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Analyze major cultural aspects of the international business

Differences between leadership and management

Question 1: Describe the similarities and differences between leadership and management. Explain the six types of power identified by French and Raven. What is the relationship between leadership and power?

Question 2: What are the strengths and criticisms of the trait approach? What are the Big 5 personality factors and how do they relate to leadership? What is charisma?

Question 3: What are the strengths and criticisms of the skills approach? Explain each element of the Three-Skill Approach. Explain the difference between a skill and a trait.

Question 4: What are the strengths and criticisms of the behavioral approach? What are the characteristics of each of the seven leadership styles shown on the Leadership Grid? What is the relationship between a leader’s dominant style and backup style?

Trends in organizational strategies

Question – A study of the U.S. Department of Labor completed by the Rand Corporation showed that the nation’s work force will be smaller, more diverse, more mobile, and more vulnerable to global competition. What implications (positive and negative) do these trends have for organizational strategies?

Discuss the challenge of change

Change is usually positive, but it can also be difficult to embrace at times. Employees can be resistant to change, while managers may feel that it is necessary for organizational stability. Discuss the challenge of change as it relates to health care organizations. What is the overall impact of change on the organization, its employees, and its constituents, and what role does the manager play as an agent of change? In addition to responding to these questions, review the examples of successful change in your textbook and choose two examples to discuss in greater detail. What did you learn from these examples? In each case, how did the individuals overcome the barriers to change, and what were the resulting benefits?

Discuss about leadership development and social change

Discussion : Leadership Development and Social Change

Leadership and management development can go beyond the day-to-day operations of an organization and can actually help contribute to promoting positive social change at many levels. The human resource skills of effective managers translate well in promoting social causes like gender and economic equality.

Based on your reading for this week:

Consider how companies can utilize leadership development to promote positive social change within an organization and around the community.

Post by Day 4 a substantive response of approximately 200-250 words that addresses the following:

Identify a company from your professional experience, including its industry and location.

Describe leadership development strategies that the company could employ within the organization to promote positive social change.

Explain how these leadership strategies could benefit both the company and the industry.

Use the Week 6 Discussion 2 Template (located in this week’s Learning Resources) to develop a draft of your response. Then, post your finalized statement to the Discussion Thread.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond by Day 7 with at least 75 words each to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Ask a probing question.

Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.

Offer and support an opinion.

Make a suggestion.

Expand on your colleague’s posting.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you learned and the insights you gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources and any additional sources.

Week 6 Learning Resources

Required Resources

Readings

Blanchard, P. N., & Thacker, J. W. (2013). Effective training: Systems, strategies, and practices(5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall.

Chapter 11, “Employee and Management Development” (pp. 399-434)

Chapter 11 deals solely with the development of managers in an organization. In this chapter, you will study the roles, traits, and strategies of managers in an organization. You will also explore the various developmental strategies and training programs that benefit the development of managerial roles in an organization.

Focus on the reasons for and implications of creating training strategies for various managerial levels in an organization. This will help you create training programs focused on management needs, and bridge the gap between organizational goals and management principles.

Optional Resources

Afshar, V. (2014). The skills of a social business leader. Retrieved from

http://www.inc.com/disneyinstitute/afshar/social-business-leader.html

Castellano, S. (2014). Reflections on leadership. TD: Talent Development, 68(12), 66-68.
PricewaterhouseCoopers. (2008). How leadership must change to meet the future. Retrieved from

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/people-management/assets/future-leadership-change.pdf

Ray, K. W., & Goppelt, J. (2011). Understanding the effects of leadership development on the creation of organizational culture change: A research approach. International Journal of Training and Development, 15(1), 58-75.
Voloshin, K., & Winkle Giulioni, J. (2013). “Less is more” leadership development. TD, 67(9), 26-29.

Describe the reasoning and value behind the control choice

Strategic Goal = Apple is Acquiring Netflix.

As you’ve learned this week, the control process is essential to the achievement of goals. It allows a business to track their progress, make adjustments, and stay on schedule for what they’re trying to achieve. Your chosen goal from the strategic management project needs these same types of controls. This course project assignment will task you with creating a detailed control process for that goal. Think through all of the departments that might be involved in the completion of the goals and how they’ll need to be tracked. The course content from this week can be very useful in providing details on strategies and ideas for control processes. Some additional research will also prove useful.

This assignment should be at least two pages in length and complete the following:

• Identify four separate strategies that you will use to control your strategic goal.

• For each strategy:

o Identify which aspect or metric of the goal they’re controlling.
o Explain the reasoning and value behind the control choice.
o Identify the control as feed forward, concurrent, or feedback.

Create a plan to implement a firms strategy

Part 1: Operation, Technology, and Management PlanWrite a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you provide the following information below.

Operations Plan

Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash.

1. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide.

Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

2. Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional-level and business-level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.

o Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.

o Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.

o Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control.

What capacity do you intend to reach?

o Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?

o Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.

o Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?

3. Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

Technology Plan

4. Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

5. Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.

o Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

Management and Organization

6. Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.

7. Using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported / included in the MS Word document.

8. Provide a rationale for the management structure and style section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.

9. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
a. Cite the resources you have used to complete this exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

b. 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.
c. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

Part 2:

Business Plan

The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Create a plan to implement a firm’s strategy and manage the change from current operations.
• Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a draft of your business plan and an income statement containing your business plan financials (i.e. Week 7 Discussion “The Financials”). Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.

You must intend to raise money for your startup company. You can start with money from friends and family but at some point you will need funds from outside investors, either angels or venture capitalists, depending on how much money you project you will need to raise. Another possible angle is to develop money through crowdfunding, assuming your product meets the demand of such audiences.

Before you can raise money, you must develop a business plan that convinces an investor that your company will succeed.

Section 1: Business Plan (MS Word or equivalent)

Read Chapters 18 and 19 of the course text: Successful Business Plan. Use the Plan Preparation Forms at the end of each chapter of Successful Business Plan as a rough guide.

Write an approximately fifteen to twenty (15-20) page draft of your business plan in which you:

1. Revise the components of the following previously submitted sections based on the feedback you have received.

1.
a. Company Description (Assignment 1)
b. Industry Analysis and Trends (Assignment 1)
c. Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Assignment 1)
d. Target Market (Assignment 2)
e. Competition (Assignment 2)
f. Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Assignment 2)
2. Create an Ethics & Social Responsibility Plan.
Note: The Ethics & Social Responsibility plan should account for approximately three to five (3-5) pages of the Business Plan Draft.

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a. Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
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– Hints: Consider the following areas:
– Creating jobs
– Following the laws of every jurisdiction in which your company operates
– Fair and honest treatment of employees
– Non-discrimination of employees and increasing diversity of your work force
– Hints: If your company is designed as a social venture-in which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goal-describe what that goal is and what aspects of your company are designed to reach that goal. Provide a rationale for why you have or why you have not chosen this to be a social venture.

3.
b. Discuss how your company’s activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
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– Hints: As a beverage company, consider such issues as your choice of packaging, disposal of bottles / packages by consumers, and your use of resources, such as water in areas where water may be scarce.
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c. Determine any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
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d. Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population (e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your company’s plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.

3. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

a. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

b. 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.

c. 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.

Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)
4. For year one, revise and submit the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
• Create a plan to implement a firm’s strategy and manage the change from current operations.
• Analyze strategies for exerting the internal leadership needed to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives and improve operating excellence.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.

Analyze the leadership style of a contemporary leader

Case

Transformational, Transactional, and Charismatic Leadership

Assignment Overview

Background

We are all familiar with the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership, terms which were coined by James MacGregor Burns in his classic Leadership which was published in 1978, as well as the charismatic leader from movies and films. In this Case Assignment, you are going to examine these three leadership styles.

Required Readings

Fortune Magazine’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For 2016”

Case Assignment

Drawing on the material in the background readings and doing additional research, please prepare a 5- to 6-page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in which you do the following:

1. Compare and contrast the transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership styles.

2. Analyze the leadership style of a contemporary leader from one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 Companies to Work for in 2016 in terms of their transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership styles.

Keys to the Assignment
– Compare and contrast the three leadership styles. A table may be a good way to summarize some of the key points you come up with.
– Choose a company from Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 Companies to Work For 2016.
– Research the company and its leader, then answer the following questions.
o Analyze the leader in terms of their transformational, transactional, or charismatic leadership styles?
o What is the added value of this leadership style?
o What impact does this leadership style have on the organization’s overall image?
o Contrast this leadership style with United Airlines, named the worst company in America to work for by glassdoor.com.
o Based on your experiences and research, what kind of leadership style is needed to promote efficiency in an organization? Justify your response.

– These are not the only things must be covered, but are the minimum. You are encouraged to go deeper with the assignment and use your critical thinking skills to ascertain what other areas are important in making a company one of the top ones in which to work.

You need to complete this paper and must be written in APA Format.

Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business

Discussion

“Leadership and Ethics” Please respond to the following:

• Use the Internet to research someone you believe to be an ethical leader of a company. Focus on his or her actions of ethical leadership that support your viewpoint. Next, define what you believe constitutes ethical leadership. Provide two (2) examples of the selected leader’s actions that fit your definition of ethical leadership.

• Evaluate the leadership of a leader in your organization, or prior organization, in terms of the seven (7) habits of ethical leaders. Determine one (1) area in which this leader could improve upon, and suggest one (1) action that this leader could take in order to do so. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.

Case Study : Zappos: Delivering Customer Satisfaction

Read the “Zappos: Delivering Customer Satisfaction” case, located on page 475 of the textbook.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the manner in which Zappos’ leadership has fostered a culture of ethicalness in the company. Suggest two (2) actions that other companies can take in order to mimic this culture.

2. Determine the major impacts that Zappos’ leadership and ethical practices philosophy have had on its stakeholders.

3. Examine three (3) of the ethical challenges that Zappos faces. Recommend three (3) actions that Zappos’ leadership should take in order to address these ethical challenges.

4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the core values in relation to developing a culture of ethicalness. Determine the manner in which the core values support the stakeholder’s perspective.

5. Analyze the major ethical challenges that Zappos has faced. Determine whether or not you would have resolved these challenges differently than Zappos’ management. Provide a rationale for your response.

6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar 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:

• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.

• Analyze scenarios to determine the ethical character of decisions made and the related impact on the organization.

• Examine the significant issues of an ethical controversy in business to moral philosophy and values.

• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.

Examine the size and scope of the sports business

The purpose of this assignment is for students to examine the size and scope of the sports business industry and use that information to identify sports business career opportunities and trends.

Sports business jobs are diverse and can include jobs in areas such as sports promotion, sports production, and sports performance. As a sports business major, learning about a variety of jobs is essential as you begin to focus on the precise type of position you hope to gain upon graduating. When considering sports business careers, keep in mind that being a professional athlete or coach is a reality for a very small percentage of people. Most individuals work in the world of sports in a variety of other capacities. Below you will see a list of just a few occupations that can be found within different sectors of the sports industry.

1. Sport Performance: Event management, fitness and sports firms, sport finance, information technology, research and analytics, and team operations.
2. Sport Production: Retail sales, manufacturing, sporting goods/brands/consumer products, amateur and youth sports, sports governing bodies, facilities and operations, coaching and scouting, and fitness training.
3. Sport Promotion: Communications and public relations, sales and marketing, technology and social media, sports marketing suppliers, and media.

Conduct research about the sports business industry and identify three potential career opportunities that are of interest to you. Use the list provided above as a starting point in your search of sports industry careers. Do not feel limited by this list, but rather use it to help you generate other more specific jobs that may be of interest to you. Use your research along with the Topic Materials to create a graphic organizer (chart, table, etc.) that outlines the following elements for each career.

Graphic Organizer

1. Training and educational requirements
2. Specific job roles and responsibilities
3. Job growth trends
4. Salary outlook
5. Associated pros and cons

Essay

Based on what you have learned about each career, write a 750-1,000 word response that addresses the following questions.

1. What did your research inform you concerning the size and scope of the sports business industry?
2. What sports business career trends did you notice as you conducted your research?
3. Based upon what you learned from the assignment, which of the careers you researched, if any, would you seriously consider pursuing? Explain why.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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

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