Strategic Communications – (1,500 Words)

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General Assignment Information:

Education Level: Diploma

Subject of Assignment: Strategic Communications

Number of Words: 1,500 words

Type of Referencing: APA

Number of References Required: 5

Deadline: 7th Feb 2018 before 5:00 PM (Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong time)


Title of Assignment:

Getting the axe

Background:

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) chief executive Ng Yat Chung yesterday called on
staff to work together to take the company forward, while apologising for the “serious
lapse” which locked some 20 employees out of their computers before they were
informed of their retrenchment.

The staff from the English/Malay/Tamil Media group were among the 130 people that
SPH began retrenching last Thursday as part of restructuring efforts.

In an e-mail to employees, Mr Ng said the plan was to restrict access to critical
business systems for security reasons after affected staff were told of their
retrenchment, but the lapse led to them being locked out prematurely.

“It was most disconcerting to find out about their retrenchment this way. That was
never our intention,” he said. “For the pain caused to these colleagues, I apologise for
the serious lapse.”

Source: SPH chiefs address lapse during retrenchment. (2017, October 17). Retrieved
November 02, 2017, from http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sph-chiefs-address-lapse-
during-retrenchment

Assignment Question:

Discuss how SPH maintained public goodwill, or failed to maintain public goodwill, with its
key stakeholders throughout this crisis.

Develop a strategic communications plan to formulate how the crisis should have been
managed, and also how the plan should be carried out.

Your proposed plan should analyse
why and how strategic communication is required in various scenarios, and also examine
concepts in issues management that SPH would have to consider as it protects its corporate
reputation throughout this crisis.

Professional Communication

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Professional Communication

“Preparing Reports and Proposals – Research” Please respond to the following:

  • Locate a secondary source on EBSCOHost published in the past year that will help you explore the problem you have raised in your Justification Report. (Use the “Cite” tool on the EBSCOHost Website to copy and paste the APA Reference information into your response so that your classmates and instructor can see the source.)
  • Next, explain why you chose this source, and determine how it will help you to evaluate your alternatives (i.e. possible solutions offered) and arrive at a recommendation for your employer.

***This is a discussion, NOT a paper. Need 2 strong paragraphs with 2 references.***

global strategy?

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2 – 3 pages

Mike, one of the marketing strategists on your team, stops at your office door wanting to talk. “We use fabrics that are made domestically; however, there are issues with using these same fabrics globally. There are laws and regulations that prevent us from shipping these fabrics to other countries. This is a huge concern. One of our primary selling points is the consistency of quality of our product.”

You confirm Mike’s concern, “That’s an excellent point,” you say. “Now you’ve just given yourself and our team more work for the presentation. I’m sure that will come up. One of the board members used to run a textile plant in China.”

Mike nods his head in agreement. “I imagine textiles will not be the only resource concern,” he says.

Consider the following in your response:

  • Why should resources be a concern in a global strategy?
  • What resources may be a concern in the country you selected?
  • How will this impact the decision to move to the country that you selected?
  • How will this impact your competitive strategy in your global market?

Character Analysis, Writing homework help

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For this
discussion, you should analyze one character from the assigned reading. In your
analysis, you should address one of the following questions:

1.  What is the character’s
most important action in the assigned reading? Explain why.

2.  What is the character’s
dominant motivation? Is this motivation honorable? Explain.

3.  What is your overall
impression of the character? Why do you have this impression? Explain.

In your
response, provide specific details from the reading to strengthen your
argument. You should provide at least one direct quote from the textbook
formatted in MLA Style. For more information about MLA Style, see the Purdue
Online Writing Lab here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/.

Marketing-Product

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See attached. 

Powerpoint presentation of Walmart’s Information Systems.

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Overview: For the capstone assessment, you will create a business implementation plan and audiovisual presentation for the product, service, or idea you have been developing throughout your MBA coursework. In Milestone Six, you will submit an audiovisual presentation (such as a webcam presentation or PowerPoint with ) designed to pitch your concept to potential financial backers or senior executives. Your presentation should highlight the key elements of your business concept and implementation plan that are most likely to convince your audience to support the idea moving forward. Remember that while your audience wants to know you have thoroughly researched and planned out your idea, including implementation, they do not want a verbatim or lengthy repetition of the information in the business implementation plan when you pitch the idea. Instead, you should strategically select the information you will present and in how much detail based on your intended audience. You should bear in mind the key information they will want to know and the types of concerns they are likely to have, and anticipate the types of questions they are likely to ask. Also bear in mind that financial or managerial support for a project often has as much to do with the individuals leading the project as with the concept. Backers need to be convinced of project leaders’ and key staff’s ability to be the face and drivers of the idea, as well as of their honesty and integrity. Since you are presumably one of the key team members, how you present is just as important as what you present in building audience trust. Be sure to communicate clearly and professionally throughout.

Critical Elements:

 Highlight the key elements of your business concept and implementation plan that are most likely to convince your audience to support the idea.

 Strategically select the information you will present and the level of detail based on your intended audience.

 Anticipate the key information the audience will want to know, the types of concerns they are likely to have, and the types of questions they are likely to ask.

 Highlight the project leaders’ and key staff’s ability to be the face and drivers of the idea.

 Your presentation should be clear, professional, and engaging to a diverse business audience.

Rubric:

Guidelines for Submission: Your audiovisual presentation should be approximately 30 minutes (or roughly the equivalent of 25 slides) with sufficient audio to give the audience a clear, but concise, understanding of the concept and its eventual implementation. Cite your sources within the text of your slides and on a reference slide.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Not Proficient (0%) Value

Key Elements Includes the key elements of your business concept and implementation plan that are most likely to convince your audience to support the idea

Does not include the key elements of your business concept and implementation plan that are most likely to convince the audience to support the idea 20

Strategic Selection of Information and Level of Detail Strategically selects the information and level of detail based on the intended audience Does not strategically select the information and level of detail based on the intended audience 20

Audience Presentation anticipates key information the audience will want to know, the types of concerns they are likely to have, and the types of questions they are likely to ask Presentation does not anticipate key information the audience will want to know, the types of concerns they are likely to have, and the types of questions they are likely to ask 15

Project Leaders and Key Staff Highlights the project leaders’ and key staff’s ability to be the face and drivers of the idea Does not highlight the project leaders’ and key staff’s ability to be the face and drivers of the idea 15

Presentation Presentation communicates in a clear, professional, and engaging manner Presentation does not communicate in a clear, professional, and engaging manner 15

Articulation of Response Submission does not have critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 15

Total 100%

answer the following question

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Discussion Forum 3 Mutual Fund Project

Please select your mutual fund and enter the ticker symbol into morningstar.com, all of the answers to these questions can be found on the Morningstar website.

Please answer all of the questions:

1) What is the name of your fund and what is the ticker symbol?

2) What is the fund’s investment strategy (i.e. large cap stock, small cap stocks, technology, etc.)

3) What are the funds past 1, 3, 5, and 10 year performance returns?

4) What is the fund’s appropriate benchmark?

5) What are the fund’s fees and expenses?

6) What is the fund’s 3 year standard deviation (risk) of the fund and do you think this is a good estimate of the risk going forward?

7) What is the mutual fund’s top 5 holdings?

8) What sectors is the fund overweight and underweight compared to its benchmark and category average?

9) Why did you select this mutual fund for this assignment?

10) Calculate how much money you would need to save every month in order to accumulate $250,000 in 15 years using the 10 year track record of returns from your fund as I/Y.

Complete Annotated Bibliography on Electric Cars (DEVRY)

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MY PART (TOPIC): THE POLITCAL VIEWS GOOD AND BAD OF ELECTRIC CARS

This week, you will assemble at least five scholarly academic references that will be used to write your section of the research paper for the team Course Project. This is an individual assignment, and each team member must submit an original document that identifies potential sources for their subsections of the team Course Project. These sources will be the building blocks for your draft, so be sure to spend time searching for sources, reading critically, and considering your selected source material in relation to the team preliminary thesis.

You will need to list your references using APA format and provide a brief explanation of each resource indicating how that resource will be used in your portion of the Course Project. Citations should be academic or industry based in nature and gathered from reputable sources. The focus should be on your specific research assignment and connections to your thesis. An approximate length for this bibliography is two to three pages.

Power Point, please quote the attached question

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For the final part of your course project, you will create a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint (approximately 10 to 15 slides) of the project you have compiled over the past 4 modules. The presentation should be an overview of the information contained in the project plan. The Final Project PowerPoint presentation should include the synopsis of the following:

  • Project Selection
  • Work breakdown into the three phases of the project life cycle
  • Scope statement
  • Communications plan
  • Risk analysis
  • Project Budget
  • Project Schedule
  • Resource Plan
  • Reconciliation of project tasks as per life cycle phases, process groups and project management knowledge areas.

If you are new to creating a PowerPoint presentation, visit the following free tutorial websites for assistance:

  • Attached are the current modules for this project please use what is needed

important

In addition, you will be submitting your final written project proposal report. Using the templates and plans you have developed over the course, write a final proposal on how you recommend the Annual Convention be planned and delivered. The final report must emphasize Project Management. Your final proposal should be a minimum of 5 pages.

Please assist with the question below

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  1. Explain the importance of careers in adult life and various career selection theories. (CLO 1 and 2)
  2. Understand the advocacy role that the Association of Adults and Retired Persons (AARP) plays in policies aimed at older adults. (CLO 3)

Directions:

Career: The Case of Sarah Martin from Fried and Mehrotra (1998)

Read the following scenario and post your first response in the discussion, then respond to one or more post:

“Sarah Martin, a 58-year-old Black woman, works in a sales position at Anderson’s Department Store. She enjoys working with the customers as well as the other employees. in recent years, the turnover at Anderson’s has been quite high, especially in the women’s division, where Sarah works. In less the 2 years, she has worked under the supervision of three division managers. Every time there is an opening, a salesperson from the women’s division or from another division within the store is brought in to manage the division. All of them tend to be under the age of 40. Last month, Sarah requested that she be considered the next time there was an opening for the divisions manager’s position. She knows that the position involves more responsibility than her current position. However, a higher salary, a commission on total sales within the division, and the availability of stock options make the position financially attractive for her. She feels that her 5 years of experience at Anderson’s, together with her previous experience in similar companies, have prepared her well for the position.”

“During the past 8 months, when has been passed over for promotions on two occasions. At first she informally expressed her disappointment to Ronald Johnson, the store manager. on the second occasion, she demanded an explanation from him. Johnson finally agreed to meet with Sarah. He began by reviewing Sarah’s work record. Although the company did not have a formal employee review policy, Johnson referred to handwritten notes from Sarah’s personnel file. He pointed out that her record was only average. While he acknowledged that she was a dependable worker with a good attendance record, he said that these qualities alone do not make her a first-rate candidate for the division manager’s position.

“Although Sarah is still working at Anderson’s, she is disheartened by the lack of opportunities to handle new challenges and responsibilities. Some of her associates think that this may be a case of age discrimination and have encouraged her to discuss this situation with an attorney. She is hesitating to lodge an age discrimination complaint, because such an action may creative additional difficulties for her in the company and may lead to harassment by management” (p. 121).

Fried, S. B. & Mehrotra, C. M. (1998). Aging and diversity: An active learning experience. Washington, D. C.: Taylor & Francis.

CONSIDER ONE of the following:

  • Look up the position of sales manager in the occupational outlook handbook (OOH), and describe how Sarah might become one according to the “how to become one” section for that job in the OOH.
  • Describe the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967, whether you believe that Ms. Martin has a case, and report back on the number of ADEA charges in on US state in 2016.