Early models suggested that innovation was either pushed by science and technology
or pulled by market needs/demand. Explain the technology push and demand pull
models of innovation with appropriate examples. What criticisms can be leveraged
against these models?
Create your own personal Recreational agency/business & facility that falls under your field of study ( therapeutic recreation). List and Describe each the following 14 components about your personally owned agency (business):
Name your agency (business),
Address of the physical facility and web site address,
Operational hours the facility,
History, type of setting, state if you accept practicum & intern students,
Screening: pre-employment selection checking and requirements (cost if any)
Type of clients served,
Client diversity,
Number of clients,
Treatment techniques or therapy approaches provided
Types of activities offered,
List the number of staff and list the titles of all the agencies staff,
List the types of certified staff positions,
Supervisor hours of availability,
Employment opportunity statement and description of the characteristics you are looking for in an employee.
This assignment is intended to help you learn how to apply statistical methods when analyzing operational data, evaluating the performance of current marketing strategies, and recommending actionable business decisions. This is an opportunity to build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills within the context of data analysis and interpretation. You’ll gain a first-hand understanding of how data analytics supports decision-making and adds value to an organization.
Scenario:
Pastas R Us, Inc. is a fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in noodle-based dishes, soups, and salads. Since its inception, the business development team has favored opening new restaurants in areas (within a 3-mile radius) that satisfy the following demographic conditions:
Median age between 25 – 45 years old
Household median income above national average
At least 15% college educated adult population
Last year, the marketing department rolled out a Loyalty Card strategy to increase sales. Under this program, customers present their Loyalty Card when paying for their orders and receive some free food after making 10 purchases.
The company has collected data from its 74 restaurants to track important variables such as average sales per customer, year-on-year sales growth, sales per sq. ft., Loyalty Card usage as a percentage of sales, and others. A key metric of financial performance in the restaurant industry is annual sales per sq. ft. For example, if a 1200 sq. ft. restaurant recorded $2 million in sales last year, then it sold $1,667 per sq. ft.
Executive management wants to know whether the current expansion criteria can be improved. They want to evaluate the effectiveness of the Loyalty Card marketing strategy and identify feasible, actionable opportunities for improvement. As a member of the analytics department, you’ve been assigned the responsibility of conducting a thorough statistical analysis of the company’s available database to answer executive management’s questions.
Report:
Write a 750-word statistical report that includes the following sections:
Section 1: Scope and descriptive statistics
Section 2: Analysis
Section 3: Recommendations and Implementation
Section 1 – Scope and descriptive statistics
State the report’s objective.
Discuss the nature of the current database. What variables were analyzed?
Summarize your descriptive statistics findings from Excel. Use a table and insert appropriate graphs.
Section 2 – Analysis
Using Excel, create scatter plots and display the regression equations for the following pairs of variables:
“BachDeg%” versus “Sales/SqFt”
“MedIncome” versus “Sales/SqFt”
“MedAge” versus “Sales/SqFt”
“LoyaltyCard(%)” versus “SalesGrowth(%)”
In your report, include the scatter plots. For each scatter plot, designate the type of relationship observed (increasing/positive, decreasing/negative, or no relationship) and determine what you can conclude from these relationships.
Section 3: Recommendations and implementation
Based on your findings above, assess which expansion criteria seem to be more effective.Could any expansion criterion be changed or eliminated? If so, which one and why?
Based on your findings above, does it appear as if the Loyalty Card is positively correlated with sales growth? Would you recommend changing this marketing strategy?
Based on your previous findings, recommend marketing positioning that targets a specific demographic. (Hint: Are younger people patronizing the restaurants more than older people?)
Indicate what information should be collected to track and evaluate the effectiveness of your recommendations. How can this data be collected? (Hint: Would you use survey/samples or census?)
Write a report, including an introduction and conclusion in APA format of learning based on the following:
The report should include the definition of each role and highlight all the responsibilities, approaches, and duties inherent to each of these administrative positions:
The report should include the development of a survey (no more than 10 items) to measure the levels of employee engagement that could influence ethical behavior and the application of corporate policies. Consider conciseness and precision when designing questions so that they are clear enough for respondents. Add citations and references as well.
9/4/2020WGU Performance Assessmenthttps://tasks.wgu.edu/student/000319652/course/15980014/task/1870/overview2/6A.
Discuss the purpose of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in an organization.
1. Identify two primary and two secondary stakeholders that influence Paradigm Toys
.2. Analyze two ways that Paradigm Toys should meet their CSR for the primary and secondarystakeholders identified in part A1.B. Reflect on the importance of ethical leadership by doing the following:
1. Explain why it is important for an organization to develop an ethical culture.a. Discuss the role that Paradigm Toys’ leadership can play in fostering an ethical culture.
2. Explain the purpose of an ethics audit.a. Discuss the value that an ethics audit could bring to Paradigm Toys.C. Develop the ethical framework that you would use if you were faced with an ethical dilemma by doing thefollowing:
1. Identify and analyze an ethical dilemma in a business setting.Note: You may also choose an ethical dilemma you have witnessed at your current place ofemployment.
2. Evaluate two potential solutions to the ethical dilemma identified in part C1.
3. Explain which solution from part C2 you would recommend and why that solution would be the moreethical choice.
D. Create a proposal for implementing an ethics training program at Paradigm Toys by doing the following:1. Identify three key topics that you would cover in your ethics training program.a. Explain why you would include the three topics from part
D1 in your training program.2. Recommend a delivery method that you believe would be most effective for the training program.a. Justify why the delivery method recommended in part
D2 would be most effective for the trainingprogram.E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, orsummarized.F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission
Determine the historical impact of art on modern culture, society, and the workplace.
Identify the role of music, poetry, prose, and visual art in the modern world and workplace.
Utilize art elements in real-world contexts and the workplace.
Apply strategies for evaluating different art forms in various contexts.
Explain how art contributes to problem solving skills and idea creation in personal and professional experience.
Identify how art benefits wellness and creativity in the community and workplace.
Scenario
You are an independent contractor who has been hired by a multinational technology company to increase productivity at one branch office. The location in question is failing miserably and your contract with this company is a last ditch effort to bring this location’s productivity up, or else it will be shut down. The designers haven’t submitted a good, usable design to headquarters in months.
When you begin your work figuring out what’s going wrong, you immediately see many red flags. Records show that employees call in sick frequently, come in late, leave early, and several complaints between employees have been filed by Human Resources.
When you visit the office, you are immediately struck by what a dismal environment you see. Florescent lights flicker over beige cubicles, ambient noise of machines buzzing and phones ringing fills your ears, and employees look bored and tired. You notice only one communal work space piled over with old projects and clutter. The supply room is sparse. The break room is small and cluttered, and nobody is using it.
You decide to interview employees and learn some alarming information; employees mostly work alone, do not seem to know each other well, some outright dislike one another, they report having no fun or enjoyment while at work, and some suffer chronic work-related health problems such as migraines and back pain. You notice wonderful diversity among employees, yet nobody seems to appreciate or understand the unique perspectives of their colleagues.
It is clear to you that this office is not conducive to the kind of creative collaboration necessary to pull it out of its slump. Using what you know about the importance of art in the world and workplace, you will come up with a plan to solve these problems.
Instructions
Assemble a portfolio of recommendations on how to turn this office from a non-productive location to a creative hub of productivity.
Portfolio should include the following parts:
Part 1
Compose an introduction (1-2 paragraphs) indicating the historical impact of art on modern culture, society, and the workplace.
Part 2
Create an infographic on how to use the arts to promote the following within the company:
Collaboration between colleagues
Multiculturalism/diversity
Community engagement
Part 3
Construct a visual model using diagram software of the ideal creative workspace that includes the following areas:
A space for individual work
A space for collaborative work
Public interaction area
Visual display areas
NOTE – You may add additional areas as you see fit.
Each area in the workspace must be clearly numbered and the following questions answered:
How will this space be used and by whom?
What Elements of Art and Principles of Design will be used in this space?
How does the space promote creativity and collaboration?
How will the arts be used to promote creativity and well-being?
Part 4
Create a descriptive resource list with contact data of at least six funding possibilities for art events. Each resource should briefly explain the resource and how the employer might use it.
Resources
Rasmussen College Writing Guide
Grammar Checking – How do I create a Grammarly account?
Business writing
Sketch-up model
Grant writing: Practical strategies for scholars and professionals.
What is an infographic and how do I create one?
Aim: To research a small or medium sized enterprise in preparation for the Summative Assessment and to demonstrate proficiency in critical analysis by implementing theory into practice We would like you to begin preparing for your Summative Assessment by collating research on a small or medium sized enterprise (SME). You might like to select one of the companies identified in this course and explore how it has developed.
You could consider a company that works in a specific area of travel, for example, adventure travel or cruise liners, and explore its use of the internet and how this has influenced possible future strategies. Alternatively, you could choose to examine likely future changes in the internet, for example this might involve the use of mobile media, mobile booking and more sophisticated presentation technologies, and explore how this will impact on the company’s strategy.
it is important that you make sure that you select a company that is small enough to enable analysis within the bounds of the assessment. An analysis of a large, global endeavour is possible but the level of information required would make it too complex and time consuming to attempt within the limitations of this course.
As you approach your research, try to maintain a entrepreneurial and dynamic mindset. Identify areas that your company’s strategy could target and direct your research towards gathering relevant data.
Write a summary of your research of no more than 1,000 words in length. This summary should describe your chosen company and identify how you intend to approach the analysis for your Summative Assessment.
Message from the tutor: Essentially the formative assessment requires you to write a brief “proposal” of your research idea about the topic/company/organisation that you want to discuss in your summative coursework. You can include a little bit of background analysis and then talk about the tools/models that you will use in your analysis. In a way, it is preparation for the summative coursework.
Questions 1. Describe the current system in use as it applies to the operations personnel and marketing personnel. To what extent does this system help or hinder Med-Chemʼs ability to achieve its objectives? Why? 2. For marketing and operations, what are the critical activities that they must do well for Med-Chem to be successful in the marketplace? 3. What general recommendations would you make to Todd regarding the current situation?
Briefly describe the key resources and capabilities Tesla possesses. What are its main sources of competitive advantage?
What this means is to find what your company does well, what is its selling point to consumers? For Nike is it how its shoes are manufactured? Probably not, like we discussed the manufacturing technology is not rare nor is it inimitable. Rather Nike provides superior design and has a strong brand reputation. Apple has a sophisticated R&D capabilities that has allowed it to create innovative products. Put simply, ask yourself what is the core value proposition that this firm is providing to customers?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the notion that corporations are expected to go above and beyond following the law and making a profit. Archie Carroll developed a global corporate social responsibility pyramid, with the levels of economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic. Figure 3.3 in the text describes the levels in the pyramid.
Carroll suggests that the priorities of the organization should be to:
o Be a good global corporate citizen, as defined by the host country’s expectations.
o Be ethical in its practices, taking host-country and global standards into consideration.
o Obey the law of host countries as well as international law.
o Make a profit consistent with expectations for international business.
Select a company identified as one of the “Companies With the Best CSR Reputations” reported by Forbes
Review Carroll’s publication The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility
Answer the following:
a. Consider the steps on Carroll’s “Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility” (economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic/voluntary responsibilities). Why do you think the company made the list? Do some research and provide specific examples of EACH step on the pyramid.
b. Do you think it is possible to make money and still be socially responsible? Why or why not?
forbes link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/09/17/the-worlds-most-reputable-companies-for-corporate-responsibility-2019/#d5d1a07679bd
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