• Assignment 1: Cost, Volume, Profit Analysis

  By the due date assigned, respond to the following in the Discussion Area below:Continuing the scenario from the Module 3 discussion:

  • Identify and classify the fixed and variable manufacturing costs for producing your product.
  • Describe what contribution margin means and how you would calculate it for your division.
  • What types of decisions could you make using the contribution margin? Give specific examples of how you might use the contribution margin to make decisions about product pricing, acceptance of special orders, increasing or decreasing component costs, or incurring additional advertising expenses.

  Be sure to cite any sources using APA style. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a guide.Through the end of the module, provide substantive responses to at least two other students’ initial posts.

  Assignment 1 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
  Initial Response	20
  Discussion Participation	20
  Writing Craftsmanship and Ethical Scholarship	10
  Total:	50

• M4 Assignment 2 DiscussionDiscussion Topic
  
  Due June 2 at 11:59 PM

  Assignment 2: Administrative Costs

  By the due date assigned, respond to the following in the Discussion Area below:Remember, the information you gather in this assignment will contribute to your final project due in Module 5.You are now ready to add administrative costs to your budget. Please discuss the types of administrative costs that will be required for your business.

  • Will you need to rent a building or will your business be home-based?
  • Will you need to advertise?
  • Will you require electricity and other utilities?
  • Will you need a manager to oversee the business?

  Think about any administrative costs that will be required to get the business started and to operate over the first year. Add these costs to your spreadsheet in the next category called selling and administrative expenses. Once you have added these costs, you are ready to calculate your projected net income for each month and for the year. Add that as the final amount on your spreadsheet. Include your table as an attachment to your initial discussion response.Be sure to cite any sources using APA style. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a guide.Through the end of the module, provide substantive responses to at least two other students’ initial posts.

  Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
  Initial Response	20
  Discussion Participation	20
  Writing Craftsmanship and Ethical Scholarship	10
  Total:	50

Complete your Business Plan Outline, incorporating the Feasibility Study/Opportunity Evaluation data.

Business Plan Outline – Marriotti and Glackin

This Outline matches the text in use in the Entrepreneurship course.

Business Plan Outline: a modified version following the format from 2 text sources –

1. The Daily Perc Coffee Shop, Inc. (see Marriotti and Glackin text Appendix 1).
2. Biz Builder Business Plan (see Marriotti and Glackin text Appendix 3).

See also one of several on-line versions of the Daily Perc Business Plan at the following links: http://www.compete-youth.eu/tools/downloads/Business_Plan_Case_Studies/The_Daily_Perc_Coffee-Shop.doc OR http://www.scribd.com/doc/3590477/Coffee-Shop-Sample-Business-Plan.

1.0 Executive Summary – Basic business; Markets & segments; Perceived competitive position

1.1 Objectives

1.2 Keys to Success

2.0 Mission, Vision, and Culture

2.1 Mission

2.2 Vision

2.3 Culture

3.0 Company Summary

3.1 Company Ownership – Form and Status

3.2 Start-up Summary

4.0 Market Analysis Summary

4.1 Market Segmentation
4.2 Target Market Segment Strategy

4.2.1 Market Needs

4.2.2 Market Trends

4.2.3 Market Growth

4.3 Industry Analysis (see 4.1 text pg. 452)

4.3.1 Competition and Buying Patterns

4.3.2 Distribution Patterns

4.3.3 Strategic Opportunities that Exist in the Industry

4.4 Environmental OR Competitive Analysis (see 4.2 and 4.3 text pg. 452)

5.0 Strategy and Implementation Summary

5.1 Products

5.1.1 Product Description

5.1.2 Competitive Comparison

5.1.3 Sourcing

5.1.4 Technology

5.1.5 Future Products

5.2 Competitive Edge

5.3 Marketing Strategy

5.3.1 Positioning Statements

5.3.2 Pricing Strategy

5.3.3 Promotion Strategy

5.3.4 Distribution Strategy

5.3.5 Marketing Programs

5.4 Sales Strategy

5.4.1 Sales Forecast (Monthly / Yearly)

5.4.2 Sales Programs

6.0 Management and Operations Summary

6.1 Personnel Plan

6.1.1 Organizational Structure

6.1.2 Management Team

6.2 Physical Locations/Facilities

6.3 Inventory, Production and Quality Assurance

6.4 Order Fulfillment and Customer Service (see 6.5 text pg. 454)

6.5 Research and Development (see 6.2 text pg. 454)

7.0 Financial Plan

7.1 Important Assumptions

7.2 Break-even Analysis – How long (how realistic)?

7.3 Projected Profit & Loss (Income Statement) – Quarterly for Year 1; Annual Years 2 & 3

7.4 Projected Cash Flow – Monthly for Year 1; Annual Years 2 & 3

7.5 Projected Balance Sheet – Day 1 Balance Sheet; then End of Year 3

7.6 Business Ratios (3 yrs) and Industry Standards (Benchmarks)

8.0 Funding Request and Exit Strategy

8.1 Funding Requirements

8.2 Exit Strategy

8.3 Milestones

9.0 Closing Summary

9.1 Value Proposition

9.2 Business Risk (see University Parent BP text pg. 437; also pg. 323)

9.2.1 Planning for Contingencies

9.2.2 Disaster/Crisis Planning

9.2.3 Protecting Intellectual Property

9.3 Communicating the Plan to Investors

9.3.1 Target Audience

9.3.2 Elevator Pitch

10.0 Appendices – additional support materials to enhance and clarify plan (as needed)

10.1 Management Resumes

10.2 Additional Financial Data

10.3 Demographic Data

10.4 Promotional Material

Evaluate the project you identified in Week 10, Discussion 1, in more detail by completing the tasks listed below. ((Separately do week 10 discussion 1 post too:

“Risk Balance of Project Portfolios” Please respond to the following:

• Consider an organization where you work or have worked. Discuss the risk balance or policy that senior management plays for a risky project. If you have not worked in such an environment, discuss a current project that has appeared in the news media.
• Using the example from the previous discussion, assess the senior management’s developing organizational capabilities. ))

Note that you will need to conduct further research on the project using the Internet as a resource in order to address all aspects of this assignment.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Evaluate the project scope.
2. Determine the two (2) major risks associated with the project. Explain each of the identified risks.
3. Examine the levels of uncertainty and complexity for the project.
4. Analyze the type of project learning that is addressed. Justify your response.
5. Examine the organizational mind-set and explain its impact on the project.
6. Propose changes you would recommend to the infrastructure for lessons learned.
7. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the project risk identification and assessment processes.
• Examine the various types of project risks.
• Analyze the process for diagnosing uncertainty and complexity in projects.
• Evaluate the types of learning in projects.
• Evaluate the organizational infrastructure for managing high-uncertainty projects.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing project risk.
• Write clearly and concisely about managing project risk using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using this rubric.

DO NOT COPY FROM INTERNET OR ANY OTHER SOURCE BECAUSE IT WILL BE CHECKED FOR PLAGIARISM!!!!!

This is reading response to story and poems. please read in the instructions and follow it to respond to the story and each poem

Below is the GUidelines in reponding to story and poems. There are total of seven (7) poems all together and one ( 1) story.

1. You may respond to the poems and stories you selected by discussing why you chose a particular poem or story (after reading several) and including favorite (or important) lines from the poem or story. You might like a piece of writing because the subject reminds you of a person, a place, or a situation that you know well. It’s fine to write about these in your responses.

2. Use the questions for responding to fiction to write your responses to the stories. (See below.)
3. Respond to the following for a personal response to the poetry; be sure to include lines from the poem for support.

• what you liked about the poem
• what you disliked
• whether you related to the poem personally and why
• your favorite lines (quote these)
• what you learned from the poem
• whether you would read it to a friend and why
• how the poem reflects the poet’s philosophical beliefs
• how the poem seems to relate to the poet’s life

what words you looked up as you were reading the poem (with definitions, of course)

GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO STORY

You must use quotations from the stories in your responses.

1. What did you like about the story? What did you dislike? Why?

2. Who is your favorite character? Is he or she like you in any way? Would you make the same decisions (or react in the same ways) in the same situations as this character? Why or why not? Which characters remind you of people you know?

3. What did you learn about American history, society, art, literature, philosophy, science (etc.) from this story? What research might you do to help you understand the story better?

4. What did you learn about life from the story?

5. In what ways do you identify with the story?

6. How would you describe the writer’s style or voice? Style includes use of irony, symbolism, figurative language, point of view, etc.
Here’s an interesting checklist of literary style that you might find helpful: Checklist: Elements of Literary Style

7. What are your favorite sentences, passages, words, etc. from the story?

Explain your choice.
8. What would you tell a friend about this story?
9. Who would you recommend this story to and why?
10. What value does this story have for you?
11. What connections do you find between the life of the author and his or her
work?
12. What questions did you have after you finished the story?
13. What words did you look up

ATTACHED IS THE STORY AND 7 POEMS.( THE SEVEN POEMS ARE ARE

1 the lynching

2. mother to son

3. out out

4.lLucinda Matlock

5.Luke Havenga

6.Yet do I marvel

7. This is just to say