...Strategic Choice and Evaluation Dolores VanHorn STR/581 10/07/2015 Tugtekin Gokaydin Strategic Choice and Evaluation Abstract The purpose of this evaluation is to bring focus to the strategic choice and evaluation process. There are levels of direction involved the strategic choices that a company makes and those methods can likely determine the success of a company well in advance. This evaluation will include the value disciplines that can benefit A Life After Community Living. The generic strategies that will implemented to support the overall goal of growth for the company and the grand strategy which will include insight into the trends of the market and the individuals served by A Life After Community Living. Researchers have found empirical data that supports that organizational views reflect the characteristics of senior management, (Geletkanycz, M. A., & Hambrick, D. C. (1997). Strategic Choice and Evaluation Choosing the ideal strategic direction is paramount for long lasting growth and revenue of Life After Community Living. The residential recovery community is extremely competitive, however there is a smaller market for service providers that can offer after care residential services for the masses. This company must analyze the trends of the community and the population that it serves to make strategic choices that have value for the stakeholders. A value discipline will be identified to set a proper foundation...
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...Final Strategic Plan and Presentation University of Phoenix Integrated Business Topics BUS475 Final Strategic Plan and Presentation For the past year, Grace and Joy have gathered information to start up their group home. Information they have collected include strategic management and planning guidelines, writing the mission and vision statements, compiling a SWOT analysis, implementing a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) to track and measure their performances, and developing measures and objectives in the learning and growth perspective. This information is important to gather and understand when opening up a new business. This paper discusses the information collected for LYLA and the hypothesis of the finalization of LYLA. Importance of Strategic Planning and Management Introduction to LYLA Two friends, Grace and Joy, met at a church function. During this function, they were able to get to know each other and learned they had something in common. Both have been considering opening a foster care type home for young women. They began to meet once a week to discuss how they could start this program. After a few weeks, they named their organization LYLA, which stands for Loving Young Ladies into Adulthood. Group Home The main goal set for the group home, is to help young women, between 14-21 years of age, become self sufficient. After discussing plans with their church and the Department of Human Services, they realized there would be more to consider than they...
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...Competitive Advantages Paper Erika Hamel MGT/498 John Paul Warren 08-11-14 Riordan Manufacturing has a lot in common with the two companies I researched last week. Both Nike and A.O. Smith are trying to a find competitive edges to stay ahead of their competitors, and remain number one against their competition. Riorden is trying to do the same thing. They are trying to implement a tracking system that will track and manage raw material, and finished products across all plants. This will reduce their inventory costs, which in return can make their prices more attractive and cheaper for their customers. This could give them a competitive edge against their competitors. A.O. Smith is trying to create a world class supply chain that has the capability to deliver their boilers and heaters in a time efficient manner to the more than 60 countries in which they operate. This will give them the global advantage of being able to sell their products all across the world, which in return will make them a much bigger company, and increase profits. Nike also is constantly trying find ways to stay current and ahead of their competition. Nike has implemented a manufacturing index, which allows their organization to take a comprehensive look at their factories total performance, and the techniques those contract factories are using to achieve sustainability (Nike, 2012). Nike’s manufacturing index is a very effective assessment tool as it allow Nike to “elevates labor and environmental...
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...Strategic Plan and Presentation STR/581 Strategic Plan and Presentation Contents Company Overview 2 Background 2 Company Structure 3 Environmental Scan 5 External Factors 5 Internal Factors 6 Strategies 7 Generic Strategies 7 Implementation 8 Company Overview Background KnowledgeNet Enterprises LLC is a business-to-business company that is currently based in Tempe, AZ. The company was formed in 2005 in Aberdeen, Washington in a small two bedroom home in hopes of providing businesses with affordable and high-end training for the Information Technology staff (D. Rottner, personal communication, 2014).Today, KnowledgeNet Enterprises LLC now serves over 6,000 companies world-wide. The company’s focus is to offer quality training that is backed by a customer service team that provides outstanding support to all of the company’s customers (KnowledgeNet, 2013). There are many different options of training available to the company’s customers that provide flexibility for the customers that have limited time to focus on training. The company offers instructor-led training live over the web so that customers get the classroom feel and interaction without having to be in the classroom. There are also recorded versions of all the live classes to provide flexibility for customers that cannot make it to the live class. KnowledgeNet Enterprises LLC also provides practice labs, exams, and full library of online books to assist with the training (KnowledgeNet,...
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...STR 581 WEEK 6 INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRESENTATION A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=str-581-week-6-individual-strategic-plan-and-presentation Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description PRODUCT DESCRIPTION STR 581 Week 6 Individual Strategic Plan and Presentation, Allocation of resources the right way is advisable because there could be wastage of resources which are very important in Verizon wireless company. It is vital for the company to ensure that they have trusted employees who will not embezzle resources to their own benefit instead of the tasks assigned to them. The tasks and resources should be in par in terms of ensuring that the resources allocated to the project are enough to complete the whole task as per the plans. In case there is need for more resources, there should be a justification as to why they are needed as well as the justification as to why the allocated resources are not enough to complete the task as planned earlier. By so doing, the company will be able to save on cost of wasting resources anyhow as expensive as they are for the company. The company will also be able to taking caution of any employees who cannot be trusted in their work in terms of wasting resources. All the items needed for the project should be ready for usage whenever needed so as to ensure that the project does not delay due to lack of resources that need to be brought to the company or the project site...
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...| Bachelor of Business (Incorporating Graduate Diploma in Business & Graduate Certificate in Business)Strategic Management467943Semester One 2013 | TABLE OF CONTENTS Item | Description | Page | 1 | Welcome to Paper Overview Paper Level & PointsHours TaughtDelivery ModeIndependent Study | 3 | 2 | Teaching Team & Contact Details | 3 | 3 | Paper Information 3.1 Pre-requisite Requirements 3.2 Paper Aim3.3 Learning Outcomes 3.4 Content | 34 | 4 | AUTonline Programme Organisation | 4 | 5 | TextsRequired TextsRecommended Texts | 4 | 6 | Weekly Programme | 4 | 7 | Assessment InformationBusiness Assessment & Study HandbookExtensions and other Special Consideration Applications (SCAs) Assessment StructureExam Timetable Location Pass RequirementsAssessment DetailsPeer Assessment FormMarking guides | 55556777-111213-15 | 1 Welcome to Strategic Management of the Bachelor of Business, Graduate Diploma in Business, Graduate Certificate in Business and BBus Conjoint Programmes. You are expected to read the contents of this study guide, also available on AUTonline under “All My Courses”. This paper runs for 14 weeks (12 in class and 2 reading/exam weeks), and has one 1.5 hour lecture per week and one 1.5 hour workshop. Students will be required to supplement each hour of class with 3-4 hours of their own work. This is a level 7 paper, worth 15 points. 2 Teaching Team and Contact Details Teaching Team | Phone | ...
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...Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) MB107 EXECUTIVE PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT SHEET Friday, April 25, 2014 Gideon Putnam Resort Congratulations! You are now working for Google as part of a team charged with helping it navigate a chaotic business environment. Your team must both formulate a comprehensive strategic plan and propose specific actions to counter the threats posed by Apple, Amazon and Facebook to Google’s dominance of the world’s digital infrastructure as described in the assigned cases. Your team will present its strategic recommendations to senior executives at the Gideon Putnam Resort on Friday, April 25, 2014. Your presentation (not to exceed 25 minutes) will be followed by questions from the executives. These executives will evaluate your team based on your presentation’s substance, professionalism, effectiveness, and teamwork. A detailed copy of the evaluation form will be distributed at a later date. In order to complete this task, you must first get to know Google and its broad scale domestic (US) and international operations. Through extensive research, you’ll come to know more about Google’s mission and business model, which depends heavily on certain strategic vehicles as well as gathering comprehensive information about the needs, tastes and desires of businesses and individual consumers. This strategy ultimately depends on Google’s strategic positioning relative to its nearest competitor(s) in each of the major business arenas described in the assigned cases...
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...Personal Selling & The Marketing Concept Personal Selling - A Definition and a Philosophy Personal Selling is a process of developing relationships; discovering needs; matching the appropriate products with these needs; and communicating benefits through informing, reminding, or persuading. The development of a personal selling philosophy for the information age involves three prescriptions: 1) Adopt marketing concept. 2) Value personal selling. 3) Assume the role of a problem solver or partner in helping customers make buying decisions. Personal Selling as an Extension of the Marketing Concept When a business firm moves from a product orientation to consumer orientation, we say that it has adopted the marketing concept. This concept springs from the belief that the firm should dedicate all of its policies, planning, and operation to the satisfaction of the customer. Promotion can be further subdivided into advertising, public relations, sales promotion, and personal selling. Personal selling is the major promotional method used in business. Evolution of Consultative Selling Consultative selling emphasizes need identification, which is achieved through effective communication between the salesperson and the customer. The salesperson establishes two-way communication by asking appropriate questions and listening carefully to the customer's responses. The salesperson assumes the role of consultant and offers well-considered recommendations...
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...Language of instruction English/Lithuanian Course description Business and marketing strategy are critical components of business success since strategic issues and possibilities arise in all sectors. Important aspects are not only the company’s positioning in relation to its market, but also the technological development, the supply of labour, political developments in society and other factors relevant for how organizations manage their business. 1 2013 Fall semester To a large extend strategic work is about understanding these factors and reinterpreting them so that they become assets rather than restrictions. Business strategy and marketing management concepts and techniques are studied. The course serves as an opportunity to develop skills for environmental and market analysis, understanding of the major business and marketing strategy issues, formulating business and marketing strategies and tactics. Course aim Students are going to discover knowledge and apply skills enabling them to help organizations to meet and manage significant threats and challenges. Students will learn how to analyse environment and company’s resources, generate strategic alternatives and to select the most appropriate alternative for particular circumstances. Students will learn and apply provide students the fundamental knowledge of strategic and marketing...
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... PhD / Brennan Hall 425 / 941-4166 Office Hours: TR 2:30 – 4:00 pm or by appointment e-mail: taewan.kim@scranton.edu Course description This is the capstone course. It is designed to integrate knowledge gained from other business courses and apply that knowledge to policy and strategy development in situations facing general managers and business leaders. Emphasis will be placed on situational analysis, strategy formulation, and strategy execution at all levels of the organization. Course objectives 1. Understand Strategic Management as a process and be able to apply its principles to diverse business situations. (Linked to MBA’s Learning Goal #1. B) 2. Develop skills necessary to analyze the competitive situation facing various types of economic organizations; isolate important sources of competitive advantage and disadvantage; generate and make decisions among various strategy alternatives; plan for successful execution of selected strategies; and persuasively communicate these analyses and recommendations to others within the organization. (Linked to MBA’s Learning Goal #3. A, B, and C) 3. Gain experience with the case analysis method as applied to business situations. (Linked to MBA’s Learning Goal #3. C) 4. Gain experience working in teams to solve business problems. (Linked to MBA’s Learning Goal #5. A) Class policies Attendance: You will be expected to attend all classes...
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...Provide Leadership across the Organization Assessment Task 1 – Assignment In this task, you are required to write an email to your manager in response to an incident and develop an electronic presentation to communicate the strategic directions and objectives of your organization to potential employees in regards to a new initiative. As part of this task, you will need to write an email to your manager outlining an organizational response to the case study, including any changes to work practices that will be necessary to ensure a safe and productive work environment. In response to a further case study, you will need to develop a presentation to communicate strategic directions and objectives for use with a range of staff and stakeholders, i.e. a scripted PowerPoint presentation or a script to be spoken with a video presentation, etc. You will need to ensure that you have accurately identified the strategic objectives and mission of your organization, and are able to identify key roles and responsibilities for the realization of those strategic objectives, particularly in regard to the new work unit being established. You will need to ensure that the language and style of presentation you use is appropriate to the target audience (as per the case study). Your presentation will need to clearly state the expectations of the organization for the new work group as a team and individually. 1. Review case studies provided. 2. Case study 1: Write an email to your manager...
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...Provide Leadership across the Organization Assessment Task 1 – Assignment In this task, you are required to write an email to your manager in response to an incident and develop an electronic presentation to communicate the strategic directions and objectives of your organization to potential employees in regards to a new initiative. As part of this task, you will need to write an email to your manager outlining an organizational response to the case study, including any changes to work practices that will be necessary to ensure a safe and productive work environment. In response to a further case study, you will need to develop a presentation to communicate strategic directions and objectives for use with a range of staff and stakeholders, i.e. a scripted PowerPoint presentation or a script to be spoken with a video presentation, etc. You will need to ensure that you have accurately identified the strategic objectives and mission of your organization, and are able to identify key roles and responsibilities for the realization of those strategic objectives, particularly in regard to the new work unit being established. You will need to ensure that the language and style of presentation you use is appropriate to the target audience (as per the case study). Your presentation will need to clearly state the expectations of the organization for the new work group as a team and individually. 1. Review case studies provided. 2. Case study 1: Write an email to your manager...
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...Designing a Compelling Professional Presentation Jack Welch Management Institute JWI 505 November 16, 2014 Background I was asked a few months ago to be a member of our city’s Strategic Planning Committee. As part of this committee I volunteered to serve as the chairman of the City Services Subcommittee. Our committee chair asked each of the subcommittees to have meetings with the public and he recommended that we have these meetings at homes of citizens of our city. He believed that if we went out into the neighborhoods we would get a better response than having the meetings at city hall. I has been my experience we see a better turn out of residents if we had regularly scheduled meetings in a place that was familiar to our citizens. Having meetings in different locations, on different days and at different hours, would not be conducive to attendance or capturing the trust of our residents. After much discussion, Juan said he wanted us to do it his way. Some of the committee members just shrugged their shoulders and proceeded with his direction. The first meeting was held on a Tuesday night at the home of one of our committee members. One would initially believe that attendance was great for this meeting because of what appeared to be a full house. But if you analyzed the attendance, we had all the members of the committee, most members of the city council and only six residents from the neighborhood where the meeting took place. The...
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...Presentation Topic: “Formulating a Strategic Marketing Planning” Background: * Select a company where you can obtain internal and external data as to its products, markets, competitors, customers etc. It should be a medium scale or a large scale company. * Assume that you are given a consultancy project to develop a comprehensive marketing plan for one of their products or category of their products for a period of one year. * Your task is to give a 20 minutes presentation on your overall marketing plan to a board of senior executives of your chosen organisation. * All the stages of the Strategic Marketing Plan should be covered and existing secondary data from the internet or annual reports can be used in your presentation to assist the context analysis of the problem. * You can make assumptions but it should be logical. Financial Summary and your presentation slides should be submitted to the module leader prior to the presentation. Your arguments and forecast should be supported by relevant data/information and if possible it should be included as an appendix with your presentation slides. * Primary research is not critical to this assignment but if you feel it will add to your plan, then you can integrate primary research into the presentation. Company option: Shampoo: http://www.glamgeek.co.uk/top-20/shampoo: 1. Hair Expertise EverPure Colour Pure 2. Head and shoulder-Dandruff Mission: Objective: Competitive analysis ...
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... Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (QCF) | Unit 1 Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Skills | Student name | Assessor name | | | Date issued | Completion date | Submitted on | | | | | | Assignment title | Strategic Management and Leadership Report (1 of 1) | ------------------------------------------------- LO | Learning Outcome | AC | In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able to: | Task no. | Evidence(Page no) | 1 | Understand the relationship between strategic management and leadership | 1.1 | Explain the link between strategic management and leadership | 1 | | | | 1.2 | Analyse the impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions | 1 | | | | 1.3 | Evaluate how leadership styles can be adapted to different situations | 1 | | 2 | Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organisational direction | 2.1 | Review the impact that selected theories of management and leadership have on organisational strategy | 1 | | | | 2.2 | Create a leadership strategy that supports organisational direction | 2 | | 3 | Be able to assess leadership requirements | 3.1 | Use appropriate methods to review current leadership requirements | 3 | | | | 3.2 | Plan for the development of future situations requiring leadership | 3 | | 4 | Be able to plan the development of leadership skills | 4.1 | Plan the development of leadership skills...
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