Category: Management homework help

Assignment Details
This IP builds upon your work in Unit 1.
You will continue to analyze and interpret the financial statements for American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Using the financial statements (located in Appendix A: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., 2020 Annual Report of the required textbook: Financial Accounting), review the company’s assets.
Consider the following questions:
What are the cash needs of the company?
What is the value of the company’s cash and cash equivalents?
What type of receivables does the company have?
Deliverable Requirements: Your evaluation of assets should have at least 5 pages (the title and reference pages are not counted in these 5 pages) as well as follow the requirements below for using the APA style. Your evaluation should include the following:
For your evaluation of current assets, present industry findings regarding assets.
Address the questions above, and consider their implications to American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Do not forget to review the notes to the financial statements for additional information about the company’s assets.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means that you will need the following at a minimum:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: There should be at least 5 pages.
Body: This begins on the page following the title and abstract pages and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-point Times New Roman or 12-point Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. Using a variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format and use appropriate spacing, hanging indentation, italics, and uppercase and lowercase for the type of resource used. Remember that the reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation. 

Subject of the task: Case study analysis and implementation of the design-thinking approach in a real store (bricks and mortar).you need to explain your application and practice of the design thinking methodology applied to the process of buying specific produc/s for a specific objective, as well as developing and testing prototypes from an online and bricks and mortar store of the same brand.Expected table of contents for both the oral presentation and the written report:1.Introduce the shop or store you have chosen and justify why. Include images, videos, map, etc.2.Empathy: present the empathy map with the most relevant information about the users. Reflect on your experience and insights doing the empathy map.3.Define: explain the pain points or problems faced by the users using convergent thinking.4.Ideate: explain your problem solving process applying one of the design thinking tools of the ideation phase (6-3-5 method, six thinking hats, mind map, 2×2 matrix, dot voting). Show and explain how you have applied the technique using convergent and divergent thining.5.Prototype & test: clearly explain one or more prototypes that you would develop as the solution to the problem/s using prototyping design thinking tools (low fidelity, medium fidelity, and high fidelity). Explain how you would test each of the prototypes. Present images, sketckes, drawings, etc)6.Design thinking strategy – Design thinking for business innovation: does your idea solution meet the innovation “sweet spot” – desirable, feasible, viable? What will you do next in the iterative design thinking process?7.Final reflection: reflect on your experience implementing the tools and how you may apply them in a real-world setting.Notes:-In the oral presentation and written report, show images, sketckes, drawings, etc including all visual materials generated during the implementation of the tools.-In the ideation phase, you have to apply one of the design thinking tools of the ideation phase we have worked in class with divergent thinking (6-3-5 method or 6 thinking hats), and then explain how you have selected the best solution with convergent thinking (2×2 matrix, dot voting or mind map). It is very important that you show the applied technique.-In the prototype & test phase, you have to show sketches, images, drawings, etc of the different prototypes you will develop.
Remember to tailor the content of your presentation and report to your specific chosen store, product, objective, and prototype.
Use visuals effectively to enhance your communication and showcase your findings.
Ensure your Harvard reference list is accurate and complete, citing all sources used in your report.
Proofread your work carefully before submission to avoid any errors in grammar, spelling, or formatting.

Main task Develop a research project on a business topic of your choice.
I. Proposed Project Title: The title (tentative) should be precise to allow the reader to comprehend the subject matter of the work.
II. Research Question or Hypothesis: State clearly what your research interest is. Define your research question/hypothesis and the main objectives of your research (Min 300 words).
III. Review of Literature/Background: Make a synthesis of the contributions made in your research field by accredited scholars. Describe how your intended research will complement and expand on the current literature, and what contributions you intend to make to the existing knowledge (Min 700 words).
IV. Research Methodology: Clearly indicate the methods and techniques which you are planning to use to gather information and investigate the identified problem. (Min 700 words).
V. Concepts and Theories: How does your chosen topic relates to the concepts and theories studied during the course and independently? (Min 400 words.) 
VI. Selected Bibliography: Please indicate a representative list of the main bibliographical sources you intend to utilize for your dissertation. Please provide full citations. (Min 20 sources)

Report Guidelines
* Title Page (title should be specific to the report)
* Executive Summary
* Contents Page
* Introduction
* Brief Background to Case Study Organisation (together with Executive Summary 5%)
* Explanation of Company’s Business Model (20%)
* Identification of Company’s Sustainable Competitive Advantage (15%)
* SWOT (10%)
* Strategic Recommendations Based on Business Model, Competitive Advantage and SWOT 
* Analysis covering Prescriptive and Emergent Strategies(30%)
* Discussion of Implementation Issues in expanding the business, for example, Marketing (20%)
* Conclusion

Please use the case study attached to answer the following questions:
Why is digitalization important in the delivery of public services?
What challenges did LTA face during the transition of vehicle services from counter to digital? How did the team respond to resistance to change? 
” Digital transformation is more about people than technology.” In the context of OneMotoring, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
What are some lessons on change management that can be drawn from LTA’s experience with the digitalization of vehicle services?
Considering perspectives from both the government and citizens, what factors would define the next generation of vehicle services? What other digital services would be useful to motorists?
Below are a few requirements for the format: 
This should be typed and at least two double-spaced pages, using a font size of 12 points. 
APA format.
Start by writing down your question number (e.g., Q1); no need to retype each question. Support your arguments with facts from the case or elsewhere. Feel free to use a bullet format wherever appropriate. Please remember that simple reports without innovative solutions, ideas, and suggestions will not get full credit. 

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You have to create a problem there is no topic. You can choose a topic/ a problem and then solve it using the specific metrics/techniques (DT)