Category: Management

Notes:
Your answers MUST include at least four scholarly peer-reviewed references, using a proper referencing style (APA). Remember that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library (SDL).
Make sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced.
150-200 words for each answer

Requirement:
Write a case analysis of 1.5 pages following the instructions that will be provided to you and you must follow the details of the requirements that will be provided to you.
Note: I will attach the necessary materials and the details of the requirements to follow.

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:
1.1: Recognize and memorize concepts of communication theory as they affect business organizations and the individuals in them.
1.2: Communicate better, knowing that good communicators make better managers and that communication is a dynamic process basic to individuals and organizational life.
Assignment Structure:
Assignment-1
Type
Marks
Part-A
Situation-1
2.5
Situation-2
2.5
Part-B
Case study
5

Total
10

Note: Use concept of interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, team communications and diversity for answering both parts.

Part-A:
This part is about hypothetical situations which you may or may not face in your professional life. For every situation, you need to select an option from the given options and then give a proper justification for the option you selected.

Situation-1
You have recently been assigned a new member in your team and you have noticed that he cannot make a simple decision without asking your advice. What will you do?
a.
Accept that he does not have the skills to succeed and find others in your team to take on his tasks.
b.
Get an HR manager to talk to him about where he sees his future in the organization.
c.
Give him lots of complex decisions to make so that he will become more confident in his job.
d
Create a series of challenging but manageable experiences for him and make yourself available to act as his mentor.

Situation-2
You are a manager in an organization that is trying to encourage respect for all cultures and nationalities. One day, you hear someone telling a racist joke about a nationality. What will you do?
a.
Ignore it. The best way to deal with these things is not to react.
b.
Call the person into your office and explain that their behaviour is not appropriate and if he repeats it, may result in him losing his job.
c.
Speak up on the spot, saying that such jokes are inappropriate and will not be tolerated in your organization.
d.
Suggest to the person telling the joke he go through a program offered by the HR department that teaches how to respect all cultures and nationalities

Part-B:
Ahmed is a successful financial officer in a banking company. He will take over the recently acquired footprint as the new regional CEO. The newly acquired banking institution has a good market reputation
On Monday morning at 10am, Ahmed had called a meeting. He reached the office at 9am and saw very few employees in the meeting so he got annoyed but keeping his emotions at side, he started the meeting at sharp 10am .Ahmed was unhappy due to lack of dedication of employees towards the organization, as most of the employees did not arrived on time.
Later that afternoon Ahmed met the executive team and outlined the strategic goals, objectives and deadlines. A meeting was held with the senior staff members for reporting progress. In the report it was shown that currently the market growth numbers were up and new business numbers were increasing.
A quarter later Ahmed had a quarterly report result. The report showed both positive and negative result. Ahmed reviewed the report with his staff and requested them for their input. However, his request was greeted with silence. He sensed an uneasy feeling in the room.

Questions:
To what extent do you think Ahmed process Emotional Intelligence. (2 Marks)
Do you think the concept of emotional intelligence is important in organizational setting? Briefly justify your answer. (3 Marks)

Answers

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses of small business.
2. Design a solid projected financial plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small company.
3. Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate marketing massages in coherent and professional manner.
4. Illustrate the ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable business model.
Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.
Start-up Business Plan
Assume yourself as an entrepreneur of a small startup business in Saudi Arabia.
Write brief notes on the following objectives:
Owners, capital structure and company profile (2 Marks)
Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
b. Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….
C. Investment capital
A. Scope and type of business (4 Marks)
What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?
Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes your idea different?
Mission Statement
Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they live? What is your target market passionate about?
B. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)
What is important to you in your business?
Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?
Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?
Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using SWOT.
Who is your competition and how do you beat them?
Note: Use APA style of referencing

Answers

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Textbook
Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text)

I want the answer without similarity at all, and Conceptual and professional, they’re important. I have a solution model.

Learning Outcomes:
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will be able to understand the
LO 1.1: Recognize the overall knowledge management processes, concepts, goals and strategies within the context of organization.
LO 1.2: Describe how valuable individual, group and organizational knowledge is managed throughout the knowledge management cycle.
L.O 1.3: Define the different Knowledge types and explain how they are addressed by knowledge management in different business environments.
Assignment Questions:(10 Marks)
This Assignment is a report-based assignment.
Imagine that you are appointed as a team member of knowledge management team in your organisation. Your immediate boss asks you to prepare a detailed report that will be used for training purposes to clarify the need to implement knowledge management in your organisation. Your report must contain the answers for following questions.
Part A: Introduction (5 Marks)
Q.1: How would you define the concept of Data, Information and Knowledge.Provide one example to differentiate these concepts. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: Briefly describe the concept of Knowledge management. What points you would like to add to highlight the importance of knowledge management. (1.5 Marks)
Q.3: “Knowledge management is not anything new.” Would you argue that this statement is largely true? Why or why not? Use suitable examples to justify your answer. (2 Marks)
Part B: (5 Marks)
Types of knowledge, Knowledge management cycle and Models:
Q.1: Discuss the concept of “Tacit Knowledge” and “Explicit Knowledge”. Is it important to capture both types of knowledge? Justify your argument with suitable example. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: There are several different approaches to the knowledge management cycle such as those by McElroy, Wiig, Bukowitz and Willams, and Meyer and Zack.
Discuss any one of the above knowledge management cycles highlighting its steps or stages and its usefulness for the organizations. (1.5 Marks)

Q.3: Describe how the major types of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) are transformed in the Nonaka and Takeuchi knowledge spiral model of KM. Use a concrete example to make your point. (2 Marks)
(Support each part and each question of the assignment with Proper references)

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will able to understand the

CLO1: State the concept of managementfunctions, roles, skillsof a manager and the different theories of management
CLO 2: Describe the current trends and challenges in global business management.

Assignment-1 Please go through the Case and answer the questions that follows.

Starbucks’ Growth Destroyed Brand Value*
Starbucks announcement that it will close few stores in KSA, it is a long overdue admission that there are limits to growth.
The founder Howard Schultz recognized the problem that his own growth strategy had created: “Stores no longer have the soul of the past and reflect a chain of stores vs. the warm feeling of a neighborhood store.” Starbucks tried to add value through innovation, offering Wi-Fi service, creating and selling its own music. More recently, Starbucks attempted to put the focus back on coffee, revitalizing the quality of its standard beverages. But none of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that is no longer special.
Suppose you are hired by the Starbucks Coffee as CEO for Saudi Arabia. How will you help company to recover and expand its operation in Saudi Arabia?
(*Source: This information is taken from the article “How Starbucks Growth destroyed Brand Value” written by John Quelch published in HBR accessed from https://hbr.org/2008/07/how-starbucks-growth-destroyed on 19/9/2020)

Assignment Questions
Q1. To sustain and expand the Starbucks Stores in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, you have to write a report (around 350-400 words) based on the following points:(4 marks)
a. Identify the competitive advantage(s) in business for growth.
b. What different products and type of services can be offered?
c. Business objective/goals/vision
Q2. Explain the different types of planning for the different levels of management in Starbucks in KSA. Include the typical time frame for which each plan is created. (250 words Approx.)
(3 marks)
Part B

What do you understand by the term “Stakeholders”? Explain the differences between internal and external stakeholders. Explain withexamples how the International forces are affecting the businesses organizations.(250 words Approx.)(3 marks)

Please follow writing instructions in the handbook, referencing guide and will attach other documents. Please will require each chapter after being completed to show my supervisor. SPSS needs to be used for the methodology and the entire thesis should rely solely on secondary data. I’ll be attaching further documents soon.

Please read the week 2 term paper. it contains all the necessary information. please use the references that provided. also add one more if you find any relevant to the topic.
the essay should address the following questions.
Make sure it does not have any AI in it. they will check it.
Critically examine how analytics is transforming the business in your selected industry and the companies based upon the topics discussed in the first module. In particular:
Who are the key stakeholders and their role?
What are the specific business goals in your selected industry where analytics can deliver value?
What type of data is gathered or may need to be gathered to take advantage of analytics?
What type of analytics and insights can deliver value for all the stakeholders?
What business use cases are being served by each of the selected companies?
How are they similar and/or different across the two selected companies?
Level of deployment – descriiptive, predictive, or prescriiptive, in your selected companies.
Do these companies rely on third-party analytics platforms or have in-house analytics teams developing technology for internal use?
An essay examining the questions listed above. Typed, 12-point font, double-spaced, MS Word Format, 8-page limit, references and proper citations are required.
this is one of the resources website.
https://www.privatebank.bankofamerica.com/articles/economic-impact-of-ai.html