Determine the methods for ranking proposals. Provide a description for each category of evaluation criteria in the technical evaluation process.   Based on your discussion preparation (research), discuss the dollar threshold for a legal review specific to the selected agency or field. Provide one example of a contract that would require a legal review and […]

Post a brief commentary on your portfolio explaining:   How you are doing relative to your benchmark.   What changes you have made, if any, and why you made them.   Post at least one current news item from The Wall Street Journal, or other reputable news source, about one of your stocks, and explain […]

Investment Game Workroom Discussion posts and trading activities for the class will take place in the Investment Game Workroom. Your required activity is outlined below:   Register for the game by following the instructions provided by your professor.   Assemble your initial portfolio prior to the close of the markets on Wednesday of Week2.   […]

Welcome to Shark Tank You have a great idea about a new business opportunity. You’ve run the numbers and are confident that with an initial investment of $500,000, you can turn a profit in three years and generate $150,000 in operating income per year. But you realize there are no guarantees. Further, you anticipate that […]

Putting Cash to Work Locate and post a recent news story from The Wall Street Journal or other reputable source about a publicly-traded company that has been criticized for its cash management practices and/or the amount of debt it is carrying.   What were the criticisms leveled against the company? Was it accused of being […]

Aligning Strategy and Budget In Chapter 9 of The CFO Guidebook, we are introduced to the tools of capital budgeting. Making specific reference to what you read in that chapter, respond to the following questions:   Which metrics and methodologies are the most useful when evaluating a capital investment? Why?   How can finance leaders […]

Forecasting This week, we learned about the importance of forecasting future sales and profit for companies. Of course, there are many factors which can affect the reliability of these forecasts, such as interest rate fluctuations, competitive innovations, new customers, etc. But still, finance leaders must make every attempt to build their business strategy on forecasts […]

Mergers or acquisitions only make sense when the combined entities create greater value together than they can separately.   Locate and provide a link to a recent news story from The Wall Street Journal or other reputable news source about a merger or acquisition that has been announced between two publicly-traded companies in the last […]

Power in Organizations Have you ever been involved in union organizing, collective bargaining, or worked in a union shop? If so, share your experience. If not, locate a scholarly journal article that describes collective bargaining and describe how it works within an organization.   Have you ever worked in a healthcare facility that had Magnet […]

DQ1 Describe the strengths and weaknesses of transformational leadership theory and leader-member theory exchange theory (LMX). Include in your discussion how your knowledge of the LMX theory might help you to become a better leader, as well as how you would apply transformational theory and leader-member exchange theory (LMX) to improve an organization’s performance.   […]