How does the current organizational and operational structure, including the system of corporate governance, benefit the firm? How does the current organizational and operational system challenge the firm’s success? What would have to change to reverse how structural issues are impeding the firm’s success?

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Organizational and Operational Plans

The purpose of this assignment is to assess the effectiveness of a company’s operational and organizational strategies and processes.

Previously, you conducted an extensive assessment of American Airlines external and internal environment and of the elements influencing both. Reflect on this research and analysis as you move forward assessing the next steps for the firm and how to increase value for the shareholders and stakeholders involved. This question of value is largely influenced by the firm’s ability to be optimally organized and operated.

Compose a written assessment of American Airline’s organizational strategies and operational processes, evaluating what changes need to be made and what procedures need to be maintained in order to outfit the firm for increasing success.

Address each of the following issues in a 1,250-1,500-word paper:

1. How does the current organizational and operational structure, including the system of corporate governance, benefit the firm? How does the current organizational and operational system challenge the firm’s success? What would have to change to reverse how structural issues are impeding the firm’s success?

2. How might the firm benefit from a strategic alliance? What are the risks of a strategic alliance and how might those risks be managed?

3. How might the firm utilize a business-level cooperative strategy to create a competitive advantage? Of the four business-level cooperative strategies ( Complementary strategic alliances (vertical and horizontal) Competition response strategy. Uncertainty reducing strategy. Competition reducing strategy.) presented in section 9-2 of the textbook, which is most likely to be of significant value to your team’s firm? Why? What are the risks associated with this strategy and how might they be managed?

4. What internal governance mechanisms would you propose to monitor managers’ decision making?

5. Section 11-2 of the textbook states that strategy and structure have a reciprocal relationship. Explain how this is true within your selected firm. If it is not true, how might the situation be changed for the better?

Write about the business operations of the company Tesla. The topic focused on should be “forecasting” and how they use forecasting in day to day operations. Get into the “how” and “why” they use it. Use two sources to explain.

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Forecasting

Write about the business operations of the company Tesla. The topic focused on should be “forecasting” and how they use forecasting in day to day operations. Get into the “how” and “why” they use it. Use two sources to explain.

Here is a forbes article on forecasting.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/fotschcase/2016/08/23/forecasting-the-secret-to-controlling-your-business-and-engaging-employees-too/?sh=5f8c8ac9710b

Explore cultural & communication aspects of a country/culture using the case study approach. Apply ethical principles and behaviours in the context of conducting business abroad. Analyze characteristics of effective intercultural communication and apply strategies for coping & adjusting to new environments and different cultures.

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Country Culture Brief Report

PURPOSE:

To explore cultural & communication aspects of a country/culture using the case study approach.
To apply ethical principles and behaviours in the context of conducting business abroad.
To further cultivate your communication skills (written, oral, and electronic).
To analyze characteristics of effective intercultural communication and apply strategies for coping & adjusting to new environments and different cultures.

GROUP SCENARIO:

You are members of a Consulting Team specializing in international business. You have been hired by a company that is preparing to send a group of employees to another country.

Your purpose is to prepare these employees with a comprehensive understanding of the country/culture that they will be entering into to conduct business. To do this, the employees will need a well researched and accurate country/culture briefing report. The country/culture report should outline significant underunderlying cultural norms, values, and communication patterns of that specific country/culture and how they might impact business interactions. It should also provide at least two (2) strategies on how best to communicate (verbal & non-verbal) in this country/culture which will help these employees adjust and build relationships to meet their goals, successfully.

As a Consulting Team, you will also design & present a role play to these employees that aims to help them understand the communication patterns of that specific culture/country and how it may affect a specific type of business interaction. You will demonstrate a resolution to a challenge faced in a specific business interaction, by using a role play exercise that adopts at least one (1) of the two (2) strategies recommended (in written report). Remember that communication patterns can include verbal and nonverbal characteristics.

Should Waste Management take on its critics and fight back, or should it focus on its business and let the results speak for themselves? Should it view environmental advocates as a threat or an opportunity for the company?

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Case Analysis Essay

Introduction
Waste Management faces serious changes in its environment. Both corporations and consumers are reducing the amount of waste they generate, and they are also increasing the number of goods they recycle. These trends challenge Waste Management since the high cost of collecting and sorting recyclable materials means that Waste Management loses money when it recycles them. What can the company do to meet increased customer expectations on one hand, while still finding a way to earn a profit on high-cost, recycled materials?

Activity Instructions
Review and address the following questions:

Should Waste Management take on its critics and fight back, or should it focus on its business and let the results speak for themselves?
Should it view environmental advocates as a threat or an opportunity for the company?

Like at Subaru and Walmart, corporate leaders worldwide are committed to reducing the waste produced by their companies. Since that represents a direct threat to Waste Management’s landfill business, what steps could it employ to take advantage of the trend toward zero waste that might allow it to continue growing company revenues?

What exact services do you agree to? Where does your work begin and end? For example, if your contract is to design a logo, how many revisions will you provide? Consider your final deliverable; when is the work complete? What won’t you do? How will you deliver the work?

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Freelance Contract

Instructions Following completion of module content outlining essential and optional contract components, follow the guidelines to draft a fictional freelance contract. You may draft your contract as a Letter of Agreement or in an outline format. Do NOT use a contract template from the internet.

• Create a header. Include your contact information and your logo, if you have one.
• Date the contract.
• Name the other party. Include the party’s contact information.

• Outline the scope of services. What exact services do you agree to? Where does your work begin and end? For example, if your contract is to design a logo, how many revisions will you provide? Consider your final deliverable; when is the work complete? What won’t you do? How will you deliver the work? Be detailed; the scope is the legal substance of the contract.

• State due dates. Outline the project timeline. Include due dates for all deliverables, including benchmarks to show progress and final delivery dates.

• State the consideration/pay. Specify dates and amounts for deposits, if applicable, as well as the project total price and due date. Cite whether or not expenses will be reimbursed. Consider including late fees for late payment on deposits or final payment and/or a “kill” fee if the other party cancels the project .. .

• Agree on rights. As a work-for-hire in your industry, who will own the rights to the work? Remember, this will vary by industry. A graphic designer, for example, who creates an identity system for a client likely turns the rights over to the client. A photographer, on the other hand, may negotiate limited rights. Turn to industry association websites (researched earlier this semester) for industry guidance.

• State an expiration date. When will the offer of services expire? You may include a specific date or simply say “upon completion and payment” or similar verbiage (Tapia). • Include other elements you think are important and common to your industry, such as non-compete clauses or nondisclosure clauses.

• Identify and label components as “required” or “optional.” For example, you might highlight all required components with one color and optional components in another.

Create an Employment Status Report in the Communication Specialist/Public Relations industry. Develop a thesis assessing your current position and preparation within your industry, as well as next steps toward achieving your dream, or another argument you wish to make about yourself and your field.

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Employment Status Report for Public Relations

Create an Employment Status Report in the Communication Specialist/Public Relations industry.

Develop a thesis assessing your current position and preparation within your industry, as well as next steps toward achieving your dream, or another argument you wish to make about yourself and your field.

Critically evaluate the Lean Start Up Approach and reflect on what you have learnt about successful entrepreneurship and innovation. In doing so consider what other factors are critical beyond the ‘Lean Start Up’ Approach.

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The student is required to utilise the knowledge and skills gained through the module to generate an idea for a ‘new’ venture, evaluate its possibility for ‘success’ and reflect on your learning. This could be for a business or social enterprise.

This will require you to:

-Use appropriate frameworks discussed during the module to generate potential ‘business’ ideas.

– Develop one of those into potential ‘business’ opportunity and present it in the form of a ‘Lean canvas’

-Apply appropriate approaches to Research the potential opportunity and re-evaluate your original ‘Lean Canvas’ with a clear indication of whether it is feasible.

-Critically evaluate the Lean Start Up Approach and reflect on what you have learnt about successful entrepreneurship and innovation. In doing so consider what other factors are critical beyond the ‘Lean Start Up’ Approach.

What is meant by primary behavior pattern? Based on your results, what is your primary behavioral style? Do you agree with the results? Explain why or why not.

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Complete the Work it out 6.1 activity on pages 213-214 (already did) of the textbook(Textbook: Customer Service: Skills for Success | 7th Edition | Author Robert W.Lucas ).

What is meant by primary behavior pattern? Based on your results, what is your primary behavioral style?
List five characteristics of your primary style

  1. -Avoid conflict and anger
  2. -Like leisure activities that involve people.
  3. -Prefer one on one or small group interactions instead of large group ones
  4. – Seek specific or complete explanations to questions
  5. – Be very patient

Do you agree with the results? Explain why or why not (not completely, probably about 50% of it then I cold also be on the inquisitive style)

Briefly summarize the topic and the author main points. Discuss 4 things that you agree and 4 dislikes from the book. Explain 4 reasons why you agree and disagree with the author. Describe how and why these ideas are problematic. How could you revise or improve these ideas?

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Data and Galiath (The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World), by Bruce Schneier.

https://ciberativismoeguerra.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bruce-schneier-data-and-goliath_-2015.pdf

1.) Briefly summarize the topic and the author main points.

2.) Discuss 4 things that you agree and 4 dislikes from the book. Explain 4 reasons why you agree and disagree with the author.

3.) Describe how and why these ideas are problematic. How could you revise or improve these ideas?

4.) Describe 4 ideas you have learned from the book? Explain how these ideas challenge old believes and existing ways.

5.) What 2 advices would you give the audience?

Briefly describe the organization and the community in which it operates. Analyze the organization’s social and economic impacts on the community (positive or negative). Provide specific examples to support your analysis.

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The Social and Economic Impacts of Business

Organizations can directly and indirectly affect communities in both positive and negative ways. Their impacts can be simple, such as donating to a local school or sponsoring a neighborhood event, or they can be so profound that the organization shapes or reshapes the landscape of a community—or even the world—for generations. Perhaps an organization pollutes the local waterways or closes a factory that employed half the town, or an organization decides to build a theme park in an underdeveloped area that, in 50 years’ time, could become a top tourist destination. In this Discussion, you will explore the social and economic impact of an organization with which you are familiar or that you have researched.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Consider an organization with which you are familiar that had a social and economic impact on a community. The community can be one you are familiar with, or you can locate an example of another community through your research. Additionally, the organization’s impact on the community could have been positive or negative.

PROBLEM QUESTION.     

Post your analysis of the social and/or economic impacts of a business organization, to include the following:

  • Briefly describe the organization and the community in which it operates.
  • Analyze the organization’s social and economic impacts on the community (positive or negative). Provide specific examples to support your analysis.
  • Analyze how the benefits or consequences of this social and economic impact on the community shapes your perception and others’ perceptions of the organization.