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Based on the BDC Entrepreneur Self-Assessment feedback below identify two areas noted as a personal strength and as to why these areas would be a personal strength. Your motivations 60/76 Need for achievement/success:17/20 The lure of power/control:18/20 Need for challenges / ambition:18/20 Self-sufficiency / freedom:7/16 Your aptitudes 70/80 Perseverance / determination:16/16 Self-confidence/enthusiasm:13/16 Tolerance towards ambiguity/resistance to stress:19/24 Creativity/imagination:22/24 Your attitudes 37/44 A belief in their ability to influence destiny:18/24 Action-oriented:19/20

Everest Group Company is grappling with a lot of change, and retaining employees is one of its top priorities. Your team has been appointed as a Business Analytics. You have been asked to specifically focus on at-risk employees (employees who are most likely to quit their jobs). Data from the Reward Management platform Remchannel stated that employees who left their jobs gave the following reasons: "better pay," "better working environment," "improved career opportunities," and "work-life balance". 3.1 Explain two (2) strategies you will advise Everest Group Company to put in place to identify early warning signs for at-risk employees 3.2 Based on your knowledge of the Closed-Loop Process to Optimize Business Performance, identify two (2) strategic objectives Everest Group Company should develop that specifically focus on at-risk employees 3.3 How will you advise Everest Group Company to monitor the effectiveness of the strategic objectives identified in question 3.2

In conducting a SWOT analysis, Ali found that the company has a skilled workforce, a good market share and strong financing. This would be addressed in analyzing the company’s __________. __________.   Weakness.   Strengths.   Opportunities.   Threats.   Strategies.

John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success (POS)  – Describe 2 attributes in the POS that you feel is important to your personal growth as a manager and why.

Identify which of the 5 outcome variables of OB best captures interest, and describe why. “how does partner A’s interest area predict Partner B’s interest area”, or “what is the potential impact of work from home on both of our interests?

Based on the BDC Entrepreneur Self-Assessment feedback below, identify one area noted for personal development.  Explain why you have chosen this area for personal development and why this would be important in the context of introduction to entrepreneurship and life in general.  Identify SMART Objectives (S-Specific; M-Measurable; A-Attainable; R-Realistic; and T-Timely) Your motivations 60/76 Need for achievement/success:17/20 The lure of power/control:18/20 Need for challenges / ambition:18/20 Self-sufficiency / freedom:7/16 Your aptitudes 70/80 Perseverance / determination:16/16 Self-confidence/enthusiasm:13/16 Tolerance towards ambiguity/resistance to stress:19/24 Creativity/imagination:22/24 Your attitudes 37/44 A belief in their ability to influence destiny:18/24 Action-oriented:19/20

Based on the BDC Entrepreneur Self-Assessment feedback below,select One section which surprises you and/or which you did not previously consider with respect to the BDC Entrepreneur Feedback Your motivations 60/76 Need for achievement/success:17/20 The lure of power/control:18/20 Need for challenges / ambition:18/20 Self-sufficiency / freedom:7/16 Your aptitudes 70/80 Perseverance / determination:16/16 Self-confidence/enthusiasm:13/16 Tolerance towards ambiguity/resistance to stress:19/24 Creativity/imagination:22/24 Your attitudes 37/44 A belief in their ability to influence destiny:18/24 Action-oriented:19/20

Replace this text with your response to the following in 750–1,050 words (10–14 paragraphs): For this prompt, consider your personal and professional goals, including (but not limited to) such topics as self-enrichment (health, relationships, etc.), family life, social awareness/social change, finances, personal achievements, professional/career goals, leadership, etc. After considering these topics, address the following: Identify three to five things that you want to work on related to your personal and professional success. Describe the steps you will take to address each of these ideas. Explain how you will accomplish these steps (i.e., what is your plan?). Identify who can help or support you with these steps. Determine by when you will accomplish these steps (i.e., when is each due?). Based on your responses in items a–e, compose one SMART goal for each of the things you identified that you want to work on related to your personal and professional success.

how to respond to this in 100 words? A stability strategy is a corporate strategy that focuses on maintaining the current business operations and staying consistent with existing products, markets, and business processes (Parnell, 2017). This strategy aims to avoid major changes and risks, and instead, focuses on optimizing efficiency and profitability within the current business model (Wang et al., 2020). There are many reasons why an organization may choose to adopt a stability strategy, as this strategy is usually adopted when a company operates in a stable industry with limited growth opportunities and has achieved a dominant market position (Parnell, 2017). Oftentimes, stability strategies are employed during times of uncertainty or economic downturn, making core business and resource conservation a priority (Wang et al., 2020). Although stability strategies appear to be less dynamic and aggressive in comparison to growth or innovation-focused strategies, stability strategies can,…

magine that you have just accepted a leadership position with a medical imaging equipment company. The organization's financial performance has been worsening and its market share slipping, which is why the company hired you to come in and make some changes. You have been given the authority to do whatever you need to do to improve the company's performance. After collecting a lot of information and speaking with a wide variety of employees, you have determined that the biggest cause of the company's underperformance is that its culture is too complex and consensus-oriented, which makes decision making too slow. The first thing you decide to do is to change the culture.   What type of culture do you want to adopt? How will you change the culture? What will you do to reinforce the changes you suggest (e.g., staffing, rewards, performance feedback)?

DONUT DAY AT THE OFFICE Part 5 Derek: We need someone we can trust who can divide up the donuts. One set of rules and what we've done in the past can't always be applied here. If we had an impartial judge or two in the mix, someone who doesn't like donuts perhaps, they could take into account all of the changing factors impacting our donut sphere and make up rules that will bring glazed-happiness to all who they think need it. End Part 5     Legal realism school of thought.   Irrational forces perspective.   Sociological school of thought.   Critical legal studies school of thought.

1) Complete a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of Nokero. In June 2011, Steve Katsaros, founder and CEO of Nokero, was contemplating how to build on his company's accomplishments during the last 12 months. Nokero, a marketer of solar bulbs, has emerged as a successful born-global social enterprise.

Deming’s 14 points has listed down several dimensions of people aspects within the key guides for management for transforming business effectiveness. Discuss the related four (4) points that serve the purpose to create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and stay in business, and to provide jobs.

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Maria Smith has a successful career in Marketing having lead numerous successfulmarketing initiatives at Zion’s operations in Oregon, USA. The majority of her initiativesresulted in improvements in the Company’s bottom line. Maria was known for her vision,humility and excellent relationship with staff. Maria led a team of ten (10) persons inOregon.As a result of her success Maria was offered an attractive opportunity to lead a team atZion’s New Zealand operation. The change would allow Ms. Smith to utilize hermarketing experience, as well as earn an attractive remuneration. Maria considered thechange an excellent opportunity, however, it meant a relocation for her family. Her familylived in Oregon for more than a decade. Based on research Maria noted that the marketingstrategies and leadership styles in New Zealand differed from what she traditionallypracticed and she found Hofstede's Six Dimensions of Culture informative. Mariarecognized the importance of being familiar with Goldman’s…

Write down 5 questions based on the information below about the program or the program being in a school?

Reaction to discussion below.  Do you agree or disagree? Any additional thoughts? It is important to understand that for a business to succeed, being motivated and hardworking does not guarantee a good positive outcome for the company.  There are other key factors that have to be in place in order to put the company on a path for success.  These factors include effective planning and decision-making with a systematic approach that considers the available information, the goals and objectives of the organization, and the potential outcomes of different decisions.    One of the companies I admire the most today is Apple. I because of how it started and all the changes they had to go through to become the company they are today. Apple is well-known for its innovations in hardware, software, and services. Thanks to them, it grew from some 8,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue in 1997, the year Steve Jobs returned, to 137,000 employees and $260 billion in revenue in 2019. Much less well…

Employers are shifting more responsibility to employees in the area of employee benefits. Describe (2) specific examples of this trend. What are the likely consequences of this change?

"I expect all the managers in my department to act completely rationally in every decision they make", declared Eleanor Johnson, Vice President for marketing for the Olympic Toy Company. "Every one of us, no matter what his or her position, is hired to be a professional rationalist, and I expect all of us not only to know what they are doing and why but to be right in their decisions. I know that someone has said that a good manager needs only to be right in more than half of his or her decisions. But that is not good enough for me I would agree that you may he excused for occasionally making a mistake, especially if it is a matter beyond your control, but I can never excuse you for not acting rationally" "I agree with your idea, Eleanor, said Jill Goldberg, her advertising manager, "and I always try to be rational and logical in my decisions But would you mind helping me be sure of this by explaining just what 'acting rationally is?" Questions: a) 1. Explain how the Vice President for…

"I expect all the managers in my department to act completely rationally in every decision they make", declared Eleanor Johnson, Vice President for marketing for the Olympic Toy Company. "Every one of us, no matter what his or her position, is hired to be a professional rationalist, and I expect all of us not only to know what they are doing and why but to be right in their decisions. I know that someone has said that a good manager needs only to be right in more than half of his or her decisions. But that is not good enough for me. I would agree that you may be excused for occasionally making a mistake, especially if it is a matter beyond your control, but I can never excuse you for not acting rationally." "I agree with your idea, Eleanor", said Jill Goldberg, her advertising manager, "and I always try to be rational and logical in my decisions. But would you mind helping me be sure of this by explaining just what 'acting rationally' is?" Questions: 1. Explain how the Vice…

Think of three issues in your work that fit the following criteria: "Pierre Wack, the originator of scenario thinking as it is commonly used today, described it as a discipline for encouraging creative and entrepreneurial thinking and action "in contexts of change, complexity, and uncertainty." Scenario thinking achieves this promise because of three fundamental principles: the long view, outside-in thinking, and multiple perspectives." Share the one which you have chosen with your rationale for why you think scenario planning would be a good method to inform decision-making. Please provide an example as well.

What about you? Put yourself in the position of the Atlanta educators whose dilemma is described in the case. If there was a real possibility that you’d lose your job because your students performed badly, how would assess your situation and your options? What if there were a real possibility that you’d lose a pay raise and promotion? How about the possibility that you’d be reassigned to a much less desirable school? Be prepared to argue either side of your case. Think about a class that you’re taking now or have taken in the past. What KPI played the most important role in the instructor’s evaluation of your performance? What did it tell you about your instructor’s strategy for teaching the course? Do you think that it was too narrowly focused or otherwise unreasonable? If so, how do you think your instructor could have improved his performance-evaluation strategy?

Directions: Make a short/mini Business plan by filling up the table, make a vision of your business, note this is just a plan/forecasting base on your ideal business. Please be guided by the definition of each item discussed in this module. MY BUSINESS PLAN Business proposition Management team Marketing Staff Operations Infrastructure Finances

Review the following video “Wells Fargo Whistleblower” - Khalid Taha is the whistleblower in the Wells Fargo sales scandal of 2016-2017. John Stumpf was still CEO at the time of the video and had not stepped down yet, and answer the critical thinking questions that follow: Vedo link  https://youtu.be/yXYsqWs5lnk     Critical Thinking Questions: 1. Given so many employees questioned the incentive program for establishing new accounts, do you believe top executives were aware of the program? 2. Do you think you would have the courage to become a whistleblower in this situation? 3. Do you think that John Stumpf should be held criminally liable for the misconduct?   Your summary should be a minimum of one page of content in length. Properly cite any references utilized in APA format.

How do you respond to this situation?

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Answer the case   Alternative course of action – there should be at least two alternative courses of action or possible solutionto your problem. For each alternative, you should be able to come up with its own advantages anddisadvantages

SACTIVITY EXAM PRACTICE 125 AM PRACTICE: 1 BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCES ON BUSINESS Ismail Omar, a sole trader, owns a retail outlet in a shopping mall in Bahrain. He sells jewellery that he imports from overseas. In 2014, the business was struggling to survive owing to strong competition from other retailers inside the mall. However, one of his main rivals closed down in 2015 and now his business is increasing its sales. State one non-financial aim of a business. (1) A02 A02 b State one way of measuring the success of a business. A01 A01 d A01 e (1) 云仓市 Explain one way in which a fall in the exchange rate might affect a business. (3) Explain one disadvantage of operating as a sole trader. Ismail read in a newspaper that interest rates in Bahrain were likely to rise in 2017. (3) Explain one possible effect on a business of an increase in interest rates. (3) In 2017, Ismail was informed that his rent in the shopping mall would double. As a result of the news, Ismail was considering…

Effective management is crucial for the success of any organization, as it involves coordinating resources, people, and processes to achieve specific goals efficiently and effectively Managers are tasked with various responsibilities, including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling They must possess strong communication skills, decision-making abilities, and leadership qualities to motivate and guide their teams toward desired outcomes. Additionally, effective managers must adapt to changing environments, anticipato challenges, and implement strategies to address them proactively   Question: How does effective communication contribute to the success of management within an organization?

The market for video games looks great, but Your company only knows how to make thumb drives. This scenario is associated with which quadrant in a SWOT analysis?    A. Upper left  B. Upper right  C. Lower left D. Lower right

could you do a SWOT anaylsis on Outlook.