Create a histogram of the adjusted daily closing stock price. Make sure the histogram is meaningful by adjusting the bin size so you can see the shape of the histogram. Write several sentences explaining the process/steps by which you created this graph.

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Using Analytic Techniques to Add Meaning to Data

• PRINT
• Download data on a company’s stock history. From this data, create scatterplots, histograms, and calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of some data points. Write a 5-8 page report including the graphs and descriptive statistics you have created.

Business analytics techniques are used to facilitate decision making by transforming large amounts of raw data into meaningful information. Many businesses rely on analysis of relevant historical data to make key strategic and operational decisions. Therefore, understanding how to use techniques such as graphical representation and descriptive statistics to translate raw data into useful information can be a valuable skill in an organization.

In this assessment and the next, you will have the opportunity to sharpen your analytics skills by locating and interpreting real-life stock data.

You have been learning about how to explore data. In this assessment, you will apply those skills by downloading a practical dataset and creating graphical representations of that data. The work you do in this assessment will lay the foundation for future assessments in which you analyze and interpret those graphical representations. Since the purpose of business analytics is to make sense of large quantities of raw data, this assessment helps you develop skills in applying analytics to business contexts by practicing the exploration and display of data.

In addition to graphical and tabular summary methods, numeric or quantitative variables and data can be summarized numerically using various techniques of description and display.

Descriptive methods, which describe existing data, are also methods for using a subset of the available data to estimate or test a theory about a measurement on a larger group. This larger group is called the population, and the measurement being studied is the parameter. The smaller group, or subset, of the population that is taken in order to make an inference (to make an estimate or test a theory) is referred to as the sample. The measurement taken on that sample is then referred to as the statistic, which is usually the best single-number estimate for the population parameter of interest. Most often, however, the estimate should not be restricted to a single number that would be exactly correct or incorrect. Instead, it is preferable to calculate some range of possible values between which there can be a certain percent confidence that the true population parameter falls. These are referred to as confidence intervals.

Scenario
Business analytics techniques are used to facilitate decision making by transforming large amounts of raw data into meaningful information. Many businesses rely on analysis of relevant historical data to make key strategic and operational decisions with the goal of gaining or maintaining competitive advantage. Therefore, understanding how to use techniques such as graphical representation and descriptive statistics to translate raw data into useful information can be a valuable skill in an organization.
In this assessment and the next, you will have the opportunity to sharpen your analytics skills by locating and interpreting real-life stock data, creating a business report, and presenting the information from the business report with your supervisor and colleagues as part of a decision-making effort.

Your Role
You are a member of a business analyst group interested in a publicly traded company. Your supervisor has asked you to create a presentation, including graphical representations from raw stock data. From that raw stock data, you are to create a business report for a company-wide meeting at the end of the quarter. Your work and the work of others will result in a Business Report, which will be utilized to help company leadership make decisions.

Your first task is to pick a publicly held company with only one business platform. So do not pick Apple, Amazon, Disney, et cetera. You want a company that plays in only one industry. Then you are to provide an overview of the company, including business context. Remember that business context includes many aspects of the company, industry, competition, et cetera.

The second task is prepping stock history data from the business or company and creating scatter plots and a histograms.

The third task is to calculate mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the adjusted daily closing stock price and the stock volume.

The fourth task is to provide a summary of the information you provide (including data analysis) without bias and with factual information including citations.
It is your responsibility to present visually and to interpret the data into meaningful information using analysis and descriptive statistics.

Instructions
Select a publicly traded business or stock that plays in only one industry in which you have interest. Download the raw data on the company’s stock history.
Follow these steps to locate and download stock history from Yahoo! Finance:
• Go to Yahoo Finance.
• Search for and find the stock information of your chosen company. Remember do not use a company that plays in multiple industries.
• Once you pull up the general data on the company, review the screen links throughout until you find the link for Historical Data. Click on the Historical Data link. Then select the following settings above the table:

  • o Select Time Period of one year.
    o Select “Historical Prices.”
    o Select Frequency as “Daily.”
    o Click Apply.
    o Click Download Data. Go to the bottom of your screen or your Downloads folder to open the Excel file you just downloaded. Open the Excel file. Check to be sure that you have enough lines to show the whole year. If not, reset the settings at the top of the Historical Data chart and try again.
    o Once you are sure that you have a year’s worth of data, save the Excel file.
    Using the Excel file with the year’s stock data, conduct descriptive analysis as follows:

4. Create a scatter plot of the highest stock price (in the column labeled “High”) against time. Write several sentences explaining the process/steps by which you created this graph.

5. Create a scatter plot of the lowest stock price (in the column labeled “Low”) against time. Write several sentences explaining the process/steps by which you created this graph.

6. Create a histogram of the adjusted daily closing stock price (in the column labeled “Adj Close”). Make sure the histogram is meaningful by adjusting the bin size so you can see the shape of the histogram. Write several sentences explaining the process/steps by which you created this graph.

7. Create a histogram of the stock trading volume (in the column labeled “Volume”). Make sure the histogram is meaningful by adjusting the bin size so you can see the shape of the histogram. Write several sentences explaining the process/steps by which you created each graph.

8. Complete the following for each of the four graphs:

  • o Make sure the x and y axis have appropriate labels—“Stock Price in USD” or “Date D/M/Y” for example.
    o Change the title of the graph to communicated what the graph is communicating.
    o Add options—color, trendlines, legend, other?

9. Calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the adjusted daily closing stock price.

10. Put answers of calculations in table format for easy review.

11. Write several sentences explaining the process by which you calculated these statistics.

12. Calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the stock volume. Put in table format for easy review. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you calculated these statistics.

13. Prepare a 5-8 page report that you would present to your supervisor, including the following:

Critically analyze an organization, and its approach to human resource management decision making in supporting long-term business goals.

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  Human Resource Management (HRM)

Critically analyze an organization, and its approach to human resource management decision making in supporting long-term business goals.

The assignment should be set out in a shortened report format. As with a full report, all published sources used should be acknowledged and correctly referenced, using the Harvard referencing system. Any diagrams relevant to the report content can be included in this assignment.

Title Section – this must include the name of the author and the date of the report.

Introduction – this section introduces and explains the topic, and demonstrates to the reader why the report is being made.

Main body – this is the main section where you will discuss your material. The facts and evidence you have gathered must be in relation to the assessment criteria (above) and should demonstrate analysis and discussion. Your analysis and discussion should be arranged in an order that is logical and easy to follow. Where necessary use sub-headings to create a clear structure for your discussion and analysis.

 Conclusion – this section should bring the introduction and main body to its conclusion, and should identify the main findings of the report.

 References – all published sources cited in the report must be referenced in alphabetical order, in line with Harvard referencing. These should be in alphabetical order.

 Appendices – this is where you should include all supporting information that you have used to support your analysis and discussion. The could include tables, graphs, questionnaires, surveys or transcripts.

Remember that if you do include appendices, to make reference to them in your report.

Explain key financial performance indicators that various stakeholders would be most interested in. Explain additional key financial line items related to triple bottom line that are required to measure cost.

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CONSULTING REPORT

Overview
Analyzing the financial performance of a company is crucial for any business at any given point of time, but especially when the company is heading in a new direction.

You are aware that your company has made the strategic decision to move to a triple bottom line (TBL)-focused business model. You have already collaborated with various departments within your organization to understand their perspectives.

Now you will review the current financial performance of your organization and evaluate whether the operational plan aligns with key performance indicators of the finance department.

Prompt
Using the financial records of the health and beauty company that you work for, as well as the financial records of the company you chose in Module One,(Walt Disney) create a consulting report outlining the following criteria:

Explain key financial performance indicators that various stakeholders would be most interested in. Support your rationale and include the following stakeholders in your response:
Employees
Shareholders
Community groups

Explain additional key financial line items related to triple bottom line that are required to measure cost. Support your rationale.
Supporting Material
Financial records of the health and beauty company you work at

Consolidated balance sheet
Consolidated cash flow statement
Consolidated income statement
Financial records of the company you chose in Module One

Balance sheet of your chosen company
Cash flow statement of your chosen company
Income statement of your chosen company
List of global companies provided in Module One

List of Companies

Guidelines for Submission
In a Word document, use double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This consulting report should be 1 to 3 pages in length and include references cited in APA format. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Describe the service concept of the organization. Explain how the operations of the organization contribute to the functioning of the service  concept. Explain the processes, layout, environment, supply chain, etc. of the organization.

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Service operations analysis

This assignment will take the form of a report detailing the main areas of investigation. Select a  service organisation of your own choice, or a part of such an organisation (e.g. A supermarket; A  fast‐food outlet; An educational service; A tourist attraction; A bank or building society; A Gym;  etc.).

For your chosen organization produce a report, which should address the following tasks:

1. Describe the service concept of the organization (use the service concept worksheet).

2. Explain how the operations of the organization contribute to the functioning of the service  concept. Explain the processes, layout, environment, supply chain, etc. of the organization. It is recommended to use some tools such as layout design, process chart, flow process  chart (FPC), etc.

3. Assess how well the operations implement the service concept. Find the main problems  and challenges of the studied organisation and present their main causes. It is recommended to use a fishbone chart (FBC), tree diagram, Pareto analysis, etc.

4. Suggest how both the concept, operation, processes, layout, the delivery system, etc. might be improved. If you do not see any areas for improvement in these areas, argue a convincing case from an operations management point of view for maintaining the status quo.

Apply the concepts, theories, methods, tools and diagrams covered in the module. Incorporate the topics in operations management that are relevant to the situation under discussion. Demonstrate originality, novelty, critical thinking and depth of analysis. Provide at least ten academic references and use the correct referencing format. More guidance and support for assignment 1 are given during the tutorials (weeks 8 and 15).

Discuss technology and how its evolved for the new organization. Discuss the different types of organizational structures and decide which structure is the best fit for “The New Organization”.

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The New Organization

Instructions:

The New Organization consist of various generations in the workplace. Research the historical timeline of organizational
should consist of a complete historical analysis of organizational building. Include the following in your paper:

Differentiate the various generations and their characteristics. Include how those characteristics fit into “The New Organization

• Discuss technology and how its evolved for the new organization.
• Discuss the different types of organizational structures and decide which structure is the best fit for “The New Organization”.

Define the problem facing the client and summarize the key information in a problem definition worksheet. Create an issue tree to identify the potential key issues underlying Me clients problem.

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Task 1: Fast Rood Restaurant RS mar.

The client is Beef Shake, a ‘Better Burger fast casual restaurant chain with 12 restaurants, located in London. The restaurants have a 1960s American diner dicor and the menu can be broken down Into 4 categories.

Beef/ Shake’s Menu

1 .Burgers and warm and cold sandwiches, including plant-based options, with a combination of 20 free toppings, served with fries.

2. Soft drinks, Unlimited refills from the ‘Freestyle’ fountain with 300 flavor combinations, some proprietary, from regular branded soft drinks or sparkling water, with or without extra flavorings, to exotic carbonated fruity drinks.

3. Fresh milkshakes, made with fruit and milkshake mix.ins to provide over LIAO varieties, some of which are proprietary and exclusive to !Beef Shake.

4. Desserts: cheesecakes, pastries, Ice cream and ‘bottomless’ frozen yogurt.

 

The first Beef Shake restaurant opened Its doors in May 2000 and, during the first 14 years of operations, the business grew rapidly. Between 2014 and 2019, Beef Shake still grew steadily but its growth rate did not match that of the previous years. The last restaurant opened in 2014.

The past two years have been difficult for Beef Shake. Successive Covid.19 lock-downs hit the business hard but profitability had already started to decline in 2019 and,according to the client, the restaurant Is steadily losing money. You have been contracted by the CEO of Beef Shake to discover the root of the problem.

Additional information:

• Beef Shake currently has a 696 market share of the London fast casual ‘Better Burger’ market.

• Beef Shake’s main competitors are:Shake Shack, Five Guys, Smashburger and, to a lesser extent,. Nando’s and Gourmet Burger profKhen.

• Compared to the sector average o BD to 125 seats, Beef Shake restaurants are more intimate and comfortably seat BOW BO people. Typical Beef Shake restaurant layout: 2 tables seating 6; 12 tables se .ng 4 and Stables se .ng i.e. an anrage of 72 seats and 20 tables per restaurant.

• Dinner service (Sprn-lOprn) average table tumover time is SO minutes, with a table turnover rate of 5, serving an average of 100 parties (based on 20 tables), whereas the average seat turnover rate is 4.5, serving an average of 2BB covers /based on an average of 64 occupied seats out of an average of 72 available seats). Table tu 0. r time, table tumover rate a. seat turnover rate are below sector benchmarks of 45 minutes, .7 ands respectively.

NB: Table turnover rate refers to the average number of times a table is flipped during service. Seat tumover rate refers to the average number of times a seat will be occupied during a serving peri.. A seat tumover rate that is lower than the table turnover rate means not all available seats at the table are filled e.g. a number of 4-person tables may be seating parties of 2 or 1

• Beef Shake has stated its main strengths and capabilities are related to its strong brand, high.. uality, menu a. customer choice, excellent customer service and the strong team dynamics among its employees.

• Employee turnover is 129w, which is below the hospitality sector average of 3095.

Required Mr Task 1 (Comments for task 1 should not exceed 500 words in Mak}

1. Define the problem facing the client and summarize the key information in a problem definition worksheet.The words contained in Me problem definition worksheet are not part of the word limit.

2. Create an issue tree to identify the potential key issues underlying Me clients problem.

Clearly outline which area would you like to maintain as it is and which one’s require fundamental changes and point out briefly how you would launch any change initiative.

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Leading Globally 

 

Description of Assignment:

Selecting an organization

For this individual assignment, select any ONE of the following 9 organizations. If you wish to conduct analysis on another firm, which is of personal interest to you, you are allowed to do so.

Name Industry
Amazon Online Retail

 

Remember: You should aim to select the organization in which you have a strong personal interest.

 

Analysing the Organization

You should use publicly available information to begin your analysis: the organization’s Web site and corporate section is often the best starting point. Remember, however, that you are using the Web site as a source of data for the analysis; do not simply copy material off the Web site. Your assignment is an analysis, not a data-dump. In addition, the Factiva, FT.com, Wall Street Journal, or Lexis-Nexis database provides useful material on many organizations.

 

Questions to cover in your Analysis:

Your analysis should lead you to answer the following two questions:

> Question 1:

Describe your chosen organization paying specific attention to (a) its value proposition (b) how the value proposition has met the test of COVID-19 challenge- from March 2020 to first two weeks of 2022 – in home and global markets. (c) the challenges the organization has faced in the early and later stages of pandemic (d) how the firm is currently organized to deliver excellence paying specific attention to its organization culture and decision – covering aspects such as how the organisation approaches creating good jobs, diversity & inclusion, innovation, and performance, and the leadership/management styles it nurtures (e) how the firm views the role it plays as a socially responsible organization.

> Question 2:

Drawing upon the lessons from the course, outline the recommendations you would like to make to the board of your chosen organization post June 2022 to (a) strengthen excellence in your value proposition in both home and/or global markets and (b) organize your firm better to deliver that excellence (i.e.,  culture, diversity & inclusion, team and organization structure, leadership/management you covered in the first question) (c) redefine its role as a responsible organization with a clear mandate to create value through good jobs strategy and integrating social responsibility in its business model.

While making your recommendations:

  • clearly outline which area would you like to maintain as it is and which one’s require fundamental changes and point out briefly how you would launch any change initiative.

Important: Your submission should be in the form of a management report. For instance, it is good practice to have table of contents, start with an introduction and then have a solid conclusion. Consider the test:  If a senior manager of your chosen organisation came across your report, would they find it good enough to forward it to a forthcoming board meeting?

 

Maximum Word limit: 1500 words. There is 10% (+/-) flexibility in the word limit. Should be typed in 12 font Times New Roman. Single Space.

Use of Appendix for referring to figures and tables is optional and does not count towards word limit.

You will be assessed on (a) the depth of insight (b) justification of your argument, and (c) quality of course content application. Simply answering the questions is generally worth up to 60%; additional observations referencing material gleaned from your primary and secondary research and applying class lectures and readings are worth an additional 40% of the weightage assigned for this assignment.

Identify the E-business model that the website pursues. Consider E-business concepts and approaches to comment on specific strengths and weaknesses of your chosen website. Identify competitive strategy and digital business strategy the company has followed and provide recommendations/suggestions with clear justifications.

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Digital business of Mcdonalds

Assessment Tasks

Firstly, you must research and select a company website which has not been selected by your peers.

  • Note: Do not start work on the company website until it has been approved by your seminar tutor. Email your seminar tutor about your choice of company.
  • The chosen company website will be allocated to students on a first come first serve basis.

This assignment requires each student choose a website of a company and research on their websites and online business strategies and,

 

  1. Identify the E-business model that the website pursues (week 1 topic) Consider E-business concepts and approaches to comment on specific strengths and weaknesses of your chosen website.
  2. Identify competitive strategy and digital business strategy the company has followed and provide recommendations/suggestions with clear justifications (week 2 topic).
  3. Identify their digital marketing strategies and options and provide recommendations/suggestions with clear justifications (week 4 topic).
  4. Using similar web market intelligence platform (similarweb.com) discuss the customer traffic data and provide recommendations/suggestions for further improvement with clear justification (week 4 topic).
  5. Identify the company’s e-CRM and social network channels linked with the website and provide recommendations/suggestions for further improvement with clear justification (week 5 topic).

Identify the cyber security measures the company website has in place discuss if the company website comply with e-business ethics and provide recommendations/suggestions with justification (week 9 and10 topic).

Identify and analyse project management approaches, techniques and people management skills that could be applied to mitigate against project failure when managing international projects.

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Individual Report

The Assessment Task

Managing international projects can be both challenging and complex. Many projects fail due to many different reasons. Both the literature and practice indicate that projects fail because of several reasons including issues related to people management. In this assignment, you are expected to produce a report that critically discusses the issues that contribute to international projects’ failure and how they can be addressed.

The assignment is worth 60% of the final grade. The report should include the following indicative areas;

 

  1. a) Introduction (5%)

Provide background and indicate the rationale of the report

 

  1. b) Reasons for Project Failure (40%)

Critically discuss the issues that contribute to international project failure. Also, you are required to show your understanding of the relevance between organisational strategy, projects and project selection criteria, and the management of inter-organisational relations.

 

  1. c) Minimising or mitigating project failure                                                                              (35%)

Identify and analyse project management approaches, techniques and people management skills that could be applied to mitigate against project failure when managing international projects.

 

  1. d) Conclusion                                  (5%)

Reflect on your discussion, summarise the key points and bring closure to your report.

 

  1. e) Presentation, Grammar and Spelling (10%)     Communicate and present complex information clearly and accurately. A report layout is expected, as is attention to detail. Make sure that you run a spell check and read through your work before submitting it.

 

  1. f) Citations and References presented in Harvard Format (5%)

Use of appropriate referencing style and notation. Your references should be relevant and rigorous.

 

The maximum word limit for this assignment is 2400 words +/-10%.  This is an individual assignment.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:

  • Apply managerial perspectives, techniques and people management in projects.
  • Understand the relevance between organisational strategy, projects and project selection criteria, and the management of interorganisational relations.
  • Analyse the requirements necessary for managing international projects.
  • Communicate information and present complex arguments, clearly and accurately using oral, written communication and/or ICT, where necessary

Choose one of the professional skills you have studied in units 4 and 5 and which you have identified as an area in which you wish to develop your skills. With reference to the materials you have studied, explain why you believe that this skill is important for you as an HR professional.

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Leadership in Human Resources

This piece of assessment is made up of three parts. Read them carefully and complete each one. It is absolutely crucial that you use both the materials I provide and outside sources! Not using the materials I have provided will blow the cover completely.

Part (a)

Select any two theories of leadership, (ie. Transformational, distributed, servant) briefly describe their essential principles and assess the extent to which your chosen model can still be found in (i) organisations generally and (ii) your own organisation or one you know well. Draw on specific examples from one or more organisations to illustrate your answer. Please be critical and draw on strengths and weaknesses of the two theories.

Part (b)

Choose one of the professional skills you have studied in units 4 and 5 and which you have identified as an area in which you wish to develop your skills. With reference to the materials you have studied, explain why you believe that this skill is important for you as an HR professional.

Part (c)

Provide a sample of your skills portfolio which demonstrates how you have gone about developing this skill and how you propose to continue this development in the future. This should include your objective for developing this skill, evidence of how you have practised it in the workplace and your learning from reflection on this practice.

Guidance: key points for students re TMA02

This TMA should be written in an essay style.

You should:

Answer both parts of the question.

Make sure you refer to relevant theories, concepts, models and debates in both parts of the assignment, including using at least one model of reflective practice in Part b).

Make sure your skills portfolio sample is concise yet allows assessment in Part (b). The sample provided should be no more than 500 words.

You can make use of appendices but these must be limited to five pages maximum.

Reference correctly.

Note that:

You can use diagrams, graphs and figures which will not be counted in the word length. However, you should not attempt to sidestep the word length, for example by excessive use of diagram labels or hyphenation. The reference list is also excluded from the word count.

In-text references and the content of tables are included in the word length.