To what extent do technologies such as kiosks, enterprise computing, natural language processing, robotics, and virtual reality support individuals in their journey toward becoming digital citizens?
Category: Business
Business Report: Starbucks and the Competitive Landscape
Research and report on a business facing an issue related to one of the factors (economic, global, social, technological, and competitive). Please describe the company, summarize the issue, and then what recommendations you would make to improve performance.
The Importance of Theory in Management Development
In your companys management development program, there was a heated discussion between some people who claimed, Theory is impractical and thus no good, and others who claimed, Good theory is the most practical approach to problems. What position would you take and why?
Reflective Questions for Residency at Concordia
Reflect and describe what you would like to get out of residency. What are the questions that you have at this point regarding the program and doctoral research that need to be addressed? Among other topics you may have questions related to:
The overall flow of the program,
Specific questions regarding doctoral research and writing
How will your progress be assessed?
Type of help can you expect from the faculty and staff
What do you need to know about Concordia
How is this program going to facilitate you getting a doctoral degree in three years
How does your writing and research for this program differ from what you have done in your Masters program?
How do you access the library resources of Concordia? What other research sources are available to you
Write a short document with the questions you have, particularly answering the question: By the time I leave residency I will have answered the following questions
Please post this document and bring a copy to residency.
Comparative Matrix for Digital Cameras
Scenario
You are a Business Strategy Analyst working for a mid-size retail company. You have been asked to review a current product that has decreased in sales and create a comparative matrix. You will need to research direct and indirect competitors and provide your matrix and a report to your CIO (Chief Information Officer). You have also conducted a manufacturing performance review and received the following sample size information from the product line from all of the manufacturing plants.
Instructions
Step One: Research one of the following three products and related industries. Create a comparative matrix (including your product) using the template and example provided to get some ideas. You will need to decide your objectives (Price, Easy to Use, Color Options, etc.) and your direct competitors. However, do not forget to include any indirect competitors or industries. NOTE: The template is just a starting point for your comparative matrix, and you may need to add more rows or columns depending on your building and research for your matrix. Remember, this will be an essential step in answering the questions in the next step, so you need to be mindful and thoughtful about what goes into your matrix.
Digital Cameras
Athletic Shoes
Soft Drinks
Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its application to an ethical dilemma
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy – Striving for Excellence. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined in several ways; however, our text highlights that from an ethical perspective CSR is used to cultivate a broad view of their own self-interest while searching for ways to align that self-interest with the larger public good. There are many ethical dilemmas today that impact companies, such as harassment, discrimination, nepotism, and unequal pay, to name just a few. In this assignment, we will look at CSR, what it involves, and how to create a corporate policy for a selected ethical dilemma. For example, if the chosen ethical dilemma is discrimination in the workplace, your paper should discuss how a policy could be created, communicated, and implemented to reduce or eliminate instances of discrimination as well as the consequences if discrimination were to occur after the policy was implemented. This exercise will help you to understand how CSR can be a force for good, not just in the company but in the larger arena of the public good, and how you can have a positive impact via the policy you create.
Preparation
To prepare for your assignment, read the following:
Mayer, D., & O’Toole, J. (2010). . Taylor & Francis.
Chapter 8, “Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Excellence,” pages 94106.
Instructions
For this assignment, consider how a company’s social responsibility can affect the workplace, stakeholders, clients, and other outside parties. In your paper, address these questions:
How can a company’s social responsibility policy complement its obligation to maximize profits for shareholders?
How does the ethical issue itself affect employees, stakeholders, clients, and other outside parties, considering the specific company issue? What are the positive and negative outcomes?
What ethical decision-making approaches would you incorporate into your policy? How would your policy solve the ethical issue?
Follow these steps to complete the assignment. For all of these steps, make sure you provide examples and information from credible sources to support your writing and claims.
Step 1: Analyze how corporate social responsibility policies can both complement and conflict with profit-maximizing goals.
Explain how robust corporate social responsibility policies can enhance a company’s reputation and public perception.
Examine how having responsible corporate social responsibility policies support a company’s sales and marketing efforts, and ultimately, the bottom line.
Step 2: Assess how an organization-wide ethical dilemma impacts the organization internally and other outside parties.
Describe, in detail, the organization-wide ethical issue.
Describe these impacts and how they affect each categoryemployees, stakeholders, clients, and other outside parties.
Explain how these different categories are inter-related and why an organization needs to address the ethical dilemma through corporate policy.
Discuss the ramifications or outcomes that might occur if the ethical dilemma is addressed or not addressed.
Step 3: Explain how a selected ethical approach is suitable to address the organization-wide issue.
Describe, in detail, the selected ethical approach that you would incorporate into your policy.
Connect the approach to the ethical issue and describe how the approach is suitable to address the issue with multiple stakeholders. Provide examples and possibly data from other organizations with similar ethical issues.
Step 4: Create a corporate policy that can help resolve an ethical issue.
Identify the essential parts of a corporate policy, then explain how these parts address the impacts from these perspectives: employees, stakeholders, clients, and outside parties.
Create an actual corporate policy that addresses the ethical issue.
Diagram of Metrics and KPIs for Departments
Scenario
You are currently a Business Analyst for a large organization. You have been asked to interview leaders within your organization to determine which metrics and KPIs should be implemented for the new Business Intelligence (BI) tool your department is creating to track performance. Via email (shown below), your manager has asked you to create metrics and KPIs for a number of other departments within the organization and email that document to them by the end of business today.
Instructions
First, craft your diagram for the four departments. Next, create an email response in Microsoft Word, copy and paste your diagram into it, and provide the answers to the remaining questions. Your email response should include the following:
Describe the BI methodology and concepts that were used in the creation of the metrics and KPIs.
Discuss how this data could be used in building BI and analytical frameworks for future initiatives.
Analyze how the decision to use the new BI tool and performance metrics will optimize business performance.
Provide attribution for credible sources needed in completing your response email.
Ethical Dilemma in Capital Budgeting: The Case of Oliver Greene
Oliver Greene is a fairly recent college graduate whose primary responsibility with Cybercomp, Inc. is to evaluate capital budgeting projects and make recommendations to the board of directors. He is paid very well in his current position. Oliver finds himself in a situation where the CEO of Cybercomp, Nadine Wilson, insists the proposal to purchase Netware Products be made to look good. Netware manufactures circuitry that complements Cybercomp’s products. A preliminary appraisal report given to Oliver suggests the purchase might not be very judicious; the report was completed two years ago. Nadine has made it clear to Oliver she wants his analysis to recommend Netware be purchased by Cybercomp. To make matters worse, the gossip at Cybercomp is that Mrs. Wilson is tied to the owners of Netware either through friendship, ownership, or both. The suggestion is that a conflict of interest exists for Mrs. Wilson. Also, Oliver has the impression he could lose his job if he doesnt make the right decision.
What is the ethical dilemma? Is there an ethical dilemma?
What should Oliver do?
Should rumors and innuendos be considered in the capital budgeting analysis?
If Oliver was certain his job hinged on this capital budgeting decision, should he produce the results requested by the CEO?
Influential Issues in Compensation Professionals’ Work
Must list these resources below:
Martocchio, J. J. (2020). Strategic compensation: A human resource management approach (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Fulmer, I. S., Gerhart, B., & Kim, J. H. (2023). Compensation and performance: A review and recommendations for the future. Personnel Psychology, 76(2), 687-718.
Rotman, A., & Mandel, H. (2023). Gender-specific wage structure and the gender wage gap in the U.S. labor market. Social Indicators Research, 165(2), 585-606.
Vuong, T. D. N., & Nguyen, L. T. (2022). The key strategies for measuring employee performance in companies: A systematic review. Sustainability, 14(21), 14017.
Schumann, L. (2024). Pay transparency and pay communication. Compensation and Benefits Review, 56(1), 7-15.
1. This chapter (Epilogue) discusses five important issues that will shape compensation professionals work for years to come. Briefly explain why these issues can become so influential. Finally, which one of these issues stands to create the greatest uncertainty for compensation professionals? Explain.
Achieving Nursing Competencies: A Reflection on Patient-Centered Care, Professional Identity, Spirit of Inquiry, and Nursing Judgment
Scenario It’s the moment of truth: your opportunity to demonstrate why your new product or service is worth funding. You have done the research and know that the funding you seek can be a game changer for the company. Not only will it produce revenue and profitability, but more importantly. it will strategically set the company apart from its competition.
You just have to convince senior management.
In preparation, you have created a checklist for yourself to use in compiling information that includes research, feasibility of the idea via the BMC, scope of project (timeline included), project risk mitigation, DEI, CSR, and 24•month pro forma.
You know that anything can happen in a funding pitch. With this in mind, you are prepared to answer questions that encompass all aspects of the project.
Directions Create a pitch for funding. In this pitch, you will have to convince senior management to greenlight the new product or service. Aspects of the pitch that must be addressed:
1. Value proposition: Describe the company’s current value proposition in the market a. Describe the selected company’s main product or service.
b. Discuss the company’s overall strategic plan.
2. Competitive advantage: Describe the competitive advantage the company will gain by funding the project.
a. Describe how you discovered an opportunity to do something better than your competitors.
b. Determine how the new product or service shifts the value proposition of the company.
3. Risks and opportunities: Establish the risks and growth opportunities of the company.
a. Determine if the new product or service could disrupt the current industry.
b. Identify the risks associated with the development of this new product or service.
4. Growth opportunities: Describe the areas of potential growth for the company.
a. Identify the growth opportunities within the company.
b. Explain how the competitive advantage allows for growth.
5. Distinguish as a new product or innovation: Distinguish the new product/service as an innovation or improvement on an existing product/service.
a. Determine if the product or service fits within the capabilities of the company. Note: a company’s SWOT analysis or 10-K is an indicator of whether the new product or service could be feasible.
b. Explain how the new product or service adds to the portfolio of the company.
6. Target segment: Describe the targeted segment
a. Identify the target customer.
b. Explain your blue ocean strategy. Note: The new market is identified here.
7. Speculate sales: Speculate on the projected sales.
a. Justify your product or service by the numbers; discuss your projected revenue gain. Note: it MUST have an ROI that justifies the project for investors and/or senior management b. Explain the risks associated with projected sales.
8. Speculate profitability: Speculate on the profitability of your proposed product or service.
a. Determine if the project is profitable. Note: In this pitch for funding, senior management has to know that the project. based on market research, is speculated to be profitable. Use the company’s current income statement to project how the company’s profitability will be affected. Look to other companies in the marketplace with products or services similar to the one you are proposing as a basis for your projections. Note: these numbers are purely speculative.
b. Determine the Impact on the functional areas of the business (accounting, marketing. sales, and so on).
9. CSR plan: Outline the plan to service the community or customers that purchase the product or service.
a. Discuss how the idea demonstrates corporate social responsibility (CSR).
b. Identify what the company has invested in as it relates to the communities they serve.
c. Discuss how a good CSR plan helps the company gain competitive advantage.
10. DEI plan: Summarize how the project will include a variety of perspectives to get a better unique value proposition.
a. Determine if the company has a corporate culture built on DEI.
b. Discuss how the project’s DEI plan fits into the company’s overall strategic plan.