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Chapter 7: Mass customization of products has become a common approach in manufacturing organizations. Explain the ways in which mass customization can be applied to service firms as well. Provide a biblical application.Please use a minimum of 3 peer reviewed journals as your sources. Dissertations cannot be used. 

a.     Identify the company’s business model ( how they make money). Give a short history and overview of the firm’s products. b.     You need to do an internal analysis of the firm. Identify their resources and capabilities, and describe their leadership, culture, organization structure, and core competencies. c.     Analyze their current position in the market (market share) and determine what they have in their “luggage or not.” Discuss the major issues facing the company internally. Use the models of Value Chain,  Business Model Canvas, VIRO and RBV perspective. d.     Tie the  company’s performance using financial and other measures that to the abilities of the firm. You will need to utilize your  financial analysis for some of the data necessary to understand  how  well the firm is doing.   Exhibits that should be attached to the report Value Chain, and VRIO for the firm. It is the quality of data and interpretation which matters. Exhibits should be referred to and discussed in the report. Do not just repeat data, instead analyze and tell your boss what the data means. Use headings to help organize your report. Please make sure you use terms developed in class and from the book. You need to cite your sources of data. Use end notes to cite your sources. Be consistent in your format. You may also include a reference page.  The Maximum length is 8 pages with and additional 5 pages of exhibits. What you turn in for this assignment you should be proud to give to any boss.   The report is for a business audience and needs to fit a more business style of writing. Use the following web site for help if you are unsure about business writing style. Use headings to organize your work.   http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/buswrite/Business_Writing_Help.html   Exhibits, preliminaries, bibliography, footnotes and endnotes, and appendices are not included in the suggested page count.  Note that in several instances the Professor/Boss expects the use of exhibits, e.g., financial statements. There are multiple points at which “a graph will speak volumes.”  Or a summary exhibit will efficiently summarize a discussion.  The page count assumes 12-Point Times Roman font or equivalent,  with one-inch margins.  Double spacing is easier for the professor to read and make comments.  However, generally a professional report will be single (or perhaps one and a half) spacing.   A google.com search is certainly a beginning, but is NOT sufficient.  You must use sources such as Hoovers, Standard and Poor’s Net Advantage, Business Insight, Morningstar, ABI/INFORM, Books in Print (any books on the company, its competitors or industry?), Business Source Premier, EDGAR, Wall Street Journal,  Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, LexisNexis, Marquis Who’s Who, New York Times Article, Mergent, IBISWorld, and Wilson Business Full Text.  There are also hard copy references and specialty data bases at the library as well as other sources at local libraries.  Please make Limestone’s Business Reference Librarian one of  your best friends. Use either MLA or APA format for your Bibliography and make sure you include title, publication, and date.   Certainly the firm is more complex than we can do justice to given our time frame and limitations on our data/information sources.  As indicated in the introduction, the purpose of the overall project is to pull on as much of the perspectives as we have learned throughout our formal business training as possible in order to develop a robust understanding of a firm and its environment.  As the strategic consultant you  are working at very high levels in the firm to help the organization consider its current situation and what it can and should do to be better at achieving its vision/mission/ goals/objectives, an improved strategy, and a sustainable competitive advantage.  In actuality such a task would draw on both primary and secondary data and might take a consultant 18 months.

Company: HEINEKEN COMPANY 1.      Provide HEINEKEN COMPANY profile that includes mission/vision, and strategy of the organization Identify and evaluate the current Human Capital plan Based on your evaluation, propose a new human capital plan that includes An explanation the new organizational staffing process for that organization A description of the entire Employee Life Cycle (ELC) for your chosen organization A complete a comprehensive workforce analysis that also depicts the internal and external environmental factors that impact the workforce plan 4.      Newly created performance standards for the workforce and discuss how strengths and weaknesses will be effectively communicated. Be sure to discuss the performance tools that will be used to capture and track employee performance data and help management provide accurate feedback to employees. After completing the steps above, please explain how your proposal will improve HEINEKEN’s overall performance and increase employee loyalty/commitment to the COMPANY Requirements Your paper should be 8-12 pages in length  Conform APA 7th edition Include at least three scholarly

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the A Model of Global Citizenship: Antecedents and Outcomes article and watch the Globalization at a Crossroads (Links to an external site.) video. Go to the Ashford University Library and locate one additional source on global citizenship that will help support your viewpoint, or you may choose one of the following articles found in the Week 1 Required Resources:From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of ResistanceGlobalization, Globalism and Cosmopolitanism as an Educational IdealTransnationalism and Anti-GlobalismReflect: Please take some time to reflect on how the concept of global citizenship has shaped your identity and think about how being a global citizen has made you a better person in your community.Write: Use the Week 1 Example Assignment Guide when addressing the following prompts:Describe and explain a clear distinction between “globalism” and “globalization” after viewing the video and reading the article.Describe how being a global citizen in the world of advanced technology can be beneficial to your success in meeting your personal, academic, and professional goals.Explain why there has been disagreement between theorists about the definition of global citizenship and develop your own definition of global citizenship after reading the article by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller.Choose two of the six outcomes of global citizenship from the article (i.e., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world).Explain why those two outcomes are the most important in becoming a global citizen compared to the others.Describe at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the two outcomes you chose.Identify two specific general education courses.Explain how each course influenced you to become a global citizen.The Importance of Becoming a Global CitizenMust be 750 to 1,000 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style resource. (Links to an external site.)Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedFor further assistance with theformattingand the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).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 (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.Must use at least one credible source in addition to the two required sourceStatement s (video and article).The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning.Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide (Links to an external site.).Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.Before you submit your written assignment, you are encouraged to review the review the Grammarly (Links to an external site.) page tutorial, set up a Grammarly account (if you have not already done so), and use Grammarly to review a rough draft of your assignment. Then carefully review all issues identified by Grammarly and revise your work as needed.

The topic is : Critically analyze the relationship between sport and ‘globalization’, focusing on one or more specific dimension of globalization – e.g., migration, transnational corporations, mass media, the importance of global ‘brands’ and branding, etc. Instructors evaluate an essay in terms of several key characteristics.  If it fulfills all of these characteristics, it is an “A” paper or better; if it falls short in one or more of these areas, the mark drops accordingly. Papers will be assessed on the basis of the originality of your central argument, the clarity of your organization and analyasis, and the quality of your writing and research.  In general, first-class papers will have the following characteristics:   1) They will have a clear thesis statement, or central argument.  For example, “In light of the corruption associated with recent Olympic Games, they should be ended in their current form. Like the ancient Games, only a permanent site will maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of this event.”  Or, “The advances in women’s sport in the US inter-collegiate system have re-defined, but not ended, gender inequalities.”  The thesis statement should be clearly articulated in the introduction to your essay, so that the reader knows where your argument is headed.   2) They will be well-organized and argued. Your structure and analysis must be designed to support your central argument and theme(s).  An essay should flow logically and should not contradict itself or confuse the reader. Developing a clear outline of the paper BEFORE starting to write is extremely helpful.   3) They will be solidly researched.  Over-reliance on a couple of sources is poor scholarship and always dangerous: not only does it court plagiarism, but they may be poor quality sources!  Although it is perfectly acceptable to draw on reputable journalism (as well as electronic sources), you should have a strong base of high quality (peer reviewed) academic articles or books. Ideas (NOT just quotations) that are not original should always be referenced using a consistent citation format (APA, Chicago style, etc).  And assertions which are original must be supported with solid evidence.   In addition, the best papers show imagination and original thought.  Think about the problem/question for yourself, and read your sources critically: does their argument make sense?  Do you have a different—and better—explanation for the problem or issue you are addressing?   4) The quality of the writing will be high.  Careless writing weakens even the best-researched and most original essays. Moreover, it is easily avoided. If you know this is a challenge for you, seek the assistance of the Writing Workshop, and/or peers.

1. Marketing activities are often thought of in terms of building a brand. How would you determine whether a marketing activity really contributes to building a brand? Can some marketing activi- ties reduce the value of a brand? What activities could reduce the value of a brand and how would they do so2. Unlike tangible assets, brands are not included on the firm’s balance sheet. Why do you think this is the case? Can you think of any advantages to putting the value of brands on the balance sheet? Any disadvantages?

As important as compensation is to employees so is how compensation is communicated by the organization. As Chief HR Officer for the company what key ideas would you implement in the company to ensure communication of the compensation plan is effective? Be specific.Note: Your response to the discussion must be informative, be supported with research,  and follow the requirements set by this course.Vidceohttps://youtu.be/wZoRId6ADuo

For this policy brief, assume are a policy advisor at national think tank in Washington DC. You’ve been asked to write a policy brief on the impact of disability on economic security. Your report should:  describe how people living in poverty are disproportionately impacted by disability include recommendations for how the safety net can be improved for the most vulnerable adults (those who are incapable of earning income because of disability.) FORMATTING: For information on how to write an issue brief, see: http://www.pep-net.org/sites/pep-net.org/files/typo3doc/pdf/CBMS_country_proj_profiles/Philippines/CBMS_forms/Guidelines_for_Writing_a_Policy_Brief.pdf The paper should be a minimum of 3 pages (not including title page or references), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides. Use APA format for all citations and references. For help with APA format, visit the UMGC library at the following link: https://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/gethelp-citing.cfm If your paper does not meet the page length requirement, it will not be graded. Your work will be graded according to the following grading rubric: Criteria Excellent Good Fair Poor Missing or Not Acceptable Explanation of the factors that must be in place for economic security  5 points Excellent introduction that shows clear understanding of the issue Provides appropriate and correct citations 4 points Good introduction that shows clear understanding of the issue but with some minor omissions Provides appropriate and correct citations with some minor errors 3 points Fair introduction that shows some understanding of the issue but with some major omissions Provides appropriate and correct citations with some major errors 1 point Poor introduction that shows little understanding of the issue Improper or no citations 0 points No introduction or incorrect understanding of the issue   Explanation of why impoverished adults are disproportionately impacted by disability 5 points Excellent introduction that shows clear understanding of the issue Provides appropriate and correct citations 4 points Good introduction that shows clear understanding of the issue but with some minor omissions Provides appropriate and correct citations with some minor errors 3 points Fair introduction that shows some understanding of the issue but with some major omissions Provides appropriate and correct citations with some major errors 1 point Poor introduction that shows little understanding of the issue Improper or no citations 0 points No introduction or incorrect understanding of the issue Recommendations for how the safety net can be improved for disabled adults 5 points Excellent and appropriate recommendations offered to address how the safety net for disabled adults can be improved 4 points Good and appropriate recommendations offered to address how the safety net for disabled adults can be improved with minor omissions 3 points Fair recommendations offered to address how the safety net for disabled adults can be improved but with major omissions 2 points Poor or unclear recommendations offered to address how the safety net for disabled adults can be improved 0 points No recommendations or recommendations are not relevant to the topic   2 points Written in the form of a policy brief 1.5 points Written in the form of a policy brief, but with some errors or omissions 1 point Written mostly in the form of a policy brief, but with some major errors or omissions 0.5 points Not written in the proper format, but policy is the primary focus of the work 0 points Not submitted or not written in the form of a policy brief and policy is not the primary focus of the work Quality of Writing 3 points Clear, concise and well-written No composition or mechanical errors  Correctly uses APA format for all citations and references 2.5 points Mostly clear, concise and well-written Few composition or mechanical errors Correctly uses APA format for all citations and references with only slight errors 2 points Somewhat clear, concise and well-written Several composition or mechanical errors Uses APA format for all citations and references with some major errors 1 point Difficult to read due to composition or mechanical errors Does not use APA format for all citations and references but some citation style is in evidence 0 points Does not use any recognizable formatting style Missing citations and/or references

compose a 3-page document in which you: MARKET STRATEGY MUST BE HEALTHCARE RELATED *******Describe your objectives.Describe your overall marketing strategyExplain the types of services you will offer.Justify your pricing decisions.Identify your location choice.Explain your promotion strategy.Develop an understanding of the process of strategy formulation.Begin to think about the core strategy that will be employed for a successful practice.Develop the ability to develop a mission statement appropriate for the type of practice decided on.

why might some supervisors prefer the presence of a formal grievance procedure rather than handling all employee complaints as they arise? What is your experience with grievances or complaints at work or school?