Category: Business

In your first assignment this week you retrieved the financial information for your chosen company. Analysts must evaluate a company’s financial statements to understand its performance over time. Common size statements “allow analysts to compare the relative composition of the company’s accounts over time” (Hickman et al., 2013, Section 11.3, para. 5). For this assignment, you will take the formatted financial statements you retrieved using Mergent and construct common size income statements and common size balance sheets for your chosen company. The video below explains how to construct a common size income statement and balance sheet using Excel.
Title this assignment “Appendix B.” Be sure to save both formats (Excel and PDF) of these files for later use.
Prepare:
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Review Chapter 2 and Chapter 11: Section 11.3 in Essentials of finance.
Complete the Week 1 – Assignment 1, Historical Financial Statements: Appendix AYou will be using the Excel file from Mergent for this assignment
Watch the following video that will go over how to create and format Appendix B:
BUS401| Creating Common Size Financial Statements in Excel
Construct Appendix B:
Using the formatted income statement and balance sheet in Excel from Week 1 – Assignment 1, and following the instructions in the BUS401| Creating Common Size Financial Statements in Excel video,
Calculate and format the common size income statement for the three years.
Calculate and format the common size balance sheet for three years.
Save this Excel file as a PDF and title it “Appendix B”.
Submission Format:
Submit the PDF version of Appendix B to Waypoint.
The Common Size Financial Statements: Appendix B PDF file must contain the formatted common size income statement and balance sheet.

For this discussion, make an initial post that describes one advantage or disadvantage of modifying encryption software to allow law enforcement to easily decrypt messages. Base your post on the Keys Under Doormats reading or one of the articles in the References section below

Topic Specified: publicly traded company: PatagoniaTask summary:
You are to create a presentation about the client’s choice of company (Patagonia ) summarizing the research
Full order description:
Dear Freelancer,
please create a presentation
MAIN DETAILS:
You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation summarizing your research. As we explore various databases and tools in class, you will have the opportunity to research your company during those times.
Please do not use chatgpt and that references are made. Original work is required, as canvas will check detect any AI work. See attached file for full details

Your reflective paper must be a maximum of three pages, not counting a title page and bibliography, double-spaced, and using 12-point font. Make sure the page numbers are centered at the bottom. Each paper must also define the main theory or model covered during that module. Choose to either agree or disagree with the theory or model based on other scholarly references. Create an illustration of the theory or model, an application based on your ministry. Follow the formatting required in Andrews University Standards for Written Works and use APA style for citations and references. Please see the Reflective Paper Rubric for guidance.
I will provide textbook information and APA format explanation.

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. Recognize the basic concepts and terminology used in Strategic Management. (CLO1)
2.Explain the contribution of functional, business, and corporate strategies to the competitive advantage of the organization. (CLO3)
3.Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation. (CLO4)
4.Communicate issues, results, and recommendations coherently, and effectively regarding appropriate strategies for different situations. (CLO6)
Discussion Questions
1)How does horizontal growth differ from vertical growth of a corporate strategy? From concentric diversification? Give at least one example for each strategy. (CH 7) 4 marks
2)What are the tradeoffs between an internal and an external growth strategy? Which approach is best as an international entry strategy? (CH 7) 3 marks
Are functional strategies interdependent, or can they be formulated independently of other functions? Discuss (CH 8) 3 marks
Important Notes:
Avoid Plagiarism.
Support your answers with course material concepts from the textbook and scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, etc.
Need references and use APA style for writing the references.
Answers
Requirements: 350 words for each question

Please take a few moments to reflect on your experiences in this capstone leadership course. Your responses are invaluable in helping us understand your learning journey and improve the course for future students. You may copy and paste the survey in the thread to answer the questions. Take a moment to respond to a classmate on their response and furter the disucssion.
QUESTIONS:What are the three most important leadership skills you have developed during this course?(Open text response)
Reflect on a specific project or assignment that significantly impacted your understanding of effective leadership. What did you learn from this experience?(Open text response)
How well did the course materials and activities align with your expectations for a capstone leadership course?Much better than expected
Better than expected
Met expectations
Below expectations
Significantly below expectations
Can you describe a moment or discussion from the course that profoundly changed your perspective on leadership?(Open text response)
Considering your overall experience, what aspects of the course did you find most valuable?(Open text response)
What challenges did you face during this course, and how did you overcome them?(Open text response)
What suggestions do you have for improving the course to better support future leaders?(Open text response)
How confident do you feel in applying the leadership skills you’ve acquired in real-world settings?Very confident
Confident
Somewhat confident
Not very confident
Not confident at all
Is there anything else you would like to share about your experience in this course?(Open text response)
Remember: I am a clinical analyst and nurse

This week’s overarching topic is overall course observations and takeaways. Please share your observations and takeaways of this 15 week learning and discovery journey and how it has impacted you personally and professionally.
Note: This is related to ALL that I learned on the course, and doing the research paper.
Your initial post should comprise a minimum of 250 words supported by at least two (2) scholarly peer-reviewed references.

Company- Honeywell
Group project: 1) Form the group with no more than four team members; 2) target “Operations Management” department from one industrial company in the real world; 3) Develop the plan for the project including a) topic focusing(topics come from the chapter titles of the lecturing or textbook), b) collect information materials from the company, c) questions to be addressed and analysis methods; 4) report writing.
PART 1-POWERPOINT Directions
In this preliminary presentation, the following contents should be included and presented in Powerpoint:1) Topic(s) focused;2) Real company name and background;3) Materials collected from the company through including but not limited to the onsite visit, email, journal papers, website search;4) Main issues and questions to address or solve;5) Research design (how to solve the questions);6) What work has been done so far and how to proceed in the rest of the semester.
Specific Directions- You can use the existing powerpoint an use the paper as an refrences to add stuff . make sure you be more specific in the research questions on the powerpoint , solve or have a solution to the questions addressed in the powerpoint in another slide . You can keep the powerpoint i started on in the dropbox an make it better according to these directions an the directions above.

II PowerPoint Presentation (20 points)
– The PowerPoint should reflect the paper and summarize the findings
– NO PARAGRAPGHS! Use bullet points only
– Be sure of no grammatical errors and graphic overload
– The slides should be easy to read
I’ll be sending you the first Preliminary Presentations that you’ve done. You’re basically just adding more information to that PowerPoint from the completion of the research paper. Just the color scheme and make it look good.

t’s time to develop a strategic plan that will help you determine where your business is now, where you want to take it, and how you will get there. Your strategic plan will help you implement and manage the strategic direction of your company. Additionally, you will communicate the direction of your company to stakeholders.
Develop a strategic plan for the company you have used throughout this course and share it with stakeholders.
Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation for key stakeholders to solicit their approval of your strategic plan. Address the following in your presentation:
An introduction with mission and vision statements
Core values, ethics, and social responsibility principles
Analysis of the company’s:
Internal environment (e.g. strengths and weaknesses related to resources, trademarks, patents, copyrights, or current processes)
External environment (e.g. opportunities and threats related to market trends, economic trends, demographics, or regulations)
An evaluation of the internal and external environment’s impact on achieving the company strategy
Create a strategic objective for the company.
Create short- and long-term goals for achieving the company’s strategic plan.
Determine methods for collecting data and measuring the success of the strategic plan.
Include APA-formatted in-text citations and a reference page.
Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed documents. Note: You may include your textbook as 1 of the sources.