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Research paper-Identify the selection criteria and methods as weel as how they relate to hiring at the organization

This should be one to three paragraphs in length, depending on the length of the research. Include the purpose for the research, how research was conducted, the results, and other pertinent information from the research.
 Identify the selection criteria and methods and how they relate to hiring at the organization.
  Discuss the meaning or implication of the results of the study that the research covers. This should be one to two paragraphs. This is where you offer your opinion.
Discuss any flaws with the business, how you think it could have been better, and what you think it all means.
 Write one paragraph discussing how the author could expand on the results, what the information means in the big picture, what future research should focus on, or how future research could move the topic forward
. Discuss how knowledge in the area could be expanded.
 

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800 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Discuss R&D, marketing, production, and the impact on company financial performance and competitive positioning. The following bullets suggest issues to address.

 
800 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Discuss R&D, marketing, production, and the impact on company financial performance and competitive positioning. The following bullets suggest issues to address.
For this assignment, you will respond to the address the efficacy of decisions made for your team Competition Round 1, the outcomes, and implications for Competition Round 2.  This post is an in depth assessment of all decisions made. What have you identified as the key business issues that will impact your product as the result of Competition Round 1 outcomes? How do you plan to adjust the decisions for your product? Prepare to discuss your decisions with the other members of your team. Discuss R&D, marketing, production, and the impact on company financial performance and competitive positioning. The following bullets suggest issues to address.
If you are the COO and did not make product decisions, discuss each of the four areas from the strategic organization level perspective.
As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in R&D:

  • To what degree did your decisions regarding specification of the products serve to attract customer demand? What do you plan for round 2, based on the outcome?
  • What level of quality and reliability—mean time between failure (MTBF) did you build into your products and why?
  • How did you ensure that the perceived age of the product meets customer demand?
  • What was the impact of your R&D decisions on materials cost? What other decisions were impacted by the increase or decrease?

As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in Marketing:

  • Explain your rationale for how you set the price of your products in the marketplace. How did your pricing compare to the competition at the close of the Round? How do you plan to respond in the next round?
  • How well did you build customer awareness through promotion, relative to the competition?
  • How effectively did you establish a sales force and distribution channels?
  • What was your sales forecast strategy for your products and how did you calculate it?

As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in Production:

  • Did you purchase machinery to automate your facilities? Why or why not?
  • Did you buy or sell capacity of product lines?
  • How did you establish your production schedule for each line?

In conjunction with the COO final Finance decisions, address these questions for the Finance decisions related to your product:

  • Did you acquire capital to fund capital expansions?
  • How effectively did your company fund operations?
  • Did your product decisions contribute to or detract from company performance? Why?
  • Given your analysis, what adjustments do you plan for Competition Round 2?

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

  • What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
  • What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
  • What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
  • What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

February 12, 2018
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Password:  CTUstudent
Course Code:  MGMT655
Section:  2
Session:  1801B
CapSim Course Title:  MGMT655-1801B-2
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Competitiveness and Inventory Management-· How has technology aided inventory management?

Competitiveness and Inventory Management
Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research safety stock.
Then respond to the following:
· As a manager, what recommendations could you provide to reduce inventories as it relates to safety stock?
· What parameters would lead you to believe that (a) large safety stock, (b) small safety stock, and (c) zero safety stock would be advantageous for the organization? Be sure to provide examples and data in support.
After your initial post, discuss the following:
· What are some of the ways in which a company can reduce the need for inventories?
· How has technology aided inventory management?
· How have technological improvements in products such as automobiles and computers impacted inventory decisions?

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Introspection-Negotiation Issues, Positions and Interests, Target Point / Aspiration Point, BATNA, and Reservation Point.

Business

The paper should be 3.5 in length (double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, 1” margins). The final reflection paper is graded upon:
· The depth of analysis: Have you correctly employed key concepts to analyze the negotiation? How well have you applied your learning from the course to your analysis of this case?
· Introspection: Have you linked your experiences with your goals for the course and your strengths and weaknesses? What have you learned about your negotiating style and skills from this negotiation experience? What would you do differently in the future?
· Creativity:  How unique was the context? How inventive was your strategy? How did you meet expected and unexpected challenges?
· Quality of writing: Have you included the relevant details? Is it interesting and well written?
Please include the following: (examples in attachments)
(1) your plan; (2) your strategies; (3) your negotiation style; (4) the outcome; (5) lessons learned
This should include: Negotiation Issues, Positions and Interests, Target Point / Aspiration Point, BATNA, and Reservation Point.
At the end, please review the most important lessons that you learned in this assignment, your key strengths as a negotiator, and how you hope to improve moving forward.
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Strategic alliances mean partnering for advantage. In more than one case recently, competitors have become strategic allies as two or more companies search for advantage.

Write a 500 word (minimum) APA 12pt, double spaced. Use only credible references – grading is very  hard on credible sources. That backs paper points and statements. He  also referenced this blog for APA headings etc.  http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/04/how-to-use-five-levels-of-heading-in-an-apa-style-paper.html
please make a paper submission that responds to the following:
Strategic alliances mean partnering for advantage. In more than one case recently, competitors have become strategic allies as two or more companies search for advantage.
Describe such an alliance in today’s business alliances. Include an assessment of what it means for all of the partners.

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PROMOTION MANAGEMENT & SWOT ANALYSIS-Mobile marketing: Evaluate the assumptions behind Burberry’s mobile marketing campaigns, with a brief introduction of the company mobile marketing efforts.

Mobile marketing spending is increasing in recent years due to the popularity of smartphone and mobile commerce. Burberry is starting to use the mobile apps to reach the target market. Burberry is the first brand to use a ‘Snapcode’ on Snapchat as it looks to give visitors in its stores access to exclusive content. Read the following articles related to mobile app marketing campaign by Burberry, mobile app design, and the digital marketing trends. Note that you can find the articles without links in our online library databases using the search box on TLC Portal.
BI Intelligence (2015). Here’s where digital ad spending is going over the next five years. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/mobile-will-drive-ad-spending-across-digitial-formats-2015-7
Burberry launches on kakao (2015). Newton: Questex Media Group LLC.
Burberry launches global partnership with line. (2015, Feb 05).  M2 Presswire.
DeMers, J. (2014, Aug. 15). 10 online marketing metrics you need to be measuring. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2014/08/15/10-online-marketing-metrics-you-need-to-be-measuring/#65eec53b355f
Goodfellow, J. (2016). Burberry is printing codes on its products to encourage customers to use Snapchat in-store. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/burberry-partners-with-snapchat-discover-2016-4?nr_email_referer=1&utm_content=BISelect&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=BI%20Select%20%28Tuesday%20Thursday%29%202016-04-05&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select
L2 think tank: Burberry runs lunar new year WeChat campaign (2016). Chatham: Newstex.
Magrath, V., & McCormick, H. (2013). Marketing design elements of mobile fashion retail apps. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management,17(1), 115-134.
O’Reilly, L. (2012, Sep 20). Burberry to put mobile first in mix. Marketing Week (Online).
Roderick, L. (2015, Sep 18). Burberry in snapchat first as it premieres new fashion collection online. Marketing Week (Online).
Roderick, L. (2016, Apr 04). Burberry uses first ever snapcode to let in-store customers unlock online snapchat content. Marketing Week (Online).

Case Assignment

Imagine you have been hired as a consultant to the VP of marketing for Burberry. The VP wants to get an objective opinion from someone outside the company who is familiar with current digital marketing basics.
Your job is to write a short memo of 750 -1,500 words critically analyzing Burberry’s mobile marketing strategy. Note that the company has decided to use mobile social platforms to reach its target markets. Read and cite required articles listed above, including additional research you have done, to address the following issues:

Do not spend a lot of time digging in the company’s website and do not just rehash what the company did; instead, introduce a critical perspective. Focus on the Case articles as well as relevant background reading from Modules 1 and 2. There are no right answers; after all, you do not have inside information. You will be evaluated on your understanding of the background materials and your logic reasoning. In particular, show your understanding of the way a change in target market affects the company’s promotion strategy. Also, give some thought as to how Burberry’s mobile marketing meshes with other elements of its marketing program, for example, merchandising (product management), channel management, and pricing.
Assignment Expectations Regarding Your References and Defense of Your Positions
Write clearly, simply, and logically. Your memo should be 750-1,500 words long, excluding title pages and references, but quality of writing is more important than length. Use single space, black Verdana or Times Roman font in 12 pt. type size. Check the following link for business memo format: http://www.fsb.muohio.edu/heitgedl/Memo%20writing%20tips%20ACC333%20SP06.pdf.
Back up your positions or opinions with references to the required reading found in the Module 1-2 Backgrounds. In using those references, demonstrate your understanding of the concepts presented. Rather than grading on how much information you find, emphasis will be on the defense of the positions you take on the issues. Also remember that:

  • The “why” is more important than the “what.”
  • The defense of your positions on the issues is more important than the positions you take.

Do not repeat or quote definitions. Your use of the required reading to support your opinions (that is, contentions or positions) should demonstrate that you understand the concepts presented. Do not include definitions or summaries of the readings, or simply describe what the company did. Instead, your responses to the questions should be analytical and should demonstrate that (a) you understand the principles from the background reading and (b) you can apply them to this particular case. Vague, general answers will not earn a good grade.
Avoid redundancy and general statements such as “All organizations exist to make a profit.” Make every sentence count.
Paraphrase the facts using your own words and ideas, employing quotes sparingly. Quotes, if absolutely necessary, should rarely exceed five words.
When writing an academically oriented paper, you will uncover many facts about the product. If you paraphrase the facts, cite the sources in your text and link those citations to references at the end of the paper.
Here are some guidelines on how to conduct information search and build critical thinking skills.
Emerald Group Publishing. (n.d.). Searching for information. Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/learning/study_skills/skills/searching.htm
Emerald Group Publishing. (n.d.). Developing critical thinking. Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/learning/study_skills/skills/critical_thinking.htm
Guidelines for handling quoted and paraphrased material are found at:
Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Academic writing. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/2/
Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Is it plagiarism yet? Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/
Your paper consists of arguments in favor of your opinions or positions on the issues addressed by the guidelines; therefore, avoid the following logical fallacies:
Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Logic in argumentative writing. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/01/

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deontological ethics vs utilitarian ethics-analyze HP’s use of bribery to obtain foreign contracts based on a deontological/duty-based approach

The notion of duty or deontological ethics is many ways the opposite of the utilitarian ethics you learned about in Module 3. It is often the case that completely different decisions will be made if you use a deontological approach rather than a utilitarian approach. For this assignment, you will be applying the concepts of utilitarian and duty ethics from Brusseau (2012) and “Duty-based ethics” (2014) to some real-world ethical dilemmas faced by corporations.
Apple has gotten a lot of criticism for having iPhones and other products manufactured in China. However, iPhones would cost dramatically more (as much as $2,000 for a low-end model) if they were produced in the United States.
Is it ethical to own an iPhone?
How much would an all-American iPhone cost
Another ethical dilemma many multinational corporations face is that they often have to deal with foreign government officials in order to obtain contracts. Even if managers are personally offended at the idea of paying bribes, keep in mind that American companies have to compete with companies from other countries that are more than happy to pay a bribe. A recent case involved Hewlett-Packard (HP) when their affiliate in Russia was busted for a paying a bribe to a government official in order to obtain a contract. For purposes of this assignment, forget that this is illegal. Instead, think about whether this is ethical. Remember that HP has had financial struggles and has had to lay off many American workers, and obtaining foreign contracts can save jobs back in the United States. See the following articles for more information:
 

First, make sure you are clear on the distinction between duty/deontological ethics and utilitarian/consequentialist ethics from the readings in Modules 3 and 4. Then think carefully about the ethical dilemmas faced by Apple and HP using the articles above as well as your own research. Then write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following issues:

  1. Analyze Apple’s decision to have their iPhones built in China based on a utilitarian/consequentialist approach. Use the Utility Test and discuss which stakeholders benefit and which ones are harmed by having their iPhones manufactured in China rather than the U.S. Should they keep their manufacturing in China based on the Utility Test?
  2. Now analyze Apple’s decision to have their iPhones built in China based on a deontological/duty-based approach. Are there any categorical imperatives violated by Apple choosing to manufacture their phones in China? Is your ethical assessment different for you when you use a deontological/duty-based approach rather than a utility approach?
  3. Analyze HP’s use of bribery to obtain foreign contracts based on a utilitarian/consequentialist approach. Use the Utility Test and discuss which stakeholders benefit and which ones are harmed from HP’s use of bribery. Was more harm done than good, or vice versa?
  4. Finally, analyze HP’s use of bribery to obtain foreign contracts based on a deontological/duty-based approach. Are there any categorical imperatives violated by HP’s use of bribery? Is your ethical assessment different for you when you use a deontological/duty-based approach rather than a utility approach?

 

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary in which you articulate elements of leadership using the following criteria:Examine your individual, essential elements of leadership and management.Differentiate between leadership and management roles, and provide specific examples from the text, literature, or personal example.

Resource: Leadership Assessments found on InternetOpen your web browser and search for either “Leadership Legacy Assessment Test” or “Disc Personality Test.”Complete one of these free online tests. Note: The online test should be free so if you encounter a site that charges a fee for the test please continue searching for a site that offers a free test.Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary in which you articulate elements of leadership using the following criteria:Examine your individual, essential elements of leadership and management.Differentiate between leadership and management roles, and provide specific examples from the text, literature, or personal example.Cite at least one peer-reviewed source in addition to the course text (be certain to include the web link for your test in your citations).Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.