Reference no: EM133053782

ASSIGNMENT:

Write a final paper on a company - "JP Morgan and Chase" using the instructions below.

1. Section I -- Company Background and History

Section I should provide enough company background and history for the reader to feel prepared to read further about the case. This section is the lead-in to the story.

2. Section II -- Corporate Management and the Background of Key Principals

Section II should familiarize the reader with who is running the company. Section II should cover two or three of the top officers of the company as one or two of the people in charge of the part of the country you are studying.

3. Section III -- Major Competitors and their Comparative Measures

Briefly describe two or three of major competitors of this business. Websites like Goggle Finance, Yahoo Finance, and others will often list who these competitors are. If the subject company is private, getting competitive information is more difficult, but not impossible. Look for competitive company strengths and weaknesses and their general standing. Look at measures like Bond Ratings and key financial ratios as well as legal information.

4. Section IV -- Analysis of the Company's Cost Position

Compared to competitors and other companies with which you are familiar, evaluate the target companies cost position. Use some of the measures we have covered in class. Compare profit margins, inventory turn ratios, tangible net worth and other measures with benchmark companies to analyze the target company's cost position.

5. Section V -- Analysis of the Company's Differentiation

Compared to competitors and other companies with which you are familiar, evaluate the target companies product offerings and product differentiation (uniqueness in the minds of customers). Compare market shares, gross profit margins, inventory turn ratios, and other measures with benchmark companies to analyze the target company's product or service differentiation.

6. Section VI -- Description of Present

Managerial and Technical Processes

Include some interesting examples of anecdotes that will provide some insights into the way the company operates and how these modus operandi are meaningful in the attainment of company objectives. Be sure to include employee development practices.

7.  Section VII -- Apparent Company

Operating Conventions

What is the company culture like? Do people like and admire the company, or are there reservations?

8. Section VIII -- Analysis of the

Company's Leadership & Organization

What is your assessment of how the company is being managed? Provide analysis with some of the managerial concepts we have discussed in class.