Category: Business and Management

Descriptive statistics are just what they sound like, statistics that allow you to describe or summarize the data with regard to such things as their distribution and their spread. Descriptive statistics provide you with a picture of your data while inferential statistics (which we will discuss in subsequent assessments) allow you to draw conclusions about relationships between variables or differences between groups.
A solid understanding of descriptive statistics is foundational to grasping the concepts presented in inferential statistics. This assessment measures your understanding of key elements of descriptive statistics.
Your first statistical software assessment includes two sections in which you will do the following:
Create two histograms.
Calculate measures of central tendency and dispersion.
This will give you some experience with the data set.
Submit your assessment as a Word document.
Refer to the JASP Step-by-Step: Histograms and Descriptive Statistics [PDF] Download JASP Step-by-Step: Histograms and Descriptive Statistics [PDF]document for additional help in completing this assessment.
View JASP Speedrun: Descriptive Statistics [Video] for a brief tutorial on this assessment.
As you work on this assessment, refer to the 7864 Data Set Instructions [PDF] Download 7864 Data Set Instructions [PDF]file for information on variables used in this course.
Provide a title for your document and your name.
Download the 7864 data set, grades.jasp Download grades.jasp, which is a sample data set, and save it to your computer. The data represent a teacher’s recording of student demographics and performance on quizzes and a final exam. For this assessment, you will create and describe two histograms and a descriptives table using these data
Section 1: Histograms for Visual Interpretation
Using the final and lowup variables in your grades.jasp data set, create two histograms and paste them into your Word document:
Variables and Definitions
Variable Definition
Lowup lower division =1; Upper division =2
Final Final exam: number of correct answers
Create:
A histogram for lower division.
A histogram for upper division.
Briefly describe what a visual inspection of this output tells you about the shape of the distributions.
Section 2: Calculate Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
Using the grades.jasp Download grades.jaspfile, compute descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis for gpa and quiz3.
Variables and Definitions
Variable Definition
GPA Previous grade point average
Quiz3 Quiz 3: number of correct answers
Create a descriptives table and paste it into your Word document.
Under the table:
Report the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis for GPA and quiz3.
Briefly describe what skewness and kurtosis tell you about these data with regard to normality.
Submit both sections of your assessment as an attached Word document.
The following statistical analysis software is required to complete your assessments in this course:
Jeffreys’s Amazing Statistics Program (JASP).
Refer to the Tools and Software: JASP page on Campus for general information. Make sure that your statistical software is downloaded, installed, and running properly on your computer.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 4: Interpret the results of statistical analyses.
Below the output, provide an accurate interpretation of histograms for lower division students and upper division students.
Below the output, report descriptive statistics and interpret skew and kurtosis values.
Competency 5: Apply a statistical programs procedure to data.
Provide histograms for lower division students and upper division students.
Provide a descriptive statistics table.

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MT435M2-2: Create a product design and a service design within an operations management environment.
The design process in an operations management environment is critical for the efficient use of resources. Design thinking is a creative and iterative process that involves empathizing with the end users, defining the problem, ideating potential solutions, prototyping, and testing.
Directions
In this assignment, you will apply critical thinking to the application of designing a product, service, and facility in an informative essay with a minimum of three full pages in which you specifically address the parts listed below. Make sure to include separate title and reference pages, use standard paragraph structure, double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and follow all other current APA style guidelines. Conduct research from credible peer-reviewed sources, the Library, and your textbook to support your responses. Three references are required for the assignment. 
You can select an operations management environment of your choosing; however, ensure it is realistic and real-world applicable, reflecting good judgment, business sense, and critical thinking skills. Consider the following topics and follow the instructions below, remembering to complete all parts of the assignment.
Instructions
Operations management has two main perspectives: production and services. Designing a product and designing a service are work efforts with similarities and differences. Product design will introduce you to concepts including benchmarking, reverse engineering, computer-aided design (CAD), failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), and the environmental concern of carbon footprint. Service design will introduce you to concepts that include specification, service blueprint, queue, goods, and phases. You will learn that most work falls somewhere on the spectrum of production and services and that many career tasks combine these work efforts.
Product Design
Create a product design within an operations management environment, using real-world research to support your work. Your task is to design a sustainable packaging solution in either (beverage, pharmaceutical, or frozen foods) that reduces waste and promotes environmentally responsible behavior. The packaging should be functional, visually appealing, and eco-friendly. It is important to incorporate the product design steps that can be found on page 167.
Service Design
Create a service design within an operations management environment using real-world research to support your work. Your task is to design a mobile banking app that is user-friendly, efficient, and secure. The app should allow users to perform various banking tasks, such as checking account balances, transferring funds, and paying bills. It is important to incorporate the service design steps that can be found on page 203.
Deliverables:
A written paper that analyzes sustainable packaging solutions from a product design perceptive, developing a mobile banking app from a service design perspective, and designing a manufacturing facility from a facility design standpoint.
Minimum Submission Requirements:
This assignment should be a separate MS Word document, preferably in the most current .docx file format.
In addition to the current APA style title page and reference page, ensure your paper covers the assigned topics, focusing on quality. The following items provide additional guidance as to writing expectations.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
It must be written in Standard English, demonstrating exceptional content, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics.
Your paper should provide a clearly established sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well-ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Ensure your paper uses current APA style for content, with properly indented paragraphs and a minimum of three full pages covering the assigned topics to appropriate depth.
A separate page at the end of your research paper should contain a list of references in current APA style. Use your textbook, the Library, and the Internet for credible research.
Ensure you have at a minimum three quality references supporting your work: defining words, or using dictionaries, wikis, or encyclopedias, does not count as a quality reference or meet university standards for credible online research.
Be sure to cite in-text citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA style. Review the current APA style found at the Writing Center. The Writing Center can be accessed in Academic Tools. Select APA Central, then “Write” at the bottom of the page. It should include a title page, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, correct citations, Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors, and correct references on the references page.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the University’s Code of Student Conduct, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another person’s work or ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.

There are two documents needed for this assignment, the Prompt Template and the Answer Template; download both before getting started.  The prompt template has the questions you are to answer on the Answer template.  Once you have finished the 10 questions on the Answer Template, upload it here.  Do not upload the Prompt Template. All 10 questions reference back to the lesson materials from Chapters 3 and 5 (weeks 3 and 4) in your textbook.  Research each of these questions in your textbook and online as instructed in each question.  Also, give examples as you are prompted in each question.   There is no word count for this project. Before submitting this assignment, read it over to yourself to check for grammar, sentence structure, and completeness.  A word to the wise, this is a two-week project, and in-depth answers are expected.  Use your time wisely to show your insights into each question after carefully reviewing the reference materials.  

Discussion #4 – Organizational Charts (M3.L7)
This
assignment gives you experience in evaluating an existing organizational chart for a company, and based on the chapter’s guidelines, proposing a new and improved organizational chart for the company; you will engage in a discussion by sharing and commenting on others’ proposed organizational charts.
This activity corresponds with competencies: C2.2, C4.1, C4.2, C4.4. 
This activity corresponds with learning objective 7 of the lesson. 
Instructions
Review the existing organizational chart for TJX Companies, Inc. located in case 11.
Provide the existing chart in your submission.
Evaluate
the existing organizational chart of TJX Companies. What do you especially like and dislike about the company’s organizational chart? Your assessment must be supported by valid examples to support your position.
Develop a new and improved organizational chart for TJX Companies, Inc. Follow the guidelines described in the chapter when developing the organizational chart. You may want to change up the list given, adding and deleting positions as you deem necessary as well as changing certain titles to ensure adherence to the chapter guidelines and dos and don’ts in devising organizational charts.
Provide the new and improved chart in your submission.
Read
and reply to at least two (2) posts from any classmates. A simple statement such as, “good” or “I agree” does not constitute a substantial
comment.
Your post will be graded as follows:
Clear and concise answers to all questions      80%
Substantial comment to one classmate            10%
Substantial comment to one more classmate   10%
A
simple statement such as, “good” or “I agree” does not constitute a substantial comment. Ask probing questions to engage your classmates. 
Criteria for Success: For more details on how you will be graded, enter the discussion, and view the grading rubric. Not sure how? Read, How to View Grading Rubrics

What do think Paul meant by saying that we were all baptized into one body?
▪ Why do you think Paul describes being a Christian as “being made to drink of one Spirit”?
▪ Why didn’t he talk about being indwelt by the Spirit as in Rom 8:9 or being sealed by the Spirit as in Eph 1:13? Relate the information in 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 to the concepts of diversity and inclusion in the modern organization.
▪ What lessons does this scripture provide for global managers?
o Requirements: 750-800 words, at least two peer-reviewed references, APA format

Within each module, there is a list of key terms. Each student will select one of the key terms and conduct a search of Campbellsville University’s online Library resources to find 1 recent peer reviewed article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:
(the chosen key term Legitimacy)
DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.
SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- this should be in the 150-200-word range. Be sure to note the article’s author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term. / In the Summary section, you should note the credentials of the authors of the Journal Article and why we should rely on their opinions.
DISCUSSION: Using 300-350 words, write a brief discussion, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. A discussion is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.
REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission–in APA format. (continued) Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.

The PNG file is the final question.
There are two other files attached, one is the personal r.eflection for the first question and the other one is the course textbook.
For the second question, our final project is to interview the chosen organization(The Olympic Club), analyze the organization based on the topic in the textbook, and give advice. M

Instructions
For this week’s assignment, you need to think about an organization that you have either been a part of, or you will conduct research on a company, and address the following about the company in a two-three page paper.
Name of the company and the industry the company operates within
Size of the company
Describe the overall culture of the organization, and identify and examine the concepts that you have learned from the week’s readings and lecture.  Are there subcultures within the organization?
Would you describe the culture as positive or negative? Why?
What are some consequences of the culture? For example, if the culture is negative, is there high turnover and low productivity?
How does the organization’s management team affect the organization’s culture? 
How does the culture of the organization view corporate ethics and social responsibility? Provide specific examples regarding their ethics and social responsibility.
What strategies would you recommend to improve the culture in the organization? What has the company done to maintain or improve its culture in the past five years?
In your two-three page paper (not including title page or reference listing) you are required to have a minimum of three relevant sources from the UMGC Online Library for support AND you should use the course materials/textbook provided. Keep in mind that whenever you use an idea from an outside source you must include a properly formatted APA Version 7 citation. You also need to have a properly formatted reference listing on the last page of the paper (reference listings go on their own page.)

The future of B2B sales in the next decade. AI is bringing a tremendous change to the everyday work of the sales teams.  How will the effective same-steam teams of the future work and operate? How The sales team navigate to bring the short term results needed while a the same time building the strategy of the future where AI-powered hyperpersonalization, self-educated buyers and proactive selling is merged? What are the current trends, opportunities, challenges, and risks, and the b2b sales leaders are facing?
https://www.thesalesblog.com/blog/b2b-sales-in-2024-navigating-the-shift-from-trend-chasing-to-core-sales-effectiveness-mastery
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/b2b-sales-trends-2024-what-you-need-know-salezshark-sngkc/
https://www.ai-bees.io/post/b2b-sales-trends
https://marketingguys.com/blogs/a-future-of-b2b-sales-without-sales-people/

Please respond to the following:
Evaluate a compensation system of your choice in terms of how the compensation reinforces the behaviors needed to meet the company’s objective. Next, propose three improvements to that compensation system based on your evaluation. Provide specific examples using additional sources, if necessary, to support your rationale.