The body of the report addresses Questions 1-3 in a clear, concise and cohesive manner. This report should be business like, organized and methodical.?Please note: each question should become a section title.  
List at least two potential target markets for MHH. Identify how the marketing strategy would differ for each of these target markets. With the pricing strategy in the volume sold change? Why or why not? What are the supply chain implications for each of these target markets Be sure to consider if the alternative solutions help resolve more than a single issue.  
If MHH decided to pursue multiple target markets, what with the supply chain requirements be? Should they have multiple supply chains? Be specific. 

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of going with one exclusive distributor. With this decision be influenced by the selection of the target market? Make some recommendations of what you would do if you were in the strategic decision-making team for MHH. Support your recommendations with facts and sound reasoning.
Parameters of this assignment: 
Minimum of two pages in APA style format.

Write as if you are employed by the subject company and writing an internal report. No need to cite internal sources (e.g. the Case Study).
Write in the present tense. You are solving this case as a current-day project.
Write as a formal document, avoid 1st person (i.e. “I” or “We”).

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Analytics should be included in core business decision-making processes. Analytics uses facts, not guesses, for the strategic best way to proceed with a project. It turns numerical data into a competitive edge to stay at the forefront.  

Mobile Hand Held Device (MHH) is a New Jersey company successfully competing in the consumer electronics industry. The founder, Victoria, started the company in her dorm room while a student at Lynn University. She never expected to see her hobby take off as a successful company. Victoria made sure that her company had a relaxed culture and did everything she could to encourage innovation. This relaxed culture of innovation helped introduce a new handheld device that enabled the user to simultaneously surf the Internet, text, take notes via voice, play music, and other functions.
At the point of its introduction, it was the most revolutionary and innovative device ever seen in the consumer electronics market. MHH considered partnering with one of the largest distributors in the consumer electronics space to achieve exclusive distribution rights. It would mean that they could utilize an existing distribution network second to none. MHH believed that this would mean significant distribution savings and the ability to reach a much broader market than they ever could have done by themselves.
Additionally, this partnership could provide top service support in multiple locations. However, they also knew that there were some severe disadvantages if they went through one exclusive distributor.  MHH knew they had an incredible product, but they also knew that the key to success would be effective marketing, excellent distribution, and, most importantly, a reliable supply chain. As you can see, Victoria had some decisions to make.

Hypothetical Telecommunications Discussion
Please read the case and answer the questions at the end. Please respond to two of your peers. Do you agree or disagree?
Sales at a large telecommunications company were down for the third quarter. Management reviewed several strategies to improve sales and concluded that one solution would be to improve training for the large, dispersed sales force.
For the sake of expediency, the training department began using a needs assessment it conducted several years before as a basis to develop enhanced training. The plan was first to update the original needs analysis, and then to develop new training strategies on the basis of what it found. The department also began investigating new training technologies as a possible means to reduce training delivery costs. However, management was so intent on doing something quickly that the training department was ultimately pressured into purchasing a generic, off-the-shelf package by a local vendor.
One of the features of the package that appealed to management was that the course could be delivered over the Web, saving them time and expense of having the sales force travel to the main office to receive training. Hence, even though the package was costly to purchase, the company believed that it was a bargain compared to the expense of developing a new package in-house and delivering it in person to the sales force.
Six months after the training had been delivered, sales were still declining. Management turned to the training department for answers. Because no measures of training performance had been collected, the training department had little information upon which to base its diagnosis. For lack of a better idea, members of the training department began questioning the sales force to see if they could determine why the training was not working.
Among other things, the salespeople reported that the training was slow and boring and that it did not teach them any new sales techniques. They also complained that, without an instructor, it was impossible to get clarification on things they did not understand. Moreover, they reported that they believed sales were off not because they needed training in basic sales techniques, but because so many new products were being introduced that they could not keep up. In fact, several of the salespeople requested meetings with design engineers just so they could get updated product information.
Questions:

Outline the key decisions made from the beginning to the end of this case. Who made each of those decisions, and why?
Describe the ideal process for handling the concern about declining sales, ignoring for now the pressure from management.
What arguments could be made to convince management that working with an outdated needs assessment is not wise?
If you were asked to develop a training program for these sales agents, what content, method, and media would you choose? Explain your answers as best you can, given the limited information provided.

Source: Excerpted from Eduardo Salas and Janice A. Cannon-Bowers, “Design Training Systematically,” in Edwin A. Locke (ed.), Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2000).

Q1. Heat Village maintains a Pension Trust Fund for its employees. At the start of the year, the Fund holds cash of $150,000 and investments that have a fair value of $4,000,000. The Fund has the following transactions. Prepare entries to record them in the Fund’s accounts.                                                                                                                                           (2 Marks)
           a.    Bills the General Fund $200,000 for the required annual contribution. The pension plan does not require contributions from the employees
           b.   Receives payment of $200,000 from the General Fund
           c.    Receives interest and dividend income of $150,000 in cash on its investment portfolio
           d.   Receives $215,000 from selling investments carried on the books at $200,000
           e.    Makes new investments totaling $275,000
           f.    Pays annuity benefits of $325,000 to retirees or their spouses
           g.   Pays administrative expenses of $100,000 in cash
           h.   The investments held by the Fund have a fair value of $4,100,000 at year-end.
Answer:
Q2. Following information are related with Internal Service Fund of City of Jeddah. You are required to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31st, 2018.    (1.5 Marks)                                                                                                                                 
Amount ($)
Operating income
68,400
Increase in Inventories
27,200
Interest received
800
Acquisition of Capital Assets
2,800
Payment to Suppliers
32,000
Depreciation expense
29,600
Payments for Rent
21,200
Increase in Accounts Payable
54,400
Receipts from  Customers
378,400
Payment to Employees
200,000
Cash balance at the beginning of the year
584,800
Answer:
Q3. The following transactions are related with a Township Debt Service Fund. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions in the Debt Service Fund.                                                 (1.5 Marks)
           a.    The Township levies a special property tax amounting to $1,750,000 to pay debt service on its long-term general obligation debt. The tax must be accounted for in the Debt Service Fund.
           b.   All the property taxes levied for debt service purposes are collected.
           c.    The Township invests $525,000 in a six-month certificate of deposit.
           d.   Debt service (interest of $350,000 and principal of $700,000) becomes due and payable.
           e.    The debt service liabilities are paid.
           f.    The certificate of deposit in c. matures and the Township receives a total of $535,500, which includes $10,500 of interest.

You are a trader on the Silk Road. You can be Chinese, Mongolian, Arabian, Byzantine, or Venetian. Your job is to gain access to spices, incense, glassware, and other commodities the elite demand. Remember that trade in this age has followed the old contours of gift exchange (i.e., items intended for elite consumption and redistribution in order to solidify political alliances). What if you made these goods available to a broader audience? What if you took the profit made transporting these goods and used it to leverage business growth against native and foreign competitors? For you to succeed in this scheme, you must eliminate of some of the middle men. Then, you must secure alternative safe passages to the main caravan hubs in central Asia. Will you need naval power to accomplish this bold and audacious plan? Consider your options wisely.Present an update on the status of your plan to usurp the silk trade from a powerful and cutthroat competitor. Use words with precision and skill as you present your step-by-step plan to gain control over the silk trade. Present an overview that makes an explicit argument. This will serve as your thesis statement. Then, in a systematic and logical fashion, lay out your bold and cunning strategy in your initial post of at least 300 words. Consult the HIS103 Conquest, Consolidation, Crisis and Creativity in the Medieval Era Tour (Links to an external site.)for additional sources.Think about these issues as you draw up your proposal:An adventure of this scale is costly. How do you propose to raise the money without incurring the wrath of your already heavily taxed subjects?Do you plan to use military forces for this operation?If so, are you asking for specialized elite forces to play the role of merchants in disguise?How do you propose to usurp trade from a rival empire that marks up the price of luxury goods that arrive in your empire? They are the cause of your negative balance of trade, and the time has come to bypass the middleman. Unfortunately, diplomacy has failed to reach a negotiated settlement because the stakes are too high for each side to make concessions.Do you seek out religious minorities within your rival’s domain and empower them in an effort to politically or economically undermine your adversary? Is there a potential for backlash?Do you seek to take advantage of social or economic divisions within your rival’s domain in an effort to politically or economically undermine your adversary? How certain are you that encouraging dissent will weaken, rather than strengthen, your rival’s hand?Do you dispatch envoys to China in an effort to monopolize the export of goods such as silks, spices, and exotic herbs? Who will you send?Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words, due by Day 3. Remember that you are drawing up a proposal. Be persuasive by supplying specific examples that are drawn from course materials, sources produced by your own research, or sources included in the collaborative annotated bibliography to support your position. Cite all sources according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Writing Center, using both in-text citations and providing full references at the bottom of your post.

I’ve done my introduction and first body paragraph. It’s supposed to be a speech though, below there is an attachment of the task. You are supposed to use at least 2-3 quotations per paragraph. There are 3 body paragraphs. And the speech should be around 4 minutes 30 seconds. The speech must connect to the theme of guilt and the motif of blood. In the last two paragraphs, one should be on the contrast between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through guilt and blood imagery. The last one should be how blood imagery is used to signify guilt and shame. Also I am in grade 10 and this is what I have done:In the classic Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is a story of an ambitious and young noble, Macbeth, and his wife Lady Macbeth in the 11th century living in Scotland. Shakespeare uses many techniques within Macbeth to increase the intensity and excitement to captivate the audience’s attention. Blood imagery is used by Shakespeare to build Macbeth’s character, create a contrast between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and to signify guilt and shame. As seen, blood is a prominent image that leads to guilt amongst each character. Overall, I will be discussing how guilt and the motif of blood are important for the understanding of Macbeth. Shakespeare’s use of Blood imagery within Macbeth has an effect on buildings Macbeth’s character, leading to the overall feeling of guilt controlling Macbeth. Macbeth’s character evolves throughout the play, as does the idea of blood. He makes the decision to assassinate Duncan and steal the kingdom. He has hallucinations and imagines the murder just before committing it, “a dagger of the mind” (2.1.50), before him. In delusion, he says to the knife, “I see thee still, / And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, / Which was not so before” (2.1.57-59).” This quotation foreshadows Duncan’s death, as beforehand Macbeth sees a hallucination of a dagger, on the tip, there is blood on it. Duncan’s impending murder and the guilt that will haunt Macbeth for the rest of the play are symbolised by the blood on the dagger. This moment marks the beginning of Macbeth’s transformation from a brave and honourable man to a treacherous, cruel, and merciless dictator, and it serves as a turning point in the play. In contrast to what it symbolised previously in the play, the image of blood now represents betrayal, ambition, and murder. It has become associated with evil. So, Is it Macbeths desire to become king that makes him evil, or his acts in pursuit of that power? After the Murder of Duncan, Macbeth starts to realise the seriousness of his actions as he tries to wash of Duncans blood off his hand he says, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. (2.2.78-81)” This shows how Macbeth’s character has altered as a result of his murder, turning him into a man full of shame and remorse. However, he does not stop at one murder, but rather tries to secure his position as king and eliminate everybody who stands in his path out of paranoia. Is Macbeth just scared of who will overthrow him or is his guilt just taking control of him?