Reference no: EM13733820
Your first written case assignment will be on the Target Corporation (Case 20). You are required to work in your previously assigned teams to analyze the case and meet as a team in and out of class to work on your solution. Each team will pick a team leader and the leader will summarize the team's attendance at your meetings and submit to me via e-mail. The written assignment is due at the beginning of our class on March 16 and each team member will fill out a Team Evaluation Summary to be turned in at the same time.
Report Requirements:
• Cover sheet with case name, date, team number and team members;
• Two page written report analyzing questions given; and
• Exhibit with any financials, ratios, charts/graphs that you address in your report.
Your analysis should cover the following concerns:
1. Describe and critique Target's capital budgeting system.
2. How does Target's business model compare with Wal-Mart's and Costco's?
3. What is Target's capital-budgeting process? Is it consistent with the company's business and financial objectives?
4. Explain what the dashboards tell you as a manager. Isn't the net present value (NPV) enough information to make you a go/no-go decision?
5. Which top five of the following capital-projects requests should Doug Scovanner accept and why?
a. NPV and IRR
b. Size of project
c. Cannibalization of other stores' sales
d. Store sensitivities
e. Variance to prototype
f. Customer demographics
g. Brand-awareness impact
There is no required presentation on this report. Each team member is required to complete a team evaluation summary and turn hard copy in to professor.
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