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For this assignment, students are asked to simulate the creation and operations of their own multinational corporation (MNC). Students will work in groups of five (5) and are required to justify the form of their own MNC, based in the Caribbean, which trades with a country outside of the Caribbean region (other than the USA). Students will then examine issues related to foreign exchange management within their multinational corporation. At the assigned date all groups are required to present their findings via Zoom. This group assignment and presentation should address the following: 1. The form of MNC that the business takes, that is, franchising, licensing, and exportation of a product sold through a distributor, etc. The rationale behind using this form of MNC should also be given. 2. The main foreign currencies that will be used in the business. 3. The foreign exchange exposure of the company and how the company plans to manage this exposure.

Ethical Assignment   Ethics Assignment                                                                      MGMT 362                                                                               Description of Assignment used for Assessment:  Ethics assessment consists of two mini-cases that students must apply ethical principles taught in the CBA.  Please read the following two mini cases and answer the questions related to each case in detail.   Mini Case 1:  As firms struggle to compete in the global economy, many have downsized. Downsizing is the process of cutting resources to get more done with less and thereby increase productivity. In some firms, the positions formerly held by full-time employees are filled by part-time workers. Using part-time employees saves companies money because such employees do not receive any benefits (e.g., health insurance), in contrast to full-time employees, who are entitled to benefits. Walmart is known for maintaining a very high ratio of…

This case describes one company's approach to establishing a project portfolio management capability. It focuses on the practical methods used by United Illuminating Company (UI), a regional distribution utility that provides electricity and energy-related services in Connecticut, to migrate from a traditional functionally based project environment to a dynamic, crossfunctional business environment that manages projects for strategic advantage. The migration period addressed is approximately one year, which is the time it took to establish the fundamentals of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) into the organization. In the spirit of the continuous improvement approach to business, this effort is still in progress.UI, as a public electric utility, is transitioning to become a vital player in the new deregulated utility environment. In 2000, UI's senior management recognized that sustaining shareholder value called for improvement of business processes and the proper selection,…

Purpose of This Assignment The Ethics and Social Responsibility competency addresses how to evaluate ethical dilemmas and formulate a defensible resolution. The final assessment for this competency is to write a paper that addresses stakeholder analysis, rules for ethical decision-making, ways to cultivate an ethical corporate culture, business sustainability, and Return on Investment (ROI). Ethics and Social Responsibility Final Assessment: Outline & Rubric In your paper, you should identify the various ethical dilemmas and identify the stakeholders involved in the dilemma. Since the stakeholders have different roles and responsibilities, you should analyze the ethical dilemma(s) from their perspective and identify how the ethical dilemma affects them. You are expected to synthesize what you have learned about ethical decision-making, as well as the “rules” and relevant theories of ethics and the importance of business sustainability, and apply that knowledge to this situation. Item…

TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Professional/SeniorToyota City, Japan, December 3, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure, senior professional/senior management employees, and organizational structure effective January 1, 2021.To respond to severe changes in the external environment, TMC, based on its basic policy of appointing the right people to the right positions based on the achievements and experience of each person, has been swiftly and continuously innovating its executive and organizational structures.This year, in addition to clarifying that operating officers are responsible for looking over management of the entire company as chief officers in close coordination with the president, TMC is further innovating by refreshing its operating officer lineup in response to management challenges as they arise, the path that the company should take, and other factors, and is positioning…

Avondale Industries’ training and development office was asked to develop and implement a training program for its engineers located in its Bengaluru, India site. The program was developed in conjunction with several managers in Bengaluru who needed to improve the flow of their projects, many of which were not delivered on time. The managers felt that project management training would help their engineers develop the skills needed to understand the importance of time management, setting of goals and objectives, and prioritizing their goals to assist in making better use of their time. The training was delivered as requested, but three months later the managers reported they had seen no improvement in meeting project delivery deadlines. Which statement best explains why the training was not effective?     Cultural differences were not accounted for when the training and development team organized the training and was thus not effective.   The engineers relied too heavily on…

TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Professional/SeniorToyota City, Japan, December 3, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure, senior professional/senior management employees, and organizational structure effective January 1, 2021.To respond to severe changes in the external environment, TMC, based on its basic policy of appointing the right people to the right positions based on the achievements and experience of each person, has been swiftly and continuously innovating its executive and organizational structures.This year, in addition to clarifying that operating officers are responsible for looking over management of the entire company as chief officers in close coordination with the president, TMC is further innovating by refreshing its operating officer lineup in response to management challenges as they arise, the path that the company should take, and other factors, and is positioning…

A group of employees at Spruce Paper Company recently finished a major project that involved multiple departments, from creative to distribution. The goal of the project was to develop a new line of holiday cards.     RITA Rita has been leading the project from day one. She is a senior member of the marketing team and has been with the company for 15 years. Rita is responsible for managing multiple departments composed of diverse team members with a variety of backgrounds and skill sets. It is ultimately Rita’s responsibility to set goals for the group, delegate tasks, and ensure the project is finished on time and within budget. Although Rita values the varied opinions, experience, and perspectives of all her team members, she tends to rely heavily on the expertise and opinion of Nimish. Because they have worked together in the past, she trusts him and gives him a lot of responsibilities. Rita relies heavily on Nimish to deliver progress updates on tight deadlines.…

This exercise tests your ability to come up with a detailed and elaborate Business Case for a project.  One of the main responsibilities of an IT Project Manager is writing and defending Project Proposals, that is, justifying the need for the project. You need to explain the organization’s need(s), the current situation, and why your proposed solution will workAssume that you wish to import a 14-seater Public Service Vehicle (PSV) to ply route 14 (Town-Nairobi West-Madaraka) of Nairobi City. You need to compute the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), that is, the cost of purchasing and maintaining the vehicle including the regulatory requirements. You are expected to take a loan at the prevailing rates and spread it as you wish (based on your assumptions-show the calculations). You then calculate projected income expected from the “Project” (again based on some assumptions which you need to state) and give a realistic position about the viability of getting into this “project”. You earn…

Please answer the below question. This is a Project Management question to please answer as such.  Assume that you have been selected as part of a group and hired by the FAO to manage this FAO Funded Aquaponics Project described in the article (above). You are allowed to make reasonable assumptions.   Question: Develop an initial stakeholder register and outline the communications and engagement strategies for each group of stakeholders (with a minimum of 5 key stakeholders). FAO-Funded Aquaponics Project Launched In Barbados Barbados GIS – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has collaborated with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, and local business Adams Aquafarms, on a project to train persons in aquaponics. Aquaponics is a sustainable way of integrating land-based fish farming with plant production. Both are placed in a tank, and the set up allows for them to coexist, with the waste produced by the fish fertilizing the plants, while the…

You may need to use the appropriate technology to answer this question. The product development group at Landon Corporation has been working on a new computer software product that has the potential to capture a large market share. Through outside sources, Landon's management learned that a competitor is working to introduce a similar product. As a result, Landon's top management increased its pressure on the product development group. The group's leader turned to PERT/CPM as an aid to scheduling the activities remaining before the new product can be brought to the market. The project network is depicted in the following diagram. Start Activity A B с D The activity time estimates (in weeks) are listed in the following table. Optimistic Most Probable Pessimistic E F G H I J 3 3 4 2 7 6.5 4.5 6 2 A 4 B 4 3.5 5 3 10 7.5 6 F 7 E 5 2.5 D H 5 7 6 4 13 11.5 7.5 14 6 6 J Finish (a) Develop an activity schedule for this project and identify the critical path activities. (Enter your answers as a…

Assignment Description and Instructions: The global outbreak of COVID-19 has had an impact on education and created new investment opportunities. A group of billionaires is considering investing in higher education in the Caribbean, which includes all post-secondary and tertiary institutions, and has turned to the budding entrepreneurs of MGMT2224 to provide them with the necessary industry information. Your task is to conduct research and write a report on the Higher Education industry in St.Vincent and Grenadines so that the billionaires can decide whether to invest in a new higher education institution. 1. Executive Summary. This should be a one-page summary assessment of the higher education industry in the chosen country. Briefly state your recommendations that would help the industry advance. 2. Industry Analysis. Within the Industry Analysis, use all the following subheadings (followed by sufficient and well-cited analysis): Political Factors (links must be made to the higher…

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN NOT LESS THAN 10 SENTENCES Guide Question for the journal entry #1: CICM CONSTITUTION Art. 1 CICM is an international religious missionary Institute; founded by Theophile Verbist; dedicated to the Incarnate Word; under the name and patronage of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. ACTIVITY : From the description given about a CICM Missionary above, how does it affect you as a student studying in a CICM school that would also regard you as a member of the CICM community?

Explain what is meant by an “assignment problem” and how it arises. How can an assignment problem be addressed?

Research at least two organizations that have had similar issues and successes during a change management process For this assignment write a 2-3 pages analysis of the problems, and the change models that were implemented to address each organization problems assignment requirements: are as follows: 1. Provides an overview of the issues that each organization faced. 2. Include an example of at least three similarities and three differences between each change model.

READ THE ARTICLE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:TMC Announces Changes to Executive Structure, Senior Professional/SeniorToyota City, Japan, December 3, 2020―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announcedtoday that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure, seniorprofessional/senior management employees, and organizational structure effectiveJanuary 1, 2021.To respond to severe changes in the external environment, TMC, based on its basicpolicy of appointing the right people to the right positions based on the achievementsand experience of each person, has been swiftly and continuously innovating itsexecutive and organizational structures. This year, in addition to clarifying thatoperating officers are responsible for looking over management of the entire companyas chief officers in close coordination with the president, TMC is further innovating byrefreshing its operating officer lineup in response to management challenges as theyarise, the path that the company…

As Charlie wrapped up the meeting, he ticked off a few key reminders for everyone involved in the asset identification project. “Okay, everyone, before we finish, please remember that you should try to make your asset lists complete, but be sure to focus your attention on the more valuable assets first. Also, remember that we evaluate our assets based on business impact to profitability first, and then economic cost of replacement. Make sure you check with me about any questions that come up. We will schedule our next meeting in two weeks, so please have your draft inventories ready.” QUESTIONS:   Did Charlie effectively organize the work before the meeting? Why or why not? Make a list of the important issues you think should be covered by the work plan. For each issue, provide a short explanation. Will the company get useful information from the team it has assembled? Why or why not? Why might some attendees resist the goals of the meeting? Does it seem that each person invited was…

As a project manager, you have open positions for a product owner and a scrum master. To facilitate the hiring process, you have been asked to help with the following:   Write detailed job descriptions for both positions for the purpose of seeking potential candidates. The provided descriptions should be in par with those you find on job boards such as indeed.com. You can review job descriptions on job board sites, but do not copy an existing one. Come up with your own based on course materials for this week. Write a detailed checklist/criteria for initial screening of candidates for the scrum master position. The checklist will be used by HR to quickly sift through the candidates. Note that HR personnel are not experts in this field like you are. Write instructions that would help them with the use of the checklist/criteria.   Make sure to consider desired traits, technical and soft skills for each role in an Agile environment.

3. General Construction Company  General Construction Company has a contract to build three lower‐income apartment buildings for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. During the construction of the first building, the Project Manager formed an auditing team to audit the construction process for each building. He asked the team to develop a list of minimum requirements for the projects and use this as a baseline in the audit. While reviewing the contract documents, one of the audit team members found a discrepancy between the contract minimum requirements and the City’s minimum requirements. Based on his findings, he has told the project manager that he has decided to contact the city administrator and discuss the problem. Question: If you were the project manager, how would you handle this situation? How can a customer be assured of satisfactory project completion?

You are responsible for updating contract details for a third party contracted manufacturer of Maritime on SAP, our supply chain management software. You need to liaise with different people in different departments to gather the information: Volume from planning, pricing from manufacturing, and location from transportation. There is one day left to complete the task and yet despite repeated requests by email and phone, your contact in manufacturing has not responded to your request. So I would like to hear from you: 1. What steps would you take to gather the information before the deadline? 2. if you could not obtain the information before the deadline what would you do? 3. If you were not successful in obtaining the information before the deadline, how would you feel?

You are in charge of implementing the internal website your company will use to display its event calendar. Although you have limited ability to make project choices and must bargain with the functional manager to obtain the resources you need for your project, it is your responsibility to organise activities, resources, equipment, and information on the project. Which of the organisations listed below do you work for? Group of answer choices Composite structure Strong matrix Weak matrix Balanced matrix

Article: INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: ERNESTINE BORGNINE FROM: JANE CLIVE SUBJECT:  CKM POSITION DATE:  01MARCH 2023 I am pleased to inform you that the board has approved the hiring of a Chief KnowledgeOfficer (CKO) to take the lead in developing the infrastructure, resources, process, and culture for the upcoming Knowledge Management Department. The CKO will be the primary resource for ensuring that the goals of the KM department alignwith the organizational strategies and objectives of GDD. This includes capturing tacit knowledge of our employees through various methods and documenting the necessary knowledge to ensure that it can be disseminated and used foryears to come by existing and future employees. The role of the CKO is to help to ensurethat GDD transforms into a contemporary business environment that promotes knowledge sharing to continue to be sustainable and profitable. The CKO will achieve this by prioritizing KM initiatives, implementing KM processes and procedures, and…

A project has three tasks and three members. These tasks include preparing a bill of materials task and preparing an estimated task must be the project team's responsibility, while the project manager is considered accountable for these tasks. For the Preparing estimate task, the sponsor must be informed. The third task, sending procurement documents task is the responsibility of the project manager, while the project team is accountable for this task, in the other hand the sponsor indeed must be informed of this task.   Decide what is the suitable chart type that can be used to list the above tasks and mapped to everyone involved in the project using samples (R, A, C, I). Elaborate your answer by providing the full meaning of those samples and create the table that represents the relationship between these tasks and the samples.

Task: Assume that you have been contracted as a marketing consultant by a sportsorganization, and have been asked to develop and submit a marketing and sponsorship plan tothem. The marketing plan is a comprehensive, written framework for strategically obtainingmarketing objectives. The sport-marketing plan can be written for a single sportproduct/service, a group of products/services, a new promotional strategy, or an entire sportsorganization.The Marketing and Event Proposal should include the following:1. Executive Summary - a condensed overview of the marketing plan2. Introduction - Description of the event3. Marketing Strategies:• A strategy for Market Segmentation: What will serve as the basis forsegmentation, and why? What is the rationale for selecting the target markets?• A discussion of the Product: What is the core product, and what are theproduct extensions? 4. A discussion of the Place the event is held and the means of its distribution.5. A discussion and presentation of…

ntegrated Health was a large private, nonprofit health care system located in Tempe,Arizona. A year ago, the decision was made to implement a computerized medication administration record (MAR) at Integrated Health. During the first year, the MAR system would be implemented at Central Hospital of Tempe. After the “bugs” were worked out, the computerized MAR would be implemented system-wide. The MIS department at Central Hospital was designated as the initiator and direction setter for the project. Art Smith, the Chief Information Officer at Central Hospital assigned Kate Cohen, a programmer/analyst, as project leader. Kate had the responsibility for developing and implementing the MAR project at Central. Kate did the programming work for the MAR and assembled a team from Pharmacy Services, Nursing Services, and Internal Auditing. Members of the project team provided feedback on the software, made suggestions related to user training, and worked on an implementation schedule. Both team…

In a brief summary, describe how you would divide up the personnel and money to carry out each task in the WBS.

Slack, for example, is a collaboration program that is widely used. Is this statement true or incorrect? Explain your answer.

The acquisition background for this case study involves the need to procure new cases for large equipment to facilitate their safe transfer. The existing cases are outdated and do not meet the required safety standards. The budget allocated for this acquisition is up to $1 million dollars. The equipment-specific drawings, which are crucial for the design and production of the new cases, are classified and restricted in access. Write a one page acquisition plan for your project. thanks

Task: Assume that you have been contracted as a marketing consultant by a sports organization, andhave been asked to develop and submit a marketing and sponsorship plan to them. The marketing planis a comprehensive, written framework for strategically obtaining marketing objectives. The sports marketing plan can be written for a single sports product/service, a group of products/services, a newpromotional strategy, or an entire sports organization. The Marketing and Event Proposal should include the following: 1. Executive Summary - a condensed overview of the marketing plan2. Introduction - Description of the event3. Marketing Strategies:• A strategy for Market Segmentation: What will serve as the basis for segmentation,and why? What is the rationale for selecting the target markets?• A discussion of the Product: What is the core product, what are the productextensions?4. A discussion of the Place the event is held and means of its distribution.5. A discussion and presentation of the…

In the dynamic landscape of modern organizations, effective project management plays a pivotal role in ensuring the successful execution of tasks and achieving strategic objectives. Project management involves planning, organizing, and overseeing resources to meet specific goals within a defined timeframe. It encompasses various methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall, tailored to the unique needs of each project. A skilled project manager is essential for orchestrating diverse teams, allocating resources efficiently, and navigating unexpected challenges that may arise during the project lifecycle.   Question: How can organizations balance the need for flexibility, as seen in Agile methodologies, with the requirement for structure and predictability in project management to ensure successful project outcomes?

Assume you have been given the task of leading a team developing an online order-entry system. What would your project look like using the structured techniques? What would your project look like using an Agile method? Compare and contrast these two different approaches to developing this system. Be sure to include important considerations, such as project duration, personnel issues, and the quantity and quality of involvement of the client.

1. What is the importance of integration in Humanitarian Supply Chain operational processes(Making use of practical examples)?  Write the assignment in not less than 1000 words. Ensure that there is an appropriatedevelopment of the ideas which are presented in a logical manner and supported byappropriate literature. Your assignment must have an introduction, appropriate body with headings, conclusion,and recommendations.

Gloria and Lakeisha are co-workers who are assigned to work on a project together. Lakeisha is very organized and wants them to do really well on this project. To help them get started, Lakeisha took some initiative and prepared a list of to-do items along with due dates. She even color-coded the list to indicate which partner will do each item and sends an email to Gloria with the to-do list. Lakeisha wants her partner to know that she’s serious about their success. Gloria is happy her teammate has shown initiative but is surprised by Lakeisha’s to-do list and feels a bit uncomfortable because she feels like Lakeisha is micromanaging her. Gloria wants to do her part on the project but is feeling anxious because she doesn’t know where she fits in, and it is making her worried about working on this project. She wonders how she can succeed on this project if Lakeisha is already the leader. When working for a previous employer, Gloria felt anxious about her ability to successfully…