Prepare a cogent synthesis of the need for the proposal. Offer necessary details of the organization by appropriately framing the problem; include a footnote to briefly identify the organization and its mission/purpose.

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Group work

Details
The Proposal is an opportunity for students to showcase their comprehension of business writing methods and their ability to pitch their analytics use case to an internal technical audience. Proposals must include:

• Introduction (Description/Background): prepare a cogent synthesis of the need for the proposal

• Challenge/Opportunity: offer necessary details of the organization by appropriately framing the problem; include a footnote to briefly identify the organization and its mission/purpose

• Rationale: explain your solution, articulating how these ideas can be applied to said particular need and why this solution will work

• Cost Analysis: identify cost, resources required, and expected Return on Investment (quantitative and/or qualitative)

• Assessment: describe how the project will be evaluated both immediately and over time

• Conclusion: include a clear and complete call to action

Select a business, which you will analyze specific areas related to designing processes. Avoid companies where research is difficult.

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Designing processes

Select a business, which will help you analyze specific areas related to designing processes. Avoid companies where research is difficult.
Introduce (very briefly) your selected business – who are they; what do they do; products and services; location(s); mission and values etc.
From what you have learned so far:

Select 1 process (descriptive) which is useful to design, develop and detail your particular business e.g. I-P-O; Supply Chain & sustainability; CPM; TQM Tools (Flow charts, Fishbone); House of Quality; PCN Analysis; Bottleneck analysis and theory of constraints

Select 1 process (quantitative) which will help you analyze the outcomes e.g. factor analysis for rating outsourcing providers; crossover chart; design and effective capacity; breakeven analysis
Conclude with a critical analysis and present your clear well-thought perspective (from what you have learned so far) of the strengths and challenges of the business

Solve the consumer optimization problem and discuss the implications from the first order conditions.

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Utility function

  1. a) The consumer faces the problem of maximizing the utility function given by the following equation and subject to the constraint given.

Subject to the constraint that

Where r is the interest rate, c is consumption y is the level of income and that consumption over time is discounted at a rate of sigma.

ü Solve the consumer optimization problem and discuss the implications from the first order conditions.

 

 

Analyse a brand profile on Facebook (preferably a brand you like) using Gallaugher and Ransbotham’s 3M Model. Give an example of each type of post you identify.

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Brand Social Profiles

Analyse a brand profile on Facebook (preferably a brand you like) using Gallaugher and Ransbotham’s 3M Model.

Does the brand use social media for megaphone, magnet and/or monitor posts?

Give an example of each type of post you identify.

How engaging is each type of post? What are the implications?

Expected length is 500 – 750 words

The documents below discuss the 3M model and the three types of posts. The article explains how Gallaugher and Ransbotham used their model to evaluate Starbuck’s social profile based on their social media posts.

State your three areas and the two sides. Inform him/her that you have done enough preliminary research that you believe you can write the Formal Report he/she requested. Describe preliminary findings for the two sides x 3 areas.

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Formal Research Report on Is organic food an expensive fad or is it healthier for you and worth the extra money?

It is like the Memo Report but longer and with more preliminary documents. Think of it as a major research paper on a business topic with lots of formatting requirements for its various parts.
Formal Report Memo Assignment Sheet
2% value: memo format
1. You have chosen a tentative Formal Report topic
2. You know that the two general sides are investment benefits (pros) and investment risks (cons)
3. You have chosen three areas of comparison that the two sides debate. The two sides share these areas but disagree on them.
4. You have done preliminary research but in enough depth to see whether you can find material to “slot in” each of the 3 areas x the 2 sides = six sections and what will become the bulk of your Report’s body.
5. Now that you are ready to commit to the topic, write a memo to your supervisor.
5a. State your three areas and the two sides
5b. Inform him/her that you have done enough preliminary research that you believe you can write the Formal Report he/she requested.
5c. Describe preliminary findings for the two sides x 3 areas. (You will give a more complete summary of your findings when I meet with you for your Formal Report Research Conference.)
5d. Ask permission to go ahead and continue research with the aim of writing the report.

Formal Report Grading Checklist (150 pts.)
_____Use of header w/paper’s title & pg. # (1 pt.) _____Correct pagination (1 pt.)
_____No paraphrases but direct “quotations” w/MLA (in-text source) ref. (10 pts.)
_____Three + visuals w/full source citations & numbered Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. (6 pts.)

1. Cover memo (4 pts.); Title Page (1 pt.); Abstract (4 pts.) Table of Contents w/pg # (2 pts.);

2. Introduction: Topic issue/question and 3-4 areas of discussion (3 pts)
1.Purpose and Scope: The goal of the report (1 pt.) and a statistic with (in-text source reference) on the numbers of people affected or $ involved (2 pts.)
2.Procedures: What has been done to gather info. & which sources are used (2 pts.)

3. Analysis/Findings: (@6+ pages long) Three or more major sections labeled and with sub-headings to introduce block single-spaced paragraphs containing quotations and statistics followed by ( ) for sources.

Area #1: _____heading (1 pt.); ______topic sentence (1 pt.) ____________________________________________
Area #2: _____heading (1 pt.); _____ topic sentence (1 pt.)_____________________________________________
Area #3: _____heading (1 pt.); ____topic sentence (1 pt.)_______________________________________________

4. Conclusions/Recommendations: (5 pts.) Review findings. Recommend what employer should do.

5. Works Cited page (15 points and up) List only sources directly quoted and given ( ). -3 p/source short of 10; +1 p/source over 10; -1 p/source not confirmed in text or on WC pg. Use full MLA citations, not just URL’s.:

write a final paper analyzing a conflict they have had (or one that is ongoing), where they apply the lessons learned in the course.

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Conflict Managing

Students will write a final paper (10 pages) analyzing a conflict they have had (or one that is ongoing), where they apply the lessons learned in the course. The paper should begin with a brief description of the conflict—the conditions that created it, the actual conflict, and how it was resolved or left unresolved. (All INFORMATION ABOUT PART 1 OF THE PAPER IS IN THE PREVIOUS ORDER- YOU JUST HAVE TO COMBINE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE NEW PAPER THAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON) Using the framework and tools from the Dignity Model, the second part of the paper will analyze the conflict in the dignity framework, using the tools to make recommendations for rebuild the relationship.

Reference books–

  • • Enright, R.D, Freedman, S. and Rique, “The Psychology of Interpersonal Forgiveness” in Exploring Forgiveness, ed. R. Enright and J. North, University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
  • • Hicks, Donna, Dignity: The Essential Role it Plays in Resolving Conflict. Yale University Press, 2011

Describe ways to prepare for an interview. List three different types of interview questions and tips for answering them. Describe ways to close the interview. Explain how to follow up after the interview.

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Unit VIII Preparing for a Job Interview

For your final assignment in this course, you will create a PowerPoint presentation describing ways to prepare for a job interview. Address the following topics:
 Describe ways to prepare for an interview.
 List three different types of interview questions and tips for answering them.
 Describe ways to close the interview.
 Explain how to follow up after the interview.

Conclude your presentation with any additional recommendations you can give someone who is just starting their job search.
Your complete PowerPoint presentation must be at least eight slides in length, this does not include the title slide and reference slide. Notes are not required for this assignment. You must use at least two outside sources, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. Use in-text citations in the body of your slides and do not place them in the notes section. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

Describe ways to prepare for an interview. List three different types of interview questions and tips for answering them. Describe ways to close the interview. Explain how to follow up after the interview.

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Unit VIII Followership

Instructions
For your final assignment in this course, you will create a PowerPoint presentation describing ways to prepare for a job interview. Address the following topics:
Describe ways to prepare for an interview.
List three different types of interview questions and tips for answering them.
Describe ways to close the interview.
Explain how to follow up after the interview.
Conclude your presentation with any additional recommendations you can give someone who is just starting their job search.

Your complete PowerPoint presentation must be at least eight slides in length, this does not include the title slide and reference slide. Notes are not required for this assignment. You must use at least two outside sources, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. Please use in-text citations in the body of your slides and do not place them in the notes section. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

Identify who the stakeholders are in the issue. Create a question on what the issue is.

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Business Law

S- Stakeholder

  • Identify who the stakeholders are in the issue.

I-Issue

  • Create a question on what the issue is. (for example: is it ethical to use in clothing)

M- Model (answer each model in bullet point format)

  • Utilitarianism (outcome-based)
  • Kantian (duty-based)
  • Virtue (virtues-based)

A- Analysis

  • The analysis is the breakdown provided in all the models (aka the bullet points)

C – Conclusion

  • Answer the ISSUE on if the scenario is ethical or not

 

Explain the design of the system. Explain the current business e-commerce features. Explain the business e-commerce process.

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Powerpoint

The following shows the company’s presence map;

  • Type of presence Activity
  • Website They write what the company entails.
  • Emails They let the clients know when their products are ready
  • Receive orders from the clients
  • Social Media Advertising their products
  • Offline media Marketing their products and promotions
  1. Explain the design of the system 4 marks
Business objectives System functionality Information provided
Consistency in delivery Ratings from the clients The site information
Extra ordinary values Reviews from the clients Delivery and order
Being always passionate   Objectives
Empowering   Vision
High performance team   Values of the company
Achieve the vision   Business statement
Be the most successful

Be the admired company

   Products sold

In order to improve the system, there should be pop up on the flash sales of the items so as to improve the rate at which the products are being sold.

  1. Explain the current business e-commerce features 2 mark

The website has some features in which they include user friendly feature. The website itself it is very easy to use. It is not complicated for one is able to see the icons clearly and be able to use them.

In addition to that, it is mobile friendly. There are those website that they cannot be accessed through the phone due the layout. However, with this website, one can be able to use it either in the laptop on the phone and the view will still be the same.

 

Moreover there is the product information in which one can be able to see the products that they are selling immediately one accesses the website.

Last but not least, there is the customer service feature or the support in which they help clients when they are stuck.

 

However the features can be improved by making sure that when one access the links they give a detailed information of what the client is looking for and not having to Google for the information.

  1. Explain the business e-commerce process 2 marks

When the users enter in the website, they have to make sure that they have created an account and they have filled all the required areas so that they can be eligible to make a purchase from the website. After they are done with the registration, they go to the various products that thy have displayed there and they check for the products that they require. After they have found them, they add it to cart in which they specify the number of pieces that they require. In addition to that, they specify the mode of payment that they are going to use when they receive the products. In addition to that, they add the viable number that is going to be used to contact them , their email address so that they can be notified when the delivery is expected  and specifically their pick up point in which they are more comfortable with. After that, they make the purchase. Nonetheless, the process can be improved by making sure that the details of the clients are saved so as to hasten the process. Saved information could be location, address as well as the mobile number