Choose one of the following topics
Post a response to the following:
Provide the names of the two Walden Sports employees you selected and explain how they differ in their commitment to the organization. In your analysis, explain how they differ or are similar on all three components of organizational commitment: affective, normative, and continuance or in other words, affection for the job, fear of loss and sense of obligation to stay. Finally, explain one potential positive consequence and one potential negative consequence of each employee’s organizational commitment.
Conduct a strategic analysis using the Executive Summary template. Prepare and submit a three-page executive summary that discusses what strategic alternatives are available and provide a recommended strategy.
Synopsis of the Case: The content of the synopsis should present relevant background facts about the case under examination.
Relevant Factual Information about the Problem or Decision the Organization Faced: State the precise problem or decision the organization faced. The section should include information that addressed the business issue under examination. This section should be no longer than a single paragraph.
Explanation of Relevant Concepts, Theories and Applications Derived from Course Materials: This section should be the bulk of your paper. Analysis of the business problem or decision in light of the course concepts must be presented, as well as the business lesson another organization could learn from this situation. Besides citation to the text, learners must conduct research in the University library related to the top. Citing the textbook only is not enough to demonstrate you understand and can apply the course objectives. Here is where comparative and contrasting positions should be considered and examples and illustrations provided.
Recommendations: Provide logical recommendations to address the business lesson identified above. The recommendations need not to be specific to the organization examined, but should consider how other organizations, if similarly situated, could lessen the impact of the problem or decision identified. Recall, that the organization under examination has already moved pasted this problem so any recommendations made, at this point, are fruitless. The focus of this section should be on what other companies should be aware of to address similar problems or decisions. Citation to the textbook alone is insufficient for analysis in this section. Learners should conduct research in the University’s library to support their positions. Depth of scholarship is not demonstrated by providing personal opinions alone, but by using examples, analogies, comparison and illustrations from the academic literature. Not only does this synthesize the material to assist the reader’s understanding, it is an effective way to present the academic sources and extend the discussion of your ideas. This section should be a paragraph or two.
Alternative Recommendations: This section is not a continuation of the prior. Provide suggestions for how to avoid the problem or decision the examined organization faced. Analysis here should be may be forward- thinking, predictive or, most likely, preventative in nature but tied to the thesis statement. Again, opinion is insufficient to provide the required academic analysis. Sources, other than the text, must be provided to sustain the statements made. This section should be a paragraph, at most.
Conclusion: End the assignment with a summary of the important points made in the document. No new information may be presented. Writing a conclusion can be done by rewording the opening or reformulation the topic sentences of each paragraph to make a summary for the reader. This section should be a paragraph, at most.
Write a sales proposal as a collaborative group, similar to the one in Figure 13.6 (pages 537–539), on one of the following services or products or on a topic your instructor approves:
a. providing exterminating or trash removal service to a store or restaurant
b. supplying a hospital with rental tablet devices for patients’ rooms
c. designing websites or blogs
d. obtaining temporary office help or nursing care
e. supplying landscaping and lawn care work
f. testing for noise, air, or water pollution in your community or neighborhood
g. furnishing transportation for students, employees, or members of a community group
h. offering technical consulting service to save a company money
i. digging a well for a small apartment complex
j. supplying insurance coverage to a small firm (five to ten employees)
k. cleaning the parking lot and outside walkways at a shopping center
l. making a work area safer or greener
m. preparing an IT seminar or training program for employees
n. increasing donations to a community or charitable fund
o. offering discounted memberships at a fitness center
This will be an outside communication, so you will need to format the proposal as the type of document used for external communications.
For this assignment, read the article indicated below that discusses the differences between the generations within the workplace and how to develop interpersonal skills for better employee involvement and interaction with fellow employees. Also, this article identifies how the values are placed upon each generation (Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers) and leads into how to better manage and involve the multiple generations within the workforce.
In order to access the resource below, you must first log into the Student Portal and access the ABI/INFORM COLLECTION database within the Online Library.
Kelly, C., Elizabeth, F., Bharat, M., & Jitendra, M. (2016). Generation gaps: Changes in the workplace due to differing generational values. Advances in Management, 9(5), 1-8.
Note: The birth year range for Baby Boomers in the article differs from the range found in the textbook (p. 41) and the generally accepted range of 1946-1964.
Complete the article review by showing your understanding of the article’s contents by addressing the questions and directives below. Your paper should be a minimum of two pages, not including the title and reference pages. The following are questions and directives to be used in completing the review:
Be sure to apply the proper APA format for the content and reference provided.
Q1 What are support departments, and why are their costs allocated to other departments? What process is used to allocate support department costs?
(1.5 Marks, week 10 materials)
Q2 How are joint costs allocated? Explain and analyze using numerical example.
(1.5 Marks, week 11 materials)
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Q 3 How are budget variances calculated and used as performance measures? Provide numerical example?
(2 Marks, week 12 materials)
