Describe what type of manager you are as Director of Therapeutic Recreation for a skilled nursing facility and the manager you would like to be once you obtain the MBA degree in Healthcare Management.

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A manager is a person responsible for the work performance of other people. Management is the process of using organizational resources to achieve specific objectives through the function of planning, organizing, and staffing, leading, and controlling.

In your words, describe what it takes to be an effective manager in today’s modern society.
Describe what type of manager you are as Director of Therapeutic Recreation for a skilled nursing facility
and the manager you would like to be once you obtain the MBA degree in Healthcare Management.
Use any personal organizational examples you deem pertinent to this topic.

Provide a mission statement . Why are you doing what you are doing (in life, not merely in graduate school)? You should provide a vision statement. Where are you going? What do you hope to be doing (in your career and perhaps other aspects of your life) in 5 years, 10 years?

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This paper will be a self-analysis of your leadership and management skills. Drawing upon principles discussed in this course, various surveys and instruments used throughout the semester and specific examples from your experiences prepare a report that describes your strengths and areas for improvement. Your report will also include a plan describing how you will go about making efforts to improve your skills and abilities in relation to two key areas. In preparing your report try to use a corporate annual report as a metaphor — that is, you will be writing a report about ‘U Inc.’ (For example, if I were writing the paper it would be titled ‘Dominick Inc.’

Your report should begin by providing a mission statement . Why are you doing what you are doing (in life, not merely in graduate school)? You should provide a vision statement. Where are you going? What do you hope to be doing (in your career and perhaps other aspects of your life) in 5 years, 10 years? Then you should provide statement of values. What are the principles that govern your behavior? (Some of you may argue that you do not have a mission, vision, or values. This observation would be an interesting topic for additional reflection.)

Describe the current status of ‘U Inc.’
• What are your assets (strengths)? What are your liabilities (limitations or weaknesses)?

• What is your customer base? What people, groups, or organizations are currently interested in the skills and products you offer?

What is your product line? What do you offer others? Are your offerings narrow (specialized) or broad (generalist)? How do you differentiate your “products” from those offered by others? What is special or unique?

Develop an understanding of your leadership style and of the importance of self-reflection in leadership development. Demonstrate advanced understanding of leadership theories, concepts and practice, including both traditional and contemporary forms of leadership.

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Develop an understanding of your leadership style and of the importance of self-reflection in leadership development.

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate advanced understanding of leadership theories, concepts and practice, including both traditional and contemporary forms of leadership (LO#1).

There are two parts to this assessment:

  1. After engaging with the content in Week 1, you will have completed the following self-assessment questionnaires from the textbook in which you will examine and evaluate your own leadership traits, skills, and behaviours:
  2. Reflect on the results from each of the three leadership questionnaires that you had completed as detailed in step 1, and compose a 750-word response considering what you have learned about yourself and your perspectives on leadership. Use the following questions as a guide to help you draft your response.
    1. What have I learned about myself as a leader?
    2. What are the practical implications of these results on my leadership development?
    3. Also consider, what specific development goals and concrete action plans would improve my leadership capabilities in the future and build this response into Assessment 3.
  3. Please keep in mind that most academic writing is to be in third person, and while Assessment 1 is a reflective piece, it is strongly encouraged for you to have a go at writing it in third person as it will help you when completing Assessment 2 and 3. Third-person makes your writing more objective and less personal. For academic and professional writing, this sense of objectivity allows the writer to seem less biased and, therefore, more credible.
  4. After drafting your response, check it against the marking criteria for this task (see Assessment 1 rubrics). Make sure it is free of errors and submit it for marking by the due date.

Explain how you plan to fill in any gaps in management and/or experience. For instance, if you lack financial know-how, will you hire a CFO or retain an accountant? If you don’t have sales skills, will you hire an in-house sales manager or use outside sales reps?

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This section should give readers an understanding of the people behind your business, their roles and responsibilities, and their prior experience. If you’re using your business plan to get financing, know that investors and lenders carefully assess whether you have a qualified management team.

Biographies.
Summarize (bullet points) your experience  and those of your key employees in a few paragraphs per person. Focus on the prior experience and skills that have prepared your team to succeed in this business. If anyone has previous experience starting and growing a business, explain this in detail. Your employees do not need to be ‘real people’. Prepare a list of people that would best do the job.

Explain how you plan to fill in any gaps in management and/or experience. For instance, if you lack financial know-how, will you hire a CFO or retain an accountant? If you don’t have sales skills, will you hire an in-house sales manager or use outside sales reps?

Advisors
List the members of your professional/advisory support team, including:

Attorney
Accountant
Board of directors
Advisory board
Insurance agent
Consultants
Banker
Mentors and other advisors.
If they have experience or specializations that will increase your chances of success, explain. For instance, does your mentor have experience launching and growing a similar business?

Organization Chart.
Develop and include an organization chart. This should include both roles that you’ve already filled and roles you plan to fill in the future.

What segments does the company operate in? What are the sales and profits for each segment? What type of products/major brands are associated with each segment? What are the company’s total sales by geography?

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Provide a summary of the company’s operations by answering the following questions:

• What segments does the company operate in? • What are the sales and profits for each segment? • What type of products/major brands are associated with each segment? • What are the company’s total sales by geography? • Who are the company’s main competitors? • When was the company founded? • Where is the company headquartered? • What is the stock ticker? • What exchange is it traded on? Hint: Most of this info can be found on Factset, the company website, and in the most recent 10K.
Task 4– Company organization Provide a summary of the company’s organization by answering the following questions: • Who are the top 5 shareholders and what % of the company do they control? • How many members do they have on their board of directors? How many are independent directors? • Provide a brief bio including compensation of the CEO, CFO, and Chairman of the Board • Has the company been criticized/gotten in trouble for principal-agent problems including regulatory violations in the past 5 years? • Any other governance news or issues Hint: Most of this info can be found in a proxy statement or in the news
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Task 5 – Financial Statement Analysis Provide a complete pro-forma analysis with the last three years– Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flows including OCF, NWC, taxes, etc. Provide one year of forward projections for your company using analysts’ estimates The pro-forma analysis should be well organized, complete, and readable so that an executive could quickly scan to view your assumptions as well as historical performance. Hint: Historical financial statements can be pulled in a matter of seconds on Factset. Analysts’ forecasts can also be found on FactSet.
Task 6 – Debt Valuation Provide a summary of all long-term debt instruments outstanding including the number of total debt instruments, the sum of total debt outstanding, average yields, maturity dates, and the credit rating, YTW, and maturity date. Calculate by hand the YTM of one of the debt instruments outstanding. Does the YTM match what is given on Factset? Briefly discuss whether you think this company has an appropriate amount of debt, comparing their debt levels to close competitors and/or historical levels

Based on what you have learned in class and your ‘expertise’ as management students recommend 4 practices that the business organization can improve in order to continuously improve the quality of its operations. 

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The goal of the project is to provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with and demonstrate the ability to analyze and critically evaluate a business organization with regard to the extent to which TQM is evident in its philosophy, tools and techniques, and organizational practices. The business organization assigned to each team has won a Baldrige Award between 2018 and 2019.

    1. Based on what has been presented in class (i.e. consider topics presented in the text) present a discussion of 4 practices that the business organization engages in that you (i.e. the team) considers to be most noteworthy in terms of quality management.  The discussion should be 2-3 paragraphs for each practice and include 1-2 sentences indicating why the practice is noteworthy.
    2. Based on what you have learned in class ( again consider the topics presented in the text) and your ‘expertise’ as management students recommend 4 practices that the business organization can improve in order to continuously improve the quality of its operations.  The discussion should be 2-3 paragraphs for each practice and include 1-2 sentences justifying why the recommendation is important for the business organization to implement.

What set of steps should be used to create the code of conduct? What should be included in the code of conduct? What impact does a code of conduct have on an organization’s culture?

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Theresa and Mike fully support creating a code of conduct for the merged organization. They have asked you to recommend how they should approach the development of the code of conduct, especially given the need to merge the companies into one team with a shared mission, vision, and values. They are interested in knowing how the code of conduct will help establish the new organizational culture.

Review the scenario attached, and prepare a 500–700-word executive report that includes the following:

1. What set of steps should be used to create the code of conduct?

2. What should be included in the code of conduct?

3. What impact does a code of conduct have on an organization’s culture?

Find TWO relevant articles that discuss contrasting perspectives on climate change by the oil and gas industry in Canada. Your essay should argue for different solutions the industry can institute in their practices to mitigate against climate change.

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Compare TWO relevant articles that discuss contrasting perspectives on climate change by the oil and gas industry in Canada.
1. Find TWO relevant articles that discuss contrasting perspectives on climate change by the oil and gas industry in Canada. Your essay should argue for different solutions the industry can institute in their practices to mitigate against climate change.
2. Identify an overall statement you might use to present your comparison. This becomes the main claim/thesis
3. The articles should be contrasting perspectives of the same idea
4. The perspective from the articles should be in alternating points or block comparison; identifying solutions that are the same and solutions that contrast
5. You will need to make claims that introduce each perspective, emphasizing their differences.
6. Include a reference page at the end.
The articles are relevant, academically acceptable, and contain contrasting perspectives.
The two Articles are attached

Evaluate how an organization is structured differently when it operates solely within one country versus one that operates in multiple countries. In particular, discuss the best fit of the multinational firm to its worldwide industry environment and the changing role of central headquarters as an organization expands into other countries.

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Organizations are structured to take advantage of their inherent strengths and also to minimize their inherent weaknesses. For example, an organization may outsource its purchasing functions if they can be accomplished more effectively and efficiently by a private vendor. Evaluate how an organization is structured differently when it operates solely within one country versus one that operates in multiple countries. In particular, discuss the best fit of the multinational firm to its worldwide industry environment and the changing role of central headquarters as an organization expands into other countries.

Is Burger King in touch with their customer‘s tastes, market conditions and trends? Who are their target customers? What is their price strategy in term of positioning and is it the right one? Are they based on consumer perceptions of value?

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Brand Gap Analysis for Burger King ( 2 or 3 pages max including the reference list) revitalization of BK as an ailing brand present on the market and surpassed by its competitor McDonalds
the brand gap analysis allows organizations to determine how to best achieve their business goals. It compares the current state with an ideal state or goals,which highlights shortcomings and opportunities for improvement. The Burger King brand gap analysis should provide general goals as a basis for the research.The research paper should focus on analysis and presentation of the full process of strategic brand management answering of the following questions:
1 . The process of building brands ( Burger King ) from vision to evaluation
2.How the company‘s focus on maximizing customers product and service experience functional vs. emotional benefits?
3. Is Burger King in touch with their customer‘s tastes, market conditions and trends?
4.Who are their target customers?
5. What is their price strategy in term of positioning and is it the right one? Are they based on consumer perceptions of value?
6. Is burger king properly positioned, how they were positioned in the presented timeframe and what is the current situation. What are their competitive points of parity, points of difference?
7. Are they trying with the corporate brand to create an umbrella for introduction of new brands and product categories in the portfolio?
8. What kind of marketing activities is BK making in order to build equity?
9. How BK monitors sources of brand equity and it’s success?