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• Use of external consulting firm to provide pre-departure training for employees

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  Assignment 2: International Assignment

  Imagine that you are the HR director for a multinational firm that has recently begun to assign workers to international posts. You are responsible for determining the staffing needs of foreign operations. You will also need to adopt a mentoring program for expatriates. As you do not have the resources to provide in house training, you are considering the use of an external consulting firm to provide pre-departure training for employees.

  Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  • Determine four to six (4-6) components that the pre-departure training will need to cover. Provide a rationale for the use of using the training components in question.
  • Propose three (3) criteria that management will use to assess the performance of expatriates working abroad. Support your proposal with examples of the fundamental ways in which these performance requirements have improved performance,
  • Recommend the recruiting and selection strategy that you believe your firm should use when offering international assignments. Provide a rationale for your recommendation
  • Compare and contrast two (2) staffing alternatives for foreign operations at your multinational firm. Select the staffing alternative that you believe to be the best fit for your scenario and provide a rationale for your selection.
  • Analyse the importance of providing a high-quality mentoring system for international assignees. Provide one (1) example of a high-quality mentoring system for international assignees to support your analysis.
  • Suggest the manner in which you plan to measure return on investment (ROI) for international assignments. Provide a rationale for your decision.
  • Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources,

  Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions,

  Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

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• Evaluate the reasons Social Media Marketing has become exceedingly popular among businesses of all sizes

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  Assignment 4: Internet Technology, Marketing, and Security

  Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

  1. Evaluate the reasons Social Media Marketing has become exceedingly popular among businesses of all sizes.
  2. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Social Media Marketing for business entrepreneurs.
  3. Assess how Social Media Marketing is helping Pepsi gain more customer insight than it would have otherwise.
  4. Research two (2) other businesses that have used Social Media Marketing to their advantage.
  5. Discuss how each of these businesses has utilized Social Media Marketing and provide examples with your discussion.
  6. Speculate what impact Social Media will have business over the next decade and identify what skills you need to improve to take advantage of the changes.
  7. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other
  8. Websites do not quality as academic resources.

  10 Pages, 5 References
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• Conceptualizing a new product or service division of an existing business

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  Business Model and Strategic Plan Part 1 (Healthy Place)

  Conceptualizing a new product or service division of an existing business

  Business Model and Strategic Planning Outline as a guide to complete sections of your capstone project each week. A final paper is due in Week 5. Cite your resources.

  Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain the importance of innovation in your selected business’s vision, mission, and values, and determine your business model for this new division. Include the following:

  • • Propose a new product or service for the new company division. The division should be customer-focused with an innovative mission statement. Ensure that you are differentiating your product or service.
  • • Describe how the division addresses customer needs and achieves competitive advantage.
  • • Create a vision and a business model for this new division that clearly demonstrates your decision on what you want your business to become in the future.
  • • Explain how the vision, mission, and value of the new division align with the company’s mission and vision.
  • • Summarize how the vision, mission, and values guide the division’s strategic direction.
  • • Define your guiding principles and values for your division in the context of culture, social responsibility, and ethics.

  Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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  4 pages, APA, 1 Reference
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• Case: Organizational Diagnosis, SLP: Time Warp!!

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  SLP2 – It’s New Year’s day, 2016. You just had a great New Year’s Eve celebration. You have finished analyzing the performance of Clipboard Tablet Co. in a great report that you turned in a few days early to Sally Smothers. Now you are ready to charge ahead into the future.
  As you turn on the TV you notice something strange. The TV commentator is saying something about New Year’s Day, 2012. You look around and everything looks different. Yes, it’s true; it’s New Year’s Day, 2012. Time has rewound – a Time Warp, like the guy in the movie “Groundhog Day.”
  You realize that you get to make the decisions for Clipboard Tablet Co. starting with 2012. Perhaps you can do better than Joe Schmoe.
  At the beginning of each year (2012-2015), you will determine your pricing, your R&D allocations, and whether or not to discontinue any products. You make your decisions and time advances to the end of that year, and you look at the results to see what happened. You keep track of your decisions and make notes about your reasoning and analysis of the data, keeping the data for later analysis.
  You run the Marketing of Clipboard Tablet Co. through the end of 2015. It is now December 31, 2015, New Year’s Eve. What is your total Score? Did you do better than Joe Schmoe?
  You decide to organize your notes about your decisions, your analysis, and your reasoning into a report, which you think will help you move ahead into 2016.
  Session Long Project
  Run the Clipboard Tablet Co. simulation with your strategy, making decisions year by year for prices and R&D allocations. Write a 4-page paper, not including cover and reference page, in which you:
  Write a report that shows your decisions and the results. Discuss why you did better or worse than Joe Schmoe.
  KEYS TO THE ASSIGNMENT
  The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered and taken into account in preparing your paper include:
  • As you run the simulation, keep track of your decisions and the results – both financial and marketing. Copy and paste the results into Excel or into a Word document. You can also record the information that you get from the Advisor who discusses the market and compares Clipboard Tablet Co. products to the competition. Make note of the Final Total Score.
  • You should include your Final Total Score, some tables, and/or graphs showing some of the results. Be sure to explain the differences clearly, using good logic.
  • Remember that the key here is analysis.
  • Time Line Summary:
  SLP1
  • 2015: Hired on December 15.
  • Turned in first report to Sally a few days early on December 30.
  • Celebrated on December 31.
  SLP2
  • Time Warp begins: January 1, 2016 warps into January 1, 2012.
  • You realize you have to make decisions for 2012 – 2015.
  • January 2, 2012 – input decisions for 2012.
  • January 2, 2013 – input decisions for 2013.
  • January 2, 2014 – input decisions for 2014.
  • January 2, 2015 – input decisions for 2015.
  • December 31, 2015 – You have gone through all four years, and you write your report to summarize how you did. You are hoping that you will wake up tomorrow and it will be 2016.

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• Cheesecake Factory Ethical and Socially Responsiveness

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  Assignment 2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business

  Because of the human aspect of ethics and its links to business success, corporate leaders must be careful about their behaviors, and how they address problems. For this assignment, you must select the code of ethical conduct for one (1) of the following restaurants:
  •Cheesecake Factory (http://investors.thecheesecakefactory.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=109258&p=irol-govconduct)
  •Ruby Tuesday (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=83799&p=irol-govHighlights)
  •Chipotle (http://ir.chipotle.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194775&p=irol-govConduct)
  As a basis for your written assignment, you will assume that you are the CEO of your chosen restaurant. Be sure to identify the restaurant you have chosen in your written paper.
  Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  For this assignment, you must select the code of ethical conduct for one

  One of the following restaurants: Cheesecake Factory As a basis for your written assignment, Cheesecake Factory you will assume that you are the CEO of your chosen restaurant.

  • Be sure to identify the restaurant you have chosen in your written paper. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Cheesecake Factory Describe key areas of the selected company’s code of conduct that are of significant importance to the business, and explain why.
  • Explain the key steps that the company should take to ensure that employees follow the code of conduct.
  • Suggest three (3) ways in which the restaurant can engage in socially responsive activities in the community within which it operates.
  • Use at least two (2) quality resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as a quality resource. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions
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• Selected company’s code of conduct that are of significant importance to the business

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  Assignment 2: Ethical and Socially Responsive Business

  • Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
  • Describe key areas of the selected company’s code of conduct that are of significant importance to the business, and explain why.
  • Explain the key steps that the company should take to ensure that employees follow the code of conduct.
  • Suggest three (3) ways in which the restaurant can engage in socially responsive activities in the community within which it operates.
  • Use at least two (2) quality resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as a quality resource.

  2 Pages, APA, 3 References

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• Managerial Decision Making Research and Analysis

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  Bus 620 Final Paper: Aleve Company

  Managerial Decision Making Research and Analysis
  Research a specific company of your choice and identify some of the managerial decisions that were made over time and in response to changes in its market or competitive environment. Use Ashford University Online library and web-based resources for your research. At least 3 external resources must be used. Address all of the following areas:

  Focus of the Final Paper

  • Describe the company and provide a brief history of its operations. Find or use graphs to illustrate its financial performance over the years.
  • Identify any sources of risk or uncertainty in its operations. Do the financial reports indicate risky or uncertain activities or changes to the economic environment that ultimately appear to have affected the company’s financial outcomes? Be specific.
  • Are there any government regulations that have affected this company’s operations domestically or abroad? Explain.
  • Describe the inputs that are used in this company’s production function and identify any challenges to securing these inputs.
  • Determine if the company has introduced new products in existing markets or created new markets over time. What is the impact on its finances?
  • Determine if the price of its products increased or declined over time and analyze the reasons for price fluctuations. Study the demand elasticity for its products and discuss the availability of close substitutes for its products. How does that affect pricing decisions?
  • Analyze the company’s profitability. Identify the economy or industry influences on its costs, operations, and profitability.
  • Describe the competitive environment in which the firm operates, the distribution of market power, and the strategic behavior of the firm and its competitors. Apply your knowledge of the theory of this company’s market structure. How does the company make pricing and production decisions? Is your observation supported by the theoretical models? Refer to the financial reports for illustration.
  • Identify any non-price competitive strategies that the company might be engaging in? Provide specific examples.
  • Evaluate if the company made any mistakes in its decisions over time, and recommend any changes or improvements for the future operations. Refer to the financial reports when making specific observations or recommendations.
  • Use economic language and demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories of this course.

  Writing the Final Paper
  The Final Paper:
  1. Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
  a. Title of paper
  b. Student’s name
  c. Course name and number
  d. Instructor’s name
  e. Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  6. Must use at least 3 scholarly sources.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

  11 pages, 5 References

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• ASSIGNMENT 3: PLANNING NEGOTIATIONS – Contracting and Purchasing Negotiation Techniques

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  ASSIGNMENT 3: PLANNING NEGOTIATIONS – Contracting and Purchasing Negotiation Techniques

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• Business Model and Strategic Plan Part II: SWOTT Analysis Paper (Dunkin Donuts stores)

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  Conduct an internal and external environmental analysis for your proposed business.

  Discuss with your Learning Team the forces and trends below that must be taken into consideration while developing a strategic plan. Given today’s business environment and each Learning Team members’ selected business idea, provide a list of the lessons learned from your Learning Team’s discussion for each of the items listed below. Use this discussion to complete this assignment.

  Create a SWOTT table summarizing your findings. Your environmental analysis should take into account, at a minimum, the following factors. For each factor, identify the one primary strength, weakness, opportunity, threat, and trend, and include it in your table.

  • External forces and trends considerations:
    • Legal and regulatory
    • Global
    • Economic
    • Technological
    • Innovation
    • Social
    • Environmental
    • Competitive analysis
  • Internal forces and trends considerations:
    • Strategy
    • Structures
    • Processes and systems
    • Resources
    • Goals
    • Strategic capabilities
    • Culture
    • Technologies
    • Innovations
    • Intellectual property
    • Leadership

  Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word synopsis in which you analyze at least seven of the forces and trends from the list above. Your analysis must include the following:

  • Include economic as well as legal and regulatory forces and trends.
  • Critique how well the organization adapts to change.
  • Analyze the supply chain operations of the organization.
  • Identify issues and/or opportunities:
    • Identify the major issues and/or opportunities that the company faces based on your analysis above.
    • Generate a hypothesis surrounding each issue and research questions to use for conducting analysis.
    • Identify the circumstances surrounding each issue; classify the circumstances; attribute the importance of each classification; and test the accuracy of the importance for each classification.

  Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

  5 pages, APA, 7 References

  See Also: JavaNet Internet Café SWOT Analysis

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