Create an email memo to one of your team leaders and present a plan for this team leader to either:

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Out-Group and Diversity
[WLOs: 1, 3] [CLOs: 3, 4]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read and review Chapters 1-11 from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. Additionally, review the Week 4 – Weekly Lecture.

This week’s assignment addresses topics concerning out-groups and embracing diversity. Create an email memo to one of your team leaders and present a plan for this team leader to either:

Improve their out-group empowerment skills.
or

Develop his or her diversity and inclusion approach.
The Out-Group and Diversity memo

Must be one single-spaced page in length (not including Reference page).
For assistance with writing and formatting a memo, refer to Ashford Writing Center’s Writing a Business Memo (Links to an external site.).
Must use at least two scholarly or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Describe how your chosen leader exhibits the behaviors of an emotionally intelligent leader.

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Attributes of an Effective Leader
[WLO: 1] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment read and review Chapters 1-13 from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, review The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need text, review the Week 5 – Weekly Lecture and the List of 50 Leaders document. Additionally review the Making PowerPoint Slides: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides PowerPoint (Links to an external site.) presentation, the How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.), and previous weekly assignments.

This week’s assignment is a PowerPoint presentation that will provide the following information:

In your presentation,

Describe how your chosen leader ( MICHAEL O’ LEARY WITH RYANAIR)exhibits the key elements of an ethical leader.
Describe how your chosen leader exhibits the behaviors of an emotionally intelligent leader.
Describe how your chosen leader exhibits strategic vision and empowers stakeholders.
Your PowerPoint presentation should be six to eight slides (not including the title or references slides) and include substantial speaker notes (no less than 100 words per each speaker notes section), include a minimum of two scholarly sources from the library in addition to the textbook, and adhere to APA guidelines. The Making PowerPoint Slides: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides PowerPoint (Links to an external site.) presenation is a good resource to use for tips and guidelines for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation.

The Attributes of an Effective Leader presentation ON( MICHAEL O’ LEARY WITH RYANAIR)
Must be seven to eight slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title slide with the following:
Title of presentation
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least two scholarly or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload the assignment to FolioLinks to an external site.. For assistance using Folio, review the Folio Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Discuss how operations management techniques, including project management and lean manufacturing, can add value to NationaliTeas.

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Based on these documents, recommend removing a total of four steps from the process flowchart that can help make the process more efficient and sustainable. Explain the implications of the proposed changes, and then help the NationaliTeas team address current items in the Issue Log located in the project charter.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Lean Manufacturing: Evaluate the process flowchart to identify steps that do not add value based on the principles of lean manufacturing. Explain why you selected each step.

Sustainability: Evaluate the process flowchart and identify steps that should be removed or changed to improve environmental sustainability. Explain why you selected each step.

Process Changes: Explain the implications, both positive and negative, of removing or changing the steps from the process flowchart you identified in the previous two bullet points. Also explain how those changes would help alignment to the triple bottom line (TBL).

Issue Log: Analyze all entries in the Issue Log from the perspective of a project manager and explain the recommended course of action based on the project charter, noting the impact of the issue on scope, planning communications, and resourcing.

Operations Management Techniques: Discuss how operations management techniques, including project management and lean manufacturing, can add value to NationaliTeas.

Discuss the opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations that digital technologies pose for business organizations in relation to the way they manage: work and people.

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Discuss the opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations that digital technologies pose for business organizations in relation to the way they manage: work and people. You should ensure that you draw upon the literature referenced during the module as well as other relevant sources that you identify through your research.

Outline how digital marketing can be used in a specific communications strategy.

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1. Presentation should have content, introduction and references.
2.Outline how digital marketing can be used in a specific communications strategy.
3.Layout -use arrows, boxes, headings, smart art graphics to guide the audience.
Colour schemes-be mindful of colour choices when using contrasting colours.
Pictures- you may choose to include few pictures as long as they are relevant to your discussion.
Text- Use Arial font type and adjust font size as required ensuring it’s clearly readable to your audience.
4. Reference list should have 17 sources.
5. This is presentation with voice over.
6. The presentation is to last 15 minutes and include a detailed statement, not only reading the guidelines of the points.

What do you think about using “volunteers” to do work that other people get paid to do?

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What do you think about using “volunteers” to do work that other people get paid to do?

If you were in Mark Studness’s position, what would you be most concerned about in this arrangement?

How would you “manage” that concern? How do these “volunteers” fit into an organization’s structure?

Take each of the six elements of organizational design and discuss how each would affect this structural approach.

How can the planning process help FedEx meet the company’s goal of meeting on-time delivery promises?

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How can the planning process help FedEx meet the company’s goal of meeting on-time delivery promises?

FedEx noted that inclement weather and last-minute online sales surges impacted the company’s ability to deliver packages by Christmas. How could planning help overcome unexpected challenges such as these in the future?

Would it be valuable for FedEx to gather competitor intelligence? Why or why not?

Describe a situation where you needed to collaborate or closely communicate with someone whose life perspective or cultural background was very different from your own. Please reflect on the challenges you faced, the strengths you brought to the situation, and areas for improvement. Please include what you learned about yourself and what you would do differently next time.

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Please describe a situation where you needed to collaborate or closely communicate with someone whose life perspective or cultural background was very different from your own. Please reflect on the challenges you faced, the strengths you brought to the situation, and areas for improvement. Please include what you learned about yourself and what you would do differently next time.

What management functions and or roles did Rebecca perform in the case and why is it important for Allstyles department store and businesses alike.

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Rebecca’s working day is most times busy and varied. She had recently been appointed as General Manager of the Allstyles department stores. This was a large shop in the city Centre. It had ten departments selling a wide range of products from men’ to women’s cloths to carpet, furniture and electrical goods. A film crew from the local TV company had asked if they could film a typical working day for a programme they were making about different peoples working lives. Rebeca agreed and the ten minute programme used six different clips of the film with Rebecca involved in the following activities.

  1. Meeting with all departmental managers to explain the stores pricing and promotional strategy for the next end of season sale’. At the meeting she expected all managers to inform staff of the price reduction allowed and the way in which goods should be presented in the sales so that the consumers would have a clear message about the promotion.
  2. Attending a planning meeting with senior executives from head office to agree to the sales target for the store for the next 12 months. Rebecca explained that the opening of the competitors store very close to hers was a factor that should be taken into account.
  3. Present three shop workers with Reach for the stars badges for outstanding sales record over the last month. She had her picture taken with them for publication in the stores internal news paper
  4. Reviewing the poor performance of the electrical products division with the manager. Poor staff absence figures had contributed to this problem and Rebecca suggested that the manager should attend the additional training sessions on staff motivation and monitoring of staff performance.
  5. Meeting with builders, architects, and planners to discuss progress on the new store extension. Rebecca was concern that they were not working closely enough and the project could fall behind schedule.
  6. Settling a dispute between two departmental managers over which department should be able to stock new electronic exercise bicycle sport and electrical goods? It was agreed that it could not appear in both because of the lack of space, so sports would stock it for six months next to the gym equipment. Sales would be monitored closely and if it did not do well then relocation might be possible.

Questions

  1. What management functions and or roles did Rebecca perform in the case and why is it important for Allstyles department store and businesses alike.
  2. Identify and discuss two management theories that are applicable to this case (Allstyles department store with appropriate academic references.

Structure: A clear introduction, main body using relevant headings and sub-headings and conclusion. Edited for grammar and spelling errors. Employs the appropriate style (Font size 12, 1.5 spacing) and academic writing skills (including the use of Harvard referencing style).

The report must be fully Harvard referenced and make use of appendices material where appropriate.

Explain and analyse three qualities that a franchisor should look for in potential franchisees for their firm.

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Becarful refer to page 10 and onwards. It is the individual report.

Question 1: Franchising Essay (2500 words)

Please write an essay with the following title:-
One of the growth strategies a small business might consider is becoming a franchisor. From the point of view of a franchisor critically assess two advantages and two disadvantages of franchising as a growth strategy? In addition, explain and analyse three qualities that a franchisor should look for in potential franchisees for their firm.

Your answer should be written as an essay with a length of 2000 words. Please remember that when writing an essay you should include an introduction and conclusion and you should only use headings occasionally in your work. Please also use relevant examples when writing your essay which can be from material that we have covered on the course or from your own research.

To add depth to your answers please use relevant sources and reference these. In addition to using online sources you should also refer to relevant books that have been included in the course guide (accessed via the library or online) or additional relevant books that you have found. Once you have completed this question, before moving on to Question 2, you need to include a list of references for your answer to Question 1 using the Harvard Referencing Style.

Question 2 Franchising Case Study (500 words)
For Question 2 you will need to conduct a case study of a firm that has used franchising as a growth strategy. You will need to select the firm that you wish to study yourself. You can choose either a well-established firm or a firm that has only recently adapted the strategy for your answer to this question.
When completing your case study please cover the following areas:-

i) The reasons that the firm adopted franchising as a growth strategy.
ii) The way in which the firm has organized its franchising strategy.
iii) An assessment of how the use of franchising has helped the firm to grow.

Before deciding on the firm that you intend to study it would be a good idea for you to do some initial research in order to be sure that enough information is going to be available. Some ideas for sources of information that you might use in researching this piece of work are firm websites, firm annual reports and relevant media sources (eg the Economist Magazine, the Financial Times newspaper and other quality media sources). Once you have completed your answer please include a list of references that you have used for this question using the Harvard Referencing System.

Re-sit Assessment Details

If you don’t pass a module at the first attempt, you may be eligible for a re-sit opportunity on the failed assessments. This will be confirmed after the Progression and Award Board (PAB) at the end of the term in which the module was completed. Note that marks on a re-sit assessment are capped at a pass mark unless extenuating circumstances has been applied for and accepted. For further details, see your programme handbook. Full details of the Re-Sit assessments will be provided at a later stage but they will be based very closely on the ‘Reflective Report’ and ‘Individual Report’ which have been outlined above.