This document provides an overview of assessing a firm's internal environment through analyzing its resources, capabilities, and value chain. It discusses:
- The benefits and limitations of SWOT analysis for conducting an internal analysis of a firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Porter's value chain framework for analyzing a firm's primary activities like operations, marketing, and service, as well as support activities like procurement, technology development, and human resource management. This can help identify relationships between activities to create a competitive advantage.
- Examples of tangible and intangible resources a firm can possess like patents, brand equity, and proprietary know-how. Organizational capabilities refer to effectively utilizing resources.
INTERNAL Assign no 4 ( JAIPUR INTERNAL UNI)Partha_bappa
This document discusses various topics related to human resource management. It differentiates between HRM and HRD, defining HRM as dealing with all aspects of human resources including recruitment and rewards, while HRD only focuses on development. It defines job specification and lists some common causes of grievances in organizations such as poor working conditions, attitudes of supervisors, and economic factors like wages. It also discusses human resource inventory, listing the types of records that can be used, and lists some benefits of training such as keeping employees motivated and cost-effectiveness. Finally, it discusses various internal and external sources of recruitment and their merits and demerits.
This document summarizes strategies for managing talent and workforce costs during an economic downturn. It discusses conducting a strategic role assessment to identify top performers in critical roles. It also recommends repositioning the workforce through comprehensive planning, including global sourcing, recruiting talent with needed skills, and creating meaningful work and career opportunities to engage employees. Keeping employees engaged and supporting their well-being is important for competitiveness during difficult times.
Mid term assignment of strategic managementMaria Khine
1. The document discusses different strategic approaches including competitive, competence, and core competence approaches. It analyzes the organization's resources using VRIO framework to identify sources of sustained competitive advantage.
2. Strategic planning, financial control, and strategic control are described as three styles of relationship between corporate centers and business units for strategic decision making and control. Strategic planning involves centralized master planning while financial control focuses on decentralized performance targets.
3. Strategic control refers to monitoring deviations from the original strategy and implementing corrective measures by establishing reference points and methods to measure strategic effectiveness and efficiency.
This document provides an outline and overview of strategic management concepts related to strategy analysis and choice. It discusses:
1) Three key stages in the strategy formulation framework - the input, matching, and decision stages. Various analytical tools are used at each stage like IFE, EFE, TOWS matrices.
2) The TOWS matrix as a tool to match internal strengths and weaknesses to external opportunities and threats to generate alternative strategies. Four types of strategies - SO, WO, ST, WT - can be developed.
3) The SPACE matrix, another strategic planning tool that evaluates strategic position based on internal financial strength and competitive advantage and external environmental stability and industry strength to determine appropriate strategies.
Internal scanning involves analysing a company's internal resources and capabilities. This includes identifying resources that provide competitive advantage according to the VRIO framework. Resources must be valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and the company must be organized to exploit them. The document discusses evaluating resources against a company's past performance, competitors, and industry averages. It also discusses using a resource-based approach involving identifying, combining, appraising, selecting strategies for, and upgrading resources and capabilities. Corporate culture and value chain analysis are important parts of internal scanning to identify strengths and weaknesses within a company.
This document discusses key concepts for strategic management including key success factors, competitive advantage, core competencies, profit margin, leadership, types of power, and cost efficiency. Key success factors refer to the elements required for an organization to meet its goals. Competitive advantage allows a company to outperform competitors through attributes like resources, quality, or pricing. Core competencies are skills that distinguish a firm and contribute significantly to customer benefits. Cost efficiency relates monetary inputs like spending to desired outcomes like increased sales.
This document provides an overview of assessing a firm's internal environment through analyzing its resources, capabilities, and value chain. It discusses:
- The benefits and limitations of SWOT analysis for conducting an internal analysis of a firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Porter's value chain framework for analyzing a firm's primary activities like operations, marketing, and service, as well as support activities like procurement, technology development, and human resource management. This can help identify relationships between activities to create a competitive advantage.
- Examples of tangible and intangible resources a firm can possess like patents, brand equity, and proprietary know-how. Organizational capabilities refer to effectively utilizing resources.
INTERNAL Assign no 4 ( JAIPUR INTERNAL UNI)Partha_bappa
This document discusses various topics related to human resource management. It differentiates between HRM and HRD, defining HRM as dealing with all aspects of human resources including recruitment and rewards, while HRD only focuses on development. It defines job specification and lists some common causes of grievances in organizations such as poor working conditions, attitudes of supervisors, and economic factors like wages. It also discusses human resource inventory, listing the types of records that can be used, and lists some benefits of training such as keeping employees motivated and cost-effectiveness. Finally, it discusses various internal and external sources of recruitment and their merits and demerits.
This document summarizes strategies for managing talent and workforce costs during an economic downturn. It discusses conducting a strategic role assessment to identify top performers in critical roles. It also recommends repositioning the workforce through comprehensive planning, including global sourcing, recruiting talent with needed skills, and creating meaningful work and career opportunities to engage employees. Keeping employees engaged and supporting their well-being is important for competitiveness during difficult times.
Mid term assignment of strategic managementMaria Khine
1. The document discusses different strategic approaches including competitive, competence, and core competence approaches. It analyzes the organization's resources using VRIO framework to identify sources of sustained competitive advantage.
2. Strategic planning, financial control, and strategic control are described as three styles of relationship between corporate centers and business units for strategic decision making and control. Strategic planning involves centralized master planning while financial control focuses on decentralized performance targets.
3. Strategic control refers to monitoring deviations from the original strategy and implementing corrective measures by establishing reference points and methods to measure strategic effectiveness and efficiency.
This document provides an outline and overview of strategic management concepts related to strategy analysis and choice. It discusses:
1) Three key stages in the strategy formulation framework - the input, matching, and decision stages. Various analytical tools are used at each stage like IFE, EFE, TOWS matrices.
2) The TOWS matrix as a tool to match internal strengths and weaknesses to external opportunities and threats to generate alternative strategies. Four types of strategies - SO, WO, ST, WT - can be developed.
3) The SPACE matrix, another strategic planning tool that evaluates strategic position based on internal financial strength and competitive advantage and external environmental stability and industry strength to determine appropriate strategies.
Internal scanning involves analysing a company's internal resources and capabilities. This includes identifying resources that provide competitive advantage according to the VRIO framework. Resources must be valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and the company must be organized to exploit them. The document discusses evaluating resources against a company's past performance, competitors, and industry averages. It also discusses using a resource-based approach involving identifying, combining, appraising, selecting strategies for, and upgrading resources and capabilities. Corporate culture and value chain analysis are important parts of internal scanning to identify strengths and weaknesses within a company.
This document discusses key concepts for strategic management including key success factors, competitive advantage, core competencies, profit margin, leadership, types of power, and cost efficiency. Key success factors refer to the elements required for an organization to meet its goals. Competitive advantage allows a company to outperform competitors through attributes like resources, quality, or pricing. Core competencies are skills that distinguish a firm and contribute significantly to customer benefits. Cost efficiency relates monetary inputs like spending to desired outcomes like increased sales.
The document provides an overview of conducting an internal analysis for strategic management. It discusses analyzing an organization's resources and capabilities, including its resource-based view, business model, value chain, functional resources, and functional capabilities. Key aspects covered include identifying the organization's strengths and weaknesses, distinctive competencies, core competencies, management functions, strategic marketing issues like market position and segmentation, marketing mix, product life cycle, and brand reputation. The internal analysis is critical for understanding an organization's internal strategic factors to determine if it can take advantage of opportunities and avoid threats.
The document discusses how to conduct a functional analysis of an organization by identifying strengths and weaknesses across key functional areas like marketing, finance, operations, human resources, and technology. It provides examples of strengths in these areas for different companies. The document also discusses how to analyze an organization's value chain and resources using frameworks like the VRIO model to assess strategic importance.
The document provides an overview of various corporate analysis frameworks and strategies. It discusses concepts like the resource-based approach, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, and growth strategies. The resource-based approach emphasizes analyzing a firm's internal resources and capabilities to achieve competitive advantages. Value chain analysis examines a firm's activities to identify sources of value and competitive advantages. SWOT analysis involves analyzing internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. Growth strategies aim to accelerate sales, profits, and market share through entering new markets or developing new products.
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The document discusses assessing a firm's internal environment, including conducting SWOT and value chain analyses to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, and competitive advantages. It describes the primary and support activities in a value chain, such as inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, service, technology development, and general administration. The document also covers assessing a firm's tangible, intangible, and organizational resources based on whether they are valuable, rare, difficult to imitate or substitute. Financial ratio analysis and stakeholder interests are mentioned as additional factors for internal assessment.
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Introduction
Objectives of compensation management
Principles of compensation formulation
Types of wages and wage policies
Procedure and practices for wage determination
Compensation decisions
Compensation benchmarking
Compensation trends and practices in India
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This document discusses internal analysis, which involves identifying an organization's strengths and weaknesses by examining its resources, capabilities, core competencies, vision, mission, objectives, and strategies. Internal analysis enables firms to better understand themselves and make strategic decisions. It reviews the different types of organizational resources and capabilities that can provide competitive advantages if leveraged effectively. Various approaches to conducting internal analysis like value chain analysis and competitive strength assessment are presented.
The document discusses the process of conducting a feasibility study for a proposed business project. It explains that a feasibility study assesses whether the project is practical and can succeed given available resources. The goals are to understand all aspects of the project, identify potential problems, and determine if the project is worth undertaking. Key steps in the process include gathering feedback, analyzing market data, writing a business plan, and preparing financial projections. Conducting a feasibility study helps decide whether to move forward with a project and can convince investors that the project is worthwhile.
The document discusses internal appraisal, which involves assessing a firm's strengths, weaknesses, status, competitive advantages, and core competencies. It provides examples of analyzing various companies and identifies their strengths and weaknesses in areas like marketing, finance, manufacturing, R&D, and human resources. Various techniques for internal appraisal are also outlined, along with how companies can identify and build competitive advantages and core competencies through approaches like benchmarking, innovation, integration, strategic alliances and more. The concepts of competitive advantage and core competence are defined and distinguished.
Functional Capability and Resource Analysis PresentationBrandon Thomson
This document outlines a methodology for analyzing a firm's functional capabilities and resources. The methodology involves 6 steps: 1) determining critical success factors, 2) identifying resources, 3) evaluating resources using the VRIO framework, 4) identifying gaps between resources and success factors, 5) diagnosing current strategy, and 6) formulating future strategies. The document then applies this methodology to analyze American Airlines, identifying its key resources, evaluating these using VRIO, diagnosing its current strategy, and proposing rational future strategies.
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This document discusses four cornerstones of successful strategy renewal:
1) Developing a broad external view of changes in the relevant environment and emerging opportunities and threats.
2) Taking a deep internal view to understand the company's strengths, weaknesses, and "center of gravity".
3) Making bold decisions by translating the diagnosis into clear priorities, resource allocations, and go/no-go decisions.
4) Adjusting culture and capabilities to ensure actions are coherently building on each other and the company can achieve its new strategic objectives. Developing strategic capabilities and strengthening culture requires a long-term, systematic approach.
This document discusses SWOT analysis and proposes a new five-step method for conducting SWOT. It begins with an overview of the origins and development of SWOT analysis in strategic planning literature. It then reviews examples of how SWOT has been applied in practice, noting limitations such as lack of agreement among managers in identifying strengths and weaknesses. The document proposes a new method for SWOT analysis focused on critical customer values and competitive comparisons to assess organizational strengths in terms of strong product positioning. It concludes by considering implications for analyzing threats and the importance of competitive intelligence.
The document provides guidance on pay adjustment tools and mechanisms at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. It outlines the types of pay adjustments that can be requested, including equity adjustments, market factor adjustments, retention adjustments, and performance adjustments. For each type of adjustment, it lists the evidence and documentation required to justify the need for the adjustment. It also specifies which employee classes and HR systems should be used for the different adjustment types.
The document discusses compensation surveys, which are used by organizations to determine prevailing market rates and design competitive compensation strategies. It outlines the importance of compensation and benefits in motivating employees and reinforcing organizational culture. It then describes the objectives and types of compensation surveys, including standard and customized surveys. Steps for conducting an effective salary survey are also provided, such as determining an appropriate sample, comparing data accurately, and evaluating a survey's validity.
Internal scanning is important for identifying a firm's internal strategic factors and resources. A resource provides competitive advantage if it is valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and the organization is well-structured to exploit it. A strategic audit examines a firm's functional resources, organizational structure, culture, and assesses its strengths and weaknesses using frameworks like VRIO and IFAS.
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Assignment 2: Operations Decision
Due Week 6 and worth 300 points
Using the regression results and the other computations from Assignment 1, determine the market structure in which the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company operates.
Use the Internet to research two (2) of the leading competitors in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry, and take note of their pricing strategies, profitability, and their relationships within the industry (worldwide).
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price
2. .
Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
3.
Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.
TC = 160,000,000 + 100Q + 0.0063212Q2VC = 100Q + 0.0063212Q2MC= 100 + 0.0126424Q
4. Determine the possible circumstances under which the company should discontinue operations. Suggest key actions that management should take in order to confront these circumstances. Provide a rationale for your response. (Hint: Your firm’s price must cover average variable costs in the short run and average total costs in the long run to continue operations.)
5.
Suggest one (1) pricing policy that will enable your low-calorie, frozen microwavable food company to maximize profits. Provide a rationale for your suggestion.
(Hints:
· In Assignment 1, you determined your firm’s market demand equation. Now you need to find the inverse demand equation. Having found that, find the Total Revenue function for your firm (TR is P x Q). From your firm’s Total Revenue function, then find your Marginal Revenue (MR) function.
· Use the profit maximization rule MR = MC to determine your optimal price and optimal output level now that you have market power. Compare these values with the values you generated in Assignment 1. Determine whether your price higher is or lower.
·
6. Outline a plan, based on the information provided in the scenario, which the company could use in order to evaluate its financial performance. Consider all the key drivers of performance, such a ...
The document provides an overview of conducting an internal analysis for strategic management. It discusses analyzing an organization's resources and capabilities, including its resource-based view, business model, value chain, functional resources, and functional capabilities. Key aspects covered include identifying the organization's strengths and weaknesses, distinctive competencies, core competencies, management functions, strategic marketing issues like market position and segmentation, marketing mix, product life cycle, and brand reputation. The internal analysis is critical for understanding an organization's internal strategic factors to determine if it can take advantage of opportunities and avoid threats.
The document discusses how to conduct a functional analysis of an organization by identifying strengths and weaknesses across key functional areas like marketing, finance, operations, human resources, and technology. It provides examples of strengths in these areas for different companies. The document also discusses how to analyze an organization's value chain and resources using frameworks like the VRIO model to assess strategic importance.
The document provides an overview of various corporate analysis frameworks and strategies. It discusses concepts like the resource-based approach, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, and growth strategies. The resource-based approach emphasizes analyzing a firm's internal resources and capabilities to achieve competitive advantages. Value chain analysis examines a firm's activities to identify sources of value and competitive advantages. SWOT analysis involves analyzing internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. Growth strategies aim to accelerate sales, profits, and market share through entering new markets or developing new products.
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The document discusses assessing a firm's internal environment, including conducting SWOT and value chain analyses to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, and competitive advantages. It describes the primary and support activities in a value chain, such as inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, service, technology development, and general administration. The document also covers assessing a firm's tangible, intangible, and organizational resources based on whether they are valuable, rare, difficult to imitate or substitute. Financial ratio analysis and stakeholder interests are mentioned as additional factors for internal assessment.
certified compensation and benefits manager sample-materialVskills
The sample course material covers the following topics as under.
Introduction
Objectives of compensation management
Principles of compensation formulation
Types of wages and wage policies
Procedure and practices for wage determination
Compensation decisions
Compensation benchmarking
Compensation trends and practices in India
Get the complete material. Check more details on the below link.
http://www.vskills.in/certification/Human-Resources/Certified-Compensation-and-Benefits-Manager
Evaluating an International Human Resource Strategy
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This document discusses internal analysis, which involves identifying an organization's strengths and weaknesses by examining its resources, capabilities, core competencies, vision, mission, objectives, and strategies. Internal analysis enables firms to better understand themselves and make strategic decisions. It reviews the different types of organizational resources and capabilities that can provide competitive advantages if leveraged effectively. Various approaches to conducting internal analysis like value chain analysis and competitive strength assessment are presented.
The document discusses the process of conducting a feasibility study for a proposed business project. It explains that a feasibility study assesses whether the project is practical and can succeed given available resources. The goals are to understand all aspects of the project, identify potential problems, and determine if the project is worth undertaking. Key steps in the process include gathering feedback, analyzing market data, writing a business plan, and preparing financial projections. Conducting a feasibility study helps decide whether to move forward with a project and can convince investors that the project is worthwhile.
The document discusses internal appraisal, which involves assessing a firm's strengths, weaknesses, status, competitive advantages, and core competencies. It provides examples of analyzing various companies and identifies their strengths and weaknesses in areas like marketing, finance, manufacturing, R&D, and human resources. Various techniques for internal appraisal are also outlined, along with how companies can identify and build competitive advantages and core competencies through approaches like benchmarking, innovation, integration, strategic alliances and more. The concepts of competitive advantage and core competence are defined and distinguished.
Functional Capability and Resource Analysis PresentationBrandon Thomson
This document outlines a methodology for analyzing a firm's functional capabilities and resources. The methodology involves 6 steps: 1) determining critical success factors, 2) identifying resources, 3) evaluating resources using the VRIO framework, 4) identifying gaps between resources and success factors, 5) diagnosing current strategy, and 6) formulating future strategies. The document then applies this methodology to analyze American Airlines, identifying its key resources, evaluating these using VRIO, diagnosing its current strategy, and proposing rational future strategies.
August White Paper 1/2016: Find Your Center of Gravity - Four Cornerstones of...August Associates
This document discusses four cornerstones of successful strategy renewal:
1) Developing a broad external view of changes in the relevant environment and emerging opportunities and threats.
2) Taking a deep internal view to understand the company's strengths, weaknesses, and "center of gravity".
3) Making bold decisions by translating the diagnosis into clear priorities, resource allocations, and go/no-go decisions.
4) Adjusting culture and capabilities to ensure actions are coherently building on each other and the company can achieve its new strategic objectives. Developing strategic capabilities and strengthening culture requires a long-term, systematic approach.
This document discusses SWOT analysis and proposes a new five-step method for conducting SWOT. It begins with an overview of the origins and development of SWOT analysis in strategic planning literature. It then reviews examples of how SWOT has been applied in practice, noting limitations such as lack of agreement among managers in identifying strengths and weaknesses. The document proposes a new method for SWOT analysis focused on critical customer values and competitive comparisons to assess organizational strengths in terms of strong product positioning. It concludes by considering implications for analyzing threats and the importance of competitive intelligence.
The document provides guidance on pay adjustment tools and mechanisms at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. It outlines the types of pay adjustments that can be requested, including equity adjustments, market factor adjustments, retention adjustments, and performance adjustments. For each type of adjustment, it lists the evidence and documentation required to justify the need for the adjustment. It also specifies which employee classes and HR systems should be used for the different adjustment types.
The document discusses compensation surveys, which are used by organizations to determine prevailing market rates and design competitive compensation strategies. It outlines the importance of compensation and benefits in motivating employees and reinforcing organizational culture. It then describes the objectives and types of compensation surveys, including standard and customized surveys. Steps for conducting an effective salary survey are also provided, such as determining an appropriate sample, comparing data accurately, and evaluating a survey's validity.
Internal scanning is important for identifying a firm's internal strategic factors and resources. A resource provides competitive advantage if it is valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and the organization is well-structured to exploit it. A strategic audit examines a firm's functional resources, organizational structure, culture, and assesses its strengths and weaknesses using frameworks like VRIO and IFAS.
Assignment 2 Operations DecisionDue Week 6 and worth 300 points.docxrock73
Assignment 2: Operations Decision
Due Week 6 and worth 300 points
Using the regression results and the other computations from Assignment 1, determine the market structure in which the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company operates.
Use the Internet to research two (2) of the leading competitors in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry, and take note of their pricing strategies, profitability, and their relationships within the industry (worldwide).
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price
2. .
Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
3.
Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.
TC = 160,000,000 + 100Q + 0.0063212Q2VC = 100Q + 0.0063212Q2MC= 100 + 0.0126424Q
4. Determine the possible circumstances under which the company should discontinue operations. Suggest key actions that management should take in order to confront these circumstances. Provide a rationale for your response. (Hint: Your firm’s price must cover average variable costs in the short run and average total costs in the long run to continue operations.)
5.
Suggest one (1) pricing policy that will enable your low-calorie, frozen microwavable food company to maximize profits. Provide a rationale for your suggestion.
(Hints:
· In Assignment 1, you determined your firm’s market demand equation. Now you need to find the inverse demand equation. Having found that, find the Total Revenue function for your firm (TR is P x Q). From your firm’s Total Revenue function, then find your Marginal Revenue (MR) function.
· Use the profit maximization rule MR = MC to determine your optimal price and optimal output level now that you have market power. Compare these values with the values you generated in Assignment 1. Determine whether your price higher is or lower.
·
6. Outline a plan, based on the information provided in the scenario, which the company could use in order to evaluate its financial performance. Consider all the key drivers of performance, such a ...
This document outlines several assignments for the BUS 599 course on strategic management. It includes assignments on recommending a new strategy for Kodak, analyzing strategies at Federal Express, comparing Amazon and Yahoo, and a capstone project analyzing strategies at Apple and Samsung. The assignments require analyzing companies' strategies, environments, capabilities and recommending improvements. They must be 5-12 pages and use at least 3 academic sources, excluding websites like Wikipedia.
The Business Plan, The Business Planning Process, Strategic Planning, Analysing The Environment, Analysing The Firm, Industry And Competitor Analysis, Product And Portfolio Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Generating Strategic Options, Market Analysis And Strategy , Market Forecasting, The Operational Plan, Model The Business, Accounting Principles, Completing The Financial Statements, Reviewing The Financial Statements, Evaluating Strategic Options, Funding Issues, Risk Analysis, Presenting The Business Plan And Obtaining Approval, Implementing The Business Plan, Sayeed Alam, 9910479355
This document contains an archive file for the BUS 434 Entire Course. The archive includes discussion questions, papers, quizzes for each of the 5 weeks of the course. It covers topics like compensation systems, job descriptions, performance evaluations, executive compensation, and benefit packages. It also includes links to additional tutorials and resources.
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The document provides guidelines and requirements for a final project in which students will create a business development plan for a selected company or organization. The project involves three milestones and a final submission. For the milestones and final project, students must assess the company's operations and capabilities, identify opportunities to improve performance through strategies like lean techniques and quality management, and recommend how to strengthen sustainability and ensure long-term viability. The final project will demonstrate understanding of course concepts and applying them to promote organizational performance.
The BCG Growth/Share Portfolio Matrix is a tool that analyzes a company's portfolio of business units based on their relative market share and market growth rate. It plots units on a 2x2 grid to identify "stars", "cash cows", "question marks", and "dogs". Stars have high share and growth and should receive investment, while dogs have low share and growth and should be divested. The tool helps allocate scarce resources but oversimplifies by only considering two factors and doesn't address shrinking markets. It works best as part of a broader analysis.
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BUS310ASSIGNMENT
Imagine that you work for a company with an age diverse workforce. You have baby boomers working with millenials. Their backgrounds are different, and how they view work is different. This is causing some friction within the workforce. Before the tension escalates, you need to have a meeting to discuss the issue. Prepare a five to seven (5-7) slide PowerPoint presentation for your staff meeting that addresses this issue and proposes a solution.
Create a five to seven (5-7) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
1. Propose a solution that will relieve friction in your company’s age diverse workforce.
2. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
a. Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and at least one (1) relevant graphic (photograph, graph, clip art, etc.). Ensure that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from up to 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
b. Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
· Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
Team Project Deliverable and Presentation
You team works for XYZ Company, which has a directional strategy focused on expanding the company through horizontal integration. Your team can determine the official name of the company and industry. The company does a great job keeping close watch on its cash position and consistently maintains a positive cash flow; is very solvent; controls its overhead expenses; has solid marketing and sales, production, and human resources performance metrics, and fosters a culture of strategic thinkers. Historically, your company has expanded through a combination of organic (new startups) and inorganic growth and feels it’s time to consider acquisition opportunities.
The Board is looking to engage in a friendly acquisition of a company that will not only increase its market share, but allow it to penetrate new markets and increase the company’s abilities to meet current and future consumer needs and expectations. Since management’s attitude is to pursue a friendly acquisition as opposed to a hostile takeover, your team may consider looking at conglomerates that have experienced significant growth through inorganic growth (acquisitions) and may now be looking to refocus on their core business and are willing to consider divesting some of its businesses that are within your industry. There could be other companies.
This document contains assignments and discussion questions for three weeks of an operations management course. It includes topics such as defining operations management, measuring productivity, forecasting, project management, production processes, capacity decisions, and process strategy. Students are asked to justify their answers, comment on peers' responses, and complete assignments in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
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The document provides guidelines and a rubric for a final business development plan project. It outlines the requirements and expectations for the project, which involves assessing an organization's operations and making recommendations to improve business sustainability, quality, and competitiveness. The project is divided into three milestones and a final submission. The milestones involve analyzing the organization, assessing lean techniques and forecasting, and evaluating business opportunities. The final submission combines these into a comprehensive business development plan. Critical elements to be addressed include aligning resources to opportunities, managing quality, lean practices, technology, and sustainability.
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Question: Module 2 Discussion Forum
Quebecor Printing is a commercial printing company that is expanding, acquiring ailing printing companies, and moving into international markets. They have completed more than 100 mergers and buyouts since 1972 and have focused on customized service by using "selective binding" to print. Apply strategies from Porter's model to make Quebecor Printing’s business more profitable.
Follow below rules to complete the assignment.
Within each module, there is a list of key terms. Each student will select one of the key terms and conduct a search of Campbellsville University’s online Library resources to find 1 recent peer reviewed article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:
DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.
SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- this should be in the 150-200-word range. Be sure to note the article's author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.
DISCUSSION: Using 300-350 words, write a brief discussion, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. A discussion is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.
REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission--in APA format. (continued) Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.
Any form of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire assignment.
Material:
Supplemental Resources
Mechanistic Organization vs. Organic Organization -https://blog.ordoro.com/2012/07/15/mechanistic-organization/
Common Organizational Structures- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
Factors to Consider in Organizational Design- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/factors-to-consider-in-organizational-design/
Organizational Environment | Sources of Organizational Uncertainty- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=9unK-zqhOhQ
Organizational Environment | Adapting to the Environment- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=vFIn1uhFuqI&t=13s
What Kinds of Changes Do Companies Make in Response to Environmental Uncertainty?- https://smallbusiness.chron.com/kinds-changes-companies-make-response-environmental-uncertainty-71519.html
Task2:
Please provide comments/replies for below two discussions. Each comment/reply should be 150 words.
Classmate disc1:
Sidhartha Ananthula - Sunday, 15 March 2020, 10:31 AM
Porter’s Model
A commercial and.
Task1-Question Module 2 Discussion ForumQuebecor Printing is .docxbradburgess22840
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Question: Module 2 Discussion Forum
Quebecor Printing is a commercial printing company that is expanding, acquiring ailing printing companies, and moving into international markets. They have completed more than 100 mergers and buyouts since 1972 and have focused on customized service by using "selective binding" to print. Apply strategies from Porter's model to make Quebecor Printing’s business more profitable.
Follow below rules to complete the assignment.
Within each module, there is a list of key terms. Each student will select one of the key terms and conduct a search of Campbellsville University’s online Library resources to find 1 recent peer reviewed article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:
DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.
SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- this should be in the 150-200-word range. Be sure to note the article's author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.
DISCUSSION: Using 300-350 words, write a brief discussion, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. A discussion is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.
REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission--in APA format. (continued) Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.
Any form of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire assignment.
Material:
Supplemental Resources
Mechanistic Organization vs. Organic Organization -https://blog.ordoro.com/2012/07/15/mechanistic-organization/
Common Organizational Structures- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
Factors to Consider in Organizational Design- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/factors-to-consider-in-organizational-design/
Organizational Environment | Sources of Organizational Uncertainty- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=9unK-zqhOhQ
Organizational Environment | Adapting to the Environment- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=vFIn1uhFuqI&t=13s
What Kinds of Changes Do Companies Make in Response to Environmental Uncertainty?- https://smallbusiness.chron.com/kinds-changes-companies-make-response-environmental-uncertainty-71519.html
Task2:
Please provide comments/replies for below two discussions. Each comment/reply should be 150 words.
Classmate disc1:
Sidhartha Ananthula - Sunday, 15 March 2020, 10:31 AM
Porter’s Model
A commercial and.
Task1-Question Module 2 Discussion ForumQuebecor Printing is .docxdeanmtaylor1545
Task1-
Question: Module 2 Discussion Forum
Quebecor Printing is a commercial printing company that is expanding, acquiring ailing printing companies, and moving into international markets. They have completed more than 100 mergers and buyouts since 1972 and have focused on customized service by using "selective binding" to print. Apply strategies from Porter's model to make Quebecor Printing’s business more profitable.
Follow below rules to complete the assignment.
Within each module, there is a list of key terms. Each student will select one of the key terms and conduct a search of Campbellsville University’s online Library resources to find 1 recent peer reviewed article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:
DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.
SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- this should be in the 150-200-word range. Be sure to note the article's author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.
DISCUSSION: Using 300-350 words, write a brief discussion, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. A discussion is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.
REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission--in APA format. (continued) Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.
Any form of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire assignment.
Material:
Supplemental Resources
Mechanistic Organization vs. Organic Organization -https://blog.ordoro.com/2012/07/15/mechanistic-organization/
Common Organizational Structures- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/common-organizational-structures/
Factors to Consider in Organizational Design- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/factors-to-consider-in-organizational-design/
Organizational Environment | Sources of Organizational Uncertainty- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=9unK-zqhOhQ
Organizational Environment | Adapting to the Environment- https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=vFIn1uhFuqI&t=13s
What Kinds of Changes Do Companies Make in Response to Environmental Uncertainty?- https://smallbusiness.chron.com/kinds-changes-companies-make-response-environmental-uncertainty-71519.html
Task2:
Please provide comments/replies for below two discussions. Each comment/reply should be 150 words.
Classmate disc1:
Sidhartha Ananthula - Sunday, 15 March 2020, 10:31 AM
Porter’s Model
A commercial and.
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• The document should be double spaced, using Ariel font #12.
• Label each section (e.g., FINANCE) to indicate which discipline’s questions you are
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BUS 681 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION 1
Discussthe general goalsof an organization'scompensationsystem, includinghow acompensation
strategyworksto supportthe organization'sbusinessstrategy. Respondtoatleasttwo of your fellow
students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION 2
Discussthe variousfactorsthat influence acompany’scompetitive strategiesandcompensation
practices. Assesshowa companycan mitigate these factorsusingeffective compensationpractices.
Respondtoat leasttwo of your fellow students’postings.
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2. BUS 681 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT
Strategiccompensationisacomponentof the humanresource system.Organizationsmustdetermine
the importance of manyfactors whenchoosingcompensationandbenefits.Write athree-to-five page
essay(notincludingthe title andreference pages) thatsummarizesthe impactandeffectof
compensationwithinanorganization.Yourpapershouldbe writteninascholarlythird-persontone;it
shouldbe inAPA format.In additiontothe introductionandconclusion,yourpapershouldaddressthe
following:
a. Examine howorganizationsdeterminethe relative importance of compensable factors.
b. Evaluate howcompensationstrategiestieintounderlyingcorporate values.
c. Analyze anexample whichdemonstrateshow anorganization’scompensationandbenefits
programshave beenutilizedtoobtaincorporate strategicgoals.
In additiontothe text,cite at leasttwoscholarlyreferencestosupportyourdiscussion.
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 681 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION 1
Define the conceptof seniorityandmeritpayplans,includingthe strengthsandlimitationsof suchplans
withinanorganization. Discussthe job,organizational and/orotherfactorsthatshouldbe considered
whendecidingbetweenthe two. Respondtoatleasttwoof yourfellow students’postings.
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3. BUS 681 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT
You have beenaskedtoreturnto your almamater andspeakto currentstudentsaboutperformance
managementissues.Tomake the mostof thisexperience foryourself andthe students,write athree-
to-five page paper(notincludingthe title andreference pages) tohelpyouprepare.Yourpapershould
be writtenina scholarlythird-persontone;itshouldbe inAPA format.Inadditiontothe introduction
and conclusion,yourpapershouldaddressthe following:
a. Explainthe conceptof “performance management.”
b. Identifythe mostprominenttypesof performance managementplans.
c. Compare the plans’impacton the employeeandthe organization.
d. Discussthe relationshipbetweenperformance managementandcompensation.
e. Evaluate the factorsthat shouldbe consideredwhensuccessfullyimplementingperformance
managementwithinanorganization.
In additiontothe text,cite at leasttwoscholarlyreferencesto supportyourdiscussion.
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 681 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 1
Discussthe basicbuildingblocksof developingamarketcompetitive paysystem, includingthe
relationship betweeninternalandexternalequity.Respondtoat leasttwoof your fellow students’
postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2
Provide abrief overviewof the jobevaluationprocess,includingthe importance of compensable factors.
Detail the compensablefactorsof a positionyouare familiarwithandtheirimpactonthat position’s
salary,and youmay wantto reference the jobanalysisandjobdescriptionprocess,whichformthe
foundationof jobevaluation.Identifyatleastfourpitfallsthatexistfororganizationsthatdonotfollow
thisprocess. Respondtoat leasttwoof your fellow students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT
Compose athree-to-five page paper(notincludingthe title andreference pages).Yourpapershouldbe
writtenina scholarlythird-persontone;itshouldbe inAPA format.Youressayshouldaddressthe
following:
a. Evaluate the conceptof marketcompetitivenessinrelationtoanorganization’spaysystem,
particularlywhenitisunable toofferitsemployeesmarketcompetitive salaries due toalack of financial
resources.
b. Propose at leastthree alternative approachesfororganizationswhichhave limitedfinancial
resources.
5. c. Identifyatleastthree specificstepsthatcouldbe takentominimize the impactimplementing
these alternativeapproachescouldhave onthe firm’ssuccess.Justifywhythesestepswouldbe the
mostappropriate inthissituation.
In additiontothe text,cite at leasttwoscholarlyreferencestosupportyourdiscussion.
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 681 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1
Discussthe role of benefitsincompensation. Review the primaryreasonsanorganizationprovides
benefitstoitsemployees;predictfuture trendsinrelationtoemployee benefits,includingnational
healthcare;identifyfactorsthatshouldbe considered whencreatingabenefitsplan.Respondtoatleast
twoof your fellow students’postings.
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role-of-benefits-26158
BUS 681 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 2
Discussthe originsof employer-sponsoredretirementplans. Then,discussthe 2-3most prominent
trendsinretirementplansincludingitsimpactforboththe employee andthe organization.Respondto
at leasttwoof yourfellowstudents’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT
Conductresearchon the currentstate of Social Security.Basedonyourresearch,write a three-to-five
page paper(not includingthe titleandreference pages).Yourpapershouldbe writteninascholarly
third-persontone;itshouldbe inAPA format.The essayshouldaddressthe following:
a. Explainthe conceptof Social SecurityasoriginallyenvisionedbyPresidentRoosevelt.
b. Evaluate the viabilityof Social Securitywithinthe next20-30years.
c. Provide twoorthree recommendationsthatwouldimprove the viabilityof Social Securityfor
the nextgeneration.
d. Evaluate howthese recommendationscanbestbe implementedwithinthe highlypolitical
environmentthatexistswiththisissue(includingfactorssuchasthe implementationitself,
communication,education,support,etc.).
In additiontothe text,cite at leasttwoscholarlyreferencestosupportyourdiscussion.
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 681 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 1
Contrastthe principle difference betweenexecutivepayandnon-executive pay,includingadiscussion
on controversiesassociatedwiththe growingdisparitybetweenexecutive andnon-executive
compensationpackages.Respondtoatleasttwoof yourfellow students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 2
Contingentworkersare assumingagreaterrole intoday’sorganization. Withthatas a background,
discusscompensationandbenefitissuesassociatedwiththe followingworkers:part-time,temporary,
independentworkers,andflexible/telecommuting.Whatimpactmaythese changeshave onan
organization’scompensationplan?Respondtoat leasttwoof your fellow students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT
Evaluate the currentcompensationphilosophyforyourorganizationoranorganizationof yourchoosing
(froma third-personperspective).Write athree-to-fivepage paper(notincludingthe title andreference
pages).Yourpapershouldbe writtenina scholarlythird-persontone;itshouldbe inAPA format.In
additiontothe introductionandconclusion,yourpapershouldaddressthe following:
a. Evaluate the organization’scurrentcompensationphilosophyandpropose waystoenhance or
revampthe currentcompensationphilosophytomeetthe changingneedsof the organizationandits
employees.
b. Examine keyfactorswithinthe internalandexternal environmentincludingthe missionand
strategicfocusof the organization,aswell asthe financial andcultural aspectsof yourorganization(i.e.,
theycannot have a compensationphilosophywhere they“lead”the marketif the organizationdoesnot
8. have the financial resources) thatshouldinfluence thisphilosophy.The proposedphilosophyitself
shouldbe nomore thana shortparagraph.
c. Identifythe keyfactorsthatshouldcontribute tothe organization’sdevelopmentbasedonyour
proposedorganizationalphilosophy.
Remembertowrite froma third-personperspective.Donotinclude wordinglike “mycompany’s
philosophyis…”Insteadinclude wordinglike“XYZCompanyName’sphilosophyis…”Rememberto
write aboutthe companyand the company’sphilosophy;donotrefertoyou or your connectiontothe
company.
In additiontothe text,cite at leasttwoscholarlyreferencestosupportyourdiscussion.
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 681 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION 1
Evaluate the followingmethodsforestablishingbase payininternational assignments: home country-
basedpay,headquarters-basedpay,andhostcountry-basedpay. Includewithinyourdiscussionthe
strengthsandweaknessesof eachmethodandfactorsthat shouldbe consideredwhendeterminingthe
appropriate international paystrategy. How shouldorganizationsbalancehost-countryincome tax
differentials? Howdocompensationplansaffectemployees’willingnesstoacceptforeignassignments?
Respondtoat leasttwo of your fellow students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION 2
9. Selectone countrywhose payandbenefitspracticesare discussedinchapter15 and compare themto
pay andbenefitspracticesusedinthe UnitedStates. Includeinyourdiscussionhow thesepracticesare
similarandhowtheyare different. Respondtoatleasttwoof your fellow students’postings.
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BUS 681 WEEK 6 FINAL PAPER
Withinstructorapproval,studentswillselectanorganizationthateitherhasoris experiencing
challengeswithitscompensationandbenefitsystem.The studentwill provide abrief historical viewof
the organization.The studentshouldassessthe company’scurrentchallenge,review other
organizationsthathada similarsituation(andthe strategytheydevisedtoaddressthe issue),explore
theoriesandstrategiesthatshouldbe contemplatedtoaddressthe situation,andfinally,include a
recommendationtomanagementregardinghow toaddress/resolvethe situation.Importantly,the
studentshouldensure anyrecommendationsare basedonsolidresearchandanalysisandreflecta
comprehensive solutiontothe problem.
The Final Papermustinclude a minimumof eightcredible sources(inadditiontotextbook).Research
topicsmustbe reviewedinadvance withthe instructor.
Writingthe CompensationandBenefitsPaper
Thisessaymustreflectwhatisconsideredthe current"state of the art" systems,reflectingboth
academicand professional (practical) orientations.The Final Papermustbe 8-10 double-spacedpages
(notincludingthe title andreference pages)andbe formattedaccordingtoAPA style guidelines.This
papermay be writteninfirstperson.ThisFinal Papershouldreview the available research,discussthe
implicationsof thatresearchforthe topicarea,and provide conclusions.The papershouldbe organized
intothe followingareas(use sectionheadingstoorganize yourkeypoints):
1. Introduction:The areaof researchshouldbe describedandthe purpose of the research.Thatis,
describe the topicareainterms of (a) its relationshiptothe topicand(b) what youwant to be able to
contribute tothe trainingliterature bywritingthispaper.Yourintroductionmustinclude asuccinct
thesisstatement.
10. 2. Reviewof the literature:Studentsmustprovide abrief historical viewof the organizationand
assessthe company’scurrentchallenges.Thisreview will include anexaminationof otherorganizations
withsimilarsituations,includingthe strategiesusedtoaddresstheirissues.Studentsneedtoexplore
theoriesandstrategiesthatcouldaddressthe situation.Identifyanyareasthat mayhave not been
addressedinthe literature usedforreview.
3. Implications:Assessanyimplications.Organize the implicationsof the literature inamanner
that logicallybuildsthe case foryourrecommendations.Foreachof your implicationsbe sure to
reference the literature relatedtothatimplication.Be sure toindicate whetherthe implicationisone
that has alreadybeenmade inthe literature orif thisisone thatis original toyouthroughyour own
analysis.
4. Recommendations:Basedonthe research,studentsmustmake recommendationsfora
comprehensive solutiontothe problem.Thisiswhere youtie all the piecestogether.Make sure your
recommendationsare organizedinalogical orderthatsynthesizesyourmajorpointsrelativetothe
purpose of yourpaper.Be sure that yourrecommendationsare justifiedandhave crediblesupport.
Inspire youraudience tothinkaboutthe practical applicationof yourtopic.Remember,thisisthe last
thingyouare leavingwithyourreadersomake the contextof your message clear,communicate the
impactof yourtopic,and leave alastingimpression.
5. Conclusion:Be sure yourconclusionsummarizesyourpaperandexplainshow youhave
addressedthe thesisstatement.
Your papershouldinclude:
• Must include atitle page accordingto APA style.
• Must include anintroductoryparagraphwitha succinctthesisstatement.
• Must addressthe topicof the paperwithcritical thoughtand analysis.
• Must include sectionheadingstoorganize yourkeypointsclearly.
• Must include citationstoreferencesthatsupportthe assertionsmade andfactspresentedinthe
paper.
• Must conclude a conclusionparagraphthattiesdirectlybackto your thesisstatement.
• Must use APA style as outlinedinthe approvedAPAstyle guide todocumentall sources.
• Must include,onthe final page,areference listthatiscompletedaccordingtoAPA style as
outlinedinthe approvedAPA styleguide.
Carefully review the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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BUS 692 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT
Write a 1000-1200 wordpaper:
• Describe the resultsof yourassessmentof the workprocessesandkeyemployeestobe
addressedinyourfinal paper.
• Discusshowthe organizationwill change while meetingitsstrategicchallengesinthe future.
• Include the kindsof workerswill be needed;whatknowledge,skills,andabilitieswillbe
appropriate;whatisthe compensationsystemandisitreflective of the market’sconditions?
In additiontothe requirementsabove,yourpaper:
• Must be double-spacedand12 pointfont
• Must be formattedaccordingtoAPA style
• Must include anintroductoryparagraphwitha thesisstatement
• Must conclude witha restatementof the thesisandaconclusionparagraph
• Must reference twoscholarlyresourcesinadditiontothe textbook
Must include areference page writteninAPA format
Carefullyreview the GradingRubricforthe criteriathatwill be usedtoevaluate yourassignment.
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