How do Kotter’s principles help to explain what went wrong in this organization when management tried to develop and implement a new system?

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Read the case study “Sometimes a Simple Change Isn’t So Simple.” Consider John Kotter’s eight-stage process for managing change (in his book Leading Change). How do Kotter’s principles help to explain what went wrong in this organization when management tried to develop and implement a new system?

QUESTION 1 B) PLEASE WATCH VIDEO
How would you apply the principles that the speaker advocates in this video to the case that we considered in Discussion Question A this week? Is this video more or less helpful for understanding change management than John Kotter’s change management process? Explain your point of view.

Review organisations risk tolerance in different environments. Identify and evaluate different business environments and the likely risks of those environments. Provide examples of organisation’s tolerance to risk taking and evaluate how organisations can measure tolerance

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This unit prepares learners for working in a commercial environment by providing an insight into the different risk profiles from both an organisation’s and an individual’s perspectives. The three units are understanding business risk, managing risk and innovation and creativity.

The aim is to provide learners with an understanding of what makes an effective organisation in balancing out opportunity with change. This unit will involve the learner in developing risk profiles and identifying risk management strategies for selected case studies. These will be available online as used as a means to illustrate the different ways organisations approach change. The course material will be closely linked with creativity and innovation.

  1. Review organisations risk tolerance in different environments
  • Identify and evaluate different business environments and the likely risks of those environments
  • Provide examples of organisation’s tolerance to risk taking and evaluate how organisations can measure tolerance
  1. Develop skills to identify and assess the risk profiles of organisations
  • Produce a risk profile for an organisation
  • Review and comment on risk profiles of organisations in different industries
  • Discuss enterprise wide risk and the benefits and drawbacks of such an approach
  1. Investigate how innovation can be used to reduce risk aversion in growing organisations.
  • Analyse the possible risks of innovation in an organisation
  • Produce examples of how to manage innovation risk so that innovation can be used to create advantage

Provide an overview of the operating environment (contextual and transactional), explain the difference and include an explanation as well as an example of how to use scenarios Conduct an Industry Analysis of the Safety and Security Industry and include insight in relation to the CCTV and Facial

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Provide an overview of the operating environment (contextual and transactional), explain the difference and include an explanation as well as an example of how to use scenarios.

Conduct an Industry Analysis of the Safety and Security Industry and include insight in relation to the CCTV and Facial.

Recognition sectors.

Offer a comprehensive Stakeholder Analysis using the Four Corners approach in respect to Customers, Suppliers and The Government as the Regulatory Authority.

Based on the above analysis (Industry and Stakeholders) compile a compelling Unique Value Proposition.

Explain what measures you would put in place to ensure that SAFR is resilient and explain how you would structure that as well as which guiding principles you would apply.

Develop an appropriate and balanced set of metrics that are relevant to SAFR to ensure its strategic performance over the next three years.

  • What is strategy, what is strategic thinking, strategic direction , the difference between strategy and tactics.
  • Then explain difference Contextual and  transactional environment , how scenario planning is used as a tool and  forces  and factors that it has  impact on the environment of an organization.
  • How scenario planning anticipates in identifying surprises\ how to populate risk matrix.
  • Industry DYnaimcs- Five Forces- existing competitors.
  • Stake holder Analysis- Apply four corners.

Present a brief introduction of the firm (the firm can be real or fictitious). It must include firm’s sector, size, geographical presence, the main product(s) and/or service(s). Furthermore, include the mission, goals, and main strategies of the firm. Assess and state the current situation of the supply chain of the firm.  

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Write a report on the design or redesign of the Supply Chain of sweeteners especially in North America manufactured by Ingredion Inc. Use factual information and numbers from the company’s formal documents (such as annual reports, quarter reports, … etc) posted in the websites above or online in the report and reference it accordingly. The report must contain the following elements and structure:
Present a brief description of the project including motivation and significance, objective(s), scope, and limitation(s).
A transitional paragraph to introduce or announce the upcoming sections in the report.
The firm
Present a brief introduction of the firm (the firm can be real or fictitious). It must include firm’s sector, size, geographical presence, the main product(s) and/or service(s). Furthermore, include the mission, goals, and main strategies of the firm. For more details about how to complete this subsection, please review the chapter about Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity by Stevenson, W. J., 2012.

Assess and state the current situation of the supply chain of the firm.

Based on the assessment of the current situation, develop and propose the following framework and strategies for the design or redesign of the supply chain of the firm.

Propose a customer relationship strategy for the firm. Briefly explain the main elements of the strategy. Define a set of objectives to achieve the strategy. Present a brief plan to achieve the defined objectives ).

Propose a supply strategy for the firm. Briefly explain the main elements of the strategy. Define a set of objectives to achieve the strategy. Present a brief plan to achieve the defined objectives (Please see Chapter 4 in the textbook for reference).

Develop and present a plan for the administration of the supply chain of the firm. This plan must consider the following topics: the logistical organization, the management of the collaborative
relationships, the assessment of the operational and financial performance, the management of risk and security, and the sustainability of the supply chain of the firm.

Create, organize, promote and manage a Day of Service. The purpose is to 1) promote goodwill between your business and its community (your business clients, the world-at-large, etc.) How long will it take to organize this activity? How will you market this activity?

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Create, organize, promote and manage a Day of Service. The purpose is to 1) promote goodwill between your business and its community (your business clients, the world-at-large, etc.)
• How long will it take to organize this activity?
• How will you market this activity?
• When will you start to market this activity?
• How much will it cost?
• How many people will be necessary to manage the activity?
• How much will this cost your company? (Salaries donated to organize, for a day, salaries for the day of service, $ to promote, etc.)
• What kind of promotional items will you offer?
• How will you acquire media coverage?
• Will you have a celebrity/distinguished guest? How much will that cost?
•  What will the benefits (goodwill, tax credits, etc.) be to your company?

Provide an in-depth discussion of each of the below key concepts and its application to; operations and supply chain, execution strategy:project management, strategy and competitiveness, product and process planning, capacity and scheduling, monitoring and controlling processes, six sigma, innovation.

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Research a particular, authentic company/industry or a fabricated company/industry(AMAZON).

Provide an in-depth discussion of each of the below key concepts and its application to

1) Operations and Supply Chain

2) Execution Strategy: Project Management

3) Strategy and Competitiviness

4) Product and Process Planning

5) Capacity and Scheduling

6) Monitoring and Controlling Processes

7) Six Sigma

8) Innovation

  • For each concept, provide a comprehensive description, what benefit it may offer to Amazon, and what needs to be done in order to successfully implement this topic into your organization.
  • For each concept, integrate appropriate biblical references. Explain how these concepts magnify God’s plan.
  • This section (the 8 key concepts) of the project requires 14 pages of graduate-level content and analysis.
  • Include 3 well-developed and professional documents. Appendices often include information that is somewhat confidential, detail-oriented, and/or tends to change often. Some examples include:
  • Action Planning: This specifies objectives, responsibilities, and timelines for completion of objectives.
  • Description of Strategic Planning Process Used: This describes the process used to develop the plan, who was involved, the number of meetings, any major lessons learned to improve planning, etc.
  • Strategic Analysis Data: This includes information generated during the external analysis (e.g., environmental scan) and internal analysis (e.g., SWOT analysis). It also includes a list of strategic issues identified during these analyses.

Find the best location in which to headquarter your business, compare and contrast that location with Florida, and recommend whether the company should establish its headquarters in Florida or the other state.

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You and a couple of your fellow FAU friends created a startup business. It has been so successful that you and your partners are ready to establish a headquarters. While you all still live in Florida, you, your partners, and the company’s advisory board are not sure Florida is the best location. Therefore, you have agreed to research the issue, write an analytical recommendation report, and prepare and deliver a persuasive recommendation presentation that is paired with an outline of this presentation.

Audience: Your partners and your company’s advisory board

Your Role/Task: The partner tasked with finding the best location in which to headquarter your business, comparing and contrasting that location with Florida, and recommending whether the company should establish its headquarters in Florida or the other state.

Assignment: Follow these steps:

Determine the type of start-up company—e.g., accounting, entertainment, finance, healthcare, hospitality, international business, manufacturing, marketing, merchandizing, technology. It could also be a retail store or a non-profit.

Here’s an article and a link to other resources to give you some ideas:

 

America’s coolest college startups:

U.S. Small Business Administration:

Create a name for your company and brief description of it.

Identify three critical factors (criteria) in determining the best state in which to locate your business. Additionally:

What is the behavior and culture of retail management in an e-commerce organization? How has the retail management of an e-commerce organization incorporated strategic planning into its behavior and culture? What factors of strategic planning in e-commerce influence its continuous competitiveness?

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A case study about the behavior and culture of retail management in e-commerce organizations aid in retaining a continuous competitive advantage through strategic planning.

It is not known how the behavior and culture of e-commerce organizations impacts their innovation and operations through strategic planning in the name of competitive advantage.

What is the behavior and culture of retail management in an e-commerce organization?

How has the retail management of an e-commerce organization incorporated strategic planning into its behavior and culture?

What factors of strategic planning in e-commerce influence its continuous competitiveness?

How does an e-commerce organization contribute to the success of strategic planning in its retail management?

How is the overall continuous competitiveness of e-commerce organizations evaluated?

How does the retail management of e-commerce organizations ensure the continued success of strategic planning in fostering continuous competitiveness?

Phenomena: Understanding the behavior and culture of retail management of e-commerce organizations located in the state of California and how it impacts its continuous competitive advantage in product quality, pricing, availability, efficiency, and brand satisfaction to consumers through strategic planning.

Identify Domestic and Global Environments (countries) that are in opposing cultural clusters (as identified in International business: theory and practice) identify which cluster(s) your two countries fit. Identify the socio-cultural parts of each country as related to business for your company.

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Continue working with your chosen worst company (Walmart) and its industry and complete the following:

1-Identify Domestic and Global Environments (countries) that are in opposing cultural clusters (as identified in International business: theory and practice) identify which cluster(s) your two countries fit.

2-Identify the socio-cultural parts of each country as related to business for your company. You will need to examine these with the aid of Geert Hofstede.

3-Identify and discuss the various socio-cultural aspects of each country. Do they differ? How? What are the similarities?

4-How would these factors affect your company’s business in your Domestic and Global Environments?

 

 

Is capital punishment a deterrent to crime? Find out the primary sources of low crime and punishment. Determine how the appropriate sentence for the final judgment of sin. Learn how the criminals are charging and the criminal studies of the rule of law.

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The continuous existence in the world full, a strong argument in regards to capital punishment, is a way explicitly to tame violent crime. The opinions debate is constant in the and some suggesting the death penalty as a necessity of evil and must be ongoing, and the negativity attributes to death punishments. The effects of punishment estimating across different in the elaborated modes reflecting all sources of a model in the uncertainty. The results of the estimating effects of deterrence elaboration dispersion in the model crossing. Secondly, a particular subset of the cost coefficient of constant positive effects of deterrence. The uncertified credible on the heterogeneity of state levels. The uncertified exchange in zero murderings and the manslaughter with murder case positively

Is capital punishment a deterrent to crime?

Find out the primary sources of low crime and punishment.

Determine how the appropriate sentence for the final judgment of sin.

Learn how the criminals are charging and the criminal studies of the rule of law.