Management

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?

Below are some real-life situations that present ethical questions in a business. Discuss at least two situations (of course you can discuss all of them) and look at it (a) from a strictly legal viewpoint, (b) from a moral and ethical viewpoint, and (c) from a point of view of what is best in the long run for the company. Look at each situation from the perspective of all groups concerned: customers, stockholders, employees, and community and not just your opinion of the situation. Discuss at least two situations. Be sure to consider both short? and long?range consequences. Situations: 1. You have the opportunity to offer a job to a friend who really needs it. Although you believe that the friend could perform adequately, there are more qualified applicants. From the different viewpoints stated above, would this be legal and ethical or illegal and unethical, or a combination of the two? How might you be viewed in the organization if you hire a less qualified person? What would you do? Explain your justification. 2. Because of a loophole in federal laws, you find that you could legally pay your workers less than the minimum wage. The cost savings you recommend may mean you’re getting a choice promotion. From the different viewpoints stated above, would this be legal and ethical or illegal and unethical, or a combination of the two? What would you do? Explain your justification.

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.

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?

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?

Prompt: For the first milestone of your final project, you will submit a managing operations case study analysis that uses the tools and techniques that operations managers use. This case study analysis will be incorporated into the final summative analysis. This milestone is due in Module Two. Refer to the case study (located in the Reading and Resources area of Module One), your own independent research, and the course materials to complete this milestone. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Generating Value A. Evaluate how the company in the case study uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers. Support your claims with examples from the case study or outside sources. B. Assess how this company achieves a competitive advantage using operations management. Provide examples found in the case study or outside sources to support your reasoning. C. Compare and contrast service operations and manufacturing operations at the company in the case study. How are they the same? How do they differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers? II. Theories and Techniques A. Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why? B. Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company? C. List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain disruptions caused by natural disasters? Guidelines for Submission: The format for this assignment will be a Word document using a business writing format of your choice. There is no minimum page length requirement, but the submission should be double spaced, and no more than four pages in total. Copy and paste any data analysis from Excel into your Word document for submission. You may include your original Excel documents as supplementary material if you believe this will strengthen your contribution.

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.

the company that this assignment should be done on is Colgate: I. Closed World Select one of your company’s products or services and one process associated with it. 1. For the product/service- list the internal and external components (submit at least 6 internal and 4 external – as preparation for using the Subtraction tool) 2. For the process – list the stages in chronological order (as preparation for using the Division tool) II. Ideation Apply Subtraction on the product/service, and Division on the process. Submit one idea for Subtraction and one idea for Division. Your idea must be something totally new to the world (meaning, something that does not currently exist in the market). Show your work by following the FFF process for these tools. We recommend trying a few iterations, and submit the ideas you like best.

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.