...please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Due Week 3 and worth 240 points Use the Internet to research the Apple Corporation, its current position and reputation regarding ethical and social responsibility, and the strategies that it currently employs to market its products. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: 1. Examine Apple’s current position on the company’s ethical and social responsibilities, and determine whether or not the company has met these responsibilities. Provide two (2) examples that support your position. 2. Determine the impact that the publication of ethics and social responsibilities violations made by Apple’s suppliers has had on Apple’s reputation. Support your response with examples of the impact in question. 3. Suggest two (2) methods that Apple can utilize to ensure that its suppliers adhere to wage and benefits standards going forward. Justify your response. 4. Determine whether or not you believe that Apple’s customers would be willing to pay more for its products if Apple had to increase selling prices in order to provide better wages and benefits for suppliers’ workers. Provide a rationale for your position. 5. Analyze Apple’s current overall marketing strategy. Recommend two (2) actions that Apple can take in order to improve its competitive...
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...BUS 475 Complete Course BUS475 Complete Course Click Link for the Answer: http://workbank247.com/q/bus-475-complete-course-bus475-complete-course/25712 http://workbank247.com/q/bus-475-complete-course-bus475-complete-course/25712 BUS 475 Week 1 Discussion "Assessing Stakeholder Positions" Please respond to the following: * Apple is about to release its latest technology. The company needs to develop a plan to communicate with key stakeholders about the release. You have been tasked with identifying those main stakeholders and selecting the method for communicating with each group. Summarize your plan in a two to three paragraph post. BUS 475 Week 1 Quiz 1 * Question 1 | | | All of the following are external stakeholders of the firm except: | | | | | | | | | * Question 2 | | | Departments, or offices, within an organization that reach across the dividing line that separates the company from groups and people in society are: | | | | | | | | | * Question 3 | | | When something stands out from a background, is seen as important, or draws attention it is: | | | | | | | | | * Question 4 | | | With the explosive growth of technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, this kind of stakeholder power has become increasingly important: | | | | | | | | | * Question 5 | | | Which argument says that stakeholder management realistically depicts how companies really work...
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...Strategic management: Competitiveness and globalization, concepts and cases: 2011 custom edition (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources Angwin, D., Paroutis, S., & Mitson, S. (2009). Connecting up strategy: Are senior strategy directors a missing link? California Management Review, 51(3), 74-94. Derfus, P. J., Maggitti, P. G., Grimm, C. M., & Smith, K. G. (2008). The red queen effect: Competitive actions and firm performance. Academy of Management Journal, 51(1), 61-80. Franken, A., Ewards, C., & Lambert, R. (2009). Executing strategic change: Understanding the critical management elements that lead to success. California Management Review, 51(3), 49-73. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Identify the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm. Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms. Identify the five forces of competition. Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm. Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness. Identify various levels and types of strategy in a...
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...PRG/211 – Week 5 Team B – Algorithm Planning Visual Logic CALORIE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Week 2 Algorithm Planning Week 3 Program Variables for Calorie Management Week 4 Verification & workaround for Calorie Management Week 5 Learning Team Assignment ****************************************************** About the Assignment Imagine that your team of software developers won a contract to develop a program that will identify whether a person is balancing calories consumed with those being expended or burned by taking the following into account: The balance of calories is calculated daily. Calories are consumed in both food and beverages. Calories can be identified from both product labeling and calorie counters located on the Internet. Calories are burned daily in both daily living and exercise. Calories expended or burned can be calculated using calorie calculators located on the Internet. The balance of calories may be displayed in either calories or pounds and ounces. The following are examples of the information that might be provided: Calories are in balance. _ _ _ more calories are consumed than expended. _ _ _ more calories are expended than consumed. No pounds/ounces were gained or lost. _ pounds _ _ ounces may have been gained. _ pounds _ _ ounces may have been lost. Use the following computation: One pound equals 3500 calories. THE PLAN Identify the criteria TEAM B will need to develop the required software. To do this, Team B must...
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...2015-03-16 Case Assignment & Guiding Questions for Case Analysis Prof. Park Strategic Management Course Requirements & Grading Attendance/Class Contribution Mid-term(in class) Real Case Analysis (Final Group Project) * replace the final exam * Adjusted by peer evaluation Case Report and Presentation (Group Project) * Adjusted by peer evaluation 20% 30% 35% 15% Total 100% 1 2015-03-16 Case Report and Presentation (Group Project) • We will discuss around 10 business cases in this class. • Teams will be assigned to analyze the case and present the results in class. • For your analysis, there will be guideline questions to discuss. • Presentation time: around 15-20 minutes • # of presenters: one or two students • Each team need to bring 2‐3 questions and lead class discussion. (After your analysis, you may have some questions that you want to share with classmates) List of Cases and Presentation Schedule Case Related Topics Presentation Day 4th Week(Mar 23) 5th Week(Mar 30) Smartphone War b/w 1 Samsung and Apple 2/3 Apple 2010 4 Costco 5-Forces model Internal analysis Differentiation Strategy Cost Leadership 6th Week(Apr 6) 8th Week(Apr 20 or 21) 9th Week(Apr 27) 10th Week(May 4) 11th Week(May 11) 12th Week(May 18) 13th Week(May 26) 13th Week(May 26) 5 The Walt Disney Company Corporate-level Strategy 6 Samsung Sony JVC 7 Daimler Chrysler 8 Two‐Sided Markets 9 10 Strategic Alliance M&A Platform Open Innovation Open Innovation P&G's...
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...dave@powerstrategy.com Office Hours: Before class and by appointment ------------------------------------------------- About the Course Course Description and Overview Growth companies are the engines of product innovation, market expansion and value creation. But sustaining the growth of these dynamic private companies -- typically with revenues of $10 to $100 million -- requires a unique set of skills, different from those required in either startups or large public companies. Many promising growth companies stall as their business models mature and they outgrow the processes and teams responsible for their early success. Using a mix of case studies, group discussions, interactive exercises and written assignments, this course provides a general management perspective of growth companies: strategy, execution, team, and capital. You first learn different growth strategies, including market disruption, “white space” discovery, and business model innovation. You then connect strategy with execution through market selection and positioning, “lean” development of new offers, and pipeline management. Because execution depends on team effectiveness, you explore team alignment and meeting rhythms, and the role of leadership in creating a growth culture. Finally, you learn about raising growth capital, managing boards and planning for a successful exit. Readings draw from Clay Christensen, Jim Collins, Verne Harnish, Patrick...
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...For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com ECO 561 Week 1 Individual Assignment Scenario Concept (Price Elasticity Scenario) ECO 561 Week 1 DQ 1 ECO 561 Week 1 DQ 2 ECO 561 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Scenario Analysis ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Cost and Revenue Curves Simulation ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 1 ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 2 ECO 561 Week 3 Individual Assignment Cost Scenario ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 1 ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 2 ECO 561 Week 4 Individual Assignment Simulation Analysis ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 1 ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 2 ECO 561 Week 5 Individual Assignment Interest Rate Report ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 1 ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 2 ECO 561 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment International Paper ECO 561 Week 6 DQ 1 ECO 561 Chapter 1 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 2 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 3 Quiz ECO 561 Week 4 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 5 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 6 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 7 Quiz ECO 561 Chapter 8 Quiz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ECO 561 Chapter 1 Quiz (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Chapter 1 Quiz Question 1 As per the law of demand: When rates increase, ceteris paribus Question 2 In response to news reports that taking aspirins daily can reduce an individual's risk of a heart attack, there will most likely be Question 3 The number of pizzas this restaurant sells per week increases from 500 to 700. This could be caused by Question...
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...com/shop/busn-460-complete-class/ Week 1 DQ 1 Selling your team’s services to CanGo Week 1 DQ 2 Mission, Vision & Values Week 2 DQ 1 Planning a Technological Solution Week 2 DQ 2 Cost Benefit Analysis Week 3 DQ 1 Flow Charting Processes Week 3 DQ 2 Implementing Technology Week 4 DQ 1 Group vs Team Week 4 DQ 2 Matrixed Employee Environments Week 5 DQ 1 Performance Review Session Week 5 DQ 2 Status Reports Week 6 DQ 1 Corporate Decision Making Week 6 DQ 2 Weighing Decision Criteria Week 7 DQ 1 Corporate Ethics Tactics Week 7 DQ 2 Profit vs. Responsibility BUSN 460 Week 1 Team Name and Contract BUSN 460 Week 2 Analysis Report - Issues Report BUSN 460 Week 3 Individual Financial Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 4 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 5 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 6 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Final Project Consulting CanGo Final Report BUSN 460 Senior Project Week 3 Individual Financial Analysis Report Individual Financial Analysis Report Conclude working on your Individual Financial Analysis Report, due this week. Note that this is not a team assignment. Be sure to include proper citations for all references you use. Go to the CanGo Intranet and pull the financial statements. Use these to fill out the table found in Doc Sharing labeled Financial Analysis Project, and submit to the Individual Financial Analysis Dropbox in Week 3 after making sure that you have added your last name at the beginning of the file name for your file. Your assignment is due by...
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...com/shop/busn-460-complete-class/ Week 1 DQ 1 Selling your team’s services to CanGo Week 1 DQ 2 Mission, Vision & Values Week 2 DQ 1 Planning a Technological Solution Week 2 DQ 2 Cost Benefit Analysis Week 3 DQ 1 Flow Charting Processes Week 3 DQ 2 Implementing Technology Week 4 DQ 1 Group vs Team Week 4 DQ 2 Matrixed Employee Environments Week 5 DQ 1 Performance Review Session Week 5 DQ 2 Status Reports Week 6 DQ 1 Corporate Decision Making Week 6 DQ 2 Weighing Decision Criteria Week 7 DQ 1 Corporate Ethics Tactics Week 7 DQ 2 Profit vs. Responsibility BUSN 460 Week 1 Team Name and Contract BUSN 460 Week 2 Analysis Report - Issues Report BUSN 460 Week 3 Individual Financial Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 4 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 5 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Week 6 Analysis Report BUSN 460 Final Project Consulting CanGo Final Report BUSN 460 Senior Project Week 3 Individual Financial Analysis Report Individual Financial Analysis Report Conclude working on your Individual Financial Analysis Report, due this week. Note that this is not a team assignment. Be sure to include proper citations for all references you use. Go to the CanGo Intranet and pull the financial statements. Use these to fill out the table found in Doc Sharing labeled Financial Analysis Project, and submit to the Individual Financial Analysis Dropbox in Week 3 after making sure that you have added your last name at the beginning of the file name for your file. Your assignment is due by...
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...study. Detailed information and learning resources for this unit have also been provided on the Unit website on WebCT/Blackboard which can be reached via the Student Portal at vu.edu.au/student-tools/myvu-student-portal It is important that you access your Unit website regularly. Please also refer to information provided on the Student Portal that supports studying at VU. Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge and recognise the traditional owners, their Elders past and present, their descendants and kin as the custodians of this land. Contents Welcome Acknowledgement of Country Introduction to the unit 2 Indicative schedule for this unit 5 Assessment details 6 Succeeding at Victoria University 8 Providing feedback: Student Evaluation System 9 Introduction to the unit |Unit Title: Technology of Music and Audio | |Unit Code: ACO1010 |Year: 2014 |Semester: 1 |Credit Points: 12 | |Other details: | |Key staff |...
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...website * Apple Inc www.apple.com CONSUMER ELECTRONICS * Tiffany’s & Co www.tiffanys.co.uk LUXURY RETAIL 1. Write a brief overview of the organization Access the relevant industry Mintel /Keynote report and other relevant research from information databases 2. Identify and illustrate the SBU’s (Strategic Business Units) for the organization External Environment 3. Apply PESTEL to the chosen industry. Illustrate and provide detailed explanations 4. Apply Porters 5 Forces to the relevant industry /organization /sector. Illustrate and provide detailed explanations 5. Illustrate in a grid format: Opportunities and Threats Internal Environment 6. Apply McKinsey’s 7S matrix to the organization /sector 7. Apply Marketing mix to the organisation /sector 8. Illustrate in a grid format: Strengths and Weaknesses SWOT Analysis 9. Illustrate in a grid format: corporate SWOT Analysis 10. Illustrate in a grid format: SBU SWOT Analysis (For Apple choose ipad and for Tiffany’s choose Jewellery Strategic Positioning 11. Identify competitors for Apple or Tiffany’s and using a perceptual map with appropriate axes demonstrate a gap in the market 12. Identify an appropriate portfolio analyses tool and apply it to demonstrate competitive advantage Application Use relevant marketing planning tools and present in appropriate formats where applicable Word Length The word limit is 1,500 words (+/-5%). All assignments must be...
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...Advertising and Communications – Final Assignment Table of Contents Define your product 2 What is its function? 3 What problem or opportunity does it solve? 4 What is its name? 7 Reaching your audience 8 Who is your target audience? 9 What drivers will they respond to? 10 Delivering the message 11 What Integrated Marketing Communications mix will you select? 11 What specific media will you use? 14 Regulatory issues 15 What regulatory or trade association issues or restrictions do you operate under? 15 Final Campaign 16 Present a completed example of an advertising/commercial/alternate media campaign. 16 As we saw with the pre-assignment, the desserts are very diversified and can be eaten in different way: eat-in or take away, drink or eat, fruity or nature, for adults or children… This is a large subject and many actors are already implanted. Thus, in such a competitive environment, it is important for a new brand to be different: to offer a new concept in order to position the brand as the new favorite dessert in the consumer’s mind. Define your product According to a study managed by MedecineNet.com, United States’ children and teenagers do not eat enough fruits[1]. Moreover the obesity rate in the United States grew up last decades: ““Over the last three decades, obesity rates among children and adolescents have nearly tripled,” said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD. “Obese children...
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...Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. It also sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third party digital content and applications worldwide. Its products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, iCloud, and various accessory and support offerings, as well as a range of consumer and professional software applications. As of September 24, 2011, the company had 357 retail stores, including 245 stores in the United States and 112 stores internationally. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California (Yahoo, 2012). Apple has improved one of their biggest products, the iphone. This fall Apple released its new product the iPhone 5. The stock hit a record high Friday on expectations it would sell 8 to 10 million new iPhone 5 devices over the weekend. But Monday, after the company announced it sold roughly 5 million in the first three days of the launch, Apple shares fell 1% to $693. Apple sold $ 4 million iPhone 4s devices last year and they were hoping to double this amount with the iPhone 5 (Napach, 2012). Apple is also releasing the new iPad and the new set of iPods by the end of October. 2011 2010 2009 INCOME STATEMENT Net Sales 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Less: Cost of Goods Sold 59.52% 60.62% 59.86% Gross Profit 40.48% 39.38% 40.14% ...
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...Communication Syllabus Spring 2016 Farrokh Moshiri Office: SGMH 5377 657.278. -8714 (I also have an office in 4177. Always check 5377 first) Office Hours: 4-15 6:15Tuesday & Thursday, 11 to 11:45 Friday (or by appointment) E-Mail: fmoshiri@fullerton.edu Department Phone: 657.278.2223 Logon for Fullerton’s Portal: http://my.fullerton.edu | BUAD 501-04 (21562) | Managerial Communication (Discussion) | Th 7:00PM 9:45PM | SGMH 2311 - Computer Lab | Jan 23, 2016- May 13, 2016 | Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Business. This course may be taken either on a credit/no credit basis or for a letter grade. Students must petition the MCBE if they wish to take the course for a letter grade within the first two weeks of the course. Your selection cannot be changed, so choose wisely! ------------------------------------------------- Common Body of Knowledge Content Coverage: 0 ------------------------------------------------- Business communication for domestic and international markets: case reports, electronic communication, meetings; audience, style and tone (I, II, III)* 1 ------------------------------------------------- Credibility; personal and corporate ethics (I)* 2 ------------------------------------------------- Analysis of business articles and cases (I-V)* 3 ------------------------------------------------- Interpretation of data, critical evaluation of information 4 ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WINTER 2010 COURSE 437 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS SYLLABUS Professor: Teaching Assistant Donald R. McNeeley, Ph.D. Susan O’Dea, sodea@chicagotube.com Phone: 815-834-8501 Phone: 815-834-8503 E-mail: dmcneeley@chicagotube.com Course Overview: Organizations have learned that the adage, grow or die is more than a cliché. In today’s global market, maintaining the status quo is no longer an option. As the velocity of change accelerates, historic paradigms are surrendering to new. For organizations to survive in today’s competitive environment, management must anticipate the strategic inflection of organizational evolution. Engineers have played a major role in the advancement of society. Undergraduate education for engineers is thorough, precise, and understandably micronistic. At the graduate level, we attempt to couple the micro skills with the broader macro perspective or, in other words, the proverbial big picture. The management role requires engineers to be able to envision, from a broader perspective, the operation of an organization and the market one serves. You must learn to think, act, speak, and process from the “management mind.” This capstone course draws from all functional areas of an enterprise to provide strategic direction to an organization. It also provides engineers with a management perspective as a complement to the engineering orientation, which they currently possess. Strategies are offered to ensure...
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