Archive for May 3rd, 2019

Create a 3- to 4 – slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation

Create a 3- to 4 – slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation 

Include the following in your outline: 

Organizations (Apple Inc)

Evaluate the organization’s mission statement, vision statement and values’ statement.

Discuss the organization’s current goals and objectives.

Assess the organization’s internal environment

Write a 1,400-word minimum internal environmental analysis in which you include the following: 

Assess the organization’s internal environment. ( JP Morgan Chase )

Identify the most important strengths and weaknesses of your organization including an assessment of the organization’s resources.

Identify the most important internal environmental factors in the general, industry, and external analysis in relation to the internal analysis.

Perform competitor analysis.

Assess the structure of the organization and the influence this has on its performance.

Determine the organization’s competitive position and the possibilities this provides. 

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Support your assessments with Include a minimum of two authoritative references. Remember all references should be included in the body of your paper as in-text citations. 

Why is it important for a firm to study and understand its internal organization?

Why is it important for a firm to study and understand its internal organization?

What is value chain analysis? What does the firm gain by successfully using this tool?

What factors affect the likelihood a firm will take a competitive action?

What factors affect the likelihood that your organization will initiate a competitive response to a competitor’s actions?

What is outsourcing? How do you see the future of outsourcing in your own industry? Do you see it growing, declining & why?

What does it mean to say that each core competence could become a core rigidity

How do you see the relationship between an organization’s “org” structure and its strategy? Discuss what it means to say that structure and strategy have a reciprocal relationship

How do firms identify internal strengths and weaknesses? Why is it vital that managers have a clear understanding of their firm’s strengths and weaknesses?

Why is it important for a firm to study and understand the external environment?

Why is it important for a firm to study and understand the external environment?

Which are most important among the economic, technological, social and demographic, political and ecological remote environmental factors impacting your own industry & firm?  Make sure to explain your strategic thinking about your firm and be as specific as possible.

What are the differences between the general environment and the industry environment? Why are these differences important?

What is the external environmental analysis process (four parts). What does the firm want to learn when using this process?

Explain the differences among the seven segments of the general environment. Why are these details of interest to organizations?

How do the five forces of competition in an industry affect its profitability potential?

Why is it important for a company’s design to include sustainable processes?

what does the report’s author blame for the problems encountered on the Big Dig project?

1. In summary, what does the report’s author blame for the problems encountered on the Big Dig project?

2. As an expert, to what extent do you think the author has got things right? Based on your knowledge of what it takes to manage major programs, how would you summarize what went wrong with this project?

3. To what extent do you feel that if the Big Dig had followed the US Department of Defense approach to managing major programs it would have been more successful? What problems might arise in trying to employ the US DoD approach?

4. What lessons can be derived from the Big Dig experience that can be shared with individuals and organizations that are about to begin work on a major program?

What are the top four sources of revenue for PWC?

Based on demographic data supplied in “Our Community” (p. 3), provide a summary of some key characteristics of the community and its members.

Beginning in the 1990s, PWC tied its budget to achieving its strategic plan. Explain how PWC uses the strategic plan to establish the foundation of its budget, using specific examples from Citizens Guide.

 

What are the top four sources of revenue for PWC? Do you believe the PWC revenue profile is typical for counties in the USA? Explain your answer.

 

PWC divides its budget into two categories: capital budget and operating budget. What is the difference between the two. What is the primary source of revenue for the capital budget? For the operating budget?

A big portion of the PWC budget entails “transfer to schools.” What does this mean from both the Revenue and Expenditure perspective? Supplement your answer with data from Citizens Guide. Be sure to look at the special character of this budget item on p. 11.

Smart county budgeting requires political sensitivity of elected officials. How is such political sensitivity reflected in the PWC budget process? (Hint: See p. 14.)

The PWC Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is reasonably typical for counties in the USA. Why do county (and municipal) budgets distinguish between capital budgets and operating budgets? Which three budget areas dominate anticipated capital budget expenditures? Where do you think the money is being spent in these three areas?

What evidence is there to back up Slann’s view?

Slann points out that two prevailing traits of today’s world are increasing interdependence in the global economy and increased strength of ethnic and religious forces. Your response should be 1 – 2 pages long, single spaced. Note that the answers to these questions require thought and research on your part. There is no cookbook answer.

 

What evidence is there to back up Slann’s view?

 

To what extent do these two traits reinforce each other, or work in contrary directions?

 

 

Write a 1,050-word minimum environmental analysis

You will perform an environmental scan for your target company. 

Choose an organization according to the following:

Organization that you want to work for once you complete your MBA (JP Morgan Chase)

Write a 1,050-word minimum environmental analysis in which you include the following: 

Determine how to create value and sustain competitive advantage using the environmental scanning strategy.

Evaluate the company’s external environment.

Identify and assess one or more of the Five Forces that are most important in driving competition in your organization’s external industry environment.

Assess the company’s general environment.

Evaluate the organization’s industry operating environment. 

Format your paper according to APA guidelines. 

Support your assessments with Include a minimum of two authoritative references. Remember all references should be included in the body of your paper as in-text citations. 

Qualitative Essay: Autism

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, be sure to have read all the required resources for the week.

Locate a peer-reviewed qualitative research study in the Ashford University Library on the topic you chose in Week One for your Final Research Proposal. You may choose to use a qualitative study that was included in the literature review you used in the Week One assignment by searching the reference list for qualitative research studies on the topic. It is also acceptable to utilize a qualitative research study on your topic that was not included in your literature review.

Once you have located an appropriate qualitative study, identify the specific qualitative research design used. Summarize the main points of the study including information on the research question, sampling strategy, research design, data analysis method(s), findings, and conclusion(s). Evaluate the published qualitative research study focusing on and identifying the researcher’s paradigm or worldview and any evidence of reflexivity described in the report. Explain whether or not potential biases were adequately addressed by the researchers. Describe how the researchers applied ethical principles in the research study.

Choose an organization that you would like to study and ultimately create your own strategic plan for.

Choose an organization that you would like to study and ultimately create your own strategic plan for. Consider using:

 

Organization that you want to work for once you complete your MBA ( J.P. Morgan Case )

Write a1,050-word paper in which you address the following: 

Identify the major components of the strategic management process.

Discuss how these components work together to create value for the organization.

Evaluate the company’s mission statement, vision statement, motivation strategy, innovation strategy, and people strategy. If the organization does not have one or more of these, how does that affect the organization and its people?

Explain the role of ethics and corporate social responsibility in strategic planning.  How does this direct their strategy? How does the organization’s vison and mission align with your own values and vision?  If you are currently working for the organization, how does your role influence this and vice versa?  

Format your paper according to APA guidelines. Include a minimum of one authoritative reference. Remember all references should be included in the body of your paper as in-text citations. 

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