Task: Learning ObjectivesThis assignment will enable you to apply the concepts learnt in the subject. At the end of the assignment, you should be able to demonstrate your ability to:• evaluate the technologies that enable fintech innovations;• describe the development of fintech in the financial services industry;• assess financial products and services with opportunities for fintech to add value;• explain the critical factors for the ...
Task Research Question: “Does the collaboration strategy proposed by SADC provide a feasible solution to controlling and eradicating transnational organised crime between member states?” Read the following piece that was published by the Institute for Security Studies on 3 March 2021 and follow the instructions: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is working on a comprehensive strategy to identify, understand and c...
Questions: I choose Broad Differentiation Strategy (high quality, good prices, all market segments) for all Round 1-8. Question 1 to 4 is focus on Round 8 ( I will attach Round 8 Report) focus on the entire simulation (all rounds). (I screenshot the decision summary score and paste it all the way down below. Reflect on Round 8 of the CapsimCore simulation in which you made decisions. Include the following information:1. Which st...
Task Module Description This module is designed to help students understand and evaluate various aspects of Strategic Management in a global context. The module explores theories, models and frameworks to provide insight on how an organization’s life cycle evolves through various stages to achieve excellence. The module helps students to evaluate the relationship between organizational strategies, performance and stakeholder expectation...
Tasks: Assignment Task 1 Strategic Report Scenario: Your first assignment is to help save a company that is on the ropes: it is losing money, it is losing market share, and it seems to have lost its identity. Unless you intervene, the company will have to fold. You will write a formal report and you may use graphics and charts in the report that will be sent ahead of the Board meeting to each member of the Board. The report s...
Task: How to write a Systematic Review to answer a PICOT question. Essentially, your systematic review is a study of studies already conducted on a specific topic and available in in scholarly journals. The study of the studies is used to answer a specific research question, your PICOT question. You created criteria for deciding on which evidence is included or excluded when starting the systematic review. By doing this, you as the author he...
Choose one company within the industry that was chosen for Assessment 2. This needs to be a ‘real’ company that you can research. Imagine you are the Senior R&D for this company. Write a report for your Board of Directors outlining your innovation strategy and your plan to implement this strategy. To ensure you have a good report, you are encouraged to examine and critique innovation theories, concepts, tools and look at way...
Question 1 — Revisiting your first assignment. Give an overview of the main problem identified, insights gained from research and the idea and brand that you developed to solve it. This should be a summary of your first assignment, as it gives context to this summative assignment. Question 2 — Business model analysis Develop a business model and a value proposition for your innovation, by making use of Strategyzer’s – B...
Task: The questionnaireThe Corporate Entrepreneurship Audit (CEA) offers a structured, research-based approach to assessing the entrepreneurial orientation of organizational architecture. This diagnostic tool can be applied to any level of organization – the organization overall, division, department and so on. It provides a means of analyzing potential areas for improvement based upon issues flagged in this book, rather than a crude pass/...
The Primary Health Care Strategy (Ministry of Health, 2001) sets the direction for the future development of Primary health care. Task one: Discuss the vision and key directions of the Primary Health Care Strategy (2001). Select another strategy/plan from the list below and evaluate how that strategy/plan contributes to the current development of primary health care in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ala Mo’ui Pathways to Pacific Health and Wel...
Task: Individual Assignment 3 Discussion on Chapters 13,14, 16, and 17 (50 pts): Presentations on Module 05 and 06 Instructional Materials, articles “Can Sales Promotions Go Global?” and "How ‘social’ are social media? A cross-cultural comparison of online and offline purchase decision influences”, HBS case “Diageo: Innovating for Africa” and “L’Oréal Global Brand Local Knowledge&rd...
Questions: Give An Example Of a Company For Each Three Directional Strategies And Where Would You Use These Strategies And How And When? Answers: Introduction Growth Hexa Oil and Gas The company produces mot of their products themselves rather than outsourcing to others. Vertical Growth Helps in understanding the ways in current market scenario(Ahmed, 2016) This must be used when the company is trying to expand in the same prod...
Question: Using relevant course material and wider reading, present a literature review that critically evaluates the key factors currently facing and influencing organisations operating in the global landscape of 2020/ 2021 and in the future? How to potentially address the task / question – a suggestion only! In attempting to answer the question, remember that views of globalisation have changed over many years up to 2020 e.g. Yip 198...
Task Case Study Ethiopian Airlines: Bringing Africa Together Description of the Task Read the case study affixed in the email thoroughly. Explain your answers comprehensively for the essay questions listed below based on the case. Provide introduction, body, conclusion and referencing format. The concepts from the slides can be a guide (as it is too short) but not the absolute answer Q1: Describe in detail the business model that ma...
Task: Part 1 (Evaluate existing business processes by applying appropriate concepts, theories and methodsUsing the specific operations performance objectives it can be argued that Primark UK is focussed on satisfying its customers’ requirements for fast and dependable services at a reasonable market price, through strategic partnerships that assist its customers to improve the services they offer (value for customers). Specifically you s...
Task You are required to prepare a 5-year strategy review to shareholders for evaluating the business simulation activity of a listed (registered) company of your choice. In your report you should cover: Vision and Strategy (e.g. vision, values, mission, HR. Culture) Performance review of each years progress including: Competition analysis: Porter's Five Forces: market choice/ share: competitors; internal ca...
Assignment 1 (group presentation) For this assignment you should form groups of three and select a New Zealand based company. This group assignment is worth a maximum of 30% of marks for this BIBM 654 paper overall and corresponds to Learning Outcome 1 and 2. This assignment consists of three parts. First you need to identify the target market of your chosen company. Then, unpack and describe the company’s current marketing communication st...
Question: Economic crisis In 2008, the world economy crashed and so did the “Big Three” US car manufacturers. General Motors (GM) filed for bankruptcy, Ford Corporation reported a $12.7 Billion loss, and later in 2009 Chrysler went into bankruptcy protection. However, their Japanese counterpart, Toyota Motor Company, sustained its leadership in the car industry. Toyota Motor Company considered “this headwind as a valuable op...
Questions: Case Study The Fit Stop Ltd. is a new firm that will open its doors exactly four months from today. Its business objective is to sell all types of training, fitness, conditioning, and exercise equipment to the general public. The Fit Stop plans to specialize in this equipment and to provide customers with personalized advice geared to a customer’s specific training or conditioning needs (e.g., training for a particular...
Task Assignment Brief and guidance Purpose of this assessment The assignment is designed to test the students to the principles of marketing, enabling them to develop a basic marketing plan and to employ elements of the marketing mix to achieve results. Scenario You have been appointed as the new Marketing Manager for Bulb Energy Ltd. Bulb has been operating in the UK since 2015. They are one of the sma ever y start-ups that compete against ...
Part 1 Using the specific operations performance objectives it can be argued that LIDL UK is focussed on satisfying its customers’ requirements for fast and dependable services at a reasonable market price, through strategic partnerships that assist its customers to improve the services they offer (value for customers). Specifically you should: 1.Outline the essential components for ‘effective business operations management&rs...
Question: Part 1: Using the specific operations performance objectives it can be argued that LIDL UK is focussed on satisfying its customers’ requirements for fast and dependable services at a reasonable market price, through strategic partnerships that assist its customers to improve the services they offer (value for customers). Specifically you should: 1.Outline the essential components for ‘effective business operations...
Question: Task: In this assignment, you are provided with a case which includes data relating to static budget, flexible budget, and variance analysis. You will transcribe the data from the case and create: • Static budget• Actual budget• Flexible budget• Static budget variance• Flexible budget variance• Variance analysisYou will also write a memo regarding possible unethical practices during budget preparat...
Case Study: 1. Cover page 2. One-page, single spaced Executive Summary for the case. This is a summary of your analysis, which is described in full in the seven appendices. The Executive Summary must be able to stand on its own as a document that provides the reader with the most important and essential information described in detail in the seven Appendices. Seven each containing citations and APA-style references, including ...
Questions: Assessment Details (1)(1) Specific Requirements: This is a research-based group assignment designed to test students in regard to the principal learning outcomes for the module as set out in the Module Guide. For the purposes of the assignment, each student group is required to adopt the role of an external strategy consulting group reporting to, and advising, the Board of Directors of a large domestic or international organisation...