Prepare a reflection essay (1,500 words) on your thoughts and understanding of leadership and the set practices that will be most productive for leaders operating in the global environment.

Leadership in Practice – Reflective Essay

Prepare a reflection essay (1,500 words) on your thoughts and understanding of leadership and the set practices that will be most productive for leaders operating in the global environment.

Provide a summary of what you garnered from your reading and how it relates to topics discussed in this course.

Organizing for the future article review

Review the attached article that discusses nine imperatives that leaders should embrace to better organize for a post pandemic future. Provide a summary of what you garnered from your reading and how it relates to topics discussed in this course.

Report Requirements:

Your article review (similar to a book review) should be no more than two double-spaced typed pages, and effectively capture the central points of the article.

The key information (title, source, author, date, etc.) should be properly cited in APA format.

Proper English grammar, paragraph structure, and sentence form should be exhibited throughout the review.

Refer to for helpful tips on quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

What was the role of information technology at Deutsche Bank? How was IT related to the bank’s operational efficiency, decision-making capability, and business strategy? Was Deutsche Bank using technology effectively to pursue its business strategy?

Role of information technology at Deutschmark Bank

What was the role of information technology at Deutschmark Bank? How was IT related to the bank’s operational efficiency, decision-making capability, and business strategy? Was Deutsche Bank using technology effectively to pursue its business strategy?

 Explain the difference between nominal and ordinal data. List 3 qualitative attributes of outdoor sporting goods that the client may want to ask consumers. Make sure 1 of the qualitative attributes is nominal.

Concepts and Terminology of Statistics Applied to Business Decision Making

Big data is everywhere, and various businesses around the world are driven by big data. While some businesses rely on big data for organizational decision making, this does not mean that the implications and applications of big data are properly used to ensure optimal effectiveness for the organization

For this scenario, you have been appointed as a business analyst for Big D Incorporated, charged with providing authoritative recommendations to the Board of Directors. As the business analyst, the recommendations that you provide will be based upon data calculated from statistically appropriate formulas. Be reminded that you are not the company’s statistician yet. However, as the business analyst, you are therefore responsible for interpreting statistical data and making the appropriate recommendations.

Big D Incorporated was offered a series of business opportunities, and it is your job as the business analyst to provide expert insight and justification for recommendations regarding these potential prospects.

Assignment Details

Big D Incorporated has a business opportunity to provide two different types of information to a new client. As the business analyst, you are tasked to assess the financial feasibility of this opportunity. The new client is a retailer and looking to expand its product offerings. However, the client is requesting Big D Incorporated to assist in the decision-making process.

Prepare a presentation that addresses the following:

-Explain the difference between nominal and ordinal data.
-List 3 qualitative attributes of outdoor sporting goods that the client may want to ask consumers.    -Make sure 1 of the qualitative attributes is nominal.
-For each ordinal attribute, assign names for the endpoints of a 5-point rating scale.
-Explain the difference between interval and ratio data.
-List 2 quantitative attributes of outdoor sporting goods that market researchers might want to      measure.
– Explain the difference between a population and a sample.

Select at least three points of view that you agree or disagree with. State why you agree or disagree with these points of view.

Discussion 3

Read the article A Free Market Manifesto That Changed the World, Reconsidered. This article was published on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Milton Friedman’s doctrine. This article provides a critical view of the doctrine from 22 business leaders and Nobel prize-winning economists. Read the article carefully.

You may need to read this article several times to understand the depth of the points of view presented, or theories discussed. Select at least three points of view that you agree or disagree with. State why you agree or disagree with these points of view.

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Conduct a five forces analysis for the craft beer industry. Which are the strongest forces? Research industry level performance of craft beer What are some key performance ratios? Is this an attractive industry?

Analysis of the craft beer industry

You have been asked to analyze the craft beer industry.

Issue: How attractive ‘profitable’ is the craft beer industry?

Analysis: Include the following in your analysis:

What is the strongest of a PESTEL analysis? You need to only include one.

Diagram the value chain for the craft beer industry.

Conduct a five forces analysis for the craft beer industry. Which are the strongest forces? You need to include a discussion of the strongest forces.

Research industry level performance of craft beer What are some key performance ratios? Is this an attractive industry? Explain your answer.

How profitable would you expect the craft beer industry to be compared to the commercial beer industry? Defend your answer.

Create a strategic group analysis that contrasts the major competitors in the craft beer industry with the commercial beer industry. Create a graph that maps the competitive landscape.

Draw upon Jim Collin’s Good to Great principles to make one recommendation to the major competitors in the craft beer industry.

Conclusion: How attractive is the craft beer industry?

What changes have you initiated in the past year and what impact have these had on your organization and/or team?

We believe that Change Makers: Challenge the norm:

Nothing can be changed until it’s challenged. Change Makers don’t just accept things at face value, they wonder why and question how. It’s only by breaking the status quo that real impact can be delivered.

What changes have you initiated in the past year and what impact have these had on your organization and/or team?

Explain what the manager should do in this situation and how she could resolve the conflict between her sense of justice and the company’s practices in the most ethical manner.

Business Ethics Position Paper

Your task is to write a paper from one to two pages (double spaced) that analyzes one of the following business ethical issues. You choose which issue to write about; in this assignment, reflect deeply on a topic that matters to you. Each scenario represents a conflict in an organizational setting. In addition to applying ethical reasoning to your position, you must demonstrate how as a leader you would preserve the professional relationships in question and resolve the conflict. You may draw upon personal experience, current events, and research to support your views.

Option B:

A manager has received a resume from a very promising candidate for a position that needs to be filled immediately. The company’s policy is to run a credit check on all candidates. The report on the candidate revealed some trouble with debt. When the manager asked her supervisor about it, she was told to just “go with another candidate” without determining the reasons behind the bad credit report. The manager feels that this policy may be unfairly eliminating qualified candidates who may have good reasons for their financial difficulties. Explain what the manager should do in this situation and how she could resolve the conflict between her sense of justice and the company’s practices in the most ethical manner.

Discuss Fixed, Flexible, and Mixed Methods Designs and what types of research each is best suited to study. Discuss the appropriateness of Flexible Designs for this research project and why the others were not the best choice.

Non-profit Faith-Based v. For-Profit Women’s Homes in Virginia

A Comparative Analysis

Introductory Paragraph
• Discussion Research Paradigms – Discuss all primary research paradigms and identify what the
Researcher’s Paradigm is and why.

• Discussion of Design
o Discuss Fixed, Flexible, and Mixed Methods Designs and what types of research each is best suited
to study.
o Discuss the appropriateness of Flexible Designs for this research project and why the others were
not the best choice.

• Discussion of Method
o Discuss Narrative, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, and Case Study Methods and what types of research each are best suited to study.
o Discussion of the appropriateness of Single Case for this research project and why the others
were not the best choice.

• Discussion of Triangulation
o Discuss qualitative methods that will be used for triangulation.

• Summary
Include Women in the study

Write and upload a statement outlining your preliminary research interest. Describe your interest in your desired field of study, as well as any research experience that you may already have.

Research Interest Page

Business Administration (DBA)
Write and upload a statement outlining your preliminary research interest. Specifically, describe your interest in your desired field of study (Business Information Systems, Operations Management, Management, Marketing, or some combination of the aforementioned), as well as any research experience that you may already have.