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I have been watching the Lakers as a child during the Showtime era. I feel as a longtime Lakers fan, I deserve an explaination from the organization as to why they make such horrible decisions! Why let go of Shaq for near nothing? Why pass on Ron Artest? Why pass on other players for Andrew Bynum (an unexperienced child)? Why not sign Al Harrington when it would only cost one draft pick? What is the mindset of this organization? I am tired of listening to sports talk radio hype on about how Dr. Buss has a plan and how Mitch Kupchak is in control. When will they give us an idea of how they will bring this organization back to its rightful place as champions? Or are they just milking the revenues from all the sales of Kobe jerseys (which will be even more now with a new jersey number)? Why doesn’t anyone realize that the Lakers have been falling apart since the departure of Jerry West? Why is everyone so optimistic about this lack of proper decision making?

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I have been watching the Lakers as a child during the Showtime era. I feel as a longtime Lakers fan, I deserve an explaination from the organization as to why they make such horrible decisions! Why let go of Shaq for near nothing? Why pass on Ron Artest? Why pass on other players for Andrew Bynum (an unexperienced child)? Why not sign Al Harrington when it would only cost one draft pick? What is the mindset of this organization? I am tired of listening to sports talk radio hype on about how Dr. Buss has a plan and how Mitch Kupchak is in control. When will they give us an idea of how they will bring this organization back to its rightful place as champions? Or are they just milking the revenues from all the sales of Kobe jerseys (which will be even more now with a new jersey number)? Why doesn’t anyone realize that the Lakers have been falling apart since the departure of Jerry West? Why is everyone so optimistic about this lack of proper decision making?

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I have to calculate revenue for these health plans and determine financial and management resources for an assisted living facility to perform under. I also have to determine the method and amount of payments to the current health plans for acute care services.

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More specifically, I’m looking to benchmark our marketing organization against comparable companies. We are an enterprise software company with ASP of $500K+. I want to benchmark against other B2B software companies that have annual revenue of $40-$50M.

1. How much budget is allocated to corporate/product marketing (excluding product management), in terms of percentage of revenue?
2. What is the percentage breakdown between marketing personnel and program spending?
3. For like companies in the $40-$50M annual revenue range, how have you structured your marketing organization in terms of function or responsibilities (i.e. lead gen, marcom, web), and headcount?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Marketing campaigns should be in relation to the sale you want to achieve since your sale is in proportion to the amount of your marketing.

I use this site to see what’s available:

http://www.Marketing-Strategies.info

All the best,

Market Strategist

What is the contribution margin in the following example?
a. Revenues: $1,200,000
b. Variable Costs: $ 215,000
c. Fixed Costs: $1,000,000
What is the contribution margin percentage?

Contribution margin is sales revenue less variable costs. It is the amount available to pay for fixed costs and provide any profit after variable costs have been paid.

In this case
contribution margin = 1,200,000 – 215,000 = 985,000

contribution margin percentage = 985,000/1200000 *100 = 82.1%

A product may be shipped from Plant 1 and Plant 2. The manufacturer estimates that the monthly fixed costs of shipping from Plant 1 are $6000, whereas the monthly fixed cost to ship from Plant 2 are $7500. The variable cost of shippin 1 unit of the product from Plant 1 and Plant 2 are $5 and $10 respectively. The product sells for $25 each.
a) Find the cost function for shipping from each Plant.
b) Find the corresponding revenue functions
c) Which Plant should management choose to maximize their profit if the projected sales are 450 units? 550 units?
d) What is the profit for each case in part c

Let x be the number of units sold.

a) For Plant 1, Cost = 6000 + 5x
For Plant 2, Cost = 7500 + 10x

b) Revenue function-

R = 25x

c) Profit for Plant 1 = 25x-5x-6000 = 20x – 6000
Profit for Plant 2 = 25x-10x-7500 = 15x – 7500

In both the cases, profit from Plant 1 is more

d) For plant 1, profit for 450 units = $ 3000
Profit for 550 units = $500

For plant 2, profit from 450 units = -$750 (Loss of $750)
Profit from 550 units = $750

For example, I want to get an idea of the size of the college textbook industry in size, revenue, P/E, etc compared to the corporate learning management industry. I’d like to see a list of the key players, rankings, and whatever other details I can get that would help me get a feel for how industries and companies compare to one another.

S&P Industry reports and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

For example, I want to get an idea of the size of the college textbook industry in size, revenue, P/E, etc compared to the corporate learning management industry. I’d like to see a list of the key players, rankings, and whatever other details I can get that would help me get a feel for how industries and companies compare to one another.

S&P Industry reports and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

I work for a company which has introduced an aggressive staff performance management regime. It is now not acceptable for staff to simply come in and do a good job, they now have to show that they are actively saving costs, increasing revenue for the company & generally performing 110%. Each year the bar is raised further. If they fail to show this level of performance, their performance rating is downgraded, which could lead to a performance improvement plan being implemented against them or they could be made to sit on the bench, ultimately leading to dismissal or staff resigning. This activity is causing the staff to be demoralised & very scared about the future. Some see this as an easy way for management to shed excess staff. IM wondering about the legality of this type of management behaviour and if there is any legal recourse available to staff. Does this constitute harassment or constructive dismissal?

If you were to be dismissed I would certainly consider going to an employment tribunal. I’d imagine they’d be less sympathetic if you resign, even if you feel you had your hand forced. I wonder if your employment contract refers the acheivement of targets? If not, so much stronger the case.

I work for a company which has introduced an aggressive staff performance management regime. It is now not acceptable for staff to simply come in and do a good job, they now have to show that they are actively saving costs, increasing revenue for the company & generally performing 110%. Each year the bar is raised further. If they fail to show this level of performance, their performance rating is downgraded, which could lead to a performance improvement plan being implemented against them or they could be made to sit on the bench, ultimately leading to dismissal or staff resigning. This activity is causing the staff to be demoralised & very scared about the future. Some see this as an easy way for management to shed excess staff. IM wondering about the legality of this type of management behaviour and if there is any legal recourse available to staff. Does this constitute harassment or constructive dismissal?

If you were to be dismissed I would certainly consider going to an employment tribunal. I’d imagine they’d be less sympathetic if you resign, even if you feel you had your hand forced. I wonder if your employment contract refers the acheivement of targets? If not, so much stronger the case.