What are Lola’s Market’s vision, mission, and goals? How do these compare with the examples provided in Chapter 1 of the textbook? How well is David Ortega’s business performing relative to the rest of the supermarket industry? How do you know?

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Management Strategy & Policy Assignment

 

Read “Lola’s Market” case study and Chapter #1 and in 1-2 paragraphs answer the following:

● What are Lola’s Market’s vision, mission, and goals? How do these compare with the examples provided in Chapter 1 of the textbook?

● How well is David Ortega’s business performing relative to the rest of the supermarket industry? How do you know?

● What does a your analysis indicate about the efficacy of Ortega’s vision, mission, and goals for this company? Should these be revisited and revised? How do you know?

● Do Lola’s financial health and ability to reach its target markets indicate an effective strategy? What would make this strategy more effective?

Answer the following in 1-2 paragrpahs:

● Which strategic options is David considering for his growing company? Which of these options would you recommend to him? Are there other options not listed in the case that he might consider? What are those other options?

● What do you consider to be the most important tradeoffs between maintaining a culture of tradition vs. promoting a culture of innovation at Lola’s Markets? Will David Ortega’s leadership style need to change in order to facilitate any changes to Lola’s Markets’ mission and vision

Which strategy is the best option for Cool Beans Cafe to pursue? In your response, make note of both the risks and advantages of that strategy, and address at least three specific ideas for implementing your chosen strategy.

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Case Question

Cool Beans Cafe is a small, local coffee shop located in Boston, MA that operates not for profit, raising funds for veterans and their families. It began serving its customers three years ago. The shop has a menu of 12 drinks; 7 hot and 5 cold, which are priced above the local Starbucks but below other small cafes in the area. For its first two and a half years of operations, Cool Beans Cafe saw high sales growth, but over the past 6 months its revenues have seen almost no growth. Here, revenue is defined as the total amount of money the store collects from its customers through sales.
Cool Beans Cafe’s manager has reached out to our consultant group to help them determine how to boost the store’s revenues for the future. They have drafted four potential strategies and are looking for our recommendation:

1. Strategy One: Increasing the number of sales made to each existing customer using the existing menu

2. Strategy Two: Increasing the number of customers buying from the existing menu

3. Strategy Three: Increasing the number of customers by changing the menu to attract new customers

4. Strategy Four: Increasing the price of the existing menu items

Which strategy is the best option for Cool Beans Cafe to pursue? In your response, make note of both the risks and advantages of that strategy, and address at least three specific ideas for implementing your chosen strategy (e.g., if you chose Strategy Two, how can they increase the number of customers? If you chose Strategy Four, how should they decide what their new price should be?).

Identify an organization that has died in recent years. How did poor decision-making relative to organizational and operational issues affect the success of the organization?

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Death By One-Thousand Cuts

Identify an organization that has died in recent years (or is about to). You can choose from the list below, or identify your own. Do a complete business decision-making post-mortem (autopsy) on the organization. What happened? How did poor decision-making relative to organizational and operational issues affect the success of the organization? What business decisions could (and should) have been changed to add some longevity to the organization’s life? As corporate leaders, what specific lessons can each of us learn from the demise of this organization? Your paper should be double-spaced

As an international manager for a foreign multinational, how would you try to make sense of and adapt to the Indian business and cultural environment if you were doing business there? How might you be able to take advantage of India’s expertise in “frugal innovation”?

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International Organizational Behavior

Answer the following prompt:

As an international manager for a foreign multinational, how would you try to make sense of and adapt to the Indian business and cultural environment if you were doing business there? How might you be able to take advantage of India’s expertise in “frugal innovation”?

textbook: International Organizational Behavior
Author: McFarlin and Sweeney
Publisher: NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Edition: 2nd

Identify the appropriate framework (conceptual or theoretical) and provide a rationale for the selection. Explain why the selected framework is important and how it can guide research. Provide a basic example of your selected framework.

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Conceptual Framework

Although the terms conceptual and theoretical frameworks have been used interchangeably at times they do refer to two different things. A theoretical framework is a study based on an existing theory or theories where as a conceptual framework is something the author develops based on the theory. After reviewing the Reading and Study material for this module, conducting your own outside research, and considering the two different types of frameworks, select a conceptual or theoretical framework to explore that will align with your problem statement ( Healthcare workers shortage affects on patient care.). Use three scholarly articles that no more than five years old. Complete the below items for this project:

1. Identify the appropriate framework (conceptual or theoretical) and provide a rationale for the selection.

2. Explain why the selected framework is important and how it can guide research.

3. Provide a basic example of your selected framework (See Examples Below).

References
Keller, T., & Alsdorf, K. L. (2014). Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. New York, NY: Riverhead Books. ISBN: 9781594632822
Robson, C. & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research (4th ed.). West Sussex, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN: 9781118745236

Identify three variables in the income statements that the bank may be interested further researching to learn more about its customers. Analyze the table and charts to find the most useful information for communicating information about the bank’s customers.

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Turning Variables Into Knowledge

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 1 and 2 of your textbook.
Imagine that you are hired as a data analyst for a bank. The bank would like to learn more about its customers’ spending and banking habits to identify areas of improvement. You have been asked to review the bank’s income statements over the last 5 years and identify trends that will allow them to better understand their customers.
Download your chosen bank’s annual income statements from the last 5 years from the Mergent database in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. Review the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent Online (Links to an external site.) resource for tips on accessing and searching the Mergent database. Use the “Company Financials” tab in Mergent to access the income statements.

Identify three variables or categories that the bank may be interested in further researching, such as sales or revenue. Using these three variables or categories, build a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using Excel. Review the Microsoft Excel Help: BUS625 Excel Guide webpage for resources to help utilize Microsoft Excel. You will be using the same three variables in each table and chart, so the same data will be displayed in three different formats.

After creating the three tables, which of the tables and charts do you find most useful for communicating information about the bank’s customers? Write a brief case report summarizing your analysis and results.

In your paper,

• Identify three variables in the income statements that the bank may be interested further researching to learn more about its customers.

• Develop a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using variables in the income statements for your bank.

• Analyze the table and charts to find the most useful information for communicating information about the bank’s customers.

• Summarize your analysis and results, including how the charts were useful in your research.
The Turning Variables Into Knowledge paper

• Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages, charts or tables), and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for

Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:

o Title of paper in bold font

 Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

o Student’s name
o Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s name
o Due date

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

o For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

• Must cite the information found in the Mergent database.

• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.

• (Links to an external site.)Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

What are the common differences between a Conceptual and Theoretical Framework? Explain why each framework is important and how it can guide research. Provide a basic example of each framework.

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Conceptual Framework

Although the terms conceptual and theoretical frameworks have been used interchangeably at times they do refer to two different things. A theoretical framework is a study based on an existing theory or theories whereas a conceptual framework is something the author develops based on the theory. After reviewing the Reading and Study material for this module, conducting your own outside research, and considering the two different types of frameworks, please respond to the following questions:

1.What are the common differences between a Conceptual and Theoretical Framework?
2. Explain why each framework is important and how it can guide research.
3. Provide a basic example of each framework.

References:
Keller, T., & Alsdorf, K. L. (2014). Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. New York, NY: Riverhead Books. ISBN: 9781594632822
Robson, C. & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research (4th ed.). West Sussex, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN: 9781118745236

Identify and discuss the legal elements of negligent hiring. Apply those elements of negligent hiring to the facts given in the case. Analyze whether Superior would be liable for negligent hiring. Identify and discuss the legal elements of respondeat superior.

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Week 2 – Assignment Negligent Tort Liability

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Review Chapter 7 and Chapter 36 of the course textbook.

• Review the cases Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc., 496 N.C.2d 1086 (Ill. Ct. App. 1986) Download Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc., 496 N.C.2d 1086 (Ill. Ct. App. 1986), and Raleigh v. Performance Plumbing and Heating, 130 P.3d 1011 (Colo. 2006) Download Raleigh v. Performance Plumbing and Heating, 130 P.3d 1011 (Colo. 2006).

• The Negligent Tort Liability paper

Superior Electrical

Superior Electrical (Superior) was in the business of installing electrical wiring and related components at new construction sites. Because some employees were assigned company vehicles equipped with company tools and materials and were expected to drive those vehicles to the work sites, Superior required all employment applicants to hold a valid driver’s license. Employees who were assigned a company vehicle were expected to drive for the company during the workday in order to transport job materials and company tools that were kept on the vehicle to job sites. These employees were expected to take the company issued vehicle home at the end of the work day.

Superior hired Cory Jones as an apprentice electrician. Jones had completed an employment application in which he stated that he had a valid driver’s license and had not been cited for any traffic violations. These statements were untrue. His license had been suspended because of numerous traffic violations, including careless driving and driving without a license. Superior did not check on his driving record at the time he was hired because, as an apprentice electrician, he was not being assigned a company vehicle and was not expected to drive for the company during the work day.

About a year after hiring Jones, Superior promoted him to electrician and assigned Jones a company vehicle equipped with a rack for transporting wiring and other materials to and from the work sites. Superior intended that Jones drive during the day for the company and to take the vehicle home after the end of the work day. On a later date, when Jones’s work hours had ended and he was driving home in the company vehicle, he collided with two cars. The collision resulted solely from Jones’s negligence. Carolyn Carson and her son were severely injured in the collision and they sued Superior. The Carson’s alleged two theories of recovery against Superior: respondent superior and negligent hiring.

• The Negligent Tort Liability paper

Superior Electrical

Write a four- to five-page paper that addresses the following:

• Identify and discuss the legal elements of negligent hiring.

• Apply those elements of negligent hiring to the facts given in the case.

• Analyze whether Superior would be liable for negligent hiring.

• Identify and discuss the legal elements of respondeat superior.

• Apply those elements of respondeat superior to the facts given in the case.

• Analyze whether Superior would be liable on respondeat superior grounds.

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA style

• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

What is the organization’s mission and vision? How have you seen the organization’s mission and vision reflected in daily activities such as communication, management approaches, priorities, and so on? What does the organization value?

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Managing/Leading in Business

Overview

It is important to understand yourself as a leader and how you fit into an organization. In this journal assignment, you will discuss your individual experience with organizational culture and how it has impacted communication and leadership within an organization you are familiar with. This could be an organization you currently work for, or one you have worked for in the past. You may wish to revisit the results of your personality assessment from your previous work and discuss how your leadership style connects to the organizational culture you describe here.

Prompt

Revisit your Big Five personality assessment and the related journal assignment, and consider who you are as a leader. Think of the culture of an organization that you currently work for or have worked for in the past, and describe your role within it based on the organizational culture and your disposition.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Organizational Culture: Describe the organizational culture of the organization of your choice. Consider the following in your response:

What is the organization’s mission and vision?

How have you seen the organization’s mission and vision reflected in daily activities such as communication, management approaches, priorities, and so on?

What does the organization value?

Impacts of Culture and Leadership: Describe the impact of culture and leadership on the employees and day-to-day business, providing examples. Consider the following in your response:

How did organizational culture play a role in the examples you provided?

In the examples you provided, was the communication or behavior aligned with the culture the organization promotes? Why or why not?

Leadership Style and Personality Traits: Discuss your leadership style and personality traits; focus specifically on how your leadership fits into an organizational culture. Consider the following in your response:

What traits make you a strong leader, and how does this connect to the organizational culture you described?

Guidelines for Submission

Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Describe the general functions of management as well as the purpose and benefits of using established management skills and practices, making sure to use course resources to support your explanation.

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Managing/Leading in Business

Overview

Using the management skills and practices that suit your team and its objectives can help to ensure the team’s efficiency and productivity. Analyze the provided scenario to determine how management skills and practices can help support the team.

Scenario

Imagine that you are an organizational consultant for the SNHU Pet Supply Company. The director of retail operations has asked you to evaluate the reason for some of the team’s drop in productivity and make recommendations for their improvement. Further conversations with the team members and managers reveal a conflict in the way productivity and efficiency is being measured and handled.

The team members say that their managers micromanage them. Each week, the managers send out a task list for the team and expect them to fill out detailed timesheets every day to cross-reference the task list. Any deviations from the list must be explained in a separate email. Moreover, some team members feel their skill sets are not being used correctly, and that they would be better suited to do tasks that are not being assigned to them. This has led to some resentment within the team, not to mention high levels of stress to meet the managers’ demands.

The managers maintain that they have just been following the process that’s been set out for years in the company. The many unresolved issues are taking a toll on the team’s productivity and efficiency, which then feeds back into the conflict, creating a vicious circle.

Prompt

Write a brief report to the director of retail operations that explains the management skills and practices you feel will improve team productivity and efficiency, using the module reading to support your recommendations.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Overview: Provide a brief overview of the problem you have been asked to resolve, making sure to note specific areas of conflict between management approaches and employee feedback based on the provided scenario.

Management Approaches: Describe the general functions of management as well as the purpose and benefits of using established management skills and practices, making sure to use course resources to support your explanation.

Recommendations: Recommend a new management approach, consisting of a blend of management skills and practices, that you believe will help improve the team’s productivity and efficiency. Explain why you believe these approaches will be effective, and make sure to use course resources to support your recommendations.

Guidelines for Submission

Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.