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Business Performance Management (BPM) can be seen to be the convergence of Corporate Strategic Planning and Business Intelligence (BI). a) Provide an overview of the key steps within a Corporate Strategic Planning process, identifying any strategic planning techniques that could be employed.    b) Describe a suitable BI system that could be used directly by a senior manager to monitor company progress towards achievement of its corporate strategic plan.

The obligations of an investor-owned company's board of directors in the strategy-making, strategy-executing process include A) taking the lead in developing the company's business model and strategic vision.   B) coming up with compelling strategy proposals to debate against those put forward by top management.   C) taking the lead in formulating the company's strategic plan but then delegating the task of implementing and executing the strategic plan to the company's CEO and other senior executives.   D) overseeing the company's financial accounting and financial reporting practices and setting CEO compensation. E) approving the company's operating strategies, functional-area strategies, business strategy, and overall corporate strategy.

Final Business Model and Strategic PlanWrite a 700- to 1,050-word section for your business model and strategic plan in which you add your strategies and tactics to implement and realize your objectives, measures, and targets.Include marketing and information technology strategies and tactics.Develop at least three methods to monitor and control your proposed strategic plan, being sure to analyze how the measures will advance organizational goals financially and operationally.Explain the ethical issues faced by the organization, summarize the legal and regulatory issues faced by the organization, and then summarize the organization's corporate social responsibility.Develop a 350-word page executive summary defining the new division of existing business. Share your Vision, Mission, final business model, value proposition and list your key assumptions, risks, and change management issues. Quantify the growth and profit opportunity and planned impact on various stakeholders.Note:…

1. Discuss the concept strategic management implementation. 2. Discuss the concept of strategic management planning or formulation.

Internal Analysis This assignment is based on the NIKE Company In this section, you will study the internal resources, capabilities, core competencies, and value chain of your selected firm 1 Use the VRIO framework to identify the competitive position held by your firm Which, if any, of these resources are helpful in sustaining the firm’s competitive advantage? 2 Identify the core competencies that are at the heart of the firm’s competitive advantage (Remember, a firm will have only one, or at most a few, core competencies, by definition) Submit a report on you findings that is clearly written, well formatted and thoroughly covers this issue Besides addressing each prompt you should justify your answer with significant detail and examine any implications that the issue has on their business strategy

onsider the business of delivering healthcare. Select a healthcare business such as a hospital, nursing home, or a long-term care facility and reflect on what the healthcare business you selected needs to continue delivering care to its patients from an operational perspective. Finally, select a healthcare manager from the type of healthcare business you selected with whom to conduct an interview. When conducting the interview, focus the conversation on the following: What are the key operational decisions that healthcare managers must consider when determining the annual budget for healthcare business? Who are the stakeholders involved in overseeing that a healthcare facility is operationally sound? What are the funding sources for the healthcare business and how are they obtained and maintained? Do not provide handwritten solution  maintain quality and accuracy in you asnwer

Identify which level of investment in customer relationship management would the following be categorized and support your answer with at least one statement.

This discussion is associated with the Navigate 2 Scenario - Episode 4: How are we doing? It’s time for a marketing audit! The Health Care System wants to see how responsive they are to market needs and preferences, and if their marketing strategies are showing a good return on investment. You have been brought in as an objective party to perform this audit. During this episode, you need to identify the right people to be in the interviews and choose the best questions to ask from the following categories. Identify who the stakeholders are in the interview and who are the best people to ask questions regarding the following categories (choose 3 categories). What are the questions you will ask? Market and market segments The organization Competitors Products and services Price Promotion Channels of distribution

1. Roger is telling Mary the first three steps in planning an organization. In the correct order, they are ____. Writing a mission statement, creating a vision statement, and strategic planning Strategic planning, creating a mission statement, and creating a vision statement Strategic planning, operational planning, and preparing a vision statement Tactical planning, operational planning, and writing a mission statement Operational planning, creating a mission statement, and developing a hiring plan.

Opportunities and threats are: a) identified as part of the firm's tactical planning process. b) factors that are external to the firm but can still affect its performance C) factors that are internal to the firm and those over which the firm has a great deal of control. d) dealt with primarily in a furm's operational planning process.

SWOT, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. 1. Produce a new business idea. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the new business idea developed 3. Identify a minimum of 5 items for each component in the SWOT analysis.

Identify the resources, capabilities and core competencies that would be needed for that business.  Resources:  Asset that an organization can use when formulating or implementing a strategy. - Tangible: people, money, equipment, location, supplies - Intangible: knowledge, patent, trademark, brand, reputation, training system Capabilities: An organizational and management skill necessary to orchestrate a diverse set of resources and deploy them strategically. This is an intangible. Core competencies: A unique strength within an organization that allows it to differentiate its products and services from those of its competitors, creating higher value or lower costs for its customers and itself. Identify the major costs of the following three ways to start a new business. Start-up Business purchase Franchise What do you think is best way to start up this business (creating a new business, buying an existing  business or franchising a business)? Why?

Course Title: Introduction to Human Resource Management Please Correct the Answer and Long Question/Answer Question : Devising the company’s overall strategic plan is top management’s responsibility. However, few top executives formulate strategic plans without lower-level managers’ input. In view of the current business competitive pressures do you think this strategy will work, give your arguments? Also explain why strategic planning is important to all managers. and briefly describe the steps of strategic planning process.

Credential: Strategy Planning Professional (SPP)  Explore the purpose, requirements, and career benefits of the credential. Purpose What knowledge, skills, or expertise does it help recognize? What fields or industries is it relevant to? How widely known or recognized is it? Requirements What is the financial cost for the credential? What is an estimate of the time required to earn it? What evidence needs to be provided to earn it, such as a portfolio, paperwork, exams, work experience, and so on? Does the credential require renewal, and if so, how does one renew the credential? Career Benefits How might the credential impact a job application, or the types of jobs a person could reasonably apply to? How might the credential impact pay or expected salary for a new role? What specialized knowledge or skills would a person gain from earning the credential, and how might they benefit the organization? Is the credential required or preferred for regulatory requirements your…

1. Explain the Decision Roles of Management a. Explain the following aspects of Management. !.Management of People !!.Management of Work !!!.Management of Operations b.In order to plan successfully, there must be SMART goals. Explain the importance of each concept of the “SMART” in relation to successful planning. c.Explain the following basis of Planning in the formulation of organizational goals. !.Mission of the organization !!.The Environment of the organization !!!.The Values of the organization 2.a. Explain the following terms: i.Efficiency ii.Effectiveness b. Distinguish between effective managers and successful managers.

181. In a five-year study, researchers Nohria, Joyce and Roberson conducted in-depth analysis of 160 companies and more than 200 management tools and techniques, such as customer relationship management and use of an intranet. What were their findings? That is, according to the researchers, how would a company exploit its competitive advantage to achieve superior business performance? 182. What is a sales response function? 183. List the three phases of the strategic marketing process and the output report for each. 184. List the three steps of the planning phase of the strategic marketing process. Briefly describe what goes on during each of the three steps. 185. List and explain two types of marketing plans. Ans: Long-range marketing plans cover marketing activities from two to five years into the future. Such plans are often directed at top-level executives and the board of directors. 186. Describe Porter’s framework and the four resulting generic business strategies. 187.…

To complete your task, you are required to choose a Start-Up business of your choice which you are going to make functional in near future. (For example, sole trading, partnership, private limited company etc.) Once you identify the type of Start-Up, business which you are going to make operational in near future. • Determine what type of internal and external information is required by your chosen business for planning, decision-making and control purposes. • Use PESTLE and Porter Five Forces framework to analyse the key factors (at least 3) that influence your organisation and how those will support business decisions.

. A training program allows a firm  to establish the necessary abilities in their personnel.Describe the significant of strategic training.

During which stage of the Strategic Management Process, does the management function of staffing fall? a. Strategy Implementation b. Strategy Formulation c. Strategy Evaluation d. Strategy Planning

Recommended and explain 6 New strategies (formulated that are not already existing in their business strategies) that NETFLIX Should Implement in their business that can propel the company's business forward.

create an Operationalplan for a wind farm (wind turbines that produce electrcity) Your operational plan should include key processes,structures and strategies involved in the transformation ofinputs into outputs. Where possible, a transformationmodel may be used to demonstrate this process. Thebusiness approach to planning and management ofproduce and services may also be included. And descriptions of key personnel and the organisationalstructure, employments agreements, etc.

Assessing the Use and Role of Nonfinancial Performance Indicators This question pertains to the use of nonfinancial performance indicators as part of a comprehensive managementaccounting and control system. You are asked to think critically about the value and challenges ofusing such data for performance-evaluation purposes. The following source should be accessed andread prior to answering the questions that appear below: Christopher D. Ittner and David F. Larker,“Coming Up Short on Non-financial Performance Measurement,” Harvard Business Review,November 2003, pp. 88–95.Required1. What are the primary benefits of incorporating nonfinancial performance indicators as part of a comprehensive management accounting and control system?2. Why do Ittner and Larker believe that many companies fail to realize the kinds of benefits listed inrequirement 1?3. In 2008, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) revised its definition of managementaccounting (see…

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1. Discuss the relationship between long-term, strategic and corporate planning. 2. Discuss the importance of all three to the success of an organization.

The vice president of production at a medical systems manufacturer has hired you as an HR consultant to work with her company to develop an ergonomics initiative that will lower labor costs and increase productivity. In your first meeting with this client and her management team, you present a proposal for the design of the ergonomics program. Which of the following would be an element of your proposed program? Involve employees in ergonomics-related activities and programs. O Involve key customers and suppliers in all ergonomics-related activities and programs. O Involve senior executives only in ergonomics-related activities and programs. O Involve production managers and employees who only perform ergonomics-related activities and programs. You are an instructional designer for the learning and development division of a large publishing company. Virtually all employees at the company use computer for 6-7 hours of every work shift each day. As a result, many of these workers have…

2. Case Studies 2.1. Business Strategies: Why dis Kodak Fail? What happened to a great company? Do some research on competitive forces and driving forces that are at work or relevant to the mentioned companies/industry Draw five-forces diagram and briefly discuss the nature and strength of each of the competitive forces. Make a list of the driving forces in the industry and draw some conclusions about whether the likely impact of these driving forces on these companies were favorable or unfavorable. Give your insights.