Category: Business and Management

I have attached all instructions from my professor and I need them followed exactly I also need the paper to be 100% plagiarism free this paper is 40% of my final grade

Instructions:
Considering the eight leadership styles defined in module 2, the list of case
studies and your own work experiences. Outline which leadership style you would
utilize for each case study and why. Also include
how you will assess the motivational factors for each individual and the
actions you will implement to positively impact their motivation.
Provide at least one challenging leadership situation that you have faced in
your life and define the relevant style for that situation and why.
Define how the 4-step decision making process in module 2 could assist you in
making good leadership decisions.

The Big Picture
The purpose of the portfolio assignment is to perform the quantity takeoff and cost estimating on the entire sample and simplified commercial building located in West Lafayette, IN (the project location stays the same for all the portfolio milestones). Throughout this course, you will perform the takeoff and cost estimating of this building’s different major parts and components. This effort will be conducted in multiple milestones and by gradually completing each milestone’s tasks, you will end up with a full quantity takeoff and cost estimation for a real size sample building. This will be your semi-realistic construction cost estimating effort. Good luck and enjoy!
Overview
The purpose of this portfolio milestone is to become familiar with the major components of earthwork in construction projects, how to perform quantity takeoff and cost estimating, and how to calculate the optimum number of trucks and loaders.
Mastery of these concepts will help you successfully quantify the earthwork job in construction projects based on soil volume and its stats, the number of required machinery, and the cost associated with the work.
Instructions
Look at the portfolio project drawings, specifically sheets number 101 and 102. Find out the area that needs to be excavated for the building to have its foundations placed. Note the dimensions of the area, i.e., width, length, and depth.
Calculate the soil volume that should be excavated. Assume the following:
The project is located in West Lafayette, Indiana
This applies to all the portfolio milestone submissions moving forward.
A ¾ CY power shovel is loading 8 CY dump trucks.
The heaped capacity will make up for the swelling. (The heaped capacity of the truck is equivalent to 8 BCY.)
Trucks then haul the soil a distance of 1 mile with an average speed of 20 mph
A wait time of 20 minutes
Now perform calculations to find the following items:
Calculate the total volume of excavation.
The optimum number of trucks (i.e., the number of trucks that gives you a minimum $/CY)
The duration it takes to excavate the area for the building foundation and underground garage considering the number of construction machinery available.
The number of shovels and trucks that should be used if we are asked to finish this excavation job in 5 business days.
The total direct cost
The total cost including overhead and profit]
Components
A properly generated MS Excel spreadsheet that includes all the calculations and formulas needed to perform the quantity takeoff and cost estimating.
The formulas in the MS Excel spreadsheet should be embedded in the file and all the values, except those that are given on the problem statement, should be calculated using those formulas.
Your MS Excel spreadsheet should include the RSMeans line  and unit costs provided in the link below.
Review the RSMeans spreadsheets to find the line item and unit costs necessary to perform the calculations.
If you want to try the RSMeans online tool, use this link.
https://www.rsmeansonline.com/

INTRODUCTION
As an organizational leader, one of your primary roles is establishing programs and policies that ensure the organization operates under ethical considerations and legal mandates. This responsibility includes informing employees of the organization’s code of ethics, communicating the code of ethics, providing training, and ensuring that operational aspects are administered in a legal and ethical manner.
You will assume the role of a leader and decide what strategies you will use to develop a strong organizational ethical climate. In your position as a leader, you will need to identify primary and secondary stakeholders and satisfy their concerns, understand the organization’s ethical standing, and develop an ethics training program.
SCENARIO
You are a business manager of Paradigm Toys, a publicly held company that is a retailer and manufacturer of children’s toys. The board of directors has asked you to conduct an ethics audit of the company and report to the board if you find the need for ethics training.
A.  Discuss the purpose of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in an organization.
1.  Identify one primary and one secondary stakeholder that influence Paradigm Toys.
2.  Analyze how Paradigm Toys can meet their CSR for the primary and secondary stakeholders identified in part A1.
B.  Reflect on the importance of ethical leadership by doing the following:
1.  Explain why it is important for an organization to develop an ethical culture.
a.  Discuss the role that Paradigm Toys’ leadership can play in fostering an ethical culture.
2.  Explain the purpose of an ethics audit.
a.  Discuss the value that an ethics audit could bring to Paradigm Toys.
C.  Develop the ethical framework that you would use if you were faced with an ethical dilemma by doing the following:
1.  Identify and analyze an ethical dilemma in a business setting. (An example of an ethical dilemma can be found in Task 1. The example in Task 1 cannot be submitted as the specific ethical dilemma response for this aspect.)
2.  Evaluate two potential solutions to the ethical dilemma identified in part C1.
3.  Explain which solution from part C2 you believe is the more ethical choice.
D.  Create a proposal for implementing an ethics training program at Paradigm Toys by doing the following:
1.  Identify three key topics that you would cover in your ethics training program.
a.  Explain why you would include the three topics from part D1 in your training program.
2.  Recommend a delivery method and justify why you believe it would be the most effective for the training program.
E.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

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write a reflective review presentation and follow the instructions attached 
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Using the theories and concepts of consumer behavior covered in AMB200 course, explain why consumers tend to apply more rational approach in making consumption decisions involving expensive products or services. Your essay should be approximately 300 words (+/- 10%). You must demonstrate adequate understanding of the theories covered in class and integrate relevant literature resources. Use 2 to 3 literature sources. Your essay should be brief and precise.
Lecture slides: Must read before start doing it
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QFXSZuzVRQEVv0EHFPxyNfzAmex_5VETG?usp=sharing

Considerations in Global Expansion
In Unit 1, you have formed a team and started the process of growing your simulation company. Your company will be introducing a new line of carbon fiber bicycles into selected markets in North America (NORAM), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Europe-MEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions. Four geographic markets have been selected as sites for test marketing, one in each region: New York, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, and Bangalore. Each city represents a different market opportunity. The mix of customers with different potential demands will vary across each of them. You will operate as a company dedicated to the principles of Conscious Capitalism and your decision on business launch and growth will need to include an assessment of how the local governments of the selected markets adhere to these principles.
In this individual assignment, you will build a case for assessing potential growth opportunities using the simulation as a foundation for planning. This assignment takes you beyond the confines of the simulation, although you will be using the simulation as a construct. These recommendations will not directly apply to the simulation.
This assignment explores the professional skills of;
Global awareness
Awareness of ethical issues and responsibilities
Make ethical decisions and solve problems
Work effectively in teams
Assignment Goal and Thought Process
Goal: To assess geographic locations for initial business launch and prioritizing additional opportunities for expansion opportunities for your startup company which will produce 3D printed bikes The areas under consideration are North America (NORAM), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Europe-MEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC).
Thought Process: Your goal as a business leader is to make decisions that have the best chance of success so you will need to incorporate as much data as possible before making your decisions. These decisions are based on a variety of data points including, but not limited to, potential sales, profitability, cultural match to your company, conscious capitalism, government policies, and practices for business growth.
The role of government and official policies have an important impact on the growth of their nation(s). As a business committed to Conscious Capitalism, which typically is applied to business entities, you will need to understand how to apply these principles to the governments of the geographic areas you are considering. You will need to consider:
Can a government operate as a business?
How can we view governments through the lens of Conscious Capitalism to help us make our expansion recommendations? While the principles are usually applied to business, can we apply them to governments?
What is the culture of each country under consideration for launch and expansion and how many principle(s) of Conscious Capitalism do they follow?
How does this information help us make expansion recommendations if our goal is to expand to countries that have the strongest link to these principles?
If you were going to be presenting this information in a real-world situation, and requesting funds to support your plan, you would need all of this data to be seen as credible and win support for your plan.
Assignment Details
In a 4-6 page APA formatted paper address the following:
Section 1: The principles of Conscious Capitalism are usually applied to a business, but to help us make optimal business decisions choices, you will apply them to the governments of the countries under consideration but first need to answer these questions;
What are the four principles of Conscious Capitalism? Describe each of the principles.
Should we view government as a business? What information does the research show on this topic? Present a balanced analysis covering the pros and cons of this approach. You will need to use at least three (3) scholarly sources in addition to the unit readings to support your thoughts in Section 1.
In general, how would you use the principles of Conscious Capitalism to analyze the possible markets and their governments for launch and expansion goals?
Section 2: Research all of the markets that you can launch or expand into. The areas under consideration are North America (NORAM), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Europe-MEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC). Focus on the four geographic markets that have been selected as sites for test marketing, one in each region: New York, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, and Bangalore.
Create a profile for each of these areas. Include the following information.
Economic data, i.e., population, Gross National Product (GDP)
Cultural data; i.e., Hofstede Cultural Dimensions
Current socio-political issues, i.e., recession, government flux or elections, which would impact your decisions
Which of the four principles of Conscious Capitalism are demonstrated by the government of the country?
Section 3: Recommendations for business launch and expansion. Using the results of this analysis and knowing the cultural profile your company leadership is already creating, make detailed recommendations for launch and expansion progression for ALL 4 AREAS UNDER CONSIDERATION. This should include but not be limited to
Include an in-depth description of your company, its products, and other relevant information to support the recommendations.
The logic that you are using to support your recommendations. This can include the projected sales and profit information, the links to Conscious Capitalism, any other factors which formed your recommendations.
Access all required readings (articles, videos, etc.) from the Library.
Articles
Klein, M. C. (2018). Governments should be run more like businesses. Barron’s (Online).
Maldonado, M. (2015). Conscious capitalism. Leadership Excellence, 32(6), 5–6.
Conscious Capitalism. (2021, June 3). Our philosophy.
External link.
Hagberg, R. (2020, August 13). Building startup teams: The challenge for entrepreneurs. Hagberg Consulting Group.
External link.
Henry, P. (2017, February 18). Why some startups succeed (and why most fail). Entrepreneur.
Joyce, P. (2014). The Enduring Myth That Government Should Be Run Like a Business.
External link.
Richards, R. (2020, April 24). 9 Make-or-Break startup roles (and why they are important). MassChallenge.
External link.
Samberg, J. (2018, April 27). Can government be run like a business? Yale Insights.
External link.
Shenoy, S. (2021, April 8). Here’s how you can build a winning team that will ride your startup to victory. YourStory.com.
External link.
Videos
Clifton, R. (2016). How a leader can develop their own brand [Video]. Skillsoft.
Marketplace Conscious Capitalism Simulation Demonstration.

For this assignment, you will reflect on your view of people skills and assess your own people skills, as presented through one of the many self-assessment tools freely available on the Internet.
Part 1: Reflect on the following quote: “You don’t always hire for hard skills, you hire for soft skills; you can always teach hard skills.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Justify your response.
Part 2: From a subjective perspective, how would you rate your people (soft) skills?
Access the Test Your People Skills survey on the Mindtools web page and complete the survey (https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_36.htmLinks to an external site.). Note that free access is limited. Access the page when you are ready to complete the brief assessment. Calculate your score on the site and read the score band that matches your score. In your paper, discuss the following:
What did your score say about your people skills? Do you agree or disagree?
Identify three people skills you feel you can improve on and discuss distinct strategies on how you can go about developing these interpersonal behaviors.
Your two- to three-page paper should be in current APA Style and include a title page and reference list for all sources used. You should use a minimum of two scholarly sources (your textbook can be one of the sources).

Write a 525- to 875-word response to the following prompts in your journal entry:
Assess whether Alphabet is using the appropriate measures to verify its strategic                effectiveness.
Summarize Alphabet’s organizational structure.
Determine whether Alphabet’s organizational structure is considered a traditional               organizational structure or a holacracy.
Explain why it is important for Alphabet’s leadership team to study the company’s internal and external environments. Include Alphabet’s cultural competence and how they foster  diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your assessment of the internal environment.
Evaluate Alphabet’s competitive position and how it has responded to shifts in the              external and internal environments.
Recommend strategies in operational changes to support Alphabet’s strategic plan,           future business decisions, and improvement in business performance.
References:
https://www.proquest.com/docview/1860775310?accountid=35812&sourcetype=Reports
https://www.mergentonline.com/companydetail.php?compnumber=109717&pagetype=synopsis
https://go.gale.com/ps/profileDocument?p=GBIB&u=uphoenix&docId=YIDCSZ753070602&type=Company&sid=bookmark-GBIB&aty=sso%3A+shibboleth

In the first three units of this course, you have learned about the following:
Unit I: You learned about the relationship between project management and accomplishing organizational strategic objectives. One way for the company to showcase this relationship is by creating a strategy map. A strategy map is a visual representation that showcases the company’s strategy on a single page. It is also used to communicate how the project aligns to the big-picture strategic objectives of the company.
Unit II: You learned about the organizational structures and cultures in which projects must operate.
Unit III: You learned that two of the most important elements of a project are the project team and the project stakeholders. The stakeholders will state their expectations and their critical success factors for what a successful project will look like during the project’s initiation phase. The project team will be responsible for completing the tasks to meet the critical success factors.
Throughout this course, you will be basing your assignments on a hypothetical project for a local nonprofit animal rescue, Lucky Me Animal Rescue. The animal rescue organization has asked you to be the project manager for their annual outdoor adoption event. You will begin the first part of the project you will complete for this course by choosing one of the three major organizational structures to associate with Lucky Me Animal Rescue. The structure you choose to associate with the rescue is up to you, but keep in mind that it will continue to be the environment for your project as you complete the additional assignments in this course.
Next, you will write a proposal you can deliver to the rescue’s leadership and stakeholders to help them understand how the adoption event will be managed within the identified organizational structure. The goal is to help them understand how their organizational structure will affect the project. Your proposal should start with a very brief identification and description of Lucky Me Animal Rescue’s organizational structure. You must then address how that structure will affect project characteristics. Refer to Table 2.1 in the textbook for a list of specific characteristics.
Finally, at a minimum, your proposal must also accomplish the following:
examine the project manager’s role in the structure,
explore how project communication will be conducted within the structure, and
assess how project personnel and resources are affected by the organizational structure and how this can impact project progress and completion.
Your proposal should also include two appendices. Appendix 1 will consist of a strategy map that includes the elements below:
Business need: Explain what is prompting this project and the need for action. Summarize why this is considered a project and not a task.
Analysis of the situation: Identify the organization’s strategies, goals, and objectives.
Recommendations: Explain why the project should be undertaken and how it will meet organizational goals.
Evaluation: Describe the plan for measuring the benefits the project will deliver.
Appendix 2 will consist of the following information in which you will consider the 5Ws and 1H of project management:
personnel who will be on the team and your expectations of the team,
ways you will prepare the team and promote unity and cohesion,
when the team will be formed and where they will operate (e.g., group, individual, virtual),
why each member of the team is important, and
how the team continue to manage the stakeholders’ expectations and keep them informed of the project’s progress.
Part 1 of your project will consist of at least five pages in length. The proposal should be at least two pages, Appendix 1 should be one page, and Appendix 2 should be two pages. You must use at least seven sources that are either peer-reviewed or academic in nature to support your submission. One of these may be the textbook. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including the title page and in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.