Category: Business and Management

For this Assignment, you will examine a case study that demonstrates how an organization’s culture can affect the implementation of information technology as well as its ongoing management. This case provides an opportunity to analyze factors that influence the success and failure of information technology implementation in real-world context. 
Part 1: Information Technology and Business Performance
Analyze how information technology affects business performance.
Assess the implications and economic impact to the company due to frequent system outages.
Analyze the relationship between business and information technology strategy.
Analyze the cost of misalignment between information technology and business strategy.

Complete the Budget in a Service Company (Cash Budget) assignment. Please use the template provided below.
The document must have the complete budget and show the entire process along with an explanation.
Add a brief explanation of the budget just like what you should do if you were in a meeting with senior management and you were the accountant who was tasked with presenting the budget. Put that explanation on the page below the budget that you have prepared.
Hint: The budget should start with the January beginning balance and the February ending balance should also be the ending balance for the two months combined column.
Save your file as “LastnameFirstinitial-ACCT105-BSC.”
Submit your work by midnight ET on Day 7 (Sunday).

Using information from this week’s reading material, complete the following assignment addressing the following topics.
Describe a decision that you have faced or are facing either in your personal life or in your employment area.
Include in your description of the decision if the decision is structured or unstructured. 
Apply the 8-step decision-making process to your decision. Include each of the 8 steps in your paper. 
Explain if your approach to finalizing your decision was based on the rational model, the bounded rational model, or the intuition decision-making model.  

Presentation – 16 Personalities
Topic:  Explore the topic of 16 personalities in the literature. (Mayers Briggs Personality Test) Select an aspect of your choice(ESFJ which is my personality), and focus in on that aspect. Find and cite reliable sources to support your presentation. Your presentation should provide your peers with in-depth knowledge of that aspect of the topic. 
Presentation Parameters: Create and publish a 5-7 minute presentation using Microsoft Powerpoint. Research should be conducted using the PMI website, projectmanagement.com, or PMIStandard+. Also, use in-text citing on each page, and include a complete reference listing near the end. Presentation should be 70% pictures and 30% text.
Texts: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Author.
ISBN 13: 9781433832161
Burke, R. and Barron, S. (2014). Project management leadership: Building creative teams. (2nd ed.). John A. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-118-67401-7 (pbk).
ISBN: 978-1-118-82541-9 (ebk).

A strategic alliance is a formal agreement between two or more separate companies in which they agree to work collaboratively toward some strategically relevant objective. Discuss the success factors that must be in place for a strategic alliance to work and provide your assessment of why 60 to 70 percent of new alliances fail in the first year. Roughly, the number of new alliances created each year is about 25 percent of the total alliances currently operating. Use your analytical skills to decide which factor(s) of a successful alliance are more likely to contribute to such a high failure rate and offer your guidance on how you would avoid failure if you were part of a newly created alliance
Please details and provide examples.

Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Demonstrate effective management skills and practices in diverse, distributed, and collaborative work environments
Explain the interrelatedness of the functions and forms of organizations
Scenario
Imagine you are a new manager at the SNHU Pet Supply Company. The company has grown from a small, local pet-supply company into a large organization with locations in Manchester, New Hampshire and Denver, Colorado. It also employs remote staff. The manager you are replacing was with the team for two years and left on negative terms, which exacerbated an already concerning team culture.
You have been asked to present a management plan that addresses identified areas of concern, rebuilds the team’s culture, and aligns organizational practices to leadership.
Leadership has provided you with a management brief that outlines the key pieces of information you will need in order to make informed recommendations.
Directions
Use course resources and the information provided in the Project One Management Brief (located in the Supporting Materials section) to develop recommendations that will meet the needs of your new team and align with your organization’s mission, vision, culture statement, and goals.
Use the Presentation Template to create presentation slides that highlight key pieces of information, and use the Speaker Notes Template to outline what you would say when presenting your recommendations in a future meeting with leadership. Both templates are located in the What to Submit section.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Team Management
Leadership and Management: Describe leadership and management practices that you feel would be best suited to manage the team. Explain why you believe these practices are in alignment with the organization’s mission, culture, and goals, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
Followership: Explain how you would leverage your strengths as a leader to strengthen the team’s effectiveness and culture. Also explain how your strengths could be used to develop followership within your team.
Decision-Making Models: Describe decision-making models that you believe will be the most effective for the team and management approach and their alignment with the organization, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
Emotional Intelligence: Describe considerations for ensuring your management practices are emotionally intelligent and inclusive of diverse perspectives, needs, and roles within your team. Explain why you believe they are in alignment with the organization and how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
Communication and Collaboration Across Functions
Forms and Functions: Explain how the various forms and functions of the organization impact the team; also explain how the team impacts the various forms and functions across the organization.
Communication Practices: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the current communication practices being used across functions, and recommend better ways to communicate that meet the organization’s needs.
Organizational Mission, Vision, and Goals: Explain the general purpose of organizational missions, culture statements, and goals and what these three things say about the way an organization should operate. Take organizational structure, leadership and management approaches, and diversity and inclusion practices into account when considering an operation.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Template: Presentation Template PPT
Your presentation should be between 7 to 10 slides in length, not including the title and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Template: Speaker Notes Template Word Document
Use complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presentation. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Supporting Materials
The following resource supports your work on the project:
Reading: Project One Management Brief PDF
This document provides an overview of the team’s current management and leadership practices and its existing team culture. Review this information to complete your project.

Start by exploring the wide variety of industries that have franchise companies and businesses for sale. Franchise businesses are available in over 75 industries. Choose an industry that you are interested in or one that you believe has high demand in this community. Within the industry of your choice, select two different, but related, business franchising opportunities to compare and contrast. They can be in the same or different categories but should be in the same industry. For quality, thorough answers for this assignment, particularly #5 and #6, you may need to do more than look at the information provided on one website. Look at the information presented from several resources, through a search of the companies and their franchise opportunities. Also, visit the company’s main website. Using a WORD document, present your responses in a well-developed and organized manner. Number responses as appropriate and observe rules of spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. Please cite all sources properly that have been used for outside research, using MLA guidelines. You can either submit a Word document or a pdf. for this assignment. 1. The name of the franchise 2. The specific web address where you found the information on the franchise 3. The type of industry it is in (i.e. Food, Retail, Sports and Recreation, etc.) and the category it falls in (i.e. hamburger, pizza, wings, etc.) 4. The total (capital) investment required includes: 5. The amount of cash or liquid capital required 6. The franchising fee and/or royalty fees (if the information is available) 7. Other startup costs or requirements identified 8. The types of training and support the franchisor offers 9. The primary reasons/advantages of purchasing the particular franchise
10. If you were to consider purchasing one of the two franchises you researched, which one would you choose? Explain why. Please consider all that you learned in your research, as well as what you know about the business environment in Kansas City. Consider doing a little research on the company’s website and checking to see if they have been in the news recently.

How are corporate reputations affected by the communication of managers and public statements? Why is corporate reputation important?
See Organizational Behavior, Chapter 11.4. Managerial Communication and Corporate Reputation (PDF pages 367-368, 2 pages)

Research Assignment presents five questions with multiple parts for students to answer. The Assignment is designed to expand students’ labor relations knowledge and critical thinking skills.
Five questions:
Question #1. Research and answer the three parts of this question in detail. (CLO 3)
* What is the “Excelsior List” and when can the union expect the employer to provide the list?
* Who may initiate an organizing campaign?
* What is an “Authorization Card” and what is its purpose?
Question #2. Research and discuss the following four unions as to their views on strikes, political action, and the capitalist system. (CLO 3)
* National Labor Union (NLU) founded in 1866.
* Knights of Labor (KOL) founded 1869.
* American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded 1886.
* Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) founded 1905.
Question #3. Research, define and discuss the term “Superseniority.” Why would “Superseniority” be allowed? Is “Superseniority” fair to union employees? Why or why not? (CLO 3 & CLO 4)
Question #4. Research and discuss economic strikes and unfair labor practices. Compare the two. What are the differences when it comes to replacement workers? (CLO 3 & CLO 4)
Question #5. Research and discuss Subcontracting. (CLO 3 & 4)
* Is subcontracting a mandatory or permissive bargaining item?
* Develop, in your own words, a draft two paragraph Subcontracting Article.
Note: Item B. requires students to develop in their own words a two-paragraph subcontracting article. Take the position of being on a union bargaining team. What would you want to include in your subcontracting article?
Use the following CBA for an example of a Subcontracting Article.
Research Assignment Requirements
* First copy and paste the question then post your answer directly under the question.
* Apply your Critical Thinking Skills to answer each question. Critical Thinking Skills include Interpretation, Analysis, Inference, Evaluation, Explanation, and Self-Regulation.
*  Use APA Format. Double space the document. Use 12 points Times New Roman font. Do not include an abstract, executive summary or reference page as part of your document. A cover sheet is required but not counted as part of your document.
* Place the five required web-based references at the end of each question answer.
* Name your file with your last name and Unit number, i.e. Jones6 or Brown6. Your file should be in either Microsoft word (*.doc or *.docx), rich text (*.rft) or PDF format.
* Upload as a single file attachment. No multiple files will be accepted.
* Upload your completed Research Paper document into CANVAS.
* Late Assignment submission is not allowed without the instructor’s permission. Refer to grading rubric Criterion “Due Date” for points reduction.
Research Assignment Resources
Students are required to include “Scholarly” web-based references for each question according to the Research Paper grading rubric. Students may use the Park University Library, Scholarly Articles, Scholarly Journals, Trade Publications, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Federal, State, and Local Government websites, and Union websites.
Research Assignment Notes
* Research Assignment document is due no later than Sunday, 11:59pm (CT) of Unit 6.
* Answers must be in your own words with minimal quoting from web-based references. Web-based references are to support your answers, not be your answers. I am interested in whether the transfer of labor relations knowledge is taking place.
* Paraphrasing is allowed. Paraphrasing means taking the words of others and restating them in your own words.
* Questions on references, paraphrasing, and plagiarism click on this link APA Style and Grammar Guidelines. Links to an external site.
* Be careful not to plagiarize which is using the words of others and presenting them as your own. Always properly cite your web-based references.
* Last minute emergencies, technological problems (computer crashes), etc. will not be grounds for additional time. Be sure to back up and save a copy of your document in case you experience technical problems.
* Questions must be numbered and restated in their entirety at the top of each page and each question should have its own page(s) devoted to it. Do not run question 1 into question 2 on the same page.
* Be sure to include complete website links for references. You should test and retest the URL to be sure that I can see what you want me to see. Complete and active URLs are students’ responsibility. If I cannot see your article, you will not receive credit for that article.
* Sometimes when using electronic or web-based library databases the web site and/or URL you locate requires one to sign up and log in to see the article. I do not wish to have to do so. If a log in is required the student will not earn credit for that website. Check and re-check the URLs you provide to make sure I can see what you want me to see. When utilizing the Park Library site, be sure to obtain the “Permalink” for the article, which is a stable URL. This ensures that I can access the article. You will see this out of the Park databases on the right hand side tools menu, click PERMALINK, and you will see the Permalink box pop up above the article title. Be sure to copy and paste this URL rather than the URL at the top of the page.

Scenario
You are a business analyst working at a small domestic organization that produces high-quality cell phone cases. Your organization has begun to see its sales flatten in the domestic market. While the organization is not losing money, leadership would like to explore options to continue growth. One option that leadership has noticed competitors attempting is entering international markets.
You have been asked to examine the benefits, drawbacks, and key considerations for your organization to enter one of the global markets below, and to summarize your findings in a business brief for leadership.
Directions
Develop a business brief that explains why many organizations are investing in efforts to expand their businesses internationally, the key impacts of global business, and cultural considerations for entering the global market. You will then create a market profile and outline market considerations for your chosen international market. Use the Business Brief Template in the What to Submit section to complete this project.
Drivers for Global Entry: Explain the purpose of global expansion, business impacts of global business, societal impacts of global business, and cultural considerations using evidence from course and outside resources to support your explanations.
Purpose of Global Expansion: Explain key benefits of successful global expansion for domestic organizations.
Business Impacts of Global Business: Explain how global expansion of a domestic organization can impact business operations such as strategic planning, marketing, supply-chain management, human resources, and so on.
Societal Impacts of Global Business: Explain how the global expansion of organizations has impacted society, citing specific examples regarding culture, transportation, employment, infrastructure, and environmental climate.
Cultural Considerations for Global Business: Explain the importance of researching the culture of a potential global market prior to market entry, as well as key cultural considerations to explore to inform expansion decisions.
Market Profile: Compare and contrast important cultural, political, and economic elements of your selected market versus the United States to explain similarities and differences between cultural practices, attitudes, economic factors, and political environments.
Cultural Profile: Compare and contrast important cultural elements of your selected market against those in the domestic market, including communication, values and attitudes, cultural dimensions, and so on.
Political and Economic Profile: Compare and contrast important political and economic factors for your selected market against those in the domestic market, including political systems, current leaders, and economic measures or characteristics used in classification.
Legal and Regulatory Profile: Compare and contrast important legal and regulatory requirements of your selected market against those in the domestic market, including trade restrictions, regulations of products or services, legal processes for business transactions, and import restrictions or documentation.
Market Considerations: Compare and contrast important market considerations for your selected market against those in the domestic market. Explain the similarities, differences, and considerations for conducting business between the two markets, such as general legal and regulatory requirements, monetary and management logistics, and mode-of-entry considerations.
Monetary Considerations: Explain how monetary considerations such as currency, exchange rates, and exchange-rate management would impact the organization’s decision to expand into your selected market, using current exchange rates between your selected country and the United States to support your explanations.
Management and Logistics Considerations: Explain management and logistics practices that best address human-resource considerations for your selected market, such as management approaches or staff and labor laws and their impact on policies and procedures.
Mode of Entry Considerations: Describe advantages and disadvantages for traditional modes of entry that would be most appropriate for entering into your selected market.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Template: Business Brief
Your completed Business Brief template should be a 750- to 1,000-word Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
I have already started this I just need it finished and fixed so that I get a good grade to pass the class.