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Essay Instructions: Company Analysis Paper:

You will prepare an analysis of a public company, evaluating the company from the standpoint of an investor in both fixed income securities and equities. You will obtain financial and business information about the company, identify appropriate industry comparisons for the company and develop a fundamental analysis of the company using the analytical tools developed in this course, such as the Dupont Framework, Your conclusions will include:
1) From a fundamental standpoint would a portfolio manager want to own the equity of this company in its portfolio?
2) From a fundamental standpoint would a portfolio manager want to own the debt of this company in its portfolio?
3) Using market information to do comparisons (PE ratio, etc), develop valuation of company using growth model. From a market perspective, would a portfolio manager want to own the equity i.e. at the current level, is the equity of this company fairly priced?
The company you choose is up to you, but please don’t pick something so complex or one for which information is not readily available that it makes the analysis more difficult. Information used to develop your analysis should include that directly from the company itself, but should also include other sources, preferably ones providing a variety of views of the entity. Please also pick one outside your usual frame of reference – if you spend your days analyzing food companies, pick something like an insurance company or services company – you’ll learn more and the assignment will be a lot more interesting. The papers should not exceed 15 pages, double spaced. While facts and information will underlie the discussion, the key to this assignment is your analysis and conclusions regarding the company.

There should be 2 sections about the followings.
1. Identify (a few) key competitors for your selected company
Identify at least 2 “Keys to Success” for your company’s industry sector
Identify at least 2 performance measures which are especially important in your company’s industry sector.

2. Produce a SWOT (Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats) grid for your selected company, identifying at least 2 elements under each of the 4 factors
Calculate key financial ratios for your company for the latest available year.

This is a term paper also a RESEARCH PAPERS.

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Essay Instructions: Investigate and observe the decision-making processes most prevalent in their organization. As a Learning Team, collate, compare, and contrast the findings from individual team members. Compare and contrast the problem identification and formulation styles in your team?s organizations. Specifically discuss the strengths and weaknesses found in each style. Consider the most favorable aspects of each style discussed to describe a process by which a problem can be identified and described to stakeholders in a manner that is sensitive to their perspectives


1 person= Short summary of your organization specific to the requirements


Working for a insurance company.

Essay Instructions: Research the case study " Allstate Insurance Company" then read the same case study from the book Organizational Behavior by Hellriegel/Slocum 2011 Edition on page 215 integrate the two cases. Write a five page paper answering the following question: (1) Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. (2) Discuss the competitive advantage Allstate has from the development of the Diversity Index. (3) Recommend the types of high-performance reward system Allstate should use to motivate its employees to reach its diversity goals. (4) If you were an Allstate employee, discuss whether or not you would be motivated by the Diversity Index and QLMS. Please provide a detailed explanation. Type the question followed by your answer to each question. This paper should be double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, in APA6 style and the reference page APA6 style.

Essay Instructions: Post a short commentary on the acquisition you identified. The post will cover the following issues.

a. Provide information on the acquisition deal (or the proposed deal). Include such things as: Brief information on each company (size, product range, markets, etc.); what kind of an acquisition it was/is (friendly or hostile; vertical or horizontal). The strategic rationale for the acquisition from the point of view of both the acquiring and acquired company. What happened after the acquisition? Was it considered successful?
Use the following acquisition
03/08/2010 American Life Insurance Company and Metlife Inc merger