Management

Week 1 Assignment 2 (Project) Project Week 1. Scenario: You have been approached by someone who is trying to figure out whether to pursue a business degree or an engineering degree. The person can afford either one, and the person likes both topics equally well. Your job is to focus on ROI. The central question for you to answer in this course is which major, business, or engineering, will give this person a better ROI? In this data set – the ROI data set – for 2 different majors (Business and Engineering), you are given a sample of the 20 best colleges according to ROI (ROI = Return on Investment) and their ‘School Type’, ‘Cost’, ’30-Year ROI’, and ‘Annual % ROI’.  The Week 8 project is completed in part every week. Each week, one section is due.  If you do each week’s project and adjust it if necessary with the feedback, your Week 8 project will go a lot better than if you do not.   Open the spreadsheet.   1. For each of the 2 majors create a pie chart in EXCEL using the column ‘School Type’ from the spreadsheet.  Make sure that the title clearly explains what you are looking at.   There should be a strong title and a legend. 2. For bar graphs and histograms, the textbook discusses classes and class widths in section 2.2. How many classes does it recommend that graphs have? Why? (Be sure to read about classes) 3. For each of the 2 majors create a frequency distribution table and a histogram using the column ‘Annual % ROI’.  Group the classes starting at 6% (0.06), ending at 11% (0.11), and have the class width be a half percent 0.5% (0.005).  Make sure that there are NO overlapping bars.  For example, if one bar is 0.060-0.064, then the next bar can’t start at 0.064.  It would have to start with0.065. This histogram is used again and again… Make sure it is correct. You will have to adjust the table Excel generates. An example is below – just to help you get started. The frequency column is fake, and you will have to put in the actual count/frequency.  Class Frequency 0.060-0.064. 1. 0.065-0.069. 3. 0.070-0.074. 3. 0.075-0.079.  2 Interpretation questions: It may sound strange, but put these answers in TWO paragraphs. The reason is that the Week 8 project is a paper that summarizes all the weekly projects. If you already have paragraphs, it will save you time later as you will most likely be able to copy/paste them together. Answer 1 and 2 in a single paragraph. Answer 3-6 in another. ** Assume that the sample of schools represents the population. 1. What is the ROI? Tell us more than just the acronym. 2. Define what each of the four columns on the spreadsheet is. Go beyond naming the column. For example, one column is “Cost.” Cost of what?  3. If the person chooses to major in business, is he/she more likely to go to a public or private school? 4. If the person chooses to major in engineering, is he/she more likely to go to a public or private school? 5. What are some pros and cons of attending public vs. private schools? 6. Which bar on each histogram was the highest? What does that mean for a likely % ROI for each major?

Reflection and Discussion Topic – Channels Of Distribution – 600 words. Learning Objectives: Become familiar with the terms “channels of distribution” and “supply chain logistics.” 1. Understand distribution/channel intensity. 2. Acknowledge channel conflict and resolution. 3. Recognize the impact of channel power on channel behavior. 4. Stress the importance of retailing and its various forms. Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), the term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.  Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions: Go online and compare three franchises (e.g., franchise.org, americasbestfranchises.com, or whichfranchise.com). Choose two franchises in the same industry (e.g., fast food) and the third franchise from another industry (e.g., hair cutting). Make a table to report the fee structures (upfront, continued licensing), as well as benefits touted for franchisees of each franchise system. What would tempt you to pitch in with some friends and buy a franchise when you finish your degree?  If you were to take your company global, which 3 countries would be your first targets and why? What kinds of strategies and products fit with those countries’ segments of customers?  Assignment:  Activity: Review Figures 10.2 (Manufacturers Direct to Consumers) and Figure 10.3 (Manufacturers through a Channel) in chapter 10, discuss the pros and cons of each scenario.  The assignment is to answer the question provided above in the essay form. This is to be in narrative form and should be as thorough as possible. Bullet points should not be used. The paper should be at least 2 – 2.5 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to marketing management. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.

Deliverable 1 – Defining and Categorizing Various Forms of Risk. Competency. Construct a framework for identifying, evaluating, and categorizing risk and risk management tools. Instructions. LTD Acceptance is a private property and auto insurance carrier that specializes in sports cars and motorcycles. This organization is owned by LTD Capital, a large equity group with over 15 holdings. LTD Acceptance is the parent company’s single largest holding as it drives 70% of total revenue. Due to the inherent risk involved in that segment of the market, many LTD Acceptance’s competitors do not offer policies for sports cars or motorcycles. This market segment is underserved which is why the organization has 20,000 active policies for a sports car or a motorcycle. LTD is headquartered in Houston, TX. LTD does not sell insurance directly to the public. Instead, it uses third-party agents to sell its policies. LTD handles all customer service needs including claims intake, policy services, and general questions. The company operates in four states: California, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Currently, LTD does not have an active system in place to ensure that its agents are in fact using LTD guidelines to screen potential policyholders. However, no evidence of negligence has emerged so far as the organization has yet to have a year in which it was not profitable. LTD has also had the good fortune of not suffering losses because of natural disasters or catastrophic events. In your first days of your new role as the senior risk analyst, you know your first task is to complete a framework for adequately identifying risk exposures. During this process, you realize that many of your counterparts lack a basic understanding of how to identify risks. Your supervisor has come to you and asked for a report outlining the importance of identifying risks to support risk management activities and positively impact the company’s bottom line. If your counterparts do not understand your report, you know that you will have minimal support in your efforts to manage the organization’s risks effectively. For your report, you have been asked to analyze and address the following: a. Why is identifying risk exposures significant? What are the ramifications for organizations that fail to properly identify risks they are exposed to? b. What are the market risks LTD encounters? c. What business risk does LTD encounter in its day-to-day operations? d. What compliance and human capital risks might LTD face? e. How do risk management activities correlate with overall productivity?

Taking the role of a financial analyst within the company, prepare an executive dashboard (performance report) on a large, publicly-traded company of your choice (e.g., Cisco, Walmart, IBM, Apple, etc.) by computing and comparing its ratios against the 11 industry average ratios listed in Problem 4-23 on page 129 of the text (See attachments). It is imperative for you to understand the use of good academic writing (visit the Walden Writing Center), use of the online library for academic resources (not internet sources), SEC.gov for financial filings (not annual reports from a company website), and most importantly, your job is to do vetting of anything companies claim on their websites. The use of Wikipedia, Investopedia, financial related websites, blogs, etc. is not appropriate for this competency. 1. Use the provided Financial Ratio Excel Spreadsheet to show the computed financial ratios for your chosen company and industry averages. Prepare your performance report to show calculations for the 11 ratios listed on page 129, as well as a comparison of your computed ratios with industry averages.  It is a good idea to be familiar with each industry’s classification! A good place to start is to look for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and look for the industry of your chosen company. Please notice how it is a US Government website, not a “.com”. Then, visit the Walden University Library and access the IBIS World database in order to look for the appropriate industry standards: The comparisons, including a list of your computations in a table, should be added as an appendix to the memo described below and submitted as a separate Excel spreadsheet. 2. Write a memo (approximately 2–3 pages) to your supervisor explaining your findings and your recommendations for where improvements are needed to increase financial health. Be sure to include the following: -Areas within the company that are both above and below industry standards. -An explanation of the limitations of using ratio analysis. -The qualitative factors that play a role in improving the company’s financial health. In the memo, suggest some specific ways in which the company can plan to improve below industry average ratio performance over time. Suggest annual targets over the next three years to catch up with or surpass industry averages. Explain why your recommendations should be effective.

Instructions:  Please include in-text citation and a reference(s) to support your answer.  1. Please identify and discuss 5 ways that a nurse can be culturally sensitive when caring for refugees? For example, when assessing, teaching, questioning, or evaluating their health?  2.  When having to communicate through an interpreter, what are some thing s that the nurse needs to do or keep in mind? Why is it not a good idea to use family for interpreting during medical visits?  3.  What are some of the different ways that different cultures look at mental health or mental health disorders? How can culture affect the patient’s mental health?  4.  Please list at least 5 health complications/disorders that refugees are coming to the US with and how can you as the nurse help identify them?  5.  Describe one of the two spirituality assessment tools (HOPE or FICA). 6.   How does religion or spirituality play a role in a patient’s health?

What tools or financial instruments would be useful to help an organization to plan and organize its future?

Go to the Geico website to read the “Total Rewards Program.” Write a five- to seven-page paper in which you:  1. Determine which facets of the Geico total rewards program align with the five top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of the textbook. Discuss your reasoning.  2. Create a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the advantages.  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards program based upon the website’s descriptions of the benefits. Recommend two areas for improvement.  4. Assuming employees are unhappy with the current plan, offer two improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program.  5. Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. 

You have just been hired as a Human Resource Manager in a small, but rapidly growing organization with 160 employees.  During the interview and selection process, the CEO stated that the reason an HRM Manager was needed was that there was an increase in customer complaints concerning errors in shipments of orders.  Errors included incorrect products and quantities, as well as increases in defective products.  The errors seemed to be random; in other words, customers did not know if and when they would receive a correct and complete order or one with missing and/or incorrect or defective products.  You have one non-exempt HR clerical-type employee in the department. Obviously, this is an important problem for a growing start-up organization.  Where would you start to determine what is wrong?  What would you do to quickly, but effectively, correct the problem?  Find at least two scholarly sources addressing this issue.  When researching, it is good to find sources that provide varying perspectives on the same topic.

Write an Executive Summary. Your task is to participate in lessons within the MLC, complete your required readings, and then analyze a required case study with a directed focus using one component of the NCO common core. You will then summarize the case study. Your EXSUM will focus on the historical case study but will be supported by other research you conduct to support your findings. Cite at least two references. The goal of the EXSUM is to give you a tool to use throughout your career when summarizing events. The case studies will allow you to see how the actors represented or embodied these current competencies. Late submission subtracts 5 points per day. Use the Anaconda Example doc as your template. The G-3 asks you the Operations NCO to write an EXSUM based on this question: “What is the units’ proficiency in the warfighting function, mission command. “Support findings through the lens of current doctrine. Use the provided case study.

They did not choose any of these markets for their research. Which country did they choose as their target market? 1. Which two market segments did they identify within the target market? 2. Which of the seven products did they choose to introduce to the target market?  3. What market advantage did they report on this chosen meat? 4. Name one other advantage the product had: 5. Name one concern the market had with importing Australian meat: 6. Which promotional method did they choose?  7. Where exactly did they choose to promote the chosen product? 8. When was the promotion? 9. How many people did they invite to the promotion? 10. What industry sector, or market segment, did they represent? 11. What cultures did the guests represent?