1. Conduct a PORTER’S FIVE FORCES Analysis to identify the forces affecting car
manufacturing of alternate energy vehicles.
global environmental of business-The global business environment is changing rapidly. The objective of the GENA is to encourage you to be informed of changes in the global business environment. Your task is to report such news and its implications for theory and practice. By executing this assignment, you will learn to apply theoretical readings to current global news, and understand the implications of current business practices.
global environmental of business
Global Environmental News Analysis (GENA) Report
| The global business environment is changing rapidly. The objective of the GENA is to encourage you to be informed of changes in the global business environment. Your task is to report such news and its implications for theory and practice. By executing this assignment, you will learn to apply theoretical readings to current global news, and understand the implications of current business practices. This is business writing using professional terms and wording. Avoid using slang and common colloquialisms. The following format must be used 50 “points” total: (a) News item, source, date (b) Concise, brief summary (10 pts.) (c) Implications for practice (beneficiaries/losers) (10 pts.) (d) Implications for theory (link theories/concepts from text to news item) (10 pts.) (e) Future direction/your personal prediction based on reading (10 pts.) (f) Presentation 3-5 minutes (10 pts) Using this article relating to global news, summarize the article, identify and explain implications for practice and theory (including citing the related concepts from your textbook), and provide your opinion of the future direction the story might take. Prepare your report according to the instructions below: Requirements (Here’s what your paper should look like): Length 2-3 (maximum) well-written pages Single line spacing Font – Times New Roman size 12pt USE THESE Headings: Summary, Implications for Practice, Implications for Theory, Future Direction. Note: Failure to follow instructions, e.g. wrong headings, spacing, not stapled etc. will cost points. The Writing Center is an excellent resource on campus for writing assistance. It is located in Carlson Library – 419.530.2176. I strongly recommend utilizing the Center. |
Provide a definition of marketing from the American Marketing Association. Define the customer value proposition. Discuss the differences between the marketing process and advertising, the goals of creating a strong customer value proposition, and the unique relationship that exists between company and customer.
Purpose of Assignment
Understanding marketing as a multi-step process relying on building successful customer relationships is essential to helping organizations grow and achieve their goals. This assignment defines marketing, the customer value proposition, and creating mutually beneficial relationships between the organization and target, as well as applies these concepts to the student to create a personal brand.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Week 1 textbook reading, Week 1 video, American Marketing Association Website, and University Career Center: Crafting Your Image
Scenario: You have just graduated from the University of Phoenix with your Bachelor’s Degree. You have decided either to seek a promotion at your current work, explore new career opportunities, or open your own business and are using your marketing knowledge to position yourself for career growth.
Develop a 1,050-word response to the following using the scenario above:
- Provide a definition of marketing from the American Marketing Association. Define the customer value proposition. Discuss the differences between the marketing process and advertising, the goals of creating a strong customer value proposition, and the unique relationship that exists between company and customer.
- Use your workplace, a company you would like to work for, or an entrepreneurial vision and apply the concepts of the customer value proposition and relationship marketing to their operations. Introduce who the company, or business idea is and what they do. Provide examples demonstrating how the company uses these concepts successfully. Are there any ways they can improve in these areas? How?
- Determine how your own personal brand links to the organization’s customer value proposition. Discuss ways you can integrate a customer value proposition and use relationship marketing to position yourself the best. Please share examples to illustrate your thoughts and reasoning.
Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed sources with at least one coming from the textbook, the Week 1 video, or the University Library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Mission and Vision Concept Application in Individual's Life-Consider these six leadership styles. Which style of leadership comes most naturally to you? Which style of leadership would be most uncomfortable for you
Who Are the Leaders?
As you’ve just seen, there are lots of formal leaders and managers in an organization. There can also be lots of leaders who don’t have a clearly defined leadership role. And a business needs both. Managers and leaders are not necessarily the same people. And while leadership and management are related to each other, they have some differences.
Leaders
Leaders motivate others towards key goals and desired outcomes and can be found anywhere in an organization. Everyone knows the CEO is a leader. But it’s just as likely that a leader is right there on the manufacturing line, motivating the people around him, reminding them of their greater purpose, and helping everyone work more efficiently so that the business makes strides toward its goals.
We all know a person who is an entry level employee, but who motivates others, rallies the team, steps in to help others, and leads by example—even if their job title doesn’t require it. Leaders are needed at all levels of an organization, but it is critical that true leadership is exhibited at the top.
Managers
Leadership Styles
Just as leaders can be found in many places in a business, there are many ways to be a leader— different styles and approaches. The six leadership styles discussed below are one way to look at leadership styles. Each of these styles sends a clear message to the team about how the leader and the team interact. Some leaders adopt one of these styles and use it every time they lead. But more effective leaders master most or all of these styles, evaluate the team and goals at hand, and choose the most appropriate style for the given situation
QUICK QUESTION
Consider these six leadership styles. Which style of leadership comes most naturally to you? Which style of leadership would be most uncomfortable for you?
Motivating and Keeping Employees Happy- Provide a description of your selected key functions and how these functions can and do affect all managers and organizations
Motivating and Keeping Employees Happy
Conduct a web search seeking two examples where organizations are paying and compensating employees in new and innovative ways, and then provide two examples where this is not happening.
· Discuss what you found during your web search.
· Provide a description of your selected key functions and how these functions can and do affect all managers and organizations.
· Discuss what you found during your web search.
· Provide a description of your selected key functions and how these functions can and do affect all managers and organizations.
LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT-Identify this leader’s style of leadership, and list two benefits and two drawbacks to that style as it relates to the performance of the team
Note: All scenarios in this assignment are fictional.
Real Business
It can be difficult for a business to improve how it operates from inside the organization. Sometimes, an outside perspective is needed. The large discount retail store you work for wants to improve its in-store restaurant management team.
Your Role
Companies like Target and Walmart often work with outside consultants—people who are not employees of the company but who are hired on a contract basis to help with a specific project. As a Leadership Consultant, you’ve been hired by a large discount retail company to help the company improve its leadership structure and approach to management.
WHAT IS A LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT
A leadership consultant is a person called in to a company, be it a large corporation or a small business, to evaluate how it operates and make recommendations for improvement. Leadership consultants are typically hired when a business is struggling and needs to make changes in order to remain profitable. Such consultants are often highly educated in the field of business and have experience in managerial roles.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step1 Organizationl Structure
Take a look at the Organization Chart provided by the company.
- Based on your knowledge of hierarchies, would you say that this team has tall structure or flat structure? Please explain your answer.
Step 2: Human Resources
The company would like to improve the culture of its team and the quality of its work. Its leadership has provided you with a Process Chart detailing how it currently applies Human Resources best practices.
Note: You should complete Step 3 after reading the material in Week 9.
STEP 3: Leadership Style
You have been asked to help improve the leadership style of the team leader in order to meet the team’s performance goals. The team leader has given you a description of what is most comfortable in terms of leading others.
- Identify this leader’s style of leadership, and list two benefits and two drawbacks to that style as it relates to the performance of the team.
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.
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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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?
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.
· 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.