Category: Business and Management

Follow the prompts to analyze Macy’s.
APA style reference page that lists websites and research articles that you use.
1. Conduct research on Macy’s in terms of the competitive advantage they hold (earns above-average profit returns).
2. Gather data about the strategy of the company, using public sources such as the companywebsite or its annual reports, public articles, and your own experience.
3. Identify the mission statement of the company if it has one. How does this mission statement guide the behavior and actions of people in the company?
4. What markets or industries does the company focus on? Does this differ from competitors in any way?
5. What unique value does it try to offer to customers? Why do most of its customers pick its products over those of competitors?
6. As part of the analysis, consider how the general environmental factors may affect each of the five industry forces (rivalry, buyer power, supplier power, threat of new entrants, and threat ofsubstitutes).

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Final Paper: Individual Analysis of Team Process
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate your knowledge of effective team processes, your
skill in applying those to the analysis of your own team, and to provide me feedback about your
team’s performance. You can think of this as a case study analysis of your team through an organizational behavior lens.
The assignment is completed in three parts: (a) a description of what happened in your team, (b) your analysis of these events using course concepts, and (c) recommendations for future teamwork based on your reflection and analysis.
This assignment is not intended to be a repeat of your peer evaluations. Instead, you should focus on analyzing your team’s dynamics throughout the semester by synthesizing course topics.
Please address the following points:
1. Write a 3-4 page description of what happened in your team during the semester, including any substantive events. You are welcome to describe, for example:
The team’s process for decision-making and allocating work
The quality of the products (milestone #1 and team presentation) relative to your expectations and aspirations
Team dynamics:
Overall, why did things happen the way they did?
What could have been improved, what interventions might have improved the team’s performance?
If things went well, why did they go well?
2.  Write a 1-page conclusion/recommendation section discussing a) how you would advise a team with similar dynamics to work together effectively and b) how you plan to proceed with teamwork in your future courses at University. This latter point should be related to your reflection and analysis. In other words, it should not be generic advice for working in a team but should be a conclusion logically reached from the rest of your paper.
Be sure that the three different sections of your paper are tied to one another. Your overall recommendations and conclusions in Part 2 should seem logical based on the events that you discussed and your analysis of these events. 
Your reflections can be based on all team assignments throughout the semester. In other words, this paper does not have to be focused only on the semester team project but can also include discussion and analysis of in-class assignments and team dynamics.
Your analysis should draw on things you learned throughout the course. You might discuss types of conflict that arose, for example, conflicts over relationships and personality, over the task or over the process. There may have been disagreements about appropriate norms of behavior, uncovering differences in expectations that were not apparent in early stages of working together. You may have applied different tools of best practice or experienced situations where those tools may have made the team more effective. You might want to consider what stage of team development your team ended on, how your team progressed through those stages, and why your team progressed in the way that it did. You could talk about the different types of power that various team members held, who emerged as a leader and why you think they did, and what type of leader you think that person was. These are just some examples.
However you choose to frame your analysis, the objective is to demonstrate that (a) you paid
attention to what was happening in your team, (b) you are able to apply what you learned in the
course to understanding what happened, and (c) you can draw conclusions about effectiveness
and make recommendations for future teamwork based on your reflection and analysis. This is
not intended to be a diary or a venting session; I will not be grading your story telling skills, and your team’s grades on the semester project milestones will not be amended based on what is written in these reflections. Rather it is intended to be a demonstration of your reflection, analysis, application, and writing skills.
Guidelines:
Use APA or MLA whichever is more comfortable for you
You should have a cover page, a running head, and page numbers 
Cover page should include: your name, the course, the assignment name, and the date.
Font should be Times New Roman, 12 pt., black
Margins should be 1”
Double-spaced
No bullet points for this paper
References are not required. HOWEVER, any references used besides your textbook should be cited in-text (APA/MLA style) and on your References page (APA/MLA style). Do not include references in your Reference list that are no included in-text – this is considered plagiarism.
Length: 4-5 pages in length EXCLUDING the cover page and reference list (if one is included)

The
reason we have labor law is the lack of bargaining power for workers in the
employment situation, especially when there is no clear business owner such as
in a corporation or a public company. 
Therefore, laws have been enacted to guide the rights and duties of
employees, unions, and employers.  Most
of the textbook chapters cover a sub-topic within the union-management
relationship and most of them are guided by laws such as the National Labor
Relations Act (NLRA).  Please choose one
of these topics, or any related topic that interests you, and write an 8-10
page (double-spaced) paper on it.  You
can take the approach that some aspect of the law needs to be changed and argue
for that change.  Or you can summarize a
topic with your commentary on the effectiveness of the law within it.  You can be pro-union or pro-management, but
the best papers drive home your views with support and strong arguments
regardless of your position on the issue.  

Add to the WBS
Professor stated: 
You have correctly shown the WBS outline divided into three levels. Your WBS has four major categories (Project Initiation, Design and Planning, Construction Phase, and Store Setup and IT Installation).
These should be increased to nine. It is best the categories follow the project’s high-level deliverables, the project Statement of Work (SOW), as follows: 
design the new store building (including the garden center), parking lots, and landscaping
obtain required licenses and permits
prepare the site and lay the foundation
construct the new store building and finish the interior
construct the garden center
outfit the store with shelves, fixtures, and IT systems (e.g., communications and payment systems)
pave the parking lots and landscape the exterior of the store
stock the store with inventory (For this project, stick to a storewide, high-level inventory budget, though you may have to make estimates based on different product categories, such as lumber, hardware, appliances, etc.)
staff, hire, and train store personnel
Project 2 Scenario video says the store will have 100,000 square feet with garden center and a 200-space parking lot, minimum of 40,000 different products from more than 3,000 vendors worldwide, with grand opening in 10 months. 
For the size of this project, it is appropriate to list 8-12 activities under each of the above nine categories. 
There will be a 200-space parking lot. So, no need for a separate garage.
I have edited #5 in in my comments on WBS above to remove construction of garage. This is also in line with Project 2 step 1.

Please do a case analysis on the case attached “DBS BANK”
Include citations from the course syllabus (supplemental readings and/or cases) and show a clear linkage in the analysis/assessment in the final paper. If this is a paper that could be written for just about any management course, it will not pass – it must clearly be “in conversation” with the ideas from the course.
More than 3 (typically around 10) non-class references from reputable sources. At least a couple must be from peer-reviewed sources. This is not a “news article”-based paper, nor can it lean on sources such as blogs or LinkedIn opinion pieces. Such may be used for “color” but not as evidence.
All references must be properly used, cited, and referenced in a standard format (e.g., APA or MLA)
The paper may be an in-depth case analysis (typically an Ivey or an HBS case) of a single firm, or an investigation of a trend in international business with some concrete examples, backed up by evidence.
Adhere to the guidelines in the syllabus regarding length, formatting, etc.
Written without the assistance of chatGPT or other AI-related technology.
The paper is to be strictly more than 9 and fewer than 12 pages, double-spaced, with one-inch margins and 11-12 point Times New Roman font, submitted in Word format. Indent the first line of each paragraph and do not add extra spaces between paragraphs or sections. One line between sections is sufficient; none is also acceptable.
Include page numbers at the bottom of every page except the cover page. Abstracts or Executive Summaries are permissable, but will not count towards the page minimum/maximum.
Use APA-style citations throughout. Include both in-line citations and proper references at the end.
Course References:
Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson (2012) “Big Data: The Management Revolution.” Harvard
Business Review. 90(10): 61-67
Anja Lambrecht and Catherine and Tucker (2015) “Can big data protect a firm from competition?”
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Bernardo Blum, Avi Goldfarb, and Mara Lederman (2015) “The Path to Prescription: Closing the Gap
between the Promise and the Reality of Big Data” Rotman Magazine, Fall 2015, pp. 45-49
SAP blog on Passerini’s approach:https://blogs.sap.com/2012/11/05/put-the-cart-before-the-horse-
because-otherwise-the-horse-will-never-come
Noah Smith, 2022 “American Workers Need Lots and Lots of Robots”
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/american-workers-need-lots-and-lots?sd=pf
Kevin Keystone (2020) “Software’s Uneven Spoils” Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and
Society: https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/software-digital-tools-labour-mcelheran
Hong and Wu (2023) “How Robots Can Enhance Performance Management for Humans” Sloan
Management Review, July 19
Brynjolfsson and McAfee (2014) The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time
of Brilliant Technologies, (W.W. Norton & Company, New York).
Jay B. Barney “Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage” Academy of Management Executive. 1995.
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Gibbons and Henderson (2012), “Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities”
Organization Science
Ghemawat (2011) “The Cosmopolitan Corporation.” Harvard Business Review, May
Rebecca Henderson (2020) Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. Penguin Business.

This mini-paper continues our look at outsourcing. Provide a minimum of 2-3 pages, double spaced, answering the following:
An overview and history of outsourcing
The business rationale for outsourcing (pros of outsourcing). Also include any negatives to outsourcing.
Trends (has the recent Covid-19 pandemic had any impact?)
Your personal opinion of outsourcing including specific reasons which underlie your opinion.
At least 2 outside sources other than the text must be used for the paper.

I need a 2000 word report and a seperate 1000 word “reflective report” as specified in both assignment briefs attached. Topic is managing and leading change, feel free to choose any example of a leader of change of the ones provided in assignment 1 brief. If possible, try to include some literature from John P. Kotter on this topic. 

This assignment is a one-page, single spaced, 10-font. Read the attached pdfs, and answer the questions that they tell you to answer. You only need to briefly read the chapters that the assignment is looking for, not the entire book. There are two books and each bullet point is looking for a specific chapter from each book.
From Ethics the Basics – Chapter Five: Utilitarian Ethics 
this chapter (as are all) is an essential reading – you are introduced to the the idea that ‘ethics are feelings’ – the giants: Hume, Bentham, Mill
Reflection: Review Questions on p. 101 – make it great!
From Business and Society: Chapter 6 – Corporate Power | Chapter 7 – Globalization
For your one-page reflection – address part one and part two below: 
Part One: a half a page of single-spaced genius (from chapter 6):
Define and compare the concepts of internal power (who controls corporations) and external power (how the corporation shapes society)
Part Two: a half a page of single-spaced genius (from chapter 7) 
Fist, define globalization.  Then, address this question:
In what ways has the world globalized and in what ways has it not?

In prior modules, you have delved into select traditional ethics theories and incorporating this information into your decision-making process. You included how you would incorporate your GVV results in decision making with current examples that you selected for analysis. In this unit you will examine Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs to evaluate their impact on company performance and profitability. Kline, 2018) cites research supporting the hypothesis that CSR program integration through all elements of their operations see many benefits. Kline additionally states “The study showed that companies not integrating their CSR programs into the business could still earn a reputation advantage, but not much else.” (2018, para 5). You will also be analyzing a personal example where you can incorporate your GVV results into action planning for increased CSR integration.
In a 3-7 page APA formatted paper excluding diagrams and other visual/oral aids as appropriate, address the following:
Section 1: CSR History and Background
The historical foundations for and evolution of the development of CSR programs and processes
The core elements of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs
Research supporting the efficacy of CSR programs on company success. Include at least two scholarly sources in addition to the weekly readings and videos
Does CSR have any relationship to other theories you have studied in this class or in others you have studied? If so, which ones and why?
Section 2: CSR Company Examples and Analysis
Identify at least one company from your research or personal experience who have integrated CSR throughout their organization, and one that does not appear to have completed this integration.
Provide a summary of the business(s) that you have selected for this analysis. Include but not limited to:
Name
Industry
Values, Vision, Mission, purpose
Public vs private
Financials
Size
National/International
Discuss why you selected these companies. What was of interest to you?
Using Carrol’s CSR pyramid or another model you have uncovered in your research, provide an analysis of CSR integration for each of these companies.
Based on the research conducted by Kline and other sources you have uncovered in your research, what conclusions if any would you draw on CRS and company success?
Would you base any buying or personal career decisions company CSR programs? Why or why not?
Section 3 – Personal Application
Using your current company or a recent past work situation.
Provide a summary of the business(s) that you have selected for this analysis. Include but not limited to:
Name
Industry
Values, Vision, Mission, purpose
Public vs private
Financials
Size
National/International
Describe the level of any CSR practices currently in place. You can use Carroll’s pyramid or another models you have uncovered in your research.
Present an action plan for any recommendations for increasing CSR in your company.
Describe how you will be integrating your work with GVV into this action plan.
References
Kline, M. (2018, July 24). How to drive profits with corporate social responsibility. Inc. https://www.inc.com/maureen-kline/how-to-drive-profits-with-corporate-social-responsibility.html