Category: Management

Assignment 3 MGT322 (2nd Term 2023-2024)
Deadline: 04/05/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Logistics Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT322
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 2nd CRN: Academic Year: 1445 H (2023-2024)2nd Term
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Ghazala Aziz
Students’ Grade: /10
Level of Marks: Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY This assignment is an individual assignment.
Due date for Assignment 3 is 04/05/2024
The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -3
Submission Date by students:Before 4/5/24
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre Weight: 10 Marks
Learning Outcome: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of how global competitive environments are changing supply chain management and logistics practice.
2. Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
3. Analyze and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Critical Thinking
In today’s highly competitive, extremely variable, and dynamic environment, many firms are seeking solutions. Supply chain management becomes more sophisticated and the difference between what firms want to achieve and what they can do in-house continues to grow, firms begin to realize that doing the right thing becomes more interesting than doing everything.Accordingly, they become better focused and more specialized by outsourcing and offshoring activities that are far from their core businesses. In many cases, firms decide to outsource this function in whole or in part to agents or third-party logistics firms.
Using this concept of offshoring and outsourcing answer the following questions by conceding any Saudi Local company or any Multinational company.
Question:
What are the roles of Third-party logistics firms in the smooth running of Supply chain process of a multinational organization? (3 Mark)
What are the motivational factors for companies going internationally? (3 Mark)
On what ground do companies choose developing countries’ locations for offshoring? Use examples. (Mention the country and decisive factors) (3 Mark)
References (Use APA style of referencing (1 Mark)
The Answer must follow the Keyword/ outline points below:
Each answer should be 300 to 400 range of word counts.
Outsourcing, offshoring, Third Party Logistics
Their Main functions
Motivational Factors /Drivers
Reasons with suitable Examples
Reference
Note: You can support your answer by reading your book.
You can use secondary source available on internet.

A question and asnwer assignment
Note: APA Style reference Follow the instructions in the paper
Leadership
Q1. “Leaders are born, not made.” In light of this statement, briefly explain the concept of leadership and its role in organizational development. (5 Marks)(400-500 words)
Q2. “Leadership strategy is essential for the growth and success of an organsiation”. In light of this statement, discuss the different leadership approaches to leading an organization and their relevance in the present-day context. (5 Marks) (400-500 words)

The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

I have reviewed your Week 9 assignment and would like to give you the opportunity to resubmit, if you would like to have a chance to revisit the weekly learning resources and the prompts related to using a scatter plot and submitting a quadrant matrix that depicts those values. I am available to discuss via phone or video chat (using the BigBlueButton in the classroom). Let me know.

I want the solution to the same tasks found in the files ، I don’t want similarity
As for the presentation, I want it to be very simple and very brief

I want the solution to be from your words without copying and taking into account condition such as the number of words and others

A critical thinking assignment The Answer must follow the Keyword/ outline points below:
Each answer should be 300 to 400 range of word counts.
Outsourcing, offshoring, Third Party Logistics
Their Main functions
Motivational Factors /Drivers
Reasons with suitable Examples
Reference APA style
Note: You can support your answer by reading your book.
You can use secondary source available on internet.

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. • All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered üRecognize the dynamics and the importance of managing technological innovation strategically. (LO-1)
üExplain the concepts, models for formulating strategies, defining the organizational strategic directions and crafting a deployment strategy. (LO-3)
Assignment Marks: 10 Students are requested to read chapter 9 “Protecting Innovation” from their book Strategic Management of Technological Innovation.
Based on the conceptual knowledge and understanding obtained from the readings –
Section 1: Theoretical Foundations (3 Marks)
Q1. Explain the concept of intellectual property (IP) and its importance in protecting innovations. (1.5 Mark)
Q2. Differentiate between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, providing an example of what each might protect in the realm of technological innovation. (2.5 Marks)
Section 2: Scenario Analysis (7 Marks)
Consider a scenario where a small tech startup has developed a revolutionary new type of battery technology that could significantly extend the battery life of electronic devices. The startup is concerned about protecting their innovation from competitors.
Q3. Based on the scenario, recommend the most appropriate IP protection mechanisms the startup should use. Justify your recommendations. (3 Marks)
Q4. Discuss potential challenges the startup might face in protecting its innovation and how it might overcome them. (3 Marks)
NOTE: It is mandatory for the students to mention their references, sources and support each answer with at least 2 peer reviewed journal.

-I need to prepare a presentation with speaker notes for a 10 minute personal video to be inserted into the presentation afterwards. -This is a continuation of a past assignment – copy attached. -I already started working on the first slides of the presentation and will need you to continue as per the outline on the same presentation file. -For each slide, you will need to draft a narration that i will use to explain the video. The first part of the narration is included. However, i will need this compressed please. Slides up to initial My PDP slide should not take more than 3 minutes of the narration, The remaining slides need to cover 7-9 minutes.
– the last slide will need to include a new revised PDP as the final outcome. This should be in the same format as initial pdp.
thanks Attachments are as follows:
– Documents to work on are marked ‘This assignment’
– Last semester submission to which this is a continuation is marked ‘part 1’
– The remaining documents are the Course handbook and assignment brief
– i also included the presentation outlines for your reference.
Please check assessment criteria and ruberic.