{"id":202452,"date":"2018-09-13T23:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T23:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/13\/b6021-module-4-assignment-2-applying-decision-making-skills\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:09:43","slug":"b6021-module-4-assignment-2-applying-decision-making-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/b6021-module-4-assignment-2-applying-decision-making-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"B6021 Module 4 Assignment 2 Applying Decision-Making Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>B6021 Module 4 Assignment 2 Applying Decision-Making Skills\u00a0\t\u00a0\tAs a manager, part of your role is to develop strategy, and share this strategy with various stakeholders within the organization. This assignment will allow you to take your findings as a manager and communicate these findings to those who are affected.\t\u00a0\tYour company has been presented with a decision on replacing a piece of equipment for a new computerized version that promotes efficiency for the upcoming year.\u00a0\t\u00a0\tAs manager you will need to decide whether or not the purchase of the new equipment is a worthwhile investment and to communicate your recommendations to Executive Management for a final decision. To be convincing, sufficient support for your recommendations must be provided in order to be considered valid and accepted.\t\u00a0\tExisting Equipment\tOriginal Cost 60,000\tPresent Book Value 30,000\tAnnual Cash Operating Costs 145,000\tCurrent Market Value 15,000\tMarket Value in Ten Years 0\tRemaining useful Life 10 years\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\tReplacement Equipment\tCost 600,000\tAnnual Cash Operating Costs 50,000\tMarket Value in Ten Years 0\tUseful Life 10 years\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\tOther Information\tCost of Capital 10%\tPayback requirement 6 years\tIn this assignment, use the information above to develop a comprehensive analysis using NPV, Payback Method, and IRR to develop a recommendation on replacing the existing equipment with a new computerized version.\t\u00a0\tDevelop an executive summary of your findings in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation format to present to Executive Management.\t\u00a0\tDo the following in your presentation:\t\u00a0\tInclude a statement of the problem or topic, a concise analysis of the findings, and a recapitulation of any main conclusions or recommendations.\t\u00a0\tBe sure to incorporate specific details to highlight or support the summary including calculations.\t\u00a0\tUsing your knowledge of capital budgeting techniques, explain how principles of capital budgeting, such as the payback method, IRR, and NPV, can be used to assess the potential projects and assist in the decision-making process.\t\u00a0\tDevelop a 10-12 slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.ppt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B6021 Module 4 Assignment 2 Applying Decision-Making Skills\u00a0 \u00a0 As a manager, part of your role is to develop strategy, and share this strategy with various stakeholders within the organization. This assignment will allow you to take your findings as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/b6021-module-4-assignment-2-applying-decision-making-skills\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}