Management

1. Does the BCG analysis offer useful implications for strategy and resources’ allocation? Explain.2. Briefly discuss the main governance issues that impact the work of managers within the multibusiness corporation. Give suitable examples.3. Discuss the main circumstances in which strategic alliances can create value for the partners.

Use APA formatting to cite and list your eText and at least one additional scholarly source for a total of at least 2 references. 1. Identify several of the important skills that help managers succeed. Give an example of each. How might the importance of different skills vary by level and area within an organization? 2. What characteristics make an industry attractive to entrepreneurs? Based on these characteristics, which industries are most attractive to entrepreneurs? 3. What is the relationship between the law and ethical behavior? Can a behavior be ethical but illegal at the same time? Give an example to support your response. 4. What are the arguments for and against social responsibility on the part of businesses? In your opinion, which set of arguments is more compelling?

What are the two decision making approaches discussed by Lindblom? Compare and contrast these approaches. Which of these approaches is the best decision-making approach in managing government organizations, in terms of providing better outcomes? Why? Do you think it is possible for decision-makers to use the rational- comprehensive approach? Why? Why not? Article: Lindblom, C.E. (1959). The Science of Muddling Through. Public Administration Review, 19 (2), 79-88.

Ethical Dilemma Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important part of business for many of today’s companies. Many times, however, its CSR efforts are overshadowed by publicized ethical dilemmas. Wal-Mart is a great example of this. They have a webpage devoted to their CSR efforts: https://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility. Wal-Mart also has a page devoted to Ethics & Integrity. (https://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/global-ethics-compliance.) The other side of the Wal-Mart coin, however, contains a slew of ethical issues including claims about labor law, discrimination, etc. Visit and evaluate both Wal-Mart webpages provided and summarize its efforts for CSR and ethics. Do you feel the CSR/ethics strategies Wal-Mart employs benefit the community, or do you feel it is more of a ploy to make itself look better? Explain and support your conclusion. How does Wal-Mart ensure equitably of CSR globally? Does Wal-Mart’s CSR violate foreign companies’ laws or ethics? Justify and support your response. Write an essay of at least 500 words, double-spaced, with proper reference citation per current APA guidelines. Ensure you have a cover page, introduction, body, and conclusion for your essay.

This week you are required to submit a case study analysis on “H&M in fast fashion”. Include a clear and concise introduction. Format your case study assignment paper so that the three questions asked below are clearly defined. Double space your work, cite your work, limit quotes, and edit your work well for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. If you use any quotes, you must increase the length of your paper to compensate. Make sure you have two additional references other than the text and use citations. No abstract is required. Read the case study and answer the following questions in your paper. 1. Assess the effectiveness of your company’s leadership. 2. Discuss the basis of your company’s competitive advantage and the potential challenges to its strategy. 3. What growth strategies might your company pursue?

The paper should be 500 to 1000 words and follow generally, these guidelines about the meaning, form and approach to the paper Additional citations are not needed or expected. Write in a business-like form — this isn’t an English paper. Please note if you don’t make any references to the content of the podcast your grade will suffer; in fact, it may be invisible. The idea behind this exercise is for you to think and reflect about important issues in management that come out of the podcast, not your general experience. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stay-tuned-with-preet/id1265845136?i=1000478444174 Anne, a former attorney general of New Jersey, assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and federal prosecutor, is a lawyer with Lowenstein Sandler and divides her time between the firm’s Tech Group and White Collar Criminal Defense practice. She is also a professor of practice and a Distinguished Scholar at New York University School of Law. Anne applies long-standing prosecutorial experience involving highly sensitive matters to effectively counsel clients on a wide range of matters. Her experience includes co-leading a 2018 independent investigation on behalf of the Dallas Mavericks to look into allegations of sexual harassment and other types of workplace misconduct within the team’s business operations. After a seven-month process involving 215 interviews and review of more than 1.6 million documents, Anne and her colleagues released the Sept. 19, 2018, Report of the Independent Investigation of Dallas Basketball Limited, which sets out detailed findings and recommendations for change to the Mavericks’ management practices.

Develop a Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) paper and corresponding Presentation for a supply chain of an organization your choice . Do not include any secure, confidential or private information in your plan. Your TIP should include background about the organization, its products and services, markets, and supply chain strategies (e.g., green chain). Also describe its current freight flows and future freight flows after implementation of one or more of your recommended improvement projects would be executed. Use a multi-year planning horizon. •Plan: 3-5 page Word Document, APA Style AND •Presentation: 5-7 slide Power Point Presentation, professional style

Note: Company is AT&T Assignment 4 – Company – Internal Assessment The Internal Assessment assignment is the fourth part of your project. Part A Using the most recent online information you can find–such as government documents, company statements, and other sources–complete a financial analysis on your company. Be sure to include pertinent financial ratios in your written analysis findings (at least one (1) types of ratios (Current Ratio) that are mandatory; three ratios of your choice. Total of 4 ratios are required). Example are from your Finance course in the BAS program. You can decide on Liquidity Ratio, Profitability Ratio, Asset Turnover ratio as examples. Provide in your written analysis specific good or bad ratios that help explain your company’s current position in the market. Provide analytical comments for each ratio and cite sources in the APA format. Part B Located and include a current organizational chart for your company. Provide written analysis the current structure and if you would recommend any changes to the structure. If you do not recommend any changes, then explain why. If no change is suggested, be sure to discuss in detail why the current structure is superior to a competitor’s structure in the industry. If you do recommend changes, then created a second version of the organizational chart. Create an improved organizational chart, followed by an explanation of why these changes would improve the company. This will require you to include a discussion on organizational structure and why your structure is superior to the one in place. Part C Construct the Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix with ten (10) strengths and ten (10) weaknesses. Provide written analytical comments on matrix results and include figures and totals in your analysis. You will need to submit original information about current strengths and weaknesses analyzed. (Do not use external documents.) Please submit IFE in excel format, however, the table should be added to your Word document. *Calculations are required. **This assignment should include Title Page, Table of Contents, Body of Written Analysis, Reference Page and Appendix section. Please use the IFE Templates in the course content. Submit the APA formatted Assignment in one (1) Word document.

Porter’s Diamond of national competitive advantage 1) Please pick any country 2) Please use Porter’s National Advantage Model to explain what industry should the country nurture and why?

A critical evaluation of leadership style/s and ability to act as a strategic leader within the context of an organisation. The organisation chosen can be a Health Maintenance Organization or Health-related not-for-profit (Non- Governmental Organisation), or any government health institution. The paper should be based on public health practice and highlight personal learning. Evidence to support advancement in practice could take the form of documents, evidence of decision making, meeting notes, evidence of collaboration, development of guideline/protocols, copies of correspondence or appropriate reports. (Please note confidentiality must be protected). It should reflect past, present or future practice development in which you are undertaking a leadership role. A brief description of the practice setting (practice setting should be described but not identified. Confidentiality of the setting and individuals within it must be protected). A critical discussion of the advancement in practice and/or personal development with reference to relevant literature A critical discussion of leadership styles in relation to the leader’s role and influence on the project. A critical discussion of the evaluation (prospective or retrospective) of project outcomes. The word limit for Part 2 is 4,000 words exclusive of the reference list and appendices.