Explore how benchmarking can be used for strategic planning.

In order to improve processes quality, management keeps records and evaluates processes based on these records. This type of recordkeeping is considered benchmarking. Benchmarking allows an organization to analyze variances for different types of processes. Benchmarking can also be used to improve in a continual improvement process. In this discussion, you will explore how benchmarking can be used for strategic […]

write a paper that analyzes the climate change debate concentrating on the position of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on global warming.

For this assignment, write a paper that analyzes the climate change debate. Your paper should concentrate on the position of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on global warming, the position of climate change skeptics, and finally your own position on the question of the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the Earth’s climate.

summarize the environmental and health risks of household hazardous waste.

Imagine that you work for your state’s environmental protection agency in the waste management division. Your boss has asked you to create a presentation on household hazardous waste (HHW) to give to community groups in an effort to encourage people to dispose of HHW properly. Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the environmental and health risks of […]

Describe the relevant external factors and influences (at least 3) which could affect the decisions the company makes about its direction, objectives, strategy, and business model.

The goal of conducting a competitor analysis is to gather information about the company’s competitors and systematically formulate a strategy to become the market leader in the industry. In formulating any strategy, it is imperative that the company understand its organizational structure as well as the internal and external forces which could impact their strategic decisions. Based on the company […]

Discuss five types of control that would apply to this microcomputer application

As you are planning the annual audit of Norton Corporation, you note that the company has a number of user-operated computers in use in various locations. One of the machines has been installed in the stores department, which has the responsibility for disbursing stock items and for maintaining stores’ records. In your audit, you find that one employee receives the […]