Assignment:
Question 1. What is the key idea behind goal-setting theory? How does management by objectives help implement this idea?
Question 2. Identify and describe three common methods of training and developing employees.
Question 3. Describe the steps involved in the marketing process.
Question 4. What is a brand? What is a brand name? What is meant by brand equity?
Question 5. What are the four characteristics of useful information?
Question 6. Explain the differences between managerial and financial accounting and give examples of the types of problems and issues examined each of these areas of accounting.
Question 7. Identify and describe the major steps involved in financial planning.
Question 8. Describe and compare the three major types of organizations that make up the U.S. banking system: commercial banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions.
Question 9. Mergers
You have a client that is a large grocery chain like Vons. They have hired you because they want to make acquisitions and want your strategic advice. . Please note you are expected to do additional research and not just answer from information only in the book. You also must cite your sources.
1. Explain the various types of mergers - horizontal, vertical and conglomerate and give examples of each that are possibilities for them to consider (ie make sense from a business perspective)
One pages
2. They ask you what a leveraged buyout is. Write out how you would explain this to them, advantages and disadvantages, and an example you would give to them as you were explaining. One page