Tag: Business Finance

All students will present the opportunity they have researched in units 4 and 6. This will include the business idea, how it fulfills a need for consumers, demographic and psychographic information of the target markets, the viability of the business from a social and financial point of view, and the growth potential of the business.

Submission Instructions

Prepare a paper that will be your script for your pitch and. Each paper should include an introduction and conclusion explaining the product or service and the decisions you made to include items within the script., should be 2-3 pages (double spaced), 2.54 cm margins (the default on MS Word), and 12 pts size . The paper should follow the APA guidelines for format and citation. In your assignment you should:

1. Identify the problem the venture will address and its scope.
2. Support claims about the problem with appropriate sources, including at least three academic sources such as books, juried articles found in the YU library.
3. Demonstrate the validity of the idea and identify what makes this a true opportunity.

Analyze existing inventory management and physical tracking systems in order to develop an inventory project plan that considers available cost savings, customer requirements, warehouse management and technology systems, and physical tracking systems (including asset classification and RFID options).

I’m working on a management discussion question and need an explanation to help me learn.

Discuss the primary techniques for collecting/gathering diagnostic data, identifying, in your opinion, which of the techniques is the most powerful and why?

Attached is a copy of the week’s research terms. Topics will be selected on a first come first serve basis. To claim a topic, go to this week’s discussion forum (below) and check what topics remain available. Select an available topic and start a new discussion thread by placing ONLY the topic in the Subject Line (do not put your name or anything else here). Leave the body of the thread blank and save the post. In weeks where there are insufficient topics for everyone; once all topics have been selected you may then start selecting from the entire list again. But there should never be three posts on the same topic – if so the last one posted will receive no credit.

After your topic selection, research your selected topic in the university’s electronic library from only academic (refereed) journals. You will need at least three journal references and the textbook. Start your research with the textbook so it always grounds your topic. When your research is complete post it in the discussion forum below.

Your research papaer should be at least 650+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced).

1. Structure your paper as follows:
   1. Cover page
   2. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.
   3. Purpose of Research should reflect the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the larger body of research.
   4. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
   5. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic.
   6. Conclusion in your own words
   7. References formatted according to APA style requirements

Assigned Readings:

Chapter 5. Investment Decisions: Look Ahead and Reason Back.

Chapter 6. Simple Pricing.

Chapter 7. Economies of Scale and Scope.

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Describe an investment decision you or your company has made. Compute the opportunity costs and benefits of the decision. Did your company make the right decision? If not, what would you do differently? Compute the NPV of the investment.

Prior to preparing your journal entry, review the Careers in Organizational Development Panel (Links to an external site.) video for an outside look at the role of the OD consultant.

During Week 1, you had a preliminary look at the OD consultant and the responsibilities they have during a change process. Your journal entry briefly reviewed your early understanding of the required skill set, and where your skills fit within that schematic.

Digging a bit deeper, Chapter 3 in the course text explains the details behind the practice. In addition, you researched and analyzed OD consultant job descriptions for an enhanced knowledge of the role.

Using this new knowledge,

• Develop a profile and description of your technical, interpersonal, and consulting competencies (current or desired).
• Include a paragraph explaining the role and style you will use for consulting.
• Prioritize the technical, interpersonal, and consulting competencies you might need to learn to be a confident and skilled practitioner.

The journal entry must be a minimum of one full page of content and provide pertinent and logical dialog related to the role of the OD consultant.

BUSINESS-LEVEL AND CORPORATE-LEVEL STRATEGIES

OVERVIEW

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for the assignments, Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness and External and Internal Environments.Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filing & Formspage, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.Use the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you do the following:

• Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
• Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
• Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
• Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
• Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:

• Determine business-level and corporate-level strategies for a corporation’s long-term success comparable to the competitive environment.

1. Review the Strategic Management Project Background document.
   Review the following terms and concepts discussed this week to prepare for this assignment:
   • vertical integration
   • taper integration
   • backward vertical integration
   • forward vertical integration
   • strategic alliances
   • global strategy
   • international strategy
   • innovation
   • Create a Word doc and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 4. (Be sure to download and follow the template that I provided for you in your welcome message. Use a Title page and a References page with at least three references. No running head is required, but do use headings to separate portions of your paper, and remember to cite your sources in the main body of your paper). Please no abbreviated bullet or numbered lists, express yourself in full paragraphs that are 3-5 sentences in length.
     Write a 525- to 700-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry:
   1. Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s “SMART” short-term and long-term goals.
   2. Evaluate how mergers and acquisitions in the last 3-5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance and affected its organizational goals. 
   3. Determine the most critical merger or acquisition that has contributed to Caterpillar’s performance and success in achieving organizational goals. Defend your choice.
   4. Evaluate the effectiveness of Caterpillar’s operational plan for global strategies (international, multi-domestic, global-standardization, or transnational). Include supporting research or data.

Using the Webster libraryLinks to an external site. to access the MMY (Mental Measurements Yearly) or TIP (Tests in Print) or other source identify and review a recent (within the past 5 years) selection instrument that you might use in your organization to help select the right individual for a position that you may have open in the organization. 

• Provide your thoughts on the validity and reliability of the instrument. 
• Discuss any challenges that you see to its use. 
• Remember to use the Eden-Webster LibraryLinks to an external site. and either the “Tests in Print” or “Mental Measurements Yearly” resources.