Assignment 2: Leadership Strategies Presentation

Taking on the role of a CEO, develop a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 15 slides that explains how you would adapt the Western leadership strategies of either Heifetz and Linsky or Drucker in your approach to managing an international organization on the brink of structural change and expansion.  One of your main goals will be to motivate and communicate a vision while connecting to the firm’s mission for all stakeholders, including your Board of Directors. A brief profile of the organization is as follows:

• The company is a manufacturing firm with annual earnings in excess of $350 million.
• It is headquartered in the United States, has two branches in the United Kingdom, and one expansion branch set to open in China.
• A new branch will provide more innovative technologies to infuse the firm’s declining market share while also presenting cultural management and organizational integration challenges.

Your presentation should contain the following components:

• Identification of your chosen leadership philosophy with justification of your choice.
• Using Porter’s Five Forces as a strategic guide, please explain how you will approach Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Risk Assessment.
• Complete a Financial Risk Assessment for acquiring the new technology company by identification and explanation of at least four risks which could impact your organization.
• Identification and explanation of the key internal structures (at least 3) that will be designed to enhance the culture within your organization
• Explanation of how projected global and market trends over the next 10-15 years will impact your company’s ability to maintain a competitive advantage.

Apply APA Standards and References

 Think of a presentation, advertisement, news article, or other publication that contained writing errors. What was your impression of the material once you viewed the error? How might significant errors in a doctoral student's paper indicate a student's readiness to pursue this program? What steps might one take to proof assignments before they are submitted for grading? 

"Pay Equity and Benefits"  Please respond to the following:

•Using the e-Activity, determine the importance of equal pay between men and women. Then, suggest two (2) valid reasons why their pay may be different for the same position. Justify your response.

•Assess the importance of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) when an employer provides benefits of any kind. Classify two (2) pros of an employee using the benefits that the employer provides and at least one (1) con that may be a conflict for an employee using such benefits. Note: Refer to cases in your textbook as you formulate your response.

Assignment 2: Taxation Research and Communication

The current tax law system in the United States has emerged over many years from statutory, administrative, and judicial sources. These sources are continually changing and new laws are introduced at least annually.

Suppose a client has come to you with a question about corporate taxation. 

Discuss your plan of action and communication with the client. Remember, the client does not have any technical background, and you need to communicate in terms he or she will understand.

Keeping this in mind, respond to the following:

1. What would be your plan of action?

2. What tax sources would you use to research the problem?

3. How would you communicate your findings to the client?

Write a three- to five-page paper in MS Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style to your work.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria 

Maximum Points

The plan of action for addressing a client's tax question was appropriate and systematic and described in detail. 50

Reliable and sufficient sources for tax research were identified and described briefly. 25

The communication plan was appropriate to the specified target audience. 15

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 10

Challenges In The Global Business Environment

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer and must prepare a video presentation for Apple’s suppliers regarding Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via a web meeting. To prepare for your presentation, review Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct, located at https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/.  submit a four to six (4-6) page paper  presentation to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference.

 Paper

Prepare to write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. List specific changes that Apple has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least one (1) example of each change.
2. Explain the identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.

If you choose the written paper, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate the influences of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological forces on business and society.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society.
• Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.

Ethics And Social Responsibility

This assignment is designed to identify how decisions impact a business. Corporations have an obligation to be ethical at all times. For this assignment; the student will identify potential ethical implications surrounding the decision, and how this may impact the decision-making process. From there, corporate social responsibility will be explained and how it can impact the outcome of decision-making for an organization. 

Assignment Steps 

Identify a business in your local community. This can be your current place of employment or a business with which you are familiar. 

Develop a 1,050-word examination of the ethics and social responsibility practices within the organization. 

Include the following in your examination: 

• Select a business decision within the organization.
• Identify the potential ethical implications associated with this decision.
• Determine the effect this may have on the decision making process.
• Identify how the organization applies corporate social responsibility to the business.
• Evaluate the influence that corporate social responsibility has on the organization.
• Discuss the application of critical thinking to corporate social responsibility. 

Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

Understanding Numbers For Better Decisions

It is the management’s responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth as it is based on the organization's future cash flows. To accomplish this, managers have to understand how to use financial statements for analysis.

In this assignment, you will explain the importance of the statements to the financial reporting process and management decisions.

Tasks:

• Locate the financial statements of a U.S. publicly-traded company of your choice (the company must have inventory and accounts receivable) by visiting the organization's Web site to locate the investor section. Or you may use one of the following Websites: 
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Google Finance
• Review the information presented in the financial statements of the company you selected.
• Using the company you selected, calculate one ratio from each ratio category located at this Financial Ratios resource.  Complete a trend analysis of each ratio for a three-year period.
  • Describe what the trends you see for your company based on your ratio analysis. What does this mean for the company?
  • Compare your company’s ratios with those of the industry it is in.
• Analyze the financial reporting information and the financial health of the company with the help of the calculated ratios.

M2A1: Cash Method Versus Accrual Method Discussion

Assignment 1: Cash Method Versus Accrual Method

Businesses face a choice between two important methods of calculating taxable income for federal income taxes: the cash method and the accrual method.

Based on your readings for the module, respond to the following:

1. What factors determine a company's choice between the cash method and the accrual method in accounting for income taxes?

2. Give an example of a particular transaction and describe how the two methods would account for that transaction differently.

Write your initial response in two to three paragraphs.

This is great game that simulates working a hot dog stand. See how far you can go without losing your cool! It's very difficult to multi-task. Write an elevator paper explaining your experience!

Here's the game:

http://www.hotdogbush.net/

BADM U1 DB2

write 800–1,000 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. 

• In your opinion, what is the difference between an entrepreneur and small business manager?

 • In your opinion, what are the most important traits of a successful entrepreneur?

 • What are the most important traits of a successful small business manager? 

  Assignment 

• To help students become aware of the small business environment and the many aspects involved in the development of a new venture.