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Unit 5 Case
Using your textbook, read the case study provided on pages 298-304. Once you have completed reading the case study, answer the questions on page 303.
Your Case Study should be at least 1-2 pages in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Include an APA format title page and reference page with the assignment. The title page and reference page are not included in the required page length.
Dowling, P., Festing, M., & Engle, Sr., A. (2013). International Human Resource Management (6th ed., 298-303). Hampshire, United Kingdom: Cengage Learning.
Chester Company
| 1) The Chester Company has just purchased $40,900,000 of plant and equipment that has an estimated useful life of 15 years. The expected salvage value at the end of 15 years is $4,090,000. What will the book value of this purchase (exclude all other plant and equipment) be after its third year of use? (Use FASB GAAP) |
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| [removed]$33,538,000[removed]$35,446,667[removed]$29,448,000[removed]$32,720,000 |
| 2) What is the Quick Ratio of Chester? |
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| [removed]1.39[removed]1.61[removed].62[removed].72 |
| 3) Digby has a ROS of 0.09 (ROS = Net income/Sales). That means: |
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| [removed]There are sales of $9 for every dollar of profit.[removed]There is a 9% profit on each dollar of sales.[removed]There are sales of $91 for every dollar of profit.[removed]For every $9 of sales there is a profit of 1%. |
| 4) Midyear on July 31st, the Baldwin Corporation’s balance sheet reported: Total Liabilities of $103.453 million Cash of $8.040 million Total Assets of $172.520 million Total Common Stock of $5.080 million. What were the Baldwin Corporation’s retained earnings? |
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| [removed]$74.147 million[removed]$63.987 million[removed]$72.027 million[removed]$82.187 million |
| 5) Review the Inquirer to determine Baldwin’s current strategy. How will they seek a competitive advantage? From the following list, select the top five sources of competitive advantage that Baldwin would be most likely to pursue. |
| Select: 5 |
| [removed]Seek high plant utilization, even if it risks occasional small stockouts[removed]Increase demand through TQM initiatives[removed]Add additional products[removed]Seek high automation levels[removed]Offer attractive credit terms[removed]Seek the lowest price in their target market while maintaining a competitive contribution margin[removed]Reduce cost of goods through TQM initiatives[removed]Seek excellent product designs, high awareness, and high accessibility[removed]Accept lower plant utilization and higher capacities to insure sufficient capacity is available to meet demand[removed]Reduce labor costs through training and recruitment |
| 6) Rank the following companies from high to low cumulative profit, (in descending order, 1=highest, 4=lowest). |
| Rank in order from 1 to 4 |
| [removed] Chester[removed] Baldwin[removed] Andrews[removed] Digby |
| 7) Which description best fits Chester in your industry? For clarity: – A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. – A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. – A broad player competes in all parts of the market. – A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes this competitor? |
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| [removed]Chester is a niche cost leader[removed]Chester is a broad differentiator[removed]Chester is a broad cost leader[removed]Chester is a niche differentiator |
| 8) If Baldwin issued 1000 shares of common stock at last year’s end price, the effect on the balance sheet would be: |
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| [removed]Retained earnings would increase by $4,804[removed]Retained earnings would increase by $48,039[removed]Equity would decrease by $4,804[removed]Equity would increase by $48,039 |
1) Is The Formal Cultural System Within A Firm The Most Important Factor In Creating An Ethical Workplace? How Do Formal Cultural Systems Attempt To Promote Ethics? profile
This is ethics and governance module. This assignment requires you to write an essay of 2000 words. Times New Roman with font size of 12. 15 references are required in this essay which harvard referencing style has to be used. The report must consist of the introduction which is whether u agree or disagree with the formal system being the most important factor and also the overview of the essay, body which consist of the arguments of formal and informal. at the same time you need to state how the formal cultural systems attempt to promote ethics eg. rewards and the selection. and the conclusion which summarise the whole essay and what do you think of formal system and is it rationale for everyone to follow the same ethics. You can read up more on trevino if you want to have a better understading of this question. Thanks