What are some of the reasons why employees fail to disclose their mental health experiences in the workplace? What were some of the specific things that Mark Bailey’s manager (Susan) did to make him feel empowered to bring his whole self to work?

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Video Analysis Essay Guidelines  (50 points total)

Each student is required to respond to a series of questions related to the video posted. Students must answer each question in depth and demonstrate learning and understanding.

Instructions: Watch the following video and respond to the questions below in as much detail as possible.

1.  What are some of the reasons why employees fail to disclose their mental health experiences in the workplace?

2. What were some of the specific things that Mark Bailey’s manager (Susan) did to make him feel empowered to bring his whole self to work?

3. What are some specific ways that managers and organizational leaders can create a more inclusive environment where employees with different mental health experiences feel safe and supported?

4. An important part of talent management is supporting employees of different backgrounds. What are some specific policies that can be implemented to support employees with different mental health experiences in a post-pandemic workplace?

(Think about three different types of workplaces when you answer this question: the fully in-office workplace, the hybrid workplace and the fully remote workplace)

 

Additional guidelines:

· Include a reference page at the end of your essay.

 

 

 

Explain the need for core values statements in strategic management. Describe the nature and role of vision statements in strategic management. Identify the characteristics of a vision statement.

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STRATEGY Formulation

After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
2-1. Explain the need for core values statements in strategic management.
2-2. Describe the nature and role of vision statements in strategic management.
2-3. Identify the characteristics of a vision statement.
2-4. Describe the nature and role of mission statements in strategic management.
2-5. Identify and discuss the characteristics of an effective mission statement.
2-6. Identify and discuss the components of mission statements.
2-7. Discuss the benefits for a firm of having clear vision and mission statements.
2-8. Evaluate and write mission statements for different organizations.

Describe the strategic-management process. Discuss the three stages of activities for strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation activities.

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OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
1-1. Describe the strategic-management process.
1-2. Discuss the three stages of activities for strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation activities.
1-3. Explain the need for integrating analysis and intuition in strategic management.
1-4. Define and give examples of key terms in strategic management.
1-5. Describe the benefits of engaging in strategic management.
1-6. Explain why some firms do not engage in strategic planning.
1-7. Describe the pitfalls in doing strategic planning.
1-8. Discuss the connection between business and military strategies.
1-9. Explain how this course can enhance a student’s employability

What criteria do you recommend to determine the credibility of a source of information?

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BUSN410 week 5

  • Describe techniques used in decision-making.
  • Examine decision-making models.
  • Apply decision-making techniques.

Prompt

What criteria do you recommend to determine the credibility of a source of information?

Instructions

  • Develop a list of more than and no less than 10 elements you would use to determine the credibility of facts, articles, websites, news, etc.
  • Thoroughly explain your reason for each element and why it is important
  • Your response can take the form of a table in Word or MS Excel.
  • Include at least 4 credible references to support your recommendations

How will you use charts and/or visuals to present the data and rationale for action clearly and simply to your audience?

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JWI 581 Week 5 Discussion question

After analyzing the data, you have some ideas for strategic action to address the problem or opportunity in the healthcare organization you chose for your Capstone project. Let’s dig deeper into the rationale for your ideas.

  • Firstly, post the mission statement of the organization you are using in your project.
  • Assess each of your ideas for an impact that goes beyond profitability, by taking the mission forward:
    • For example, an idea might improve quality, increase access to care, etc.
  • In light of your assessment, which of the ideas will you choose to recommend to the Board?
  • How will you use charts and/or visuals to present the data and rationale for action clearly and simply to your audience?

NOTE: For now, you do not need to explain how you will implement your recommendations. Implementation will be the focus in the Healthcare Capstone.

Briefly summarize the recommendations. Elaboration on what other strategies you considered for each recommendation. Why were those alternatives less appropriate?

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Final Project

  • Prepare and present key financial planning recommendations to your assigned client
    • Key recommendations will be delivered orally with a PowerPoint as if the instructor were the client

Each member of the team will present some aspect of the plan.

  • Summarize key recommendations in 2-3 pages Briefly summarize the recommendations.

Elaboration on what other strategies you considered for each recommendation.

Why were those alternatives less appropriate?

  • Every scenario will have at least one recommendation related to each the following
    • Investments
    • Tax Planning
    • Insurance
  • Consider and articulate when the recommendation should incorporate the guidance of other advisors/attorneys
  • Other topics to consider
    • Estate Planning (including beneficiary designations)
    • Family Law Planning (Pre and post-nuptial agreements, adoption)
    • Cash Flow Planning
    • Charitable Giving
  • All plans should state the recommended asset allocation with some rationale for why it is
    • Generally speaking, most well-designed mainstream portfolios are diversified across size and nationality.
    • If yours varies, please explain why that’s best for the
  • If you believe you need to make some assumptions that are not included in your client scenarios, you may create some basic assumptions
    • Add these assumptions to the 2-3 page key recommendations document
    • Take care not to change the fundamental basics of the client situation

Using Six Sigma to compare the manufacturing defect rate on your product, what could be some additional reasons for the reduction in sales? What operational changes could be made to increase performance?

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Matrix Market Analysis

You are a Business Strategy Analyst working for a mid-size retail company. You have been asked to review a current product that has decreased in sales and create a comparative matrix. You will need to research direct and indirect competitors and provide your matrix and a report to your CIO (Chief Information Officer). You have also conducted a manufacturing performance review and received the following sample size information from the product line from all of the manufacturing plants.

Step One: Research one of the following three products and related industries. Create a comparative matrix (including your product) using the template and example provided to get some ideas. You will need to decide your objectives (Price, Easy to Use, Color Options, etc.) and your direct competitors. However, do not forget to include any indirect competitors or industries. NOTE: The template is just a starting point for your comparative matrix, and you may need to add more rows or columns depending on your building and research for your matrix. Remember, this will be an essential step in answering the questions in the next step, so you need to be mindful and thoughtful about what goes into your matrix

 

Step Two: After you have created your comparative matrix for your product, write a report for the CIO. Make sure you include your comparative matrix by copying and pasting it into your Word document. Address the following in your report:

What is the outcome(s) of your comparative matrix market analysis?

Using Six Sigma to compare the manufacturing defect rate on your product, what could be some additional reasons for the reduction in sales? What operational changes could be made to increase performance?

Discuss how the business performance management (BPM) process would impact the company.

Provide attribution for credible sources needed in completing your report.

Write a reflection on your group work process in creating the team, choosing the tools, working on the tasks and reporting the strategy to the client.

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E-com 201 – project

Overview       

Suppose your group works as a virtual team in a Saudi company that deals with local and global clients. The company main purpose is to provide digital marketing services and solutions. A task has been given to you by the CEO. The task includes building a connection with a South African brand that wants to open an office in AL Khobar, Eastern Province. The task is considered completed when you propose a strategy to the international company representative and receive their feedback.

 

Requirements

The group needs to be divided as follows: one team manager, one representative from the international brand, one technical support expert, and one or two general members.

Write a reflection on your group work process in creating the team, choosing the tools, working on the tasks and reporting the strategy to the client.

 

Reflection (due by Week 10)         [20 marks]

The reflection should be written after you establish a successful virtual team. The reflection should describe the process of 4 main components of virtual management: team building, tools, procedures, and task management. Please use these guidelines on how to do so: 

 

  1. Virtual Team: (5 marks)

In this section, you need to describe the workings of your virtual team.

  • Name your team: Black & White
  • Who are your team members, and what are their roles? ( The number of members is five )
  • What are the personal objectives for each member?
  • What is the collective goal for your team?
  • Refer to the four different stages of team building? Have you experienced these stages (discuss)

 

  1. Virtual Tool (5 marks)

In this section, you describe the process of choosing a tool for your virtual team.

  • What virtual tool did you use to manage the tasks? (provide pictures)
  • Describe the features this tool has (provide pictures).
  • Why did you choose these tools? What are the other options?
  • Suppose your budget was SAR 10k; how did you use that budget to get the best possible tool?
  • How frequently does the team meet? How long is each meeting? (provide photos of the team meetings at different times)
  • What are the meeting minutes? How have they been used effectively? (provide an example of your team meeting minutes).

 

  1. Virtual work dynamics (5 marks)
  • How did you create a virtual office?
  • What are the challenges that you faced in your work? (discuss from different roles’ perspectives).
  • How did you utilize vacation time, holiday times?
  • How did you divide the workload?
  • What are the challenges that your team faced in communication? (discuss from different roles’ perspectives).

 

  1. Reports and presentations (5 marks)
  • Provide an example of a proposed strategy that your team worked on to make the marketing campaign successful for the international company.
  • The report should be 300 words that describe the best practices of doing virtual marketing in Saudi Arabia.
    • The report should have an introduction, brief strategy, and conclusion.
  • Include graphs and statistics to support your report.
  • The international company representative in your team should provide his/her feedback on the report (one or two comments)
  • The rest of the team should address those comments.
  • Conclude your reflection.

 

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Create a Calculated Field named ‘Males-Females’ as a new dimension on your worksheet. Create a micro-viewable chart of total trips for the system by hour of each day over January 2015.

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Data Analytics Practice With Tableau

(I) Getting Tableau Program; Download/Upload Real Business Data
a) Open the website of the real business that we are working with at: http://www.citibikenyc.com/system-data
b) View and make a note for the default system data properties the website provided
c) Download the needed data of 201501-citibike-tripdata.csv from Canvas-Assignment–
Data Analytics Exercise with Tableau to a preferred folder at your local computer
d) Open Landing Page: https://sbus-vdi.montclair.edu ; select: SBUS_Lab – Go through Chrome- User Authentication with your MSU-NetID, then, Tableau app should be available
e) Upload the needed data from your local computer to Document folder at the Virtual desktop (Follow the guided directions attached below)
f) Verify if the data now can be found at the Document folder from the Virtual Lab computer
g) From Start menu, type Tableau, then you are ready to run the program

(II) Analyze the following 6 questions with Tableau worksheets respectively:
1. Create a Calculated Field named ‘Males-Females’ as a new dimension on your worksheet.  (Noted: you need to filter ‘Null’ when use Gender to measure the following steps)
2. Show trips taken by males versus females during the month as a horizontal-bar table.
3. Show total hours and minutes traveled by males versus females during the month as a stacked-bar table. Customize with your preferred colors for male and female
4. Create a micro-viewable chart of total trips for the system by hour of each day over January 2015.
5. Create an animated and visualized view with hourly departures during the month in New York area. It now reflects any number of departures from each station at each time point.
6. Based on the results of Question-4 or Question-5, with open resources, analyze the reasons why there were low biking activities on Jan. 27 th, 2015? Provide your brief answers with the related web-link on a fresh worksheet

List three reasons why content marketing is important. How specifically are content marketing and SEO related? List the steps required to create good content to affect how you are ranked on Google.

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Digital marketing bt 253

1. List three reasons why content marketing is important.

2. How specifically are content marketing and SEO related? List the steps required to create good content to affect how you are ranked on Google.

3. Do a Google search on the below phrase: best waffle recipe

click on any website other that allrecipes.com . List the website you chose. Explain why the website is doing a good or bad job with content marketing.

Do a Google search on the below phrase: eugene real estate agent

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the #2 to go to the second page of listings on Google. Click on any website. Explain why the website is doing a good or a bad job with content marketing.

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