1. ASSIGNMENT 2: OPERATIONS DECISION Introduction This document will briefly describe the details of a fictitious business (X-QUIZIT INC). It will show an assessment of the current environmental scan factors that are relevant to the business decision making process and the factor that will have the greatest impact on the business operations and management’s decision to continue or discontinue its operation. It will also show an evaluation of the financial performance of the company using the
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Unit 15 Structure 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Traditional Approach 15.3 Dividend Relevance Model 15.3.1 15.3.2 Walter Model Gordon’s Dividend Capitalization Model Dividend Decision 15.4 Dividend Irrelevance Theory: Miller and Modigliani Model 15.5 Stability of Dividends 15.6 Forms of Dividends 15.7 Stock Split 15.8 Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQs and TQs 15.1 Introduction Dividends are that portion of a firm’s net earnings paid to the shareholders. Preference shareholders
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(a) A firm produces three products. Product A sells for $60; its variable costs are $20. Product B sells for $200; its variable costs are $120. Product C sells for $25; its variable costs are $10. Last year‚ the firm sold 1000 units of A‚ 2000 units of B‚ and 10‚000 units of C. The firm has fixed costs of $320‚000 per year. Calculate the break-even point of the firm. Selling Variable price cost (P) (V) $60 $20 $200 $120 $25 $10 TOTAL ASSIGNMENT NO. 2 Product A B C V/P 0.33 0.60 0.40 1V/P
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THE MBA DECISION 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? In our opinion‚ Age is one of the important factor that affects someone decision to continue study. In this case‚ Ben is now 28 years old. He graduated from college six years ago when he’s age is 22 years old. Assuming that Ben already working for about 5 years since graduated from college‚ so that he would have enough money from salary saving in5 years to do his MBA at 28 years age. If he starts the MBA program on 28 years
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their own decision; as opposed to the fundamental “do as told” style. Well I think that basically comes down to the fact that history has shown us that there are multiple ways to achieve an objective and the only limit is our imagination. We need to learn how to make good decisions. Good decision-making brings about a better life. It gives you some control over your life. In fact‚ many frustrations with oneself are caused by not being able to use one’s own mind to understand the decision problem
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intertemporal decisions In attempt to outline the standard economic theory about how people make intertemporal decisions we must first begin by looking at what intertemporal decision are‚ using examples to receive a clear understanding of the full concept. Once we have a distinguished understanding of intertemporal choice we must then look berifly at the economic and psycholigical history which formed this concept and ultimatally lead to the theory of discounting utility. It is then that
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holiday decision-making‚ as described in the case‚ is different from the traditional problem-solving model of consumer decision-making. In view traditional decision-making‚ the consumers have been portrayed as ration and risk averse. They often spend much time to research information to solve their problem and have process to decision-making. The research has indicated that decision-making typically entails five steps: Need recognition Information search Evaluation of alternatives Product choice (purchase)
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Decision making across the organization Introduction Capital Intensive: A business process or an industry that requires large amounts of money and other financial resources to produce a good or service. A business is considered capital intensive based on the ratio of the capital required to the amount of labor that is required. (investopedia) Labor Intensive: A process or industry that requires a large amount of labor to produce its goods or services. The degree of labor intensity is typically
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Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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Contents INTRODUCTION 4 DECISION MAKING 4 Programmed Decisions 4 Non-Programmed Decisions 5 THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING DECISIONS 5 ELEMENTS OF THE DECISION SITUATION 6 - The Decision Maker 6 - Goals to be Served 6 - Relevant Alternatives 6 - Ordering of Alternatives 6 - Choice of Alternatives. 6 THE RATIONAL MODEL OF DECISION MAKING 8 Steps in the Decision Making process 8 Identifying an Existing Problem 9 Listing Alternative Solutions 10 Select the Most Beneficial Of These
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