Category: Business and Management

Overview
This assignment is designed to jumpstart your MBA Capstone quickly. As described in the Capstone Project Description, you are asked to immediately define your project, create a Matrix that links the Areas of Management Practice to your project, and then build an Outline of what will be your final deliverable.
Part 1 – Defining your Project
During the first week of class, you shared your project idea with the class and, by default, the instructor. By the end of the week, you should have a project somewhat well defined in scope that can be summarized in a sentence or two. It may be helpful to read Chapter 8, The Positive Change Project, in the textbook, Doing by Learning.
Part II – Project Matrix (one page)
After reviewing the Capstone Project Description and the assigned reading (Chapter 10, Mapping a Change to Areas of Management Practice in textbook, Doing by Learning), create a Matrix that identifies topics, key questions, and resources to inform your project. A student example is provided.
Part III – Project Outline (one page)
Following the examples in the document Capstone Project Description and in the student example provided, build a Matrix for your project.
Submission
The three parts above should be combined (in order) into a single document and submitted by uploading (not a link) into the assignments area for this assignment. (Example attached)

Project management 
Trip to Barcelona 
Date 5days
5000 EUr budget 
Transport airplane 
Accommodation and tickets 
Financial management 
Places we are going to visit
Educational and entertainment =purpose of trip 
Places to visit 
Documents checking 
Brief paragraph 
Purpose of choosing Barcelona 
Why?historical 
We are going to study Master in Barcelona 
Educational purpose 
Visiting universities 
I have to make the financial plan,cost and everything

Read Case 03: Costco Wholesale in 2020: Mission, Business
Model, and Strategy (pages C18- C42). Link to this:
https://www.slideshare.net/TranThang6/costco-case-costco-mission-business-model-and-strategy
Visit the Costco websiteLinks to an external site..
Determine the vision and mission of the company.
Make sure you emphasize the general description of the
organization, its core, and non-core business values, any specific ethical,
social or environmental values the company is known for.
A successful paper will include the following:
Create a general description of the organization,
A summary of those Vision and Mission statements.
A definition of what is core and non-core to that company
A list of special values associated with that company.
The assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, APA formatted
including citations.

The below should serve as your guide for this paper.  The paper should be at a minimum eight (8) pages, typed and double spaced.  Please take note of grammar, spelling etc.   Your paper should flow as you focus on each section.  Take the time to read and re-read your final submission and ensure that your arguments are logical and makes sense.
SWOT – the acronym stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.  The best strategies (1) exploit opportunities and strengths, (2) neutralize threats and (3) avoid or correct weaknesses.
A) You are to identify a publicly traded company
a. Provide an overview of the company.  Hint – look to see what is available on the company’s website or on Yahoo Finance; other sources are available as well.
b. Determine what the company’s Strategic Alternatives are, i.e., what is its Business-level strategy and what is its Corporate Level strategy.
B) Prepare an in depth analysis of the firm’s Strengths and Weaknesses and its environmental Opportunities and Threats.
a. In so doing, determine whether or not the firm has any distinctive competencies, does it have a competitive advantage over its rivals and whether or not the firm has been able to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage.
b. For the identified weaknesses and threats, provide alternatives to neutralizing or correcting for same.
C) How has the firm been able to formulate its Business Level Strategy using any of the three approaches to formulating this strategy?    How has the firm chosen to implement same?
a. Porter’s Generic, Miles and Snow Typology, The Product Life cycle.
D) What has been the firm’s Corporate Level Strategy.  
i. Single 
ii. Related
iii. Unrelated
b. Clearly identify what product or products the company utilizes, does the company operate multiple businesses that are related to each other and if so, what are the bases of relatedness. 
c. What have been the advantages of its related diversification?
d. If unrelated, what has been the benefit of this strategy?
E) How has the firm chosen to implement its Corporate Level Strategy?

Fill in the PROJECT SCHEDULE AND DELIVERABLES tables with deliverables, subtasks, and due dates, based on the project part 3 and 4 in the pdf document

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this is research article ^

se your work in Part A and Part B of your Course Project, as well as what you have learned in this
course, to identify a potential Six Sigma project that can benefit the value stream and your organization.
1. List and describe at least three potential Six Sigma projects that you would propose to senior
management. Recommend one project and justify your selection.
2. Develop a detailed Project Charter for your recommended project. The project charter must
include the following:
a. Problem statement
b. Goal statement or objectives
c. Project scope
d. Critical-to-quality requirements, or CTQs, of the processes within the scope of this project
e. Key metric Y (or key metrics Y)
f. Expected operational and financial benefits of the project
g. Milestone dates for each phase of DMAIC (or DMADV)
h. Project team (titles of project team leader and members)
i. Champion (title of executive or senior manager)
3. Since this is a charter, consider how best to present the material visually. You should include
clear headers and sub-headers. You may also want to call out certain elements, like timelines or
key milestones, using graphics, tables, or colors to make the charter visually appealing and easy
to read. You should refer to the project charter template provided by your instructor.

Benchmarking report all the instructions are attached the following link is the template https://ecpi.instructure.com/courses/127690/files/29057049/download?verifier=fYDnTHThEqs8TVaeoFxKBRk9VVt7BPPwzFNnWbxX

https://youtu.be/3nvkfAP19rE?si=JxpYJ_FzuNTwKkJs This week we learned about insider trading. Insider trading is the trading of a public company’s stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. There are laws that make it illegal to trade public stock on inside information. The documentary is very short and it shows how congressional representatives appear to trade based upon information received from their position as congressional representative. Please watch this short video and answer the following questions:
Why is insider trading a bad thing? What kind of damages is done?
Should congressional representatives be forced to turn over all their assets to a blind trust while working as a congressional representative?
Should congressional representatives be subjected to quarterly audits by an independent agency to make sure they are following the laws?
Do you think that congressional representatives are putting their interest above the interest of the people they took an oath to serve? How so?
GRADING CRITERIA
Please write directly in the text box or upload your file. Please make sure that you answer each question separately. Do not combine the answers. Label your answers as question 1 and question 2 etc., so that I can evaluate how you answered each question separately. This assignment is worth 15 points.
Does the answer to the Homework questions have the correct focus? Did the answer reflect the question asked?
Were the answers organized around the questions and concepts?
Are the answers well-written, free of spelling and grammar mistakes like spelling, grammar and clarity of expression.
Did the answer have the correct word length? One page is required.

This is the instructions: : I want you the 2nd chose
write me a paper
”Choose one of the following topics: Quiet Quitting / Off-shoring /
Recruitment and Retention / Employee Development / Lay-offs and
Terminations / New Hire On-boarding / Upskilling / Mental Health In the
Workplace / The Gender Pay Gap / Pandemic HR Lessons / Return to Office
Pros and Cons / Work From Home Pros and Cons
After you choose one of the topics above,
complete research using at least three sources and choose a title for your paper. You will then either:
1/ Interview a Human Resource professional based on the
topic you choose. Your interview should have no less than 10 questions and
should be derived from your research(with citations). You should end the paper
with a summary of your observations and thoughts. No less than 1,200 words and
no more than 1,500 words
OR
2/ Write a paper with no less than 1,200 words and no more
than 1,500 words.  Your paper should very clearly discuss the topic and
help the reader properly understand the topic and what it means for at least
one company. You must use in-text citation to
show how you used your references. The paper would convince the reader of your
argument. It would start with the general topic and use the specific company
your are choosing to support your case.  
Example 1:
Topic: Employee Benefits
Title: How XYZ Company
Improved Employee Morale by Reducing the Employee Benefits Costs
Use a cover page, write
the paper, use In-text citations, add a reference page with the three or more
references used
Example 2:
Topic: Employee Benefits
Title: How XYZ Company
Improved Employee Morale by Reducing the Employee Benefits Costs (Interview of
HR Director)
Use a cover page, write
the paper (list 10 questions asked and the responses received & the
summary),  use In-text citations, add a reference page with the three or
more references used
In both cases, remember
you are trying to convince the reader about your argument about the topic and
using the example company to build your case using research to prove your
point. ”
I want you the 2nd chose write me a paper
This was my topic ‘’Title: From Retirement to Remote Work:
Expanding the Scope of Employee Benefits
Summary Page
Summary:
This paper explores the evolution of employee benefits, transitioning from
traditional offerings like retirement plans to contemporary options such as
remote work flexibility and personalized work schedules. It examines the
changing demographics and priorities of today’s workforce, which require
adaptive and diverse benefit packages from employers. 
This is my teacher replies ‘’
Anas. you are missing many components from
this assigment. The title should have the company name also. What company are
you choosing to make your case? 3 references missing also. 
The
Final Research paper will be a continuation of this Research Title assignment
(though you can change if you notify me). In the Final paper you can use APA
Format for citations if you prefer. I won’t be strict on the particulars of
formatting but I do need to see in-text citations and the references to see how
you utilized your research. You would start with the general topic(what you
think, what your research shows) and use the specific company you chose to
support your case(the company might be positive or negative example). 
You
can add more or change references as needed.
The
research assignment is %25 of your grade(%2 the title assignment, %23 the final
paper ‘’