Write 2–3 pages in which you reflect on your own understanding of leadership and your approach to developing leadership skills, and explain how leadership differs from management.

Research the definition of leadership and consider how the definitions you find match your own ideas of what leadership means. Based on your research and your own self-reflection, address the following:

• What is your definition of leadership?
• Why is it important to have a definition of leadership? How does your definition support your perspective on the concept of leadership?
• When you think about developing your leadership skills, what type of approach do you use? Do you develop a plan based on your definition, or do you simply follow your instincts?
• What is your definition of management?
• Explain the differences between leadership and management.

Format your paper according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting guidelines, including a title page as well as a references page with APA-formatted citations. Your completed assessment should be 2–3 pages in length (page count not including the title page and references). Include references from at least two scholarly sources.

 

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Question 1

Product costs may be useful for a wide range of decisions ranging from price setting to making decisions regarding continuing or dropping of a product or service.

Select an organization with which you are familiar. Using your own words as much as possible, and in not more than 1,500 words,

(a) Provide a brief description of the organisation – background, the organizational structure, the nature of business, the industry and the environment it is operating in, its products/services, etc.

(5 marks)

(b) Describe the costing system adopted and how it is used to arrive at the cost of products or services.

(15 marks)

(c) Does the costing system meet the needs of the organization? Discuss.

(10 marks)

Question 2

Many managerial decisions (such as production, marketing, pricing decisions and cost management) require a good understanding and application of cost terminologies.

Based on the organization that you have chosen for Question 1, explain and provide one (1) example of the following cost terminologies:

 Direct and indirect costs.

 Variable and fixed costs.

 Committed and discretionary costs.

 Controllable and uncontrollable costs.

 Upstream and downstream costs.

(20 marks)

Question 3

Venus Brewery is a craft brewery that produces a special light beer for ladies. The beer are processed sequentially in two departments (Department X and Department Y) before the final products are transferred to the finished goods store.

On 1 February 2016, the work in process in Department Y consisted of 12,000 litres which were 80% completed. During the month, a total of 160,500 litres were started and 148,500 litres were completed and transferred out. On 29 February 2016, 15,000 litres remained uncompleted. The ending work in process was 60% complete.

The cost information for Department Y for the month of February:

$

$

Work in process, 1 February 2016

80,000

Cost transferred in from Department X during February

642,000

Manufacturing costs added in Department Y during February

Direct materials

321,000

Conversion costs

541,275

862,275

Total manufacturing costs, Department Y

1,584,275

In Department Y, direct material and transferred-in costs are added at the beginning of the manufacturing process. However, conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the manufacturing process.

Inspection at Department Y takes place when the products are 75% complete.

Normal spoilage averages at 5% of the good units produced.

The firm uses the FIFO method of process costing.

Required:

(a) (i) Compute the cost per equivalent unit for each product cost category in Department Y for the month of February.

(ii) Calculate the cost of goods transferred to the finished goods store at the end of February from Department Y.

(iii) Calculate the cost of abnormal spoilage for Department Y in February.

(iv) Calculate the cost of ending work in process in Department Y at the end of February.

(33 marks)

(b) Pass all the necessary journal entries.

(6 marks)

(c) Define “equivalent unit”. Explain how the concept is used in process costing. State the circumstances under which it may be appropriate to ignore the concept of equivalent unit. Give two (2) examples.

(11 marks)

 

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Paralegals may attest to the fact that their work can be demanding and thus requires proper time management to meet multiple deadlines. Imagine that a senior partner has assigned your supervising attorney to litigate a breach of contract case, and your supervising attorney has asked you to help her prepare. In preparation for trial, complete the following.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe two (2) ways in which using an electronic research tool could increase your productivity on the case.

2. Explain two (2) ways that you could use electronic spreadsheets in order to organize your case load.

3. Explore the concept of document review, and indicate the manner in which you could use Microsoft Office to establish a document review for the case.

1. Draft a legal memorandum, discussing whether paralegal fees for the electronic spreadsheets that you have created should be billed as clerical or legal services. The legal memorandum should include the question presented, a brief answer, the rationale for the selected billing service, and a conclusion.
2. Draft a general letter to the client, requesting additional financial records for you to submit as a part of a timely response to a discovery request from opposing counsel. The legal correspondence should include the following lines / elements: to, from, regarding, date, body (including your specific request), and closing.
3. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

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Key Assignment

The assignment must be a completed paper, with APA formatting, all sections complete (using Roman numerals of each section per the outline), references, and good grammar.

You were recently hired as the VP of Logistics for the ABC Manufacturing Company. This is a new position. During the lengthy interview process, the CEO shared her strategic plans for worldwide growth in the company’s consumer sales. Previously, sales had been confined to domestic sales only. As a result of little staff logistics expertise, the company had kept the traditional logistics model of shipping all finished products from its warehouse and factory location on the East Coast of the United States, even though there was a growing market on the West Coast that competition was serving from a West Coast warehouse. However, the CEO pointed out that despite its national popularity from a feature and quality perspective, it seemed to penetrate poorly on the West Coast because of her need to charge higher prices as the result of higher shipping costs.

The marketing manager tried to mitigate this competitive disadvantage by freight equalization so that end customers would pay the same amount of shipping costs as West Coast competition charged, regardless of where they were located. This met with some insignificant success because timeliness of delivery was another important issue. Therefore, the CEO had asked you, as your first assignment, to write a white paper to address the following specific points. She remembered that you had quite a bit of experience addressing some or all of these issues during your career. As a stickler for formatting, she has specifically asked you to use the following Roman numeral sections and headings in the paper:

Section I: Introduction (200 words)

1. In general, what are the qualitative pros and cons for domestic sales of having multiple distribution centers and shipping locations in the United States?

Section II: Decision-Making Criteria (300 words)

The CEO is considering three options with the same total construction and operating costs: expanding the warehouse next to the East Coast manufacturing plant; building a West Coast distribution center; or building a combination manufacturing and warehouse location on the West coast given the following general information, what are at least 5 criteria that must be considered when locating a new or expanded shipping warehouse domestically?

1. The products are primarily medium- and large-size insulated coolers, like you might use for a picnic or trip to the beach. Transportation firms charge by space, or cubic feet, rather than weight, which is the more normal method.
2. The coolers are made of  3 components, which are all produced by suppliers solely on the East Coast; the raw materials to make this product are bulky, and inbound shipping from the East Coast suppliers currently represents 20% of total raw material costs.
3. The market is very competitive with generally stable or decreasing marketplace prices.
4. In states that are warm year-round, sales are pretty steady; in states that have seasons, 90% of sales occur in the May–August period.
5. Right now, to keep West Coast customers happy, the CEO says that they only charge those customers the local freight cost of shipping, which is $200 for anything up to half a truckload.

Section III: Metrics to Assess Success (250 words)

1. Describe 3 metrics that you would use to assess the success of any logistics plan involving you as a manufacturer and a mass merchandiser. Provide support for your selections.

Section IV: Qualitative Factors (200 words)

Identify 3 subjective, qualitative factors to consider in the recommendation.

Section V: Quantitative Factors (Excel Spreadsheet)

Provide a detailed recommendation as to whether you should open a West Coast distribution center, add on to the existing East Coast factory and warehouse, or build a combination West Coast manufacturing location and warehouse? Your response must be quantitatively based using the data in section II, the additional data below, and from external resources as needed.

Use this 
template
 to show your numeric calculations. Without calculations shown for how you reached your conclusion, section V will earn 0 points. REMEMBER: Decisions like this are based on a comparison of option A versus current methods, or option B versus current methods.

1. The products are primarily medium- and large-size insulated coolers, like you might use for a picnic or trip to the beach. Each cooler occupies 2 cubic feet of trailer truck space; trailers are 10 x 10 x 40’ long and cost $1,000 to ship from the East Coast to the West Coast.
2. The coolers are made of 3 components: 1 lb of raw material A, 1/4 lb of raw material B, and 1 gallon of material C, weighing 10 lbs. Based on this information, the added freight cost to get raw materials to a West Coast manufacturing location would be $0.20, $0.20, and $0.60 per finished-good unit, respectively.
3. The mass merchandiser location on the West Coast will be purchasing 10,000 units per week, but in lots of only 1,000 at a time because of their retail store space constraints.
4. The market is very competitive, with generally stable or decreasing marketplace prices.
5. In states that are warm year-round, sales are pretty steady In states that have seasons, 90% of sales occur in the May–August period.
6. The raw materials to make this product are bulky, and inbound shipping from the suppliers to the manufacturing plant represents 20% of total raw material costs. These raw materials are supplied in the United States from the East Coast; they are not available elsewhere.
7. In the past, to keep West Coast customers happy, the CEO agreed to freight equalize customer shipping charges to be competitive with West Coast competition. She says that they only charge those customers the local freight cost of shipping, which is $200 per delivery for anything up to half-truckload quantities.

Section VI: Conclusion (200 words)

What are the 3 most important points that you want the CEO to understand about this entire decision-making process?

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

 

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A minimum of a 100- word and support your answer with facts and statistics you have researched. Please cite at least two (2) separate references using proper APA format.

You are the assistant manager of a department store. One day, the store manager calls you into his office, and shows you video footage of an elderly female shopper entering into one of the store’s changing booths. She tries on several articles of the store’s clothes, and when she re-dresses, she is still wearing underwear and a belt belonging to the store. Other cameras show her leaving the store without removing or paying for the items.

The manager instructs you that the next time this customer comes into the store and takes items into the changing booth, you (or a female subordinate if you are male) are to empty the other changing booths, lock the door to the changing room, and then search her when she tries to exit. If you find that she has concealed any store merchandise, you are to detain her until police arrive. If she ever returns to the store again, you are to make a public announcement over the store’s P.A. system that a shoplifter has entered the store, and identify her for the benefit of the other employees and customers.

Fortunately, you have just finished reading Business Law Chapter 8. Respectfully explain to the manager all of the legal problems his proposed strategy may cause, and suggest an alternative strategy for dealing with the situation.

 

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