Category: Business

Cooperative strategies

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Cooperative strategies are the steps taken by two or more organizations to align strategies and resources to achieve a common goal. Discuss some considerations that must be taken into consideration when planning a strategic alliance.

 

Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company

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Choose an organization such as Samsung, Starbucks, Ford Motor Company, or Waste Management that implemented a major change. For example, a sustainability initiative at Starbucks or Apple making FaceTime available to non-Apple users.

Analyze the organization’s change process based on Kotter’s 8 Steps to Leading Change using the Organizational Change Chart. Make sure to complete a new analysis, do not copy any information from a previous week.

Consider questions such as the following as you complete your analysis:

Do you think this was a positive organizational change? Why or why not?
What strategies and tactics do you think would be effective in creating positive organizational change?
What strategies and tactics might have worked better?

Organization is planning to offer.

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Choose 2 quantitative elements that you would like to research in relation to the organization that you selected for your business plan. These elements may be related to products, services, target market, consumer preferences, competition, personnel, resources, supply chain, financing, advertising, or other areas of interest. However, at least one of these elements should be related to a product or service that your organization is planning to offer.

Develop forecasts by implementing the following approach

Collect data, including old demand forecast (subjective data) and the actual demand outcomes.

Establish the forecasting method (from readings). Decide on the balance between subjective and objective data and look for trends and seasonality.

Walmart

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Research Walmart, answer the following questions, and be sure to cite your sources:

1. Do you think Walmart is doing enough to become more sustainable?

2. What are the ethical issues Walmart has faced?

3. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of being a supplier for Walmart.

 

 

Describe leadership at your chosen organization. Address the leadership board or executives at the organization. Discuss the organizational structure and any information regarding change in leadership. An organizational chart if available can be shown in this section. But you have to analysis the leadership and do not just list bulletins.

Answer question 2? Write 200-250 words minimum with 2-3 paragraphs. Describe and discuss if the organization is successful or not successful. Why makes this organization successful or not successful. Critical analysis and thinking from your own perceptive of the organization and its success or failure should be addressed in this section.

Answer question 3? Write 200-250 words minimum with 2-3 paragraphs. From your own perspective and point of view discuss how to determine if the organization is ethical or not ethical. Discuss any unethical occurrences such as fraud and failure of leadership here. Use what you have learned so far in class to address how to determine if organization is ethical or not ethical.

Technology can help a business create a competitive advantage

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While technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, it is often said that technology can help a business create a competitive advantage. However, if everyone is implementing the same technologies (i.e., cloud services like servers, file storage, virtualization, data management, etc.), does technology really provide a competitive advantage? Review the following brief article and share your thoughts on this question: Technology is the enabler, not the driver for business. What part does ethics play in today’s technology landscape?

 

 

Business Capital

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When it comes to investing business capital, a financial manager would want to know whether that investment is a good one. The capital budgeting techniques reviewed this week provide the financial manager with tools to make good investment decisions.

Imagine that you are a financial manager for a medium-sized company

Describe how you would use capital budgeting techniques to determine whether a business investment is a good idea.
Give an example of a business investment venture and how you would use capital budgeting to ensure it is a good investment

Neighborhood laundromat is for sale and a friend is considering investing in this business

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Your neighborhood laundromat is for sale and a friend is considering investing in this business. Your friend has asked for your financial advice regarding this endeavor.

For the business alone and no other assets (such as the building and land), the purchase price is $260,000. The net cash flows for the project are $32,000 per year for the next 5 years. The plan is to borrow the money for this investment at 6%.

Part A: Calculate the Net Present Value and Payback Period:

What is the net present value of this project?
Calculate the simple payback period for this project. Your desired payback period is 5 years. How long is the payback period for this project?
Use the following template to complete the Unit 4 Excel spreadsheet (IP): Unit 4 IP Assignment Template

Part B: Evaluate the investment and provide calculations for an alternative deal:

How would you evaluate this investment? What would be a good price at which to purchase this business?
Part C: In a 15-slide presentation, show your calculations and recommendations on whether to purchase the laundromat. Be sure to address the questions above in the presentation.