Choose a topic from this semester or something you come up with yourself, but your paper must be about course concepts/materials and be original.

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Functions of management

The Course Paper is due Wednesday of Week 7. The Course Paper will be accepted after the due until Saturday, October 1, but an increasing daily penalty will be assessed.

You can choose a topic from this semester or something you come up with yourself, but your paper must be about course concepts/materials and be original (i.e. not just material verbatim that you have pulled from your text/readings or off the internet). Of course, you can still insert charts, graphs, videos, graphics, and excerpts from outside sources (if you cite those sources). I want to see your commentary and analysis, in your own words.

IMPORTANT: Copying the work of others and representing it as your own (ex. copy and paste off the internet or your text OR using someone else’s work and just changing a few words) is Plagiarism, a serious academic offense. I have enabled the Turnitin plagiarism checker for this assignment, to help you identify potential areas of plagiarism. Papers that are plagiarized will NOT be accepted for grading.

Explain how the project objectives will advance the organizational goals. Assess how success will be measured. Evaluate the value this project will bring to the organization. Identify project metrics, timelines, and responsible parties.

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Apply: Signature Assignment: Contingency Plan and Executive Present

Project plans outline the intended course of events; however, things don’t always happen as intended. Organizations need to consider risks and develop a contingency plan. Based on your prior research, determine potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives. Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks. Add the potential risks and contingency plan to your Wk 4 – Apply: Project Plan assignment.

  • Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes and visuals on every slide in which you: Identify the organization’s information presented in Wk 1.

Synthesize the SWOT analysis and market trend research.

  • Explain how the project objectives will advance the organizational goals. Assess how success will be measured.
  • Evaluate the value this project will bring to the organization.
  • Identify project metrics, timelines, and responsible parties.
  • Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives.

 

Generally some of the problems with information systems analysis and design that arise later can be traced back to inadequate work during requirements determination phase. What steps would you take to avoid such issues?

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Systems analysis project

Consider your current organization that you are working for or the one you have worked for in the past. Suppose you are charged with a systems analysis project within your department and you decide to use the traditional methods of requirements gathering, in a 900 word (three page) APA paper (excluding title and reference pages), discuss:

What steps would you follow for requirements gathering?
Generally some of the problems with information systems analysis and design that arise later can be traced back to inadequate work during requirements determination phase. What steps would you take to avoid such issues?
Discuss how a joint application design (JAD) can be used to help determine system requirements? Is using JAD for this process beneficial? Discuss briefly.

Write a popular press article that discusses the real-time operations and supply chain management (OSCM) challenges to the healthcare industry in the midst of uncertainty.

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Real-time operations and supply chain management (OSCM) challenges

Content: Write a popular press article that discusses the real-time operations and supply chain management (OSCM) challenges to the healthcare industry in the midst of uncertainty.

You will describe the main OSCM challenge in that industry and provide effective and feasible recommendations/solutions to address the current challenges from a Christian worldview. How can a company navigate itself and be a world changer, facing uncertain times? In the first century, Jesus and His disciples set a movement that changed the world- the Church of Jesus Christ- as found in the Book of Acts. From the Christian perspective, discuss the lessons learned from those challenges that a company can use to navigate its business operations to fit God’s design and purpose. Describe ways that a company can be salt and light in the world in these uncertain times.

Format: This is a popular press article/essay that targets Christian entrepreneurs. References are at least five Christian business sources. The essay shall not below 2000 words in length. Use the APA Writing style format.

Investigate how the concepts studied impact today’s businesses. 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.

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Week 7 Journal

During this course, students will have 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 7 Deliverable: Present the information found in your research on your selected company in relation to our Week 7 topics.

Use of technology to manage information
Financial information and accounting functions

Write a one-paragraph narrative summary of your findings, describing patterns of interest. Provide an explanation of the potential relevance of such patterns.

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Quantitative reasoning using charts and data. answer worksheet titled “QR Questions Responses”.

Write a short three- to four-paragraph summary of your analysis.

Write a short three- to four-paragraph summary of your analysis. Quantitative reasoning uses a process similar to qualitative research in that you will first identify an issue or problem and then use mathematical formulas or an analytic tool to derive a solution.

Construct graphs, charts, and tables to display data and inform analysis and interpretation.

Evaluate the results of the information, then analyze and validate them by applying them to the issue or problem.

Include a supporting narrative. Seek to provide information.

Structure your essay like this: Write a one-paragraph narrative summary of your findings, describing patterns of interest. Provide an explanation of the potential relevance of such patterns.

Provide a description of how you would investigate further to determine if your results are “good or bad” for the company.

 

What does this mean to my family?: Identify your own stakeholder role(s) in relation to the tobacco industry and cigarette smoking in our society. Describe the biases, perspectives, or experiences that may influence your position on this public issue.

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Business Ethics and Society-Module 1 Stakeholder Interrelationships

Assignment 1: Forces and Public Issues in Industry

Part A: (800 words)

Read Discussion Case: Coca-Cola’s Water Neutrality Initiative on pages 43 and 44 of your textbook.

Question 1: Describe the “performance-expectations gap” evident in this case – what were the stakeholders’ concerns and how did their expectations differ from the company’s performance? (15 marks)

Question 2: If you applied the strategic radar screens model to this case, which of the eight environments would be most significant? Support your position. (5 marks)

Question 3: In your opinion, did TCCC respond appropriately to this public issue? Why or why not. (10 marks)

Part B: (2500 words)

The tobacco industry is constantly in the media. Choose one or more public issue(s) relating to the tobacco industry (banning of smoking in public places, secondary smoke health issues, controls on tobacco advertising and corporate sponsorship, youth or women as a tobacco industry target markets, etc.) Write a 2,500-word, double-spaced report containing the following:

Section 1. Context: Introduce the issue(s) you have selected and list primary and secondary stakeholders influencing or influenced by this issue(s). Be specific in naming individuals, groups, associations, and/or government bodies and describe these stakeholders’ roles. (15 marks)

Section 2. What does this mean to my family?: Identify your own stakeholder role(s) in relation to the tobacco industry and cigarette smoking in our society. Describe the biases, perspectives, or experiences that may influence your position on this public issue. (10 marks)

Section 3. What does this mean to my company?: Imagine yourself as a tobacco industry executive and describe management of the public issue(s) from this perspective. (15 marks)

Section 4. What does this mean to my country?: Discuss the role(s) of government in this issue(s) and how it is influencing both the industry and the public. (15 marks)

Section 5. Media impact: Describe the media’s role in this issue(s) and the perspective it is presenting to the public. Discuss industry-sponsored media communications, as well as government communications and reporting in the popular press. Cite specific examples, using references. (15 marks)

 

Describe some ethical dilemmas sales professionals may encounter. How can sales compensation programs be modified to minimize ethical dilemmas?

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Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Approach

Answer the two questions completely but separately do not combine both questions into a cohesive paper.

DIRECTIONS FOR EACH QUESTION :
-300 words per question minimum.
-APA format providing parenthetical citations, and a Reference list at the end of your post
-Multiple authoritative resources including the assigned textbook (shows scholarly work)
-Be thorough, complete and relatively comprehensive in your commentary.

Answer the following topical discussion questions:

8-3. Describe some ethical dilemmas sales professionals may encounter. How can sales compensation programs be modified to minimize ethical dilemmas?
9-1. Many compensation professionals are faced with making choices about which discretionary benefits to drop because funds are limited and the costs of these benefits continually increase. Which benefits would you most likely eliminate? Which would you least likely eliminate? Explain your rationale.

Demonstrate your understanding and ability to redraft an agreement and compliance with the legal provisions that meet your company’s franchise requirements and comply with the statutory franchise legal requirements.

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Franchise agreement

Case:

Complying with Federal Regulations for Franchises

You have operated one of your property sites as a prototype for the franchise operation. The properties are all in upscale locations that support the restaurant’s thematic dessert profile. This new site has test-marketed the franchise concept with the patented dessert brand, “Brain Freeze,” that savory specialty formulated dessert treat created by Sally. The dessert has become so popular that many customers have requested extra take-home orders. A substantial number of patrons have even asked if the dessert would ever be sold separately in markets. The dessert menu has a strong sales position in overall restaurant sales and generated a cash flow that supported the entire overhead of the test model. Your company is now ready to launch the franchise operation, but you must first complete this assignment.

Assignment Details

This assignment is a blue font exercise; make sure you complete the document using a readable Blue Font. Assemble the documents required to establish a national franchise operation.

Review the Partial FDD Information (PDF)

Download Partial FDD Information (PDF)that outlines the partial franchise requirements that legally permit your company to sell and enter into franchise agreements with franchisees.

This document outlines your franchise profile.

Compare the Partial Franchise Disclosure Document information using the statutory specifications found in Part 436 – Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising (Electronic Code of Federal Regulations). (Links to an external site.)

Specifically, look at: Subpart B—Franchisors’ Obligations Subpart C—Contents of a Disclosure Document Ensure all statutory requirements are in the PFDD document any missing sections highlighting any deficiencies or variations from the Statute.

Next, complete and revise the following agreement: FDD Franchise Agreement (DOCX). Download FDD Franchise Agreement (DOCX).

Complete all blanks “___” or bracketed “[ ]” sections with the appropriate information using Blue Font and provide any other missing terms required to solicit prospective franchisees. Make sure the agreement terms are consistent with the statutory requirements.

Use your responses to questions in the Franchise Agreement Checklist completed in Assignment 9.3 to assist in completing 9.4.

This assignment requires you to demonstrate your understanding and ability to redraft an agreement and compliance with the legal provisions that meet your company’s franchise requirements and comply with the statutory franchise legal requirements.

You are permitted to create “best judgment” responses using the Case Study as support for information not directly provided.

 

Define your professional goals. Where do you see yourself professionally in the long-term (10 years from now)? Where do you see yourself in the short-term (next year)?

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Professional Brand Presentation Outline

Part One: Understanding Your Brand
Your professional brand should clearly communicate who you are, what you do, why you do it, and what makes you unique. In order to prepare a presentation that effectively communicates those key elements in an engaging way, address all of the prompts and questions below. Providing as much detail in the form of examples, facts, stories, and experiences from your professional career and your personal life can help you best understand and articulate your brand.
Start with why. Why do you do what you do? What motivates you? Why do you want to wake up and go to work at a particular job? For example, do you want to help others? Are you motivated by creativity? Do you want to earn respect and prestige? What problems do you want to solve? Use your Module 4 -Discussion: Communicating Your Body of Work. You shared three major accomplishments and what you felt those experiences had in common. Does this communicate why you do what you do?
Summarize your core “why” in a few sentences. This is your professional brand statement.

Support and evidence. Now that you’ve figured out your core “why,” you must provide support and evidence for your professional brand statement. You must also figure out how to differentiate yourself from your competition.

Answer the following questions:
1. Define your professional goals. Where do you see yourself professionally in the long-term (10 years from now)? Where do you see yourself in the short-term (next year)? Be sure to include not just the career you want to hold but also detailed information about that career. What is the company like? What is your position like? What are your co-workers or clients like? What is your life like as you work to accomplish your professional goals?

2. Define your strengths and skills. To achieve your professional goals, you must identify the strengths you possess and the skills you need to continue to build. List your strengths, the skills you’ve developed, and the important adjectives that describe you and your work ethic. Next, define some skills you need to continue to work on in order to achieve career success.

3. Analyze your target audience. Who do you need to share your professional brand with in order to achieve your professional goals? Is it a specific company? If you want to be your own boss, do you need to share your brand with prospective clients and customers? Conduct a bit of research on what your target audience looks like. What does your target audience need from you?

4. Analyze your competition. With over 7 billion people in the world, you’re bound to face competition as you work to accomplish your professional goals. What is it that you offer that other people cannot? Conduct a bit of research on your competition. What unique blend of character traits, goals, strengths, skills, and experiences do you possess? How do you stand out from the competition?

You will use the answers to all of these questions to build your Professional Brand Presentation Outline.

Part Two: Communicating Your Brand
Once you’ve developed a clear understanding of your professional brand, it’s time to create a plan to share that brand with a target audience.
Your Professional Brand Presentation outline should include the following key components:

• Introduction

  • o Attention-getter or hook
  • o Professional Brand Statement

• Body

  • o How you stand out from the competition
  • o Professional goals
  • o Strengths and skills
  • o Examples, stories, and support for your brand

• Conclusion

  • o Short summary
  • o Clincher or final thought

Be sure to clearly label all of the pieces of your outline.