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Use the Internet and Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to research a health care organization in your community. Respond to the following:
What are some internal and external barriers to the health care organization’s mission, vision, and values?
Why is it important to understand and be able to articulate the characteristics of an organization you want to work for?
Use the Internet and Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to research a health care organization in your community. Respond to the following:
What are some internal and external barriers to the health care organization’s mission, vision, and values?
Why is it important to understand and be able to articulate the characteristics of an organization you want to work for?
Assess the main motivations for engagement in sustainable business practices.
Develop a plan to address the political, regulatory, or technology environments that impact organizations’ supply chain sustainability and strategies.
Place yourself in the role of Director of Operations for a Fortune 500 global company that sells athletic wear, specifically to India. How would you respond to the following questions:
What drives a successful implementation of supply chain planning?
What are your recommendations for strategy to navigate the political and regulatory environments of India?
Provide the names of three groups of people that you need to listen to in the workplace. Also, provide three tips to be effective listeners for each of these three groups.
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Sony: What are some problems/challenges facing the company? Risky changes in the industry? Strong rivals? Any Issues regarding powerful stakeholders?
Assume the role of a consulting company. Top management hired you to write a report on the current position of the company. You need to incorporate class material into the project, have an analytical perspective, and sophisticated discussions. Present the necessary facts but do not allocate too much space for historical/descriptive information about the company. If needed I can provide a PDF file of the textbook!
Define micro aggressive behavior and explain the consequences of such behavior in the workplace.
Discuss two elements in your past team experience that you would like to improve upon, and then devise a strategy or activity to improve teamwork and cohesiveness in the team dynamic.
find and read 2 articles that you will specifically cite in your discussion post:
One dealing with the topic of “self-directed teams”
One dealing with the topic of the importance of “soft skills”
By the due date indicated, each student should create a post of no more than 350 words that:
Identifies a current or past professional or team experience that you would like to reflect on.
Recommends a related strategy or activity that could help improve teamwork and cohesiveness in this experience, specifically based on your readings above.
A summary write-up on the video “Is Globalization Over? What’s Next For The U.S. Economy?”. Your job is to give an overview of the video while pinpointing the most relevant concepts pertaining to globalization present and future. Your report should also provide definitions for just-in-time, supply chain efficiency and resiliency, intellectual property (look it up online) and discuss them in the context of the video. Also, point out how robotics and automation relate to globalization. This section of your report should not exceed two pages, 1.5 line spacing.
Section 2: A summary write-up on the video “How Amazon Delivers On One-Day Shipping”. Your job is to give an overview of the video while pinpointing the most relevant concepts pertaining to logistics strategies, operations, and technologies, and discuss potential ethical dilemmas pointed out by Amazon’s employees. This section of your report should be no less than one page long and not exceed two pages, 1.5 line spacing.
Read Chapter 4: Financial Forecasting in the textbook, and review the current financial statements of Starbucks through Yahoo! Finance Links to an external site.or the EDGAR | Company Filings Links to an external site.database in the Filings and Forms page. You can access the financial statements by going to the Yahoo! Finance webpage, typing in the stock symbol of Starbucks, and then clicking on the “Financials” tab. Watch the Week 1 Assignment video with Dr. Kevin Kuznia, DBA, CSSBB, PMP, available in the online classroom.
Reviewing the previous quarter’s financial statements will provide you with data to construct pro forma financial statements for Starbucks and make some basic projections. This week, you will be charged with constructing two pro forma financial statements and addressing some questions about your projections. The two financial statements will include an Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
To begin your assignment, download the Financial Forecasting Template Download Financial Forecasting Template.
Part 1
Use the EDGAR | Company Filings Links to an external site.or Yahoo! Finance Links to an external site.database to download the last 10-Q from Starbucks into Excel. Use the downloaded data to complete the Income Statement and Balance Sheet on the appropriate tabs in the Financial Forecasting Template. Assume the following:
Sales will increase for the next quarter by the same percentage increase from the previous quarter to the last reported quarter. For example, if sales increased 8% from the last quarter to the current reported quarter, you will use 8% as the sales increase for your pro formas.
Calculate the expenses to determine what will change and what will remain the same.
Note: Not all costs are associated with the cost of sales. It will be up to you to determine which line items need to be increased and which ones need to be left alone. This will require you to distinguish between fixed and variable costs. For a reminder of the difference between fixed and variable costs, please watch the video Business Costs (Fixed Costs and Variable Costs) ExplainedLinks to an external site..
Within each line item expense explain your rationale, as well as provide a brief summary.
Part 2
Then, calculate a quarterly variance analysis using the Variance Analysis tab of the Financial Forecasting Template (the same template you used for Part 1). Complete the following in your variance analysis:
In the Excel template, insert the line items.
In Column C, (Q4, 20NN) enter the previous quarter’s numbers as the budget.
In Column D, (Q1, 20NN) enter the current quarter’s actual numbers.
In Column E, the spreadsheet will calculate the dollar difference between the budget and actual numbers.
In Column F, the spreadsheet will calculate the percentage change.
In Column G, analyze and speculate the rationale for the variances.
Submit your completed Financial Forecasting Template to Waypoint.
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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 4: Financial Forecasting in the textbook, and review the Personal Budget Resource Download Personal Budget Resource. Watch the Week 1 Journal video with Brenda Forde, CPA, MBA.
For this journal, complete two months of the Personal Budget Template Download Personal Budget Template. Then, evaluate your personal budget information and numbers from your completed Personal Budget Template. You may complete the template using your own personal financial data, which will make the activity more meaningful, or hypothetical numbers. Discuss the most important concepts and facts you learned. For example, were there any surprises in the amount or category of your expenses? Your reflection should be a minimum of 350 words.
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