Will it make sense to a reader who does not know this organisation? Does the writing flow and are the thoughts expressed clearly? Is grammar correct and is punctuation accurate and consistent?

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Build a profissional business report

4.1 Citations
Citations in-text should be included using Harvard referencing.

4.2 Layout and Numbering System (Lab 9)
Use a consistent style and font size for headings and numbering system.

The report must be:
• presented in Ariel or Calibri font and size 12 with 1.25 spacing (i.e. not double spaced)
• paginated at the foot of the page.
• presented in numbered sections, wherever appropriate (use the section number as given to you in Section 2.0 of this note).
This is a report for a potential employer, it needs to be professional and “business ready”. Check to see that professionalism is evidenced by how the final report looks in hard copy and on the screen.

4.3 Writing Style:
Try to use simple plain English. All sections of the report should be written in the 3rd person.

• Avoid:
o over-long, complex sentences
o jargon
o informal phrases or words
o over-repetition of same word or phrase

• Provide abbreviations only if it is necessary.
• The presentation of the report will be assessed. Students should focus on the quality and professionalism of the report evidenced by the:
o overall appearance of report
o cover, structure, layout, and supplementary pages
o use of tables and figures. You should make sure that these are labelled correctly with heading/titles and source of information in the correct positions.
o use of colour and graphics
o spelling and grammar

4.4 Quality of content

Make sure your premises are robust and support your conclusions. Use the rules of an argument to make your report evidence based.

4.5 Proof reading:
This does not mean just checking the final version for spelling mistakes and it is often difficult to do completely on your own. At regular intervals in the development of the report, please consider the following questions:
• Will it make sense to a reader who does not know this organisation?
• Does the writing flow and are the thoughts expressed clearly?
• Is grammar correct and is punctuation accurate and consistent?

Construct a Pro-forma lncome statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement over three years. Clearly state and discuss what type of performance ratios would be important to your business. Show your business ratios versus other comparable organisations that are performing.

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Case study

The Assignment Tasks
The assessment consists of a formative and a summative element.
o The formative task, an upload of Pitch Presentation, is there to help you complete the summative assessment task successfully to achieve an excellent grade.
o The formative process is important because it will help you address the task more fully and therefore contributes to your learning and understanding of how to successfully present a business idea to a potential investor

2. Summative Assessment
This task is an individual piece of work. This assignment is designed to give students some exposure to Secondary data analysis. This will hopefully encourage studentslo careiully ground their work in the experiences of real-life entreprenet{rs or small business owners. As alqrayg-1iough, this is an academic piece of work, and as such, it is expected that students will engage actively with the academic literature in this area.

The Scenario
An Enterprise and lnnovation lnstitution (Ell) have up to f300,000 available to promote the growth of local businesses and employment in its local area.
A. You are required to identiff a new start-up business and seek funding from the Ell for one of the following:

  1.  Setting up a small hotellguesthouse,
  2.  Opening a new gym
  3.  Establishing a management or technical consultancy business
  4.  Any other idea you may have to start-up a business (to be agreed)

And write a report to the potential lnvestor:
(lndicative word length, 3000 words)

  • You are required to identify the following specifically and succinctly:
  • o State your business’s Unique Selling Point,
  • o Undertake an environmental analysis clearly stating the industry sector, any lndustry characteristics? (Maturity, regulations), lndustry in numbers? (Growth rate, margins)
  • Undertake a Competitive Analysis including a SWOT,
  • Key success factors in the industry (20 marks)

B. Prepare a 3-year financial forecast

  • Construct a Pro-forma lncome statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement over three years. (You may wish to provide additional information such as a quarterly forecast, for example, if you expect seasonal fluctuations in sales.)
  • Clearly state and discuss what type of performance ratios would be important to your business. Show your business ratios versus other comparable (if any) organisations that are performing. (40Marks)

G. State the amount of finance you need to borrow for the business
Show clearly appropriate sources of funding (potentialfor multiple sources). (10 Marks)

D. Presenting the business plan- The PITGH
Prepare a poster outlining your start-up idea to a potential investor/lender and persuade them to see you again to find out more. This will require you to know exactly what is unique about your product or service and what the investor/lender is interested in. (20 Marks)

E. Personal Reflection
Reflecting on your overall learning experience briefly discuss what you have gained from undertaking this module including the various tasks within this assignment. You should include a reflection of your lectures/seminars/workshops and own time, in shaping your learning environment (max 2 A4 pages). Likewise include what you would do differently now knowing what you do. (10 Marks) Total (100 marks)

  •  You should make use of all available sources and current thinking on SMEs should be centralto your analysis and illustrated regarding current articles from relevant journals and from broadsheet newspapers (e.9., Financial Times). Use should be made of the library’s electronic databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, etc.
  • You should apply theoretical concepts and models relating to the entrepreneurial process and the various stages of growth and development of the business.
  • Once you have done your research you will need to write your report in which you will present a formal business plan demonstrating the business concept, the marketing strategy, and the financials including for the future qrowth andratio analysis findinqs for the future qrowth and development of the business

Discuss in well-written paragraphs with complete sentences at least one possible marketing idea or marketing strategy suggestion for each SWOT to build on Strengths, minimize Weaknesses, take advantage of Opportunities, and Neutralize threats.

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Marketing Plan Case Analysis: Marketing Situation and SWOT Analysis

5) Marketing Analysis e.g. SWOT

At least two of each of the following.

At least one well-written paragraph with complete sentences for each Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat.

  • Two Strengths
  • Two Weaknesses
  • Two Opportunities
  • Two Threats

Discuss in well-written paragraphs with complete sentences at least one possible marketing idea or marketing strategy suggestion for each SWOT to build on Strengths, minimize Weaknesses, take advantage of Opportunities, and Neutralize threats.

11) Appendix

Charts and Graphs

Include relevant charts, diagrams, graphs, and other graphics that you specifically referenced in your marketing case analysis. (REQUIRED)

Label each diagram in the order in which it appears in your business case analysis, such as A: (Title of Chart), B: (Title of Graph), etc. (REQUIRED)

Under your graph/chart, write a paragraph of a few sentences in which you explain to your readers and professor what you want them to observe in the graph/chart. These observations and verbal analysis should support what you have written your essays above. (REQUIRED)

FOOTNOTES

(Numbered footnotes should be throughout your essay, appearing at the bottom of each page of your paper. In WORD, just use REFERENCES – INSERT FOOTNOTES, and you will see the numbered FOOTNOTES automatically appear at the bottom of each page of your paper. The required minimum number of Footnotes is SIX footnotes. ) (REQUIRED)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The last page of your paper should be the bibliography. It is a list of all the articles that you read and referenced in your paper. The articles in the bibliography should be in alphabetical order in MLA style. The required minimum number of bibliographic references is SIX journal articles. (REQUIRED)

Explain the theory and practice of businesses. Describe a range of current problems and changes that organizations face in being successful. Critically evaluate research and theory to support decision-making and explain progress. Analyse complex issues, make reasoned judgments with incomplete data, and communicate conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

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Business Simulation Evaluation & Reflective Report

Learning outcomes in this assessment:

 Knowledge

  1. Explain the theory and practice of businesses.
  2. Describe a range of current problems and changes that organizations face in being successful.

Thinking skills

  1. Critically evaluate research and theory to support decision-making and explain progress.
  2. Analyse complex issues, make reasoned judgments with incomplete data, and communicate conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Subject-based practical skills

  1. Students will discuss good practice for organization success
  2. Undertake a critical audit of skills and capabilities for a professional career and identify areas required for improvement

Skills for life and work (general skills)

  1. Developing and communicating critical evaluations of organization progress
  2. Working effectively in teams

Assessment – Coursework

Part A: Individual simulation evaluation  
Part B: Individual reflective report  
Submit as 1 report

Individual assignment overview

The individual assignment – to be submitted as one report – is comprised of two parts: A and B. Part A is the simulation evaluation. This focuses on evaluating your company in the simulation. Part B is the professional development reflection. This focuses on evaluating your individual performance in working with other students in your team in the simulation. Each part is worth 50%.

Part A: Individual simulation evaluation (Business simulation)

Weighting – 50%

Word Count – 3000

You have been managing your company in the business simulation activity for the least five years (five years = five weeks of the business simulation). You are now reviewing and presenting your future plans for the company based on your annual business plans (for each simulation week) and performance in the simulation. You are required to evaluate the success of your decisions and make recommendations for future company plans.

Element Word Count Value
1.    Executive Summary

Remember this is an overview of: the most important decisions you made; the actual results you got; the most important decisions you have made about your future strategy

 250 5%
2.     Describe the simulation company Vision and Strategy over the simulation

e.g. vision, values, mission, HR

This section is to be based on your Group business plan. Please use your own words to describe your company’s Vision and Strategy (do not ‘copy and paste’ your group business plan)

 250 5%
3.    What you did

Performance review: competition analysis (Market choice/share; competitors; internal capabilities). Also talk about the most important decisions you made each week and the targets you set each week.

 500

(100 words each of the five weeks)

 5%
4.    What the outcome was

Explain simulation performance results: Position, KPIs, Financial performance

 

Performance review: Performance analysis: analyse performance (evaluate decisions taken in each area – Strategy/ Marketing / HR/ Logistics / Finance / Product development / Responses to World events etc linking to simulation results)

Marks will be awarded for how well you explain the connection between the decisions you made and the results you achieved (regardless of whether the outcome of your decisions were positive or negative in a business sense)

 1,000

(200 words each of the five weeks)

 15%
5.    Future Company Strategy

Develop future company plans and recommendations including:

1.      Define key decisions for next 5 years

2.      identify any changes to current strategy and how to achieve those changes

3.      Set out recommendations – based on your review of company performance,

4.      Explain areas for potential growth

NB – You must show evidence of research into the real MOBILE PHONE industry in this section to support your proposals as well as evidence from your simulation

 1,000 Words 15%
5.    Additional Criteria

Structure and writing (Grammar, argument, clarity, use of business theory to support arguments)

 n/a 5%
TOTALS 3,000 words 50%

(the other 50% comes from Task B)

Further details:

Performance review:

  • Assess the success of the strategy or strategies compared to industry conditions and competitors in the simulation.
  • Analyse company performance e.g. comparing actual performance with targets in your Business Plan, financial data analysis, decision analysis and justification of performance measures and strategy, application of business scorecard etc.

Performance analysis further details:

  • Explain why business plan achieved/ missed, why performance changed
  • Explain differences from competitors/ industry (in simulation)
  • Explain any changes made to business plan and company, why, any impact.

Part B: Individual reflective report (Professional development)

Weighting – 50%

Word Count – 3000

Your annual Performance Development Review is approaching. You are keen to reflect on how working in this team compares to what you have learnt on your MBA course and your understanding of how companies perform in the mobile phone industry. You are required to prepare a report that covers research into one or two events from your simulation team looking at group dynamics, how decisions were made, leadership analysis, and implications for your individual professional development.

This should cover:

  • Report summary
  • Introduction and Identified events 10%
  • Application of theory and practice to identified events 15%
    • Use theory to make sense of the two events – what happened, how, why
    • Brief review of applied theories / concepts/ industry practices – how relevant and valid are they to your events
  • Discussion and recommendations             10%
    • Review and explain your individual professional development
    • Recommendations to improve your practice and areas for you to research to improve your development
  • Structure and writing (Grammar, argument, report summary) 5%
  • Appendix (incl. individual reflection logs for each year in the simulation) 10%

An example of an identified event (not to be used in your assessment):

  • Your team is virtual and has had mixed performance throughout the simulation activity. It feels like it has been a very iterative process in getting people and building the team. Communication has been hard with individuals having different levels of access to technology (i.e. intermittent internet, using mobile phones instead of computers), and some members have engaged little with other team members. This has meant redistributing work and recognising what each member is likely to complete.

Discuss what data is available to businesses and what analytical tools and tests are available. Describe the definitions and origins of data analytics in business and big data. Identify the uses of data analytics and the purpose and benefits of big data analysis.

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Big data

Notes for students :

1. Electronic copy of assignment must be submitted through the Turnitin software.

2. This assignment will be marked electronically and results available online through Grademark in Turnitin within 3 weeks of the submission date.

3. 10% of marks are awarded for satisfactory use of language and/or good presentation.

4. 5% of marks are awarded for satisfactory referencing and/or presentation of a bibliography where either is required. Note that all referenced work should be obtained from credible sources.

5. Students should ensure that they comply with Glyndwr University’s plagiarism policy.

6. Students should make correct use of the Harvard referencing method.

 

Learning Outcomes Tested in this Assignment:

§  LO2: Discuss what data is available to businesses and what analytical tools and tests are available (KS1, KS4, KS5, KS10)

§  LO3: Describe the definitions and origins of data analytics in business and big data (KS1, KS4, KS5, KS10)

§  LO4: Identify the uses of data analytics and the purpose and benefits of big data analysis (KS1, KS3, KS4, KS5, KS10)

 

 

What is the importance of effective time management to successful study? Explain your answers and reasoning.

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Effective time management

Students will submit 1000-words on the case study topic as shown below: Case Study Topic: The effective management of time is crucial for students success.

What is the importance of effective time management to successful study? Explain your answers and reasoning. You must discuss and justify your argument/position with regards to the above question.

The report is to be written individually, you will use your personal research and feedback from tutors to improve your assessment. The text must be organised in a report format and all sources used in your report must be correctly cited and referenced using Harvard Referencing conventions, a minimum of 4 sources are required.

Define and describe the ingredients, explain how the ingredients should be combined or manipulated for optimal effect, and richly justify the expected outcome.

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Formulate a Strategy for Data Collection

Qualitative Research Procedures and Participant Selection

On the research methodology and design, you must determine the appropriate data collection methods to use. For example, if you are conducting a phenomenological study, you are likely to visit with participants individually for a prolonged period of time, or perhaps multiple times as well. You will collect narrative and observational data, along with other evidence to ensure immersion in each participant’s world. Another example would be an ethnographic study of an indigenous group or tribe; in this example, you might have to become embedded with the group, participate in group activities or rituals, and make clear observations of events and interactions.

In Week 1, you developed a pair of research questions for which you now must collect data to generate answers. This week’s resources contain explanations on how this could be accomplished. Research is designed to answer questions related to a real-world problem or an issue of theoretical relevance. The goal is to generate answers to research questions that are convincing and demonstrate the effective use of the scientific method by the researcher. Regardless of the method or design, all research should be highly structured, highly modulated, precise, and focused. Your research design is the plan that you will use to carry out your investigation: how will you select participants, what interventions will you choose to make, what are you measuring, and how will you approach questions? Fundamentally, your research design limits the plausible interpretations of the outcome of the events.

Data collection conversations, such as interviews and focus group discussions, should be recorded for optimal capturing and transcription of the data. Voice recording applications such as internet meeting platform recorders, cell phone recorders, thumb drive recorders, or even cassette recorders can be used to record the data collection conversations. You will need to obtain the participants’ authorization in writing to record the data collection conversations. This could be a part of the informed consent process.

In your dissertation, you will have to write succinctly and clearly to demonstrate your data collection plan. Some sage advice—write this part of your research plan like a recipe:

(a) define and describe the ingredients,

(b) explain how the ingredients should be combined or manipulated for optimal effect, and

(c) richly justify the expected outcome.

https://ncuone.ncu.edu/d21/1e/content/269444/printsyllabus/PrintSyllabus 1/5

Drawing on IHRM theory and contemporary literature examined in this course outline theimpact the Industrial or Employment Relations practices may have on the way Ceutical conducts its HR activities/functions/structure. Critically discuss the merits of a ‘Global Code of HRM Conduct’and confirm whether Ceutical would be well advised to implement a Global Code of Conduct approach.

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International Human Resource Management challenges

Task Overview:  Drawing on IHRM concepts and theory examined in this course, this assessment requires students to evaluate contemporary IHRM challenges global HR executives face in managing human capital in both domestic and globalised contexts

Word Limit: 2,000 words (do not go over this limit)

In some countries trade unions and employment relations laws can either constrain or benefit HR practices in overseas offices. For instance, Dowling et al (2017) highlight a major challenge for MNEs in respect to the reaction of Home Country consumers to allegations of unfair employment practices, poor consumer practices and financial breaches etc even if these generate little or no reaction from consumers living in the Host Country.

The Global HR Director of Ceutical has asked you to carry out further research and provide a 2,000 word report discussing the Industrial or Employment Relations characteristics (e.g. employers, trade unions, employment laws) of your chosen country and critically discussing the merits of introducing a Global Code of HRM Conduct.

Instructions

  1. Select one country that was used for Assessment 2(A) – e.g. Vietnam, Singapore or  Turkey
  2. Carry out further research to discuss the key Industrial or Employment Relations characteristics (employers, unions, and the role of the government including relavant labour laws)for the country that you have chosen to review.
  3. Drawing on IHRM theory and contemporary literature examined in this course outline theimpact the Industrial or Employment Relations practices may have on the way Ceutical conducts its HR activities/functions/structure.
  4. Critically discuss the merits of a ‘Global Code of HRM Conduct’and confirm whether Ceutical would be well advised to implement a Global Code of Conduct approach.

Identify resources and assign costs to resources for the activities and durations identified in Unit III. Create a budget table as outlined in the Unit IV Lesson that assigned resources and associated costs to activities.

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Unit 4 Assignment

Course Project Part 4: Plan Budget Management: Identify Resources, Assign Costs to Resources, Assign Resources to Activities, and Roll-Up Project Baseline

The homebuilding project continues in Unit IV with the development of the project budget. In this assignment, refer to the schedule documents developed in the Unit III assignment. After reviewing the schedule, complete the project budget documents below.

Plan budget management: Document in one to two pages your strategy for developing, managing, and controlling the project budget for your homebuilding project. Feel free to draw upon templates for this purpose by searching external websites you may find. After completing the plan budget management document, perform the following additional requirements.

Part A:

Identify resources and assign costs to resources for the activities and durations identified in Unit III.

Part B:

Assign resources to activities: Create a budget table as outlined in the Unit IV Lesson that assigned resources and associated costs to activities.

Part C:

Roll-up project baseline: Calculate the cumulative budget for the activities identified in Unit III. Use this date to create a project budget curve.

The plan budget management document along with the three parts (Parts A, B, and C) must be at least three pages. Submit your assignment as ONE combined document into Blackboard for grading.

Drawing on your experiences during the simulation, produce a 1500-word critical essay on to the approach to decision making operating in the team and your contribution to it.

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Strategy and implementation

Access Information to the airline simulation

Course Site: https://www.interpretive.com/students/
 

Contact support for logins.

Assessment Instructions

Task: Drawing on your experiences during the simulation, you will produce a 1500-word critical essay on to the approach to decision making operating in the team and your contribution to it.

Three main levels of reflection should cover the following area:

  1. Diagnosis of team strategic decision-making effectiveness during the simulation using an appropriate theoretical framework from the module. Within this you should consider the impact of team dynamics, leadership and fit with the context of the simulation. Use ONE Critical decsion to illustrate the elements of your analysis – this should contain only a very brief description of the selected critical decision and the choice made with the focus being on the decision process. You will be expected to draw on the material from the Study Unit on strategic decision-making as an analysis tool.

 

  1. On the basis of your analysis you should reflect on how your personal preferences fitted this approach and may have impacted on the group work process, and how you might adopt a different approach in the future (either to better perform in a similar situation or need to flex to be effective In a different context).