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Business Management field
List five highly credible sources that help you understand the scope of a current and unresolved issue in your field and the audiences who have decision-making authority over it. (NOTE: To arrive at five great sources, you will probably review many more than that). One of those sources must be from a scholarly journal. The remainder can be from the major newspapers, trade publications, notable blogs written by credentialed authors, and high-end periodicals. 
Include sources that address the following aspects of research for Essay 2:
●    One source for background information about the issue (scholarly sources are usually good for this purpose)
●    One source that provides evidence about a potential audience, someone with decision-making authority over the issue you are investigating
●    Two sources that offer differing perspectives on the issue
●    One source the establishes why this issue is current and unresolved in your field 

For each of your sources, you must write a rhetorical précis, a four sentence summary or “annotation” that does the following:
Sentence 1 Name of author and title of work [publishing information, date, and page numbers in parentheses]; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as asserts, argues, suggests, contends, believes, reports, indicates, insists); and a "that" clause containing the thesis or main argument of the work.
Sentence 2 A brief but accurate explanation of how the author develops or supports the thesis, usually in the same order as was developed in the essay.
Sentence 3 A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an "in order to" phrase.
Sentence 4 An explanation of how this source is relevant to your research and why you chose it. 
Jane Goodall in "Primate Research is Inhumane" (Animal Rights: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Janelle Rohr. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1989: 95-100) argues that most laboratories using primates engage in inhumane practices. She supports her argument through detailed descriptions of lab environments and draws special attention to the neglect of psychological comforts which these primates endure until they sometimes become insane. Her purpose is to speak on behalf of the chimpanzees in order to persuade her readers to see that if we do not fight for improvements in lab care, "we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice." I chose this source because Goodall is a well-known subject matter expert and animal rights activist whose research shows animals can feel emotions, which provides an alternate perspective to other scholars who claim animals do not.  
After you annotate your five sources, list your academic discipline and your narrowed research question. 
Below that, write a two paragraph synthesis essay where you do the following:
•    Identify connections and differences you see among the sources you annotated
•    Explain how they are responding to ideas you see in other articles. 
•    Identify the leading candidate for your audience that emerged from your research. 
•    Cite the sources accurately using the documentation style appropriate for your academic discipline (MLA or APA). 

1. Describe your experience shifting from the “collection” mode of traditional college research to an inquiry, or questioned-based, approach. How did having a question to answer to guide your research affect how you conducted your search and how will this shape your research process in the future?
2. How did synthesizing the sources you included help you refine your research question and/or influence your choice of audience? 

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The Enron situation was one of the largest scandals in business history.  Enron was a company that dealt in natural gas and energy.  Kenneth Lay was the CEO during their rise.  In his tenor, Jeffrey Skilling was hired.  Skilling was a driven man who used illegal activities to drive profits and increase the share price of the company.  Another key person in their crimes was the CFO Andrew Fastow.  In addition to the illegal practices by management, their auditors Arthur Anderson were part of the scandal.  The United States Securities and Exchange Commission investigated and found numerous accounts of fraudulent practices.  The entity filed for bankruptcy in December of 2001.  Enron had 63 Billion in assets, making it the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, up to that date.
Enron encouraged and rewarded behaviors that fostered aggressive business practices.  In the pursuit of continuous quarterly profits, this behavior transitioned into illegal activities.  Part of the aftermath was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in which the senior managers in organizations can be found to be more directly responsible for an organizations fraudulent reporting.
In the Discussion Board this week, address the following:
- What role does Executive Leadership play in a large corporation's culture?
- How should entities monitor their culture?
- If Leadership knows of issues with their company's culture that may be put the organization at risk, what actions can they take to change the culture?

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You’re an operations executive chairing the Projects Committee for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.  You’re committee has been tasked with conducting a post-audit of the Project: Oasis of the Sea.  The committee is aware that the ship actual performance (financial) has fallen short of expectations. As Chair of the Projects Committee, you’re expected to prepare a report that outlines current status of the investment (project), and then present a plan to improve its performance in the foreseeable future.  You will want to gather relevant information (financial, economic, etc.); explore and evaluate alternatives that will bring the Oasis of the Sea into the “black”; and document your plan, on behalf of the Projects Committee, using sound arguments that are well supported, properly vetted, and logically presented. It is important that management carefully consider any potential ethical implications associated with their stated position. If there are any potential ethical concerns associated with your position, they should be identified and discussed in the final recommendation.The response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment. The document should be prepared consistent with the APA writing style (6th edition) and reflect higher level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and or evaluation).

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Post-Project Assginment: Product Development Teams  
  
Objective: Gain an appreciation for typical challenges and obstacles encountered by project managers. 

Introduction: Product development is often based on the integrated design of products and their manufacturing and support processes. This presents challenges as organizations have grown with sophisticated technology dispersed around the world. Product development teams in particular represents an opportunity to re-organize personnel involved in product development to facilitate informal communication, sharing of requirements, constraints and ideas early in the product development cycle. The outcome of product development teams delivers parallel design early in the process with consideration of the constraints and factors that impact the successful development of competitive products.. 

  

Deliverables: 

The post project for this lesson is required to be a minimum of 750 words that clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Post project essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (APAstyle.org). A minimum of three sources, at least two from the lesson, must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.  



Activity Details: 

  

Step 1: Read the Following Article  

Read the article on new product development teams.  

Edmondson, A.C., & Nembhard, I.M. (2009, Mar). Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges Are the Benefits. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 26(2), pp. 123-138.  



Step 2: Address the following  

Write an introductory paragraph that provides an overview of teamwork challenges and how industry trends relate to product development and the need for teamwork.    

  

Within the body of your paper, you will describe as the challenges and benefits of product development and learning in project teams. Be sure to address the following:  

Describe the two related trends that have increased the need for teamwork in new product development (NPD).  

Explain how continued growth in the use of teams plays a critical role in facilitating organizational learning.  

Explain how the use of new product development (NPD) promotes both internal and external organizational success.  

Explain how the use of teams in NPD enables and benefits the integration of expertise and information across the organization.  

List and describe the five primary challenges to teamwork in NPD  

What are some of the ways to overcome team effectiveness challenges in NPD?  

  

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For the conclusion paragraph summarize and synthesize what you have learned about the challenges and benefits of product development and learning in project teams.  

Step 3: Write your essay 

Write a 750 word paper that addresses all the points above. 

Use these writing guidelines: 

·        Include a cover page and references in addition to your required word count. 

·        Use correct APA format 

·        Double-space text 

·        Use size 12 Times New Roman 

·        Use section headings to organize 

·        Indent paragraphs 

·        Include in-text citations 

·        Use correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure and verb tense 

Reference
Rowe, S. F. (2015). Project Management for Small Projects (Vol. Second edition). Tysons Corner, Virginia Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Chapter 3 Managing and Leading Small Projects

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Project Assignment: Supply Chain Integration and Operations Management 

In an ever-increasing field of changes in business operating environments, agile organizations depend on speedy responses to market opportunities. Industry leaders appearing invincible five years ago are now struggling to recreate and reframe their organizations just to keep their head above waters, that is if it is not too late to stage a rebound. So how do organizations redesign their businesses to come up with timely services and products? Listen to the presentation below and review the website resources to understand how comparable experience in a supply chain organization develops cross-functional team strategy to increase speed in responding to the market, deal with more complex issues, build an organization-wide common focus on the customer and facilitate organizational learning. As you listen to the presentation, note the 10 factors that build the success of cross-functional teams and adds the importance of synergy and collaborative decision-making. 

Deliverables:  


·      7 slide Power Point Presentation

·      The post project for this lesson is required to be a minimum of 750 words in addition to the Power Point Presentation that clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Post project essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (APAstyle.org). A minimum of three sources, at least two from the lesson, must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.  

·      Both the 7 slide Presentation and the Essay must be submitted as a single document. With the presentation embedded in the document. If you are unsure on how to do this, follow this tutorial: Link or Embed a PowerPoint slide in a Word document.  If you are unable to embed the presentation add your slides after the references page.

  


Activity Details 

Perform the following steps: 



Step 1: View the presentation and read the resources provided to examine the concepts of cross-functional, cross-organizational systems and supply chain management. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of various systems for each. 

Topic 1: Cross-Functional Systems 

Topic 2: Cross-Organizational Systems  

Topic 3: Supply Chain Management 

Anjum, A., Kashif, M. Anjum, A. and Riaz, W. (2016) Makhodoom, H., Supply Chain Integration and Operational Performance: Moderating role of Organizational Culture.International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 6(12), pp. 644-667.  

Howes, D. (2012) Best Practice in Creating Cross-Functional Teams, British Columbia Organization Development Network (BCODN) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3v3fxjHXI

Cross-Functional Collaboration in a Culture of Continuous Improvement (2018) KaiNexus, Retrieved from https://www.kainexus.com/employee-engagement/cross-functional-collaboration. 



Step 2: Expand your internet search for supporting resources and respond to the following questions: 



How would you define quality and how is quality measured in a company or industry? 

What service or production activities are subject to external mitigation and impact supply chain processes? 

Identify the services activities that affect quality for customers, and relate these to the concepts of upstream and downstream processes. How are they subject to and those that cannot be controlled. How does the company resolve external factors that impact quality? 

What methods or process improvement strategies might you consider improving service or production operation?  



Step 3: Write a paper. 

Summarize the findings of your research in 750-word paper, multi-paragraph and a 7-slide presentation to be turned in for grading. Your paper should not be the same content as the slides but should elaborate upon what you learned about of one of the selected topics outlined and demonstrate how these three processes in an organization are integrated and merged to create a complete cross-functional system. Prepare your slide to highlight the key aspects of your analysis. Make sure you use case study examples of businesses that demonstrate these practices.  



Topic 1: Cross-Functional Systems 

Topic 2: Cross-Organizational Systems  

Topic 3: Supply Chain Management 



Use these writing guidelines: 

·      Include a cover page and references in addition to your required word count. 

·      Use correct APA format 

·      Double-space text 

·      Use size 12 Times New Roman 

·      Use section headings to organize 

·      Indent paragraphs 

·      Include in-text citations 

·      Use correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure and verb tense

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Project Assignment: Operations Management and Quality  

Strategic operations are not full- proof or the same for each company. Explore and research a large corporation, such as Starbucks, Southwest, etc.  What does it take for a company to align their operational processes with their business plans and mission? How does it measure or identify benchmarks for quality service and operations production? Create a 10-slide presentation to highlight the key elements or specific methods for improving performing and providing their service and their production?  Explain methods improvement or process improvement steps used to improve customer relations and supply chain system processes for this company. Answer the following questions in your review and summary report: 



How would you define quality and how is quality measured in this company or industry? 

What service or production activities are not under total control? 

Identify the services activities that affect quality for customers that are totally controlled and those that cannot be controlled. How does the company resolve external factors that impact quality? 

What methods or process improvement strategies might you consider improving service or production operations?  

Deliverables 


10 slide Power Point Presentation
The post project for this lesson is required to be a minimum of 750 words in addition to the Power Point Presentation that clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Post project essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (Purdue OWL). A minimum of three sources, at least two from the lesson, must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.  
Both the 10 slide Presentation and the Essay must be submitted as a single document. With the presentation embedded in the document. If you are unsure on how to do this, follow this tutorial: Link or Embed a PowerPoint slide in a Word document. If you are unable to embed the presentation add your slides after the references page.

Activity Details  

Perform the following steps:  


Step 1: Create a slideshow presentation.  
Create a 10 slide presentation. Explain how the operating system is used to improve customer relations and supply chain system processes for this small business. 

Srinivasan, M. (2017) Southwest Airlines Operations- A Strategic Perspective. Retrieved from http://airline-industry.malq.net/southwest-airlines-operations-a-strategic-perspective/ 

Step 2: Write a summary paper of your findings, considering the questions above.  
Summarize the findings of your research in 750-word paper, multi-paragraph and a 10-slide presentation to be turned in for grading. You may use any presentation tool of your choice as long as you can integrate it into a single document with your essay submission.

Use these writing guidelines: 

·      Include a cover page and references in addition to your required word count. 

·      Use correct APA format 

·      Double-space text 

·      Use size 12 Times New Roman 

·      Use section headings to organize 

·      Indent paragraphs 

·      Include in-text citations 

·      Use correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure and verb tense 

Reference
Operations Management What is Operations from Porter, A., (2009) Albert Porter & Ventus Publishing ApS, pp.7-10

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Chapter 2: Corporate Strategy (25% of total mark) 
This should include an assessment of broad economic and political risk factors together with industrial economic trends. Frameworks such as PEST, Porter’s five forces, and SWOT may be useful here. It is also worth analyzing how economic conditions in the world, the country or the specific market affect the prospects for your chosen company. In some instances it will also be appropriate to consider how regulation and regulatory risk affect your company. 
Chapter 3: Financial Analysis (30% of total mark) 
This should include a financial analysis of both levels (e.g. sales, profits) over time and appropriate ratios over time and cross-sectional (i.e. comparison with main competitor(s)). Credit-worthiness assessment using bankruptcy risk models is essential. A company’s market value should reflect the market’s view on the company’s future profitability so examine share price performance over recent years. 
Chapter 4: Earnings forecasts and share valuation (20% of total mark) 
Explanation of how the EPS forecasts in the analyst’s report have been arrived at, with some explanation of the assumptions which underlie the forecasts. You should also explain how you have valued the shares in order to arrive at your investment recommendation. This section should use several forecasting and valuation models and you should comment on how sensitive your valuations are to using different forecasts and models. 

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Exposing the dark web. What it is, what you can do and how to protect yourself

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The impact of the cross-cultural consumer perception towards luxury goods. The case study of Hugo Boss

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Answer each question in a separate post before midnight on Thursday. You need to post a link in every forum regardless of whether you have Reader's Choice or not. 

Be aware that articles from "Investopedia" and "Wikipedia" do not count...you need to be more academic than that.

1.Do you think that passive management or active management makes the most sense for a young business executive with a long time horizon? Why?

2. What have you found that has worked and not worked well for your portfolio in Stock Trak Challenge 2 (stock and option only challenge)?
for question two points to consider for writing:
at first my portfolio did well, but then was at loss.
challenging to invest such a big amount in individual stocks.
the market has been unpredictable due to the pandemic.

selecting the common entertainment stocks that i was aware about did not do that well like google, snapchat, facebook, and Disney.

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For this assignment, you will interview a manager.  You will then write a short paper describing what the responses were from your interview.  You will use Zoom to interview a manager.

Each class member will be expected to interview a manager for a minimum of 30 minutes. 

The manager you choose is very important, so choose carefully. It is recommended that you do not interview your own immediate manager or supervisor as this can create an uncomfortable situation for you both. It is best to interview someone outside your own workplace. 

You will prepare a five (5) page paper double spaced, Arial 11 font describing your findings. You will turn in your field notes (notes taken during the interview), post your interview link, and your paper. 

    Interviewing a manger is your opportunity to actively apply concepts we have discussed in class.  Use this time wisely, so that you can learn as much as possible from the experience. 

In the additional materials, I uploaded field notes you can use, as well as the interview recording.

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Goal: The goal of this assignment is for the student to create a presentation that reviews a specific world religion, how location impacts the religion and the people, and deliver this information in the form of a presentation. 

Course Objectives: 1 & 2

Description: 

Based upon the information you have obtained through your studies of World Religions so far, you are to develop a creative Travel Show Slide Presentation playing the role of a Human Aid Worker who is seeking the involvement of additional voluntary aid workers to accompany you on a special mission to a certain locale throughout the world where your team will study one of the major World Religions in an effort to better serve the needs of the people in that region of the world.

Your Travel Show Slide Presentation should include the following components:

The clear identification of (1) one of the World Religions we are studying in this course.
A purpose statement and objective for studying this religion.
The identification and application of the most effective Method of Religious Studies will be used by your team.
The significant role geography plays within this religion and the impact it has on the people in this locale.
Your goal is to examine this religion and area of the world in such a way to generate excitement and service opportunities for persuading people to partner with you as members of your Human Aid team.
Be sure to always cite your resources according to the MLA Citation format in your slides and through the publication of a Works Cited Page to avoid plagiarism.

Your presentation can be in the form of any of the following formats or a format of your choosing. Please ensure that your presentation is accessible by your instructor by either uploading or linking to your project. Here are some free, online format suggestions:

Prezi.com
Infographic (visit "10 Free Tools for Creating Infographics" to gather ideas)
Storybook software like Storybird
A website like Google Sites
PowerPoint
Audio Voice-Over
Use of text


You will need to upload your Travel Show Slide Presentation in the correct file for presentation and final grading by your instructor.  The Rubric listed below will be used for the grading process. Please be sure to review it in advance so that you will have a good idea of the expectations for this Project.