Category: Business and Management

This assignment is due on Sunday of Week Three.
This course is designed to provide hands-on experience that utilizes the learning from previous courses. With your knowledge of the client you have identified and the learning you have acquired to this point, identify a management problem you will investigate and for which you will provide recommended solutions. If you are working with a supervisor or manager, you may want to consult with them to complete this step.
Instructions: VERY IMPORTANT! If you have not already read the information in the Content Section (the link is located on the left-hand side of the classroom), you should do so without delay. You will find additional information there that will help you be successful in this class.
This paper will have four main parts: Identifying the Client
Identifying the Problem
Conducting a Need Assessment
Solution Identification
Part 1: Identify the Client: The first step is to identify a client for whom you will act as a consultant. The client can be your own work group or company, a family business you are involved with, a business you worked for previously, a volunteer organization you work for or have worked with, or a public company. The client you choose should be a small group or organization in which you can influence change in your role as a consultant. Please do not select “the military” or “the U.S. government” or “Giant XYZ Corporation.” However you may choose a small entity, such as a workgroup, within any of the larger organizations. For example, if you are in the military, focus on your group. If you select a Giant XYZ Corporation, select the department.
The length of part one is 2- 3 paragraphs. Part 2: Identify the Problem: In this portion of the paper your goal is to identify a problem or issue that is impacting performance in the organization. With your knowledge of the client, you have identified and the learning you have acquired to this point, identify a management problem you will investigate and for which you will provide recommended solutions. If you are working with a supervisor or manager, you may want to consult with them to complete this step.
Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 1 Content Section to help guide you in identifying a management problem in your work environment. This section is generally 1-2 pages.
Part 3: Complete a Needs Assessment by submitting a 1-2 page paper discussing the client’s needs with relation to the management problem you are studying.
Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 2 Content Section to help guide you in understanding needs in relation to your management problem.
Part 4: Conduct a Needs Assessment Conduct a Needs Assessment based on the identified problem. The questions below can help you conduct a needs assessment. This list is not all-inclusive and is a guide to support you when completing a Needs Assessment. They are provided to help you get started and inspire questions to explore. What is the problem?
How is the desired performance related to the current performance?
How does the desired performance relate to the mission statement?
Is the problem organization-wide or isolated to one or a few individuals?
Have organizational initiatives created the problem?
Does the problem relate to individual performance issues?
Is training adequate to support the desired outcome?
Is the issue related to job design?
What criteria are used to measure performance?
Is performance criteria appropriate, i.e. attainable and measurable?
Part 3 should be 1-3 pages depending on the management topic you identified. Part 4: Solution Identification
For solution identification read the material at the sites listed in the Week 3 Content Section to help guide you in identifying solutions to the management problem you have identified. Here are some tips to help you create your solutions:
Solutions should focus on the problem, be accepted by the team and be achievable.
Find opportunities to allow the individuals to meet to work out the differences, respectfully. Focus on strategies that can build trust in the relationship.
Look at the tasks that the individuals are responsible for and explore whether they have had adequate training or resources to be successful in performing their tasks (so the solution is to provide additional training and/or mentoring to help your folks be successful).
Evaluate the conditions under which these two work (are they sitting right next to the community coffee pot or the photocopy machine or with poor ventilation or no natural light? Is the environment affecting their behavior?) The solution may be to fix the problem by moving them or making some other change.
Is it financially feasible? Can it be completed in a reasonable time? Can it be done within financial cost structures? What is the return on investment?
If you get stuck in a section, below are some questions to get you unstuck. What are the goals of the company / division / workgroup? Do they align with the mission of the company?
Is there data to substantiate this or is it a perception of the manager?
Who is involved…the manager, the employees, stakeholders?
How long has this problem existed?
What and how are expectations and requirements communicated
When expectations or key deadlines are missed, what happens?
What factors contribute to the problem (politics, structure, decision-making factors)?j
Are technical skills or training contributing to the problem?
Are there ethical issues relating to the problem?
If so, how have those issues been handled to date?
These questions do not all need to be answered nor is this list all-inclusive; they are provided to help you get started and inspire your own questions to explore while completing this assignment.
When relationships experience roadblocks of any sort we can say there is a problem in the relationship. This is true for both personal and professional relationships. When identifying and analyzing potential problems one would start first with the symptoms of the problem. This is sometimes a difficult process as it can be easy to confuse symptoms with the problem. For instance, perhaps as a manager, you are dealing with a lack of acceptable productivity with two of the ten people who work in your area of responsibility. Maybe one of those people is cranky and difficult to work with.
In this case, the problem you need to solve as a manager is one of increasing productivity in your area to an acceptable level. Managers respond to this issue in many ways depending upon their skill, ability, knowledge and maturity. Some managers may transfer some of the work from the two problem employees to some or all the other employees. This solution will, in turn, produce additional symptoms that now are visible in the behavior and productivity level of the other eight employees in addition to the original two employees. You can see that this solution will only continue to affect productivity in a negative manner and never really solves the problem. Therefore, during the problem identification stage, one ought to be certain they are looking at the problem and rather than trying to reduce or eliminate symptoms.
Part 4 should be 2-3 pages discussing the Solution Identification.
Assignment Submission: Submit your final assignment in the assignment tab. Paper lengths depend on your management topic, but typically range from 8 – 10 pages. Submit your paper in a word document, upload to your Week 3 “Identify the Problem” Assignment folder in the classroom. This is due by midnight on Sunday of Week 3.
Your paper should follow APA format 7th Edition and Contain:
Title Page
Identifying the Client
Identifying the Problem
Conducting a Need Assessment
Solution Identification
References – a minimum of 4 unique sources none of which can be Wikipedia.
Government Contracting & Acquisition students should review pages 5-6 and pages20-23 of the Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) Desktop Pocket Guide for additional guidance.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2017/10/26/the-2018-human-resources-trends-to-keep-on-your-radar/?sh=3aa013f921b3
https://diversity.umich.edu/about/defining-dei/
https://www.aihr.com/blog/inclusive-environment-at-work/
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/protected-classes-in-employment-discrimination-30939
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10: The Future of Human Resource Management from the textbook, the articles The 2018 Human Resources Trends to Keep on Your RadarLinks to an external site., Defining DEILinks to an external site. and 7 actions HR can take to help create an inclusive environment at workLinks to an external site., and the webpage Protected Classes in Employment DiscriminationLinks to an external site.. Emerging trends have defined and affected the future of HRM in terms of competencies, demographics, and practices. Some of the emerging trends in HRM include globalization, generational diversity, skills gap, sustainability, technology, social media, big data, and legislation.
Select one of the emerging trends above and discuss the following on this emerging trend:
Explain the impact of managers and HR professionals (functions and practices) to your trend.
Describe the talent acquisition best practices (recruiting, developing, and retaining employees).
Define diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Review two ways HR professionals can support diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organization.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Cite at least one scholarly source to support your response.

KEY INFORMATION
Due date Refer to the Learning Management System
Weighting 35%
Relevant chapters Chapters 1 to 3
Assessment format Reflection Essay (.doc or .docx)
Length 2,000 words (10% allowable either way, does not include title page, table of
contents, appendix and references)
Specific requirements » Use a minimum of 10 references including chapter content,
academic journals, papers, books sourced from the university library
or other academic resources.
» Use either Times New Roman (12 pt.), Arial (11 pt.), Calibri (11 pt.)
» Set page margins to 2.54 cm
» Double-space text including headings
» Include page number on every page
» Use Harvard Reference Style
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
a. Critically evaluate and understand the role of marketing and its impact on the wider business and
industry.
b. Analyse drivers behind consumers’ decisions and behaviours.
c. Design and apply frameworks to develop innovative, effective and impactful marketing strategies.
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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, write a reflective essay on a recent purchase you have made in your personal life or
workplace. Using the consumer buying process as a framework, you should examine your experience during
the buying process and the factors that affected your purchase decision
Reflective writing is documenting the thinking process or revisiting a practical situation and reviewing your
experiences through the lenses of the concepts or theories you are studying. In other words, reflective writing
is recounting a particular experience and exploring how you have changed or learned from those experiences.
When reflecting, you begin by recalling a situation and the thoughts and feelings you encountered during the
experience. From there, you explore your beliefs, values, and attitudes that underpin these thoughts and
feelings. Lastly, as you study the subject, identify one or two salient points, concepts, or theories that you can
relate to your situation and discuss your insights.
It is essential to realise that while you are writing your reflection, the story of the incident or event is not the
focus. Instead, you should focus on the insights you gained from re-examining and documenting your reactions
and connecting the salient points, concepts or theories to real-life situations.
When writing your reflective essay, you are not expected to review all the chapters in the subject before
completing this assignment but rather focus on the relevant chapters indicated in the Key Information section
of this brief. Additionally, a reflective essay balances your personal observations, opinions, feelings, beliefs and
conventions of academic writing, such as crafting a thesis statement and using the salient findings, concepts, or
theories to support or further explain your reflection.
Reflection Essay
When writing your reflective essay, we suggest you use the 4Rs Model to Reflective Writing (Moon, 2006; QUT,
2010) to guide the organisational structure.
1. Introduction Paragraph
For your introduction paragraph, you should include the following:
a. A hook is the first sentence that sets the tone for your report. The hook should give the reader
a sense of the topic you are writing about and why it is interesting.
b. Provide either background information regarding the context of your experience, a summary of
any key learnings you gained or introduce any salient points, concepts, or theories you will
highlight in your essay.
c. Thesis Statement – Include a sentence or two that summarises the main idea of your essay
2. Reporting and Responding –Describe your purchasing process
a. Explain the consumer buying process approach you took to purchase the item. You should
explain each stage of the process including need recognition, information search, evaluation of
alternatives, purchase decision, and post-purchase evaluation.
b. In your explanation, include any specific observations, thoughts, or feelings you had during
each process stage.
c. Be sure to support your explanation with any concepts from your readings and cite the
resources you used.
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3. Relating –Relate or connect how specific forces played a part in the decision-making process
a. Compare your selected purchasing process with similar purchasing decisions you have made.
b. How was the experience similar? How was it different?
c. Reference any theories or concepts from your readings to support your explanation.
4. Reasoning –Detail significant factors underlying the purchase decision.
a. Explain how specific factors influenced your purchase decision. Be sure to use specific
examples. What factor(s)influenced your decision? Why did this prompt you to purchase?
b. What other factor(s)would have motivated your purchase or improved your experience?
c. Support your explanations with any theories or concepts from your readings and cite your
resources.
5. Reconstructing –Reconstruct future practice or professional understanding.
a. Based on your reflection, how well did the company market to you and your target market?
b. Provide several marketing strategies or suggestions on how the company may target the
market segment(s) you belong to sometime in the future.
c. Are your suggestions supported by any theories or concepts from your readings? Be sure to
include references to support your ideas.
6. Conclusion Paragraph
a. Restate the main points you made in your reflection analysis.
b. Summarise what you have learned and your suggestions.
SUGGESTED STRUCTURE
Your essay may be structured in any way that best presents your reflection. However, the following structure
can be used as a guide for your essay and subheads.
1. Cover or Title Page
2. Introduction Paragraph
3. Purchasing Process
4. Decision Making Process
5. Significant Purchase Factors
6. Future Practice Recommendations
7. Conclusion Paragraph
8. Reference Page
9. Appendix, if needed
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CONSIDERATIONS
» If you are having trouble with your reflection essay, your academic/instructor should be your first
source for assistance.
» Have I identified and defined the academic concepts related to marketing and communications using
current academic literature?
» Have I demonstrated the ability to apply and integrate relevant salient points, concepts or theories in
my discussion?
» Have I provided sufficient evidence and examples to support my reasoning?
» Have I demonstrated an understanding of the relevance of the chosen concepts to the overall concept
of marketing and communications?
» Have you included all the required elements for your reflection?
» Have you used a wide variety of sources? Consider using both academic and industry sources.
» Does your assignment flow logically and sequentially?
» Have you met all specific formatting requirements?
» Does your assignment meet minimum length and reference requirements?
https://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/harvard-referencing/harvard-referencing-style-examples/

Would love for my resume to be tailored to these requirements: 
Advanced computer skills
Fluent professional English proficiency
Type a minimum of 50 words per minute 
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Willingness to help our customers and provide them with a personal experience
Creative problem solver
Ability to continuously develop and adapt to a growing team
You hold yourself to high ethical standards

Literature Review Assignment
Instructions (2 Part Assignment; Outline Due June 9th, Literature Review Due June 28th)
Literature
Review: Final Assignment (DUE JUNE 28th)
Overview
A critical skill
at the doctoral level is the ability to conduct scholarly research guided by
clearly articulated research questions
that address a specific issue or problem.
It is important that you include and address the research questions provided. Changing
the research question changes the focus of the study, and the resulting
document will not meet the requirements for the literature review. For this literature review,
your research will be guided by the following three research questions:
1.     
How
do individual and group decision processes aid or impede business decision making?
2.     
What
are the latest developments in the process of strategy development and
execution?
3.     
How
can my academic discipline, Information Systems (see note below), as a function within
the organization, influence the process of business strategy development and
execution?
The first two questions are explored from a broad business perspective, while the third question gives you
the opportunity to change your frame of reference to your specific
cognate in the
Doctoral Program.
Note: The third
research question deals with your Cognate (Information Systems) as a function
that is performed in a business. This is not exploring your degree program, the
courses you have taken, or higher education in any way. You will replace the
words ‘my academic discipline’ in Research Question 3 with your actual academic
discipline from your program. Examples of academic disciplines include Finance,
Marketing, Accounting, Information Systems, International Business Management.
What are we looking for in this literature
review?
A literature
review discusses published information in a particular subject area and
sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time
period. This literature review will be more than just a simple summary of
information from various sources as it will include an organizational pattern
that combines both a summary and synthesis of information. Please keep in mind
that a summary is a re‐encapsulation of the important information found in the
source, while a synthesis is a re‐organization and combining of that information to present a more complete
picture. Finally, the literature review will evaluate the sources and
advise the reader of the most pertinent or relevant points.
How will this
literature review be evaluated?
Your work will be
evaluated in the areas listed below. Be sure to review the grading rubric to
ensure that you have addressed all areas that will be evaluated. If you are
uncertain or have questions reach out to your professor right away for
clarification.
Content
Required page
count
Relevance of
Information
Academic Level of
Information
Quality of
Information
Sources of
Information
Structure
Organization of
Information
Adherence to Formatting
Instructions and APA Style Guide
Important note
regarding required page count: Assignments must meet the minimum page
count indicated in the instructions. Documents that are short of the required page
count as well as documents that address a different subject matter than
assigned in the instructions by altering the research questions will have the
Content area scores reduced as described below.
For documents that
fail to meet the content word/page count called for in the instructions, the
professor will multiply the score in each Content area by the percentage actualy
provided. Example:
·        
The
instructions call for 10 pages of content and the student provides 5 pages of
content.
·        
Content
score for Academic Level of Information is determined to be 16 out of 20.
·        
That
Content score is multiplied by 0.5 for a final Content score of 8 out of 20 for
Academic Level of Information. This is done for each Content area in the
rubric.
·        
The
professor will provide an explanation in the Comments section of the rubric.
Are there differences between plagiarism,
paraphrasing, and quoting?
Paraphrasing is
when you take a source or someone else’s idea and say it in your own words or
even combine the ideas of several
authors as well as your own. When you paraphrase, you will still give the author credit through the use of an in‐text
citation connected to the idea as well as a reference at the
end of the paper.
A direct quote from a source has quotation marks
around the quote. If 40 words or more in
length, it must be set in block quotation format.
You can refer to the APA guide
for more information on this.
At the graduate level, you should be relying almost exclusively on the use of paraphrasing to
allow synthesis of the original author’s views with your own. A direct
quotation should only be used in this literature review (or most other
documents you will produce) when paraphrasing would change the author’s
intended meaning. In other words, you should only use a quotation when it is
the only way to convey what the author intended to convey.
Plagiarism on the
other hand exists when the writer simply copies the words directly from the
source without giving credit with an in‐text citation and a reference.
Plagiarism is not permitted and the paper will not be accepted for grading.
Specific
Instructions:
·        
Follow
the outline generated in the Literature Review: Outline Assignment to include
any feedback from your instructor.
·        
Use
the Research Questions as provided in the instructions
·        
Minimum
of 24 pages of written content, not including introduction, conclusion, front
matter, reference section, and any tables or figures provided.
·        
No
less than 8 pages of content addressing each research question
·        
Minimum
of 18 current sources not including course texts
·        
No
less than 6 current sources for each research
question not including the course texts
·        
1
inch margins, Double Spaced, 12 point font
·        
Include
Cover Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, and Reference Section
·        
Follow
APA (Professional Version) current edition for all formatting
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/documents/APA%207%20-%20Professional%20Sample%20Paper%20-%202020.pdf
Note: Your Literature Review: Final Assignment
will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Given the four choices for multinational strategies described by Peng (2022), discuss the pros and cons of each and apply each to the concept of a global business model (GBM: Tallman et al., 2018).
o Requirements: 750-800 words, at least two peer-reviewed references, APA format

As you develop your short paper, consider the following questions:
How does the organization discuss its sustainable operations and goals?
How does the organization balance profitability with sustainable initiatives?
How does their management of sustainable operations affect revenue, energy reduction, waste reduction, material use reduction, improved productivity, and reduction of organizational risks?

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please review the attachments and make me an offer.
The deadlines are as follows:
Assignment 1 is due 6/7
Assignment 2 is due 6/21
Assignment 3 is due 7/11
Assignment 4 is due 7/24

Research Paper on Industry Forces on ULTA BEAUTY INC. 
PAPER TO FOCUS ON ULTA BEAUTY INC. and answer the below questions. 
FORMAT: 
APA Format Paper
APA First Page Header (NO COVER PAGE)
12-point Times New Roman font
Double-spaced
3-6 pages (excluding chart)
PAPER INSTRUCTIONS: 
Research ULTA BEAUTY INC. and its industry and perform a Porter Five Forces analysis.  
You should acquire a minimum of five separate pieces of APA cited research material, 
which can include periodical articles, investor analysis, and trend analysis for ULTA BEAUTY INC.  
A Five Forces chart should begin your analysis to serve as a quick reference point. 
Actions
.   Beneath each of the forces, you should provide a brief one or two-word description 
(i.e., low, moderate, or high) of what you will present on the pages following.
The Five Industry Forces are:
·         Barriers to Entry: Outline what, if any, barriers exist preventing new firms from being 
created and competing with existing rivals.
·         Intensity of Rivalry: Discuss the key four or five elements that affect the intensity of rivalry and how hard firms must do battle with each other. What must ANY existing rival do in 
order to succeed?
·         Supplier Power: Is there any power existing on the input side that forces firms to bend 
to the will of suppliers?
·         Buyer Power: Are customers of rivals able to unduly influence rivals such that they can be forced to do things they otherwise would not choose to do?
·         Threat of Substitutes: Define the basic need(s) met by the goods and services sold by rivals. Can this need be easily met by purchasing the goods and services of non-rivals and who/what might those substitutes be?
Each force should be discussed beneath their own headings in paper using as much 
space as you deem necessary to complete analysis.  Also, please conclude paper with a 
brief (1-4 paragraphs are probably good) summary of the key competitive forces that 
characterize ULTA BEAUTY INC.