Option #2: Strategic Advantage and SWOT Analysis

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Consider Nikolaou, Ierapetritis, & Tsagarakis (2011) and analyze this question in light of our learning in the past three weeks: What do they have to tell us about using a SWOT analysis to develop a strategic advantage? How can you most efficiently develop a SWOT analysis; and when might you decide not to use one?

Your well-written paper should:

  • Be 3-4 pages in length, not including cover and reference pages.
  • Be formatted according to theCSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.
  • Cite a minimum of three sources–two of which should be academic peer-reviewed scholarly sources to support your responses–in addition to your textbook. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these resources.

Note that written assignments must have a title page, section headers, an introduction, a conclusion, and a reference page. Refer to the Critical Thinking Rubric available in the Module 3 Folder for information on grading.

Accounting article review 400 words.

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Using the GCU Library locate a journal article about responsibility accounting. In the subject line of your post, include the name of the article that you read. Post a link to that article with your initial post, and provide a summary and a reaction to the article. The summary should be approximately 250 words, and the reaction should be approximately 150 words. The summary should describe the major points of the article, and the reaction should demonstrate your interpretation of the article and how you can apply that knowledge. Do not choose an article that one of your classmates has already posted. To participate in follow-up discussion, choose one of the articles that a classmate has posted and provide your own reaction to it. Note: It will be challenging to find a relevant article if you do not use the library.

Please include proper citations in your discussion post. Points will be deducted if proper citations are not used.

APA

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Write a paper of 500–700 words on metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) used in logistics and supply chain operations. Include the following:

  • Explain the importance of developing metrics and KPIs in logistics and supply chain operations.
  • Complete research on a company of your choice, and provide at least 2 metrics used by this organization.
    • Focus your research on the logistics and SCM departments of your selected organization.
    • Support your research with a table, chart, graph, or any other graphical item that communicates the metrics that you identified.
  • Explain what the metrics indicate and how they can benefit the organization.
  • Lastly, how can your company develop KPIs that track ethical performance? Why is this important to business success?

Negotiating a Contract with the Navy, business and finance homework help

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Assignment 4: Negotiating a Contract with the Navy

Worth 150 points

Based on the same scenario as in Assignments 1, 2, and 3, you are now considering additional factors needed for your proposal based on RFP #123456789, dated 07/14/2014, where another local competitor intends to submit a proposal.

Additional factors to consider are:

  • Although you have always built in a profit margin of ten percent (10%) for commercial flooring jobs, you are willing to consider a lesser profit margin in this case in order to win the contract.
  • The Navy’s Contract Administration Officer is known to be a smart, tough negotiator.

Write a three (3) page paper in which you:

  • Determine two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Determine two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Use at least four (4) quality references Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify 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:

  • Explain the government acquisition process using sealed bidding, negotiations, and alternative contracting methods.
  • Outline and explain the process for developing competitive proposals and source selection.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in federal acquisition and contract management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about federal acquisition and contract management 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 the following rubric.

Points: 150

Assignment 4: Negotiating a Contract with the Navy

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Determine two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 35%

Did not submit or incompletely determined two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently determined two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined two (2) potential profit objectives that you will consider for accepting a less than normal profit margin if you win the contract. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

2. Determine two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.
Weight: 40%

Did not submit or incompletely determined two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently determined two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Partly provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined two to three (2-3) negotiation strategies or tactics that you feel would be effective for winning the contract. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

3. 3 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

4. Writing mechanics, grammar, and formatting

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

5. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference section

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are given, but not in APA format.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

6. Information literacy / integration of sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

7. Clarity and coherence of writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Marketing and Strategy Case

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For this assignment you will looking at two completely different companies that sell completely different types of products. However, both companies have strong international potential. As you read about in the background materials, different types of products lead to different types of strategies regarding standardization or adaptation and whether you decide to become a global, multi-domestic, or transnational corporation.

The first business you will look at is Roy Choi’s restaurant empire. Choi started out with a single food truck in Los Angeles, but soon gained celebrity status as one of the country’s most famous chefs and the inspiration for the recent movie Chef. Food trucks soon became huge craze in Los Angeles, and Choi has since gone on to open up multiple additional restaurants and even has plans for a fast food chain. His fame and multi-ethnic cuisine gives him large potential if he ever decides to take his business overseas.

The second business to look at is Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone company that is starting to expand internationally. The smartphone business is a notoriously tough market with dominant competitors such as Apple and Samsung. Xiaomi has gained market share in China and is starting to expand into some neighboring countries. Given the high price of smartphones from Apple and Samsung, there may be room for a lower priced competitor in the global smartphone market.

Do a careful review of the concept of standardization and adaption in Herbig (1998) and Chapter 14.3 of Carpenter and Dunung (2012) and the concepts of multi-domestic, global, and transnational strategies in Chapter 10.3 of Carpenter and Dunung (2012). Then do some research on Roy Choi and Xiaomi in the Trident library or other sources. Here are some articles to get you started:

Walker, T. (2013, Dec 14). Keep on trucking. The Independent [Proquest]

Frausto, M. (2014, Sep 10). Choi’s eyes bigger than his stomach? Orange County Register [Proquest]

Larson, C. (2014, Dec). Xiaomi’s resolution: Double its smartphone sales volume in 2014. Business Week [Proquest and Businessweek.com]

Mozur, P. (2013, Oct 08). How upstart Xiaomi rattled China’s smartphone race. Wall Street Journal [Proquest]

Once you have finished your research, write a four to five page paper answering the following questions:

  1. What kind of strategy would you recommend if Roy Choi decided to expand his food truck or restaurant business internationally? Would you recommend product standardization or localization? Which overall strategy would you recommend – transnational, multi-domestic, or global? Explain your reasoning and apply the concepts from Carpenter and Dunung (2012) and Herbig (1998).
  2. What kind of strategy would you recommend for Xiaomi’s international expansion? Would you recommend product standardization or localization? Which overall strategy would you recommend – transnational, multi-domestic, or global? Explain your reasoning and apply the concepts from Carpenter and Dunung (2012) and Herbig (1998).

Read Article and Answer the questions

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Read the attached article and answer the questions below. No outside resource.

1.Define public policy (2 points):

2.Briefly describe four types of market failure (2 points for each type).

Type 1:

Type 2:

Type 3:

Type 4:

3.Short Essay (8 points): Write a two to four paragraph answer to the following short essay question.Be sure to include information from the readings. How would you explain the difference between a private good and a public good? Define and Give example.

4.Short Essay (8 points): Write a two to four paragraph answer to the following short essay question.Be sure to include information from the readings.Which of the four methods for evaluating public policy do you think is the best method?Why?

Critical Response

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Please use simple words (300-400)

  1. Read and annotate the first three articles located in the Unit 2 Resources module: “A New Journalism for Democracy in a New Age,” “Facebook Mounts Efforts to Limit Tide of Fake News,” and “How to Save the News.”
  2. For your critical response, use the “Evolution of a Claim” packet and your reading of Chapter 2 of your book to write a 250-500 word response on the topic of Fake News and the Unstable State of Journalism. You should make the four moves Chapter 2 discusses: illustrating, authorizing, borrowing, and extending. Be sure to label these four moves in your writing. You can put an “I,” “A,” “B,” and “E” to indicate which is which. Also, it’s really important that when you are paraphrasing or quoting from the articles or videos we watched, you must put a citation to avoid plagiarism. Submit a copy of this assignment in PDF or Word format to this link by the start of class on Tuesday, 3/13 and bring a hard copy to class as well.

Case Study on Moral Status- Fetal Abnormality

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Write a 750-1000 word analysis of “Case Study: Fetal Abnormality.” Be sure to address the following questions:

  1. Which theory or theories are being used by Jessica, Marco, Maria, and Dr. Wilson to determine the moral status of the fetus? Explain.
  2. How does the theory determine or influence each of their recommendation for action?
  3. What theory do you agree with? How would that theory determine or influence the recommendation for action?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Victimless Crimes

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Introduction

Most crimes have specific and identifiable victims but that some, such as the crimes against public decency and morality are considered victimless crimes. Some of these crimes include prostitution, drug use, gambling, and crimes involving pornography and obscenity fall into this category. Whether these are truly “victimless” crimes is open to debate and some claim that such offenses are an attempt to legislate morality.

In your main post, discuss the following:

  • Analyze whether you believe any crimes are truly victimless, supporting your position with at least one example.
  • Evaluate how many of these offenses against morality are likely to change in the foreseeable future due to a shift toward a more liberal or conservative approach to crime.
  • Explain whether, if a crime is considered to be victimless, that would impact how you would carry out your duties as a law enforcement officer witnessing the commission of such a crime.

Unit 9 Discussion Explain the basic premise and components of Parent Effectiveness Training

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Discussion for this week will focus on the Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) which is an effective family intervention strategy for working with at-risk youth.

  1. Explain the basic premise and components of Parent Effectiveness Training.
  2. Why is this strategy considered to be effective in working with at-risk youth?
  3. What legal and ethical issues need to be considered when using this intervention?
  4. Find a television show (or movie or book) that depicts a specific parenting situation. Describe which “problem ownership” category the scenario in the clip falls into and why.
  5. Discuss which schools (active listening, sending I-messages, mutual problem solving) could be used effectively in each clip and justify your selection.

Please make sure this is at least 300-350 words thank you