Medina Corporation (100 points):

Complete the following questions using Microsoft Excel. No other submission format is allowed. Review the grading rubric to confirm you are meeting the assignment requirements.

Medina Corporation manufactures cruising bicycles and mountain bicycles. Estimated direct labor time to produce each type of bicycle is as follows:

	Cruising	Mountain
Estimated bicycles produced	30,000	20,000
Direct labor hours per bicycle	1	3

Estimated overhead for the two product lines = SAR 900,000

a. Compute the overhead cost assigned to each type of bicycle assuming direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs.
b. The controller is not satisfied with the traditional method of allocating overhead because he believes that most of the overhead costs relate to the Mountain bicycle product line because of its complexity. He therefore developed the following three activity cost pools and related cost drivers to better understand these costs.

Activity Cost Pools	Expected Use of Cost Drivers	Estimated Overhead Costs
Setting up machines	1,000 setups	SAR 150,000
Assembling	90,000 labor hours	SAR 630,000
Inspection	1,200 inspections	SAR 120,000

Compute the activity-based overhead rates for these three cost pools.

c. Compute the cost that is assigned to each bicycle product line using activity-based costing system, given the following information.

Expected Use of Cost Drivers per Product

	Cruising	Mountain
Number of setups	150	850
Direct labor hours	30,000	60,000
Number of inspections	100	1,100

d. What do you believe the controller should do and why?
e. You must show all your work.

Before you begin to revise for submission of the Document Series final draft, it’s good to think through what specific issues need to be addressed in your draft and consider all the topics discussed in the Feedback File. To help you strategically plan your revision, consider each draft individually, and respond to the following:

1. Is the purpose of each draft clear in the content of the document?
2. Is the content and tone of each draft tailored to the specific needs of the target audience?
3. Describe why you chose the genre (letter, email, memo) you did for each correspondence. Given what you have learned since making that decision, do you still believe the genre you chose to be the right one for the job?
4. Double-check your format for each genre and document. Do you need to make revisions to format?
5. Look at the writing style you use in each document. Are your documents appropriate in tone? If you were the target audience, would you be satisfied with the document? What could you change to give the document a more effective tone?
6. Again, look at writing style in each document. What changes need to be made to make the document more concise? Do your paragraphs have clear topic sentences? Does each paragraph have one subject?

1. A misplaced comma can literally be the difference between life and death.

a. True b. False

2. The act of state doctrine immunizes foreign nations from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts when certain conditions are satisfied.

a. true b. false

3. A tariff is a set limit on the amount of goods that can be imported.

a. true b. false

4. Gearbox Inc., a maker of vehicle parts, refuses to sell to Motor Repair Inc., a national vehicle service firm. Gearbox convinces Cam Company, a competitor, to do the same. This is

a. a group boycott. b.a customer restriction. c. a trade association. d.a market division.

5. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an executive agency. As an executive agency, the FDA is subject to the authority of

a. no government official or entity. b. the president. c. state legislatures. d. the U.S. Attorney General

6. A testamentary trust Is created by a will and comes into existence on the settlor’s death.

a. true b. false

7. For Vern’s will to be valid, he must be mentally competent at the time of

a. death. b. the acquisition of the property to be distributed under the will. c. the making of the will. d. the probate of the will.

Discussion D: Sales Training: Objectives, Techniques and Evaluation

Welcome to the fourth discussion. In this course you will be introduced to a topic in the discussion. The first week of the module you will write about your initial thoughts after reviewing the resources. The initial post should be at least 300 words.

During the following week you will reply to at least two of your classmates. The replies should be at least 100 words. See the discussion rubric for more details on grading.

Discussions should always be completed prior to “class.” If you are in an online class or an on ground course this is prior to the lesson portion of the week. Are you ready to begin?

1. Review the following:

Read Chapter 10: Sales force Recruitment and Selection

2. Initial Post (300 words)

• One expert contends that sales training is not at all as complicated as some would claim. He predicts that regardless of the advances in communication, resources, technology, and training tools, the basic selling skills that trainers teach salespeople will change very little from those that have been successful during the past 50 years. What will change, according to the expert, is how salespeople are trained to use these skills effectively. Do you agree with this prediction?

Using the Case Study Analysis Format:

In this case you will read (below) in the attachment about the mobile phone maker BlackBerry. Their device, using the text craze, and the security features of the phone, was very popular among working professionals. It was also very popular with non-professionals as a personal mobile device. The device had many competitors that were mentioned in the case. Creating and implementing an effective strategy involves using the analysis tools present in chapter 6. This holds true for any business, whether they are in the start-up phase or the maturity phase, or in this case, the survival and turnaround phase. It is even more important for businesses that must seek to continually innovate to remain competitive in an ever-changing technical world.

It is not certain if Chen’s strategy team should put forward a cost leadership strategic alternative or if they should concentrate on some kind of differentiation strategy.

Utilizing the Case Study Analysis Format as an organizing tool, perform a SWOT analysis and consider and discuss Porter’s Five Industry Forces, (Exhibit 5.7 – page 100 in text) as possibly the next step in the strategic development process. What strategy does your team think is most beneficial at this time in BlackBerry’s strategic planning?