MB609 Activity 6 Small Businesses and Entrepreneurial Ventures

ACTIVITY 6

MB609 Capstone: Case & Industry Analysis

 

Lesson 6: Competitive Intelligence

 

Activity 6: Small Businesses and Entrepreneurial Ventures (100 points)

 

Although many small companies have a number of reasons for not using strategic management practices, strategic management is being used successfully by a growing number of them.  This Activity asks you to discuss the important issues for small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures under the headings of strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control.  To demonstrate your understanding of these concepts, respond to the following. Cite any sources you use in an APA-formatted bibliography. Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style.  (100 points) (A 4-page response is required.)

 

Part A        In terms of strategic management, how does a new venture's situation differ from that of an ongoing small company?

 

Part B        How should a small company engage in environmental scanning?  To what aspects of the environment should management pay most attention?

 

Part C        What considerations should small-business entrepreneurs keep in mind when they are deciding whether a company should follow a growth or a stability strategy?

 

Part D        How does being family-owned (as compared to being publicly owned) affect a firm's strategic management?

 

Part E        If the owner/manager of a small company asked you for some advice concerning the introduction of strategic planning, what would you tell her?

 

 

 

BZ420 Assignment 04 (2022)

ASSIGNMENT 04

BZ420 Human Resources Management

Directions:  Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.

 

Part A

 

As the new human resource manager of a multimillion-dollar service organization, you have been provided with a job description for new responsibilities.

 

For this assignment, please provide the following.

 

1.      A synthesis of three (3) environmental influences that affect the organization quantifying their impact and providing potential solutions for negative and positive influences.

 

2.      Create a brief job description for a specific job of your choice outlining the roles and responsibilities of this position. Next, design an employee-training program and outline its implementation for this position. Finally, provide an evaluation of the design and implementation of the employee-training program you have created.

 

Part B

 

You operate a small advertising agency.  You employ two secretaries, a graphic designer, three sales representatives, and an office coordinator. 

 

1.      Construct a multi-tiered approach for compensation for each position. What types of criteria would you consider when determining how to compensate each position?  Describe two (2) considerations for each position. Students may choose to present information in a spreadsheet or table format for organization and interpretative purposes.

 

2.      Evaluate the process and the associated outcomes for the approach you constructed. Defend the choices you have made including the type of compensation plan chosen for each position.

   

 

BZ380E Assignment 8 (2022)

Assignment 08

BZ380 Management Information Systems

 

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling, and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double‐spaced pages; refer to the “Format Requirementsʺ page for specific format requirements.

 

1.      Provide a clear description of an enterprise system and describe how it works.

 

2.      Discuss at least three (3) ways an enterprise system can provide value for a company.

 

3.      Discuss the importance of development and integration of information systems in project management.

               

BUS401 Week 5 Mini Equity Research Report

Mini Equity Research Report

Company: Nike Inc.

Many investment banks employ analysts to write equity research reports on public companies to advise their clients on their stock investments. In many cases, an initial equity research report is 20 to 50 pages long! For this class, you will focus on only three of the many important sections typically included in an equity research report. Thankfully, your Mini Equity Research Report will be much shorter than those published by investment banks!

In Week 1, you chose a publicly traded company to use throughout this class for the Mini Equity Research Report. In the first section of the Mini Equity Research Report, you evaluate the historical financial performance of the company (Week 1). In the second section of the Mini Equity Research Report, you evaluate the company’s performance using common financial ratios, and you compare the company to the competitor’s performance with the same financial ratios (Week 2). Finally, in Sections 3 and 4 of the report, you develop a value for the company’s stock and compare your value to the current market price of the stock (Weeks 3 and 4). Based on the analysis you present in these four sections, you will develop your recommendation to buy, hold, or sell the stock of this company.

It is very rare for one company to have only positive facts. Most companies have some good facts and some weak facts. In Sections 1 and 2 of the Mini Equity Research Report, you will analyze a variety of financial data for your selected company. As the equity analyst, it is your responsibility to combine the positive and negative facts into one recommendation (buy, hold, or sell). It is important to consider the importance of each fact and acknowledge that there is no perfect answer. Your recommendation should be based on the strength of the positive facts while recognizing the risks from the negative facts.

This week, you will write the introduction (including your stock recommendation) and the conclusion of the Mini Equity Research Report. In addition, you will revise the four sections from the first four weeks of class and combine them into this Mini Equity Research Report. Finally, you will submit your final Appendices A, B, C, and D with the Mini Equity Research Report.

 

Prepare:

Prior to beginning work on this final project,

• Complete the Week 5 – Learning Activity: Understanding Cost of Capital.
• Review the feedback you have received on your assignments throughout this course.
• Locate and revise (if necessary) all of your assignments from Weeks 1 through 4.

 

Write:

In your Mini Equity Research Report,

• Write an introduction. In your introduction, include the following:
• State the name of the company and a brief description of what it does.
• State the current market price per share and total market capitalization of the company.
• State two key historical financial performance facts about your company (you can ascertain this information from your Week 1 – Assignment 3, Section 1: Financial Statement Analysis).
• Categorize the overall financial performance as strong, neutral, or weak.
• Justify your assessment based on the key facts.
• Summarize (briefly) the ratio performance of the company.
• Categorize the overall ratio performance as strong, neutral, or weak.
• Justify your assessment based on the key facts.
• Determine the valuation conclusion based on the constant growth formula in Week 4, using the required rate of return derived from the CAPM.
• Determine your recommendation of buy, hold, or sell the stock of your chosen company.
• Include your revised Week 1 – Assignment 3, Section 1: Financial Statement Analysis.
• Include your revised Week 2 – Assignment 3, Section 2: Financial Ratio Analysis.
• Include your revised Week 3 – Assignment, Section 3: Dividend Analysis and Preliminary Valuation, Part 1: Dividend Analysis only
• Include your revised Week 4 – Assignment, Section 4: Valuation Conclusion.
• Write a conclusion. In your conclusion, include the following:
• Summarize the analysis that was completed for the Mini Equity Research Report.
• State your recommendation of buy, hold, or sell the stock of your chosen company.
• Summarize the key facts supporting your recommendation, including your concluded stock price.
• Include Appendices A, B, C and D.

 

Submission Format:

You need submit a total of five documents to Waypoint:

• Mini Equity Research Report
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D

 

The Mini Equity Research Report,

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length including any tables or calculations (but not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
• Title of project in bold font
• Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page.
• Student’s name
• Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Due date
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
• For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications. For help citing the information from Mergent, see the BUS401: Principles of Finance Research Guide.

          

MGMT479 Week 6 Discussion 9

The chapter describes the role of culture in the successful implementation of strategy. Consider an employment experience of your own or of someone you have observed closely (e.g., a family member). Describe to the best of your ability the values, norms, and artifacts of the organization. What was the socialization process of embedding the culture? Do you consider this to be an example of an effective culture for contributing to the organization’s competitive advantage? Why or why not?

  

MGMT479 Week 6 Case – UPS in India – A Package Deal

Case Study Assignment 4

Case Study Assigned: UPS in India – A Package Deal?

Overview

This is your fourth case study assignment out of four. For this assignment, you will need to access the full-length case study you have been assigned at the top of this page within your Case Studies E-Book. You are required to read and analyze this case study.

Your analysis must:

• Describe the company’s organizational culture and present evidence from the case to support your opinion. At a minimum, include discussion about the company’s values, norms and artifacts, as it relates to their culture.
• Describe the company’s organizational structure and present evidence from the case to support your opinion. At a minimum, the discussion should touch upon the building blocks of an organizational structure (specialization, formalization, centralization and hierarchy.
• Discuss whether or not you believe the organizational culture and structure align with the organization’s ‘strategy’. Explain your rationale.
• Provide a total of four findings of fact; 1 from the following four functional areas of business:
• Management
• Marketing
• Finance or Accounting
• International Business
• Provide a full justification and recommendation for each finding of fact (minimum of 1 page)

       

MGMT479 Week 5 Discussion 8

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) have an impact far beyond their firm boundaries. Assume you are working for a small firm that supplies a product or service to an MNE. How might your relationship change as the MNE moves from Globalization 2.0 to Globalization 3.0 operations? Being a “small firm”, what are some examples of how this relationship change could potentially benefit the company? How might the change affect a small supplier in a negative way?

  

MGMT479 Week 4 Discussion 7

When Walmart decided to incorporate grocery stores into some locations and created “supercenters,” was this a business-level of differentiation or a corporate strategy of diversification? Explain your answer. In your opinion, was this a wise move, or not? Why?

    

MGMT479 Week 4 Discussion 6

Describe a firm you think has been highly innovative. Which of the four types of innovation – radical, incremental, disruptive, or architectural – did it use? Explain? Did the firm use different types over time?

  

MGMT479 Week 4 Case 3 Amazon.com

CASE: Amazon.com

Overview

This is your third case study assignment out of four. For this assignment, you will need to access the full-length case study you have been assigned at the top of this page within your Case Studies E-Book. You are required to read and analyze this case study.

Your analysis must:

• Describe the company’s current Value Chain. (minimum of 1 page)
• Identify and explain/justify any changes to the Value Chain you think are appropriate. If no changes, explain why not. (minimum of 1 page)
• Provide a total of four findings of fact; 1 from the following four functional areas of business:
• Management
• Marketing
• Finance or Accounting
• Management Information Systems
• Provide a full justification and recommendation for each finding of fact (minimum of 1 page)