PPT-Forecasting Chapter 3 McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Copyright 2012 by The McGrawHill Companies Inc All rights reserved You should be able to List the elements of a good forecast Outline the steps in the forecasting process Describe at least three qualitative forecasting techniques and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 285. Spoken Language Processing. Dan Jurafsky. Stanford . University. Spring 2014 . Lecture . 11: Personality. Scherer’s typology of affective states. Emotion. : relatively brief episode of synchronized response of all or most organismic subsystems in response to the evaluation of an external or internal event as being of major significance. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Business Ethics. This chapter:. Sets forth basic sources of ethical values.. Discusses how corporations manage ethics and try to elevate behavior.. Corporate Social . Responsibility. This chapter:. Defines the idea of corporate social responsibility and explains how it has expanded in meaning and practice over time.. Explains more about how corporations carry out their social responsibilities.. Consumerism. This chapter:. Defines and discusses the idea of consumerism.. Describes the protective shield of statutes, regulations, and consumer law that has risen to protect consumers since Harvey Wiley’s era.. Multinational Corporations. Defines the multinational corporation (MNC).. Examines the . use of foreign direct investment by multinational corporations.. Describes how various types of codes are used to guide corporate behavior.. Professional. Ethics. Copyright © 2016 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.. Steps in Resolving an Ethical Dilemma. Corporate Governance. This chapter:. Discusses options backdating, just one type of recent corporate scandals related to corporate governance.. Discusses corporate governance; how boards of directors are structured, their duties, and reforms; and issues associated with executive compensation.. Balancing Benefits and Costs. Copyright © 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.. Learning Objectives. Profit Maximization. Copyright © 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.. Learning Objectives. Describe the relationship between a firm’s marginal revenue and its price.. You should be able to:. LO 3.1 List features common to all forecasts. LO 3.2 Explain why forecasts are generally wrong. LO 3.3 List elements of a good forecast. LO 3.4 Outline the steps in the forecasting process. Advertising and IMC Media Planning. What are the steps in the media planning process?. What is the difference between reach and frequency?. How do you determine a media mix?. What role does cost play in selecting media?. Chapter 8. ©2008 McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved.. 2. What is the approximate annual cost of raising a child born today?. A. $5000. B. $8000. C. $12,000. C. According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, it costs more than $12,500 per year (on average) to raise a child born n 1995 to the age of 2. The cost jumps every 2 to 3 years. It will cost more than $250,000 (on average) to raise a child to age 18.. 3M Post-It Flag Highlighter and Pen. HOW DO COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDY?. A NEW PRODUCT CHALLENGE FOR 3M!. 1-. 2. HOW DO COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDY?. DISCOVERING STUDENT STUDYING NEEDS. 3M Post-it. ®. Notes or. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.. Forecast. Forecast – a statement about the future value of a variable of interest. We make forecasts about such things as weather, demand, and resource availability.