Category: Business and Management

You are expected to select a research question to be answered via Data Analytics, decide on the dataset(s) to be utilized, determine what analysis is appropriate to answer your question, and carry out the necessary data analysis.
As part of the process, you may should undertake descriptive analytics and diagnostic analytics. If you wish, you may undertake predictive analytics as well.
The deliverable is a write-up detailing the research question, why it is interesting, the methods utilized, and the findings of the research. The expectation is 3-4 pages double spaced including tables and figures.
The following are links to some publicly available datasets. You may also use other publicly available datasets such as data from the Census Bureau. 
https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/free-public-data-setsLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.
https://www.kaggle.com/datasetsLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.
https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/top-100-open-source-datasets-for-data-science-cd5a8d67cc3dLinks to an external site.

The link below has all of the sources and module PowerPoints with all guidance- the link has been created because the files are too large. Please use British English and any sources applicable in the slides in the assignments and all core reading where applicable too so it ensures a first classification.
https://we.tl/t-te1UBLzP8C

Summarize Phase 3 Report and Presentation, Explain the most valuable business principle you learned from these activities.
Databases for work cited should include: FitchConnect, Statista, ABI/Inform

For this Discussion, you will consider criteria for evaluating alignment among the various components of a research study. You will also reflect on your role as a positive social change agent through research.
Post an explanation of the criteria you could use to evaluate alignment between data collection methods and other research components, such as the problem, purpose, research questions, and design. Then, reflecting on the course content, discuss the extent to which your newly acquired research knowledge and skills can support your role as an agent of positive social change. Be specific and provide an example(s).
Respond to a classmate by further supporting his or her criteria for evaluating alignment or respectfully offering a differing perspective.
Resource links 
http://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-change
Vogt, W. P., Gardner, D. C., & Haeffele, L. M. (2012). When to use what research design. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Review Chapters 1 and 3 in Meeting the Ethical Challenge of Leadership textbook.
Read Chapter 12 – Focusing on the Three Stages of a Crisis and Practice Transparency in Meeting the Ethical Challenge of Leadership textbook.
Read the article Whistle Blowing in the Public Sector. 
Identify an article or news story that has been published within 90 days. Choose an article that highlights a significant business ethics concern or breach. The article should provide sufficient information for analysis, including the context, ethical implications, and leadership response. You can utilize professional journals, professional association sites, newspapers, web searches, IWU OCLS, and other library research to locate your article. Use the article to answer the following questions:
Provide a brief overview of the chosen article, summarizing the key events and ethical concerns.
Identify and describe the types of ethical and legal challenges discussed in the article or news story.
Evaluate the leadership response to the ethical challenges and effectiveness of the leadership’s communication, decision-making, and actions in addressing the issue and mitigating its impact in terms of the principles and practices you learned about in Chapter 12.
Was the ethical challenge brought to light by a whistleblower? If so, was whistleblowing the appropriate ethical action? Explain your reasoning.
Propose recommendations for ethical crisis management that would have enhanced the leadership’s response and prevented or minimized the impact of the breach. What shadows cast in the ethical issue(s) covered in the article could be avoided by your recommendations?
The assignment should be approximately 2,500 to 3,000 words in length (excluding the title and reference page) and include a minimum of 5 scholarly sources.
Full APA format is required for the paper and citing of references.

Approach and requirements
The three essay questions are deliberately open to allow you the freedom to shape your analysis
and demonstrate the ability to focus in on key issues you find most important or interesting. You
should not cover everything! You need to provide focused, in-depth analysis, not broad
description or simply listing issues.
This means there is no single ‘correct’ answer or way to respond, and each question can be
approached in a variety of ways. The key is that you provide in-depth, focused responses to the
questions and that you do this using evidence to support your arguments.
Use of supporting evidence is essential in an academic assignment to add authority and credibility
to your arguments and to illustrate your discussion.You do      this by referring to theories, concepts,
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research findings and examples from academic literature and other credible sources to support or
illustrate the points you are making. This also enables you to show that you have studied the
recommended literature for the module and can use what you have read to construct reasoned
and well-evidenced arguments.
You should use a minimum of 15+ credible and relevant academic sources. It is a requirement
to use literature from the module reading list. 
Better evidenced essays may use more    academic sources, demonstrating further independent study.

Week 7 Discussion Board – Communication in the Workplace
Read the Think Like a Boss questions below. 
One of your employees uses bad grammar, and this is reflecting poorly on your department. How can you get a handle on this problem?
Employees keep saying they do not know what is going on at work. What steps would you take to increase workplace communication?
One of your employees sends you texts that contain poor spelling and grammar. You bring the issue up with the employee who responds that he only sends poor messages to you but never to his clients. How should you handle this issue?
Many employees are taking photos and/or videos at department meetings and company events. Should you be concerned? Why? As the boss, what should you do?
Choose one or a combination of the above prompts for your initial post. Write a 4-6 sentence post in a way the encourages discussion from classmates.
VIDEOS TO WATCH: 
https://www.mediahub.ku.edu/t/1_9rs5mjf8
https://www.mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_6oqw84hp 

S.W.O.T is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, and Threats. Conducting a SWOT analysis of yourself or a business is a lot more fun and doing it forces you to think about your business in a whole new way.
In this assignment, you are required to perform a SWOT analysis of a company of your choice. This would be a local, national, online, or global company. It is easier if you select a company that you work for or you are doing business with. For example: Bank Of America, Kaiser, Safeway, Apple, Samsung, Southwest, etc
Briefly introduce the company
Strengths: List and explain at least 3 Strengths of the company
Weakness: List and explain at least 3 Weaknesses of the company
Opportunity: List and explain at least 3 Opportunities for the company
Threats: list and explain at least 3 Threats of the company.
Go to the company website and look for any open position for Business Major students. Show the link to the website, or post the picture of the job listing page. 
Sample from Former Student:
Flemings SWOT analysis
Briefly introduce the company
Flemings is a steakhouse restaurant that offers a wide variety of wines. It is a fine dining experience that ties to offer top notch hospitality. They have full bar as well and make all the food in house with nothing being premade. I have worked at one in Arizona for the last couple months letting me see the way the business operates.
Strengths: List and explain at least 3 Strengths of the company
i.Food- Everything that is made in the restaurant is made from scratch and fresh. This gives the food very good flavor and is something not every restaurant does.
ii. Events- They offer rooms for private events. This allows for company to rent out rooms for private events. This also allows for the regular restaurant to run and increase profits without having to close down to the public.
iii. Hospitality- Everyone that comes in the restaurant is treated with the upmost respect. They are given seamless service and want them to have the best experience they can. This top-notch service I a big key to the success of the company.
Weakness: List and explain at least 3 Weaknesses of the company
i.Shortage- Since the food is so fresh we do not like to have a lot because we will have to throw it out because we do not serve food that is more than a couple days old even if it is still not expired. This can cause there to be a shortage in product if too many costumers order the same item in a couple of days. When we cannot give a customer what they want it is bad for business.
ii. High prices- We have very high prices and that excludes many people who can’t afford it. This can lead to days without a lot of business throughout the year.
iii. Inventory Tracking- We struggle with a system that can track the inventory consumed in the restaurant. This cause the business to have to spend a lot of money on hiring employees to constantly check the inventory of the restaurant to order what is needed.
Opportunity: List and explain at least 3 Opportunities for the company
i.Gluten free- There is a lot of people who request gluten free items now. We have a gluten free menu but it is very limited. I believe if we expanded that menu it would allow for those customers to spread the word and bring in more business.
ii. Outside cooling- The bar has a patio area but since we are in Arizona the heat stops people from wanted to be outside most of the year. If cooling items we placed outside just as mister or canopies a believe this will bring more business to the bar during the hotter seasons.
iii. Advertisement- I have not seen a single advertisement for the restaurant. I think that Flemings is overlooked by many because they do not know anything about it. A few advertisements here or there would make a huge difference.
Threats: list and explain at least 3 Threats of the company.
i.Competition- There are a couple other fine dining restaurants within a couple miles. This means we need to be giving out excellent service all the time because they have other places they could go.
ii. Weather- The heat usually causes the people who eat at our restaurant to go away doing the hot seasons. Depending on how long the heat stay it will continue to drive away business a decrease profits.
iii. Market prices- Market prices may rise causing an increase of our already high prices. This has recently happened with our crab legs which have had a decrease in demand since the increase in price.
Go to the company website and look for any open position for Business Major students. Show the link to the website, or post the picture of the job listing page
There were many opportunities for Flemings. Marketing and accounting were the two that interest me the most.
http://www.bloominbrands.com/careers/homeoffice.aspx

This is a group project that unfortunately I did not have a partner to do it with. The project is to ” select any Fortune 500 business and after researching their various business model(s) develop an IT Strategy your team feels will carry them for the next 3-5 years.” In this case, the company is RITE AID. I only need help with the following portion of the project: 
What is Rite Aid’s Organizational Effectiveness Plan, Information Security Framework, IS Governance Structures, Partnerships and Vendor Management Strategies, Resource allocation and Planning.
Please let me know if you need further details. Thank you so much for your help!

This assignment is going to be an in depth SWOT analysis on the company starbucks. I have attached a downlaod on the instructions for the paper. You are going to want to pay attention to slides 4 and 5. Slide one also has some information for the SWOT portion on the bottom. This paper will be turned in on TurinIt.com so please no AI or plagarism deteced