Critically evaluate the challenges and opportunities for Tesco in securing supply chains in its international expansion strategy. Consider Tesco’s firm-specific advantages in managing its supply chains for competitive advantage.

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International business strategy

This is the Task for thr Assignment:
Task 1 : Given the context of Tesco’s main activities, what are the main issues prevalent in influencing its future internationalisation agenda? In your response, consider the issues for both the firm and the grocery retail sector in which it operates.

Task 2 : After announcing its entry to the US market in 2006, Tesco failed to sustain its presence in the USA and retreated iin 2013. Critically evaluate the extent to which this was due to company firm-specific advantages and/or the lack of location advantages in the USA.

Task 3 : Identify: the geographic (country) targets; their historical sequence; and entry modes for Tesco’s international expansion to date. To what extent do these conform to established theory and thinking on patterns of international expansion?

Task 4 : Critically evaluate the challenges and opportunities for Tesco in securing supply chains in its international expansion strategy. Consider Tesco’s firm-specific advantages in managing its supply chains for competitive advantage.

Compare and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration vs. outsourcing in fashion industry

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Vertical integration vs. Outsourcing in Fashion industry

Compare and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration vs. outsourcing in fashion industry.

What are some of the organization’s dominant values, norms, rituals, beliefs, language and ideology? How do these cultural elements listed in the previous question reveal the shared meanings and understandings that contextualize organizational life?

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Organization’s culture

Select an organization and analyze its culture (using concepts from Chapter 16). The organization could be one where you have worked, or where you currently work. Or, it could be an organization that you are familiar with. You could do some research to familiarize yourself with an organization, if needed.

The objective of this assignment is to focus on this organization and describe its culture and the impact of its culture on its performance, its ability to change, and its promotion of a functional or dysfunctional work environment. After picking your organization, use the following questions as a springboard for analyzing its culture.

What are some of the organization’s dominant values, norms, rituals, beliefs, language and ideology?
How do these cultural elements listed in the previous question reveal the shared meanings and understandings that contextualize organizational life?
Where do these shared meanings come from? Charismatic founder? The organization’s origin or early history?
Are their competing subcultures within the organization?
Does the dominant culture impede or facilitate organizational change?
To what extent have recent or current leaders shaped the organization’s culture?
Why would a new employee in this organization fail if he or she did not understand the organization’s culture?

Briefly describe in your own words what decision biases are, and then define one or more in particular. Describe in detail a situation in which you have seen one or more biases play a role in a decision that was made in your workplace.

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Experience essay

You will need to write an “experience essay” about one of the topics from the course.

Leadership

Values

Ethics

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Explain the course topic in your own words

Describe in detail how you see that idea unfolding in your own experience.

For example, if you were to choose individual decision making as your topic, you would first briefly describe in your own words what decision biases are, and then define one or more in particular. You would then describe in detail a situation in which you have seen one or more biases play a role in a decision that was made in your workplace. Finally, you would describe the effects of the bias as well as your thoughts on how things could/should have been handled differently, based on the course learnings.

Note: For this essay, you may choose to do a “self-audit” of your own skills and tendencies with respect to the concepts presented here, instead of identifying a specific situation.

The essay should be between three to four pages in length. It will be graded based on the precision of your understanding of the concept and the appropriateness of the real-life example.

Create a 4 page annotated outline that include the sections to be analyzed, ethical decision making aspects of the topic, main points of the recommendation, and credible evidence you plan to use for supporting the analysis and recommendations.

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Annotated Outline

Create a 4 page annotated outline that include the sections to be analyzed, ethical decision making aspects of the topic, main points of the recommendation, and credible evidence you plan to use for supporting the analysis and recommendations.

Create a 2-3 page proposal that analyzes your business topic, defines the scope and strategy for how you will go about your capstone project, and explains how your proposed project allows you to demonstrate the MBA program outcomes.

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Capstone Proposal

Create a 2-3 page proposal that analyzes your business topic, defines the scope and strategy for how you will go about your capstone project, and explains how your proposed project allows you to demonstrate the MBA program outcomes.

Create a 2-3 page project summary that describes your chosen organization, a business problem or opportunity, the kind of data you will need, and how your topic allows you to demonstrate the MBA program outcomes.

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Capstone Project Summary

Create a 2-3 page project summary that describes your chosen organization, a business problem or opportunity, the kind of data you will need, and how your topic allows you to demonstrate the MBA program outcomes.

Describe what a client might expect when making the initial contact (e.g., do agency personnel return the initial appointment call the same day? Is there a long wait to get an appointment?)

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Community Agency Project

Go https://petersplaceonline.org/ (Do not use other organizations) and do research before you answer to all questions.

Background
1. How was the agency created?

2. Indicate the population/geographical areas served by the agency to be investigated.

3. Indicate the reason for the agency’s existence.

Agency Environment
1. Provide a detailed description of the exterior and interior of the building.

2. Describe the neighborhood and available transportation. List all issues clients need to consider for their travel to this agency (e.g., buses drop off 2 blocks away, parking fee is $10 an hour).

3. Describe what a client might expect when making the initial contact (e.g., do agency personnel return the initial appointment call the same day? Is there a long wait to get an appointment?)

4. Day of the visit: Is there a long wait once in the building? Is the waiting room inviting, crowded? Is the staff welcoming? Is the environment clean?, etc.

Problem
1. What are the problems that bring the clients to the agency?

2. What are some of the secondary problems such clients face because of the initial problem?

Interviews
When interviewing with the agency administration, report on the following:
We appreciate your interest in Peter’s Place and for reaching out to us as part of your community agency project.

We are a grieving center for children and families with our mission being to provide safe and supportive environments for grieving children and families and to act as a community resource to foster understanding of the effects of death and grief. We employ a peer support model and therefore we do not provide therapy or counseling services. Given our model we do not have “actual results”.

1. Services performed by the administrators and service staff.

2. In-take procedures and eligibility requirements for admission/acceptance.

3. Type of service provided by this agency – what is provided to clients.

4. Expected outcomes – what is the ultimate goal-what clients should expect.

5. Actual results – ultimate goal vs. reality (e.g., the success rate of services provided). Responses that simply indicate that the staff or the clients seem pleased are not sufficient.

Evaluation
1.How effectively and efficiently is the agency run? Your response should include the interviewer’s information as well as your own critical assessment. You should not simply write that all is great with the agency.

2. Would you recommend sending students/clients to this agency? Support your conclusions including concrete benefits/reasons.

3. Identify some creative (not typical ideas – you need to be very creative!) solutions to the problems faced by the agency. No agency is without some problems. Be thoughtful in your analysis and very innovative in your suggested solutions. Only innovation, creative solutions will receive full credit (in other words – think ‘outside the box’ – fundraisers, etc. are not creative).

Highlight the key risks and obstacles that management will have to mitigate for the plan. Identify the triggers or signals that management will use to monitor if these risks are occurring or not.

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Outline of Business Opportunity Development Project Plan

In this short paper, you will create an outline of your project management plan.

Prepare an outline to identify the key milestones (include at least five major tasks or steps for implementation) and deliverables of your project.

  • State how you intend to manage and balance the scope-time-cost triangle.
  • Identify the key risks and obstacles that management will have to mitigate for the plan. Identify triggers or signals that management will use to monitor
    if these risks are occurring or not.
  • Prepare summary (high level) cost schedule identifying the cost categories for the project rough order of magnitude (ROM) (very high level) dollar
    estimates are adequate for this. This can be done in a tabular format for clarity.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

  • State your intentions for managing and balancing the scope-time-cost triangle.
  • Highlight the key risks and obstacles that management will have to mitigate for the plan.
    Identify the triggers or signals that management will use to monitor if these risks are occurring or not.
  • Summarize the cost schedule by providing cost categories for the project—ROM dollar estimates are adequate for this. This can be done in a tabular format for clarity.

Identify variables to be measured. Develop a minimum of four (4) sample questions to be included in the questionnaire. Identify how each question will be scored. Identify the level of measurement for each question.

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Select Survey Method and Questions

Part 1) For each of the quantitative research objectives listed below:

Identify variables to be measured.
Develop a minimum of four (4) sample questions to be included in the questionnaire.
Identify how each question will be scored.
Identify the level of measurement for each question.
Recommend a method of survey administration to be used.

Quantitative Research Objectives

-To determine if advertising during the Super Bowl is effective in increasing consumers’ product awareness. Use a product of your choosing. State the name of the product that was advertised.
-To determine patient satisfaction of patients who are admitted to a hospital during the past 6 months.
-To determine if there is a relationship between the decision to pursue a career in law enforcement and gender.
-To determine IT professional’s perceptions of the best preparation for an IT career.

Part 2)

Explain the method of survey administration you would use if a survey was conducted in your intended research.