Discuss three small Entrepreneurs/Small Business owners that you have researched or someone you know and what their journey was, what obstacles they faced, failures etc and how they ultimately succeeded. What attributes or traits helped them to prevail?

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Management

Entrepreneur Paper
Write a one to two page paper describing: whether or not you have the traits to be successful in Entreprenurship as we talked about in class.
Discuss three small Entrepreneurs/Small Business owners that you have researched or someone you know and what their journey was, what
obstacles they faced, failures etc and how they ultimately succeeded. What attributes or traits helped them to prevail?

Find an instance where the organizational leader communicates directly with his or her employees, investors, or customers. Analyze the message, the channel, and the potential for feedback. Do you believe that it is effective? Do you believe that it is the same type of message that a manager would send? Why, or why not?

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Unit VI Case Study

Instructions
For this assignment, you will research the different ways that managers and leaders use communication to guide their organizations.
Feel free to use the same organization you researched for the Unit VI Case Study. You are not limited to this organization, but it may be easier to complete the assignment since you have already researched the organization in Unit VI. You can use the same sources for both assignments, if applicable.

Find an instance where the organizational leader communicates directly with his or her employees, investors, or customers. Analyze the message, the channel, and the potential for feedback. Do you believe that it is effective? Do you believe that it is the same type of message that a manager would send? Why, or why not?
Remember to focus on the communication styles of both leaders and managers. Strive for an equal balance between the two types of communication styles in your assignment.

Example: The Apple events that occur in Cupertino whenever Apple unveils a new product or service are examples of the type of communication you should be analyzing in this assignment. During the events, CEO Tim Cook addresses an audience of employees, investors, and the general public. Cook uses multiple channels to communicate with the audience, including a live face-to-face discussion, live streaming of the discussion, and a recorded video. For the assignment, you would view one of the events, analyze Cook’s message and the effectiveness of the channels, and discuss the potential for feedback. Analyze whether or not the message is an effective example of leadership. Explain whether or not you believe a manager could, or should, use the same types of channels to relay a message. Would it be effective?

Note: You do not need to use Apple for this assignment. It is provided as an example only.

Summarize the communication strategy of your chosen organization. Analyze the communication strategy of your chosen organization. Explain how you would integrate the communication strategy into the current organization where you work or into a former organization where you have worked.

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Case study

Instructions
For this assignment, you will write a case study analysis that focuses on the communication strategy of an organization of your choice.
In this assignment, you will need to a) summarize the communication strategy of your chosen organization, b) analyze the communication strategy of your chosen organization, and c) explain how you would integrate the communication strategy into the current organization where you work or into a former organization where you have worked.

A. Summarize the Communication Strategy
Locate an article that discusses the communication strategies used by your chosen organization. After reading your chosen article, you may find the exercise below to be helpful in developing a summary paragraph. Identify the author(s) of your chosen article, and complete the following exercise:

The top reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is.
A second reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is.
A third reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is
After filling in the blanks, you should have a list of the positions and claims made by the authors about your chosen organization. Shape your notes into a summary paragraph. (Do not simply include the list that you completed in the exercise above.)
Remember that the summary paragraph is where you will present information from the source. You will provide your analysis and interpretation in the following section of the paper.

B. Analyze the Communication Strategy
Be sure to include how the communication strategy impacts the organization on multiple levels. Feel free to use the four levels of sales, services, value chain, and continuous improvement as a model, which was discussed in the case study on the Dell Computer Corporation in the Unit VI Lesson.

(Note: Your categories may be different.)

In the analysis portion of the assignment, discuss any problems (or potential problems) with the communications in your chosen organization, and provide potential solutions based on your research. Include ways that effective management could help to provide a solution.

C. Explain Integration Techniques
Finally, explain how this communication strategy could be integrated into your current or former workplace.

Is Jennifer right about the need to evaluate the workers formally? The managers? Why or why not? Develop a performance appraisal method for the workers and managers in each store.

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Discussion 8

The Performance Appraisal

After spending several weeks on the job, Jennifer was surprised to discover that her father had not formally evaluated any employee’s performance for all the years that he had owned the business. Jack’s position was that he had “a hundred higher-priority things to attend to,” such as boosting sales and lowering costs, and, in any case, many employees didn’t stick around long enough to be appraised anyway. Furthermore, contended Jack, manual workers such as those doing the pressing and the cleaning did periodically get positive feedback in terms of praise from Jack for a job well done, or criticism, also from Jack, if things did not look right during one of his swings through the stores. Similarly, Jack was never shy about telling his managers about store problems so that they, too, got some feedback on where they stood.

This informal feedback notwithstanding, Jennifer believes that a more formal appraisal approach is required. She believes that there are criteria such as quality, quantity, attendance, and punctuality that should be evaluated periodically even if a worker is paid based on how much he or she produces. Furthermore, she feels quite strongly that the managers need to have a list of quality standards for matters such as store cleanliness, efficiency, safety, and adherence to budget on which they know they are to be formally evaluated.

Questions

8-20. Is Jennifer right about the need to evaluate the workers formally? The managers? Why or why not?

8-21. Develop a performance appraisal method for the workers and managers in each store.

Do you agree with this model? Are there traits that you would classify as less important or more important? Perhaps there is a spectrum? If so, why are some more important than others?

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Discussion3

What is the Big Five Model of Personality? What are some of the Leadership traits within the Big Five? Knowing that there is no one list of traits that is accepted by all researchers on what constitutes an effective leader, discuss the following:

Do you agree with this model?
Are there traits that you would classify as less important or more important? Perhaps there is a spectrum? If so, why are some more important than others?
Are there any traits that you would add to the list? Any that you would remove? Why?
Does the importance of a particular trait depend on the situation? How so?
How are these traits related to what we have discussed leadership is?

What was the purpose or shared vision of the team? The effectiveness of your leadership approach and style. Did you get buy in from stakeholders? Decision-making processes and outcomes? What were your good decisions? What would you have done differently? How did you communication your vision, values, decisions, information, et cetera?

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Western Medical Enterprises Application Questionnaire

Provide responses to the three prompts below. The expectation is that each response is 750–1,000 words in length. Record your answers in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.

Leadership Experience
Describe an instance (750–1,000 words) where you were required to lead a team. The team you lead could be a formal (Business setting) or informal (Home, Church, Volunteer, Athletics, et cetera). Note: If you do not have a team leadership experience, write about the leader of a team of which you were a member.

Leadership Approach
Analyze your approach (750–1,000 words) to the challenge from a leadership prospective using specific examples. It is not important whether or not your efforts were successful. What is important is the approach you take to appraising your leadership decisions and actions.

Consider the following:
•What was the purpose or shared vision of the team?
•The effectiveness of your leadership approach and style. Did you get buy in from stakeholders?
•Decision-making processes and outcomes? What were your good decisions? What would you have done differently?
•How did you communication your vision, values, decisions, information, et cetera?

Fostering Collaboration and Motivation
• Analyze your ability (750–1,000 words) to foster collaboration and motivating team members. Consider the following:
•Describe how you facilitated or encouraged team member or participant collaboration.
•Describe actions you took to motivate people to realize your vision. Were they effective?Why or why not?

Demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes an information system and of the different types of information systems there are. Explain the role of computing hardware and software in establishing and developing an information system.

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Case study

1. Demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes an information system and of the different types of information systems there are.

2. Explain the role of computing hardware and software in establishing and developing an information system.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of how information systems are important in supporting business processes and apply to a real-life or simulated business scenario.

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the requirements and processes that generate information systems development.

Based on analysis of information obtained in Steps 1–3, prepare a professionally written report assessing the assessment of the company’s human resources competitive position, risks, and opportunities suitable for presentation to the senior executives of the company.

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Step 1: Assess the Company’s Human Resources Competitive Position

Leveraging the work completed in the Individual Assignments for Units 2 and 3, assess the company’s human resources competitive position. Be sure to evaluate the company’s position within the industry and among its comparator group.

Step 2: Identify and Evaluate Human Resources Risks and Opportunities

Leveraging the work completed in the Individual Assignment for Units 1–3, identify and evaluate the company’s human resources risks and opportunities. At least 3 risks and 3 opportunities should be included in your evaluation.

Step 3: Assessment of the Company’s Human Resources Competitive Position

Based on analysis of information obtained in Steps 1–3, prepare a professionally written report assessing the assessment of the company’s human resources competitive position, risks, and opportunities suitable for presentation to the senior executives of the company. Your report should present the information listed below. The body of the report should be 8–10 pages excluding title, references page(s), and any appendices.

  • Industry Competitive Position
  • Comparator Group Competitive Position
  • Human Resources Risks (minimum of 3)
  • Description
  • Analysis
  • Human Resources Opportunities (minimum of 3)
  • Description
  • Analysis
  • Overall Assessment of the Company’s Human Resources Competitive Position

Discuss three small Entrepreneurs/Small Business owners that you have researched or someone you know and what their journey was, what obstacles they faced, failures etc and how they ultimately succeeded. What attributes or traits helped them to prevail?

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Management

Entrepreneur Paper
Write a one to two page paper describing: whether or not you have the traits to be successful in Entreprenurship as we talked about in class.
Discuss three small Entrepreneurs/Small Business owners that you have researched or someone you know and what their journey was, what
obstacles they faced, failures etc and how they ultimately succeeded. What attributes or traits helped them to prevail?

Critically examine the market situation of this brand. Expand on your poster by explaining how the brand built its current positioning and evaluate the extent to which these strategies have been successful.

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Marketing Management Assignment

Choose a brand from the list and write a report with two sections;

Section 1:

Critically examine the market situation of this brand.

Section 2:

a. A poster page with a concise description on how the brand built its current positioning

b. Expand on your poster by explaining how the brand built its current positioning and evaluate the extent to which these strategies have been successful

List of brands:

  • FYNE Jewellery (website https://www.fynejewellery.com) ,
  • Teremana (website https://teremana.com ),
  • Ground and Hounds Coffee (website https://groundsandhoundscoffee.com )