Category: Business and Management

Research project 1: Market structures and Pricing Strategies
Pricing strategy varies significantly across different market structures of perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly which are complex.  As discussed in detail in your textbook, the assessment of market structure is conducted on the basis of
intensity of competition, depending on the number of firms in the industry,
homogeneity of products, evaluated by the extent of substitutability of a firm product by the products of its rivals,
barriers to entry, estimated by the complexities and obstacles confronting potential firms from entering the industry,
information asymmetry, assessed by the degree of availability of knowledge of price to buyers. 
Develop a paper detailing an analysis of market structures and relating pricing strategies that are suitable for each of these structures. Furthermore, include a real world example of pricing strategy for a specific company by identifying its market structure.
This research paper must be documented in Microsoft Word, APA formatted, and includes at least three scholarly peer reviewed articles. I strongly recommend the use of the APUS library since the most acceptable resources can only be found in protected database. 
The paper is required to be about 10 double spaced pages and submitted it in the Assignment section of the classroom by midnight, EST, Day 7.  Upon submission, your paper automatically will be submitted to “Turnitin.com” for plagiarism review.  Your paper must be structured as
Section 1: Abstract
Section 2: Detailed analysis of perfect competition market structure and its specific pricing strategies,
Section 3: Detailed analysis of monopolistic competition market structure and its specific pricing strategies,
Section 4: Detailed analysis of oligopoly market structure and its specific pricing strategies,
Section 5: Detailed analysis of monopoly market structure and its  specific pricing strategies,
Section 6: Case study: choose a business and discuss its market structure and pricing strategies.
Section 7: Conclusions
Section 8: References
Principles of Managerial Economics. (2012). Saylor Academy. https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_principles-of-managerial-economics/s06-market-equilibrium-and-the-per.html
eReserve: Various resources from the APUS Library & the Open Web are used. Required resources for your course are provided in a course eReserve opens in new window.

Instructions
Select the company from the Fortune 500 Links to an external site: https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/
Company: WALMART 
Prepare a 10-15 page Research paper on one of the following topics:
Changing Organizational Priorities that change the scope of projects
Change Management impact on Projects and/or Change management impact on operations management
Lack of accountability on project requirements
Unrealistic deadlines for project completion
Relationship of project to the strategy of the business
Guidelines:
Relate your paper to a specific project or initiative (this can be a past or future project at your organization, a past project from another company or a future project you wish to undertake). In a review of all of the aspects of Project Management what one area do you believe will be your biggest challenge? Explain for the project chosen, explain, analyze, synthesize, and summarize the impact that the application of operations management will have. Provide examples of specific projects or operations failures for the chosen company, and relate how this conforms or deviates from effective project management standards/theory.
Research Paper will be in APA format
Research papers will be 10-12 pages in content length (not including cover and reference page)
Research paper will have a minimum of 10 quality peer-reviewed references

Make sure to have a minimum of five pages, APA format, 12 font size, and use either Times New Roman or Arial type font. Also, make sure you double space the document. Your paper should be in APA format, a minimum of five pages (includes the title page and reference page). Please include a minimum of five resources. Make sure to include the article and your book as resources. You will need to only find three more resources to support your paper. Paper presents well researched and well documented topics for discussion. Provides in depth analysis that demonstrates complete understanding of 6 or more concepts/key terms and principles.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation that interprets four of the graphs from the report you created in the last two assessments. You have the option of recording a voice-over of up to 10 minutes or including detailed presenter’s notes in the PowerPoint slide deck to explain the points in each slide.
The ability to translate analytic results into clear, concise business language and actionable results is vital for managers and analysts. Managers are often required to present the results of their team’s analysis to executives and must be able to explain the results at a high level as well as understand enough about the details to answer any questions the executives might pose.You are a senior analyst in a business. You may choose any publicly traded company of interest that has practical meaning for you including the company you used for Assessment 3.
Your immediate supervisor read your last analytics report on the company’s historical stock performance and was impressed with your work that she has asked you to add to the report and present the key points from that report at a company-wide meeting.
You have been invited to present the highlights of your analytics report at an annual company-wide meeting that employees of all levels will attend. You have been allotted no more than 10 minutes and approximately 10-12 slides. The purpose of your speech or presentation is to explain how the results of your analysis apply to the business and how the data you are presenting may impact various aspects of business context.
How much an analysis is valued can depend heavily on how well the results of that analysis are articulated. Communicating the results of your data analysis so the applications to your business are clear and explicit can greatly enhance the value of your analytic work. In this assessment, consider how you can best communicate the results that you wrote about in your previous assessment. Review any feedback you received on your first assessment and use it to enhance this assessment.
Moving average calculations help interpret data. You can easily add a moving average calculation to your stock price scatter plot and use the information to add to your interpretation of the five years of stock price data. You will add the moving average calculation to your stock price scatter plot for this assessment.
How much an analysis is valued can depend heavily on how well the results of that analysis are articulated. Communicating the results of your data analysis so the applications to your business are clear and explicit can greatly enhance the value of your analytic work.
In this assessment, consider how you can best communicate the results of your enhanced business report to your supervisor and colleagues.
Review any feedback you received on your previous assessments.
Create an approximately 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed presenter’s notes including citations on slides and in Notes area of the slide. You may also add a recorded voice-over in which you present and interpret data, graphs, descriptive statistics, et cetera. but the voice-over is not required.
Format your presentation as follows:
One title slide.
Introduction slides explaining the business context.
Four graphics slides: One for each of the four charts in your report. Be sure to add moving average to your stock price chart.
One slide on descriptive stats.
Two or more conclusion slides explaining the application of each graph in the chosen business context.
One slide calling for discussion and questions.
One slide thanking everyone for their attention.
One slide with APA-formatted references.
Eliminate all bias from your presentation by using supported facts.
Use short but complete sentences that are clear, comprehensible, and free of jargon for each bullet point.
Include no more than five bullet points per slide if possible.
Include APA-formatted in-text citations where appropriate.
Ensure your presentation is relevant to and easily understood by everyone in the audience. Remember, you will be speaking to people of all levels in the company.
If you include a voice-over in lieu of presenter’s notes, your recording should be no longer than 10 minutes.
Your written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
Include an APA-formatted references slide at the end of the presentation.

According to the short case “Dynacorp Revisited,” there are a host of issues in the change process at Dynacorp. Although the shift to a new front/back structure appeared to be a good idea, the implementation has not succeeded. Some of the problems are evident on the surface, but underlying those symptoms are a small number of systemic issues that give rise to these surface-level problems.
Discuss the issues surrounding “Dynacorp Revisited” through the political and/or cultural lenses by answering the following questions:
1. Why do you think the change initiative has been uneffective at Dynacorp? 
2. Using concepts from the political and/or cultural lenses that we have learned over the last two weeks, explain what you believe to be the main issues with the implementation of the initiative and why they have occurred. 
3. Identify two or three specific actions that you recommend to begin solving the underlying systemic factors in the organization.

Discussion
There will be two discussion questions listed below. By the due date assigned respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area. Use the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using APA format.
Discussion Question 1:
Some might argue that the statement of cash flows is an optional financial statement and does not provide critical information needed for a firm or investor to succeed. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer.
Discussion Question 2:
There are two methods for constructing the statement of cash flows: the direct method and the indirect method.
What are the similarities and differences between the two methods?
Which of the two is most preferred?
Which is required by FASB?
Start reviewing and responding to at least two of your classmates’ postings as early in the week as possible. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between one or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Please thoroughly read the instructions. I have attached the instructions, rubric, and several sources

A.  Write a paper (suggested length of 4–5 pages) in which you analyze the factors that influence professional team dynamics and group development by doing the following:
1.  Discuss at least three factors to consider when creating professional teams or work groups.
2.  Discuss three practices that help build trust among team members.
3.  Explain how team structure can impact team effectiveness.
4.  Discuss at least two strategies for clarifying the purpose of a team.
5.  Discuss how individuals in a team can use power or influence to achieve team objectives.
6.  Discuss how the strengths of individual team members can be capitalized on to achieve team objectives.
7.  Discuss three ways in which technology affects communication in virtual teams.
B.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
C.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

Nike and Adidas
A public firm’s financial ratios can be easily found on any stock quote system. Many stock quote Web sites, such as MSN Money, provide a snapshot of a firm’s financial health, management effectiveness, and profitability.
For the ratio analysis, identify the liquidity, leverage, profitability, asset management, and price ratios as well as the trading statistics of both firms. Compare the ratios to each other and the industry. Draw conclusions based on the findings in the ratio analysis of each firm and the industry.
Deliverable Requirements: Your ratio analysis PowerPoint presentation must be at least 15 slides in length. Be sure to cite sources using APA properly; include references and in-text citations.

This assignment aims to align HR strategic staffing goals through a job needs analysis for a position that does not currently exist. You will select a company from the following list of industries:
Technology
Government
Medical
In a 1,000- to 1,250-word analysis, begin by discussing the benefits of conducting a job needs analysis on the selected company. Then include the following in your analysis:
Provide an overview of the company, including identifying the organizational and HR strategic goals.
Compare the different approaches of a job needs analysis.
Discuss the methods and importance of linking job analysis to organizational goals.
Define competency models and their role in creating a job description.
Create a job description containing the following: job requirements, including educational requirements, minimum qualifications, desired qualifications, knowledge, specific tasks, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAO).
Sources: 
Heneman III, H. (2019). Staffing organizations with Connect (10th ed). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-13: 9781265092078.
WSJ
Two other scholarly sources
Prepare this assignment using effective business writing style.