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Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen.

.Create your revised NAB company name and explain its significance.

2.Develop your revised company’s Mission Statement and provide a rationale for its components.

◦Hints:Use the Statement of Mission template on pp. 72-73 on the course textbook: Successful Business Plan to aid your development.

◦Extracting appropriate information from the NAB company portfolio, where applicable. You should fill in other required items in the template using your personal preferences.

3.Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen. Justify at least three (3) reasons why you have chosen this type of non-alcoholic beverage. ◦Hints:Research and outline beverage industry trends. Consider the size and growth rate of the industry overall and the specific beverage type you have chosen. Use the worksheet in the course text (p. 88 | Past and Future Growth of Your Industry) to help you project the future growth rate. Consider the use of industry associations and search engines to find reliable, recent data.

4.Choose one (1) strategic position from the course text (pp. 142–143) that you believe is the best strategic position for your company. Explain the approach you will use to implement this strategic position in order to distinguish your beverage from other non-alcoholic beverages.

5.Provide an overview of your company’s distribution channels. Explain the manner in which your product will reach end users. Provide a rationale for your chosen method. ◦Hints:For example, will you sell your beverage in grocery stores, restaurants, or sports venues? If so, describe the types of resellers and distributors who will sell to resellers and fulfill their orders. If you are attempting to sell direct-to-consumers, such as online via a monthly subscription, how will you manage warehousing / fulfillment / shipping?

6.Outline at least three (3) types of risks (including any regulatory risks) that your business faces. Describe your company’s plan to mitigate such risk. ◦Hints:You may refer to the types of risk listed in the course text (pp. 148–149) as well as any risks not listed in the text. Regulation weighs more heavily on beverage and food businesses than many other types of companies, so be certain to consider any regulatory risks your type of beverage faces. For example, what kind of regulation and / or risks are you likely to face if you make health claims about your beverage?

7.Develop a SWOT analysis for your NAB company using the SWOT matrix worksheet in the course text (p. 153 | SWOT: Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats) ◦Hints:What are your company’s likely strengths? Have you chosen a beverage segment that is growing and lacks an entrenched competitor? Are you in a niche market that has great potential? What are the strengths that you and other team members bring to your company? Do you or other team members have previous experience in the food and beverage industry?

◦Hints:What are your company’s likely weaknesses? Is the competition in your industry segment entrenched? Is your own management team inexperienced? Will it be challenging to actually produce your product and maintain quality?

◦Hints:What are your company’s opportunities? Does your segment have more demand than supply? Have larger corporations stopped serving smaller or niche markets that you could enter? Is a new market emerging because of demographics, immigration, changing tastes?

◦Hints:What are your company’s threats? Is there a clear market leader that will be hard and expensive to displace? Are downward-pricing pressures in the segment making profit margins slim? Are there little or no barriers-to-entry for new competitors; if you have a novel idea that succeeds, can the competition easily enter your market? If you have a global aspect to your company, do factors such as currency fluctuations, political instability, offshoring or outsourcing pose threats?

8.Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:a.Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.

b.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

c.Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

Describe how your organization rates on these cultural characteristics:

For this final SLP, choose an organization that you currently work for or have worked for in the past.  You will be applying the concepts of organizational culture that you read about in the background materials to this organization.

Write a two to three page paper addressing the following issues:

  1. Describe how your organization rates on these cultural characteristics: detail-oriented, team-oriented, innovative, aggressive, outcome-oriented, and people-oriented.
  2. Discuss how strong the organizational culture is at your organization.  To what extent is the organization’s culture shared by employees and managers?
  3. What aspects of your organization’s culture do you think should be changed, and what steps would you recommend to change the culture?  Use concepts from Rao (2010) in forming your recommendations.

SLP Assignment Expectations

  • Answer the assignment questions directly
  • Stay focused on the precise assignment questions, don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials
  • Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred.  If you find articles on the internet, make sure it is from a credible source.
  • Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13-14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide”, which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal.

How will you plan this critical meeting between yourself and the department heads?

  • Develop a list of 10 questions that will be asked of the executive director of research and development and the executive director of sales in a joint interview.
  • Provide the CEO with your strategy for dealing with this conflict between the two executive directors. In doing so, you are to address the following:
    • Which communication techniques will you rely on to resolve potential disputes between these two directors?
    • How will you plan this critical meeting between yourself and the department heads? What will be the agenda for the meeting? Provide an outline.
    • In executing and providing closure for the joint, voluntary, and crucially important participation of these two executive directors, which specific goals will you attempt to gain joint agreement upon?
    • How will you measure whether and/or the degree to which these goals have been reached?

A basic checklist for solutions is as follows:

  • Identify and address the main issue.
  • Provide real-life solutions (more than just theoretical considerations).
  • Address the criteria and measurements for success for this project.
  • Use proper APA formatting and citation.
  • Provide solutions that display critical and innovative t

From your point-of view, what is the theme of the essay?

Mini essay about the article wrriten by Bill Plaschke. (critical thinking exercise)

After read the article, answer two questions.

 

1. From the author’s point-of-view, what is the theme (message) of this essay?

 

2. From your point-of view, what is the theme of the essay? In your paragraph, make additional point or comments showing that you have done some critical thinking about the subject or theme of the essay- this usually means you have to form a strong opinion. Do not just retell the writer’s story. more than one pages

 

pls separate two questions into different paragraphs. 

 

How will the application of this concept impact the structure of the health care institution when allocating resources?

Identify and briefly define 1 of the following concepts:

  • Opportunity cost
  • Sunk cost
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Based upon the concept that you have selected, respond to each of the following questions:

  • What are the basic steps for the application of your chosen concept in resource allocation?
  • Provide an example of how this concept can be applied in a specific health care resource allocation.
  • How will the application of this concept impact the structure of the health care institution when allocating resources?

Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout the review.

Be sure to follow APA style page formatting, and provide at least 4 peer reviewed references from health care journals published in the past 5 years.

What is Lockheed Martin doing right? What do they need to do to improve?

A Critique of Lockheed Martin

In this assignment you will be asked to review the final chapter of Terris’ text book and to spend some time applying your critical thinking skills in evaluating Lockheed Martin’s efforts.

Case Assignment

After reading through the chapter please take some time to answer the following questions in 4-5 pages regarding the company’s ethics program efforts:

What is Lockheed Martin doing right? What do they need to do to improve?

Assignment Expectations

Your paper should be 4–5 pages, double-spaced, and in 12-point type size.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.

Use APA style, and proofread your paper.

What role does the Ethics Officer play in orchestrating the ethics related efforts of the organization?

In this assignment please read the article by Popa & Salanta. Then, please provide an overview in which you integrate your SLP readings on stakeholder theory, ethical decision making, ethics program leadership and the most recent reading on corporate social responsibility.

Assignment Instructions

In a 4- to 5-page paper discuss how, and to what extent these ethics based concepts intertwine in ethically grounded organizations? That is, what role does stakeholder management play? What must be done to make sure employees are ethically grounded when facing difficult situations? What role does the Ethics Officer play in orchestrating the ethics related efforts of the organization? And how does the operational efforts related to organizational ethics tie to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (if at all)?

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your paper should be 4–5 pages, double-spaced and in 12-point type size.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.

Use APA style, and proofread your paper.

Explain what role a company’s culture plays in executing these managerial tasks.

While companies must tailor their strategy-executing approaches to their particular situation, there are eight managerial tasks which are common elements in executing strategies. Review the eight components of strategy execution and develop a PowerPoint presentation which applies each of these components to an organization of your choice.  Include at least three visual elements such as charts or graphs to complement your presentation.

Consider the following while developing your PowerPoint presentation:

  • Discuss what is involved in performing the eight key managerial tasks that shape the process of implementing and executing strategy.
  • Explore building resource strengths and organizational capabilities including: marshaling resources, instituting strategy-facilitating policies and procedures, adopting best practices, installing operating systems, and tying rewards to the achievement of good results.
  • Explain what role a company’s culture plays in executing these managerial tasks.

Present your findings in an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation. Use the notes section to clarify your work.  Cite your sources and apply APA standards for writing style to your presentation.

Discuss what is involved in performing the eight key managerial tasks that shape the process of implementing and executing strategy.

While companies must tailor their strategy-executing approaches to their particular situation, there are eight managerial tasks which are common elements in executing strategies. Review the eight components of strategy execution and develop a PowerPoint presentation which applies each of these components to an organization of your choice.  Include at least three visual elements such as charts or graphs to complement your presentation.

Consider the following while developing your PowerPoint presentation:

  • Discuss what is involved in performing the eight key managerial tasks that shape the process of implementing and executing strategy.
  • Explore building resource strengths and organizational capabilities including: marshaling resources, instituting strategy-facilitating policies and procedures, adopting best practices, installing operating systems, and tying rewards to the achievement of good results.
  • Explain what role a company’s culture plays in executing these managerial tasks.

Present your findings in an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation. Use the notes section to clarify your work.  Cite your sources and apply APA standards for writing style to your presentation.

Explain the rationale for your selection.

I need help with the attached assignment:

Create a PowerPoint Presentation for senior executives that will outline how you will measure, evaluate, and justify the implementation of your HRD program (from Unit II). Your presentation should include the following:

Part I

 Provide an overview of the various models and methods for evaluating the HRD program.

 Summarize data collection methods used for qualitative analysis.

 Summarize data collection methods used for quantitative analysis.

 Introduce and summarize return on investment (ROI).

 Introduce and summarize return on expectations (ROE).

 

Part II

 Introduce the model you will use for your specific HRD evaluation.

 Explain the rationale for your selection.

 Outline the process that will be followed to implement the selected HRD evaluation model.

 Assess and evaluate the performance criteria that will be used in your HRD evaluation.

 Identify and address concerns with the evaluation process.