Determine what makes them a “good” leader. Identifies their strategic management process. How they direct the company to face the competition. Identifies and describes each of their core competencies.

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MidTerm: Kristian Willingham

Instructions

The purpose of this Midterm Paper is for you to identify a current influential business leader and:

-Determine what makes them a “good” leader.
-Identifies their strategic management process.
-How they direct the company to face the competition.
-Identifies and describes each of their core competencies.
-How they lead their company through the industry lifecycle.
-If you would work for the leader, and your reasons for this.

This Paper is to be a minimum of 1000 words, and no more than 2000 words. It must adhere to current edition APA style, and at least three outside sources must be cited. The assignment is to be submitted to this Dropbox, and its due date is TBA by your instructor during the week it is assigned.

What did you learn about in the past nine weeks from the course and the publicly traded company you selected for your project research that you could apply to your current or future job?

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CVS Journal Summary

During this course, students had the opportunity to investigate how the concepts studied impact today’s businesses.

Students will pick a publicly-traded company. Each week students will submit a one-page journal summary on a topic studied during the weekly module/textbook and how it applies to the company they have selected.

Week 9 Deliverable: This week students will synthesize all the research on the selected organization that was followed in the weekly journals and use the project submission to respond to the following question:

What did you learn about in the past nine weeks from the course and the publicly traded company you selected for your project research that you could apply to your current or future job?

Should CJI continue to use Heavey to supply pumps, should they make them in-house, should they consider one of the other suppliers, or should they do some combination of these alternatives? Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of each of these alternatives.

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Case Study: CJ Industries and Heavey Pumps 1

In October 2007, CJ Industries (CJI) had just been awarded a 5-year contract with Great Lakes Pleasure Boats amounting to U.S. $10 million per year, commencing in July 2008. CJI would be providing a number of key engine components for Great Lakes’ luxury line of pleasure boats. The award marked an important milestone for CJI, in that it was the culmination of several years of hard work and dedicated service, supplying Great Lakes parts for their boats on an as-needed basis. The contract had significant longterm follow-on potential as well, if they could continue to show Great Lakes they had the capabilities to be one of their valued, alliance partners. In addition, with this contract Great Lakes would represent approximately 30 percent of CJI’s annual sales, so performing adequately on this contract had a significant long-term financial impact on CJI. One of the parts, a bilge pump, was an item that CJI had been purchasing from one of their suppliers, Heavey Pumps, a small local specialty pump manufacturer, on an informal, non-contract basis. The remaining items were all built in-house by CJI and supplied to Great Lakes from one of their two finished goods warehouses located near the Great Lakes production facilities. Heavey Pumps was producing and delivering 50 bilge pumps at a time at a cost of U.S. $1500 per unit and built to Great Lakes’ specifications, to one of the CJI warehouses, whenever an order was telephoned in by CJI.

The delivery costs (about U.S. $500 per 50 pump shipment, depending on the carrier used) were included in the U.S. $1500 per unit price. This scenario typically occurred about every four to six months. Normally, CJI would order another batch of 50 about eight to ten weeks ahead of time, and Heavey had always been able to supply the pumps before CJI’s stock was depleted.

Though CJI had sufficient excess capacity to ramp up production on the parts to be supplied in the Great Lakes contract, they were not sure about the ability or willingness of Heavey to increase their production of the bilge pumps. The new demand for bilge pumps starting in July would be 50 pumps per month, and potentially more, depending on Great Lakes’ demand, and the ability of CJI to perform on the contract.

There were a number of issues that Nik Grams, the purchasing manager who put the contract together with Great Lakes, needed to work out with both Heavey and the production manager at CJI, in order for this contract to be met with as few problems as possible. The issue with Heavey Pumps was whether or not they could guarantee delivery of 50 pumps per month to one of the CJI warehouses. This had been the one item that had “slipped through the cracks” on the contract with Great Lakes, and it now loomed as something that could conceivably put the contract in jeopardy. There were potentially additional equipment, labor, and other production costs for Heavey associated with the extra demand for bilge pumps, not to mention extra delivery costs as well. Heavey had been a reliable supplier for CJI for a number of years, but nothing else had ever been purchased from them. In addition, because the demand for these pumps was rather low and the deliveries were sporadic, no performance records had ever been kept for them. Mr. Grams had also not known specifically about the quality history of the Heavey bilge pump, although he could not remember ever getting one returned by Great Lakes for any reason. Up until now, the pump issue did not seem like anything to worry about.

Another possibility for CJI would be to make these pumps in-house. Nik Grams knew that CJI had the capability to make this pump, but it would require an initial capital investment of about U.S. $500,000 according to the CJI production manager, along with the clearing out of some space, and the hiring of three additional employees. With only about nine months remaining until the contract start date, it would be tight, but the production manager had assured Nik that they could do this, if needed. While Mr.

Grams didn’t doubt the production manager’s assurances that the production line could be ready, he wasn’t sure that going to this added expense was a good investment for CJI, given their lack of pump manufacturing experience. There were also at least two other bilge pump manufacturers that Mr. Grams knew of, but both of them were about 500 miles farther away from the CJI warehouses, and he had never used either of these firms in the past.

This whole thing seemed to Nik like an ideal job for his special project buyer, Bob Ashby. He figured he had maybe a week or two to hammer out a plan to assure contract compliance with Great Lakes, and Bob was known for his ability to put things together quickly. So, he called Bob.

Discussion Questions

  1. What are all the issues here, from both CJI’s and Heavey’s perspectives, that need to be researched by Mr. Ashby?
  2. Should CJI continue to use Heavey to supply pumps, should they make them in-house, should they consider one of the other suppliers, or should they do some combination of these alternatives? Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of each of these alternatives.
  3. How can CJI assure continued contract compliance and additional contract business from Great Lakes in the future?

 

What is globalization? What are the effects of globalization on technology, employment, trade and global warming?

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Globalization

What is globalization? What are the effects of globalization on technology, employment, trade and global warming?

What is a market and what is a market size? What are the most common forms kf market segmentation? Discuss the term pricing as it relates to a business plan and explain the guve common pricing mistakes.

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Creative business project

What is a market and what is a market size?
What are the most common forms kf market segmentation?
Discuss the term pricing as it relates to a business plan and explain the guve common pricing mistakes write short notes on the following:

  • Business project
  • Project monitoring
  • Project life cycle
  • Business industry analysis
  • The types of business industry analysis

Based on your readings, what do you think the fired engineer’s intended message was? What did he do right, and what did he do wrong in conveying his message to his intended audience?

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When a Memo Gets You Fired

Background:

Chapter 10 in Business Essentials, “Human Resource Management and Labor Relations,” discusses the legal issues surrounding equal employment opportunities, the importance of workforce development, and new challenges in the changing workplace.

In August 2017, a Google engineer wrote a memo that got him fired. The memo was highly criticized, and The New York Times, in the article “Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech (Links to an external site.),” indicated that the reason the memo, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” angered many is because it “relied on certain gender stereotypes, like the notion that women are less interested in high-stress jobs because they are more anxious, to rationalize the gender gap in the tech industry.”

Assignment Readings:

Begin by reading the memo written by the fired Google employee, “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber.” (file attached)

Next, read the memo written by the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, “Our Words Matter,” (https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/this-email-from-googles-ceo-to-employees-teaches-s.html.) in response.

Then, read the below articles sourced from various news outlets to contextualize the memos a bit more:

Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html.)

This Email From Google’s CEO to Employees Teaches Some Major Lessons in Leadership https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/this-email-from-googles-ceo-to-employees-teaches-s.html.)

Tech’s Damaging Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd (https://athena.ecs.csus.edu/~buckley/CSc192%20Web%20Files/Tech-Damaging-Myth-of-the%20Loner-Genius%20Nerd.pdf.)

If you prefer, you may also view these articles in the alternative format below.

Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber .pdf (file attached)

Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech 2 – The New York Times-1.pdf (file attached)

Tech’s Damaging Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd.pdf (file attached)

This Email From Google’s CEO to Employees Teaches Some Major Lessons in Leadership _ Inc.com.pdf (file attached)

Note to employees from CEO Sundar Pichai-1.pdf (file attached)

Assignment Details:

After you have completed the readings, please write a five-to-seven-page APA-formatted paper using the following questions as a guide. Do not simply answer the questions; instead, use the questions to help you develop the flow of your paper, which should include both an introduction and conclusion. Please review the Submission Requirements section below and the assignment rubric before writing your paper.

1. Based on your readings, what do you think the fired engineer’s intended message was? What did he do right, and what did he do wrong in conveying his message to his intended audience?

2. It has been argued that the fired engineer’s memo was not intended to belittle women or minorities but rather to encourage Google employees to take account of their own biases to reduce the so-called gender gap in tech employment. Putting your opinions aside, refer back to his memo, and cite examples where this viewpoint might be justified. Then explain in detail, referencing your citations from his memo, ways he could have changed his memo to communicate the intention of “reducing the gender gap in tech employment.”

3. Many of the offensive statements made by the Google employee were based on opinion rather than fact, such as “most women are biologically unsuited to working in tech because they were more focused on ‘feelings and aesthetics than ideas’ and had ‘a stronger interest in people rather than things.’” How could the employee have strengthened his memo to persuade his audience (whatever his intention might have been), using facts rather than opinion?

4. Google has dealt with criticism that it has not done enough to hire and promote women and minorities. The fired employee simultaneously questioned Google’s recruitment practices for a diverse workforce and argued that the reason there are not a lot of women in tech positions is not that they are being discriminated against but because they do not want high-stress jobs, are more anxious, and crave more work-life balance than men. Google has long promoted a culture of openness, with employees allowed to question senior executives and even mock its strategy in internal forums. Do you believe this memo crossed the line in advancing harmful gender stereotypes while criticizing Google’s hiring practices? Why or why not?

5. In his response memo, Google’s CEO did say that portions of the memo had “violated the company’s code of conduct and crossed the line “by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.” Your readings highlight some of the leadership lessons the CEO conveyed in the message of his memo. What are the most meaningful lessons he demonstrated as a leader? (You may want to cite not only your readings from this assignment but also refer to Part 1 (Chapters 1-3) in “How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age”).

6. Social media are digital media/channel combinations that empower stakeholders as participants in the communication process by allowing them to share content, revise content, respond to content, or contribute new content. How does this complicate communication in the business context, and in what ways is this memo an example of how complicated things have become for companies?

7. Similarly, social media reduces the control businesses have over the content and process of communication. Google has learned how to adapt its communication efforts to this new media landscape and to welcome customers’ participation. When memos like this go public, why is it so important for companies to respond appropriately, for example, on Twitter or Facebook?

8. Consider the memo a product of Google’s internal communication structure, which welcomes input from employees. As noted above, companies must respond to the public if internal communications become public. How do you feel that social media has affected the business communication structure of Google in revolutionizing its internal communication processes and promoting the flow of ideas?

9. How do you think the internal communications processes, in combination with recognizing the role of digital communications in modern business environments, have broken down traditional barriers in the organizational hierarchy (you may want to refer back to Chapters 5-7 from Business Essentials to answer the question fully).

10. In what ways do you think the impact of digital networks has enabled networks of individuals and organizations to collaborate, share information, and request information? How has it become easier, and in what ways has it become more difficult?

Critically analyse how organisations can end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children.

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Tackling Global-Local Challenges in Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability

Answer ONE of the following questions:

Based on your study of readings linked from the TRP for this week, answer either question 1 or question 2:

  1. Critically analyse how organisations can end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children.

Or

  1. Critically analyse approaches to develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

Use your choice of question as the heading for the work.

 

What were a few points that are vital from the video above? What are some things that you can take away to help you if you want to start a company?

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Week 1 Discussion

Reply to the following using at least 175 words per reply. Be professional and constructive in your reply. Be sure to use FULL APA references and in-text citations.

1. When looking at the steps, we see that they is always certain things in place to guide people as they become a business owner. Here is a good video on explaining entrepreneurship:

What were the main things you gathered from this video? Was this video helpful? What where your takeaways?

2. There are steps to everything. So here is a very good video on How to create a Company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_4c9zrxf0&feature=emb_title

What were a few points that are vital from the video above? What are some things that you can take away to help you if you want to start a company?

Which industry(ies) are targeted in the case study? What Business Analytics benefits are highlighted in the case? What specific examples are used in the case study to support the use of Business Analytics? What biases exist, are implied, or are being manipulated by the author(s) of the case study?

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Benefits of Business Analytics

Everyone is a consumer of business analytics. You must be vigilant in identifying bias in the information you receive. The benefits of Business Analytics are touted by every consulting firm and organization that offers system integration.

Attached is an example of this type of article. It is called “Powering Business Decision” Download “Powering Business Decision”by Nancy Ho (2017).

Search the internet for another case study touting the benefits of Business Analytics. The study does not have to be scholarly. For your selected article, answer the following questions.

Which industry(ies) are targeted in the case study?
What Business Analytics benefits are highlighted in the case?
What specific examples are used in the case study to support the use of Business Analytics?
What biases exist, are implied, or are being manipulated by the author(s) of the case study?
What limitations do you see in the effective implementation of the documented solution?
How would you improve upon the solution?
Provide at least three reasons to support your conclusions.

This critical thinking assignment must follow the formatting guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010), (6th ed., 7th printing), and contain a title page, between two (2) full pages and four (4) full pages of content, and a reference page.

You must have at least four (4) scholarly references to support your arguments. Because Business Analytics is constantly evolving, all of your references must be within the last five (5) years. You must provide a link for each reference for my review. For each assignment, you are permitted to use a maximum of two (2) course’s reading material articles (regardless of the week assigned) as references.

This assignment contains multiple questions and topics. Do not use bullets or numbers to answer the questions. Your paper needs to be an essay. You need to integrate the multiple questions and topics into a single cohesive narrative.

Feel free to be creative in your writing. You can use your course reading material (limit of two (2)), personal experience, and any scholarly web resource to find information for your paper (Note: Wikipedia is not a scholarly source).

Critical thinking assignment is due on Sunday night by 11:59 PM Eastern and will be submitted through Turnitin originality-checking tool. Review the Written Assignment rubric prior to submission.

Why should these elements be in a policy manual? What laws or principles mandate an organization follow these guidelines? What cases have established precedent for this issue to be addressed clearly in an organization’s employee policy manual?

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Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management

In this assignment you will present as to why 4 policies should be included within the employee handbook. This assignment allows you to apply some of your HR knowledge to a fictional small company of 15-25 employees.

In a research paper, provide researched rationale for the nature and substance of your 4 selected, distinct policies. Address the reasoning and/or rationale for the inclusion of the selected policy elements in a policy manual.

Address employment legislation pertinent to the stated size of the company (15–25 employees). In elaborating on the rationale, you may want to consider the following questions:

  • Why should these elements be in a policy manual?
  • What laws or principles mandate an organization follow these guidelines?
  • What cases have established precedent for this issue to be addressed clearly in an organization’s employee policy manual?

Support your rationale with (at minimum) 10 reputable, practitioner sources (ex. SHRM) or scholarly journals.