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  • Assignment 1: Preparing a Comprehensive Case Analysis (Ebay Inc.)

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    Research a public corporation that you believe is not doing as well as it could in the USA marketplace. For this first paper, you will complete the first steps of a comprehensive written analysis. (The written analysis will be completed as Part II which will be given next week.)

    Write a 4 page paper that:

    • Identify the firm’s existing objectives and strategies.
    • Explain one (1) strategy that the company might use to take advantage of an external opportunity, and one (1) strategy that the company might use to address a potential threat.
    • Construct a Competitive Profile Matrix. Include the company you are researching and one or two (1 or 2) of its major competitors and at least six (6) success factors that you believe to be critical to success in this industry. This Matrix should follow the format of the examples in Chapter 3.
    • Construct an External Factor Evaluation Matrix. This Matrix should follow the format of the examples in Chapter 3
    • Research and cite at least three (3) reputable, academic sources.
    • Explain the concepts and models of the strategic management process, including strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation.
    • Conduct an industry analysis (external audit) and an internal audit of an organization, and present the results using various matrices and analysis tools.

    4 Pages

    APA – 4 References

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  • Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix: WHOLE FOODS CASE

    $10.00

    For the company featured in your selected case (WHOLE FOODS- SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT), prepare an Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix and be prepared to discuss.

    Additional Files:

    case_study.whole_foods_market.2009.pdf

    2 Pages

    APA – 1 References

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  • Assignment 2: Project Motorcycles

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    Assignment 2: Project Motorcycles
    Write a paper in which you:

    You are a project manager for a medium-sized manufacturer of motorcycle cruisers. The engines in motorcycle cruisers, like the ones you manufacture, are usually categorized by size rather than the number of cylinders. In the past, your company has successfully manufactured and marketed the best-selling of these fuel-efficient cruisers that occupy the middleweight class. The rather nebulous middleweight class comprises motorcycles broadly ranging in engine size from 500 cubic centimeters, or cc, to 1000 cc.
    Executives at your company are now interested in motorcycles with larger motors and would eventually like to produce motorcycles in the touring class, specifically designed to excel at covering long distances with motors larger than 1100 cc. The proposed target market for these larger motorcycles consists of males between the ages of 35 and 60 in global markets. Price points for the larger motorcycles cover income ranges from $55,000 to $100,000. Management has decided that your company will meet the objectives stated herein within the next five (5) years. During the proposed changeover, the company will continue to manufacture the middleweight cruisers to serve its existing clientele.

    Please follow the following instructions:

    1. Select one (1) of the types of project organization that would suit the development of the larger touring class motorcycles. Outline the process steps that your company would take in order to develop the motorcycle. Provide a rationale for the response.
    2. Recommend one (1) strategy to the senior executives that the organization might use to balance short- and long-term needs. Specify the crucial resources that you would need as a project manager to run the existing business interests at the same time that the business changes to the production of touring class motorcycles.
    3. Suggest the project management leadership style that is most conducive to overseeing the operation of the business growth plan.
    4. Recommend at least three (3) risk mitigation strategies to address project plan details that might be forgotten or overlooked. Justify the selection.
    5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
    6. Design an organizational structure, staff a project office, and establish a communications system to effectively manage projects.
    7. Analyze the role of executive management in the life of a project.
    8. Apply the project manager’s critical skills, in terms of project leadership, team building, time management, conflict management, and effective communication with executive sponsors, peers, team members, and project clients.

    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.
    • Cover and reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

    7 Pages

    APA – 6 References

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  • Interview at least one person with entrepreneurship experience

    $10.00

    Interview at least one person with entrepreneurship experience (e.g., founders of startups/entrepreneurs) and complete an interview report.  In the report, you need to address

    The background of your interviewee(s)
    Why did they choose to start their own business?
    What make their business successful (or unsuccessful)?
    What are the biggest challenges they face during the venturing process and how did they overcome these challenges?

    I am looking for more than description and storytelling.  So you need to apply the theories and concepts we discuss in class to analyze your interviews and draw the conclusions.  Your report should be 2-3 single-spaced pages in length.

    2 Pages

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  • What are some of the “pros” of having a diverse workforce in a healthcare environment

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    Guidelines: This assignment requires you to post an original thought and respond to one of your classmates thoughts. In total, you will need to make two posts. Your original thought must be at least two paragraphs in length with five sentences in each paragraph (should include a FULL citation – not just a web link). Your response post must be at least one paragraph in length with five sentences (does not need a citation). While the original post should include a citation, please remember that this is not a formal academic paper and your postings should retain a “discussion” flavor.

    Topic: One of the key trends raised by our learning module this week relates to the growing diversity of our population as well as our workforce.

    Original Post 1) What are some of the “pros” of having a diverse workforce in a healthcare environment? 2) What are some of the “cons” of having a diverse workforce in a health care environment? 3) What are two or three human resources management tools that you learned about during this semester that will be most helpful to you in managing a diverse workforce?

    Response Post Your second post should constructively respond to one of your classmate’s posts. Please use full sentences. Remember “I agree” or “good job on the posting” sentences DO NOT count toward the 5 required sentences.

    Sources: To receive full credit, you must cite at least one academic or government source to support your position in your original thought post. Please do not cite your book – this assignment requires you to do additional work. The following websites are not appropriate academic citations: Wikipedia.com; Ehow.com; Ask.com; About.com or anything in the same genre.

     

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  • Organization and management of an Adult Day Care (PPT)

    $30.00

    PowerPoint Presentation – 45 Minutes

    Project Guidelines:  The purpose of this project is to apply the principles of organization and management to a health agency of your choosing. You will select a type of health agency to study. Only the team leader will submit the Power Point presentation for the team (with narrative in the notes section if required), and appendices addressing the following managerial topics:

    (SN: This is an PowerPoint Presentation the only things that need to be address is the everything under the Organization Design about Adult Care)

    Organizational Design
    Illustrate and explain the organizational structure for your business (organizational chart) (1-3 slides)
    Plan the organizational linkages with key stakeholders (1-3 slides)
    Staffing:
    Prepare a staffing plan for your organization (1-3 slides)
    Prepare job descriptions for 3 different positions (3-5 slides)
    Explain recruitment procedures (1-3 slides)
    Explain retention procedures (1-3 slides)
    Leadership & Management:
    Consider and justify which leadership style the CEO should use in this organization (1-3 slides)
    Anticipate 3 problems and explain how the organization will handle them (3-5 slides)
    Prepare a performance appraisal for 1 of the positions described in the staffing section (1-3 slides)
    Regulatory Compliance
    List 4 important laws, government policies, or regulations that must be met (2-5 slides)
    Explain the importance of each of these laws and how you will achieve compliance (2-5 slides)

    the number of slides is a recommendation and not a ceiling, but don’t get carried away.  Keep it to the point and short enough to be interesting.  An old boss of mine told me a long time ago when I did a really in-depth 45 minute presentation for him (he had told me to give him a quick brief on the issue we were dealing with) >>> “When I ask you what time it is, don’t tell me how to build a clock.”<<  So address the issues at the managerial level.

    30 Slides

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  • Creating a Methodology Case Study: Discuss factors about the corporate culture that were at play

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    Prepare 1 page pager on Creating A Methodology Case Study (separate attachment)

    1. Discuss factors about the corporate culture that were at play, and suggest central reasons why the executive staff waited as long as they had to consider the development of an enterprise project management methodology (EPM).
    1. Recommend to both the senior executives (i.e., the company) and John Compton (i.e., the president) whether the project management office (PMO) should report to the chief information officer (CIO) or to someone else. Justify the response.
    1. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

    Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

    • 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.

    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

    • Describe the key concepts, processes, and components of project management.
    • Analyze the interrelationships among the principal elements (time, cost, resources) in the performance of project management.
    • Evaluate the general systems factors affecting performance throughout the project life cycle.
    • Use technology and information resources to research issues in project management.
    • Write clearly and concisely about project management using proper writing mechanics.

    Additional files:

    case_study.creating_a_methodology.pdf

    1 Pages

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  • Compare and contrast functional organization and matrix organization that are associated with project organizations

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    Title: PMC2

    • Compare and contrast functional organization and matrix organization that are associated with project organizations. Next, examine one (1) advantage and disadvantage of each type that you have chosen. Support your response with real-world examples of such advantages and disadvantages.
    • The project office is an organization developed to support the project manager in carrying out his duties. Determine the type of project office that exists in your current or past organization and analyze how closely it resembles the model project offices described in the Kerzner text. If a project office does not exist in your current or past organization, provide a rationale for or against establishing a project office and describe its type.

    Title: PMC3

    • Assume you are a functional manager tasked with assembling a project team. However, 2 people have conflicts and they were not able to come up with their part to start the project.  For each conflict identified, propose a resolution. Support your response with real-world examples of such conflicts and corresponding resolutions.
    • Explain the assertion that one (1) disadvantage of the pure project organization is the project professionals’ tendency to fall behind in areas of technical expertise that they do not use on projects. Demonstrate two (2) strategies which a project manager might use in order to avoid the stated disadvantage. Support your response with examples of the use of the identified strategies.

    Title: PMC4

    • Select one (1) common source of conflict in the project environment. Next, suggest one (1) possible solution or preventive measure the project manager can take to avoid or minimize the conflict. Support your response with one (1) real-world example of related solutions or measures.

    Title: BP2

    • Research on the Internet and provide the mission and vision statements for the company you chose. Explain why you feel they are not well written.
    • Provide a new mission statement and mission statement that you believe would be better for the company. Explain why your proposed mission and vision statements are better than the current versions.
    • Create a mission statement and vision statement for JetBlue.
    • Explain how you would convince the Board of Directors to adopt your proposed mission and vision statement.

    Title: BP3

    • Choose an industry that has businesses in your city, for example, restaurants, automobile dealerships, or hotels. Research on the Internet each of the five broad categories of external forces that apply to this industry in your city. Explain in detail how each of these forces influences this industry, and propose how the business should respond or react to each force. (The five external forces are: Economic force; Social, cultural, demographic, environment and natural forces; Political, legal and government forces; Technological forces; and Competitive forces)
    • Businesses not only respond and react to external forces, but can also attempt to influence them. Discuss in detail one step that a local business in this industry can take to influence each of these external forces.
    • Determine in detail how each of Porter’s five forces influences that company you chose. (The five Porter’s forces are: Potential development of substitute products; Bargaining power of suppliers; Rivalry among competing firms; Bargaining power of consumers; and Potential entry of new competitors)
    • Assume you are a senior manager at the company you discussed in the previous discussion topic. Clarify in detail how these forces you identified would influence the strategic plans you develop.

    Title: `BP4

    • Research on the Internet the published financial statements for a public corporation for the most recent two fiscal years. Identify and calculate the four financial ratios you think are most important for this company.
    • Recommend the strategies you would develop to help improve the financial ratios you identified in the previous topic and state why you feel the strategies will help.

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  • What kind of LEGAL steps would you take to try to discourage the formation of a union

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    Topic: The setting is a 100-bed nursing home facility which employs about 135 employees and none of them are currently unionized. About one quarter of these employees are either administrators or supervisors and cannot be unionized. There has been significant turnover in leadership at the facility in recent years which has resulted in changing rules and procedures for all staff. Management staff that has remained thinks that they have done everything they can to keep employees happy. They even held a company barbeque last summer for everyone. They say that their hands are tied because the revenue streams for the facility have decreased because of cutbacks in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, and private payers are also starting to negotiate lower rates. The nurses are increasingly being asked to work double shifts and patient care is starting to suffer. Wage increases have been non-existent or minimal. Supervisors appear to be ill-trained and are grouchy with everyone. The free bus passes employees used to get as a benefit have been revoked. One of the nursing staff decided she was fed up and is now trying to organize her colleagues under a union.

    Original Post You are a health care administrator within the facility. You are informed by one of your supervisors that this nurse is attempting to organize employees into a union. Assume that you are opposed to this action, what kind of LEGAL steps would you take to try to discourage the formation of a union or to show that it really isn’t needed? (Note that you will have had to follow the instructions in the learning module for this week, which required you to “jump to” the NLRB website to successfully respond to this question).

    Response Post Respond to one of your classmate’s post from the perspective of the nurse union organizer. Describe why such working conditions are a problem for you and why starting a union is the best solution to those problems.

    Sources: To receive full credit, you must cite at least one academic or government source to support your position in your original thought post. Please do not cite your book – this assignment requires you to do additional work. The following websites are not appropriate academic citations: Wikipedia.com; Ehow.com; Ask.com; About.com or anything in the same genre.

    1 page

    APA – 2 References

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