Category: Project Management

For purposes of the Module 3 SLP, you are a Strategic Management consultant. Your client is a major competitor in the Amusement Park industry and CEO of Sea World Parks and Entertainment, Incorporated.
Your client has an extensive number of strengths, a solid image, an emerging market share in the industry, excellent cash flow, and a very low long-term debt-to-equity ratio. Because your client’s company is renowned in the industry, the organization has also managed to attract and retain the most talented people working in the industry. Finally, the company’s approach to marketing is second to none.
While your client is clearly aware of its internal strengths, the organization is still unclear relative to whether the company should pursue a “Grow” (a more aggressive) strategy or a “Hold” (a more passive) strategy.
Your client has engaged you to do some research on the industry (use IBISWorld and other current publications in the library). In IBISWorld: Amusement Parks in the U.S. (713110, be sure to review the sections: “Industry Questions” and “Industry Issues” in addition to other key information and industry data.
Perform a SWOT Analysis for the company and determine the relative attractiveness of the industry as a whole.
Using the G.E./McKinsey Matrix, decide whether your client should pursue a “Grow” or a “Hold” strategy and discuss recommendations for action.
Finally, use the Model of Grand Strategy Clusters to recommend a grand strategy that your client should pursue. Be sure to justify your choice.  
SLP Assignment Expectations
The minimum length requirement for this Module SLP Assignment is 3 full pages (excluding Title and Reference pages), to include 2 scholarly sources.
Provide an APA-formatted title page. Use the APA 7 Template.
The 3 full pages will include an introduction, body of work with 2 scholarly sources cited to support your work, and a conclusion (that aligns with your purpose statement, summarizes each section, and then wraps up into a final thought).
Provide an APA7-formatted References Page (See APA 7 “References” section at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/ ).

Write a paper comparing and contrasting projects, programs, and portfolios and the benefits of having this within an organization.
The paper is required to be written in APA format to include title page and reference page.
The paper should be no more than 1000 words and no less than 750 words.
The title and reference pages do not count toward the word count.
The paper must include two academic, peer reviewed references which are cited in the paper.

Make sure your submittal is professional, proper sentence structure, grammatically correct and no spelling errors.

Can you edit the attached Procurement Plan? Please use the supporting documents and readings. Can you also add some references?
Here are the instructions my professor provided:
You should document your procurement needs, identify your potential vendors, and specify your contract approaches and procurement processes. Read Project Procurement for help in answering this question. Develop your procurement template, if needed.
Please let me know if additional information is needed.
The document that’s titled: Procurement Plan_draft is he plan that needs to be edited

Can you edit the attached Procurement Plan? Please use the supporting documents and readings. Can you also add some references?
Here are the instructions my professor provided:
You should document your procurement needs, identify your potential vendors, and specify your contract approaches and procurement processes. Read Project Procurement for help in answering this question. Develop your procurement template, if needed.
Please let me know if additional information is needed.
The document that’s titled: Procurement Plan_draft is he plan that needs to be edited

Today, warehousing plays a crucial role in the global supply chain. The history of the warehouse as we know it now is ancient. The storehouse has existed since Ancient Rome in its earliest forms. In the Horrae Galbae, a collection of large buildings built close to the Tiber River in the second century BC, the Romans kept grains. They constructed the Horrea Galbae at this time, which resembles contemporary warehouses in that it was used to store and retrieve products.
The original warehouse was a vast complex of buildings along the Tiber River that encompassed roughly 225,000 square feet (about twice the area of a Manhattan city block) and included more than 140 different rooms. Along with a sizable public grain supply, it was also used to store imported items like wine, olive oil, and textiles.
The Horrae Galbae housed the general grain supply and stored imported products, including food, wine, and olive oil. The Horrae Galbae is the first known warehouse-like structure because it held commodities for both short- and long-term periods so they could be easily accessed and transported.
The evolution of warehouses in the late 1700s during the Industrial Revolution and how electricity and other technology advances during the Second Industrial Revolution changed the way inventory was stored. Sears, Roebuck & Co. was one of the first companies to see the possibilities of this expanding infrastructure.
Directions:
In a 2–3 page paper, PLUS including a title and reference page, research the mail-order corporation Sears, Roebuck & Co., which was the equivalent of Amazon.com at the time. They carried numerous products, including apparel, toys, appliances, medical supplies, and even home kits, which could be found in the Sears catalog. Detail how the company’s warehouse(s) operated, what methods they used to have the goods arrive at customers’ homes or businesses, and what impact the Sears catalog and especially the “Christmas Wish Book” had on how consumers shopped for products. Your paper must contain a title and reference page in APA 7 format, be written in Times New Roman 12 font, and be double-spaced.

I have attached strategic Audit Part I, to start, this is part 2 to continue this project ASSIGNMENT
Describe expectations for an assignment:
Part II of the Strategic Audit will focus on the internal assessment of your selected company. You will address the following items in detail and demonstrate analytical and critical thinking skills, and problem-solving skills.
Internal Environment: Strengths and Weaknesses (SWOT)
Marketing
What are the corporation’s current marketing strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance and/or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies, and with internal and external environments?
How well is the company performing in terms of analysis of market position and marketing mix (that is, product, price, place, and promotion) in both domestic and international markets?
How dependent is the company on a few customers? How big is its market? Where is it gaining or losing market share?
What percentage of sales comes from developed versus developing regions? Where are current products in the product life cycle?
Does marketing provide the company with a competitive advantage?
How well does the company’s marketing performance compare with that of similar corporations?

Finance
What are the corporation’s current financial strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance and/or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies, and with internal and external environments?
Does finance provide the company with a competitive advantage?
How well does the company’s financial performance compare with that of similar companies?

Research and Development (R&D)
What are the company’s current R&D strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies, and with internal and external environments?
Does R&D provide the company with a competitive advantage?

Operations and Logistics
What are the company’s current manufacturing/service strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies, and with internal and external environments?
What are the type and extent of operations capabilities of the company? How much is done domestically versus internationally? Which products have the highest and lowest profit margins?
Are manufacturing or service facilities vulnerable to natural disasters, local or national strikes, reduction or limitation of resources from suppliers, substantial cost increases of materials, or nationalization by governments?
How well does the corporation perform relative to the competition? Is it balancing inventory costs (warehousing) with logistical costs (just-in-time)?
Do operations provide the company with a competitive advantage?

Human Resources Management (HRM)
What are the company’s current HRM strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance and/or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies and with internal and external environments?
How well is the company’s HRM performing in terms of improving the fit between the individual employee and the job? Consider turnover, grievances, strikes, layoffs, employee training, and quality of work life.
Does HRM provide the company with a competitive advantage?
How does this company’s HRM performance compare with that of similar company?
How well is the company managing the diversity of its workforce? What is the company’s record on human rights? Does the company monitor the human rights record of key suppliers and distributors?

Information Technology (IT)
What are the company’s current IT strategies and objectives?
Are they clearly stated or merely implied from performance and/or budgets?
Are they consistent with the company’s mission, objectives, strategies, and policies, and with internal and external environments?
Does IT provide the company with a competitive advantage?
How does this company’s IT performance and stage of development compare with that of similar companies?

Summary of Internal Factors.
Which of these factors are core competencies? Which, if any, are distinctive competencies? Which of these factors are the most important to the company and to the industries in which it competes at the present time? Which might be important in the future? Which functions or activities are candidates for outsourcing?

After reading the CMM vs. Agile case study, the case ends without a firm decision. If you were Fenton, what is your decision? In less than 100 words, explain.

please write about the ” How International business’ influence on local cultures and traditions”
please write 500 words and use free access of references. also, complete the form. I will upload the instructions and forms.

1. Must follow the rules in the “Essay Requirements”. 2. Add some tables as necessary for analysis.3. Minimum of 25 references.

This research questions are in the discussion document
Final paper (aggregation of all discussion board assignments):
The final paper should be the final product of your work throughout the term and the results of your weekly discussions. The core content of the final paper is the results of your readings and the findings you have devised. Reusing some of your posts in your final paper as you see fit is okay. At a minimum, in the Results and Discussion section of your final paper, try to address the following questions:
What are some of the possible answers to your questions?
What are some of the important findings you expect from your investigation?
What is the practical significance of your predicted findings?
What is/are the contribution/s of your findings to what we know or do not know about your topic?
Your submission should follow the format of a research paper and should be ready for sharing at a symposium, seminar, workshop, or conference.
The typical length of a paper for proceedings is 6-12 pages, including tables, charts, and references.
The main body of the paper should be numbered in consecutive order:
ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION
II. METHOD
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
IV. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Important Note: The following link provides more information about what needs to go into each section of your final paper:https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185933
Here is an example of a Literature Review research paper:
Denicol, J., Davies, A., & Krystallis, I. (2020). What Are the Causes and Cures of Poor Megaproject Performance? A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda. Project Management Journal, 51(3), 328–345. https://doi.org/10.1177/8756972819896113Links to an external site.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/8756972819896113Links to an external site.

You can use this example to reference how to design and write your final paper.

Other useful sources to help in designing your methodology:
https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803&p=185933 (Links to an external site.)
https://psychology.ucsd.edu/undergraduate-program/undergraduate-resources/academic-writing-resources/writing-research-papers/research-paper-structure.html#Discussion
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