PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT BELOW BE CREATIVE USE YOUR BRAIN! MAKE THIS INTO A POWERPOINT PRESNTATION PLEASE MAKE IT LOOK VERY PROFESSIONAL JOSEPH IS THE CEO AND JOSEPH IS THE ONE PRESENTING THIS. PLEASE MAKE IT LOOK VERY PROFFESIONAL IT A BIG DEAL. A BIG PROJECT
Part I: Decisions for Quarter Three. Prior to beginning work on the Decisions for Quarter Three, carefully review the content found in the “Suggestions for Quarter 3” pop-up screen and read any Quarter Three Internal Emails and/or Memos available through your Growing Your Business simulation. The pop-up will be available at the lower left (Blue Guidelines) of the Executive Summary Decisions Tab and the video, emails, and memos can be re-accessed through the Help section.
In your Growing Your Business simulation,
The Decisions for Quarter Three Assignment
Part II: Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review (QBR). Due by Day 7. You must submit your Quarter Three Decisions prior to moving on this week’s Quarterly Business Review assignment. Prior to beginning work on the Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review, review the following content from the Growing Your Business Simulation, the Suggestions for Quarter Three Decisions pop-up and your Business Intelligence Dashboard. The graphics in the dashboard should provide you with the trends (that is the time series data is growing) in data to critically analyze your competitors for the first two quarters their positions for the longer term.
With the completion of Quarter Three, you are responsible for completing your third Quarterly Business Review (QBR). This is a qualitative and quantitative summary of your competitive performance for Quarter Three. Business reviews (or Operational Reviews) are a routine part of annual corporate activities and are very cross-functional in nature. A major component of a QBR is around meeting commitments that are embedded in your budgetary planning process. Meeting commitments are seen explicitly in your Variances. These learnings are designed to enhance your performance in future Quarters.
In your Growing Your Business simulation,
The Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review Assignment
Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Please note that if you are experiencing technical issues with the Growing Your Business Simulation, you will need to contact the help desk within the simulation at [email protected].
Include a cover page and 1-2 pages of reflection regarding ideas, concepts, or strategies that you have learned so far in this simulation that you would be able to transfer to a current or a future role. Be specific about how these items can help you as you progress in your career. In the Week 4 Journal, consider how the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats from Week 1 are now impacting the performance of the company. Also, consider how keeping track of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of the company that you work for can help you to improve your performance on an ongoing basis.
Just write a reply to these two posts. Write in your own words. Please differentiate which reply is which. 100 words minimum per reply. This is like a conversation.
In last week’s Discussion, you examined the impact of cybersecurity risk on an organization. This week, you will put yourself in the position of a senior-level executive in that organization and will discuss with your colleagues your ideas for how you might change the IS/IT approach of that organization to better manage—or even eliminate—cybersecurity risks and threats going forward.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Post a synthesis of your recommendations for how your selected organization can mitigate cybersecurity risks in the future, to include the following:
Refer to the Week 5 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
In an APA formatted Word document complete the following:
Use the attached data set for our company to address the following.
Task assignments to employees are supposed to be done at random. On a certain day, all the best jobs, in order of desirability, were given to the men. Is there evidence of sex discrimination? Discuss this also in the context of a continuing, daily operation. What would happen if you tested the randomness hypothesis everyday?
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I feel that both missions emphasize a love for pets and their positive impact on homes and communities. Both express a passionate, friendly team dedicated to providing quality products and customer-first services.
Our last revised statement explicitly aims to enhance pets' lives, showcasing a holistic commitment. My updated mission statement focuses on individualized information for tailored pet purchases, adding a personalized touch.
Similarities underline a consistent culture, while differences reflect adaptability and collaborative efforts to evolve the mission based on shared values. Collaboration is evident in maintaining a unified identity and adapting to changing priorities for continuous improvement.
The explicit commitment to enhancing pets' lives and providing personalized information in our updated statement stands out, reflecting a more holistic and customer-centric approach.
For your response post, review the final collaborative mission statements in Threads A and B. These should be the posts at the very bottom of each thread. After reviewing each, discuss the following in Thread C with your peers.
I think this assessment was valuable to me because it made me realize how difficult it is for me to be motivated and have some sort of empathy. I think I struggle with caring about anyone other than myself sometimes because mentally I have trained myself to come first. I probably won't apply these anywhere due to the fact I don't work a taxing job and I do basic activities but I would in the future. I would like to improve on all of them because my score was pretty low.
In your response to at least two peers, address the following:
I went by the most recent posts in Threads A & B (Gavin Lee & Shelby O'Brien)
It seems both mission statements champion the inclusion of pets and their enrichment as a big part of our customers' lives. I think they are similar in this way because utilizing sincere human emotion (not fake and pandering) tends to drive consumerism as well as company culture.
The end statement of 'Thread A' elaborated on the diversity of the company as well as emphasized the importance of both human and pet customers' enrichment. The end statement of 'Thread B' focused more on the products for the pets, proving the organization's focus on the quality of the product. I think the two statements are different from one another due to the revision's authors along the way, their personal leadership style, and how they feel they can differentiate themselves from competitive companies.
Collaboration by way of clarification, questions, brainstorming, and even a sprinkling of positive/productive challenges with one another could have been beneficial. I feel like both statements were efficient in the stating of standing out from competitors but there was room to elaborate on the specifics of "how" the organization intended to execute that.
I felt 'Thread B' was decently effective in the "how" the organization was going to stand out from competitors by elaborating on a higher quality product for the enrichment of customers' pets' lives.
For your response post, review the final collaborative mission statements in Threads A and B. These should be the posts at the very bottom of each thread. After reviewing each, discuss the following in Thread C with your peers.
For your response post, review the final collaborative mission statements in Threads A and B. These should be the posts at the very bottom of each thread. After reviewing each, discuss the following in Thread C with your peers.
Help develop an accurate and relevant summary of the key strategic factors facing the firm, using the format of a SFAS. To do so, you will draw from the information you developed for both the EFAS and IFAS.
