Business

Initial Discussion Post (Minimum 300 words): Due Week 1: Sunday @ 11:59 pm EST Consider collaborative software that you presently use (or have used in the past) in a business environment. Describe the collaborative software. How did the use of the collaborative software affect the productivity of the business?  Does the adoption of new technology always improve the productivity of an organization?  Why or why not?  Please discuss. The initial post should be a minimum of 300 words and is due on Sunday at 11:59 pm EST.  Please be sure to utilize the reading materials (and any outside sources) to support your position(s) and include proper APA citation (in-text and reference list) in your post.

The purpose of this assignment is to assess personal value in light of professional goals. In the same way that an organization performs with greater intention and cohesiveness when its employees and stakeholders are all working with a communal sense of purpose toward a shared goal, you will be able to better and more successfully shape your future when you have a clear idea of who you are, the value you offer, and what you ultimately want to achieve. Your personal vision provides the framework for your goals by reflecting your aspirations for the individual you hope to become. And more concretely, your personal mission defines the areas in the industry where you intend to compete and the customers you intend to serve. Together, your vision and mission statements offer a foundational identity, defining who you intend to serve and in what capacity (your mission), and how those elements will help you shape your intended future (your vision). Based on what you have read in the study materials, develop your own personal vision and mission statements from the perspective of yourself as a business professional, supported by a goal plan that will enable you to achieve your vision in the next 5 to 10 years. Include the following in your 1,000-1,250-word response: Define your personal vision and mission statements. List a minimum of five SMART goals you will need to achieve to reach your vision and describe how these relate to your overall personal strategy. Identify significant personal standards or principles you hold and discuss how they guide, limit, or circumscribe your stated vision, mission, and goal plan. What do you need to do (or keep doing) to ensure that you reach your vision and achieve your mission? How will you monitor and modify your plan to measure success in achieving your outlined goals? How do the vision, mission, and values you have outlined create a competitive advantage for yourself in the job market? How would the leader of a business organization use these same elements to create competitive advantage in the industry? How is the process of setting, measuring, and modifying your personal vision, mission, and goal plan different from that required by the leader of a small company? How does this process differ from that required by the leader of a large corporation? Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Discuss the following in your main post: Thinking about your favorite company, compile a list of at least 3 competitors within the same industry. What organizational changes have the companies made in the last 5 years? What do you believe prompted those changes? In looking back at the changes the companies made, what do you believe would have happened if the employees had resisted the change? What steps should a company take to minimize the risk of resistance to change by the employees?

Summary of Chapter 3 and 4 of the attached reading (500 words) The simplest format for the summary would consist of a heading for each article, chapter or other text assigned, followed by brief paragraphs that answer the following questions:  What were the key points of the readings? What, if any, new concepts did you learn? How did the reading connect to key ideas in previous readings in the course or your particular area(s) of interest? What questions arose as you completed the readings?  You may include any information you find pertinent that is not covered by these questions.

Choose an article or video about an Organization Behavior issue related to business. Provide a specific example and answer the questions below. What is the Organization Behavior issue? How have these issues changed? What is the importance of organizational behavior (OB) in the workplace? What are the major behavioral science disciplines that contribute to OB? Use current APA formatting

The relationship between law and ethics has been subject to much discussion over time. Is there a common standard? Is one “stricter” than the other? In a well-written, cohesive essay, explore the relationship of law and ethics. As you do so, identify and discuss specific examples to illustrate each of the following: Law and ethics overlap in purpose and/or form (i.e., the law tends to enforce ethical standards or is parallel to societal ethics) Law is ethically neutral (i.e., law has no ethical purpose or content) Because law is developed through compromise, the law may actually be unethical (i.e. the purpose or effect of the law may be unethical) Develop a response that includes examples and evidence to support your ideas, and which clearly communicates the required message to your audience. Organize your response in a clear and logical manner as appropriate for the genre of writing. Use well-structured sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions of standard American English.

This is an Entrepreneurship class.  Think of a idea for a business. Product or Service? What is one resource or capability that you feel would provide a competitive advantage while producing this product or service? Put the resource or capability through the VRINE model test. Write up your process and work.

The assignment is to write a “MEMO” of a case study attached. The only source that should be used is the PDF attached.  MEMO should provide a summary, a conclusion and must answer the following questions: What are the costs of change? Include the: Benefits:  How would this benefit the client  Drawbacks: What can be some of the potential drawbacks of implementing this.    How will they be paid? Benefits:  How would this benefit the client  Drawbacks: What can be some of the potential drawbacks of implementing this.    Are there smaller items that can be implemented and expensed (timers etc)?  Benefits:  How would this benefit the client  Drawbacks: What can be some of the potential drawbacks of implementing this.

The First 2 steps have been completed, I will upload the document for you to use as a beginning point. I just need the last two sections completed. I have also included references that I have been using for this assignment.  Once you have selected two companies, write an analysis (1,000-1,250 words) that addresses the following: Compare the vision and mission statements of the two companies. What are the similarities and differences? How do you think these statements impact the culture of each organization? What servant leadership principles or values are either explicitly or implicitly apparent in the vision and mission statements of the company that professes to be servant-led? Explain how you see the principles or values expressed in the statements manifested in each company’s public reputation, and how they treat their employees in the services they provide, their marketing, etc. Provide a few specific examples to demonstrate your points. Do you think each company is living out the principles or values expressed in their statements? Why or why not? If the more traditionally led company adopted a servant leadership model, what revisions to their vision and mission statements would be warranted? Be sure to comment on your understanding of how such vision and mission statements can or should guide a company’s treatment of its employees and clients. Include the vision and mission statements of the companies you selected in your analysis. You are required to locate four articles that support your selected organization’s vision and mission statements. Two of the selected articles must be peer-review journal articles. Include information from the articles in your discussion.

Why are systems for collaboration and social business so important and what technologies do they use? Explain the benefits of collaboration and social business. Describe what organizational culture is necessary for business processes and collaboration.