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• BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 1 Three Major Concerns
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• "Three Major Concerns" Please respond to the
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• Analyze at least two major concerns for the
  federal government concerning the pricing of
  goods and services. Determine which major concern
  you believe is the most important to address, and
  provide a rationale for your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 2 Fair Pricing
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• "Fair Pricing" Please respond to the following
• Categorize at least two factors that VectorCal
  uses to determine a fair and reasonable price for
  the navigation system it is marketing to the
  government. Suggest key reasons why these two
  factors are important in determining the fair and
  reasonable prices for VectorCal's navigation
  systems. Support your response with one example
  of the importance of such factors.

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• BUS 315 Week 2 Discussion 2 Fixed Price -vs-
  Cost-Reimbursement
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• "Fixed Price -vs- Cost-Reimbursement" Please
  respond to the following 
• Compare and contrast the fixed-price and
  cost-reimbursement for the VectorCal navigation
  system. Determine which type of costing mechanism
  best serves VectorCal's needs. Provide a
  rationale for your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 3 Assignment 1 Proposal (2 Papers)
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• Assignment 1 Proposal
• Due Week 3 and worth 150 points 
• Note Refer to scenarios and readings from
  previous weeks in order to complete this
  assignment. 
• Imagine that you just created a new start-up
  company. You want to compete in the growing
  industry of drone navigation systems. VectorCal
  is the only major company in the field. You also
  want to be a leaner, faster version of a company
  that you view as being too slow and costly.

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• BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 1 Price Analysis
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• "Price Analysis" Please respond to the following
• Examine at least two purposes that price analysis
  serves to a company like VectorCal and to its
  product line. Support your answer with two (2)
  examples of companies that used price analysis to
  better serve their organizations.

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• BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 2 Best Use of Price
  Analysis
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• "Best Use of Price Analysis.' Please respond to
  the following 
• Examine all of the methods for performing a
  price analysis that VectorCal can use when
  creating its own price analysis, and then specify
  two to three (2-3) price analysis methods that
  would best serve VectorCal's needs. Explain your
  rationale.

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• BUS 315 Week 4 Assignment 2 Price Analysis for
  the Navigation Systems (2 Papers)
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• In order to complete this assignment, refer to
  the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the
  scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
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• Write a  four (4) page paper in which you
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• Analyze your companys cost classification for
  pricing of the navigation system. Defend your
  cost classification to the U.S. government.

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• BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 1 Classifications of
  Costs
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• "Classifications of Costs" Please respond to the
  following
• Diagram two to three (2-3) of the classifications
  for costs, and propose the value of each of these
  classifications in the production of the
  navigation system at VectorCal. Explain your
  decision for each classification chosen.

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• BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 2 Other Costs
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• "Other Costs" Please respond to the following
•  Determine the differences between overhead costs
  and G A costs in the production of VectorCals
  navigation systems overall. Analyze the role that
  each of these types of costs plays in the
  long-term production of VectorCals navigation
  systems. Justify your analysis.

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• BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 1 How to Forecast Costs
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• "How to Forecast Costs" Please respond to the
  following
• Infer the main reasons for the high number of
  government contracting invitations extended for
  the purpose of obtaining certified cost or
  pricing data. Speculate on why the invitation is
  the last item in the gathering of cost and
  pricing process. Justify your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 2 Certified Costs
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• "Certified Costs" Please respond to the
  following
• Imagine that a contracting office requests
  certified cost or pricing data related to your
  company, VectorCal. Speculate on what would
  happen to VectorCal in the long term if the cost
  or pricing data was defective or inaccurate.
  Provide a rationale for your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 6 Assignment 3 Buy American
  Requirements (2 Papers)
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• Assignment 3 Buy American Requirements
• Due Week 6 and worth 240 points 
• In order to complete this assignment, refer to
  the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the
  scenarios and readings from previous weeks. 
• Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which
  you
• Specify the main points of the Buy American
  Requirements in one (1) page or less.
• Determine the substantive means by which the Buy
  American Requirements would benefit both
  VectorCal and your new company. Provide a
  rationale for the response.

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• BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 1 Labor Costs
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• "Labor Costs" Please respond to the following
• Identify at least two factors that VectorCal uses
  to determine its labor costs for the creation of
  the navigation system that it is marketing to the
  government. Specify key reasons why these two
  factors are important in determining the labor
  costs for VectorCals navigation systems. Support
  your response with one example of such importance.

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• BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 2 Work Breakdown
  Structure
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• "Work Breakdown Structure" Please respond to the
  following
• Compare and contrast work breakdown schedule
  (WBS) and Phase Diagram in terms of
  appropriateness and effectiveness for the
  VectorCal navigation system. Determine which
  method best serves VectorCals needs. Provide a
  rationale for your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 1 Indirect Costs
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• "Indirect Costs" Please respond to the following
• Predict VectorCals indirect costs based on the
  direct costs (e.g. direct labor, direct materials
  or both). Next, from the e-Activity provide two
  examples of companies with the same indirect
  costs that you predicted for VectorCal. Speculate
  on what the indirect costs of the existing
  companies bodes for the future of VectorCal.

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• BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 2 Direct Costs
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• "Direct Costs" Please respond to the following
• Examine the methods that VectorCal could use for
  estimating the direct costs. Next, specify two to
  three (2-3) ways in which VectorCal could control
  these costs. Explain your rationale.
• Determine the manner in which VectorCal could
  estimate the future direct costs for at least ten
  potential line items related to the production of
  its navigation systems. Determine two to three
  (2-3) line items that could affect the direct
  costs the most. Justify your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 8 Assignment 4 Analysis of Direct
  Costs (2 Papers)
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• In order to complete this assignment, refer to
  the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the
  scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
• Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which
  you
• 1. Predict the main costs (e.g., labor cost,
  material cost) associated with the production of
  VectorCals drone navigation system. Provide a
  rationale for the response.

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• BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 1 Overhead Expenses
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• "Overhead Expenses" Please respond to the
  following
• From the-Activity, compare and contrast the
  manner in which VectorCal and other businesses
  that you researched analyze overhead
  costs.Selecttwo to three (2-3) methods that the
  businesses in question used for allocating costs
  for theanalysisof their overhead expenses.
  Explain your rationale.

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• BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 2 G A Expense
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• "G A Expense" Please respond to the following
• Specify several advantages of operating a small
  business when it comes to General and
  Administrative (GA) expenses. Determine the
  single most important advantage that you believe
  would benefit the small-business owner the most.
  Explain your answer.

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• BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 1 Facility Costs
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• "Facility Costs" Please respond to the following
• Suppose you have been working with the federal
  government for a period of time, and you decide
  to form a small company. Explain the difference
  between depreciation and the facilities capital
  cost of money. Specify the key advantages of
  having facilities capital cost of money as an
  allowable cost. Justify your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 2 Procedures of FCCOM
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• "Procedures of FCCOM" Please respond to the
  following Describe two to three (2-3)
  circumstances in which facilities capital costs
  of money is an allowable cost. Determine the
  single most significant advantage of having
  facilities capital costs as an allowable cost
  under the circumstances you described. Support
  your response. Determine two to three (2-3)
  possible factors that could make facilities
  capital costs of money unallowable based on the
  information presented in Chapter 9. Present two
  to three (2-3) examples of instances where
  companies have made facility capital costs of
  money available.

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• BUS 315 Week 10 Assignment 5 Federal Contracting
  Activities and Contract Types (2 Papers)
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• Assignment 5 Federal Contracting Activities and
  Contract Types
• Due Week 10 and worth 240 points 
• Note Refer to scenarios and readings from
  previous weeks in order to complete this
  assignment.
•  The Department of Defense plans to issue a
  400,000 government contract to a company that
  specializes in drone navigation technologies.

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• BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 1 Profit
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• "Profit" Please respond to the following
• Determine two to three (2-3) reasons why
  VectorCal may not always receive the exact amount
  of profit that it negotiated into its contract
  with the federal government. Predict two to three
  (2-3) outcomes VectorCal may experience as a
  result of not meeting the profit requirements
  specified in their government contract. Justify
  your response.

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• BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 2 NASA
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• "NASA" Please respond to the following
• Analyze the methods used by NASA in its
  structured profit approach, and speculate on how
  VectorCal could possibly use the same structured
  profit approach with their manufacturing
  operations. Support your analysis with examples
  of such an approach.

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• BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 1 Course Wrap-Up
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• "Course Wrap-Up" Please respond to the following
• Sum up two of the most important concepts you
  learned from this course and state how you might
  use these.
• Identify someone in your life who would benefit
  from taking this course, and explain the reasons
  why.

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• BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 2 Looking Forward
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• "Looking Forward" Please respond to the
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•   Speculate on what technology might be able to
  do in 15 years to improve the contracting
  process. Hypothesize whether contracting with
  the government will be easier or more difficult
  in the future. Provide a rationale for your
  answer
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