Profit & Solutions Journal

  Profit & Solutions Management Research Publication Series  Researched & Written by Deb (Debadip) Bandyopadhyay The TerraCog GPS case describes a conflicting situation between departments over the launch of a new product, Aerial. The first issue is that there is a big problem between organizational groups having their own visions of goals and objectives, which leads to conflict and poor communication. For example, the sales department wants to set a low-price for the product, the production team doesn’t want to cut costs, the design and development team wants to release the product as soon as possible, as well as move to other projects, and the CFO, Becky Timmons, searches for ways to make greater margins. All these conflicts have led to a big gap in communication and cooperation during meetings where everybody blames and interrupts each other without making any effort to suggest solutions as a team. The departments work separately, which prevents them from keeping o...

  Profit & Solutions Management Research Publication Series Researched & Written by Deb (Debadip) Bandyopadhyay Moody’s credit rating looks at the probability of a debt instrument defaulting and the amount of loss this default will cause on the debt-holder. Moody’s credit ratings are expressed in terms of letters and numbers (United States, 2011). The characters range from AAA to C forming twenty-one categories. A rating of AAA means that the expected credit loss is at its lowest. A is the highest intrinsic financial strength. Moody's Investors Service, often referred to as Moody's, is the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation, representing the company's traditional line of business and its historical name. Moody's Investors Service provides international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities. Moody's, along with Standard & Poor's and Fitch Group, is considered one of the Big Three credit rating age...