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Could the data be used to analyze environmental justice issues related to urban trees? Why or why not? What are the limitations? Is there a relationship between socioeconomics and and available data?

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One paragraph Essay

Write One paragraph explaining limitations of the Tampa Bay Tree Inventory with respect to its spatial extent.

  • For example, which neighborhoods have data? Which do not?
    • Could the data be used to analyze environmental justice issues related to urban trees? Why or why not? What are the limitations?
    • Is there a relationship between socioeconomics and and available data?

Is the statement easy to read? Mention the scope of the mission statement. Does the statement define a business domain and explain why it is attractive?

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MGT101 Entrepreneurship & mission statements

PART I

Read the given case information and answer the questions that follow.

[Source: business.timesonline.co.uk (adapted)]

Bangalore Enterprise Blossoms

Rama Karaturi had the idea for his rose-growing business. When he searched the city of Bangalore, in India, without success, for a bouquet of roses for his wife’s birthday. The city was a rose-free zone, so he decided to start growing them himself. He had wanted to take decisions for himself for some time and he also wanted to earn much more than his current salary. In 1996, he opened two greenhouses growing just roses. He used his own savings so took a considerable risk, but his confidence in the growth of ‘flower giving’ at times of major festivals encouraged other investors too. He sold the flowers in India, but his business also became one of the first in India to start exporting flowers on a large scale. Rama worked long hours to make his business a success. The business, called Katuri Networks, has grown at a tremendous rate, helped by Rama’s all-round business skills. He recently bought out a large rose grower in Kenya and his business is now the world’s largest cultivator of roses – and Rama achieved this in a little over ten years.

Questions

1. Rama is an example of a ‘Business Entrepreneur’. Explain what is meant by this term. [3]

2. Explain any two problems Rama’s business might have experienced during the set-up stage. [4]

 

 

Part II

A mission statement is a brief description of why a company or organization exists. It tells the purpose of being. It explains what the company does, who it serves, and what differentiates it from competitors. It’s used to provide focus, direction, and inspiration to employees while it tells customers or clients what to expect from the business.

Mission statements vary widely from one company to another. One mission statement could be better than the other.

Questions

Q 3. Using the Internet, find and write the mission statements of three different organizations, (it can be Profit or Non-Profit Organizations).

Evaluate any one mission statement which you find best using the following questions. [5]

  • Is the statement easy to read? Mention the scope of the mission statement.
  • Does the statement define a business domain and explain why it is attractive?
  • Does the statement describe the company’s responsibility to its stakeholders?
  • Does the statement give a portrait of the company, capturing the culture of the organization?

Q 4. Which mission statement you find the best among the three? Why? [3]

Explain the characteristics of conscious leadership as defined by Mackey and Sisodia. Provide citations to strengthen your claims. Choose two historical management theories and explain their influence on the field of organizational behavior. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.

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Self assessment

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a variety of self-assessments to learn more about yourself and identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. This will assist you in discovering how you can improve your own self-leadership skills.

To begin, explore the conscious capitalism resources provided and conduct additional research on the principle of conscious leadership.

You will also utilize the data gathered from the following self-assessments provided in the topic Resources:

  1. “The VARK Questionnaire”
  2. “Cultural Competency Self-Assessment”
  3. “Rokeach Values Survey”

Write a reflection of 1,000-1,250 words in which you discuss the following:

  1. Explain the characteristics of conscious leadership as defined by Mackey and Sisodia. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.
  2. Choose two historical management theories and explain their influence on the field of organizational behavior. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.
  3. Describe the importance of self-awareness, self-concept, and emotional intelligence and the role they play in enabling effective conscious leadership and effective self-leadership. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.
  4. Briefly summarize the results of each assessment you completed: “The VARK Questionnaire,” “Cultural Competency Self-Assessment,” and “Rokeach Values Survey,” provided in the topic Resources. In general, do you believe the results represent who you are as a leader? How will the results inspire you to be a conscious leader? Explain.
  5. Briefly, conduct a self-reflection in which you answer the following questions: (a) What insights have you gained about yourself after taking the assessments? (b) How could this knowledge influence your values, attitude toward others, and how you approach new tasks in the workplace? (c) What have you learned about what it takes to lead others or how you respond to the management tactics of others within the workplace? (d) What have you learned about your ability to lead others within the workplace?
  6. Explain the value of analyzing organizational behavior from the individual, group, and organizational perspective. How do your self-assessment results contribute to this? Provide citations to strengthen your claims.

Use a minimum of four scholarly sources to support your analysis and reflection.

How does the statistical information influence your perspective on the topic? Did it change your perspective? Why or why not?

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Economics Question

You may earn up to 10 points by writing a one page single-spaced report analyzing a news article that has statistical content. Goals for this extra credit assignment are: 1) to connect ideas from this course to information and issues you encounter in relation to your personal life or role as a citizen and 2) to critically analyze statistical content in news articles. The report should include the link to the analyzed article.

What to include (each bullet is worth 5 points)

  • Point out examples of descriptive statistics and/or inferential statistics in the article you choose by explaining/defining each example and citing the textbook to demonstrate your learning of the material (just saying the key term or concept is not enough).
  • How does the statistical information influence your perspective on the topic? Did it change your perspective? Why or why not?

Do you agree with any of these ideas about risk? Which one(s) and why? How would you define your feelings about risk? Are you willing to take greater or lesser risks depending upon what role you are playing at the time?

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Risk Management

  • The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
    Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964)
  • There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
    John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)
  • Never put yourself in a position that will put yourself at risk if you make the wrong decision. We spent cash on everything. It’s fashionable to make ‘bet the company’ decisions, but don’t do it.
    Joel Spolsky, Sink or Swim, SXSW 2006
  • Progress always involves risk; you can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first base.
    Frederick Wilcox

These are four views of risk. Do you agree with any of these ideas about risk? Which one(s) and why? How would you define your feelings about risk? Are you willing to take greater or lesser risks depending upon what role you are playing at the time?

What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry? How can a decision maker identify strategic factors in a corporation’s external international environment?

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Strategic Management (MGT 401)

Critical Thinking:

Question 1. (8 marks)

What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management.    3 marks (max 350 words)

Give an example of a learning organization from the SAUDI market. Describe the mission statement and vision of this organization. In which way this organization is considered a learning organization? Is it successful? What are the main problems faced by this organization to implement this approach?   Justify.  5 marks (max 350 words)

 

Question 2. (7 marks)

Refer to Porter’s forces driving industry competition to answer the following questions: (max 500 words)

  1. In your opinion, what is/are the most important force(s) in Porter’s industry forces? Why? 1 mark
  2. What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry?  1 mark
  3. How can a decision maker identify strategic factors in a corporation’s external international environment?  1 mark
  4. What are the main limits and drawbacks of Porter’s forces? 1 mark
  5. Choose an example of an organization from the Saudi market and draw the matrix of Porter’s forces. What is the main force in this case? Assess the competitive advantage of your chosen organization in relation to these forces. Suggest solutions to improve its position in the market 3 marks

 

Note. To improve your answers, you are requested to use at least 5 recent scientific references, following the APA style.

Create a P/E table and a Price/Sales table if your company has no earnings. Use the next year figures as we are trying to calculate what your stock will be worth next year.

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Financial modeling

5.1. Create a P/E table and a Price/Sales table if your company has no earnings. The only difference for the price sales table is that you now estimate a pessimistic, expected, and optimistic price/sales ratio along with revenue estimates. To obtain Revenue estimates, EPS, P/E and P/S use Thomson Reuters or Bloomberg applications. After typing in your ticker, on the left hand side, click Estimates and then Detail Estimates. There should be an average, low, and high estimate. Use the next year figures as we are trying to calculate what your stock will be worth next year.

5.2. After calculating your stock estimates, you can also calculate return estimates by simply taking next year’s expected price and dividing it by the current stock price minus one to determine your expected return. Do this. Below is an example for the P/E:

If the current stock price is $25, your P/E table would look like this:

Table X[1]: Table X shows the stock price estimates for XXX (your stock) next year using PE ratios. Both pessimistic and optimistic PE ratios are given along with the expected PE ratio. These ratios are combined with low, average, and high EPS estimates. The expected stock price and return is $28 and 12% respectively. Estimates range from $18, (-28%) to $48, (92%).

PE / EPS

Current: Price = $25,

PE = 14.5, EPS = $1.72

 Low est. = $1.50 Average = $2 High est. = $3
Pessimistic = 12 $18, -28% $24, -4% $36, 36%
Expected = 14 $21, -16% $28, 12% $42, 68%
Optimistic = 16 $24, -4% $32, 28% $48, 92%

Identify an organization that serves your population of interest and reach out to the leadership of that group, requesting the opportunity to conduct your project.

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KHP 3316 Community Nutrition

After getting approval for your Nutrition Project Idea (see form in previous module), write a 3-4 page paper on the nutritional status/concerns of the target population of your project, citing academic literature (selected chapters in your text such as the 8-11 or cultural descriptions in chapter 5 PLUS peer-reviewed publications from the library). The purpose of this exercise is to support / provide rationale for your community research project. This paper answers the question as to why your project is needed and what purpose it will serve. The points of the paper should align with the goals of your project.

At the same time, identify an organization that serves your population of interest and reach out to the leadership of that group, requesting the opportunity to conduct your project. Include the name of the organization, contact individual and phone number or email at the end of the paper so that the instructor can contact the person on your behalf. Use 12 point font and one inch margins. Use AMA citation style throughout. Examples of AMA format are found at this link. Do not plagiarize. Grammar, spelling, AMA format and scholarly writing must be demonstrated.

Create a list of all identifiable stakeholders associated with the problem you explored in the Researched Argument for Change.

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Discussion broad

Create a list of all identifiable stakeholders associated with the problem you explored in the Researched Argument for Change. Then, for each stakeholder, think about potential purposes for communicating with them (to persuade them to take action, to inform them of some aspect of the problem, to educate them that this problem exists, etc.).

Using Section 1 of American Government 3E, explain the relationship between citizen engagement and healthy democracy. How does this relationship relate to the issues of engagement in the elitism/pluralism debate?

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American Government 3E

https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-3e

1.

  • A) Using Section 1 of American Government 3E, explain the relationship between citizen engagement and healthy democracy.
  • B) How does this relationship relate to the issues of engagement in the elitism/pluralism debate?
  • C) Which theory is healthier for a democracy? Pick three quotes from the text and cite the specific subsection it was found to structure your response.

2.

  • A) Using Chapters 1 & 10 of American Government 3E, explain the role of interest groups in civic engagement and solving collective action problems.
  • B) How everyday people can use groups to get involved in politics (not corporations for example).
  • C) What are some barriers to political participation?
  • D) Connect these conversations with the theory of how external events trigger mass participation. Pick three quotes from the text and cite the specific subsection it was found to structure your response.

3.

  • A) Using Section 2 of American Government 3E, explain the failures of the Articles of Confederation.
  • B) Why the founding fathers created the new constitution in the way that they did. Focus on the big themes of the new government. Pick three quotes from the text and cite the specific subsection it was found to structure your response.

 

4.

  • A) Using Section 3 of American Government 3E, explain how the roots of federalism came from the fears of the founding fathers.
  • B) Name at least one of the early Supreme Court cases that formalized the boundaries of state and national power.
  • C) Explain the dynamics of American federalism and extant models.
  • D) What are the benefits and drawbacks of federalism? Pick three quotes from the text and cite the specific subsection it was found to structure your response.