...Reasoning Aptitude Paper: Haywood Lewis University of Phoenix Consulting/MGT 527 Catherine Garcia July 21, 2013 The Aptitude Test is a good tool to help a person determine strengths and weaknesses. They are very useful for individuals considering joining the military or agencies trying to match candidates in the civilian workforce. Aptitude Tests are classified as speed test and determine how many questions that a person can answer correctly in an allotted time. Speed test are normally used for clerical and administrative jobs. Professional and managerial type jobs use the power test. The Aptitude Test confirmed that I work well in careers where success comes from applying practical skills and where thinking is used mostly to solve practical problems. That was a very good assessment. I really enjoy jobs that allow me to think and use my natural skills and leadership ability. It also showed that I place values high on my priority list. I believe that having good values is the key to success. Having good values and ethics in the workplace, helps the organization keep order and allows the company to function smoothly and remains profitable. Individual values should align with company values in the workplace. Integrity is the value that I think is most important in the workplace. It is important to display honesty in the workplace at all time. Employers want to know that they can trust you and that you are going to do the right thing at all times. ...
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...Best Game Production: Company Background and Business Scenario Carolyn Williams January 14, 2013 Com/537 Organizational Communications Marian Karcher/Instructor Best Game Productions A large video game company. Created within (2) years Anticipating high among customers Game bug discovered (major dilemma) Customer disappointment and loss of sales Maintain customers faith and loyalty for future sales Dilemma Development has been for (2) years Release date had been delayed due to the recent discovery of the game’s bug Do they ignore the bug and release the video game on the anticipated date, or do they delay the game’s release to fix the bug? Customer Anticipation Unless the bug is fixed, the game will not release until January Causing customer disappointment and loss of holiday sales. However, releasing the game on the expected date could also cause customer disappointment Due to the decreased quality of the game, affecting company loyalty, and future game sales. Internal and External Stakeholders Owners CEO Creditors/Investors Customers The company’s developers, quality control, marketing, public relations, and finance employees Stakeholder Needs Maintain customer anticipating and excitement for the video game and released on time for the holidays Correct any gaming bugs that exist Stakeholder Motivations The game must meet the company’s standards of quality Time should be allowed to correct the problem Customers to receive...
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...Best Game Production: Company Background and Business Scenario Carolyn Williams January 14, 2013 Com/537 Organizational Communications Marian Karcher/Instructor Best Game Productions A large video game company. Created within (2) years Anticipating high among customers Game bug discovered (major dilemma) Customer disappointment and loss of sales Maintain customers faith and loyalty for future sales Dilemma Development has been for (2) years Release date had been delayed due to the recent discovery of the game’s bug Do they ignore the bug and release the video game on the anticipated date, or do they delay the game’s release to fix the bug? Customer Anticipation Unless the bug is fixed, the game will not release until January Causing customer disappointment and loss of holiday sales. However, releasing the game on the expected date could also cause customer disappointment Due to the decreased quality of the game, affecting company loyalty, and future game sales. Internal and External Stakeholders Owners CEO Creditors/Investors Customers The company’s developers, quality control, marketing, public relations, and finance employees Stakeholder Needs Maintain customer anticipating and excitement for the video game and released on time for the holidays Correct any gaming bugs that exist Stakeholder Motivations The game must meet the company’s standards of quality Time should be allowed to correct the problem Customers to receive...
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...Consulting: Best Games Productions Kristi D. Koons Organizational Communications - COM/537 30 March 2012 Dr. Geraldine Paulison Consulting: Best Games Productions Business Scenario Best Games Productions has produced and marketed the release of a sequel game. The game should be released in time for the holiday season so that the consumers can purchase the product as gifts. The development of the game is complete on time and the marketing has been extensive. However, as the game went through the quality control department, a flaw in the game was discovered, poor quality. The game is still able to be played but does not meet the high standards of quality that the company expects. However, Best Games Productions prides itself on high quality products to its customers. To add to concerns, there is already a sequence game in the development phase (University of Phoenix, pp. 1-2). The concerns of the company are if this game is not released on time, they stand to looks the confidence and loyalty of their customer base to the company’s competing companies. They also have concern if they release the game on time it will be lacking in the quality expected. The developers, marketing department, quality control department and finance have invested a great deal of time and effort into meeting their deadlines. However...
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...Best Game Productions Best Game Productions is one of the largest video game company’s in the United States specializing in servicing their customers in the latest video gaming technology. As of late, they have come face to face with a dilemma that will alter the video gaming landscape for quite some time. This dilemma is something I will touch on throughout the course of this paper along with explaining what potential problems are facing Best Game Productions, identify the organizations internal and external stakeholders, explain how the these problems affect the stakeholders, and also identify the needs, motivations, and perceptions of each stakeholder. Best Game Productions Business Scenario Best Game Productions is currently gearing up for the new release of a specific video game that they feel will not only keep them on top among their competitors in the video gaming industry, but also generate massive revenue due to the video games appeal. They have been advertising and building up this video games release for the past two years as the customer’s interests and intrigue has increased with each passing day. Due to be released just in time for the holiday shopping season, Best Game Productions even went as far as to have their customers play the game as a “trial play” for them to get a feel for the what the game is going to be like before they buy it. As everything seemed to be going great from an advertising perspective with anticipation building, it has come to...
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...Best Game Productions Dilemma Best Game Productions is facing an urgent business dilemma. It has been working for two years to create a highly anticipated video game, but during the beta tests in which the company asked selected reviewers to play the game and provide feedback, it has discovered a major bug that hurts the quality of the game. It has generated enough buzz for the game’s release and the release date has already set for the coveted holiday season, which is not enough to fix the bug. Customers are anticipating the game’s release for a long time and marketing materials for the release date have been already deployed. If Best Game Productions proceeds to release the game according to the schedule, the game will be of lower quality and a disappointment to customers from quality. If Best game Productions fixes the bug and delays the release, it will not only disappoint its customers from anticipated release, but it also risks that its customers use holiday sales and purchase competitors’ products. This business scenario involves multiple internal and external stakeholders and as Post pointed out, in order to address varied and dynamic concerns of different stakeholders and eventually find the best solution for Best Game Productions, it is important for a consultant to consider all important stakeholders’ perspectives. First, let’s identify who are internal stakeholders and who are external stakeholders that a consultant needs to take into account. The internal stakeholders...
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...responsibility of serving “many prominent firms, ending with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, where he implemented production planning, real time analysis of daily output and costs, and a modern accounting systems” (PBS.org). To the date of this paper many organizations have to involve a consultant or consulting company to help with dilemmathat may arise at no fault of their own. In this paper the author will first, explain the business scenario faced by Best Game Productions. Second, identify the organization’s internal and external stakeholders. Third, explain how the business scenario at Best Game Productions affects multiple internal and external stakeholders. Fourth, identify the needs, motivations, and perceptions of each stakeholder. Scenario Faced by Best Game Productions Based upon the information provided Best Game Productions produced and advertised a sequel game. The company decided to release this game during the holiday because of higher profits during this time of the year. Best Game Productions have been trying for two years straight to release this video game to it’s customers. This game development was completed on time and the company would agree that these last two years of preparing for the release has been very extensive. Once the game had gone through the quality control department they discovered a flaw in the games performance quality, a bug. The game is still able to be played; however, it does not meet the high quality standards that this company promises...
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...Date: August 1, 2012 Re: Talking Points for Customer Inquires CC: Executive Leadership Team As you all know, ‘Game Wars – Journey to Mars’ is scheduled to release in November, 2012. Over the past two years, developers have been working day and night to create the latest edition to the series. On June 1, 2012 beta testing began and game reviewers began to share their findings with the public via a variety of social outlets creating a buzz in the gaming community. Marketing campaigns to promote the holiday release began in July 1, 2012. Pre-orders were made available on July 15, 2012 which quickly began to threaten supply versus demand. On July 17, 2012, a bug was detected in the game that dramatically impacts the quality of game play. As a result, Chief Executive Officer, Walter Goodwyn hired a team of consultants to dissect the issue and determine the best course of action. After careful consideration, we are planning on releasing the game on time with the intention of releasing a free patch to correct the issues. The patch will release in January 2013 and will include a promotion code for gamers to purchase an in-game premium item of their choice. As you know, we pride ourselves on our ethical principles to our customers and community. Walter Goodwyn’s motto is “An ethical company is a thriving company.” Customers remain loyal to Best Game Productions because of our ethical principles and practices. We rely on our staff to have high ethical and moral standards and lead...
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...and belief in the creative potential of each employee (Darling, Beebe, 2007). These assets are vital as Best Production determines and executes a solution to solve a business problem. Best Productions Scenario Best Production is a large video game company that develops new video games. They are working on a new video game for release during the holiday season, which is one-month away. Customers are anticipating the game’s release and the company expects to make a significant profit. Marketing displays have been in stores for weeks. Pre-sales game reviewers found a bug in the software that affects game quality. The game can be played but the defect decreases the quality. This game is a sequel to several previous games, and customers expect the same quality gaming experience. Plans are underway to develop the next sequel. The company’s executives need to decide to either; ignore the bug and release the video game on time or delay the game’s release to January to fix the software defect. Internal and External Stakeholders Stakeholders are individuals or entities that have an interest in the organization. This can be internal stakeholders; employees, internal customers, or management. External stakeholders include; customers, financial providers, or other service providers (Stuart, Sarow, & Stuart, 2007). The internal stakeholders at Best Productions are: the company’s chief executive officer (CEO), developers, quality control, marketing, public relations...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |COM/537 Version 1 | | |Organizational Communication | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course prepares graduate students to apply written and oral communication principles to the roles they play as managers. Students will learn how to persuade a variety of stakeholders to commit to a proposal. Other topics include the role of perception in communication techniques, aligning communication to an audience, business justifications, presenting data, and ethics in organizational communications. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure...
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...Unit 69: Exploring concept art for computer games What is concept art? Concept art is a form of illustration used to convey an idea for use in video games and animation before it is put into the final production. Concept art can also be referred to as visual development or concept design. Uses of concept art in games development There are many different types of levels in the production process: • Initial concept art initial concept art can be started from verbally or visually the artist will sometimes receive a rough concept design and told to refine and develop the concept further. A concept artist is an individual who generates a visual design for an item, characters, or area for game levels i am going to focus on thumbnails but there are more like storyboards and quick illustrations Thumbnails With thumbnails you start by thinking about a character that you would like to produce. like what weapon, body shape and poses that you would like your charter to have. Once that has been decided you can start with some ruff sketches. Image 1 This part of the process is the main creative part as you have what you charter will look like. These images do not have to be clean just a loose guide to show you what they will eventually look like. Chances are that you will probably only like about 2 out off maybe 10 that you make. but you try to illustrate with black lines what direction that the body will take shape. Image 2 You can use pretty much any element of character...
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...be more focused on the long term effects and focus more on how they see themselves not how others will view them. In this situation I believe Rani Pharmaceuticals should ask themselves, “ Even if it will increase sales , and follows the law, is it a right decision for me and my company personally? Will it hurt me later on, or will it better my company in the long run”. This outlook is focused more on the cause and effects of decisions, with taking into account future possibilities. Preconventional morality focuses more on selfish and self centered decisions. They do not take into account how their decisions will affect the company’s future, instead they focus on how they can benefit now. In this situation it would be in the pharmaceuticals best interest to apply the postconventional practice. In the AMA statement of ethics it is clear that under the fairness tab, that companies should uphold and respect the privacy of their customers and reject manipulations and sale tactics that would harm the relationship between the company and the consumer ‘s trust. In Rani’s pharmaceuticals situation by giving their customers information to the other company the would not only break and ethical and moral norm, but they would also be going against the statement of ethics. Case 2: To outline a SWOT analysis, we need to review the company’s, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and...
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...MANAGERS BTM Game Analysis Report Firm 1 Binal Patel Kun Liao Ling Xiao Lei Wella Mohibi Yi xin Huang 1 1) Table of Contents 2) Introduction and Summary Our performance in BTM game Market structure analysis Strategies of our firm 3) Analysis of our problems in the BTM game MC and MR Plant size Price elasticity Training and process improvement advertising, product development and E-commerce 4) How to improve our performance in the future Macroeconomic analysis Competitor analysis Payoff matrix Kinked demand 5) Conclusion 2 1. Introduction and Summary Our performance in BTM game Our firm is a very good example of how to learn beat the market game because at beginning, none of our team members had any experience with making business decisions hence, we had poor performance at the beginning. But with hard work and learning how to apply economic theories to the game, we did much better in the last 3 quarters and enhanced our rank. Our final rank in the game is 5th . We ranked 6th in quarter 1 and quarter 2 and then because the poor performance, our rank went down to 7th in quarter 3. However, in quarter 6, we did very well and enhanced the rank from 7th to 6th. Then we kept doing well in quarter 7, which made us achieve the 5th position. Based on Figure 1 we can see that, during 8 quarters, we performed poorest in quarter 3, in which quarter our net profit was 8.6% less than the market average profit, and our best performance...
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...Persuasive Communication The proposal team is to convince the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to agree to implement a solution. The article suggests understanding all sides provides the best results for a decision. The proposal submitted to BGP’s CEO provides communications from all sides and a solution for all sides. The article looks at the differences in arguments which are a form of persuasive communication. Persuasive communication is an attempt to make change or agreement to a person or groups point of view. The article peaks in to how “one-sided” and “two-sided” communication is used to persuade results of a particular subject. The author provides case scenarios and analysis that show outcomes of each type of communications. The article has relevance to the Big Game Production (BGP) scenario based in the methods of effective communication. It examines two experiments to contrast between the two and explains the results of each. The outcomes show that both communications are an important part of persuasive communication. When comparing the article to Big Game Production scenario it is seen that in order to be persuasive through communication it’s important to look at all options to be able to present the best results. “The first group was presented with a recording outlining the arguments for the prosecution and defense. This case on both sides were presented as one-sided and two-sided versions, the outcome resulted, in as predicted, in neither primacy nor regency” (Insko...
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...Sony Corporation and the Video Game Console Market: 1 A Competitive Analysis By Ryan Bogner, Peter Hung, Guan Wang, and Steven Wang This report evaluates Sony Corporation’s strategy in the console gaming market from the top-down perspective of the entire corporation. 1 Executive Summary Sony’s current strategy in the video game console market is simple: use the technologically superior Playstation 3 as a loss leader to introduce the Blu-ray optical drive2 into consumers’ homes and leverage that market penetration to drive content sales once Blu-ray is established as the de facto standard for optical storage. It is therefore in Sony’s interest to reach the tipping point for market adoption of Blu-ray as soon as possible. To increase the rate of Blu-ray adoption in the market, we recommend that Sony adopt a “good-better-best” strategy, whereby Sony produces discounted and premium versions of the current Playstation 3 for sale to consumers. This strategy will encourage price-sensitive customers to purchase Playstation 3 consoles without marginalizing power gamers. Nintendo and Microsoft will most likely respond to this strategy with differentiation rather than price competition. If Sony reinforces this strategy with coherent marketing and intellectual property strategies, it can increase Blu-ray adoption rates and make it more likely that the format will be adopted as a standard. The Market for Video Game Consoles is Growing, but Competition is Fierce The market for...
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