Category: Business and Management

Considering the four innovation capabilities that comprise Absorptive Capacity, select one that you believe could be strengthened further at your organisation. If you don’t think of your organisation as innovative, then select the one that you think needs to be developed first.
Answer the following two questions:
In what ways is the chosen innovation capability evident at the moment?
What would you do to improve the organisational design of the innovation capability?

• Your paper should be over four (4) pages (not including the Cover and Reference Page). Times New Roman, 12pt, double-spaced.
• The paper must be presented in APA 7. If you are unfamiliar with APA 7, please see the excellent reference guide on Purdue Owl, the APA.org student paper style PDF, and the APA Style website.
• Topic: Your paper must be business-related.
• Description of Company: Provide in-depth information about the company and industry.
• Introduction: Provides an in-depth overview of the paper
• Charts: You each must gather relevant information and create at least 3 charts presented in APA 7 format within your paper.
• Chart Explanation: Charts must be explained in-depth within the paper.
Conclusion: Provide an in-depth conclusion that summarizes the important areas of the paper.
• Citations: You must have at least one citation per page in APA 7.
• Reference Page: You must have a minimum of two references, properly written and formatted in APA 7.
• Grammar & Language: You must proof your paper and correct any grammar and language errors before submitting it.

I will be attaching the instructions page. It is a financial ratio excel sheet assignment and require the calculations and also some writing.

Complete the following Activities in the Guffey text as described:
Activity 10.1 on page 372. Please use track changes to explain your weaknesses. You do not need to rewrite the message unless it helps you explain the concerns.
Activity 10.11 on page 376.
Activity 10.14 on page 377.

The paper must be at least 5000 words and address all six of the tools in Capsim, 
including a section on financial analysis, as required for the case papers.  Capsim consists of the tools that are best suited for each company such as production analysis, finance
analysis, human resources analysis, research and development analysis (R&D), 
marketing analysis, and financial analysis.

Please refer to the files attached below. Study material and help with readings will be provided upon acceptance. 

A local bakery is focused on their customer service by knowing their customer’s name when they have repeat customers. Which of the following would be a shift in the environment for the local bakery?

The purpose of Discussion 1 is to understand those factors that impact productivity, performance, and employee satisfaction and engagement. Your readings included management theory, organizational behavior, and effective management. All of these can impact employee performance. Job performance is defined as the degree to which an employee successfully meets the requirements included in the job description. Measures of performance may include the quality or quantity of work performed by the employee, the accuracy or speed with which the job is performed and the overall effectiveness of the individual performing the job. Job performance determines whether a person is promoted, rewarded with pay raises, given additional responsibilities, or fired from the job. Job performance is one of the main outcomes studied in the field of organizational behavior. Keep this in mind as you complete the discussion assignment for weeks 1 and 2.
Week 1:
There are many factors that can impact employee performance such as individual personality, work environment, managerial behaviors, motivational factors, and organizational culture/climate.
In this discussion, select two of the factors above and present research on how these factors positively influence employee performance.
Follow these instructions below:
In the main course menu (located on the course Home page) go to “Academic Support” where you will find a link to the library. From the UMGC library home page enter your search terms in the OneSearch box and place a check mark for Scholarly Journals only. Find one or more articles that focus on the impact of the factors you selected on employee performance (The articles should be less than 5 years old.) If you can’t find any suitable articles when you check Scholarly Journals, then uncheck that box and see what comes up. An alternative source to use is “Google Scholar” to do your research. You may also use the library sources to research publications like Forbes, Fortune and the Harvard Business Review.  
In the first paragraph, summarize the findings related to the first factor you chose. Be specific and concise. This paragraph should be no more than 5-6 sentences.
In the second paragraph, explain how a manager could apply these findings to improve performance.
In your next paragraph, summarize the findings related to the second factor you chose, writing no more than 4-6 sentences.
In your final paragraph, explain how a manager could apply these findings to improve performance.
For each article used, cite using a proper writing style. The UMGC Library has wonderful resources available to you that show you how to write and cite in a proper style (APA, MLA, Chicago). 

Signature Assignment 2: Critical Thinking and Reasoning: Research Paper
You will write a 4-6 page research paper related to the persuasive speech topic using the guidelines provided below. The page count does not include the title page or the references pages. This paper must be written using APA format. A 3-7 research references must be used. The Information Literacy Rubric will be used to assess your paper. 
Research Paper Guidelines:
Step 1
Narrow down a research topic of choice 
Define the issue or problem to be researched and discussed.  
Using library database or search engines as a research tool to gather a minimum of 3-7 appropriate academic sources, a peer-reviewed journal article or book from an academic publisher related to your topic to help you define and discuss the related issue.  
Step 2 
Identify the hypothesis for your research topic and questions that you would like answered.  
Identify and describe the types of research methods and materials that were used in each study to gather the data.  
Summarize the data found within the 5 sources you found to support your hypothesis and answer the questions to be discussed. 
Step 3  
Identify if you have sufficient logical support to draw conclusions and provide examples from the 5 sources you have chosen.  
Identify if the sources are high quality sources that support the topic. 
Step 4  
Draw a conclusion whether your hypothesis and questions were answered.
Cite and reference all your work appropriately using the APA format of each source you chose.
Links are included in citations where appropriate.
Step 5  
Submit your final research paper and it must include the following:   
Title page 
Introduction  
Hypothesis 
Research methods 
Research materials 
Results 
Conclusion  
Reference page 
some examples of topics are below. Feel free to use one of these.
 The benefits of workplace diversity in increasing creativity and innovation.
 The importance of implementing sustainable business practices for long-term success.
 The need for stricter regulations on corporate social responsibility to hold business accountable for their
impact on society.
 The advantages of embracing remote work and flexible schedules for employee productivity and work-
live balance.
 The ethical implications of outsourcing and its impact on local economies.
 The benefits of adopting renewable energy resources in businesses to mitigate climate change.
 The value of incorporating artificial intelligence and automation in business processes to improve
efficiency and competitiveness.
 The need for stricter privacy regulations to protect consumers’ personal data in the digital age.
 The advantages of developing a strong company culture to attract and retain top talent.
See the link to the video below regarding Monroe’s Motivated Sequence.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on this topic. Include the following:
Title slide which includes a link to your video. 
5-7 content slides explaining the qualitative and quantitative steps necessary in conducting a Sensitivity Analysis. How can a project’s risk be incorporated into a Capital Budgeting analysis? Use concise bullet points on the slide and the Speaker Notes section to add details for each slide (this becomes your video “speech”). 
Final slide with a minimum of 2 References.