Babycakes,
a specialty bakery, is the company that will be considered for all
parts of your budget planning and control report. For this assignment,
you will develop a three to four (3 – 4) page paper in which you
address the following.

1. Briefly discuss the ways a realistic budget will benefit the owner of Babycakes versus having no budget at all. Be sure to use Babycakes as the company and any specific product details in your explanation.
2. Prepare a sales budget for the LA Babycakes store for the 4th quarter of 2016. Present
   the number of units, sales price, and total sales for each month;
   include October, November, and December, and a total for the quarter.
   Use one-half of the Valentine’s Day sales as the basis for a usual day
   in the new quarter. Use 30 days for each month. Calculate the total
   sales for each month for October, November, and December.
3. Create
   three (3) new products, one (1) for each of the three (3) holiday
   seasons in the 4th quarter. Estimate the sales units, sales price, and
   total sales for each month. Describe the assumptions used to make these
   estimates. Include an overview of the budget in the report, presenting
   the actual budget as an appendix with all data and calculations. Add
   these amounts to your sales budget.
4. The owner of Babycakes
   is interested in preparing a flexible budget rather than the static
   budget she currently uses. She does not understand why, when sales
   increase, her static budget often shows an unfavorable variance.
   Explain how a flexible budget will overcome this problem. Use the
   details of your newly prepared budget for the 4th quarter of 2016 to
   address her concern.
5. Imagine that Babycakes is facing a
   financial challenge that is causing the actual amount of money that it
   spends to become significantly more than its budgeted amount. Include a
   discussion of your own unique cause of the overspending. Explain the
   corrective actions needed to address these challenges.
6. Integrate relevant information from at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. 

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; 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 page length.
• An abstract is not required.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate
  management control systems and examine their relationship with
  accounting and planning, including feedback and non-financial
  performance measurements.
• Evaluate decision-making tools for capital investments, budgeting, and budgeting controls.
• Analyze financial accounting tools and techniques that convert financial accounting data into information for decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting for managers.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics.

Before approaching this assignment, be sure that you have watched the following video.

Budgetary Planning featuring Babycakes *FULL VIDEO*. (2016). YouTube on

TOPIC 1:

This is a bit of a review of a marketing principle you learned in MRKT 310, but since there is a question on it for our next case, I thought a review might be in order.

There are three levels of a product that require marketers to take into consideration when making strategy decisions. Each level adds more consumer value.

LEVEL 1 — Core customer value. This level answers the question: What is the buying really buying? It addresses the consumer’s problem for which this product meets that need. For example, a woman looking for lipstick is really looking for lip beauty.

LEVEL 2 — Actual product. This is the one we are most familiar with, it is the description of the product including its features, design, quality level, brand name and packaging. Carrying forth our lipstick example, this might be Revlon, Everlast lipstick, 20 different shades, easy to hold stick, platinum futuristic looking package, unique patented formula that holds color for at least 20 hours, both glossy and mat finishes. (I don’t wear lipstick so this is made up).

LEVEL 3 — Augmented product. Additional customer features and benefits and services. For lipstick it might be a money back guarantee, perhaps an optional carrying case with mirror, a website for user comments, an 800 number for questions, etc.

Your task, take a product you use everyday and run it through the three levels. Then discuss how the three levels might differ if the same product were to be marketed in a lesser developed country. What is the same, what is different? What implications does this have for the marketer?

Use a reference and comment on two (2) classmates’ posts.

TOPIC 2:

Again, this is a review concept that you are asked to discuss in your next CWA.

The product/market expansion grid contains four quadrants. The quadrants are designed based on two dimensions, markets and products. The grid looks like this:

Your task: How do you think this grid applies to a company marketing multiple products in multiple countries? Is the analysis different for a global company with standardized products?

1. Students are to submit an 8-10 page, single-spaced business style report, of self-selected topic. This deliverable will be used by the Instructor to gauge whether the student “gets it”, whether they truly understand course material, and are able to apply it to a relevant scenario. Appropriate reference citations are expected.
2. My topic was IT Company and I’ll provide that as a sort of idea + the instructor review
3. Here is the review: Great topic and lots of ways you can focus for your final paper. Internet of Things, Cloud security, intellectual property rights, privacy concerns, etc. are all hot topics. Use charts/graphs to help communicate visual data on growth trends, etc. Good job so far!

for this assignment please follow the instructions. Please no plagerism no copy and paste attached are 2 resources to help with assignment

Instructions

1. Use the Educational Change Model noted in the assignment introduction to write a paper that outlines a change needed in your organization. Create a flowchart to demonstrate the curriculum implementation process.
2. Conclude with a brief narrative noting any resistance you might encounter.
3. Include specific steps you will take to overcome any resistance.

Length: 7 pages not including title and reference pages.
References: Minimum of 2 scholarly resources.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.