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MANAGEMENT
1. Develop a positioning chart for
jewelry. Include Wal-Mart, Tiffany, and department stores with jewelry
departments, on the chart. Explain your choice of axes, as well as each store’s
positioning.
2. Do you agree that the events described
in this case are contributing to the blurred positioning of jewelry retailing?
Explain your answer and its ramifications.
3. What are the pros and cons of Tiffany
selling items priced as low as $200?
4. As a jewelry shopper, how would you
expect the total retail experience to differ in Wal-Mart, department stores,
and high-end retailers?
1. As an independent supermarket operator,
would you want to become a Piggly Wiggly franchisee? Why or why not?
2. What are the advantages to Piggly
Wiggly of having franchised outlets instead of its own stores? The
Disadvantages?
3. What criteria should Piggly Wiggly use
in evaluating potential franchisees?
4. Should Fleming require Fresh Brands to
use the Piggly Wiggly name and all of its promotions? Explain your answer.
1. Is the new high-tech research
environment going to eliminate the use of human researchers? Explain your
answer.
2. What are the pros and cons of using 3-D
CAD systems for marketing research purposes versus traditional focus groups?
3. Describe the ideal marketing research
uses for 3-D animation software in the creation of a virtual grocery shopping
environment for supermarkets.
4. Devise a short consumer questionnaire
for Burger King to use in assessing its 3-D CAD simulations.
1. Describe how accounting irregularities
can play havoc with a firm’s reputation, supplier relations, and manager
morale.
2. Discuss other means of measuring and
improving financial performance at Dollar General.
3. What are the financial management pros
and cons of Dollar General’s placing greater emphasis on perishables?
4. Evaluate Dollar General’s inventory
management initiatives.
1. Evaluate Sports Authority’s new design
in light of the retailer’s objectives.
2. Discuss the pros and cons of Sports
Authority’s use of specialty boutiques instead of its previous warehouse
format.
3. Develop a promotional campaign for
Sports Authority to capitalize on “the authority” image.
4. Do you think the WTSA network will
prove to be a major contributor to Sports Authority’s atmospherics or will it
turn out to be a fad? Explain your answer.
Risk & Insurance
Management
(1)
Discuss how Juanita could use futures contracts to hedge the price risk.
(2) Discuss how a double-trigger, integrated risk
management plan could be employed.
b. What is the net present value (NPV) of
the sprinkler system project, assuming the rate of return required by GWS
investors is 10 percent?
c. How many derailments should Juanita
expect next year, assuming the regression results are reliable and GWS goes
ahead with the expansion plan?
a. Do any of the following parties have an
insurable interest in the business at the time of the fire?
Ben Carmine National Bank
b. Ben told Carmine he could save money by
taking over Ben’s insurance instead of buying a new policy. Would it be
appropriate for Carmine to take over Ben’s insurance without notifying Ben’s
insurer? Explain.
c. Investigation of the fire revealed that
the car owner knew the gas tank had a leak, but this information was not
disclosed to Carmine when the car was brought in for service. Explain how
subrogation might apply in this case.
d. Did
Carmine show utmost good faith when he applied for property insurance on the
business? Explain.
e. Could Carmine’s insurer deny coverage
for the fire on the basis of a material concealment? Explain.
a. Assume you are a personal insurance
advisor. Identify the major loss exposures that Ben faces.
b. Explain the major differences among the
HO-3, DP-3 and DP-1 policies discussed by the agent.
c. To what extent will each of the
coverage alternatives discussed by the agent cover the loss exposures
identified in (a)?
d. Assume that Ben obtains a DP-3 policy.
Do you recommend that he also purchase the personal liability supplement?
Explain.
e. Assume that Ben obtains a DP-1 policy.
Do you recommend that he also purchase flood insurance through the National
Flood Insurance Program? Explain.
a. Assume you are a risk management
consultant. Identify the major loss exposures that Kimberly faces.
b. Assume that a covered loss occurs in
July, which damages part of the inventory. Does the BOP provide any protection
for the increase in inventory during the summer months? Explain your answer.
c. Kimberly plans to hire an additional
employee during the summer months when sales are increasing. She is concerned
about possible employee theft and dishonesty. Explain to Kimberly how this loss
exposure can be handled under the BOP.
d. A fire damaged the building. As a
result, Kimberly incurred a business income loss because the business was
closed for three months.
e. Vandals broke the exterior glass window
to the business, which caused substantial damage to the building.
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
1. What are the aspects of
Safety Management you will discuss in the tool box meetings?
2. What are the differences
in running safety management systems for large sized projects and medium sized
projects? Outline the procedures that govern SMSs in such projects.
3. You have understood the
need for change in your construction site SMS. Make a detailed report on how
you will go about implementing changes, and which aspects of SMS you will touch
in while implementing these changes. What are the challenges involved in implementing
these changes you may encounter
4. What are the incentives
you may possibly get if such an SMS is implemented successfully? Note that
incentives may not necessarily create wealth for you, they may or may not lead
to financial gains as well.
1. These accidents are not
"engineering mysteries". Comment
2. You were ‘in charge’
overseeing these plants (as mentioned in 'e' and 'f'). In each case, explain
the shortcomings, mistakes and aspects of your duty where you failed to stop
these accidents from happening. How far should you be held responsible and
accountable for these accidents?
3. What measures you would
have taken, what strategies you would have implemented to avoid these accidents
4. Suppose, you are asked
by your employer to submit conclusive comments on these accidents as part of an
awareness test. What will be the contents of your comments?
5. WITHIN A YEAR after
Bhopal, companies around the world were boasting that they had reduced or
eliminated stockpiles of hazardous intermediaries. Today, hazardous intermediates
are rarely stocked and the normal practice is to make them as you use them. The
wider message, however, to apply inherently safer designs throughout the
manufacturing process has not gone over as well. What is your view about this.
Sales Distribution
Management
1. What action should the Phillips Company
have taken to change the company image in the public utility field?
1. Describe Castleberry’s major operations
responsibilities. How well is he carrying out each of these responsibilities?
2. What kind of planning activities should
Castleberry be carrying out regularly? What planning areas need immediate
attention?
3. How do you suppose Castleberry’s time
should be divided operations and planning?
1. Suggest what Wagner should have done to
reduce personnel turnover and eliminate the other problems at Central CATV.
1. If you were acting as a consultant for
the Driskill Company, what recommendations would you make with respect to the
preparation of quotas of the sales force?
2. How would you evaluate the arguments of
the sales manager and the marketing research director?
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