Tag: Business Assignment

Instructions
STEP 1
Choose one subtopic from the following list of major week 2 topics
Globalization and Business
 – Subtopic: Cultural Competence
Technology and Business
 – Subtopic: Artificial Intelligence
Ethics and Corporate Governance
 – Subtopic: Corporate Social Responsibility
New Employment Relationships
 – Subtopic: Forced Arbitration Agreements
STEP 2
Locate at least 2 resources:
– a news piece about the subtopic.
The news piece should help you identify the subtopic as one that is contemporary.
The news piece should also help you to provide one or more examples within the overview section.
– material that explains the basics as well as the more involved concepts associated with the subtopic.
Use a high quality resource; not one that is meant to sell a product or service.
The material chosen should support your need to provide 1) a comprehensive overview as it relates to the changing environment within organizations; 2) impact of the subtopic on employees as well as organizations.
STEP 3

1. Present an overview of the subtopic. Within this overview present:

The contemporary nature of the subtopic
present the current state of the subtopic as it relates to both the workforce and the organization.
Basic as well as more complex concepts and issues
present basic information about the subtopic and several more involved concepts that highlight the complexities of the subtopic.
The impact of the Subtopic
present ways that the subtopic is impacting both the workforce and the organization.
identifying within the content how the subtopic is impacting both the workforce and organizations.
An example of the subtopic in the workplace
integrate a well-chosen example that supports any of the following: the contemporary nature, the more complex areas of the subtopic, the impact of the subtopic.
Do not integrate opinion statements in the overview. Offer opinions only in the designated OPinion Statements area.

1. Use appropriate in-text citations and an appropriately cited listing of resources used at the end of the paper.Support in developing in-text a bibliography is available within the writing assignment module.
   c. Overview Word Length: Overview – 500 words

STEP 4

1. In a separate paragraph, provide your thoughts on the subtopic you investigated.
   Think critically about the content you’ve offered in the overview. Offer your thoughts, ideas, solutions.
2. Opinion Statement Word length:Opinion Statements – 200 – 250 words

Name:  Section:  Date: Homework #1  Keep all underlined and/or bold text as headers, delete all text in italics, as it’s instructional. Please use a separate paragraph for each item listed. Include all items; if it’s not applicable, for example, there are no legal issues, discuss it. Fully and properly cite all quotes and ideas per MLA format.   Direct quotes should be no more than 2-3 sentences. Never quote an entire paragraph. Cite all quotations. Total citations shouldn’t be more than 20% of the paper.  Attach a separate Bibliography to all assignments. You will use it for your final paper. For all assignments, all but 2 sources must be from the from the PSU Library, BA 301 Course Guide: Business Source Premiere, Business Insights Global, LexisNexis, Edgar (10K), Investext, Passport, IbisWorld, Mintel, as well as any industry specific database found through the course guide.    Part 1—Company Discussion Introduction First sentence should start with “________ is a _________ company…” Then include an overview of the history, size, number of employees, locations, products, etc. At least two paragraphs.  Mission Quote, cite, AND discuss.  Vision Quote, cite, AND discuss.  Values Quote, cite, AND discuss.  Current Business Strategy Located in 10-K or Company Annual Reports.  Stakeholders List 5 of them. List their stakes. Do not list individual shareholders. List two opposing stakeholders and their stakes, List two stakeholders with the same stakes, list their stakes.  Financial Overview 3 years revenues, 3 years profits. Cite, discuss.  Financial History 3 years of historical stock performance. Cite, discuss.  Debt Discuss DE ratio.   Patents Discuss only if applicable. For example, a pharmaceutical company should have a robust discussion on patents. If not applicable, say so.  Legal issues Is the company facing multiple lawsuits—discuss? Do not list individual lawsuits.  SWOT In narrative form. Include a separate paragraph for each:  Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

Assume the role of a hiring manager who is looking to hire a case manager.

Research case management roles and responsibilities, as well as job requirements for case managers in your area.

Review the duties of case managers.

Write a job posting that includes the following:

• Provides a detailed description about the case manager role.
• Presents the roles and responsibilities of a case manager in your area
• Explains the expectations for how to case manage clients
• Differentiates between providing interventions for clients as opposed to being a case manager for clients

Support your work with a minimum of 3 sources.

Question 1

Once again, your team is the key financial management team for your company. The company’s CEO is now looking to expand its operations by investing in new property, plant, and equipment. Your team recently calculated the WACC for your company, which will now be useful in evaluating the project’s effectiveness. You are now asked to do some capital budgeting analysis that will determine whether the company should invest in these new plant assets.
The parameters for this project are: Your team will be using the same company for this project that you used in the Week 6 project. The company is now looking to expand its operations and wants you to do some analysis using key capital budgeting tools to do this. The parameters for this project are as follows.
The firm is looking to expand its operations by 10% of the firm’s net property, plant, and equipment. (Calculate this amount by taking 10% of the property, plant, and equipment figure that appears on the firm’s balance sheet.)
The estimated life of this new property, plant, and equipment will be 12 years. The salvage value of the equipment will be 5% of the property, plant and equipment’s cost.
The annual EBIT for this new project will be 18% of the project’s cost.
The company will use the straight-line method to depreciate this equipment. Also assume that there will be no increases in net working capital each year. Use the same marginal tax rate that you used in the Week 6 project.
The hurdle rate for this project will be the WACC that you calculated in Week 6.
Deliverable for this Project Prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation using VoiceThread or Webex that will highlight the following items. • Your calculations for the amount of property, plant, and equipment and the annual depreciation for the project • Your calculations that convert the project’s EBIT to free cash flow for the 12 years of the project. • The following capital budgeting results for the project o Net present value o Internal rate of return o Discounted payback period. • Your discussion of the results that you calculated above, including a recommendation for acceptance or rejection of the project
Once again, you may embed your Excel spreadsheets into your document. Be sure to follow APA standards for this project.

Carefullу read the following articles:
1. Kolk, A. (2016), The social responsibilitу of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development, Journal of World Business, 51(1), January: 23–34 (Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090951615000632).
2. EurekAlert. (2016), Tough social issues provide a challenge for companies and researchers (Available at: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/e-tsi022216.php).
3. As-Saber, S. (2014). One year on from Rana Plaza collapse, work still to be done, The Conversation, 24 April 2014 (Available at: https://theconversation.com/one-year-on-from-rana-plaza-collapse-work-still-to-be-done-24710).
4. Hammond, L. (2015). Will Green Growth Bolster Bangladesh Garment Exports? (Available at: https://www.just-style.com/analysis/will-green-growth-bolster-bangladesh-garment-exports_id126674.aspx).
Now, based on these readings, respond to the following questions and justify your answers:
1. Should the concept of ‘what matters most’ with respect to human ‘well-being’ become an important consideration for business entities operating globally (refer to Article 1)? Please justify your response.
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2. People around the world are now putting a lot of pressure on companies to “do the right thing”. (Articles 1 and 2). In this context, please explain the responses from major readymade garment (RMG) retailers to the “Rana Plaza” disaster in Bangladesh (Refer to Articles 3 and 4). Have they done the “right thing” so far?
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3. In the context of the RMG industry in Bangladesh, do you consider “green factories” a new business model for growth (Article 4)? Please justify your answer.
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4. Will sustainable and ethical RMG production in Bangladesh will help major retailers to become more sustainably and ethically responsible as well? Please explain.
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In addition to your own readings, the following articles may provide you with some ideas and thoughts relevant to the assignment preparation:
“Time to get the economics of environment right”
(Available at https://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/time-to-get-the-economics-of-environment-right-20150717-giejry.html);
World’s top 3 green and 7 out of Top 10 factories are now in Bangladesh (Available at https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/worlds-top-3-green-and-7-out-of-top-10-factories-are-now-in-bangladesh.465933/).
You will be required to read the recommended articles listed above, respond to all questions based on the articles and justify your answers.
For each question, it is important to bring in competing ideas before justifying your response in order to demonstrate your understanding of concepts relevant to the question.
Use wide research to gather evidence for your perspective. You must demonstrate your ability to understand and incorporate ideas from academic (i.e., peer-reviewed) journals and other information sources, and show consistent argumentation throughout (not a mere description). Use relevant theories and examples in order to substantiate your arguments.
Distribution of Length
The assignment
Response to each question should be between 700 and 1000 words;
Mandatory Referencing Requirements
It is important that the assignment reflects the student’s own understanding of relevant literature. An effective integration of these materials to the discussion is also vital that could primarily be achieved through the use of appropriate referencing.
Accordingly, at least 6(six) academic references MUST be cited along with other non-academic references such as articles from periodicals, newspapers and web pages.
Structure, and Formatting
The students are expected to maintain a high standard in presenting their works.
The paper must be well-structured and well-argued.
The clarity of expressions together with the appropriate use of grammar, spelling and punctuations are important to maintain.
Referencing format must strictly be adhered to (Harvard System).
As mentioned above, an appropriate structure must be maintained. An introduction as well as a conclusion is needed. Headings and sub-headings could be used.
Use appropriate pagination. 12 point font in Times New Roman should be used throughout. Double-spacing with appropriate margins on each side (at least 2 cm) need to be maintained.
use some graphs to illustrate.
Important Note
only Answer last 2 questions 3&4
3. In the context of the RMG industry in Bangladesh, do you consider “green factories” a new business model for growth (Article 4)? Please justify your answer.
4. Will sustainable and ethical RMG production in Bangladesh will help major retailers to become more sustainably and ethically responsible as well? Please explain.