Describe exactly what the company needs to do. State the problem statement and explain why this course of action will solve your stated problem. Include suggestions on how to best implement the alternative(s) you have chosen.

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Amazon’s Marketing Problems Recommendations

Under the main heading of “RECOMMENDATIONS”, select at least THREE alternatives that your analysis supports as being a good solution for your company’s problem. Describe exactly what the company needs to do. State the problem statement and explain why this course of action will solve your stated problem. Include suggestions on how to best implement the alternative(s) you have chosen. Check the recommendations against the problem you identified; be sure the recommendation “fits” the problem (Follow the problems from the previous assignment that will be attached). In your summary, describe why the organization would be successful in implementing your recommendations.

Evaluate what discrete data distribution the frequency of repurchases data would be likely to follow. Explain why the other discrete data distributions are not appropriate for this data. Support your discussion with relevant examples, research, and rationale.

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Discussion 2

Select any one of the following starter bullet ***point sections. Review the important themes within the sub questions of each bullet point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.

**You are a risk manager in a manufacturing company. One of your key responsibilities is securing of property insurance coverage to provide protection against damage caused by “acts of God,” such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc. You begin the process with exposure due diligence, which is focused on estimating the chances of a single “act of God” occurring in the course of the upcoming year, as well as the chances of two or more “acts of God” materializing (also in the course of the next year).
Determine where you might be able to find valid data for this type of analysis.
Justify the use of the concept of conditional probability in the context of your task—more specifically, discuss how you would use conditional probability in your exposure due diligence efforts. Support your discussion with relevant examples, research, and rationale.

***You are a marketing manager for a company that makes ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Your company recently initiated a loyalty program for consumers, which resulted in a large purchaser database. The brand managers are eager to examine the available data, which they can use to design more effective promotional programs. Your first step is to conduct an exploratory baseline analysis, the goal of which is to describe the buyer base and estimate basic statistical descriptors of the buyer base. You are particularly interested in the size of individual purchases, as well as the frequency of repurchases.
Evaluate what discrete data distribution the frequency of repurchases data would be likely to follow.
Explain why the other discrete data distributions are not appropriate for this data. Support your discussion with relevant examples, research, and rationale.

***You are a marketing manager for a manufacturer of nonperishable products sold in grocery stores. In this role, you need to make various decisions about how much marketing/advertising support is needed by each product to maximize the profitability of the organization.
Assess how the effectiveness of individual marketing/advertising approaches would be determined.
Discuss how historical sales data, as well as promotional response data, can aid you in evaluating the effectiveness of the individual marketing/advertising approaches. Support your discussion with relevant examples, research, and rationale.

***The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.

Develop a business plan for a quality improvement project, program, or service related to an area of student interest within the selected healthcare organization.

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Business Plan Assignment

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a business plan for a quality improvement project, program, or service related to an area of student interest within the selected healthcare organization.

Total Points Possible: 200

I. REQUIREMENTS:
1. Address all components of the business plan as outlined in Preparing the Paper.

2. Use the Business Plan Worksheet at least weekly to collect information necessary for writing the plan. It can be downloaded from the assignment page. You will be required to submit this completed document with your assignment.

3. This paper will be graded on quality and completeness of information, accuracy of any required calculations, use of citations, use of standard English grammar, sentence structure, and organization based on the required components.

4. Create this assignment using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain documents. You can tell that the document is saved as an MS Word document because it will end in .docx.
5. Use of Turn It In is used for this assignment and is part of the submission into the assignment portal.

6. Submit the final paper Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT. Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q & A forum or reach out to faculty.

7. The length of the paper is to be no greater than seven pages excluding the appendices, title page, and reference page. Your business plan worksheet should be included in the appendices section.

8. APA format, using the most current edition, is required in this assignment, including a title page and a reference page. Use headings for the sections of the paper according to APA format. Remember that the introduction does not require a heading and no running heads are used. Times New Roman Font- 12-point and one-inch margins on all sides of page are required format. See the most current edition of the APA manual for details of formatting. You may also refer to Guidelines for Writing Professional Papers found in the Student Resources Center.

9. A complete paper will contain all components outlined under Preparing the Paper.

Based on that mind map, create a logo and a slogan for the product.

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Logos and Slogans

Instructions

Submissions
In Module Three you created a mind map for a brand you use (or wish you used). Based on that mind map, create a logo and a slogan for the product. This will probably look very different from the current brand logo and slogan. This slogan and logo should promote the ideas, feelings, and descriptions of importance that you identified in Module Three. Use the resources below to help you do this:

Go to LogoMaker by HP to design a logo for the brand. Follow the instructions by choosing an industry, and then choose symbol, letter, or abstract. Add the brand name. See what you can do.
Visit the interesting Ad Slogans website. Though it has not been kept up-to-date, if you explore the site you will find many white papers on branding, as well as slogans with rationales and examples of use. It is a European site, so some of the products may be unfamiliar, but many will be easily recognized. Use the content to prepare a slogan to accompany the logo you designed.
In a short paper, explain why you made the choices you did and how those choices support the brand’s positioning and message you want to communicate. Be sure to include both the logo and the slogan in the paper.

Which brand currently uses the “arm punch” device? Which brand continues to use the words “zoom zoom”? Which brand used the odd term “Farfegnugen”?

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4-1 Discussion: Brand Communications

Brands sometimes create some interesting twists in their marketing. See if you can identify the following automobile brands.

  • Which brand currently uses the “arm punch” device?
  • Which brand continues to use the words “zoom zoom”?
  • Which brand used the odd term “Farfegnugen”?
  • Which brand spends a million dollars a day on research to keep drivers safe?
  • Which upscale brand is often represented by a logo that does not incorporate its name?

Most of you will have little trouble identifying these brands, having seen advertising and promotional signage for them, or perhaps just “knowing” that fact about the car brand.
Select one of the brands above and share your recollections about how you learned what you “know” about the brand. Was all of your brand knowledge generated by advertising? What other factors contributed to what you know? Can you determine what information came from what source? See if your classmates have had the same experiences, and then discuss what the company did to create that knowledge on behalf of their brand.

Write a 2 page paper on your vision AS A LEADER in the next 5 years, 10 years, 15 uears and 20 years.

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LEADER vision

Write a 2 page paper on your vision AS A LEADER in the next 5 years, 10 years, 15 uears and 20 years.

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to show the results of your analysis. Use both on-screen text and speaker notes to convey your information effectively.

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External Environment Analysis Assignment- Toyota Motor Corp.

Overview
Congratulations! You are off to a good start. You successfully completed an analysis of the company’s internal business environment.

To quickly recap, as the director of strategic planning, you are creating a new strategic planning proposal to help the company explore at least one new growth opportunity and increase its revenue or market share in the industry.

As you continue creating your proposal, in this assignment you will analyze your company’s external business environment and explain its influence on revenue or market share.

Prompt
Perform an external environment analysis of your company to identify the company’s competitive environment and find an opportunity the company can utilize to grow its revenue or market share in the industry. Use resources such as the company website, which will have pertinent information including its most recent sustainability report, and other relevant sources to help complete this presentation.

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to show the results of your analysis. Use both on-screen text and speaker notes to convey your information effectively. For example, you can use brief bulleted lists summarizing the highlights of your analysis on the slides, and include more detailed explanations where needed in your speaker notes.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Competitors (slide 1): Identify at least two of your company’s top competitors and explain how they compete with your company.
Competitive advantages (slides 2–7): Evaluate your company’s competitive advantages.
Summarize the unique skill sets, products, location, and values of your company.
Use Porter’s five forces to analyze your company’s competitiveness and growth potential in its industry. Assign a rating to your company for each of Porter’s five forces as very high (VH), high (H), low (L), or very low (VL). Justify your ratings.
Area of opportunity (slides 8–9): Identify one area of opportunity that will help your company increase its revenue or market share over the next five years. Explain how this opportunity can lead to an increase in revenue or market share.

Guidelines for Submission
Create a PowerPoint presentation with 9–12 slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Considering that Pepperdine is a Christian university, why are you interested in attending, and how would you contribute to conversations of faith on campus?

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SOAR and Christianity Essay

Pepperdine is a Christian university where all are welcomed and encouraged to challenge each other in the pursuit of truth. Students, faculty, and staff members from all backgrounds participate in conversations of faith inside and outside of the classroom. Considering that Pepperdine is a Christian university, why are you interested in attending, and how would you contribute to conversations of faith on campus? (300-500 words)

Define the term business strategy in your own words. Briefly outline the steps involved in formulating a business strategy. Explain who is responsible for and who benefits from good business strategy.

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Business strategy

Overview
Defining a business strategy is part of the strategic planning process and is necessary for achieving the company’s goals and objectives. The steps involved in creating a business strategy are critical and it is imperative that the appropriate amount of time is spent in getting it just right.

As the director of strategic planning, you want to ensure that all your managers understand business strategy, including what a strategy is, how it’s created, and who is responsible.

Prompt

Create a one-page document describing business strategy for mid-level managers.

Specifically, you must address the following criteria:

Definition : Define the term business strategy in your own words.
Formulation : Briefly outline the steps involved in formulating a business strategy.
Responsibilities: Explain who is responsible for and who benefits from good business strategy.
Corporate vs. business unit strategy : Describe at least two ways in which a corporate strategy is different from a business unit strategy.

Guidelines for Submission
Submit a one-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Which gender is experiencing the burnout level “Pretty wiped out almost every day” most? Which male age group is experiencing the stress level, “A little stress that would be expected with the ups and downs of life” at home the most?

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Executive Summary: Working With Tableau—Analyze Data

Overview
Descriptive statistics describes a data set. It is used to summarize and organize the data into something more manageable, actionable, and ready for presentation. It can also help organize data and present a business problem in an understandable manner. You can use descriptive statistics to understand and analyze the data for your organization.

The employees in your company report struggling with burnout (being overworked). You have been asked to analyze the situation and recommend solutions to reduce employee burnout. You have access to an employee survey with employee responses related to the situation.

This week you will analyze the employee survey data and create bar graphs to represent the data visually. Based on your analysis, you will then create an executive summary targeted to a non-technical audience unfamiliar with statistics. See the document Module Four Survey Response Key for the responses that were available on the survey.

Prompt
Part 1: Burnout Analysis: Bar Graphs

To complete this assignment, you will use Tableau software that is located within the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

Follow the directions in the User Manual: Working With Tableau document to import these employee survey responses into Tableau and conduct a burnout analysis. Use Tableau to create bar graphs that will answer the following questions. Take screenshots of your bar graphs to include in your executive summary document.

Which gender is experiencing the burnout level “Pretty wiped out almost every day” most?
Which male age group is experiencing the stress level, “A little stress that would be expected with the ups and downs of life” at home the most?
Which leadership level strongly agrees with the fact that they love what they do?
Which gender with a tenure of 5+ years had the lowest number of responses for the burnout level “I feel great! Energy to spare!”?

Part 2: Executive Summary

Create an Executive Summary of your results addressing the following criteria:

Purpose and respondents: Explain the purpose of the executive summary and briefly describe the survey respondents.
Results: Summarize your bar graph analyses and answer the questions they represent. Add corresponding bar graphs to relevant sections of the summary to illustrate your analyses.
Recommendations: Based on your analysis, recommend two areas the company can focus on to reduce employee burnout.

Guidelines for Submission
To complete this assignment, you must submit the following:

Executive Summary: Submit a 2- to 3-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Include the screenshots of the graphs you generated in Tableau. Sources should be cited according to APA style.