.Learning Activity #31. Talk with a sole proprietor about his or her selected form of business ownership. Ask him or her which of the following dimensions (discussed in this section) were important in deciding to operate as a proprietor: setup costs and government regulations, control, profit sharing, income taxes, skills, continuity and transferability, ability to obtain financing, and liability exposure. Discuss what you learned from the business owner, and link it to either a concept in the text book or another scholarly source.2. Critically discuss the following questions: How small is a small business? If a substantial portion of small businesses in the United States suddenly closed, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy? How would all these closings affect workers, consumers, and other businesses? Use scholarly support for your claims.Learning Activity #41. Without a plan, its hard to succeed. Successful managers set goals and determine the best ways to reach them. Successful students do t