Category: Management homework help

Project Overview:
In the previous project part, you developed a flexible (flex) budget based on an unforeseen expense provided to you by your professor. For this project part, you will take things one step further by determining ways to reduce spending in different areas or aspects of your business. 
Using your operational budget as a guide, determine three potential cuts to spending in your business. These cuts may be broad (e.g., an overall staff reduction of X%) or targeted (e.g., switching from expensive oak to much cheaper pine for the production of skateboards).
The goal is not to create an immaculate budget, but to find creative opportunities for reducing your overall spending without affecting the quality of your product or the health of your company. 
Bear in mind that business solutions, especially with regard to budgeting, are rarely straightforward. Not every cut your team makes will be a matter of simple subtraction. Sometimes investing more money in the short term can lead to spending less in the long-term. Other times, outsourcing or sub-contracting work can reduce costs across multiple departments or processes. 
Regardless of the cuts you propose, be prepared to explain your group’s decisions either in class or in the Budget Analysis Discussion Board. 
Procedure:
Using your operational budget as a guide, conduct a budget analysis and determine three potential areas or aspects of your business that could receive cuts to reduce spending. These cuts may be broad (e.g., an overall staff reduction of X%) or targeted (e.g., switching from expensive oak to much cheaper pine for the production of skateboards). 
You must identify three potential cuts that can be made. There are almost always multiple opportunities for budget cuts in any organization.
For inspiration, research recent spending cuts in your market sector. What are other companies cutting spending for? Why?
Using the information from your budget analysis, generate three separate budgets that account for these proposed cuts. Which saves the most money? Which makes the most sense for your business?
Gather all three budgets into a single document for submission.
Be prepared to explain and support your decisions in class or in the Budget Analysis Discussion Board. 

Project Overview:
In the previous project part, you developed a flexible (flex) budget based on an unforeseen expense provided to you by your professor. For this project part, you will take things one step further by determining ways to reduce spending in different areas or aspects of your business. 
Using your operational budget as a guide, determine three potential cuts to spending in your business. These cuts may be broad (e.g., an overall staff reduction of X%) or targeted (e.g., switching from expensive oak to much cheaper pine for the production of skateboards).
The goal is not to create an immaculate budget, but to find creative opportunities for reducing your overall spending without affecting the quality of your product or the health of your company. 
Bear in mind that business solutions, especially with regard to budgeting, are rarely straightforward. Not every cut your team makes will be a matter of simple subtraction. Sometimes investing more money in the short term can lead to spending less in the long-term. Other times, outsourcing or sub-contracting work can reduce costs across multiple departments or processes. 
Regardless of the cuts you propose, be prepared to explain your group’s decisions either in class or in the Budget Analysis Discussion Board. 
Procedure:
Using your operational budget as a guide, conduct a budget analysis and determine three potential areas or aspects of your business that could receive cuts to reduce spending. These cuts may be broad (e.g., an overall staff reduction of X%) or targeted (e.g., switching from expensive oak to much cheaper pine for the production of skateboards). 
You must identify three potential cuts that can be made. There are almost always multiple opportunities for budget cuts in any organization.
For inspiration, research recent spending cuts in your market sector. What are other companies cutting spending for? Why?
Using the information from your budget analysis, generate three separate budgets that account for these proposed cuts. Which saves the most money? Which makes the most sense for your business?
Gather all three budgets into a single document for submission.
Be prepared to explain and support your decisions in class or in the Budget Analysis Discussion Board. 

I am submitting a paper that needs to be 1200 words longer and the references cleaned up to APA 7.  They are not correct.

Using the file with the background scenario information and instructions.
Provide your analysis of the ERP systems.
Systems: 
ERP systems: SAP S/4HANA (or SAP Business One) *
Oracle NetSuite
Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Create a Business Plan PowerPoint for a restaurant. There will be 4 different PowerPoints including, the Company Description, Ethics Plan, Marketing Plan, and Operational Plan PPTX. 
All the instructions and templates are attached below.

 Reflect or think about an instance in which you have witnessed or experienced role conflict or team failure and the two types of ambiguity. State what happened and how you reduced the role conflict, addressed the team failure, or resolved the type of ambiguity. 

 
Assignment Details
While assisting the accounting department with completing the current year’s financial statements, you have been asked to review a list of contingent liabilities.
Explain how you, as a manager, would review the list of contingent liabilities and determine their probability.
Discuss with your classmates other ways of determining the probability.

 Explain the differences between a group and team. Then, discuss the stages of group and team development as it applies to groups in your workplace. Be sure to focus your response on specific steps that you recommend to “unstick” the group’s development to the performing stage. Explain how the concept of conscious culture fits in with your strategy. 

 
Assignment Details
This IP builds upon your work in Units 1, 2, and 3.
You will continue your industry research by evaluating long-term liabilities and equity using industry examples. Using the financial statements (located in Appendix A: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., 2020 Annual Report of the required textbook: Financial Accounting), review and compare the liabilities and equity of each company. Consider the following questions:
What are the significant liabilities of each company? Are they current or long-term?
What types of financing does each company rely on?
What is the equity structure of each company?
Deliverable Requirements: Your Long-Term Liabilities and Equity section should have at least 5 pages (the title and reference pages are not counted in these 5 pages) as well as follow the requirements below for using the APA style.
Address the questions above, and consider their implications to American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Do not forget to review the notes to the financial statements for additional information about the company’s liabilities and equity structure.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means that you will need the following at a minimum:

Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.

Length: There should be at least 5 pages.

Body: This begins on the page following the title and abstract pages and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-point Times New Roman or 12-point Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. Using a variety of academic sources is encouraged.

Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format and use appropriate spacing, hanging indentation, italics, and uppercase and lowercase for the type of resource used. Remember that the reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

THE DUE DATE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS 5-30-2024 May 30,2024
 
Overview
In this last assignment, you will examine how politics and power influence an organization and its culture.
In business, power, and politics greatly influence an organization’s culture and may hinder organizational productivity. As you continue to explore ways to increase productivity in your department, you observed how power and politics influence the corporate culture and the need to address the overall challenges within the organization. Based on your research, you will develop a proposal for your manager on how politics and power can influence the organization’s culture positively.
Instructions
Write a 5–7 page double-spaced paper that addresses the following:
Influence of Politics and Power:

Describe the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization.
Explain how politics and power may influence the organization’s culture.

Sources of Power:

Discuss at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance.

You will select and research one source of power to formulate your individualized approach to this question.
Do not submit the definition of all the sources of power.

Explain how management could use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance.

Leadership Behavior and Culture:

Propose recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.

Leadership Influence:

Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance.

References and Citations:

Go to the Strayer University Online Library to locate at least three resources.
In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Confidentiality: Since you will be addressing real issues in real organizations in your assignments, it is important to respect confidentiality. Feel free to use an alias for any company or individuals you might mention in your assignments. Remember that all discussions about the organization should only occur within this course and not be shared with people outside the course.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Help Resources
Check out the BUS520 Library Guide.
Check out this interactive tutorial: Using Your Own Words: Preventing PlagiarismLinks to an external site..
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Analyze the influence of politics, power, and leadership behavior on organizational culture.
View RubricWeek 9 Assignment – Power, Politics, and CultureWeek 9 Assignment – Power, Politics, and CultureCriteriaRatingsPtsDescribe the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryDescribed the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentDescribed the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization, but the description demonstrates an incomplete understanding of power and politics.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementDescribed the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization, but the description does not demonstrate an understanding of the dynamic of power and politics.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not describe the importance of understanding the dynamic of power and politics within the organization./ 19.5 ptsExplain how power and politics may influence the organization’s culture.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryExplained how power and politics may influence the organization’s culture.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentExplained how power and politics may influence the organization’s culture, but the explanation is incomplete.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementExplained how power and politics may influence the organization’s culture, but the explanation does not demonstrate an understanding of the influence power and politics may have on culture.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not explain how power and politics may influence the organization’s culture./ 19.5 ptsDiscuss at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryDiscussed at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentDiscussed at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance, but the discussion is incomplete.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementDiscussed at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance, but the discussion is incorrect.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not discuss at least one source of power that could be applied to influence the department and improve organizational performance./ 19.5 ptsExplain how management can use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryExplained how management can use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentExplained how management can use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance, but the explanation is incomplete. presented with research support.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementExplained how management can use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance, but the explanation is incorrect.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDoes not discuss how the Did not explain how management can use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance./ 19.5 ptsPropose recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryProposed recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentProposed recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture, but the proposal is incomplete.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementProposed recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture, but the proposal is incorrect.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not propose recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture./ 19.5 ptsDiscuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance.19.5 to >17.55 ptsExemplaryDiscussed the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance.17.55 to >15.6 ptsCompetentDiscussed the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance, but the discussion is incomplete.15.6 to >13.65 ptsNeeds ImprovementDiscussed the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance, but the discussion is incorrect.13.65 to >0 ptsUnacceptableDid not discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior and how it influences organizational structure and performance./ 19.5 ptsCite three references.6.5 to >5.85 ptsExemplaryThree quality references were provided.5.85 to >5.2 ptsCompetentTwo quality references were provided.5.2 to >4.55 ptsNeeds ImprovementOne reference was provided, but it was not of a quality nature.4.55 to >0 ptsUnacceptableReferences were not provided, or the references were not of a quality nature./ 6.5 ptsClarity, writing mechanics, and SWS formatting requirements.6.5 to >5.85 ptsExemplary0–2 errors present.5.85 to >5.2 ptsCompetent3–4 errors present.5.2 to >4.55 ptsNeeds Improvement5–6 errors present.4.55 to >0 ptsUnacceptableMore than 6 errors present./ 6.5 pts