Reference no: EM13961876
Case Study I - Improving Collections at Atlas Corporation
Provide your rationale for the following questions:
1. What do you think is a realistic goal for Atlas to set to reduce outstanding amounts each month? This can be in dollars or a percentage of the total amount currently due.
2. Should this be an individual-based incentive, a team-based incentive, or a combination? How would you design it?
3. When should the incentive/reward be given-monthly, quarterly or annually?
4. How should it be given-publicly or privately?
5. What should the reward(s) or incentive(s) be? Who should determine what they will be and how they will be distributed?
Case Study II - Competitive Strategy at Sportsman Shoes
Questions:
1. Following Sportsman's shift in competitive strategy, what are some considerations for the company's human resource management practices?
2. What kind of challenges will Sportsman face specifically in the area of compensation?
|
Find the distance x, from the front wheel to the cg
: Find the maximum slope angle P, for which the truck with only front wheel drive can move up the plane. Find the maximum slope angle Q, for which the truck with only rear wheel drive can move up the plane.
|
|
Country that pursues a policy of import substitution
: High-altitude plateau lands between the eastern and western Sierra Madres dominate northern:
|
|
Formulation of lp or ilp model
: Instructions: Each of the following problems is to be solved using Solver in Excel. In order to receive proper and maximum credit, your spreadsheet(s) should show the formulation of your LP or ILP model, your assumptions, and the implementation of..
|
|
Find potential at the point of the negative charge
: Positive charge Q is distributed evenly on y axis between y = 0 and y = a. A negative charge -Q is located at a distance x from the rod on the x-axis.
|
|
How should it be given-publicly or privately
: Should this be an individual-based incentive, a team-based incentive, or a combination? How would you design it? When should the incentive/reward be given-monthly, quarterly or annually? How should it be given-publicly or privately
|
|
Find the potential energy of the system of 3 charges.
: Find the potential energy of the system of 3 charges.
|
|
Problem regarding objective function and constraints
: You can elect to carry any portion of each cargo, and cargoes can be mixed together in the various holds. How many tons of each cargo should you carry to maximize the total revenue for the voyage?
|
|
Calculate expected returns for the three stocks
: If the risk-free rate is 3.9 percent and the expected market risk premium (i.e., E(RM) - RFR) is 6.1 percent, calculate the expected return for each mutual fund according to the CAPM.
|
|
Ratio of the emerging intensity to the initial intensity
: Light is send through the two-sheet polarizing system with unknown orientation of the polarizing axes
|