MT499: Bachelor’s Capstone in Management

 This project focuses on management in your organization.( Cosmetic Booth) In a five to six page paper, describe the following items: Management Summary Describe the management team in your business (include advisors, consultants, accountants, etc.). Describe the team concept, group dynamics, and the strengths and weaknesses of business teams. Describe management philosophy concerning communication, and organizational culture. Discuss what leadership actions you would take to adapt your business should the following happen in the first three years of operations: o Your manufacturer has a labor strike that may last for 6 months. o Three more competitors emerge who are now in direct competition with your company in product quality and price. o You have had to lay off half your employees and the rest are disheartened as a result.

WEEK 9 – DISCUSSION CAPSTONE

Analyze the three internal governance mechanisms (ownership concentration, boards of directors, and executive compensation) and recommend a possible fourth mechanism that would help align the interests of managerial agents with those of the firm’s owners. Provide specific examples to support your response. -Determine how U.S.-based corporations could incorporate elements of the corporate governance practices you researched to help top-level managers make better ethical decisions. Provide specific examples to support your response.

WEEK 8 – DISCUSSION II CAPSTONE

Corporate governance has become a hot issue in the U.S. over the past two decades.  From your analysis of the case study, determine two possible corporate governance challenges that might be faced by Best Buy as a result of its rapid growth and why they could become corporate governance issues. -Make recommendations for how Best Buy can overcome these challenges. Provide specific examples to support your response.

WEEK 8 – DISCUSSION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 As we learned in Week 7, your business sponsor and customer informed you that you have to deliver your project much sooner than anticipated. When you break the news to your team, they are not happy with the decision for they are concerned that the project will now fail. Using the information you learned from readings, what can you do as a leader to ensure your project team that this is the right thing to do? What will you do to motivate them?

CT 7 Project Management

 – The following activities are based on a recently completed group project that you have been involved in. This project may have been a student project, a work project, or an extracurricular project.a. Analyze the development of the team in terms of the five-phase model and the punctuated equilibrium model. Which model does the best job of describing how the team evolved?b. Analyze the group in terms of the nine situational factors that influence team development. What factors positively contributed to group performance? What factors negatively contributed to group performance? How did the group try to overcome the negative factors? What could you have done differently to overcome these negative factors?c. Analyze how effectively the group managed meetings. What did the group do well? What didn’t the group do well? If the group were formed again, what specific recommendations would you make about how the group should manage meetings?1. In month 9 the following project information is available: actual cost is $ 2,000, earned value is $ 2,100, and planned cost is $ 2,400. Compute the SV and CV for the project.2. On day 51 a project has an earned value of $ 600, an actual cost of $ 650, and a planned cost of $ 560. Compute the SV, CV, and CPI for the project. What is your assessment of the project on day 51?3. Given the project network and baseline information below, complete the form to develop a status report for the project at the end of period 4 and the end of period 8. From the data you have collected and computed for periods 4 and 8, what information are you prepared to tell the customer about the status of the project at the end of period 8?

Research Paper

OSHA has identified falls as (36.5%) of hazards in construction.  Falls—(36.5%)*The assignment is to write a research paper involving FALLS as a construction hazard. You may narrow your topic down to a more specific type of accident within the major category. For example, under falls, you could focus your research on falls from ladders. When writing the paper, consider the following questions:  Remember that a significant aspect of any research paper is the summary analysis by the writer of that research (in this case, you). The submission must be a  Scholarly sources include: peer-reviewed journal articles (Click here to access a webinar outlining peer-reviewed articles.) safety reference books and textbooks, and other publications by safety professionals and organizations (print or online). Note that wikipedia.com, answers.com, ask.com, about.com, and similar broad-based Internet sites are not considered scholarly sources. Use government and professional safety-related sources, such as osha.gov., niosh.gov, asse.org, nsc.org, and nfpa.org. Contact your professor if you have any questions about the validity of a reference source. APA format is required. Be sure to use in text citations for direct quotes and paraphrased information. 

For any company that wants to deliver excellent customer service, having an excellent training program for its customer service employees is essential.

For any company that wants to deliver excellent customer service, having an excellent training program for its customer service employees is essential. This week write a one-page paper describing the customer service training program for your selected company. Summarize the key aspects that are emphasized in the training program and how employee customer service skills are developed. Use any resources and research items that are available to you, and be sure to cite any references in APA format. 

Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research your community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through incarceration programs or other sanctions.

Assignment 1: Combating Juvenile DelinquencyDue Week 7 and worth 120 points Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research your community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through incarceration programs or other sanctions.Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Define and evaluate both of these significant legal terms, and utilize pertinent U.S. Supreme Court opinions.

Everyone has heard or seen the “Miranda Rights” on television and/or in movies. In fact, most people could probably recite what they are without reading the actual U.S. Supreme Court case or reviewing a criminal law textbook. However, there are a number of factors at play that determine when the Miranda rights must be given to a suspect. Does an officer have to Mirandize you if he walks up on the street and says, “How are you today?” When do constitutional provisions “kick in”? How would you explain the Miranda warnings and their significance to a friend of yours not in the criminal justice field? At a minimum, address the following questions: What does the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution mean when it states that a person shall not “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”? Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Focus your responses on the elements of the Miranda warning, and question whether the warning is still necessary? Two commonly confused concepts in criminal law are and . Define and evaluate both of these significant legal terms, and utilize pertinent U.S. Supreme Court opinions to justify your answers. Finally, address what happens to a criminal case when an officer does not possess reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Examine why there are differing standards for a “reasonable suspicion to stop” and for “probable cause.” How do these legal terms relate to peoples’ constitutional protections? Much of the work of the criminal justice system will never be seen by the general public. Prosecutors, defense attorneys, and grand juries determine the course of criminal cases well before a case is even committed to a public docket. In your paper, detail the special responsibilities prosecutors have towards initiating a criminal case against a defendant. In other words, how does a prosecutor make the decision to charge someone? In your paper:In your analysis, include your personal opinion of the morality of a system where so much of the charging and plea bargaining process is in the hands of lawyers, often out of view from the general public. What are the potentials for abuse? What effects on “equal justice” can this system have? For help completing this assignment, please reference the . The paper must be three to four pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar. Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.