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write a SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats ) on Walmart use 75-100 words per. And then write a 525 -700 word summary of the findings. Signature Assignment: SWOT Analysis Assignment Content Using the organization you selected in Week 1, review its corporate website and at least 2 other sources of information on the organization, including information on market trends. Note: Review Strategic Management-8 Most Popular Cases in Connect. Access the case studies from the folder on the main course page in Blackboard. Complete a SWOT analysis for your chosen company using the provided SWOT Analysis Template. Write a 525- to 700-word summary of your findings on the SWOT Analysis template. Use information from the SWOT analysis as well as what you have learned about your business’s structure, culture, and interrelationships to write the summary. Your summary should: Analyze how you would convert the business’s weaknesses into strengths. Explain the actions the business needs to take to advance its goals and/or expand its competitive advantage. Analyze interrelationships among distinct functional areas of the organization and how it may affect your SWOT analysis. Cite any sources according to APA guidelines.

Step 1 Open the following website to complete the assessment: Jung Typology Test. (This has been completed and received ENTJ; Extrovert 22%, Intuitive 19%, Thinking 3%, Judging 25%) Once complete, click on “Score it” to retrieve your four-letter type. Next, you will need to investigate your Temperament through researching the topic, however the various sites below are suggestions for descriptions of your Type and data on relationships, careers, etc. Personality Page-Four Temperaments: This site allows you to explore the Temperaments by traits Keirsey Overview: This site gives an overview of the Temperaments and Keirsey but doesn’t lend itself to a great deal of information. You might find it has some other items of interest for your traits though. Personality Club: This site has a nice visual graphic on the Temperaments for each trait. Using Temperaments links, explore Keirsey’s Temperaments and go back to the Jung Typology test site to explore the Sixteen Personality Types using the tabs at the top to locate the description of your type. You may also research beyond these suggested links as long as you cite them properly. Once there, click on links for The Four Preferences, Keirsey’s Temperaments, and Overview of the Sixteen Personality Types to locate the description of your type. If you cannot locate them within the Jung site, explore them through the other links. The personality test will reveal your 4-letter type and your 2-letter temperament. In this step, you will discuss the validity of each letter of your type and temperament. Provide your statistical/percentage results for comparison of letters within your discussion. Any adverse personal opinions on the assessment tools must be respectful and scholarly with supportive research. Include a separate section for each letter of your personality type, as well as a section for discussing how the different aspects of your personality (represented by the letters) work together. For example, if you scored with the letter “I,” then that letter with your type will be a heading: I-Introverted. You must have separate sub-headings for each section. Give specific examples from your life—especially your work life—and discuss the weaknesses of your personality type as well.  Step 2 Apply the Type Talk at Work textbook, which focuses on how various personality types relate at work. The book must be evident within the discussion, not simply cited, with specific, applied topics. Using the Type Talk at Work textbook as your guide, discuss the things you have learned about yourself that will help you understand your organization and your role within it. In a new section in your paper (labeled Step 2), answer the following questions with specific correlation to the book: In general, what have you learned from these personality tests about organizational behavior that will help you be a better employee, coworker, and/or manager? In particular, what have you learned about yourself from this personality test that will help you be a better employee, coworker, and/or manager? Provide specific examples. Formatting Use current APA format for every element of the paper. Be sure to include the current APA-formatted cover page, abstract, and reference page.  Write in first person—this is allowed due to the personal nature of the assignment. To facilitate the Instructor’s grading of these assignments, you must have major headings for Steps 1 and 2. Additionally, under the major heading of Step 1, you must have subheadings for each separate letter of your Meyers-Briggs type. There must also be a subheading describing your entire Meyers-Briggs personality to round out the discussion with your Temperament. You will need a total of 5 subheadings for Step 1. The exact number of paragraphs that you include in each section is your decision; your Instructor will not be grading you on how many paragraphs you used per section, but rather the extent to which you specifically addressed each of the areas above. The minimum of 6 required pages of content does not include the title page, abstract page, or reference page. Those must be counted as additional pages. You will likely find that it will be difficult to address all of these things in only 6 pages, but that constraint is part of the exercise itself. Learning to write succinctly and efficiently will improve your communication skills, regardless of the setting. Because you only have 6 pages to discuss all these components, be concise. Be sure to double-space, using Times New Roman 12-point font only; use 1-inch margins, and avoid bold font (except for headlines, per current APA format), underlining, and contractions. The reference page must include a minimum of the 5 following references in current APA format (all sources must be evident within the paper and less than 5 years old): An outside scholarly source you have researched, Type Talk at Work textbook, Organizational Behavior textbook, Jung Typology Test, and www.personalitypage.com.

This assignment should be a stand-alone document of 2 or 3 pages for this assignment.  Include at least two diagrams or visual elements in the description.  Remember this is a stand-alone document, NOT a letter or memo. Follow the outline in your text on Page 181.  Use the principles of  description from the textbook for your description. For either option your reader is: Carl Jones, Operations Chief Mansure, Inc. 564 South Hudson Court Tucson, AZ 82244 Option A In your job as a consultant at TechCon you have been working with Mansure, Inc. The reason you have been working with this company on this account is that your expertise fits well with their business.  In the course of working there consulting on new equipment upgrades you discover that they need to become aware of this equipment, _________ . (Here is where you fill in the blank with a piece of equipment that you are familiar with because of what you’ve been studying in your major and where you plan to work.)  This could be lab equipment, a new software program, or a new device of some kind.  Even though you may know about it, Mansure has not had the money or the inclination to use it in the past.  You need to describe this piece of equipment.  Write for the reader who is NOT familiar with the item.  (The goal here is that you can use something that you know about.  You still may need to add information from some other sources, which you will cite.)  You are NOT selling the equipment.  You are a consultant explaining and describing it  Your task in this situation is only to describe it to a reader who is not aware of it. Option B Although most of us drive vehicles, they are certainly not all the same.  You may have or wish you had certain features or capabilities of your vehicle which are not known or used by others.  Describe that feature for readers who do not know about it.  Remember this could be a feature you wish you had. Your readers will be at Mansure, Inc. a delivery company. They will be considering adding this feature to their current fleet of vehicles or using it in the new ones they buy as they replace the old ones.  Describe the feature in a 2-3 page document. Remember to focus on the business application at Mansure. (This might include a GPS device for example.)

Leadership Final Project Merida has provided deep insight into 1 and 2 Kings.  This insight is more than just stories about historical events.  The depth comes from the people involved.  The text covered a full range of personalities from murderous villains to others who were completely sold out for God.  People in leadership today have to deal with a full range of personalities as well (hoping the true villains are a distinct minority!).   You are to write a 1,700 word document, double-spaced, APA-formatted paper. In your paper, you will evaluate three (3) current leadership styles in light of what you have read in Merida.  Where did you find examples of each of those styles in the text?  Where were they effective in the biblical setting?  What different leadership style might have been more effective (biblical character attempted style A – what you are writing about – but would have made more progress with style B)?  In what settings or situations might the style you are evaluating work well today?  Support your research with eight (8) scholarly sources.  Limit your literature search to the last five (5) years and select only sources that are full text – PDF.   As part of this project, prepare an annotated bibliography.  The bibliography will be structured as follows: APA formatted reference (minimum 250 words per reference) followed by summary of key points, evaluation of the quality of the publication, evaluation of the quality of the author(s), where this fits into the assignment, and the library database in which you found the article.  A traditional APA reference page and the annotated bibliography will be turned in with the associated paper.

APA format, double spaced, 2 pages answer these questions: 1) can recycling be a viable economic development tool in the USA?  2) are there organizations (either from the private or public sector) that are successfully using recycling as a source of revenue? Are they profitable? 3)How is the china scrap ban affecting recycling efforts? 4)what other countries are there with high recycling rates and what can we learn from their practices? 5) what do you think we could be doing differently/better in our region to improve our own recycling rate and waste management practices? 6) as a business person, what do you plan to implement in your workplace?

XYZ Company has decided to upgrade its information management systems with the hope of increased security and improved decision-making capabilities based on quantitative data gathered within these systems. As one of the information technology managers, you have been asked to conduct research on the following in terms of this upgrade for the organization: ·       Identify how the company can make use of the internet, intranet, and extranet. ·       Examine the pros and cons of internally hosting the information management systems v. hosting them in a cloud hosted solution, and ·       the main security considerations the company should consider with each of these two options. Then, examine how the company’s business intelligence systems can be used more effectively to analyze key performance indicators and overall performance, including: ·       Data collection, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, inference, and analysis of variance. Be sure to create a formal report, with clear headings related to each of the topics above, and present it to the Chief Information Officer. Length:  3-5 pages, not including title page and references. References: Please use the concepts from the Peregrine Modules as well as two additional scholarly sources for support throughout your proposal. Additional reliable sources may also be used. Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Read the Capsim case, Why the rules are the rules. Then, prepare a three to five page document detailing why someone should invest in Hain Celestial.  The information should include up to date financial data such as fourth quarter 2020 results, highlights from continuing operations, stock information, and shareholder information.  It is up to you to provide an overall summary of the outlook based on the information you can find.  Below is the capsim case Finance: Why the rules are the rules According to the Organic Trade Association, sales of organic food steadily growing since 2012. Americans spent $43.3 billion on organic products in 2015. One company riding that wave is Hains Celestial Group which sells organic food and personal care products through distributors to thousands of retailers. For the first half of 2016, Hains Celestial saw its share price increase 32%. Then, in August, it lost $1.3 billion from its market value overnight, after announcing profit targets would not be met for the fiscal year to June 30th and year-end results would be delayed. All because of accounting. Is it the market, or the reporting? Some commentators speculated Hains’ problems may flag a softening in the market for consumer organics. Others said the loss of value was a temporary setback, making it a good time to buy Hains Celestial shares. Whatever the final fallout, a company growing strongly and selling some of the hottest products in the food industry hit a roadblock because of accounting anomalies — and it is far from the first. The problem stemmed from the timing of Hains’ revenue reporting. When the company ships product to a distributor, it books the revenue. Distributors receive concessions that Hains applies according to a formula, rewarding them for high volumes sold in shorter periods. “Since Hain recognizes revenue before the goods are sold, it needs to make an estimate of how big those concessions will be,” said Fortune Magazine. According to the Wall St Journal: “It is reviewing whether revenue associated with the concessions should continue to be reported when products are shipped to distributors or recorded when the distributors sell them to retailers.” Perhaps more worrying is the company’s admission that it needs “to assess its internal controls over financial reporting.” Some scope for flexibility Forbes pointed to another organic food company, Annie’s, that faced similar problems due to accounting irregularities in 2014 but recovered quickly, and was bought by General Mills soon after. While there is some scope for individual companies and industries to incorporate unique aspects of their businesses in their financial reporting, the rules of accounting – laid out in the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) – are very strict. Clear rules means that stakeholders – including shareholders, potential buyers and even governments – can make consistent evaluations over time and between different companies. “It is no longer sufficient merely to comply with accounting rules so that there is no technical breach; 3 Investors require valid information “Investors do not like to be misled by fraudulent or dishonest managers who are economical with the truth or bend it to their advantage,” warns Jenny Rayner, in Managing Reputational Risk: Curbing Threats, Leveraging Opportunities (Wiley, September 11, 2003). “It is no longer sufficient merely to comply with accounting rules so that there is no technical breach; to restore confidence in the markets, investors also want companies to respect the spirit of the standards.” After the accounting and audit scandals that bankrupted Enron and WorldCom in the early 2000’s, new legislation in the U.S., the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, increased penalties for destroying, altering, or fabricating records in federal investigations or for attempting to defraud shareholders. The act also increased the accountability of auditing firms to remain unbiased and independent of their clients. That makes it more difficult for fraud to go unpunished, but as Hains Celestial discovered (to its detriment) any accounting irregularities can have serious implications in the marketplace. to restore confidence in the markets, investors also want companies to respect the spirit of the

How are technology and innovation used in business management?

Topic: • Choose a business-related topic that inspires you and deserves more research. 3. Sources to be cited • Minimum 5 credible/reliable sources, as suggested below: 1) Library database (minimum 3 should come from NAIT Library data base) 2) Online magazines / newspapers / government documents 3) Statistics from encyclopedia or credible data-mining companies, such as Pew Research Center 1500-2500 words excluding References, in-text citations, Executive Summary, and Appendix (if applicable)

1. If you are shopping online, how do you determine whether the merchant is trustworthy? Do you use a different method to determine trustworthiness when you walk into a store and need to use a credit card for a purchase? 2. Who is better positioned to regulate online transactions and handle irregularities or complaints – consumer advocacy groups or the government? You might need to do some research on the purposes and functions of consumer advocacy groups AND the method of filing a consumer complaint with a consumer protection office (government agency).