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Discussion Forum Week 3Assigned Readings: Chapter 4: Organizational Capability: Structure, Culture, and RolesChapter 5: Leading and Managing Project TeamsChapter 6: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Planning For Week 3 Discussion Forum, you will discuss your understanding of the readings from Kloppenborg, et al (2023) completed for Weeks 4, 5 and 6. You will then think of three questions you’d like to ask other students and add these to the end of your thread (after the Reference section). The questions should be taken from Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of the required course material (Kloppenborg, et al 2023) Finally, go to two (2) other students’ threads and post comments, answering at least one of their questions. Provide Continuing Discussion by responding to another student’s response. The Continuing Discussion to the response to a response not a third response to an Initial Post. You must do the following:1) Create a new thread and ensure your initial post is properly formatted.  2) Draft a first section (200-250 words) answering, with supporting and properly cited source material, the following questions (Do not quote any of the source material, you must explain in your own words but properly citing material found in the assigned sources):
Describe how a strong (project) matrix is different from a weak (functional) matrix.
List advantages and disadvantages of functional, projectized and matrix forms of organization.
3) Draft a second section (200-250 words) explaining, with supporting source material, the following questions (Do not quote any of the source material, you must explain in your own words but properly citing material found in the assigned sources):
During all five stages of team development, it is important that the project manager keep in mind the needs of which three groups?
Why might it be helpful to bring out the charter when people are arguing over a decision?
4) Draft a third section (200-250 words) answering, with supporting and properly cited source material, the following questions (Do not quote any of the source material, you must explain in your own words but properly citing material found in the assigned sources):
What is the difference between an internal and external stakeholder? What is the difference between a key and secondary stakeholder?
Name three criteria you should consider when prioritizing stakeholder? Why?
5) Provide three (3) questions that you would like to ask other classmates in relation to the weekly reading material. These need to be specific questions based on weekly reading material identified above. Do not just ask general questions; be specific.

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. 

 
Scenario
You are the chief privacy officer for a health system. Your responsibilities include developing, guiding, and assisting with the overall Privacy and HIPAA policies and procedures for departments that store, process, and transmit protected health information. You have been asked to review the health system’s current policies and procedures on HIPAA. As a best practice, your first plan of action is to review the current literature on recent health policy developments (i.e., health reform) and the impact of those developments on HIPAA. The literature review will assist in ensuring that the policies and procedures are updated and remain in compliance with privacy guidelines.
Instructions
For this task, you will need to conduct a literature review of current developments in healthcare that impact HIPAA legislation and the application of privacy rules. You will need to review a minimum of 5 scholarly journal articles published within the past 10 years.
Topic for literature review – Impact of New Laws on HIPPA
2-3 pages. Add subheadings

 
Read “Case 12: Twitter, Inc. in 2020” in your Connect textbook.
Write a maximum of 700-word APA formatted paper response that addresses the following questions:
What factors contributed to the loss of confidence in X (formerly Twitter)?
Do the actions taken to date present a strategy that would improve consumer trust? Why or why not?
Consider X’s competitors. How does the internal environment compare to the internal environment of one of X’s competitors? Based on this analysis, what is the probability that the strategic moves implemented by X would lead to a sustainable competitive advantage? Explain.
Based on the information presented in this case study, what kind of business strategy would you suggest to help X achieve a competitive advantage?

 
Select and research a company from the 2019 Fortune 500 list that demonstrates a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Evaluate the selected company’s sustainable competitive advantage using the SWOT analysis technique.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word APA Formatted modified SWOT analysis paper that includes the following:
An introduction with a detailed description of the company
A SWOT analysis diagram that includes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
An evaluation of how specific internal factors (strengths and/or weaknesses) support and/or promote a competitive advantage; examples may include:
Financial, physical, or human resources
Access to natural resources, trademarks, patents, or copyrights
Current processes (employee programs or software systems)
An evaluation of how specific external factors (opportunities and/or threats) support and/or promote a competitive advantage; examples may include:
Market trends (new products or technology advancements)
Economic trends (local and/or global)
Demographics
Regulations (political, environmental, or economic)
Conclusion with an evaluation of how the company has retained its competitive advantage
Include APA-formatted in-text citations and a reference page with at least 2 sources. Note: You may include your textbook as 1 of the sources.
Submit your assignment as a 7th edition APA Microsoft Word document to include a Title page, Introduction, body, conclusion and Reference page.

Provide your brief analysis of the ERP systems. Include the following for the next 3 systems:features, scalability, pricing, support services, and specific capabilities related to logistics and supply chain management.
Systems: 
ERP systems: SAP S/4HANA (or SAP Business One) 
Oracle NetSuite
Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Managers spend one-third of their time communicating up and down the organizational hierarchy. Communication is the transfer and understanding of information from one person to another. The communication model comprises several parts.
We want to examine the communication pathway or medium in which communication is delivered. The communication pathway is the way messages are sent, including:
Face-to-face meetings.
Electronic mail and online discussions.
Written letters or memorandums.
Telephone or voice mail, among others.
While some people may be better at using certain mediums over others, some mediums can be better suited for the specific message being conveyed. For this week’s discussion, suppose you are a manager who needs to communicate several messages to employees of the company.
Messages
The CEO abruptly resigns after the news media reports that the CEO embezzled millions of dollars.
A plan to relocate the company.
The death of an employee.
The reassignment of one division to a new location.
Respond to the following for each of the messages above:
List the medium (telephone, email, text, face-to-face meeting, et cetera) you would use to communicate the message.
Explain why you chose that medium over the other possible mediums.
Then, consider the importance of the information conveyed in these messages. How might the choice of medium for communication impact trust and credibility among the employees?

 
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.

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.