Business and Finance Homework Help

The Assignment Task

The main purpose of this assignment is to test your ability to explore, using own research findings, issues in social responsibility in-depth and in a way which is relevant to you.

You are required to submit a single document of no more than 3000 words (excluding all references) which has the following 3 parts:

a) PART ONE (ESSAY) – The first part of the assignment involves a substantial research element to replace the research work necessary to complete the reflective portfolio.

Sumantra Ghoshal (2005) has argued that the way MBA students are taught in US Business Schools has freed them “from any sense of moral responsibility” for the way they conduct themselves when at work. In the light of the range of high profile corporate scandals in recent years discuss the extent to which the scandals can be said to be due to failures of education systems.

Maximum 1500 words for this part.

(Ghoshal, S. 2005. Bad management theories are destroying good management practices. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4: 75-91)

b) PART TWO (ESSAY) – The second part of the assignment requires you to use appropriate theory/theories and examples to critically evaluate the phenomenon of whistleblowing. Your discussions should include a consideration of how socially responsible organizations ought to regard whistleblowers.

Maximum 1000 words for this part.

c) PART THREE (REFLECTIVE PIECE) – Write a conclusion reflecting on your learning about Business Social Responsibility (BSR) overall.

Here you should try to synthesise your learning about BSR overall. One way of doing this might be to compare/contrast the learning points from the key issues discussed in Parts 1 and 2, and discuss these in the light of key theories of BRS that you learnt in the module

You may also wish to consider if there are any significant aspects of BSR which have not been touched on in the module

NOTE – Since this is a reflective piece, your discussions/reflection could be written in the first person. However, you still need to provide evidence to back up claims (e.g., you could argue that your personal views/opinions on a specific issue are consistent with those of Author XXX (e.g., Freeman [1882])

Maximum 500 words for this part.

Please Note:

1. The THREE different tasks should be submitted as a single file, with the tasks clearly sectioned as Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 respectively

2. Parts 1 and 2 should be written in essay format. Correspondingly, you are expected to include title, introduction and conclusion for both parts. You have the option to use section titles for these parts of the task.

3. ALL references used for the different parts (1, 2 and 3) should be reported alphabetically at the end of the document. In other words, you only to have one “References List” section at the end of the final document.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes that are being assessed in this assignment are:
a) Evaluate the dilemmas faced by business organisations in confronting their corporate responsibilities
b) Select and use range of formats and styles to argue and counter-argue ideas in the area of Business Social Responsibility professionally, and delivered in such a way as to enable understanding and engagement by academic, specialist and non-specialist audiences.
c) Demonstrate, using a range of communication tools, an informed social awareness and sustainability consciousness

Your grade will depend on the extent to which you meet these learning outcomes in the way relevant for this assignment. Please see the grading rubric at the end of this assignment brief for further details of the criteria against which you will be assessed.

Word Limits

The maximum word limit for this assignment is 3000 words

In accordance with the Assessment and Feedback Policy, as stated in section 4.40 where a submission exceeds the stipulated word limit by more than 10%, the submission will only be marked up to and including the additional 10%. Anything over this will not be included in the final grade for the assessment item. Abstracts, bibliographies, reference lists, appendices and footnotes are excluded from any word limit requirements.

In line with section 4.41 of the same Policy, where a submission is notably under the word limit, the full submission will be marked on the extent to which the learning objectives have been met.

Assignment Support

Online support will be provided by your specific module tutor.

Generic Grading Criteria
You will find the generic grading criteria for achievement at University Grading Criteria. Also explained here are the meanings of the various G grades at the bottom of the grading scale.

Assessment Submission
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• Within one week of the original deadline – work will be marked and returned with full feedback, and awarded a maximum bare pass grade.
• More than one week from original deadline – maximum grade achievable LG (L indicating late).

At the second opportunity deadline (resits) work submitted late will be awarded a LG grade. There is no opportunity to submit work late for a bare pass.

Extensions
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The report will be an analysis of the strategic management of a specific industry sector (industrial steel fabrication and installation – steel buildings) on a global scale. You may base the report around a particular company, which may be your own employer but does not have to be, but you must relate it to the global operation of the sector, considering how it trades internationally, and how competitor businesses work. You will need to apply models such as SWOT both to your own company and to the sector as a whole, though you may apply different models to each if you feel that is more appropriate, for example a SWOT for your company, but Porters 5 forces for the industry.

Critically analyse a sector of industry relevant to your industry/specialism on a global scale.

Feedback on the one page layout that was submitted will be posted as soon as feedback is received.

2,475 words approximately
More than 15 high quality references (Books and Journal Papers)

hi I need 25 sample exam answers of about 300 words each on the topic of corporate strategy in the field of economics I can supply the case studies, lecture slides and of course the 25 questions that are required.

Assume you have just earned your master’s degree in finance and are now employed by the Cosmo K Manufacturing Group. Your employment is contingent on your successful completion of several tasks over the next four weeks and the successful completion of a comprehensive exam to obtain company certification in finance. Each week, you will be assigned projects of interest to the company that will test your competence in finance.

Gerry has decided that you need some experience in evaluating other firms in the marketplace. Accordingly, he has asked you to select any company listed on the NYSE or the NASDAQ. For your selected company, identify and download the most recent financial statements for the last three to five years, to include the following:

Balance sheet

Identify the predominant industry in which your company operates. Find the industry averages for that industry for the following ratios:
Current ratio
Debt ratio
Quick ratio
Debt-equity ratio
Total asset turnover
Profit margin
Inventory turnover
Return on assets
Receivables turnover
Return on equity
Calculate as many of the listed ratios for your selected company as possible using the financial statements you acquired.
Conduct a trend analysis for the last three to five years. What trends can you identify? What do they indicate?
Compare the ratios for the last common year to the industry averages. What conclusions can you draw regarding your company’s performance? What are your company’s strengths and weaknesses?
Identify the changes that need to be made by the company to improve its performance, as compared to the industry, on the basis of the ratios.
Conduct a DuPont analysis for your selected company. What conclusions can you draw for improving your company’s performance on the basis of this analysis?

I have started my first draft of my doctoral proposal(dissertation). I need the writer to look first at the following points before he/she starts writing the proposal:
1- Look at my initial draft of my proposal
2- Look at the Dissertation sample that I attached to follow step-by-step
3- Look at the HDM samples and examples that will be used as the methodology to create the model for the airline industry.
4- Look at the SNA (Social Network Analysis ) that I collected to create the analysis ( I have already used the VOSviwer and Citespace software for it) Please use them to include it into my proposal.
5- I have listed and collected many articles from the web of science databases to use for the literature review to prove my points.

My requirements are to create a full proposal, including the following:
• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Background
• Problem Statement
• Purpose (Aims, Rationale)
• Literature review including all the points and the areas:
• Payment Technologies
• E-Payment Technology history, etc..
• Fraud Prevention and detection system/software History
• Fraud impact the businesses/airlines
• Fraud impacts the economy
• Fraud challenges
• Chargeback impacts both e-commerce and e-payment
• Chargeback challenges.
• Follow the rest of the area needs to address in this matter from the initial proposal.
• Gap Analysis includes:
• Research Gaps
• Research Goal
• Research Questions
• Methodology:
• HDM model
• Case Study
• Research Design (Plan of work)
• Research Phases
• Data Collection
• Experts Identification and selection
• Experts Panel design
• THE INITIAL HDM MODEL (you need to identify this section by using the literature review), like the example and samples I attached.
• Research implication and expected contribution (Significance/Implications)
• Conclusion
• References (should be more than 200 resources IEEE Style)

What steps are required in developing an advertising program? In addition, how should sales promotion decisions be made? Discuss the guidelines for effective brand-building events and experiences.

In addition, journal articles are expected in your review and discussion.

In addition to the discussion post be sure to respond to two other student posts.

Analyze what the differences are between a merger, an acquisition and a downsizing.

Summarize why a company selects one option over the other. Assess the role of technology and innovation in your analysis.

Describe the human toll for each of these actions.

1. In Chapter 7 of Reframing Organizations, the authors discuss how to improve human resource management in organizations. One piece of advice they offer is “reward well.” They buttress this view by providing a quote from the successful CEO of Costco: “If you pay the best wages, you get the highest productivity …”

While it may seem self-evident that good pay yields good results, this view runs counter to what a number of significant thinkers believe. Click on the following links and read the short items they contain.

? Abraham Maslow, developer of the hierarchy of needs concept. 
? Frederick Herzberg, author of The Motivation to Work and developer of the hygiene-motivator dichotomy. 
? Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards. Click on https://webs.zd-cms.com/cms/res/files/385/Punished-by-Rewards.pdf to download an excellent summary by Robert T Whipple of Alfie Kohn’s book, Punished by Rewards. Read the entire summary (only six pages long), but focus your attention to Kohn’s seven principles, which are summarized on pp 2-4.

a. Common sense suggests that pay is a good motivator. The logic is: “You get what you pay for.”
i. Provide examples of three different career tracks where people clearly are not focused on earning high pay.
ii. For each of your examples, describe what the key motivators
b. Which of Maslow’s “needs” in his hierarchy of needs are most closely associated with the idea that “Pay is a good motivator”? which “needs” do not support this contention. Explain your answer.
c. Herzberg’s two-factor theory distinguishes between hygiene-factors and true motivators. Does the statement that ‘Pay is a good motivator” support the hygiene perspective or true motivator perspective. Explain your answer.
d. In his well-known book, Punished by Rewards, Alfie Kohn makes it clear that tying rewards (including pay) to performance often does not lead to desired behaviors.
i. Why does he believe this? Provide specific examples.
ii. Kohn does not reject the view that rewards (including pay) can yield improved performance under certain circumstances? According to Kohn, when can rewards yield desired behavior? What’s the problem with this

Complete an analysis of the key external factors that have implications for successful implementation of your organization’s VMO, strategy and goals/objectives. You will examine your organization’s industry and the competitive conditions/positioning affecting it now or likely to do so in the future. Submit your work in your assignment folder in the form of an approximate 2,000-word double-spaced APA-formatted paper. The title page, reference list, and any appendices are not included in this suggested word count. You do not need to include an abstract.
Your paper should address these topics:
1. A brief explanation of the industry (or industries) in which your organization operates as well as context for your organization’ current positioning.
2. Analyze the current conditions in your organization’s industry and in its relevant general environment and their likely implications for successful implementation of your organization’s strategic goals and related actions. Be sure to address the PESTEL framework.
3. Apply Porter’s Five-Forces Model to enrich your understanding of the environment in which your organization is now or may be operating. The Five Forces model should stress that this model is used to evaluate the industry, not your selected organization’s activities. The model should be used to isolate the dominant force(s) in the industry faced by all competitors and that produce the greatest threat to your organization’s profits and/or strategy. You should discuss how your firm can provide a defense against this threat or threats.
4. Describe your organization’s strategic group and construct a map to show its relative market position. Add in a discussion of your rationale for the grouping.
5. Summarize the threats and opportunities facing your organization gleaned from your analysis. (SWOT analysis) Submit the SWOT format in Table form and add in some narrative to discuss the threats and opportunities in more detail. Explain in your discussion (not in the table) why you selected them and how they relate to the VMO and organization’s strategy.
6. Evaluate the extent to which your organization’s current strategy appears a good match for the competitive conditions it confronts or any gaps that must be addressed.
7. Add in a strong conclusion that ensures the reader leaves your paper with a clear recap of your key points.
IMPORTANT: Do not just use someone else’s SWOT, Five Forces, or other analysis. We want you to think for yourself. Critically analyze your firm and write about your original conclusions. Again, imagine you have been asked by the organization’s CEO or top leader to offer an assessment of the organization and how well it is positioned (or not) to deliver on the VMO and strategy in the external environment. This is a critical element, stand back and offer thoughtful criticism and recommendations.

In the concepts reviewed in Unit 1 through Unit 4, it is important to understand that the full and proper application of the risk management process should generate a range of information and data that needs to be stored and reviewed, thus, establishing the need for an effective Communication strategy when managing a project. Development of your Communication approach includes understanding WHO your audience is, WHAT you need to communicate, and the OBJECTIVE you hope to achieve with the information shared.

Applying your understanding of how to effectively Communicate Risks and Plan outcomes in the scope of a project do you recall a time when important information was shared with you (public or private) and how you received perceived this information?

In your response, consider the following:

How did you receive the information? What is good or bad news?
Do you believe you were the right person to receive the information? Why or Why Not?
Was the communication approach taken effective? Why or Why Not?
If the tables were turned, how would you have approached the communication of the same information