A Place To Eat Essay

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Everyone, it seems, has a favorite place to eat. For some, it is a fast-food restaurant like McDonald’s, Burger King or Taco Bell. Or it may be a diner like Denny’s or an ethnic restaurant like El Torito, Panda Inn, or Olive Garden. It may be a restaurant that serves large portions, like Hometown Buffet or Claim-Jumpers, or that serves specialized food like Red Lobster or Ruth’s Chris Steak House. It may be a fancy restaurant like l’Orange or a small, independently-owned caf. It may be a place such as Benihana’s known for its atmosphere, or it may be eating at home or a friend or relative’s house. We like these places for many reasons including the type of food served, the decorations and setting, the atmosphere, the music or entertainment available, or even the price of the food.

Please discuss your favorite place to eat. Be sure to describe the location and explain why you enjoy eating there. Use examples and details to support your reasons

BAP On MGM Resorts International

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Industry Classification

The first part of this section is defining the industry that your company fits into 

and is an important macro identification. A valid test of the industry definition is 

the answer to the question “with whom does your company compete?” Be careful 

that the definition is not too narrow. For instance in the finance industry, Charles 

Schwab is a discount broker and they obviously compete with other discount 

brokers like Quick and Reilly and Fidelity. However, they also compete against full 

service brokers and deep discounters. 

There is also a risk of defining the industry too broadly. For instance, total retailing 

in the U.S. is over $2 trillion a year. This includes everything sold to a consumer–

groceries, automobiles, fast food, clothing, etc. There are sub-sections to the retail 

industry and these provide a better definition since they are consistent with the 

criteria cited above regarding which companies compete against in the market. 

Hence, it would be incorrect to identify your company as part of the hospitality 

industry.

Explain the structure of the industry and identify the dominant companies. Who are 

the current players, their products, their strengths and weaknesses? A chart (which 

is located in the Appendix of your paper NOT within the body) showing the relative 

size of dominant companies compared to your analysis company is often a good 

idea. 

Size and growth

Again, you are not looking at the hospitality but the subset of that industry to 

which your company belongs.

Financial performance in this section deals with the industry and not your specific 

analysis company. How has the industry done in recent years and what are the 

projections for the future. The Value Line publication analysis is a good source for 

this type of information as are trade publications that are devoted to the specific 

industry. This is another opportunity to use a chart to show financial performance 

of the industry over multiple years. Do not deal with quarters but focus on annual 

performance.

Government regulations  

Again, looking at the industry what are the important government regulations (if 

any) that the industry is being forced to examine. Again, NOT the hospitality 

industry.

3-3.5 pages

Case Analysis: Tesla Motors: Disrupting The Auto Industry

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Read the case, Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry attached and use the case analysis format provided below to address to identify the problems and provide several suggested solutions that the Tesla Motors executive team can review for possible implementation.

Be sure to identify “identify 2 to 3 problems” and “develop 2 to 3 possible solutions to the problems identified”, and use this as the focus for making your case in the case format. Note: The case questions provided at the end of each case can be used as an insight to what the problems might be; so be sure to investigate the case carefully.

Case Format

I. Write the Executive Summary

  • One to two paragraphs in length
  • On cover page of the report
  • Briefly identify the major problems facing the manager/key person
  • Summarize the recommended plan of action and include a brief justification of the recommended plan

II. Statement of the Problem

  • State the problems facing the manager/key person
  • Identify and link the symptoms and root causes of the problems
  • Differentiate short term from long term problems
  • Conclude with the decision facing the manager/key person

III. Causes of the Problem 

  • Provide a detailed analysis of the problems; identify in the Statement of the Problem
  • In the analysis, apply theories and models from the text and/or readings
  • Support conclusions and /or assumptions with specific references to the case and/or the readings

IV. Decision Criteria and Alternative Solutions

  • Identify criteria against which you evaluate alternative solutions (i.e. time for implementation, tangible costs, acceptability to management)
  • Include two or three possible alternative solutions
  • Evaluate the pros and cons of each alternative against the criteria listed
  • Suggest additional pros/cons if appropriate

V. Recommended Solution, Implementation and Justification

  • Identify who, what, when, and how in your recommended plan of action
  • Solution and implementation should address the problems and causes identified in the previous section
  • The recommended plan should include a contingency plan(s) to back up the ideal course of action
  • Using models and theories, identify why you chose the recommended plan of action why its the best and why it would work

VI. External Sourcing

  • 2 to 3 external sources (in addition to your textbook) should be referenced to back up your recommendations or to identify issues.  This information would be ideally sourced in current journals, magazines and newspapers and should reflect current management thought or practice with respect to the issues Identify.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

  • Write between 750 1,250 words (approximately 3 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
  • Use font size 12 and 1 margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.  

Cell cycle regulation in the cell

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PowerPoint presentation on the following topic

—Cell cycle regulation in the cell

The lesson presentation should include a title and reference slide and have between 10-15 content slides. At least four references should be cited (only one can be the textbook).