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2. BUSN 115 Final Exam (All 3 Sets) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1.1. (TCO 7) Some of the characteristics of lean systems include which of the following? (Points : 5) Question 2.2. (TCO 7) Mass customization means (Points : 5) Question 3.3. (TCO 8) One scarce item in the future will be water. Which is the least expensive way to get water from places of abundance to places of need? (Points :

3. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Final Exam Set 1 For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1.1. (TCO 7) Some of the characteristics of lean systems include which of the following? (Points : 5) They take twice the human effort. They have the same defects in the finished product. They require half of the engineering effort.

4. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Final Exam Set 3 For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 1. (TCO 1) Describe the six major functional areas in a business enterprise. (Points : 25) Question 2.2. (TCO 2) Identify and discuss the social responsibilities of Home Depot to three different stakeholder groups. (Points : 25) Home Depot is one of the world's biggest home improvement retailers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Home Depot stores strive to serve both the professional

5. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 1 DQ 1 Laws and Regulations For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Do laws and regulations always restrict or impede the efforts of business professionals, or can they actually help businesses? In addition to this, could you list some examples of laws or regulations that may have impeded business lately?

6. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 1 DQ 2 Entrepreneurship Failure For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com The risk of failure is an inherent part of free enterprise. Does society have an obligation to come to the aid of entrepreneurs who try but fail? Why or why not? Also, please discuss some ways you can minimize your risk. Entrepreneurship Failure

7. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 1-7 All DQs For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 1 DQ 1 Laws and Regulations BUSN 115 Week 1 DQ 2 Entrepreneurship Failure BUSN 115 Week 2 DQ 1 Global Markets BUSN 115 Week 2 DQ 2 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) BUSN 115 Week 3 DQ 1 Starting a Business BUSN 115 Week 3 DQ 2 Early Adopters

8. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 2 DQ 1 Global Markets For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Global Markets How can a company use licensing agreements to enter world markets? What two fundamental product strategies do companies choose between when selling their products in the global marketplace?

9. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 2 DQ 2 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Is it ethical for companies to benefit from their efforts to practice corporate social responsibility? Why or why not? How can anyone be sure that CSR efforts aren’t just public relations ploys?

10. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 2 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1. Question : (TCO 1) _____ is money that an organization brings in through the sale of its goods and services. Profit Revenue Sales Capital investment Finance

11. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 3 Assignment LEMONADE STAND, PART I (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Background As you have read about in our lecture, we have used a lemonade stand to help us understand some basic concepts of business. As we pointed out, a lemonade stand has a simple business structure; yet, it can help us understand almost every function of a firm; such as marketing, operations,

12. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 3 DQ 1 Starting a Business For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Starting a Business What are the advantages of buying a business rather than starting one from scratch? What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning a franchise?

13. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 3 DQ 2 Early Adopters For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Early Adopters Do you consider yourself an early adopter when it comes to trying out new products or new fashions, or do you tend to take a wait-and-see attitude? How does your attitude toward new products and new ideas influence your decision making as a consumer?

14. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 4 DQ 1 Purchasing Process For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Purchasing Process Think of a product you recently purchased and review your decision process. Why did you need or want that product? How did the product’s marketing influence your purchase decision? How did you investigate the product before making your purchase decision? Did you experience cognitive dissonance after your decision?

15. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 4 DQ 2 Advertising For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Advertising Think about an advertisement (in any medium) that had either a strongly positive or strongly negative effect on your attitude toward the product being advertised or the advertiser itself. Why did the ad have this effect? If you responded positively to the ad, do you think you were being manipulated in any way? If you responded negatively— and you are a potential buyer o

16. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 4 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com uestion 1. Question : (TCO 3) A small business is defined as a company that _____. is newly launched and has fewer than 100 shareholders is dominant in its field and employs fewer than 1,500 employees has a revenue of less than $750,000

17. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 5 Assignment LEMONADE STAND, PART II (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This tutorial contains 2 Papers/Tutorial Background In part II of this assignment, we continue to outline various business aspects of our lemonade stand. As you continue to learn new concepts in this course, you have seen how a lemonade stand can help us understand and apply these concepts. In Part II of your lemonade stand we will incorporate concepts from previous weeks and

18. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 5 DQ 1 Motivation Theories For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Motivation Theories Chapter 7 discusses several styles of leadership, including autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. How do each of these styles relate to Theory X and Theory Y assumptions about workers?

19. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 5 DQ 2 Benefit Choices For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Benefit Choices When you begin interviewing as you approach graduation, you will need to analyze job offers that include a number of financial and nonfinancial elements. Which of these aspects of employment are your top three priorities: a good base wage; bonus or commission

20. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 6 DQ 2 Technology Improvement For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Technology Improvement Business is stalled. Sales last month were 10 percent less than the previous month and so far this month is looking even worse than last month. Could technology help you answer the decrease in sales? What technologies could you deploy to increase sales?

21. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 6 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Question 1. Question : (TCO 5) A company whose structure, policies, and capabilities allow employees to respond quickly to customer needs and changes in the business environment is termed as a(n) _____.

22. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 7 DQ 1 Accounting Firm For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Accounting Firm The senior partner of an accounting firm is looking for ways to increase the firm’s business. What other services besides traditional accounting can the firm offer to its clients? What new challenges might this additional work create?

23. BUSN 115Competitive Success/tutorialrank.com BUSN 115 Week 7 DQ 2 Financial Control For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Financial Control The company you cofounded last year is growing rapidly and has strong prospects for an IPO in the next year or two. The additional capital that an IPO could raise would let you hire the brightest people in the industry and continue to innovate with new product research.

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