Business Studies

Business Studies may be defined as a combination of inter-related business subjects which lead to learning of basic knowledge and skills. It is a course in education that is designed to cover the basic elementary knowledge and skills in organizing business enterprises as well as general office administration.

Case Study for Southwest Airlines

Case Study for Southwest Airlines

You will begin a four step guided case study for Southwest Airlines. You will need to complete and submit steps 1 and 2 for this order and I will continue place another order for setps 3 and 4 if you done well.

Step 1

Using the case information only, assess Southwest’s industry environment according to Porter’s Five forces. State whether the pressures are high or low for each forces and provide one paragraph on each explaining why. PS: The following video provides an explanation of Porter’s five forces with additional examples sprinkled throughout. Watch this video in conjunction with “SWOT Analysis 1”.

Conclude if the industry is attractive or unattractive and provide justification based on the five forces.

Use section 1 of the “SWOT analysis template” to guide your analysis.

Step 2

Conduct an internal analysis of Southwest Airlines by identifying all the resources you can. Use these resources to form capabilities.

Include insights you have gained from your prior value chain analysis of Southwest Airlines. Place areas of the value chain under resources or capabilities as you deem suitable.

Use section 2 of the “SWOT analysis template” to guide your analysis. Identify and rank order capabilities the firm possesses that can aid competitiveness. The most competitive capability is ranked #1.

There are no word limit guidelines for the Southwest Airlines case assignment part 1 or part 2. However, the goal is to be meaningful and provide evidence you comprehend the case and formulate strategy. Use the template provide and fill in the areas left for the case information. Please don’t just put some simple thoughts, I really need it to be a deep analysis.

Do not use any information that is not provided with the case. Remember we are only using the Southwest case from the coursepack.

Bullet points are preferred. Add a short explanation for any point you include if you feel it to be necessary.

only the first 2 parts for this time

The lesson I just uploaded might help you to understandthe way to do analysis

Case Study for Southwest Airlines Read More »

Working Capital Management

Working Capital Management

Go through all the links above and answer the below scenario

Close to 50% of the typical industrial and retail firm’s assets are held as working capital. Many newly minted college graduates work in positions that focus on working capital management, particularly in small businesses in which most new jobs are created in today’s economy.

 

To prepare for this Discussion: Shared Practice, select two of the following components of working capital management: the cash conversion cycle, the cash budget, inventory management, and credit policies. Think about scenarios in which your selected topics were important for informing decision making. Be sure to review the video links above and conduct additional research using academically reviewed materials, and your professional experience on working capital concepts to help develop your scenarios. Support your discussion with appropriate examples including numerical examples as necessary.

Atleast 3 references

Working Capital Management Read More »

Customer Service

Customer Service

For this essay, you will explore both internal and external customer service and consider ways to provide excellent service to customers within an organization and outside the organization. Your essay should address the following questions:

  1. Explain your definition of internal customer service. How do you personally provide excellent internal customer service to your colleagues?
  2. Explain your definition of external customer service. What is an example of an organization that you feel provides excellent external customer service? Describe this organization and how it provides excellent customer service.
  3. How has social media and the Internet changed customer service? What suggestions can you give to an organization that is struggling with online customer service?

Your complete essay must be at least two pages in length. Outside sources are not a requirement for this essay.

Customer Service Read More »

Unit 6 Discussion Board Business Law

Unit 6 Discussion Board Business Law

Question 1

Review the case example of Smith v. Johnson and Johnson on page 423. Do you agree with the court’s ruling? Do you feel it is unfair to exempt certain employees to deprive them of overtime wages? Why or why not?

Question 2

o Prompt: What is the “employment-at-will” doctrine? What are the exceptions to this doctrine?

o Requirements: 250 words minimum for each question

Unit 6 Reading Assignment

 

  • Case Example 22.4 Patty Lee Smith was a pharmaceutical sales representative at Johnson and Johnson (J&J). She traveled to ten physicians’ offices a day to promote the benefits of J&J’s drugs. Smith’s work was unsupervised, she controlled her own schedule, and she received a salary of $66,000. When she filed a claim for overtime pay, the court held that she was an administrative employee and therefore exempt from the FLSA’s overtime provisions.

Unit 6 Discussion Board Business Law Read More »

There are many different “tools” that non-profits

There are many different “tools” that non-profits

Discussion Post (1/2-1 Page)

Discussion:

There are many different “tools” that non-profits can utilize to increase their use of technology. Create a list of all the different technology tools that your organization (or you as an individual) utilize. What are examples of other technology tools that you have learned about? Are their opportunities to purchase tools that are different for non-profits than for-profits?

There are many different “tools” that non-profits Read More »

Scroll to Top