What boxes does she check? What is she missing or needs to focus on more? What are her vision’s strengths? Challenges? Does she meet (or not meet) your current concept of visionary leadership? Why?

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Kakenya Ntaiya Visionary Leadership Case Study

Your case study is about Kakenya Ntaiya. Please disregard the questions at the end of the case study. Instead, read the case study, watch this video, and make the case for Kakenya’s vision using what know to this point about visionary leadership. What boxes does she check? What is she missing or needs to focus on more? What are her vision’s strengths? Challenges? Does she meet (or not meet) your current concept of visionary leadership? Why?

Analyze and explain your results from the period that just ended. How did your results this period differ from the last period? What did you do or not do to create the difference between the past two periods?

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Business Question

TEAM STANDINGS                             YOUR TEAM:                          PERIOD NUMBER:     

TEAM Time Cost Functionality Stakeholder Overall Rank
1ST Place TEAM            
             
YOUR TEAM            
  1. Analyze and explain your results from the period that just ended.
  2. How did your results this period differ from the last period?
  3. What did you do or not do to create the difference between the past two periods?
  4. What will you do going forward to improve your status in the standings?
  5. In what areas is the first place team exceeding you, and why?

 

 

 

 

Identify the project tasks for your “Project Team”. Create a Responsibility Matrix for your project.

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Simulation Experiential Exercise – SEE-1

Review the attached document on the “RACI Matrix”, then review the “Simulation Experiential Exercise – SEE” shown below.

Purpose: To create a Project Rresponsibility Matrix (RACI) based on the project team in the simulation.

Instructions: Identify the project tasks for your “Project Team”. Create a Responsibility Matrix for your project.

NOTE: Use the attached RACI document as a guide!

  • Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
  • Include your best critical thinking and analysis to arrive at your justification.
  • Approach the assignment from the perspective of a project management of a company.

Explain what the Internet of Things (IoT) is and provide a brief history, in your own words, of the IoT. Discuss the potential impact that IoT can have on how people live.

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Collaborative Technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) – Critical thinking

The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming increasingly popular in both business and everyday life.

  • Explain what the Internet of Things (IoT) is and provide a brief history, in your own words, of the IoT.
  • Discuss the potential impact that IoT can have on how people live.
  • Select a company and explain how the organization has benefited from the IoT. Detail specific examples of how the company benefited.
  • How has the IoT been impacted by the pandemic? Explain specific examples.

Your well-written report should be 4-5 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. To make it easier to read and therefore grade, make sure you clearly delineate each section of your answer so it can be matched with the relevant question. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing at least two references as appropriate. Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Discuss the cultural differences between the U.S. company Coca- Cola and the country of India? Did cultural differences impact the decisions in the situation or solution? Provide examples.

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Coca Cola in India

This week’s discussion will focus on cultural decision-making. Read the case study about Coca-Cola in India (p. 248).

  1. Discuss the cultural differences between the U.S. company Coca- Cola and the country of India?
  2. Did cultural differences impact the decisions in the situation or solution? Provide examples.
  3. Discuss how MNEs demonstrate their commitment to working with different countries like Saudi Arabia and respecting the cultural and natural environments of the country?

A case study is a puzzle to be solved and here is a strategy for formulating your initial post:

  1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course module, which apply to the situation described in the case study.
  2. Study the facts and focus on relevant information; the case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current module.
  3. Describe actions that would address or correct the situation and who should act upon what.
  4. Draw from experience, course readings or real-life experience.

Discuss the concepts, principles, and theories from your textbook. Cite your textbooks and cite any other sources if appropriate.

  • Your initial post should address all components of the question with a 500 word limit.
  • Reply to at least two discussion posts and dr. comment with comments that further and advance the discussion topic.

Write a 200 word report on automobile industry with what has happened in this industry in the last 30 days .

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Word report

Write a 200 word report on automobile industry with what has happened in this industry in the last 30 days .

Describe the main purpose of the article and three ideas or issues you learned about. Explain how each idea affects the financial markets.This paper should have a professional tone and format.

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Financial Market Research

Module 01 Content

  1. Visit one of the websites or library databases below to find a finance article that interests you.

    • Yahoo! Finance (finance.yahoo.com)
    • MarketWatch (www.marketwatch.com)
    • Click on “Markets,” “Personal Finance,” or “Economy”
    • Motley Fool (www.fool.com)
    • Click on any sections at the top or see the Trending section
    • Other credible financial sites

    In at least one page (double-spaced) in a Word document, write a summary of your chosen article. Describe the main purpose of the article and three ideas or issues you learned about. Explain how each idea affects the financial markets.This paper should have a professional tone and format. Be sure to use correct grammar and APA in-text citations and references to give credit to sources. Wikipedia is not a credible website and should not be used.

Create a Power Point presentation describing the outline of your project and capturing a summary of the main points.

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T227 Change, Strategy and Projects at Work

Task 1: Writing Re port – Use Report Template Available in Moodle

Provide a report named “Project Title_Student Name_Student ID.doc” that describes the definition phase and planning phase of your selected project. Use the Report Template.

The definition phase of the project plan must discuss the following items:

  • The change drivers for the project (Current situation vs. proposed project) (2.5 Marks)
  • The goals (Performance goals) of your project (2.5 marks)
  • The technical (2 marks) and functional (2 Marks) specifications of your project. (Total: 4 marks)
  • The team and responsibilities (of the members involved in developing the project) (4 marks = 2 for the listed Team + 2 for the corresponding responsibilities)

 

The planning phase of the project plan must include the following:

  • Work Breakdown structure (WBS) that includes phases and numbered activities (5 marks)
  • Cost estimation and budgeting related to the project from start to end: It must include the cost of technical resources (5 marks) and other expenses such as: materials, subcontracting, office space, testing facilities, equipment, etc…(2.5 marks)
  • Network activity diagram(Includes all the activities and MUST be compatible with the WBS above) (5 marks)
  • Critical path and project duration (Based on your network diagram above) (3 marks)

The report must be written in clear English language and should range between 1350 and1650 words.

 

Task 2: Implementation using MS Project OR GanttProject

Using MS Project or GanttProject (Open Source), create the project plan named as follows:

“Project Title_StudentName_StudentID.mpp”.

The following information presented in the MPP file must be consistent with the information presented in the report in Task 1 (the planning phase):

– Gantt chart (created using MS Project or GanttProject) (2 marks)

– PERT diagram (created using MS Project or GanttProject) (2 marks)

 

 

Task 3: Oral Power Point Presentation

  • Create a Power Point presentation describing the outline of your project and capturing a summary of the main points. The presentation must be named:

“Project Title_Student Name_Student ID.ppt”;

  • Using the prepared presentation above, present your project in class (if module is run on campus) otherwise record the power point presentation using the recording feature in MS PPT, save the recorded file and upload it to Moodle along with the other file (compressed);
  • The class presentation or the recorded PPT MUST be in clear English (5 marks);
  • The marks for Task 3 will be allocated based on the quality of the slides (5 marks), and the degree to which the student is convincing in his/her project plan proposal (2.5 marks) (Total Marks for Task 3 = 10 marks)

At what stock price is the conversion value equal to the bond value?

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Business Question

  1. In the absence of the conversion feature, the current yield is calculated as the annual coupon divided by the market price, which is 4.75%/0.91 = 5.22%. The yield to maturity is the internal rate of return on the bond and is calculated as the annual interest plus any gain or loss on the bond if held to maturity, divided by the current market price. As there is no gain or loss if held to maturity, the yield to maturity is equal to the current yield, which is 5.22%.
  2. The conversion ratio of the debenture is the number of shares that the debenture can be converted into divided by the face value of the debenture. The conversion ratio can be calculated as follows:

Conversion ratio = Face value of debenture / Conversion price Conversion ratio = $1,000 / $47 Conversion ratio = 21.28 shares per debenture

  1. If the conversion ratio were 50, the conversion price would be calculated as follows:

Conversion price = Face value of debenture / Conversion ratio Conversion price = $1,000 / 50 Conversion price = $20

  1. The conversion value is the market price of the common stock multiplied by the conversion ratio. The conversion value can be calculated as follows:

Conversion value = Conversion ratio x Market price of common stock Conversion value = 21.28 x $41.50 Conversion value = $882.80

  1. At what stock price is the conversion value equal to the bond value?

The bond value in the absence of a conversion feature is 65% of the face value, or $650. To find the stock price at which the conversion value equals the bond value, we can set the conversion value equal to $650 and solve for the stock price:

Conversion value = Bond value Conversion ratio x Market price of common stock = 0.65 x Face value of debenture 21.28 x Stock price = 0.65 x $1,000 Stock price = $30.83

To find the stock price at which the conversion value equals the bond value:

Conversion ratio x Stock price = Bond value

21.28 x Stock price = $650    Stock price = $30.53

 

  1. The market price can be less than the conversion value, but in general, the market price of a convertible bond should not be lower than the conversion value, as this would make it more attractive for investors to buy the bond and convert it to stock, putting upward pressure on the stock price.
  2. Convertible holder pays = Market price – Bond value in the absence of conversion

Bond value = 65% x Face value

Bond value = $650

Market price = 91% x Face value

Market price = $910

Convertible holder pays = $910 – $650

Convertible holder pays = $260

  1. To justify conversion, the common stock price needs to rise enough to compensate for the difference between the bond value and the conversion value. The convertible holder pays $650 for the bond but can convert it to stock worth $882.80 (assuming a conversion ratio of 21.28 shares per debenture and a market price of $41.50 per share). Therefore, the common stock price needs to rise by:

Common stock price increase = Conversion value – Bond value Common stock price increase = $882.80 –

Common stock price increase = $882.80 – $650 = $232.80

This means that the common stock price needs to rise by $232.80 to compensate for the difference between the bond value and the conversion value and justify the conversion.

Since the conversion ratio is 21.28, the common stock price needs to rise by:

$232.80 / 21.28 = $10.94

 

 

 

  1. Cite three (3) peer-reviewed articles not including your textbook.

Hagan, B., Antwi, S. K., & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2021). The impact of monetary policy on stock prices in Ghana. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2452

Sharma, G., & Singh, J. (2020). Corporate social responsibility and capital structure: Evidence from Indian firms. Managerial Finance, 46(12), 1791-1807. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-03-2020-0125

Omri, A., & Zouari-Ghorbel, S. (2021). The relationship between capital structure and financial performance: Evidence from listed companies in the Tunisian Stock Exchange. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 22(2), 315-332. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-07-2018-0084

 

As a Project Intern, design a business plan/business strategy to help the company in increasing its revenue either by suggesting the company to starting a new business unit or by launching a new product or services. Write any five key learnings after finishing this project

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ECOM421 WEEK5,11

Questions

You have just graduated from Saudi Electronic University and have been selected by a company as a Project Intern for six months’ probation period. Your Marketing Manager has invited you for coffee and during your interaction with him, you come to know that your company wants you to support it in growing the business. Your Marketing Manager has told you to prepare a project report and design a power-point presentation based on certain parameters. The company will decide whether to offer you a full-time opportunity or not based on our quality of work, efforts, and creative thinking. Kindly do this assignment with great dedication. The purpose of this assignment is to help students in learning how to apply skills and knowledge in planning, managing, and nurturing a business by implementing an appropriate strategy. Students are expected to understand the ongoing recent developments in the marketplace and be able to employ various concepts of this course deliberately to boost the businesses of the company where they are working/or will work. This assignment is divided into three parts and students are suggested to submit each of them as per the stated due date. Students are suggested to create a group of 3-5 students in each group to complete this group project and join any one of the below groups considering that all members of your group have been selected by the company stated in front of each group number.

Group 1: McDonald

Group 2: Jawwy Telecom

Group 3: LuLu Hypermarket

Group 4: Souq.com

Group 5: Samsung

Group 6: Jahez

Group 7:  Almarai

Group 8: Careem

Group 9:  ARAMCO

Note: Kindly make ensure that your group members have joined a single group only. Join your group on or before the end of Week 2.

 

Group Project Assignment Part 1

Submission: End of Week 5 (Saturday, 15/April/2023)                                        Marks: 15
1.      Company Profile (3 Marks).                                                                                                                                                                                                Brief descriptions of the company such as About the company, Products & Services, Vision and Mission statement, and Organizational structure
2.      Business Canvas Model of the company (3 Marks).                                                                                                                Design a business canvas model of the company and explain each element of it by writing at least 2-3 lines for each.
3.      SWOT Analysis of the company (2 Marks).                                                                                                  Do the SWOT analysis of the company and explain each by writing at least 2-3 lines for each.
4.      Core competencies of the company (2 Marks).                                                                                                  Write the core competencies of the company.
5.      Types of Business Models (2 Marks).

Discuss the types of business models (B2B, B2C, C2C, Social Commerce, Local Commerce, and M-Commerce) adopted by the company.
6.      Challenges faced by the company during the COVID-19 pandemic (3 Marks).                                                                                                  List out the key challenges faced by the company during the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss their impact on the company.

 

 

Group Project Assignment Part 2

Submission: End of Week 11 (Saturday, 03/June/2023)                                Marks: 15
7.      Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the company (3 Marks).                                                                                                                                                                                                Do Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the company.
8.      Compare the business strategy of the company with one of its competitors

(3 Marks).                                                                                                                                                                                                Select any one competitor of the company and do a comparison of their business strategies.
9.      Suggestions to the company to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic (3 Marks).                    As a Project Intern, suggest your suggestions to the company to overcome the challenges created due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
10.  Design a business plan for the company (3 Marks).                                                                                                                                                                                                As a Project Intern, design a business plan/business strategy to help the company in increasing its revenue either by suggesting the company to starting a new business unit or by launching a new product or services.
11.  Learnings from this project (2 Marks).                                                                                                  Write any five key learnings after finishing this project.
References (1 Mark).

Write all the sources using the APA style of referencing. In case of a wrong referencing style, your group will lose 1 mark. Learn how to refer a website, article, and such sources.