Discuss any disadvantages of the use of the services of the company you identified.

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BUS-306(MIS)GUIDELINES FORPAPER (MIDTERMEXAM)The paper should demonstrate application of the requested information for each of the sections below. An MLA formatted bibliography including parenthetical citations is required.In addition to your textbook, you must make use of at least two othervalid resources, Wikipedia is not a valid resource. Your paper must be submitted on time, late submissions are unacceptable. Your papersubmission must be uploaded to the Schoology midterm exam assignment placeholder for credit.

1.Researchanycompany(example: ADP,Baron Payroll, Paychex, etc.)that provides aninformation system to an organization for that organization to improve efficiencies. Provide an overviewof the company selected including the company name, industry, and service it provides. [25pts]

2.Following your overview, discuss how an organization canbenefit from theuseoftheservices of thecompany you identified.[30pts]

3.Discuss any disadvantages of the use of the services of the company you identified. [30pts]

4.MLA formatting and bibliography is required.The paper must be at least 3-pages in length (not including notes, title pageorWorksCited page).Poor spelling and grammar may result in a grade reduction. [15pts]

Describe the hotel indicating its location, size, source market, and other features that are relevant to sustainability

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Topic: Hotel Sustainability Campaign for Guests

Format: 2 page summary + Poster design ( I will do the poster design)

Referencing style for this assessment is APA6. Please note: Any reference that is used to support your work should be put at the end of the summary. References are excluded in the page limits.

[Background]

Environmental issues and green initiatives are very important to hotel operations. Accommodation providers can reduce the burden of their operations on the environment in several ways. Hotels can take supply-sided measures, such as equipping the hotel building with features that minimize the use of resources; or working with employees. They can also take demand-side measures, such as trying to convince hotel guests upon arrival to behave in an environmentally friendly manner. However, there are many challenges in engaging hotel guests in sustainability and eco-friendly initiatives. For example, many guests who behave in an environmentally-friendly way at home do not demonstrate similar behaviour towards sustainability when on vacation (Juvan & Dolnicar, 2014). Second, many hotels manage poorly in delivering an understandable and clear message to their guests about their sustainability initiatives.

[Task]

You are required to study hotel sustainability. Design a campaign poster to motivate hotel guests to be less wasteful of food or to reduce energy consumption, i.e., air conditioning, lighting, (hot) water etc. This can be what they use in room or what the hotel uses in servicing their rooms, i.e., washing linen, water/detergent, amenities, etc. In addition, you may consider awareness of how guests contribute to waste and ways to ensure waste is recycled and diverted from landfill, i.e., single-use plastic items.

Provide a 2-page summary for the hotel management team to:

  • Describe the hotel indicating its location, size, source market, and other features that are relevant to sustainability (e.g., hotel vision, past contribution in promoting sustainability);
  • Explain why the hotel sustainability initiative is important for the selected hotel;
  • Justify your poster design (use an evidence-based approach considering theories in consumer behaviours, environmental psychology, peer pressure and communication);

Briefly discuss how to deliver your campaign poster to the hotel guests (e.g., where, when, what type of guests, and how).

*You do not have to do the following part, but have to give me an idea

Follow the steps to develop a poster for hotel guests:

  • Select one hotel
  • Promote one hotel sustainability initiative (note: choose one environmental initiative only, e.g., reduce food waste, water consumption, or plastic items);
  • Illustrate what actions you encourage guests to undertake to achieve the sustainability initiative.
  • You can use Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign/Illustrator or other poster design software to make your poster. Save as a PDF/JPG file and submit the electronic version to blackboard.

Briefly discuss how to deliver your campaign poster to the hotel guests (e.g., where, when, what type of guests, and how).

What is the role of accrual accounting in enterprises in the U.K. oil industry?

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For a project management topic of your choice produce a research proposal which addresses the key elements required to ensure the research is considered credible.

Topic: Role of accrual accounting in the U.K. oil industry

Format: Include Headings, Introduction, and Conclusion.

  • Introduction This should be kept very brief and outline what is to be addressed, what the purpose of the proposed research is, and where the research is located (context).
  • Research Questions & Objectives A clearly specified research question providing a focus for the research. The research question should be narrow and deep. One research question is preferred, but a maximum of two may be suitable if the questions are closely related. Objectives should be specified using the SMART or similar criteria.

Question: What is the role of accrual accounting in enterprises in the U.K. oil industry?

Objectives:

  • To determine whether incorporation of accrual accounting fosters accountability and transparency in the U.K. oil industry.
  • To determine some of the challenges linked to the use of accrual accounting in businesses.

 

  • Literature Review This should be a mini literature reviewwhich seeks to identify the current state of knowledge of the literature in the area within which your research question is located. You should identify key themes, strengths and limitations of existing literature and communicate understanding of where your research fits within this wider context.
  • Methodology This section needs to identify the key area areas that a methodology should address. This includes: research philosophy (ontology and epistemology), the research approach, the research design, the research strategy, time horizons and the data collection and analysis methods to be adopted. The work also needs to consider issues relating to reliability and validity (or their qualitative equivalents) and ethics.
  • Reflections You should provide a brief reflection concerning how you have developed during the construction of your research proposal.
  • Conclusion

Illustrations: include practical illustrations, tables etc. as Appendix

Originality: no more than 8%. Less is better.

Sources: 25-30 – academic sources only. Material should be for management, not for students. One of  source should be: Saunders, M., Thornhill, A. & Lewis, P. Research methods for business students.

Word count: 2,500-2,600 words.

What role did people or procedural issues play?

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Research to find additional examples of organizations that made bad decisions based on bad data. Share your examples with the class. What was the end result of the examples you’re citing (e.g., loss, damage, or other outcome)? What could managers have done to prevent problems in the cases that you cited? What role did technology play in the examples that you cite? What role did people or procedural issues play? Respond in no less than 150 words, making sure you cite your references.

Describe the organization you either lead a team OR you observed someone leading a team.

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For this writing assignment, you are asked to write a 5-7 page paper in APA (not including title page or reference page) in first person and without quotes that discusses your personal experiences with teamwork.
· Describe the organization you either lead a team OR you observed someone leading a team.
· Incorporate at least two leadership theories into your paper
· Explain you or the person you described led the team. It’s OK if you want to talk about the CEO or other type of leder (i.e. military leader)
· Discuss how you or the person you observed motivated people.
· Discuss any changes you would have made to your approach OR suggestions you would have made to the leader.
Your paper must have at least 3 outside references, preferably from scholarly sources. DO NOT ATTACH/UPLOAD THE REFERENCES AS PART OF YOUR SUBMISSION. If you absolutely must use a quote, keep it short. All papers will be checked for plagiarism.

Explain and analyse the factors influencing the development of aviation industry and the inter-relationships among operational and commercial areas of a commercial airline.

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Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

·         Demonstrate coherent understanding and application of the aviation industry, including its players, regulatory frameworks, and factors influencing the industry’s development.

2           Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

·         Explain and analyse the factors influencing the development of aviation industry and the inter-relationships among operational and commercial areas of a commercial airline.

Describe a customer experience you have personally encountered where the good or service or both were unsatisfactory

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Describe a customer experience you have personally encountered where the good or service or both were unsatisfactory (for example, defective product, errors, mistakes, poor service, service upsets, etc.)  How might the organization have handled it better and how could operations management have helped? Respond to both questions.

You must follow APA guidelines and cite at least two reliable sources (professional or academic) within the body of your post. Also, please be sure to include a reference section at the end of your post.

Please respond in question and answer format. No need to write in essay or paper format.

 

How does your company embrace a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking?

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  1. Tell me a little bit about your career and how you ended up in the position you are in today What did you major in at college? What is your role/title?
  2. How do you describe your position to someone who knows nothing about your industry?
  3. Describe the working environment at Amazon.
  4. How does your company embrace a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking?
  5. In your area of responsibility, what types of innovations are you looking at?
  6. What does a typical day is like for you?
  7. Of the knowledge and skills you obtained prior to having this position, which ones do you think are the most valuable to you now?
  8. What type of candidates do you look to hire in your organization (the part that relates to innovation)?
  9. Are candidates with an entrepreneurial or innovative mindset specifically sought? What other traits/skills/etc. do you look for in candidates?
  10. What guidance would you provide to my classmates as they continue to explore innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship from a corporate perspective?
  11. Based on your experience, can you provide me with an example of how innovation has made a significant impact on Amazon? Conversely, how lack of innovation has impacted the company?
  12. In your opinion, how important is failure in the creativity and innovation of your product or service?
  13. What steps do you take to continually sharpen your personal and corporate innovation skillset?
  14. Do you see Entrepreneurship (or Innovation) ever becoming a separate functional unit in an organization?

1. a. What are the organizational characteristics of the hospital? Of the department?

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Please read the Case Study carefully.  Prepare a 3 to 5-page paper addressing each of the major topic areas.  The paper should be written in 12-point font, single or double spaced, and include a separate title page with your name, course name and number and date.  Your name and page numbers should also be on any subsequent pages as well.

Your document should be error free (typos and grammar), be well organized, thoughtful, easy to follow and discuss/address each major topic completely and thoroughly.  It should include headings for each of the major topic areas (these are bolded in the Case Study Instructions), contain at least 5 citations somewhere in the paper (which can be text, class article or clip or an independently chosen resource) and also incorporate at least 3 key class concepts in each of the major topic sections.  The key class concepts should be underlined.

Case Study

Susie Smith had been a registered nurse for 25 years and a nurse manager for more than 10 years when she was asked to take over as nurse manager of a particular unit known throughout the hospital as the “danger zone.”  Although she had heard a few things about this floor, because of the size of the hospital and her recent assignment in a relatively removed area, Susie had little information about why the area was so designated.

After 3 months on the job, Susie had formed some strong opinions regarding the bases of many of the unit’s problems.  To her, the majority of the staff exhibited a complete lack of professionalism.  Susie was convinced of this for a number of reasons:

  • There were many appearance problems and many violations of the departmental dress code. If there were a worst dressed list, her nurses would be on it.
  • The unit’s rate of absenteeism was the worst of any nursing unit in the hospital.
  • Two unsuccessful attempts by unions to organize the nursing staff had been originated with “danger zone” nurses.
  • Susie had never before seen a unit with such a high level of schedule juggling- shift trade requests for specific days off and especially changes to the schedule at the last minute.

It was not long before Susie found herself becoming highly cynical about the unit and its future.  It seemed to her that nursing meant no more to many of these people than a paycheck and that they constantly put their social lives and personal preferences before the needs of the patients.

At about the six-month point in her tenure, Susie received a startling piece of second hand information from a friend who swore her to secrecy as the source.  It was apparently a closely guarded senior management team secret that her unit was deliberately maintained as a concentration of marginal employees.  It was, in Susie’s friend’s words, “to keep the problem children all in one place as much as possible, so they won’t disrupt other units.”  Susie’s friend also shared that if Susie simply quietly did her job, that she would be reassigned in about 18 months, when it would become someone’s job and problem.

Susie was shocked and angry.  However, the more she thought about it, the more she became determined to do something with the time she had left on the unit.  With about a year until the 18-month mark, she decided she was going to do everything in her power as a leader to turn the “danger zone” into an effective, efficient, and accountable nursing unit.

Case Study Instructions

Using the information and guidelines provided, at a minimum, please address the following:

  1. The Business Problem – Quantify the problem that Susie needs to solve.
  2. The Organizational Environment – Provide an Environmental Assessment of Susie’s circumstances
    1. What are the organizational characteristics of the hospital? Of the department?
    2. Is quality of care an issue?
    3. What evidence is there to support your answer?
    4. What are Susie’s major managerial challenges?
    5. What tools and/or techniques will serve her best as she tackles this business problem?
  3. The Challenges of Employee Engagement – Discuss Susie’s role in employee motivation, empowerment, engagement and development
  4. Managing Through Change – Discuss Susie’s role as change agent.
    1. What employee dynamics should she anticipate?
    2. How will she address them?
    3. What communication strategies will she use and why?
  5. The Execution Strategy – Develop a simple 10 to 20 step Project Plan, including timeframes, through which Susie will operationalize her solutions. You may use whatever time period you wish.
  6. The Use of Human Resources – How can the department be best leveraged in Susie’s efforts?
  7. Management Controls, Measures and Monitors – How will Susie create accountability, monitor progress and measure success?

 

Discuss how you plan to apply what was leaned to your career

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You are to choose a topic that is of interest to you and pertinent to human resource management, and write an original research paper on that topic.  The paper should be double spaced, with one inch margins, and a total of between 2,400-3,500 words (Sections I through IV), not including the bibliography.  Due to the word count guidelines, you will need to be concise and judicious in your writing.  The longest section will be the review of literature, which will likely consist over half the total length of the paper.  In some cases, the review of literature section may include charts and exhibits. If charts and/or exhibits are used, they should be numbered (such as Table 1, or Figure 1).  A high-quality, well-organized, succinct product is expected, free from misspellings and poor grammar.  Consult The Elements of Style often to improve your written communication.

Your instructor must approve your topic no later than September 8.  You will read and analyze of a minimum of at least seven different professional journal articles from current business periodicals (2015-present).  See Appendix C (p. 607) in your textbook for an excellent list of acceptable professional journals.  In addition, you may also refer to books that further your insight into the topic.   Your research paper will contain: an executive summary that explains the importance of the topic, a summary of the information you read, and conclusions. Use proper citations of your sources following the American Psychological Association (APA) format, comparison/contrast of the various author’s opinions and perspectives.  You must distinguish between the various sources of information using citations which follow APA format, and your thought/opinions on the topic.  Finally, the bibliography section will list all your sources of information following APA format.  You can find helpful APA guides at https://und.edu/academics/writing-center/apa-format.html, https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide, http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx,  http://www.csun.edu/~hbsoc126/soc4/Writing%20Sample%20and%20Refernce%20Guide%20as%201%20file.pdf, and https://www.crk.umn.edu/sites/crk.umn.edu/files/apa6thedition.pdf.

The research paper should be the student’s own work, in their own words.  Plagiarism is a very serious matter, and there will be little tolerance for academic dishonesty.  All sources of information must be clearly identified.  When drawing on ideas/facts/interpretations/conclusions developed by another author, it is essential the source be cited correctly at the point(s) at which the information is presented, and in the bibliography section using appropriate APA format.  When using exact words and/or phrases of another author in your research paper, the student must use quotation marks and exact page number. It may be useful paraphrase the work of another author in order for the writing to flow smoothly, but the original source of the information/idea must still be cited at the end of the sentence where it is presented.   Students must use extreme caution in referencing and use of sources, and become familiar with what constitutes plagiarism. Two websites with useful information on the topic are: http://www.plagiarism.org, and https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/index.html.

GRADING OUTLINE FOR RESEARCH PAPER

Due Date: Your research paper is due at 12:00 NOON ON NOVEMBER 24.  Papers may be turned in early. Five (5) points will be deducted for every calendar day the paper is turned in late.  The document should be double spaced, typewritten, numbered pages, and have one-inch margins.  Each of the five sections should be clearly label                                                                                                                                      125 TOTAL POINTS

Approval of research topic no later than September 8                                                                            5 Points

Submit draft version of paper outline and bibliography page by September 17       15 points

  • Outline section – write a short paragraph on each section

briefly describing what you intend to present

  • Explain why subject was chosen
  • Explain why it is relevant to the class/your career
  • Bibliography section
  • Include at least five sources 2015 to present
  • List sources using APA format
  • For each source include a couple of sentences highlighting the

significance of the article

Research paper due November 24

Section I – Executive Summary (maximum two pages)                                                 10 Points

  • Explain why subject is important
  • Synthesize literature review
  • Provide conclusion and essential themes for management

Section II – Review of the literature                                                                                 54 points

  • Do not express your point of view in this section

10 –          Proper credit given to sources of information

10  –         Followed APA format regarding sources

14 –          Complete exploration of all sides of the subject

10 –          Compare/contrast different author’s point of view

10  –         Grammar, spelling, paragraph/sentence structure, etc.

 

Section III – Discussion                                                                                                                      13 Points

  • Express your point of view in this section
  • Explain the complexities of the subject
  • Your thoughts and opinions of the information
  • Did you agree or disagree with literature. Why?

Section IV – Application of Knowledge                                                                                           13 Points

  • Briefly synthesize information from literature review
  • Tie everything in the paper together
  • How will you handle issues like this on the job in the future
  • Discuss how you plan to apply what was leaned to your career
  • How has your understanding of the subject changed?
  • Discuss what was learned
  • Within word count guidelines

Section V – Bibliography                                                                                                                   15 Points

Used at least seven professional journal sources 2015-present

Followed APAformat

Other – Points will be deducted for failure to remain within 2,500 to 3,500 word count, misspellings, poor grammar, lack of organization, or incomplete exploration of the topic.