Create a report that analyzes the management practices at an organization of your choice.

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You are to create a report that analyzes the management practices at an organization of your choice. The company must be a publicly traded company that is listed as a “Fortune 500” multinational or transnational company – do your research – among those in the top 100 listed. Your teams will be organized by the instructor and you will be informed of these groups so that you can decide on your company and submit using your group discussion submission.

Your report should include the following and have two major sections:
1. Cover Page
2. Table of Contents
3. Reference Page including one print source
I. Description: (5-7 pages)
1. A description of the company and a brief history of its operations and performance. This must be a summary, not the description and history given on the company’s website.
2. An analysis of the relevant external environment, written by your group or group members, NOT taken from a website.
3. A summary of the company’s mission, vision, goals and strategy written by your group or group members, NOT taken from a website.
4. A summary of the company culture, again, written by your group or group members, NOT taken from a website.
5. A description of its organizational structure and design – you got it – original!
6. A description of its human resource management practices, including any team-based processes – you got it – original!
7. A description of its social responsibility initiatives– you got it – original!
8. A description of any international operations– you got it – original!

You should use your textbook, articles, and internet research as resources for your project. All sources should be fully and properly cited, both in the text and on your sources pages.
To understand the application of this project you might want to pretend you and your team have been hired by the company as management consultants to determine if the company is using good management practices.
Your report should be written in a professional, business format. Researching the Company Profiles and Management Reports on company websites will give you good ideas on how to format your report. The final report should be 7-10 pages in length; typed; double-spaced.
If you have questions about the project, please contact me.
The completed project will be due based on the course schedule. No reports will be accepted late. On the date your project is due, you will submit your written report and your PowerPoint presentation to the links provided. One student from each group should submit a copy of the group paper and PowerPoint presentation to the links provided under the Group Page.

You will be given the grading rubric designed to calculate your project grade as we near the due dates. This form will enable your group to see what is expected at standard, above and below standard levels for the project.

You will be given a Self/Peer Evaluation to complete. You should use this evaluation to reflect on the efforts that went into successfully completing your project.

What type of business and organisation uses the technology

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This PowerPoint presentation is based on CW1 (send as at attachment) Please add Speaker Notes under each slide.
Questions a. Why you deem this topic to be of importance
b. How this topic has developed
c. A detailed description of the technology used in this topic and what it is used for.
d. What technological platforms and software are used in the topic
e. What type of business and organisation uses the technology
f. How is it used as business tool and is this effective

Describe five external business environment challenges which might affect Gousto’s business model. (25 marks)

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Read the case study and answer the following questions:

Gousto’s stated mission is to “to become the most-loved way to eat dinner. Delivering precise ingredients and delicious recipes, directly to homes, we harness technology to offer families a new, better way to shop and cook.” Drawing on evidence from the case study evaluate their mission statement against the ‘six successful tests of a mission statement’ (Wilson and Gilligan, 2005). (30 marks)
In its fundraising round in the summer of 2019, Gousto raised around £30m additional investment through private equity firm Perwyn; taking its total external investment to about £100m. What might have been the advantages to Gousto in raising investment in this way in comparison to other alternatives? If further investment is needed in the future, what reasons might cause Gousto to move to an initial public offering? (25 marks)
Describe five external business environment challenges which might affect Gousto’s business model. (25 marks)

The guidance notes will give the questions a bit more clarity, and all information required for the answers will be within the documents enclosed, additional information may be found on the website for the business involved in the case study.

Explain the three types of research and determine the appropriate type for this case.

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Santa Fe grill Mexican restaurant

The Santa Fe grill Mexican restaurant was formed by two former business students at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The new restaurant concept was based upon the freshest ingredients, complemented by a festive atmosphere, friendly service, and the cutting-edge advertising and marketing strategies. The Santa Fe grill was not successful as quickly as the owners had anticipated. They were not happy with the slow growth rate of the restaurants operations and realised they needed to obtain a better understanding of three important concepts: customer satisfaction, restaurant store image, and customer loyalty. Also, they needed to understand where they were falling short in serving their customers. Not really knowing where to begin, they contacted one of their past professors, who taught marketing research at the university, to gain some guidance.

Question 1: (500 words)

Based on what you studied in BE300 course and other external resources, what would be the professor recommendations for Santa Fe grill Mexican restaurant owners according to the following criteria:
a. The type of research according to the nature of research inquiry: explain the three types of research and determine the appropriate type for this case.
b. The type of data used and the source of data. Explain both and recommend the most appropriate type for this case.
Question 2: (500 words)

Defining the problem is the first stage in the research design process and arguably the most important. Hence, the owners of the Santa Fe Mexican Grill restaurants hired you to conduct the research, and you are required to do the following:
• identify and define the problem of the research.
• formulate the research objectives.
• determine the units of analysis required.

Explain each point in detail.

Write a proposal of no more than 2000 words for a new product or product extension for the firm that fits with its mission.

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Write a proposal of no more than 2000 words for a new product or product extension for the firm that fits with its mission.

Critically discuss the key important factors and forces in the general and industry environments that affect the chosen organization choice of strategy.

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• You are required to select a reputable organization in your country related to tourism industry (Use Gulf Air as an example).

• Because one requirement for the assignment is to interview at least one member of the organization, it can be convenient to select an organization in the area, but it is not essential. Interviews can be conducted by phone.
Analyzing the Organization
1) You should use publicly available information to begin your analysis: the organization’s Web site 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. (N.B. You should arrange with your tutor in order to verify that no other student had selected the same business organization for the TMA).
2) You will need to contact at least one member of the organization (either a current member or one who has recently left it). It can be very useful to make an initial contact with your informant early in the research process, to ensure that the person is indeed willing to talk with you. You will find the informant most useful, however, after you have done the preliminary work with the publicly available materials.
3) The purpose of the assignment is to develop your ability to use the conceptual frameworks and tools from the course. Also, to create a complete and a persuasive critical analysis answering and in an essay format the following TMA three questions.

Q1. Critically discuss the key important factors and forces in the general and industry environments that affect the chosen organization choice of strategy. Discuss how the pandemic COVID-19 affected environment factors and forces and consequently your chosen organization performance. From your own perspective, what actions should your chosen organization do to keep its competition alive if this situation prevailed? (800 word)

Q2. What are the key resources available for the chosen organization to effectively and successfully compete within its boundary and attain a competitive advantage? Discuss whether chosen organization position is supported by its value chain and other internal resources. Identify problems you think they are facing in respect to current COVID-19 pandemic situation. (800 words)

Q3. Discuss the chosen organization Business–Level strategy components. What are the merits and demerits of these components? Suggest ways by which the chosen organization may improve and sustain its competitive position in case COVID-19 pandemic continued to outburst in future. (400 words)

Do you think your business should vertically integrate over time?

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For this final essay, imagine that your business (physician’s practice/clinic) has become successful and you are now considering expanding the scope of your company. Carefully review all of the required background materials, and then write a three-page paper answering the following questions. Make sure to cite at least one of the required readings for each of your answers:

1. If you were to engage in horizontal integration, which of your direct competitors would you decide to acquire? Overall, do you think horizontal integration is the best long-run plan for your business if it is successful?
2. Do you think your business should vertically integrate over time? Should you engage in backwards vertical integration, forward vertical integration, both, neither? Explain your reasoning.
3. How about diversification/conglomerate strategy? Any advantage to diversifying your business? Discuss unrelated diversification and related diversification and whether or not these strategies might be good for your business. Explain your reasoning.

Below are the required reading and references:

Holden, P. (2011). Business integration – vertical, horizontal and conglomerate.

Now delve a little deeper into this subject with the following chapter that will reinforce what you’ve learned in the video plus some important additional concepts such as transaction costs:

Image result for Managerial Economics Principles stengelStengel, D. (2012). Economics of Organization. Managerial Economics Principles. Flat World Education

Now read the following chapter for more detail on the concepts of vertical integration and horizontal integration. Also covered in this chapter is diversification strategy, also known as conglomerate strategy. Pay attention to the discussion of related versus unrelated diversification:

Ketchon, D. & Short, J. (2012). Chapter 8: Selecting corporate-level strategies. Strategic Management: Evaluation and Execution. Flat World Education.

What market structure is there for this line of business in your home town?

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For this next essay, you will be building upon your previous essay by continuing to examine other businesses in your chosen industry physician’s practice (clinic). Remember that the other businesses you wrote about in your previous essay will be your future competitors if you decide to open your own business. So it is important to get an idea of the competitive landscape of your chosen business. After reviewing the required background readings and doing some more research on your chosen industry, write a three-page paper discussing the following issues:

1.What market structure is there for this line of business in your home town? Is this a monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, or perfect competition? Justify your answer using both your own research on this type of business in your home town, and by referencing some of the required background readings on different types of market structures.
2.Now that you have examined market structure of your chosen industry in your home town, do some research on IBIS World on market structure in this industry nationwide. What information could you find regarding how concentrated or how competitive this industry is? Here is a link of the IBIS world report (use this report as part of your references)

3.Based on the information you found for Question 2, what market structure do you think best describes this industry nationwide? Is this a monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, or perfect competition? Explain your answer using both information from IBIS World and the concepts from the required background readings.

Some of the background reading are as follows:

Tabarrok, A. & Cowen, T. [Marginal Revolution University]. (2015, January 2). Introduction to the Competitive Firm.

Now read Chapters 9 and 10 from the following book for more detail on these topics. In particular, pay attention to the numerical examples and the “Self-Check Questions” at the end of each section.

Taylor, T. (2014) Microeconomics. OpenStax College.

Finally, read this slightly more advanced chapter. Pay special attention to the sections at the end on game theory and the “Policy Response to Oligopoly” section that covers the Herfindahl index:

Beveridge, T. M. (2013). Chapter 8: Between perfect competition and monopoly. A Primer on Microeconomics. [New York, N.Y.] [222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017]: Business Expert Press.

What do you think the main expenses will be for your business?

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For previous essay 1, you did research on consumer demand and pricing for your physician practice (clinic). Continue with the same business idea that you wrote about for the previous essay, but now look at the cost side of your physician practice.

Do some research on various potential start-up expenses for your business based on research on wages, office space rental rates, etc., in your home town. More specifically, write a three-page paper answering the following questions:

1.What do you think the main expenses will be for your business? Make sure to discuss labor, rent, equipment, and any other major expense you can think of.
2.Do some research on the internet or from your own personal contacts to get a ballpark estimate of how much the specific expenses are in your home town for the items that you listed in your answer to Question 1 above. You can use Craig’s List or similar webpages to get an idea about wages for different positions that you may need to hire for, and there are many webpages that have advertisements for renting commercial property in different parts of the country.
3.Finally, break down your expenses into fixed plus variable costs. Make sure to cite two of the required background readings as justification for your classifications of your different expenses into the fixed and variable cost categories.

By outlining the risks and benefits of setting up EDABI as an equal partnership between engineers (hardware) and data scientists (software), assess Desai’s decision to design EDABI for cross-disciplinarity and collaboration.

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By outlining the risks and benefits of setting up EDABI as an equal partnership between engineers (hardware) and data scientists (software), assess Desai’s decision to design EDABI for cross-disciplinarity and collaboration.