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Qualities of an effective leadership in the Real Estate Industry

Definition of the topic
Why is it important
What has been found in the past years
What are the implications for managers
What was learned about the topic researched

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Description of the requirements:
1. You need to use regular term paper format (include: Title Page, Executive Summary, Body, Conclusion, and References).
2. Length: ~5 pages EXCLUDING title page and references.
3. Stick to bullet points for all the points you make.  CEOs of real companies do not want to read extremely long assessments.  Learn to make your statements very dense on information.  

Scenario: You need to evaluate the following:
• Choose a company that specializes in green/environmentally friendly technology based in BC.  You are the International Marketing Manager for this company (not an American company operating in Canada, but a company founded and based in Canada).
• You must describe the types of products or services the company sells and give a brief background on the company (NO MORE THAN ABOUT 100 WORDS).  
• Assume that the company is interested in broadening its opportunities in a foreign country. You must make a decision as to what country to expand into and outline why you chose that country based on the concepts learned in class.
• You must choose what strategies to utilize for that expansion and how you will generate increased revenue, and you must outline WHY you chose those strategies, based on the concepts learned in class and in the textbook (concepts from Chapter 1 to Chapter 10, as the assignment is due Week 8 so we will only have covered these Chapters up to the end of Week 7).
• Remember you should also discuss how these strategies affect your marketing mix (“the 4 P’s). What do you recommend in terms of product, price, promotion and place decisions?
• It is highly recommended that you utilize at least 5 concepts from the course and textbook to explain and justify the strategies you recommend for that expansion.
• Some concepts to consider (but not limited to): economic conditions, regional market characteristics, cultural environments, trade regulations, market segmentation, positioning, PESTLE analysis, etc.
• You can cite, word for word, NO MORE than 100 words in this assignment (and properly cite your source). Anything more will be considered plagiarism – even if you properly cite the source. The reason: you are expected to explain your reasoning and the concepts you use IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Copying and pasting is not the goal of this assignment, nor is it the goal of this course

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why economics is important

Write a 2-page reflection paper incorporating the following concepts in your response. You must talk about each one below specifically:

Risk
Micro vs. Macro Economics
Global Economic Trends
Ethics
Interpreting the Business Environment (Competition; Regulations; Economic; Technology; Social - talk about all 5)
What to incorporate in your paper: why economics is important and what you have learned from the assigned readings and videos.

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Write a 2-4 page essay explaining the role of management in ensuring the mission and vision of a department. Incorporate the following in your paper:

Describe each of the following four managerial responsibilities needed to be successful in public safety service. Provide a specific example in the department that illustrates each of these responsibilities.
Planning
Organizing
Directing
Controlling
Describe how management can ensure the mission and vision of the department is being met.
Apply the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness by measuring performance in the organization.

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The capital markets and the ability to raise funds for corporate uses are essential to the U.S. economic systems.  For this assignment, imagine that you have $25,000 to invest in U.S. companies. You are buying used stock. The company got the money when it issued the stock originally. You will be buying it from an existing owner.

You are investing, or buying the stock, because you believe the company will make money and pay you a dividend in cash. Each share of stock that you buy entitles you to any dividend declared and a vote at the annual stockholders’ meeting.

The stock also allows you the ability to earn your money back by selling the stock. Of course, investing in stocks is risky and there is the possibility that the stock you buy will be worth less when you want your money back. The company is not obligated to give you any of your money back. You will only get your money back if another investor wants to buy your stock.

For your first journal entry complete the following:

    Indicate the companies you are investing in: Please use your knowledge and experience and select three (3) US companies that are publicly traded. Make sure you are practicing good diversification. Jim Cramer, Money Manager, on CNBC, plays a game at the end of his show called “Am I Diversified.” Check out a short clip to get a sense of industry diversification at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3lDxexupcE.

    Sources of Information: There are many ways to find such companies and the stock prices, including the New York Stock Exchange at http://www.nyse.com,  Google Finance at http://google.com, NASDAQ at http://www.nasdaq.com, and http://finance.yahoo.com.  
    Indicate the amount you are investing in each company: Decide how you will divide $25,000 across the three (3) companies; e.g. $10,000 in Company 1, $10,000 in Company 2, and $5,000 in Company 3. You decide the amount you are investing in each company. You do not have to provide any analysis to justify your decisions. You must only provide some reason for picking that company. For example, you might invest in Ford because that company gets a lot of your money and you hear that Ford is doing well, and will continue to do well.
    Indicate the number of shares you are buying, and the price of the shares you are buying for each company: Once you decide the companies and the amount for each company, determine how many shares you can buy. If Company 1 is selling for $42.16, then you may buy $10,000/ $42.16, or 237.19 shares. But you cannot buy a part of a share, so you decide to buy either 237 or 238. In this example you buy 237 shares, at $42.16 per share, investing $9,991.92. You won’t be able to buy exactly $10,000, or $5,000, or $25,000, but it will be relatively close.

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Read the case "CASE 9-2 OFF-DUTY MISCONDUCT ( Lussier Case 9.2, p.338 - 339 ), and answer the following questions in no less that one paragraph each.  Include reference to the facts from the case and citations from the book:

Case Study 2 Questions

1.  May an employer take disciplinary action (including discharge) against an employee for illegal off-duty misconduct?

2.  Which particular employee rights discussed in the chapter may be asserted by the employee and his labor union representative in this case?

3.  What rights does the city management have in this case?

4.  When conducting an investigation of an employee’s off-duty misconduct, what are important factors for the investigator to consider before recommending disciplinary action?

5.  When considering disciplinary action for an employee’s off-duty misconduct, what difference would it make if an employee is or is not represented by a labor union?

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Look up, CASE 13-1 IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE BLING ANYMORE: BENEFITS AND PERKS—THE COMPETITIVE EDGE IN EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT

Read the case  "It Is Not Just About The Bling Anymore: Benefits and Perks – the Competitive Edge in Employee Recruitment ." ( Lussier Case 13-1, p.501 ), and answer the following questions in no less that one paragraph each. Include reference to the facts from the case and citations from the book:

Case Study 3 Questions

1.  Glassdoor reported that four in five workers say they would prefer new benefits to a pay raise. Why might that be the case?

2.  What factors should a firm consider when deciding which benefits to provide its employees?

3.  The top five most-demanded benefits include health care insurance, vacation/paid time off, performance bonus, paid sick days, and 401(k) plan, retirement plan, and/or pension. Which of these benefits are mandated/statutory benefits?

4.  Given the top five benefits mentioned in question 3, which benefits, although voluntary, once offered have certain statutory requirements? What are those statutes and requirements?

5.  Given the top five benefits mentioned in question 3, which benefits are voluntary?

6.  What are flexible benefit plans, and why might they have not come up as a top-five employee requirement?

7.  What trends and issues in health care noted in the text are discussed in the case as being key benefits for the top 20 firms?

8.  In examining the top 20 firms, which firm’s benefit most attracts you and why?

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Look up, CASE 14-2 YOU ARE NOT HURT? GOOD—YOU’RE FIRED! 

Read the case "You Are Not Hurt?  Good, You’re Fired!" ( Case 14-2 p.538 ), and answer the following questions in no less that one paragraph each.  Include reference to the facts from the case and citations from the book:

Case Study 4 Questions

1.  This case was a civil case. How might it have become a federal case under OSHA’s charge?

2.  How might ActioNet have not upheld their OSHA responsibilities?

3.  Although a federal investigation 2 days later indicated no wrongdoing on Yang’s part (he was called a “complete victim”), ActioNet took no further action in the matter. If these were OSHA investigators, under what category of violation might ActioNet be subject to penalty?

4.  Stress might have been the cause of Tymony’s intolerable conduct. Which cause(s) of stress might have accounted for his inexcusable behavior?

5.  What are the causes of workplace violence, and how might they help us better understand this case?

6.  What are the signs of potential violence, and were any exhibited in this case?

7.  What trends or issues in workplace safety apply to this case?

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Utilizing this case studies https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=frontiersinphssr respond to the  below to the instructions/questions; 

What background information on the organizations is important to know? 
What are the missions of the organizations in the case study?  How are the missions compatible or not?
How were employees affected by the merger? 
What successful strategies were used with employees to achieve a successful transition?
What other successful strategies were employed? 
What does the case study tell us about organizations adapting to change?

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Doing the Right Thing - If we know what is right, can we do it?

Week 3 Discussion

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Discussion #1: Doing the Right Thing - If we know what is right, can we do it?
After watching the Doing the Right Thing video, "If we know what is right, can we do it?" respond to the following questions.. The Discussion Forum Rubric will be used to assess your postings.

C.S. Lewis said that the mind can only govern the heart through the chest. By this he meant that once moral convictions have been learned and internalized, these convictions can reinforce our reason to enable us to control the passions.

Do you think that proper moral formation can assist reason in overcoming the passions and our capacity to rationalize our behavior, or is something more needed?

Have you experienced knowing the right thing to do, but not doing it? Or knowing the right thing to do, and doing it?

As you reflect on your past experience(s) with doing the right thing, what conclusions can you draw?

After watching the video and thinking about our ability to do what we know is right, what have you learned?

Describe at least one specific way in which you can apply what you have learned about doing the right thing.

Discussion #2: Leadership Traits
Read the following case taken from Chapter 6 of the Hughes et. al (2015) text, "Lessons on Leadership from Ann Fudge." Use the end-of-case questions to help frame your response posts.

Post a substantive response to end-of-case questions by 11:59 pm Thursday night. Include information from the weekly readings to support your response.

Post a substantive response to two peers by 11:59 pm Saturday night.

Please see the Online Discussion Forums section of the course syllabus for complete instructions. The Discussion Forum Rubric will be used to assess your postings. 

Lessons on Leadership from Ann Fudge

How do you rescue one of the largest advertising and media services firms in the world from a downward spiral? That is the question Martin Sorrell faced when his London-based WPP Group acquired Young & Rubicam (Y&R) in 2000. After many years on top, Y&R was starting to lose momentum—and clients. Kentucky Fried Chicken, United Airlines, and Burger King all decided to take their advertising dollars elsewhere. Sorrell needed to stop the exodus, but how? Sorrell decided a fresh face was needed and started a search for a dynamic new CEO to revitalize Y&R. He found such a leader in Ann Fudge.

Ann Fudge was formerly president of Kraft Foods. At Kraft she had been responsible for the success of the $5 billion division that included well-known brands such as Maxwell House, Grape Nuts, Shredded Wheat, and General Foods International Coffees. Fudge’s reputation as a charismatic leader who listens was a major issue for Sorrell when he went looking for a new CEO for Y&R. Among the talents Fudge had to offer was an ability to interact effectively with all constituencies of a consumer business. Mattel chairman and CEO Bob Eckert was Fudge’s boss when he was president and CEO of Kraft. Of Fudge, Eckert says, “She is equally comfortable with consumers at the ballpark, factory workers on a production line, and executives in the boardroom. She could engage all three constituents in the same day and be comfortable. She is very comfortable with herself, and she’s not pretending to be someone else. That’s what makes her such an effective leader.”

Fudge’s commitment to her work and to the people she works with is evident in the lessons she offers to other leaders:

1. Be yourself; do not feign behavior that you think will make you “successful.”

2. Always remember it’s the people, not you. A leader cannot be a leader if he or she has no followers. Be honest with people. Give them feedback. Put the right people in the right jobs. Surround yourself with the smartest people you can find—people who will offer differing perspectives and diversity of experience, age, gender, and race.

3. Touch your organization. It’s easy to get stuck behind your desk. Fight the burden of paperwork and get out in the field. Don’t be a remote leader. You cannot create a dynamic culture if people can’t see, hear, and touch you. Let them know you as a person.

4. Steer the wheel with a strategic focus, yet maintain a wide peripheral vision. Know when to stop, speed up, slow down, brake quickly, swerve, or even gun it!

Fudge had a difficult decision to make when she was approached by Sorrell about the position at Y&R. She was in the midst of a two-year break—after 24 years working for corporate America, Fudge had decided to take some time for herself. She had left her position as president of Kraft Foods in 2001 based not on her dissatisfaction with her job, but on a desire to define herself by more than her career. “It was definitely not satisfaction, it was more about life,” says Fudge about her sabbatical. During her two-year break she traveled, cycling around Sardinia and Corsica; she took up yoga; and she wrote a book called The Artist’s Way at Work—a manual for improving creativity and innovation on the job.

Fudge took on the challenge and has not looked back. In her tenure at Y&R she has worked hard to get Y&R back on top. She has traveled the globe to visit Y&R employees. She frequently puts in 15-hour days pushing her strategy to focus on clients, encouraging teamwork, and improving creativity. A major undertaking for Fudge is to bring together the various business entities under the Y&R umbrella to better meet client needs. She’s also trying to institute a Six Sigma method for creativity— looking for ways to increase productivity so employees have more time to be creative. Fudge’s hard work is paying off. Y&R has recently added Microsoft and Toys R Us to its client list, and if Fudge has her way, the list will continue to grow until Y&R is back on top.

1. Where would Ann Fudge be placed in each of the Five Factor Model (FFM) categories?

2. Consider the components of creative intelligence from Table 6.3. Identify the key components that have affected Ann Fudge’s success.

3. Ann Fudge decided to take a sabbatical to focus on her personal life. Based on her experience, what are the benefits of such a break? What might be some drawbacks?

References

Diane Brady, “Act Two: Ann Fudge’s Two-Year Break from Work Changed Her Life. Will Those Lessons Help Her Fix Young & Rubicam?” BusinessWeek, March 29, 2004, p. 72, http://www.internet-marketing-brandin.com/News/african_american.htm

http://www .brandweek.com/brandweek/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id1000506747

Discussion #3: Psychological Dimensions
In this exercise, you will assess two different aspects of personality. The first is a Myers-Briggs type test (the Jung Typology Test), which assesses you on four different continua.  The second is based on the Big 5 traits of the Five Factor Model of personality. First, assess your personality type as defined by the Myers-Briggs instrument, and examine the leadership implications of what you have learned. If you have not previously taken a Myers-Briggs inventory, one is available online (the Jung Typology Test) at no cost b (Links to an external site.)y clicking on the following link:  http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes1.htm (Links to an external site.). Second, assess your personality type as defined by the Five Factor Model. The attached document provides instructions and an explanation of the instrument. After you have taken both assessment, use the following questions to guide your discussion:
What were the biggest surprises (both positive and negative)?

What traits were you the highest on? Lowest on? What are the implications for your current job? Career goals? Leadership potential?

Do you think the scores reflect who you are? Are they accurate? If not, why not?
Your initial posting (due by midnight Thursday) should report your results and reflect on the above questions.  You should then respond to at least two of your colleagues' postings by midnight on Saturday. The Discussion Forum Rubric will be used to assess your postings.

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How has information technology supported the development of monopolies – Amazon, Microsoft, telecom companies?

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Rank importance of the issues for the company based on the business model canvas (i.e. do they impact significantly on any of the elements?) 
• Rank the importance of the issues for stakeholders (only those in the map) based on whether and how much the issue is impactful for them 
• Potential crucial stakeholders in the sector are customers, distributors, suppliers, employees, governments, NGOs, local communities 
• NB: If an issue is important for just one crucial stakeholders, then it is important! 
• Look at the slides of the class on the business model canvas (included on Blackboard) for typical connections between the business model and sustainabi