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Identify the trends that are currently happening in hotels’ food and beverage operations. Describe in detail each of these trends in a Word document, by respecting the following format: Times New Roman, 12-point font size, 1-inch margins on all sides, single-spaced.
I am expecting you to present trends regarding each of the 3 major revenue sources of hotel F&B operations, namely: À la carte dining; room service; and banquet operations.

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If you were a Google executive, how would you balance the privacy rights of the individual with the public’s interest to know and the right to distribute information?

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Obamacare Appeal 

Thesis Statement:
The Affordable Care Act raised insurance premiums significantly due to the increased coverage; however, given that it ensures that millions of Americans have access to health insurance and should remain in effect. 

Introduction:
Insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to anyone with pre-existing conditions nor raise premiums due to these pre-existing conditions. The act has also expanded the coverage of Medicaid to America’s low-income population. These coverages that a large population of Americans now have access to should not be taken away.

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You and your lifelong friend are partners together in the promotional materials business. That is, when marketing firms and their clients begin advertising or public relations campaigns, they come to your company to obtain the materials and products that would support the ad campaign. Examples of the materials and products you supply are printed posters, signs, T-shirts with printed logos, key chains, and other such items. You supply these items by procuring them from other sources or in some cases you manufacture them using various equipment in a warehouse you use near the center of the city. Your company’s name is WePROMOTE.

You and your business partner are planning the next major project for your company. The project is a significant step in the growth of your firm in that the project will generate cash inflows into the firm for many years into the future. However, there will be a large investment of funds required by the firm to launch the project. The planning is in its preliminary stages where the numbers and other data are gross estimates. Despite the “fuzzy numbers”, you and your partner still need to decide whether the project will be worth pursuing.

The following is some of the estimated data you have:

You both decided to finance the project using your own funds.
The cost of the equipment will be $80,000 and this cost is incurred prior to any cash is received by the project.
The expected cash inflows are the most variable of the estimates. Your partner is convinced that the firm will receive $14,000 annually for 7 years. You have your doubts. You think it is more reasonable that there will be cash inflows of $14,000 in year 1, then inflows of $16,000 from years 2-4, and then inflows of $17,000 for years 5-7.
You both agree that after 7 years, the equipment will stop working and can be sold for its parts for about $5,000.
You both consider a discount rate of 7% but remain open to other future possibilities.
You trust your partner’s instincts and agree to start analyzing the feasibility of the project. The first step is to perform net present value (NPV) calculations for the project using your partner’s estimates and then using your estimates.

Requirements of the paper:

Perform the two NPV calculations and provide a narrative of how you calculated both computations and why. Your answer must be justified.
Present your calculated answers in schedule format (a table) along with your narrative. Microsoft Excel is also recommended for calculating and creating a table (your schedule). 
Then provide a summary conclusion on whether you should continue to pursue this business opportunity.
Finally, assuming your partner remains unconvinced of your conclusion, present relevant points of your analysis that you believe are compelling and persuasive in supporting your position.
Papers will be assessed using the following criteria:

Accurate NPV calculations are provided
A narrative that fully explains how NPVs were calculated and why is included
A clear, logical summary and conclusion is given
A compelling and persuasive analysis in supporting your position

You must have 5 cited references.

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Create the Final Strategic Plan. The Final Strategic Plan contains the elements of all the previous weeks' components and incorporates instructor feedback. The strategic recommendations will be evaluated and the best options chosen for recommendation. The final strategic plan should contain: 

    Table of Contents
    Executive Summary (350 to 700 words)
    Company Background
    Mission Statement
    Vision Statement
    Value Statement
    Environmental Scan
    Internal and External Environmental Analysis
    Strategic Recommendation
    Implementation Plan
    Organizational Change Management Strategies
    Risk Management Plan
    Conclusion
    References


Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with visuals and speaker notes to present the strategic plan, summarizing all relevant elements from previous weeks. The objective is to sell the strategic plan to investors or company directors. 

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Answer the following question with a minimum of 3 scholarly sources in APA format.

Topic: There is a common phrase in business: "Cash is king." "Cash flow is the life-blood of a company. Without it, a company will fail" (Hicks, 2012). Yet, companies often have to take risks that could potentially jeopardize their cash flow (e.g., new projects, growth, capital budgeting, etc.). Assume you are the CFO of a struggling company. While you do have a positive cash flow, it is minimal at best. If something does not change soon, the company will go under. Fortunately, your product development team has just created a new product that will not only save the company from financial demise but will also revolutionize how the industry does business. The problem is that the product is still 2 years away from being able to be sold to the public, and you will run out of cash within the next 6 months. How would you propose obtaining the funds needed to keep the company alive and thriving for the next 2 years until you are able to see a return on the product development? How would you keep the stakeholders happy?

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you work as a communication specialist at Warby Parker, reporting to co-CEO David Gilboa. Using the skills you’ve been practicing in this course, respond to this challenge:

You’re helping Gilboa prepare a report about the company. Gilboa characterizes the report as a “public business plan,” in that it will discuss the company and its objectives, strategies, and operations without disclosing the sort of confidential information that a typical business plan includes. The secondary audience includes potential investors, employees, and business partners.

To help overcome shoppers’ reluctance to buy eyewear online, Warby Parker offers Try-On in the stores, giving them to opportunity order five pairs of frames, try them on in the stores, then decide which pair they would like to order. This gives shoppers lots of time to try on the frames they are considering and get the opinions of family and friends.

On the job (Internal, Unsolicited Proposal)
Write a 3-5 page internal proposal to your boss or supervisor. Select one of the topics below listed as A-D, and make sure to include it as one of your headings. Remember to include additional headings or sub-headings for each section in the proposal that explain this program- i.e. Background, Solution, Recommendation. Make sure to correctly identify and analyze your audience, as well as any possible secondary audiences. Usually, the person to whom you submit your proposal is in a position to order the implementation of the change recommended.

A)Home Try-On: Making online shopping even better than in-store shopping.
B)Home-Try On: Our tried and true way to eliminate the risk of buying eyewear online.
C)Home Try-On: Now you can try on five frames in the comfort of your own home.
D)Home Try-On: How we can reduce a major perceived risk in the Warby business model.

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Please pick one of the three following questions and respond. 

1-Why do you think you need to understand the MOV and MVP? How does understanding project goals help you excel in your work? Explain with reasons.
2-Explain how your roles and responsibilities change as you understand "Technology is a tool for business and not the business itself."
3-Your prospective employer in an interview asked you to give a SWOT analysis on skills and competencies for personal growth from a specific project you have listed in your resume. How will your respond?

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Choose a publicly traded company that you are familiar with, (Facebook) and go to the selected company’s website and look at their annual report (10k). If you prefer, you may also go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database and download the annual report. In researching the company, determine the company’s critical success factors. In a thread of 400 words, explain what you believe the critical success factors are, and what the company needs to do to either gain a competitive advantage, or maintain their competitive advantage. Your thread must include 2 scholarly resources

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Review pp. 145-155 in Belasen's Women in Management 
and use the Trusted Leadership survey to create your own profile (actual and desired using Excel spreadsheet). Discuss your strengths and weaknesses and describe your plans for improving your overall profile. What are the challenges associated with sustaining your desired profile? Are there any similarities or differences between this profile and your CVF profile (which you took at the start of the term) and your personality traits profile (module 1)?  Can you think of a mentor, coach or role model to help guide your improvement efforts?
Remember to add your charts.

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Use the following link to access the article, "Creating a Purpose Driven Organization" by Robert Quinn and Anjan Thakor.  

Link - https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/712920 (Links to an external site.)

You will find 5 cases and articles provided here, which have been paid for already.  You only need download them from the Harvard Business Publishing site.

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Assignment Instructions
Re-read Chapter 12 of your textbook, A Foundation in the Principles of Management.  In a minimum 2- page, double-spaced paper, answer the following questions and support your answers:

As you follow Gerry Anderson through the process of improving employee engagement in his workforce at the start of the article, do you relate more to Anderson in his view of employees before the mentoring he received from Major General Joe Robles or afterward?  Explain.
How does the framework presented in the article compare to that of the leadership approaches presented in Chapter 12 of our textbook?
A minimum of 3 textbook or other citations in support of your plan must be incorporated.  No direct quoting will be allowed; all wording must be paraphrased and your original content.  Your writing should clearly demonstrate your ability to analyze business scenarios, problems, and possible solutions.  Graduate student quality writing is expected and required.  Citing and references should be APA style.  Errors with grammar, punctuation, and/or citing will be cause for mark down.