Define the importance of purchasing and supply management and how this relates to selecting a qualified supplier. Discuss how to select strategies for negotiating prices.

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Research Paper

Focus of the Research Paper

Use at least one project you have been a team member of, or a project manager for, as an example to contextualize the research topics below:

All of the following topics must be addressed in order for the paper to be complete:

Define the importance of purchasing and supply management and how this relates to selecting a qualified supplier.
Discuss how to select strategies for negotiating prices.
Assemble the steps of the creation of a project supply, service, and material budget from detailed requirements. Illustrate the benefits and costs of outsourcing, and the growth pattern of outsourcing.
Evaluation of the various organizations that are benchmarks in purchasing and supply management, and their best practices. Provide specific examples of companies who show market leadership in purchasing and supply management.
This is an assignment with a length of eight to ten pages that should integrate the reading, multi-media and class discussions. It is mandatory to have research from the classroom text, as well as three sources from scholarly sources to support your views.

Consider the validity of your resources carefully before using them in academic papers. It is recommended to use examples from your professional experience where possible, or build from your learning in the discussion boards.

Provide a detailed situation analysis of a client organisation (Dartmoor Tea Estate). Utilising appropriate evaluation techniques and digital marketing concepts and frameworks you must provide an assessment, in report form.

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Marketing for a Digital World

Assignment 1: Situational Analysis (40% of module weighting):
You will be expected to provide a detailed situation analysis of a client organisation (Dartmoor Tea Estate). Utilising appropriate evaluation techniques and digital marketing concepts and frameworks you must provide an assessment, in report form of their digital marketing effectiveness including:
1. Analysis of internal and external factors (based on the macro- and micro-environment as well as internal factors).
2. Identification and assessment of current use of digital channels as compared to key competitors.
3. Outline of current target audiences and an indication of online behaviour.
4. Assessment of the organisation’s status regarding consumer privacy and data protection.

Assignment 2: Digital Marketing Plan Report (60% of module weighting):
You will be expected to provide a detailed digital marketing plan by utilising a summary of the information collected in Assignment 1. You need to highlight the most important information of your situation analysis and based on your assessment and recommendations, you must develop a digital marketing plan.
Consider the SOSTAC framework when structuring the plan (Chaffey & Smith, 2012/2019):

– Situation analysis: Where are we now? Macro-, Micro and internal factors (Summarize information collected in Assignment 1)
– Objectives: Where do we want to be? SMART & 5Ss
– Strategy: How do we get there? Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
– Tactics: How exactly do we get there? RACE
– Actions: Who does what and when? Schedule (Gantt, editorial calendar)
– Controls: How do we monitor performance? Measurements, budgets, reporting and management, KPIs

Your digital marketing plan should be in report format and should clearly demonstrate:
• A solid understanding of the digital marketing campaign planning process, (e.g., The use of suitable frameworks, objectives, schedules, budgets and evaluation)
• A detailed knowledge of digital marketing channels, platforms and media
• Recommendations regarding the creative execution of actions and tactics
• An appreciation of regulation, permission and codes of practice
• Clear understanding of relevant measurement and evaluation techniques

Analyse China’s balance of payments and their exchange rate policy. Report on the Euro Zones trade balance and comment upon its level of competitiveness. Evaluate if shareholders have changed the objectives of modern publicly listed businesses.

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Economics of Business

COURSEWORK ONE

CHOOSE ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSEWORK TOPICS FOR COURSEWORK 1.

TOPIC 1 Markets
COP 26 suggested a move away from fossil fuels. Analyse the recent rise in the oil price and its longer-term outlook using supply and demand analysis.

TOPIC 2 International Economy
Analyse China’s balance of payments and their exchange rate policy.

TOPIC 3 Competitiveness
Report on the Euro Zones trade balance and comment upon its level of competitiveness.

 

COURSEWORK TWO

CHOOSE ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSEWORK TOPICS FOR COURSEWORK 2.

TOPIC 4 Market Structure
Use theory to evaluate if the oligopolistic supermarket sector is good for UK consumers.

TOPIC 5: Business Objectives
Evaluate if shareholders have changed the objectives of modern publicly listed businesses.

TOPIC 6 Labour Markets
Recent research suggests some students in England will never pay back their student loans. Is the Human Capital Model broken?

Provide a detailed background of the subject company or enterprise. Provide a description of the problem situation in which the subject company or enterprise finds itself. Provide sufficient detail of the subject and its situation to provide the basis for identifying the problem it faces.

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Case Study: Eco-Jet Airlines

https://clutejournals.com/index.php/JBCS/article/view/4734/4823

Section One – Problem Statement:

Provide an introduction to the case study selected for the final assignment due in Week 8.
Provide a detailed background of the subject company or enterprise.
Provide a description of the problem situation in which the subject company or enterprise finds itself.
Provide sufficient detail of the subject and its situation to provide the basis for identifying the problem it faces.

Section Two – Statement of Cause(s):

Provide analysis of what the root cause of the company/enterprise’s problem
Provide sufficient descriptive detail to provide adequate information for a subsequent discussion of proposed solutions/recommendations.

Section Three – Case Elements:

From the Problem Statement (Section 1), the third section will logically follow. This section of the paper should identify and provide analysis the root cause of the organization’s problem. The root cause should be described in such detail as to provide sufficient information for a discussion within this section of the paper and of proposed solutions/recommendations to be discussed in the next sections.

Section Four – Recommended Action Plan:

From the prior section — Case Elements–the fourth section will select, from the alternatives discussed in Section Three, the best alternative and present it as the recommended solution. This section will provide a narrative as to why the recommended solution is the best alternative, with supporting logic and research. A high-level action plan which provides a description of implementation steps concludes this section.

Section Five – Case Solution:

This section discusses the importance of the case study. This discussion takes the form of highlighting the issues discussed as well as their relevance and importance to the business world.

Prepare a research report for exporting table slides from Canada to Singapore.

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Exporting table slides

Prepare a research report for exporting table slides from Canada to Singapore, the specs (roughly) are these: Research Report 10 pages (body) from the introduction to the limitations sections Not including title page, executive summary, table of contents, bibliography, appendices Formal business writing All sections must be presented in Chicago Style Arial or Times New Roman, size 12 font, 1.5 or double spaced

Here are some topics they can explore for each section:
Political – political corruption, current political views towards foreign business, investment

Economic – GDP, GNI, PPP, country debt, etc. These numbers need analysis – what do they mean for a company looking to expand abroad?

Legal – Intellectual property, contract, and product safety standard laws, etc.

Cultural - Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, business culture (ONLY if relevant to their current position – for example, whether Japan is made up of atheists is not relevant to the company, but that they have a collective culture that forces them to stay loyal to the company is relevant, especially if our recommendation is to form a joint venture, or go into acquisition or a greenfield investment)

Government Policies - Non-tariff barriers, tariff-barriers, protectionist policies, etc.

Trade Agreements - agreements with Canada and the relevant points, tariff percentage (it will be 0% for all WTO-MFN/FTA signatory countries), and HS code (the HS code for table slides is 9403.60.90.00 in Canada, in other countries, the last four digits may be different – students will have to look into their country’s equivalent of Canada’s Customs Tariff Act if they want the specific code, but this is quite advanced.)

Risks and Mitigation - risks due to natural disasters, corruption, lack of payment, etc. and mitigation strategies such as insurance from the EDC (which ones?), using a letter of credit transaction, and other methods of mitigation

Other Aspects - currency, transportation, infrastructure, etc.

Identify two types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth.

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Staffing Plan for a growing business

You are a former certified education administrator who departed your former position to become the owner of a small, in-home day care consisting of you and a part-time assistant where you care for children from ages 3–10. Over the course of time, your demographic population has increased due to significant business growth that has resulted in many families relocating to your area. With more businesses projected to move to the area and the building of new housing developments, it is projected that this growth could be long term.
You have decided that this is a good opportunity to expand your day care business as you have received many inquiries for childcare. In order to comply with your home state regulations, you will require a larger facility and will need to hire additional staff in order to sustain the larger demand for day care. This staff will consist of five Certified Day Care Professionals, one Registered Nurse Professional, five After-School Assistants, and one Office Support Paraprofessional. You have secured approval for a bank loan and qualify for future loans for future expansion if your current endeavor is successful. Meanwhile, the state in which you operate has requested that you provide a staffing plan before it will issue licensure for your expanded capacity.

Note: You may create and/or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.

Requirements
Select one of the scenarios and write a 4–5 page paper in which you:
Identify two types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Examine the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).

Predict the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials.

Next, explain the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Justify your response.
Specify three tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Next, predict the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Provide a rationale for your response.

Describe three methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Next, describe the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Justify your response.

Go to Strayer Library to locate at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Recommend a staffing model to support a business growth initiative.

Class Resources
Herbert Heneman. 2019. Staffing Organizations. BUS335 McGraw Hill 9th edition textbook available at https://www.strayerbookstore.com

Supplemental Resources
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 2012. Selected List of EEOC Systemic Hiring Resolutions and Filings Since 2005.

Discuss both your short-term and long-term professional goals. Describe what challenges you may face as well as how your previous experiences will help contribute to your future success.

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Professional goals

Discuss both your short-term and long-term professional goals. Describe what challenges you may face as well as how your previous experiences will help contribute to your future success.

Your answer should highlight why you have decided to pursue a graduate degree at this point in your career and how you feel a Northeastern degree will help you achieve success. (800 words maximum)

How is your future industry evolving and in what ways do you hope to inspire change and create lasting value?

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MSBA Application Essay

Respond to the following required essay prompt:

1). Grounded in the Johns Hopkins’ legacy of excellence and research, we aren’t limited by tradition. We’re inspired by it. At Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, we shape business leaders who seize opportunity, inspire change, and create lasting value.

How is your future industry evolving and in what ways do you hope to inspire change and create lasting value?

Identify the product or services selected for conducting the survey. State the problem that the product or service will solve. Explain what the organization wants to learn about the product or services from the survey.

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Week 3 discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 8 and 9 of the textbook.

You have been hired as a marketing consultant in your company, JPMorgan Chase. The organization is asking you to identify a sample population to determine the demand for a product or service they are planning to offer. You will need to provide an unbiased sample survey that best represents the population.

In your post,

State the organization’s industry or purpose.
Identify the product or services selected for conducting the survey.
State the problem that the product or service will solve.
Explain what the organization wants to learn about the product or services from the survey.
Explain how and where you determined your sample population and why your sample choice will get you the data you need.
Determine a sample size that will adequately represent the population for your example and how you determined this is an adequate sample size in your survey.

How does the film relate to religion and culture? What theory and/or methodology from the accompanying readings connect to the film, and why? Does the film relate to your personal experiences in any way? Does the film affirm or challenge any preconceived notions you had before watching it?

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The Birth of Punk Islam

https://mcmaster.kanopy.com/video/taqwacore-birth-punkislam

Write a meditation (critical reflection & analysis) on the film. Each meditation is due roughly a week after the film you want to write about is assigned.

EXPECTATIONS

1 – Connect the films to the course’s theoretical models, ideas, and methodologies.

2 – Connections between films and course readings should demonstrate a critical engagement with both the film and the course material. Support your points with evidence!

3 – Write clearly and coherently. Organization matters.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Critical analysis is about making connections between our films and the course content.

Critical reflections are a forum to consider alternative viewpoints, engage in reflective skepticism, gain self-knowledge, and critically evaluate your biases and assumptions.

WHAT A SUCCESSFUL MEDITATION COVERS
This assignment is a combination of critical analysis and critical reflection. You should devote most of the space to critical analysis by making connections between the film and the course content. The following are suggestions for organizing your meditation:

• How would you briefly summarize the film? (In 3-4 sentences)

• How does the film relate to religion and culture?

• What theory and/or methodology from the accompanying readings connect to the film, and why?

• Does the film relate to your personal experiences in any way?

• Does the film affirm or challenge any preconceived notions you had before watching it? Why or why not?