Produce a revised balanced scorecard for the entire entity (IT Consolidated) and one other entity; you can choose China or London.

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REQUIRED:
1) Examine the current Balanced Scorecard. What is good about it? What needs improvement? Write a one paragraph memo to Chris with your thoughts.
2) Produce a revised balanced scorecard for the entire entity (IT Consolidated) and one other entity; you can choose China or London. Each quadrant should have 3 measurements. Explain why you chose each measurement. You will not necessarily have the numbers for each key performance indicator; that information would need to come from the company.
• Include at least two measurements that reflect the challenges of Covid this year;
• Include at least one measurement specific the specific geographic area or culture;
WORKBOOK SET UP:
3) Set up an excel workbook with 3 tabs
(1) Comments to Chris regarding existing Balanced Scorecard (requirement 1)
(2) Revised scorecard – New York (total entity). Include a short reason for each measure below the scorecard.
(3) Same as (2) for your choice of China or London

Prepare a visual presentation with speaker notes, in order to solve this challenge and to be able to control returns to meet the company’s goals.

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###SCENARIO###
You opened a successful e-commerce business that grosses $1 million in sales, but you now realize that your returns are larger than you anticipated. These include warranty returns, product dissatisfaction returns, customer dissatisfaction returns, etc. The amount of returns is costing you 20% ($200,000) instead of the 5% projected ($50,000).###
***Prepare a visual presentation with speaker notes, in order to solve this challenge and to be able to control returns to meet the company’s goals.***
***Address the following:
Return management process,
Integrated forward and reverse flows,
The challenge of managing returns****
***Confirm how these processes will enable you to meet the 5% returns goal.***

Develop a business strategy that will allow Airbnb to meet local, state, and international regulatory requirements and motivate individuals to benefit from participating in this space of the accommodations market.

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Read “Case 2: Airbnb in 2018” in your Connect textbook.

In the accommodations market, Airbnb appears to have a significant advantage over its competitors as it relates to regulations affecting the operations of its business.

Develop a business strategy that will allow Airbnb to meet local, state, and international regulatory requirements and motivate individuals to benefit from participating in this space of the accommodations market. Address the following questions:

  • How can Airbnb ensure the ethical treatment of consumers?
  • Should there be a separate strategy for the international component of their business model?

Explain the significance of the leadership characteristics you identified and how they apply to your own career progression.

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Thoroughly describe your interview experiences. Write the story of what happened from beginning to middle to end. Integrate into the story the names of the people you interviewed, their leadership level, and the focus of your interviews.
Recap your interview questions.
Summarize your findings from each question including the best stories and quotes in each interviewee’s words and some themes that seemed to pervade both interviews.
Analyze your interviewees’ personal characteristics and describe their alignment to effective leadership.
Explain the significance of the leadership characteristics you identified and how they apply to your own career progression.

Identify a statistical problem in the context of business and environment and develop a literature review.

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  • Identify a statistical problem in the context of business and environment and develop a literature review.
  • Climate as a systemic risk have the potential to destabilize capital markets and lead to serious negative consequences for financial institutions and the broader economy.

Compare and contrast innovations and inventions.

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Week 3 Assignment

Chapter 3: Creating and Recognizing New Opportunities

Complete all 3 Activities and upload your answers into CANVAS. 

Activity 1: Invention versus Innovation

Compare and contrast innovations and inventions. Generate 5 examples of inventions and innovations—explain why you categorize each as such.

Activity 2: Finding versus Building

Compare and contrast finding versus building approaches. Find a contemporary example of each and discuss why you placed each in the respective category.

Activity 3: Debate: But is it ethical to “steal” someone else’s idea and improve upon it?

Read the following blog article by Seth Godin:

https://seths.blog/2020/07/stolen-ideas/

Do you agree or disagree with Seth Godin’s view that ideas can’t be stolen?  Is it more ethical to “steal” an idea if the “stealer” improves on it?  Explain your answers.  Give an example of a “stolen” idea that was improved.  (i.e. Starbucks)

Identify and address the pros and cons of compensation and its effect on employee behaviors.

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According to various scholars, it has been identified that compensation plays a role in affecting the behaviors of employees. The impact can be either positive or negative. Contributing factors can range from the employer, the employee, the goals/objectives, perceptions, attributions, and behaviors. Each plays a role in determining the outcome.

For this assignment, you will identify and address the pros and cons of compensation and its effect on employee behaviors, and you will then address the questions below.

What motivates employees?
Does compensation motivate behavior?
What are some elements of motivation?
Can compensation attract and retain employees?
What behaviors should compensation reinforce?
Your essay should be at least two pages in length, including an introduction, a body of supported material, and a conclusion. The title page and references page do not count toward meeting the minimum page requirement. A minimum of three scholarly references is required for this assignment. Be sure to apply the proper APA format for the content and references provided.

Identify the article’s premise, significant points in support of the premise, and the significance of those points to the course and/or the field.

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Locate an article in the .. Online Library that focuses on managing conflict in an organization through communication. The article must be clearly related to the course content and have the potential to contribute significant analysis and substantial engagement with the course topic.

For this assignment, you will need to accurately identify the article’s premise, significant points in support of the premise, and the significance of those points to the course and/or the field. You need to present an insightful and thorough analysis of the article with strong arguments and evidence. Your interpretation will need to be both reasonable and compelling. You will need to apply course concepts in your analysis.

As you write the review, be certain to analyze the type of conflict discussed in the article. Use the classifications discussed in the Unit III Lesson (Rahim’s functional outcomes and Rahim’s dysfunctional outcomes) in your analysis. Be certain to suggest communication techniques to manage functional conflict or, alternately, communication techniques to resolve dysfunctional conflict.

Along with the article being reviewed, you will need to reference at least two peer-reviewed sources. Use the standard five-paragraph format (introduction/body/conclusion). APA format should be used. The critical review should be a minimum of two pages in length. Content, organization, and grammar/mechanics will be evaluated.

Describe the business and operational challenges facing Bergerac Systems

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Bergerac Systems: Suggested Mini-Case Questions

  • Describe the business and operational challenges facing Bergerac Systems
  • Should Bergerac Systems integrate into the manufacture or injection-molded parts for its cartridges? Yes or no? If yes, how should Bergerac Systems proceed?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of acquisition vs. developing in-house capabilities?
  • What type of qualitative and/or quantitative evidence supports the recommendation of either?
  • What other advice would you offer Ian Wyckoff about his manufacturing operations?

Write an essay, researching and identifying the assessment tools that are available to provide an analysis of the company.

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For this Interim Assessment, you will be required to write an essay, researching and identifying the assessment tools that are available to provide an analysis of the company. In this course we have discussed the different tools available to provide company analysis. Your reading and research should identify the tools and how they are used. Please focus on a combination of tools discussed in Unit 2.1 of the OB forum: Expanded 7-S framework; Balanced Scorecard, SWOT & PESTLE analysis. What are the merits and demerits of each? The research you conduct for the interim assessment will also part of the required content of your final assessment paper.
This Interim paper will be 1500 words (+ or – 10%). A reference list is mandatory, using the Harvard Style.