QUESTIONS 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Age is definitely a huge factor in his decision to get an MBA. The younger the individual‚ the more opportunity for salary increases which in turn‚ the quick he can recover his costs of returning for an MBA. These costs include the opportunity cost of lost income in pursuing his MBA as well as the cost of the tuition itself. 2. What other‚ perhaps nonquantifiable‚ factors affect Ben’s decision to get an MBA? The location of
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Most lords owned a Manor‚ which was a district where the lord could exercise certain privileges and rights in medieval Europe. Only the Lords could own a Manor‚ because they were at the top of the feudal system. Let’s take a look at what everyone’s role was on the Manors. As I already said‚ Lords and their families lived quite comfortably on their Manor. Lords lived in a manor house‚ which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived. There were many rooms in a manor home. Some had a
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1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age should be a positive factor in earning his MBA. He is still very young‚ and has 40 years in his career to go. 2. What other‚ perhaps non-quantifiable factors‚ affect Ben’s decision to get an MBA? If Ben works hard on his MBA‚ he will get great grades and possibly a high GPA which can have better opportunities and promotions. 3. Assuming all salaries are paid at the end of each year‚ what is the best option for Ben‚ from a
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SELECTING FABRICS‚ COLORS‚ AND SUSTAINABLE FLOORING Charita Y Parker ID121Rp Donna Pennella February 4‚2013 Flooring Living Room I chose the Bamboo flooring foe the living room area because it is a truly sustainable harvested grass that regenerates at a speed faster than hardwood. Bamboo mature rapidly but harvesting does not kill the plant. Duro-design uses only fully mature Moso bamboo which is selected for superior strength and maximum hardness. I think it fits in to my overall concept because
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Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation Analysis Sales Management June 10th‚ 2012 Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation Sale Management Analysis The Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation is a company who produces processing chemicals for the chemical plating industry. James Sprague was promoted to the northeast district sales manager for the company. Sprague sales experience was approximately 4 years which 2 were spent assisting the national sales manager. The team he will manage has a significant
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1. On average‚ how many rooms must be rented each night in season for the hotel to breakeven? We calculate the blended rate for each of the wings using the single room and double room rates and occupancy ratios. The daily expense during the season is - Hence to break even we must have occupancy to cover $1‚153.42 in costs on a daily basis. Assuming equal occupancy (x) in East Wing and West Wing we get the equation as (24*30 + 19*50)*x = 1153.42. We get occupancy as 69.1 percent. Hence
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Robert Grubbs Case Analysis 3.2 April 3‚ 2013 Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation 1. Current Situation James Sprague is the newly appointed district sales manager for the northeast. Upon arriving he had dinner with Hank Carver and John Follet‚ two senior sales representatives‚ and discussed his plans to review the company’s data prepared by the national sales manager and better the area’s profits. Carver‚ the most experience sales representative‚ took offense to analysis saying that his 34
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The main objective in the Carson Manor study is to reduce cost on a per-bed basis to be in-line or near the state average. PSD’s role to assist Carson Manor in achieving cost reduction is by recommending a consultant firm that will provide Carson Manor the specific areas for improvement and methods to implement the changes. In order to provide the recommendation for the consultant firm that is best-fit for this situation‚ first they will create an accurate request for proposal that details out
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manorialism‚ which centered around manors. There were many key characteristics that defined the Medieval manor. A manor was a large estate owned by a feudal lord‚ and the most common form of a fief (Ahlin 1‚ Nardo 19). Manors included a castle or manor house‚ at least one village‚ and the surrounding farmland (Frey 22). Manorialism was the name of the system that included the services that the peasants on a manor owed to the lord and their contracts with the lord (Nardo 25). A manor could be anywhere from 16
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The principal question of the case study is whether Skyview Manor should stay open during the off-season or not. Currently‚ Skyview Manor is operating during the skiing season which opens a total of 120 hotel operating days but if they remain open the hotel will operate 365 days a year. The manager of the hotel‚ Mr. Kacheck‚ is worried about off-season losses. Mr. Kacheck proposed following ideas in order to increase the occupancy and decrease the losses. * Stay open in the off-season and
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