What impact do you think Apple’s choice to introduce the iPhone in the US exclusively through AT&T had on its brand? What might Apple have done differently?

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Discussion: The Branding Environment

First, introduce yourself to the class. Include your major and anything . you would like to share about yourself. Then address the prompt below.
Apple’s brand franchise is extensive, but most recently we have seen wave after wave of “i-Things” (iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iTouch, iPad). When Apple developed the iPhone, it did so in conjunction with AT&T. Many think that inhibited the brand’s growth, since AT&T had suffered from service issues. In fact, the introduction of the iPhone swamped AT&T and it struggled even harder to provide quality service, with little success. In some markets, the ratio of iPhones to AT&T’s bandwidth means that service has been spotty and unreliable, with a dropped call rate of about 30%.

While strategic partnerships are common in today’s business environment, choosing the right partner is critical. To begin your initial post, introduce yourself briefly. Then, respond to the following questions: What impact do you think Apple’s choice to introduce the iPhone in the US exclusively through AT&T had on its brand? What might Apple have done differently?

Based on what you learned, how would you facilitate cross-team collaboration between the marketing management function and R&D teams at Lenovo?

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Communicating Value

Answer the following IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Respond to each of the following in a minimum of 175 words each. It will be run thru a checker, thanks.

Complete the case study exercise, Communicating Value(attached).

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words each:

  1. Based on what you learned, how would you facilitate cross-team collaboration between the marketing management function and R&D teams at Lenovo?
  2. How would you communicate about new features to customers?
  3. How would you measure the success of the team?

 

What is a horizontal merger? Why is it beneficial? Why would a health care organization merge with another? How do stakeholders benefit?

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Health care industry

Mergers and acquisitions are gaining popularity as the health care industry continues to determine how to best provide services to a wide variety of patients. Answer the following questions:

  • What is a horizontal merger?
  • Why is it beneficial?
  • Why would a health care organization merge with another?
  • How do stakeholders benefit?

 

Write essay that relates the chapter topics into any experiences you have had personally professionally, or heard about in the world.

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Write essay that relates the chapter topics into any experiences you have had personally professionally, or heard about in the world.

The paper should be 4-5 pages written text single spaced, 12 pt. font. 1-inch margins. You should have a cover page and a reference page for your sources.

 

Describe one specific episode of one program. Explain current issues relating to entrepreneurial management skills. Describe in detail how watching that episode will specifically assist you in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

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Entrepreneur TV show

1) Research and list at least eight (8) distinct entrepreneurial TV shows (i.e. The Profit, Shark Tank, Undercover Boss, etc.). There are dozens of them. You can research them on the internet.

  • Do not list “scripted” drama shows. It should be the shows similar to the ones listed above in which a “real” business is involved.
  • (Do not list i.e. 4 different episodes of Shark Tank and count them as 4 TV shows.

2) Write a minimum of two-page paper. (This portion “#2” should be a minimum of two pages.)

  • A.) Describe one specific episode of one program. (Do NOT select Shark Tank.) (This section of 2A should not be longer than either 2B or 2C.)
  • B. Explain current issues relating to entrepreneurial management skills. (This is a “course competency”. This should be the bulk of #2.)
  • C. Describe in detail how watching that episode will specifically assist you in your entrepreneurial endeavors. (This should be the second largest section of #2.)

(Again, the episode will probably be found on the internet.)

3) Within your paper, provide the link to the specific episode used in your paper.

Explain.° potential ways the Ain., leadership will improve their cultural intelligence by working with a more diverse group of stakeholders. Explain,with a specific example, how you would overcome a potential challenge that may arise when workingwith Ain., diverse group of rtakeholders.

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Emotional and Cultural Intelligence

SCENARIO
Corollary lAarkeing is a leadership development company known for its El [raining programs. Corollary was recently hired By Alliah Company’s leadership to conduct emotional intelligence [raining employees.Alliah Company recently received a rating of 10/100 on theik-Z List of Emotionally Intelligen [Cornpanies.
Company leadership is very concerned that[his low rating could significantly impact its market share,access to talent, and customer satisfaction. This is especially concerning since Alliah revised its mission,e[hics,and corporate social responsibility statements [his year.
Mission Statement: Company will provide [he most innovative products designed by [he hest and brightest talent in [he technology industry. Ethics Statement:Alliah Company is committed to ensuring-that all employees, suppliers,contradors,and anyother entities engaged in business with Mliah will do Me right thing for stakeholders. Corporate Social Responsibility Statement:Aliah Company is committed to reducing the environmental impactor the business. In addition to revising its mission,ethics,and corporate social responsibility statements,Alliah’s leadership wants to create an innovative culture that approaches all ideas as possible customer solutions that could create [he next profitable approach to market growth. Employees are not surprised hy Alliah’s rating of 10/100 on [he A-Z List of Emotionally Intelligen[Companies. In recent communications with company leadership,[he human resources team has advised [he leadership to consider certain hest practices.
Understanding that employees are valuable not justfor their ideas that could lead to profits butes individuals who are valuable on their own merits,can improve morale. Increasing the diversity of [he company’s employees, suppliers,and contractors could better reflect the customers [hat purchase products. Reducing resistance to allowing ernployees to work remotely requires reconsidering expressed concerns over not heingahle to manage employees’ productive[Of they work outside& [he office. Changing the way employees communicate with leadership from a chain of command approach of working through managers to having avenues for meeting with leadership could open communication channels and increase [rust
Corollary’s El training session will he coordinated hy [he employees’ managers, and company leadership will not be in attendance. The leadership is expecting[hat [he result of [he [rainingwill be a move towards [heir desiref or a culture of innovation,and that the next year’s rating on hik-Z Lista Emotionally Intelligen[Companies will I3e significantly higher.

REQUIREMENTS
A. Explain your topfour core values (e.g.,accountability, honesty, integrity,respect, loyalty fairness,etc.)witM1 detail on why they are personally meaningful.
B. Evaluate how each of your four core values-from par. align or misalign Ain., values and social responsibility.
C. Evaluate how El and CI impacts interactions within the AM. Company lay doing. following:

  • Explain.° potential ways the Ain., leadership will improve their cultural intelligence by working with a more diverse group of stakeholders.
  • Explain,with a specific example, how you would overcome a potential challenge that may arise when workingwith Ain., diverse group of rtakeholders.
  • Explain how an aspect& Hof rtedds six-dimensions of culture can help you respectfully communicate with AM.. diverse work culture.

D. Acknowledge sources,using in-textcitations and references,for content that is quoted,paraphrased,or summarized.

E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission. File Restrictions

Using the data in the Excel file Home Market Value, develop a multiple linear regression model for estimating the market value as a function of both the age and size of the house. Predict the value of a house that is 30 years old and has 1,800 square feet, and one that is 5 years old and has 2,800 square feet.

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Home Market Value

Using the data in the Excel file Home Market Value, develop a multiple linear regression model for estimating the market value as a function of both the age and size of the house. Predict the value of a house that is 30 years old and has 1,800 square feet, and one that is 5 years old and has 2,800 square feet.

The Excel file Cereal Data provides a variety of nutritional information about 67 cereals and their shelf location in a supermarket. Use regression analysis to find the best model that explains the relationship between calories and the other continuous variables. Try taking out the non-significant predictors one by one. Which model is the most parsimonious model? Which model fit the data the best? Explain your conclusions.

The Excel file Vacation Survey provides information about 34 respondents’ age, gender, relationship status, number of children and vacations per year.

Develop a multiple regression model for predicting vacations per year as a function of the other variables.

Explain how age, gender, relationship status and number of children affect the number of

 

Did your decision include any culturally based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or politics in your rankings? Did you make any observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.

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International human resource management

For this assignment, you will apply decision-making to the process of international human resource management as you determine which of the four final applicants to hire into a global executive position.You are a member of the management committee of a MNE that conducts business in 23 countries. While your company’s headquarters is located in the Netherlands, your regional offices are located fairly evenly throughout the four hemispheres. Primary markets have been in the European Union and North America; the strongest emerging market is the Pacific Rim. Company executives would like to develop what they see as a powerful potential market in the Middle East. Sales in all areas except the Pacific Rim have shown slow growth over the past two years.

At present, your company is seeking to restructure and revitalize its worldwide marketing efforts. To accomplish this, you have determined that you need to hire a key marketing person to introduce fresh ideas and a new perspective. There is no one currently in your company who is qualified to do this, and so you have decided to look outside.

The job title is “Vice President for Global Marketing”; an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000, plus elaborate benefits, an unlimited expense account, a car, and the use of the corporate jet. The person you hire will be based at the company’s headquarters in the Netherlands and will travel frequently.

A lengthy search has turned up four people with good potential. It is now up to you to decide whom to hire. Although all the applicants have expressed a sincere interest in the position, it is possible that they may change their minds once the job is offered. Therefore, you must rank them in order of preference so that if your first choice declines the position, you can go on to the second, and so on.

First, read the biographies of each applicant. As you are doing this, rank each of them from 1 to 4, with 1 being your first choice, and explain your reasons for their ranking.

For your essay this week, respond to the following questions using the decisions you have made with your rankings.

  • The first section of your paper should be an overview of your rankings and reasons for your decisions.
  • Did your decision include any culturally based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or politics in your rankings?
  • Did you make any observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.
  • What implications do you believe any of the applicant’s cultural differences would have in business dealings? In what countries or cultures?
  • What expatriate adjustments for the candidate need to be considered? How will the company handle these?
  • Explain the decision-making process you used to make your decisions.

 

What could college leaders do more to help prevent the loss of faculty? What ways could college leaders help with “burnout” among faculty?

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Unit 3 – Discussion Board RDMA

In this Unit, you will learn important information about writing a research question and understanding the differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches. You will also learn how to write a hypothesis reserved only for quantitative research. If you do qualitative research, you will need to write a problem statement for this assignment. Also, this week, you will learn how to write survey and interview questions. When writing survey questions in qualitative format, you will need to ensure you do not have yes or no responses or other one-word responses. Your questions must allow the participant to respond close to a complete sentence. Your qualitative questions for an interview will need to follow the same format. If you plan to have a quantitative research project, you will need to make sure you have closed-ended questions such as yes or no or other one-word answers on a scale of 1-5. Quantitative research projects do not have an interview component, so you will only focus on surveys.

For this assignment, you will write a hypothesis (quantitative) or a problem statement (qualitative). Also, you will need to write a research question which is the overarching question you are trying to answer for your project in this course. Then you are to write your survey questions or interview questions.

Qualitative Student Example:

Determine your research method (i.e., qualitative or quantitative), and write one research question regarding that topic in preparation for the assignments in Units 3–4.

For my Unit 4 Individual Project, I will use the qualitative method to find out what community colleges could do to help mitigate the loss of faculty.

My question will be, “What could community colleges do to help keep faculty from leaving?”

Based on your chosen research method, write your hypothesis or statement of the problem for your research question.

There is a problem in community colleges. Despite providing assistants for faculty, we are still seeing a decline in teachers staying in community colleges; even though assistance has been provided to help accommodate for change, a substantial number of teachers are still leaving the profession. This problem has negatively impacted students and enrollment because some classes might not be offered due to the lack of professors that could teach that class. A possible cause of this problem is maybe not enough assistants. Perhaps a study that investigates teachers by qualitative method could remedy the situation.

Create 3–5 survey or interview questions based on your chosen research method that could help answer your research question.

Interview questions:

“What could college leaders do more to help prevent the loss of faculty?”

“What ways could college leaders help with “burnout” among faculty?”

“What are some concerns that faculty may have about academic programs and curriculum?”

“In your opinion, do you think that this institution is committed to its faculty and students?”

You are a shareholder in AMC corporation and are outraged at this corporate waste. What options do you have to challenge the employment contract?

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Employment contract

Prepare a case study that requires critical thinking. The case study should include related questions and guiding answers.

  • AMC Corporation has entered into employment contract with a new CEO which includes $140 million compensation a year, reimbursement for private jet and payment of luxurious apartment in Manhattan. You are a shareholder in AMC corporation and are outraged at this corporate waste. What options do you have to challenge the employment contract?