Most businesses face a landscape of uncertainty and a never-ending stream of risks and opportunities. Managers must continually project the likely financial impact of decisions, make recommendations, act on those decisions, determine how to pay for them, and evaluate the costs and effectiveness of what has been done. Many decisions are short-term, routine, and operational. Others are longer-term investment decisions that require substantial new resources, such as developing new services, expanding into new geographic markets, or undertaking business combinations or spin-offs. Each requires managers to forecast, plan, and make decisions based on a thorough understanding of both internal and external factors that can affect a company’s financial success. For the summative assessment in this course, you will bring your finance and economics knowledge to bear by preparing an external capital funding proposal for a major international investment at a publicly traded corporation. In order to secure the support of potential financial backers, your proposal will need to lay out what the proposed investment opportunity is, how it fits within the company’s broader mission and goals, its financial impact, and the amount being requested and why (including alternative funding mechanisms considered). In addition, it will also need to include information on the organization’s context, risk factors, and microeconomic assumptions that could affect the success of the investment. Prompt: Submit a short paper that addresses Section III, Part C; Section V; and Section VI of the final project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: III. Justification: C. Financial impact. This section should discuss the project’s most likely financial implications and the consolidated financial projection with and without the project. Be sure to: 1. Project the incremental, annual, and cumulative cash benefits and outflows associated with the proposed expansion for the next seven to 10 years, using a spreadsheet or other relevant presentation vehicle to support your narrative. Be sure to justify your assumptions and methodology based on sound microeconomic and financial principles. For example, what assumptions have you made about demand, price, volume, capital purchase costs, incremental hiring, and so on? 2. Develop a consolidated financial projection of revenue, pretax income, and cash flow for the overall business, over that same number of years, both with and without the proposed investment. Use a spreadsheet or other relevant presentation vehicle to support your narrative, being sure to describe any relevant assumptions. IV. Financing: In this section, compare the proposed loan to alternative financing methods. Specifically: A. Weigh the pros and cons of raising money using internal financing mechanisms versus seeking funding through global capital markets via loans, commercial paper, bonds, or equity financing. Which might be viable alternatives should the loan not be approved? Support your answer with appropriate research and evidence. B. Assess the viability of a business combination as a mechanism for expanding into the new market. Is this a reasonable option for the company? Why or why not? Support your answer with appropriate research and evidence. VI. Track Record: Use this section to persuade the lender that you are credit-worthy. You must: A. Convincingly argue that your organization is on solid financial footing, and thus at a low risk for default, supporting your argument with appropriate financial statements, ratios, and other indicators of financial performance and health. B. Convincingly argue for your organization’s trustworthiness, providing credible evidence of legal and ethical financial behavior. For example, this might include recent audit results; credit history; absence of significant lawsuits, recalls, or regulatory judgments; or other evidence designed to show that the company holds itself to the highest legal and ethical standards. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your investment project and justification paper should be approximately 8–10 pages in length (excluding spreadsheets, other exhibits, and list of references as necessary). It should be double-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, and should use APA format for references and citations. 

APA Style

Due 3/26/173 power point slides with script notes

Individual nations may have both written and unwritten policies regarding the regulation of investment in the country by foreign businesses. A foreign investor, first of all, must show that its proposed investment meets the criteria of the host state’s foreign investment law. That does not, however, end the process of qualifying to make a foreign investment in some countries. Some countries also require that the foreign investor comply with the unstated rules, typically referred to as the operational investment code of the government authority that regulates investment in that nation.

Akosua and Isabella have developed a strategic business plan for Pharma Heal Corporation to locate production facilities; distribution networks; and delivery assistance for the manufacture, distribution, and delivery of generic HIV treatment drugs for the following country:

• Thailand

Before moving forward with the play, they have asked you, their expert business consulting team, to advise them on the regulatory climate for foreign investment in each of these countries.  Akosua and Isabella intend to use your consulting team’s material at a board of directors’ meeting. They have therefore asked your team to prepare a script that does the following: 

• Describe a foreign investment regulation in each of those countries.
• Evaluate whether each country’s regulatory approach poses any particular challenges for Pharma Heal Corporation’s business plan in that country.
• Propose a specific action plan for addressing each challenge so that Pharma Heal Corporation’s investment can go forward in an environment where the risks posed by the particular challenges have been minimized.

Choose five from the following list of topics to address in your discussion of each country’s regulation of foreign investment and the effect on Pharma Heal Corporation’s business plan. 

• Openness to foreign investment
• Conversion and transfer policies
• Expropriation and compensation
• Dispute settlement
• Performance requirements and incentives
• Right to private ownership and establishment
• Protection of property rights
• Transparency of regulatory system
• Foreign trade zones/free ports

For the Assignment, you will conduct research on the United States and two other countries cultures consulting The Hofstede Dimensions from Chapter 5 for this exercise. Make sure to complete Hofstede’s 5 Cultural Dimensions activity in the Learning Activities area before beginning this Assignment. Then use the Kaplan library or the Internet for your additional research, and then respond to the questions below in a persuasive essay in 2–3 pages in APA format and citation style.

Please view the rubric icon below for the full Assignment details.

How do various factors of one’s job contribute to satisfaction in different cultures?

A recent study attempted to answer this question in a survey of over 49 countries. The authors of the study distinguished between intrinsic job characteristics (having a job that allows one to use one’s skills, frequently receiving recognition from one’s supervisor) and extrinsic job characteristics (receiving pay that is competitive within a given industry, working in an environment that has comfortable physical conditions) and assessed differences between the two in predicting employee job satisfaction.

The study found that, across all countries, extrinsic job characteristics were positively and consistently related to satisfaction with one’s job. However, countries differed in the extent to which intrinsic job characteristics predicted job satisfaction. Richer countries, countries with stronger social security, countries that stress individualism rather than collectivism, and countries with a smaller power distance (those that value a more equal distribution of power in organizations and institutions) showed a stronger relationship between the presence of intrinsic job characteristics and job satisfaction.

What explains these findings? One explanation is that in countries with greater wealth and social security, take concerns about survival for granted, and thus employees have the freedom to place greater importance on intrinsic aspects of the job. Another explanation is that cultural norms emphasizing the individual and less power asymmetry socialize individuals to focus on the intrinsic aspects of their job. In other words, such norms tell individuals that it is okay to want jobs that are intrinsically rewarding.

Source:

Huang X. & Van De Vliert, E. (2003). Where intrinsic job satisfaction fails to work: National moderators of intrinsic motivation. Journal of Organizational Behavior,24(2), 159–179.doi:10.1002/job.186

For this Assignment, conduct research on the United States and two other countries’ cultures. Use the Kaplan library or the Internet, and then respond to the questions below in a 2–3 page persuasive essay using APA format and citation style.

Checklist:

1. Compare facts about each of the three countries. How are these countries different according to Hofstede?
2. Determine which of the three countries is most likely to have higher job satisfaction and motivation among employees. What motivational theories are most relevant in each country?
3. Explain your answer and persuade your audience using motivation theory from the Robbins and Judge (2013) text.
4. Provide your conclusion, summarizing your point of view regarding the above.

To complete this Assignment successfully, the instructor must be able to identify where the answer for each of the three questions clearly begins and ends (allow at least a several paragraphs per question). Use APA format and citation style and be sure to use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and that your essay is well-ordered and logical.

Make sure to complete all three questions within this Assignment and support your responses to persuade your audience.

The minimum page count requirement for this project is 2–3 pages of body text using APA format and citation style; this does not include the cover page or the references page

Assignment 1: Discussion—Dual Distribution mod 2

Some manufacturers select the strategy of selling their products through both independent retailers that carry more than one brand of the same type of product while also selling their products through retail stores that they own and operate with their own employees.  This is referred to as dual distribution. 

Assume the following scenario:

You are interested in purchasing a new type of electronics product that is distributed through dual distribution with the nearest manufacturer-owned store located a few miles from your home.  A store you are familiar with that carries that manufacturer’s brand plus three other brands of the product you are interested in is located about the same distance from your home, but in the opposite direction.

You are anxious to use the product while friends are visiting this evening, but will only have time to get to one of the stores before store closing time.

• Explain which store you would drive to and why you selected that store.

Use your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet to research dual distribution and respond to the following:

• Describe the likely reasons for manufacturers of electronic products to adopt dual distribution.
• Describe the potential disadvantages that might materialize for manufacturers who adopt the dual distribution strategy.

Write your initial response in 1-5 paragraphs.

Assignment 1: Discussion—Power and Influence mod 3

A marketing channel usually consists of at least one independent organization that another organization depends on to perform certain tasks well. 

Assume that you are the manager of a manufacturing firm that depends on a large retailer to reach your target market in a certain metropolitan area.  You have discovered that a significant number of sales of your product are being missed because the product is out of stock in the retailer’s stores.  Consider the five sources of power discussed in the text and how effective you feel each would be to utilize in this situation. 

• Select the source you feel would be most effective in getting the retailer to change their inventory policies so that out-of-stock missed sales of your product will be reduced or eliminated.  Describe that source and why you feel it would be most effective.
• Select the source you would turn to next if use of the first source does not work out and explain why that would be your choice.  

Write your initial response in 1–4 paragraphs.

Assignment 1: Discussion—Channel Efficiency mod 4

Using the text, the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet as research resources, respond to the following:

Contrast and compare the concept of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and the concept of Quick Response (QR) as significant aids to management of supply chains and the success of the overall marketing strategy.    Use examples to support your response.

Write your initial response in 1-5 paragraphs.

Assignment 2: Discussion—Electronic Channels mod 5

Using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet to research electronic channels, address the following:

• How has the rise of electronic channels affected wholesaling?
• How has the rise of electronic channels affected retailing?
• Why are certain products more appropriate for electronic channels?
• What types of products are less appropriate for electronic channels?

Write your initial response in 3–4 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Unit IV Case Study

Locate and read the case starting on page 253 in your textbook entitled “Flying the Competitive Skies: U.S. Airline Industry,” and respond to the following questions:

How do economic issues, politics, and social factors affect the airline industry?

What is the financial position of the companies in the airline industry including the impact on airline suppliers (lessors), manufacturers, and unions?

Describe the importance of the airline industry to the travel industry and economic development.

What is the power of the buyer and supplier in the airline industry?

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and be cited per APA guidelines.

Case Study 2

Calculations: Calculate the client’s target heart rate using the Karvonen formula.

Training Program: Design a 12-week periodized training program for the client described in the Client Profile. Be very specific as you design the training program. This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your full comprehension of the information and concepts discussed throughout the course. List the types of exercise, duration, sets, reps, rest intervals, and so on.

Include the following in your case study submission:

A description of your professional responsibilities as discussed in the stages of the drawing-in process (Unit 12)

Discussion of any fitness tests, methods of evaluation, and data collection used to assess and evaluate the clientÕs needs

Specific conditions that you have identified in the client profile

A detailed 12-week comprehensive and periodized training program including specific exercises, sets, repetitions, suggested rest times, etc. Use an integrated approach in your program recommendations.

Specific and detailed nutritional strategies and an explanation as to how the strategies will assist the client in meeting energy needs

Explanation for your chosen assessment, programming, and nutritional recommendations. (Be sure to reference course concepts when discussing rationale for your recommendations.

Keep in mind that a client should be able to take your program and put it into practice without having to contact you to clarify what you intended by your recommendations or to explain parts of your program.

Don’t forget your explanation for WHY you listed and recommended what you did. Reference the concepts and theories covered in the course. Be sure to address why the program and exercises recommended are appropriate for the specific client given the clientÕs history, current abilities, and intended goal(s). For example: if you are developing a program for a beginner client without any resistance training experience, explain how your program addresses the lack of experience, initial need for foundational development, process by which you would safely progress the client, etc. Tying your program to course concepts is a critical component of your case study.

Review the Client Profile below.

Client Profile: Steve Rogers

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Resting Heart Rate: 60 bpm

Height: 6’0″

Weight: 178 lb

Body Fat Percentage: 11%

Background and Goals: Steve is an avid runner and has been quite slim his whole life. He runs moderate- to long-distances three or four days per week. Running is his only physical activity. Steve has never been interested in resistance training because it is not his strong suit. Steve recently decided that he is tired of being skinny. He would like to put on some size and muscle before he travels back to his hometown for a good friend’s wedding in 12 weeks.

Minimum 200 words response with reference. Need by 1/20/17

I just came across a recent article that discusses the rise of Knock-offs and counterfeit goods (Rubin, 2016).

In addition to being a legal question this is also a moral question.

If there are no health or safety concerns, where do you stand on knock-offs and counterfeit products?

Many marketplace websites rely on user/crowd reporting to identify Knock-offs and counterfeit goods.

Are these methods effective?

References:

Rubin, B.F. (2016). Meet Brand Central, Amazon’s secret new plan to squash counterfeits. Retrieved from https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-amazon-brand-central-secret-new-plan-to-squash-counterfeits/

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Change Management

For many companies, change is a constant thing. A company that can smoothly navigate organization change is one that is more nimble and better able to meet market demands for products. In this assignment, you will develop a change management plan that is similar to what a business today might use to implement change.

Assume you are the supervisor of a product development team that designs cell phone applications for your company’s newest cell phone. Unfortunately, this model has not been performing well in the market and your company has decided to discontinue production. 

Your team is being asked to discontinue their current operations and move to the design and development of applications for a new smart phone. This will require new skills and experience that some of your team members do not possess. In addition, management has asked for a shortened timeline meaning your team will have to put in considerable overtime hours.

You are to develop a change management plan for leading your team through these changes, including reorganization. You will review your plan with your boss.

Research change management plans using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select at least two authoritative resources, one of which may be your text, to use in this assignment. Be sure to use real-world situations when presenting examples in your response.

Download and review the Change Management Plan template from the Doc Sharing area. Analyze the case information and fill in the template.

Write a detailed change management plan covering the following:

• Identify two reorganizational changes and their impact on the team.
• Offer suggestions and strategies for managing the change including:
  • Two ways to communicate the reorganization plans with the team
  • Two ways to gain buy-in from the team
  • Two ways to deal with resistance from the team
  • Two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change
• Identify two specific ways you will inform your supervisor of plans and progress.
• Identify five action items required in order to implement the change. 
• Identify seven potential risks along with a plan of the action to take if a risk occurs. Explain your solutions.

Give reasons and examples from your selected resources in support of your assertions.

Write a 5–6-page paper in Word format. Be sure to include your filled-in Change Management Plan template. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, February 13, 2017, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Referring to the same business you either started or purchased in the first assignment, write a 6-8 page paper in which you:

1. Outline a financial plan for your small business.
2. Develop a guerrilla marketing strategy for your small business.
3. Discuss the most appropriate location for a second store (an actual street address). Explain your reasoning.
4. Outline a plan for securing sources of debt financing for your second store.
5. Include at least two (2) references outside the textbook.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe and analyze the necessary activities and key decisions to start a small business.
• Analyze the key financial management considerations in operating a small business.
• Develop a guerrilla marketing strategy for a small business.
• Analyze the role of pricing, credit, and equity financing in defining a business strategy.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in small business management.
• Write clearly and concisely about small business management using proper writing mechanics.

MBA5121Examine the Escalation of Commitment in Decision-Making

Prepare a paper that summarizes the Steinkuhler et. al. (2014) study and its findings. Include an explanation of the following phenomena described in the article: self-justification, selective perception, sunk cost effect, and over-optimism. Then, select one of these four phenomena and describe its applicability to a real management decision that you have encountered or that you find through additional research. The management decision selected must have an international dimension. In what ways does this decision affect the overall health of the organization, both locally and globally? If the decision led to poor results, what would you recommend for future decisions and why?

Support your paper with a minimum of three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Include an conclusion page.

Here’s are some references you can use.

Beshears, J., & Gino, F. (2015). Leaders as decision architects. (cover story).

http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=102262149&site=eds-live

Lashgari, M. (2015). Decision making under uncertainty the impacts of emotional intelligence and behavior patterns.

http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=111506182&site=eds-live

Steinkuhler, D., Mahlendorf, M., & Brettel, M. (2014). How self-justification indirectly drives escalation of commitment – a motivational perspective.

http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=95433654&site=eds-live

Razzi, K. (2012). Escalation of commitment and organizational commitment.

http://blog.tnsemployeeinsights.com/escalation-of-commitment-and-organizational-commitment/

will give log in info for downloads 

2. The file P02_02.xlsx contains information on over 200 movies that were released in 2006 and 2007.

Create two column charts of counts, one of the different genres and one of the different distributors.

Recode the Genre column so that all genres with a count of 10 or less are lumped into a category called Other. Then create a column chart of counts for this recoded variable. Repeat similarly for the Distributor variable.

3. The file P02_03.xlsx contains data from a survey of 399 people regarding a government environmental policy.

Which of the variables in this data set are categorical? Which of these are nominal; which are ordinal?

For each categorical variable, create a column chart of counts.

Recode the data into a new data set, making four transformations:

(1) change Gender to list “Male” or “Female”;

(2) change Children to list “No children” or “At least one child”;

(3) change Salary to be categorical with categories “Less than $40K,” “Between $40K and $70K,” “Between $70K and $100K,” and “Greater than $100K ” (where you can treat the breakpoints however you like); and

(4) change Opinion to be a numerical code from 1 to 5 for Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.

Then create a column chart of counts for the new Salary variable.

4. The file P02_04.xlsx contains salary data on all Major League Baseball players for each year from 2002 to 2011. (It is an older version of the data used for examples later in this chapter.) For any three selected years, create a table of counts of the various positions, expressed as percentages of all players for the year. Then create a column chart of these percentages for these years. Do they remain fairly constant from year to year?

Identify an instance in which an individual or group presented a sound and creative solution to a problem, but failed to persuade their target audience to accept the proposed solution.

Identify the mistakes made during this failure to communicate.  Consider failures in audience research, in understanding audience objections, and in the presentation of the proposed solution.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay in which you:

• Briefly summarize your chosen instance of failed communication.
• Discuss the reasons why the original persuasive campaign was unsuccessful.
• Propose a revised persuasive campaign that might have succeeded.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Within the parameters of Supply Management we understand there are many sourcing strategies and opportunities in the effort to procure goods and services.

Maverick spending flies in the face of this.  

Read this article and formulate an opinion on why maverick spending could be positive or negative.  Use real world examples to substantiate your position.  Feel free to use your own or these: a small business office setting and/or a major hollywood film production.

http://spendmatters.com/2015/12/30/how-to-rein-in-maverick-spending/

Over 350 words

According to the article “Emotional Intelligence and Effective Leadership”, one of the most important constructs in leadership today is the concept and application of emotional intelligence (EI) (Batool, 2013). Imagine that you are an internal consultant to an organization of your choosing. The CEO has tasked you with preparing a presentation for the Board of Directors on what emotional intelligence is, and its influence on leadership and the people within the organization. You can submit this assignment as a PowerPoint or other equivalent visual software, OR as a written assignment. Please see each description below. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Please read the following article:

and relate it to the lecture slides (uploaded material) to answer the following questions:

1) How does this fit in with our discussions around organization – central versus distributed- and process -organic versus mechanistic.

2) Do you agree with the thesis?

1 page .

In your position as a healthcare professional, you witness a patient fall in your work area. Relate how the terms of negligence and malpractice may be applied to the fall. Discuss the actions that healthcare workers are required to initiate, if any. Please support your answer with at least one reference.

2 indiviual paragraphs supporting this with minium 200 words.

reviews has to be 5-6 pages long.

These reviews, which identify and critique the key themes in a section’s readings, are intended to demonstrate that the readings have been read and understood. 

Reviews may be considered as policy or management briefings intended to convey the key elements and importance of the topic to readers who need to be informed effectively in a limited amount of text.  They should be prepared to a standard of research papers and use proper systems of citation.

SECTION 4  THE ORGANIZATION

 ch. 4, “Corporate Governance:  Foundational Issues”

ch.5, “Strategic Management and Corporate Public Policy

 ch. 6, “Issue, Rick, and Crisis Management”

ch. 8, “Personal and Organizational Ethics”

I atteched the textbook below.

 Corporate Culture:  A bad apple or a bad barrel?; “I was just following orders; No more groupthink!

Assadourian, Erik, “When Good Corporations Go Bad,” Worldwatch, May/June 2005 http://www.worldwatch.org/node/575

Corporate Goverance

Hinkley, Robert, “28 Words to Redefine Corporate Duties: The Proposal for a Code for Corporate Citizenship,” Multinational Monitor, July/August 2002

http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2002/02july-aug/july-aug02corp4.html

Cauterucci, Christina, “Male Corporate Board MembersAren’t Stoked about Adding Women to Their Ranks,” Slate, October 13, 2016http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/10/12/male_corporate_board_members_aren_t_stoked_about_adding_women_to_their_ranks.html

B Corps http://www.bcorporation.net/

Bayside Memorial Hospital is considering purchasing a new MRI machine. Based on the cash flow analysis above would you recommend that the healthcare facility, Bayside Memorial Hospital, purchase an MRI machine? In your analysis please review the following concepts: incremental cash flow, sunk cost, opportunity cost, strategic value, inflation effects. (These are the assignment instructions, allowing students to master the key components of the rubric including : Describe the key components of a financial plan define financial and strategic planning; explain the difference between a simple budget and a flexible budget; and describe the use of variance analysis in the budget creation process

Requirements  Responses to the questions should be written in a clear, detailed manner and observe the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).  Follow APA formatting for the title and reference page, as well as APA formatting within the paper itself (Times New Roman 12-point font and properly double spaced).  The minimum page limit is 2 pages or 600 words.  The maximum page limit is 4 pages or 1200 words.  Information should be summarized in your own words with appropriate APA formatting and citation style of in-text citations in the body of the text to acknowledge the source(s) of information.  Include at least one reference. The course textbook may count towards the reference requirement for this Assignment. All references will follow APA format.  Follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.).  Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.  For additional support, utilize the Kaplan Writing Center and review the document entitled, “Writing Center Resources,” found in Doc sharing

Assignment 2: LASA 2—Evaluating a Supply Chain (Operations Management) 

In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the supply chain. You will provide your assessment of a supply chain in the form of an evaluation. This assignment is the second of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of evaluating supply chains. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will evaluate a supply chain.

Scenario:

You are consulting for the same organization that you worked for in LASA 1. The organization has asked you to design a supply chain and implement a program to monitor its performance with respect to sustainability. They have also asked you to give recommendations for improving upon your plan as the organization grows. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to present your design and recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation at a meeting with the executive management team.

Instructions:

Your presentation should include the following information:

1. Evaluate the organization’s facilities with regard to capacity and location. Determine whether the organization has enough capacity and whether or not the facilities are strategically located.
2. Conduct an inventory analysis of the firm.
   • Evaluate the firm’s ERP system.
   • Evaluate the firm’s inventory management systems.
   • Identify the firm’s inventory costs.
   • Determine the firm’s optimum order quantities.
   • Identify the firm’s seasonality adjustments and reorder points.
3. Describe the systems used to monitor the performance of the suppliers.
   • Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs).
   • Describe the firm’s risk management strategies.
4. Identify the firm’s conflict management strategies.
5. Recommend strategies, tools, etc. the organization can use to improve or expand upon the supply chain in the future.
6. Identify any potential ethical issues that could have a negative impact on the organization and make recommendations to address them.

In addition to the slides in the presentation, include a detailed outline in the speaker notes section explaining the content on each slide. Use at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation. Be sure to cite the sources for your information.

Make sure your presentation adheres to the following Presentation Guidelines:

• Create a presentation that is professional and visually appealing.
• Include a combination of text and graphics.
• Do not write out your entire presentation on the slides. Use bullet points of keywords and short phrases instead of long sentences and paragraphs.
• Create your presentation (slides and Speaker Notes) using language that can be easily understood by the intended audience.
• Use APA formatting for your slides and Speaker Notes (outline).

Develop a 10–15-slide presentation (including the title slide and reference slide) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Notes from LASA 1 

Introduction

Sam Walton is credited for finding Walmart in the year 1962. The Company became publicly incorporated in the year 1969, and henceforth it traded publicly 1970. For this reason, it is true to say that the company is not family owned because it is owned by its stakeholders (Kampf, 2007) However, family members of Walton still have control of the company because they own half the trading shares. Being one of the most successful companies in the world, it is in the list of Fortune Global. As at 2013, it had $469 billion gained through sales and as well had hired over 2.2 million employees of which more than 1.3 million are based in the United States (Kampf, 2007). For this, it is true to say that it is one of the most successful companies globally. As a result, this paper discusses the Strategy, operations as well as the organizational structure of Walmart. It also identifies some possible ethical issues that the management faces.

Strategy

Business Strategy

The company makes use of a combination strategy of differentiation as well as cost leadership. The company provides a wide range of services and products. It does this by this through ensuring that it provides very high quality and way cheaper products than what competitors do provide. It has put its emphasis on rethinking the ways of completing their support and primary activities in a bid to maintain its competitive levels through which differentiation is done.

In evaluation, it is true to say that the company has a well-structured supply chain management chain which as a result is important in the implementation of the cost leadership strategy. Much more the company has made use of Justin time inventory. Through this, the company has been able to cut costs through enforcing the use of fuel efficiency in its transportation trucks. It has greatly decreased the empty miles taken by its trucks and as well getting more pallets for loading its products.  Walmart has once again made of use technology which has indeed played a key role in its supply chain. For this reasons, it has been able to manage supplier and customer relationships, strategize on its transportation routes to be less expensive, forecast on inventory levels and much more come up with an accurate prediction of its demand.

Strategy at Corporate level

On critical reason which strategists urge to be the reason for the success of the company is the fact that it concentrates on a single business. This translates to the fact that 95% of its revenue majorly is given by its grocery business. In the past 30 years, the company has uccessfully employed this strategy of a single business a fact that has contributed effectively the gradual growth of this company (Teece, 2014). It has once again believed in its concept diversification under which it has greatly benefited from its advantages.

Strategy at International Level

The company is ranked position 1 in fortunes global list. It has been able to enter the global market due to the use of its multinational strategy of doing business. Through this strategy, it treats it customers in different countries differently, and as a result its productivity and productivity are very high. Experts say that it has been rather imperative for the company to properly cater for preferences of customers. The company employs the philosophy for different stores and different folks (Teece, 2014).

Global competitiveness plan

The company has operations in over 27 countries. In fact, it has more stores in other countries more than it does in the U.S. In 2015 it had 6,189 stores in the global market compared to 4,987 in the United States. Regarding retailer Canada, Brazil, China, Mexico and The United Kingdom provide the largest market for its products (Teece, 2014). It owes its success in the international market to its global competitiveness plan. 

To prepare for this assignment, make sure to complete the StrengthsFinder quiz located in the back of your book. This will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Click here for a video tutorial on how to complete the quiz and view your results.  Then, view information about your top five strengths at “Start Here – An Overview of the StrengthsFinder Movement,” found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50J8DYo7r44&list=PLhYBLDN6sURWX7h8IdebX2CYyR9QwqoDX. Then view information about your top five strengths at “Strategic – Learn more about your innate talents from Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder!” found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWM36m3d48&list=PLxDaK7wIyw9609RQuIcVwcCtJ6j17hmO4&index=1. 

Write a one to three (1-3) page paper in which you:

1. Describe your initial reaction to finding out your top five strengths.
2. Explain how your top five strengths relate to your leadership style. Determine how they relate to the key functions you would need to perform as a manager.
3. Determine what traits you need to work on the most to become a good leader. Then, explain whether these traits differ from the strengths you need to be a good manager.
4. Indicate which of your strengths you anticipate you will use the most in college or a future career.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the primary functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) and the associated skills, tools, and theoretical approaches that can be used to accomplish these functions.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.
• Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.

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Vision and Mission Statements

What is the difference in a vision statement and a mission statement? Do you need to have both? Why?

The warehouse manager asked you to create a presentation for his staff. The presentation will discuss various aspects of inventory control and will include a sample inventory list as a comprehensive chart that lists all of the company’s internal resources: equipment, machines, technology, furniture, office supplies, and so forth.

Considering the company, its services, and its products and using what you learned in the game module, create a PowerPoint presentation that will address all internal resources of the organization and address the following:

• Explain the “make to order” process
• Quality considerations in the production process
• Supplier deals and supplier quality, reliability, cost, and lead times
• Raw material purchasing strategies
• Explain the roles and uses of inventory
• Explain techniques for effective inventory management
• Explain the elements of lean and “just-in-time” approaches to supply chain management.
• Create an inventory based on departments, units, and teams in a table providing elements of relevant categories (e.g., departments, materials, technology, office equipment, vendors, time line, cost, restocking dates, resource locations) using the inventory list template link below.
• Inventory list template: Should be similar to this example.

Use the following format:

• 8–10 slides
• Eye-catching graphics, clip art, charts, and models
• A minimum of 100–200 words of speaker’s notes per slide
• APA, 6th edition format for all citations and references

Strategy Mapping & the Learning and Growth Perspective

For Module 4, consider your organization’s mission and strategy from the perspective of its learning and growth (from your work on the case, your previous course work, and your background reading, you should be reasonably clear what such activities are). In this section of the assignment you’ll begin to identify objectives and measures relevant to that perspective. Refer back to this presentation on objectives if you need to.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Once you’re reasonably clear on what’s involved, think about your organization and its learning and growth processes, and then:

• Identify at least three objectives for improving the organization’s learning and growth, and show how they relate to the mission, vision and strategy of the organization.
• For each objective, develop at least one meaningful performance measure (metric).
• For each objective, identify at least one expected level of performance (target).
• For each objective, identify at least one new action or program that needs to be developed to ensure successful implementation of the organization’s strategy (initiative).
• Comment briefly on the relationships of the learning and growth objectives that you’ve identified here to the financial objectives that you identified in the Module 1 SLP assignment, the customer service objectives you identified in Module 2, and/or the internal business process objectives you identified in Module 3. How do they help to fulfill those objectives? If they don’t (and they don’t have to), what makes them more important than objectives that would relate to customer service, business processes, or financial operations?
• Finally, do you wish to make any changes to your Module 1, 2, or 3 objective write-ups in light of your Module 4 experience? 

Here’s a table that you may wish to copy and fill in (the boxes are expandable – take all the space you need to be complete in your descriptions. No more than 2-3 pages should be necessary.) 

Objective

Measure

Target

Action

Relationships to other objectives

Revisions (if any) to Module 1, 2, and/or 3 Objectives

Objective/Module

Measure

Target

Action

Assignment 3: Vice President of Operations, Part 3 Due Week 9 and worth 320 points Using the same scenario from Assignment 1, present the following findings to your Chief Executive Officer. Create a presentation in a common format (PowerPoint or a similar program) with a minimum of twenty (20) slides and corresponding speaker notes in which you: 1.Determine which statistical technique you will employ to measure the quality characteristics of your organization. Provide examples to support the rationale. 2.Analyze the current facility location, and then use the three-step procedure to determine a new location. 3.Analyze the key concepts related to capacity planning and facility location for the new location. 4.Examine the current work system design, and determine your organization’s selected feasibility in the job design (i.e., technical, economic, behavioral). Assess key elements of the rationale in the work design competitive advantage. 5.Using the method analysis described in the textbook, defend the new change implementation process and the rationale for the change of method. 6.Develop a diagram showing network planning techniques, in which you use the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) and the critical path method (CPM). 7.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: •Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. •Include corresponding speaker notes for each slide included in the presentation. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: •Apply descriptive statistics to measure quality characteristics. •Analyze the key concepts related to capacity planning and facility location. •Examine the key elements of work system design, the project life cycle, and project management. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management. •Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

Six-Article Annotated Bibliography

• Find and summarize the Grow, Hamm, & Lee’s “The Debate over Doing Good” (in EBSCO).
• Use your key terms that you generated through searching Grantham Library’s EBSCOhostand/or Google Scholar to find at least five additional, reputable articles to review as background information on community partnerships and community organizations.
• Review each of the six articles you found and summarize them based on the following criteria: 
  • The name of the author and article,
  • The purpose of the article,
  • The problem addressed,
  • The population addressed, and,
  • The results of the article.

Your review should include all six articles. You should provide a 100-150 word paragraph for each source addressing the each of the four key ideas in your summary. Each article should also include a reference citation in APA format.

SAMPLE:

Remen, R. N. (1999 Jan.1). Helping, fixing or serving? University ofCincinnati.Retrieved from:https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/uc/honors/docs/communityengagement/HelpingFixingServing.pdf

In the article, “Helping, Fixing, or Serving” (1999), Remen asserts that people see the world in threedifferent ways broken, weak or whole.

These viewpoints results in how a person connect to their world. Remen views serving as a way to moves beyond the expertise and incorporates both their serves strengthens as well as the strengths of others.

Many times people seek to help or fix rather than service. Remen uses examples of an emergency physician sees delivering a baby as a service rather than fixing the problem. She shares how a nurse moved past professional protocols to serve her by removing her ileostomy. In these examples, she explains how experiences shorten the distance between the humans. Remen shows how serving rather than fixing or helping benefits all parties and impacts humanity.

no plagiarism….no plagiarism….no plagiarism….no plagiarism…….no plagiarism…….no plagiarism………..

Make sure your abstract is clear and make sure the reader can understand what the paper will be about

Read Case #28- Netflix and answer the following questions: (each question its own subsection) 

1.    Can Netflix be considered a learning organization? What evidence points to that?

2.   What is the role of Reed Hastings in leading Netflix amidst significant technological changes?3.   Examine Netflix relationship with Amazon. What other dangers does Netflix face?4.   How does the topics in Chapters 8, 11 & 12 link to this case study?5.   submit your responses to the Weekly Assignment Folder:Helpful Links:  1.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ8tJzIaJ3s    2.   http://www.forbes.com/companies/netflix/  3.  http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/04/19/amazon-asks-users-which-original-shows-should-we-make/

       4.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU54pv3cUjY

       5.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiUkGrsSNuE 

Post/submit  homework to the assignment folder for grading.

Looking ahead: Finalize all your work on your Strategic Plan to be turned in during Week 8. Review examples in “Lessons”

Make sure you provide substantive graduate level answers.

Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source citations to support your work.

**Minimum 3 full pages**

***Resubmittals are not accepted once a graded has been awarded***

***ALL written assignments must be submitted in Word document format ONLY**

**When you submit your written assignment, via Word document, it will be loaded automatically to TURNTIN.COM via each assignment weekly***

**USE TEMPLATE PROVIDED** Both the case study and template are attached!!!!

• Select one (1) U.S. publicly traded company and review its most recent Annual Report. (You may use one (1) of the three (3) companies you selected for your Stock Journal assignment.)
  • Use the Income Statement and Balance Sheet to determine the changes in:
    • assets, liabilities, and equity
    • total revenue and net income
  • Briefly describe the change from the current and prior years in each of these key areas and determine if the changes would be positive or negative from an investor / stockholder’s view.

Take the self-assessment from Chapter 2 of the textbook. Then write a 3-page narrative essay that reports your scores, defines your dominant images, and responds to the four questions at the end of the self-assessment. While this is a reflective assignment, you must support your responses with citations as directed in the checklist below.

Chapter 2 is attached as a PDF

• The paper should be formatted with double spacing, citations, title page, reference page, and errorless APA formatting
• Review proper essay form: Include an introduction, the body of text, and a conclusion.
• Develop a 3-page essay (title and reference pages do not count in the 3-page requirement).
• Support your major points with citations from course materials and outside sources. Describe your personal experiences, but support any analysis or interpretation with substantiation from credible sources. To complete this assignment, citation of a minimum of three scholarly references other than the course textbook is required. 

Section 1: Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (MS Word or equivalent)

Write the three to five (3-5) page Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy section of your business plan, in which you:

1. Define your company’s target market.
   • Analyze the types of consumers who will be drinking your beverage in demographic terms (i.e., age, education level, income, gender, ethnic group, etc.). Support your analysis with actual data on the size of the demographic groups in your local community (nearby zip codes).
   • Outline the demographic information for your company specified on the worksheet in the course text (p. 107 | Demographic Description). Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook.
     • Hints: At American FactFinder (http://census.gov), you will find demographic information on potential consumers in your area. If you are selling through other businesses (such as grocery stores), indicate the number of those businesses in your local area. You will find information about such businesses in your local area at County Business Patterns (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/). Check Chapter 2 of Successful Business Plan for more research sources.
2. Assess your company’s market competition.
   • Use the factors listed in the course text graphic (p. 123 | Assess the Competition) to assess your company’s market competition.
   • Defend your strategy to successfully compete against market leaders in your segment.
     • Hints: For example, in the soft drink market, it is intimidating to try to compete against Coke and Pepsi. Newcomers in mature markets typically must pursue niche markets or even create new market categories, as Red Bull did with energy drinks.
   • Defend your plan to differentiate yourself from the competition using the information detailed on the worksheet in the text (p. 131 | Market Share Distribution).
     • Hints: Every business faces competition and the non-alcoholic beverage market is an especially crowded market.

1. Clarify your company’s message using the information provided on the worksheet in the text (p. 160 | The Five F’s).
   • • Hints: Before you choose your marketing vehicles, you must determine the message you want to convey through those vehicles.
2. Identify the marketing vehicles you plan to use to build your company’s brand. Justify the key reasons why they will be effective. Provide examples of other non-alcoholic beverage companies that use these tactics effectively.
   • • Hints: If you plan to use online marketing tactics, refer to the worksheet in the text (p.171 | Online Marketing Tactics) to aid your response. Remember that even if you’re selling through grocery stores you need to build your brand and social media is a major part of that in regard to beverages. Some of the marketing tactics that beverage companies use include: sampling in grocery stores, building a following on social media, sponsoring events, exhibiting at trade shows attended by retailers, and so on. You will use a combination of these tactics. For example, if you decide to give out samples in grocery stores, promote your sampling on your social media networks and those of the grocery store.
   • • Hints: If you are planning to distribute through resellers, describe how you plan to reach them, for example, through industry trade shows or by establishing your own sales force. For information on trade shows, visit the Trade Show News Network (http://www.tsnn.com). You can exhibit or network at these shows.

1. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

1. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
2. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
3. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Section 2: Marketing Budget (MS Excel worksheets template)

Section 2 uses the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1). Use the “Business Plan Financials Guide” (see: Course Required Files in Week 1) to support your development of the Marketing Budget.

1. Complete the Marketing Budget worksheet for your company.
   • • Hints: The goal of the marketing budget is to help you determine how much it will cost you to reach your market and achieve your sales goals.
     • Hints: When filling out the “Marketing Budget” worksheet in the Excel spreadsheet:
       • Begin in the current year and complete a marketing budget for the first year of your business. The information you enter in the marketing budget spreadsheet will flow through to your “Income Statement” in the Business Plan Financials.
       • Leave the number at zero (0) for any marketing vehicles you do not intend to use.
       • Remember that all marketing activities involve costs. If social media represents a significant portion of your marketing, assume you will have cost of advertising and that should be reflected on your budget. Even if a social media site charges nothing to use it, you will need to use company resources to manage the site, pay someone to execute your social media marketing campaigns, and will most likely pay for ads on that site.
       • Do NOT leave the “Marketing Budget” blank, assuming you will not have any marketing costs.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend effective business strategies based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics, and internal capabilities.
• Analyze competitive positions including foreign market entry and the resulting impact on business strategy.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.