...Assignment Instructions Unit: 4 Instructions: This week's Assignment consists of reading a scenario about Sandwich Blitz, Inc., and responding to four questions. Dalman and Lei have discussed two possible avenues to grow and expand Sandwich Blitz, Inc. One possible strategy would be to franchise locations. Another strategy would be to secure venture capital to finance an internal expansion by opening more company-owned shops. Dalman feels that he just doesn’t have time to investigate these options because he is spending an increasing amount of his time assisting the location managers. Lei noted that two of the location managers had exhibited a lot of skill in the management of their locations and perhaps a new position could be added to coordinate with the location managers. This would free Dalman to work on these larger issues. After reading the scenario above and your assigned readings in the textbook, paying particular attention to the section on authority, respond to the following questions: (Please number your responses 1 – 4 according to the four questions) 1. How would creating a new position between the CEO and the location managers help the business to grow? 2. Is promoting an existing manager the best option to fill this position? If not, what is an alternative source to fill the position? 3. Who within the company should make these decisions? 4. List the levels of authority (management) that Sandwich Blitz, Inc. would have if the new position is created. To help...
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...Assignment Grading Rubric Course: IT301 Unit: 4 Points: 55 Unit 4 Assignment: Project Costs Outcomes addressed in this activity: Unit Outcomes: Demonstrate the ability to estimate project costs using three levels of estimation Determine project budget/spend plan with baseline Course Outcomes: IT301-1: Select appropriate project management practices, tools and methodologies for a given project. IT301-2: Create a project plan. Projects Costs Assignment Instructions: Your Assignment consists of two parts with three deliverables: Part One: For reference purposes, read the Duration Estimate for the Gauchito reusable commercial launch vehicle entry to the Asari X-Prize competition, and the Duration Estimate you created for your Assignment in Unit 3. Based on your duration estimate, total the skill set labor hours, plug in each skill set labor rate (you set each rate) and build out a definitive cost estimate using Excel. Use the Generic Excel Workbook as your guide and Appendix E: Cost Rollup Estimates from the Gauchito Project Plan Final file in Doc Sharing for an example (pp. 119–120). Remember to cross-check yourself against the grading rubric to ensure you address each and every grading criterion. Part Two: Using the example in the Gauchito rocket project documents and using the example of building a project spend plan or budget with cumulative cost curve (S-Curve or Project Baseline) from the file “Building the BCWS.xls,” build a project spend plan or budget for your...
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...Running head: UNIT FOUR ASSIGNMENT 1 UNIT FOUR ASSIGNMENT 5 Unit Four Assignment ? Annotated Bibliography Michelle Kinyungu Kaplan University GM501-01: Management Theories and Practices II Dr. Carrie A. O?Hare February 3, 2016 Unit Four Assignment ? Annotated Bibliography Academic Article/Annotation Format The following peer-reviewed, academic journal article has been secured from the Virtual Library at Kaplan University. The article has been formatted using the APA hanging indent format. The article reference is shown below and in the References. References Zaugg,...
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...your electronic submission. * Submit the assignment with attached coversheet electronically through the Wolf E-submission gateway * Please make sure you keep a copy of your assignment. Student Details Student Number | 1429530 | Email | sheana@ceragon.net | Assignment Details Module name | Managing Human Resources | Module Code | 7HR011 | | | For the attention of | Dr. Paschal Anosike | Due date | Friday, 15th May 2015 | | Assignment title | As on brief | All forms of plagiarism, cheating and unauthorized collusion are regarded seriously by the University and could result in penalties including failure in the unit and possible exclusion from the University. If you are in doubt, please read the following web page. Student’s Declaration By submitting this assignment I SIGNAL & DECLARE my knowledge and agreement to the following: - Except where I have indicated, the work I am submitting in this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted for assessment in another unit or for any other purpose. This work conforms to the instructions and submission guidelines as contained in the assessment briefing and the module guide respectively. This submission complies with University of Wolverhampton policies regarding plagiarism, cheating and collusion. I acknowledge and agree that the assessor of this assignment may, for the purpose of assessing this assignment: * Reproduce this assignment and provide a copy to another academic staff...
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...Project Grading Rubric Course: IT273 Unit: 9 Points: 70 Project Instructions: Project Instructions: Respond to each of the project requirements and submit all work to the Dropbox as a single file. Project requirements: 1. Callingyou Inc is a growing company providing 24-7 telephone support services for numerous companies. They have asked you to prepare a design proposal for their new office network. They will have two offices with a dedicated T1 line between them and would like each office to be able support sixty employee workstations with internet access, central server access, and VoIP. These workstations will be shared by multiple users as the company operates on shifts to provide 24-7 support. Each office will also have eight management offices. In addition to this office support, they also need to support VPN access for employees working from home. And, support for secure internet access customers visiting the office is desired. The Callingyou Inc executives have no experience with networks but want to be sure that they are making the right decision; so, they have asked that in addition to providing a design that the proposal specifically describe all network design considerations. The descriptions should be thorough but understandable for a layman, and it should be clear how the network design proposed relates to each of those considerations. Your proposal document should be between 4 and 10 pages before including diagrams or references. Visio should be used to generate...
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...writing Report Writing Effective Learning Service Report Writing Bradford University School of Management Report Writing REPORT WRITING A report is a form of communication in one or more of the following ways: Written form Verbal form Audio-visual form A report is a form of communication that will do one or more of the following: describes analyses summarises criticises or praises makes predictions about … a subject and is based on an analysis of current or past events or identifiable phenomena. If you are studying on an undergraduate or postgraduate course you will be expected to write reports and to present findings in both written and verbal and/or audio/visual forms. You will, for example, write reports: • • • • for module assignments, e.g. case study reports presenting the results of an individual research project summarising the result of a group project and presentation reflecting on a work experience or other placement you were involved in Effective Learning Service 1 Bradford University School of Management Report Writing What’s the difference between a report and an essay? There are two main differences: aim and presentation. Aim Essays give you more opportunity to expand on possibilities, ideas or concepts. Reports deal with describing and/or analysing actual past events. Reports can be written that make predictions or recommendations for the future, but these are usually the result of an analysis of past events or of current or...
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...GM500 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES and THEORIES UNIT #6 CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES to APPRECIATE DIVERSITY And LEVERAGING HUMAN POTENTIAL DR.GIDDINGS KAPLAN UNIVERSITY APRIL 5, 2016 DEBORAH BEENE GM500 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES and THEORIES UNIT #6 CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES to APPRECIATE DIVERSITY And LEVERAGING HUMAN POTENTIAL DR.GIDDINGS KAPLAN UNIVERSITY APRIL 5, 2016 DEBORAH BEENE INTRODUCTION The purpose of this assignment is to not only assess the situation of “Sunset Prayers”, or “True to myself”; but, to describe some specific organizational initiatives that I believe will advance diversity and the human potential within the workplace. This assignment is also to evaluate my level of skills that are involved with understanding where I am and where I need to be, as far as strengthening necessary skills for being a valuable employee in connection to being a vital member knowing how competitiveness and working collaboratively with a team can increase business in global markets. ANALYSIS Mr. Pichowski is the manager of North Woods Appliance’s. It is located in Minnesota. Mr. Pichowski has to hire forty more temporary workers. Most or nearly all of his temporary workers are hired through an employment staffing agency called Twin Cities Staffing. (Daft, 2014). Mr. Pichowski believed that by hiring temporary workers he was saving the company much needed money, therefore; he hired the temporary workers which were Somali’s by ethnicity...
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...CS113: Academic Strategies for the Business Professional Unit 6 Critical Thinking and Research Assignment Full Name: Two-digit Section #: Instructions: Download this document to your computer before filling it out. Save using “Save As” and add your name to the front removing the phrase “YourName.” All of the gray boxes below should be appropriately filled in and the document saved again before submitting to the Unit 6 Dropbox. Please read through the following comments carefully to see why we are focusing on critical thinking and online research. Make sure to pay special attention to the two comments in highlighted in red: “The World Wide Web can be a great place to accomplish research on many topics. But putting documents or pages on the web is easy, cheap, or free, unregulated, and unmonitored (at least in the USA). There is a famous Steiner cartoon published in the New Yorker (July 5, 1993) with two dogs sitting before a terminal looking at a computer screen; one says to the other ‘On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.’ The great wealth that the Internet has brought to so much of society is the ability for people to express themselves, find one another, exchange ideas, discover possible peers worldwide they never would have otherwise met, and, through hypertext links in web pages, suggest so many other people's ideas and personalities to anyone who comes and clicks. There are some real "dogs" out there, but there's also great treasure. Therein...
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...Unit 2 Assignment: Security Policy Implementation Beth A. Grillo, MHA, CPC-A July 19th, 2016 IT540-01: Management of Information Security Dr. Kenneth Flick Kaplan University Table of Contents Unit Two Assignment: Security Policy Implementation 3 Part 1: Step 29 3 Part 1: Step 36 3 Part 3: Step 33 4 Part 3: Significance of Strict Password Policy 5 Reference 6 Unit Two Assignment: Security Policy Implementation Part 1: Step 29 Part 1: Step 36 Part 3: Step 33 Part 3: Significance of Strict Password Policy When attempting to protect company information it is important to utilize strict password policies. According to a Guest Contributor on TechRepublic (2006), the need for “an effective password policy is to prevent passwords from being guessed or cracked”. According to Coconut Daily (2013), “Weak passwords are extremely vulnerable to cracking techniques such as a brute force attack, in which a cracker uses an automated tool to try every single possible password or key until the correct one is found. Brute force techniques are extremely effective at cracking short passwords or passwords in a limited search space (such as those based off a dictionary word)”. For example, when working in a medical practice the information being protected is patient personal information. The password policy needs to be strict according to the HIPAA laws. The personal information within the patient’s medical record requires strict password protection. If the...
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...Assignment Cover Sheet Student Name: Student Number: Fabiana Vieira Severino Unit Name: 252775 Unit Code: School of Business Charles Darwin University Casuarina NT 0909 Phone: (08) 8946 6830 Strategic Management Accounting Lecturers Name: CMA302 Kevin J CLARK Assessment Title Semester: Year: Assignment Due Date (dd/mm/yyyy): Lodgement Date (dd/mm/yyyy): Applied for Extension: N/A NO One 16/05/2014 YES – to 2014 (dd/mm/yyyy) 16/05/2014 Lodgement Locations: (refer to specific lodgement requirements as set out by the lecturer) DO NOT LODGE BY FAX nor EMAIL nor at LECTURER’S OFFICE • The assignment must be lodged online via the Learnline Assignment Lodgement link on the Learnline site for this unit. Ensure your file is named using a file naming convention that allows the lecturer to identify to whom it belongs. Failure to use an acceptable file naming convention may result in your assignment lodgement being rejected. Refer to the endnotes of the assignment details for lodgement options if the Learnline Assignment Lodgement link for this unit is unavailable. • KEEP A COPY Ensure you have a copy of the assignment lodged. If you have submitted assessment work electronically please make sure you have a backup copy. DECLARATION BY STUDENT I certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my own personal study and research, and that I have acknowledged all material and sources in the preparation of this assignment, whether...
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...ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT – UNIT 1 Seminar Alternative Assignment – Unit 1 Kaplan University MT302: Organizational Behavior SEMINAR ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT – UNIT 1 1 What do managers do? “Managers get things done through other people,” (Robbins & Judge, pg. 5). This might seem like an extremely simple definition of a manager’s responsibilities, but it is the truth. There are many methods and ways in which a manager can develop their administrative and people skills. By using systematic study, utilizing the POLC and organizational behavior (OB) models, defining management roles, understanding OB challenges and opportunities, and assessing management skills and managerial activities, a manager can empower and motivate their employees, stimulate innovation, and improve customer service, while creating a healthy work environment. What is organizational behavior? Organizational Behavior is a “field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness.” In other words, it is “the study of what people do in an organization and how their behavior affects the organization’s performance,” (Robbins & Judge, pg. 10). There are different tools that managers can use to better achieve their goals. One of these tools is called the POLC model. The POLC model consists of the four management functions:...
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...BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN GB560 Designing, Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1205D Bobby Young-Mentgen Kaplan University July 31, 2012 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT (With Diagram Response Should Run 2-3 Pages in Length) Q#1 Provide the name of the organization (this must be a real organization and you may use the organization where you currently work; describe the organization’s size and summarize the primary mission of the organization. Don’t simply copy from the organization’s mission statement. CenterPointe is a non-profit health care industry providing treatment, rehabilitation, recovery support and housing for people overcoming addiction or co-occurring mental illness and addiction. The organization, consisting of 5 facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska, serves low-income and indigent men, women and teens based on their beliefs that everyone deserves access to quality treatment and because the community is only healthy as the most vulnerable among us. Over the years CenterPointe has continued to add programs and services to meet the many needs of their consumers. These programs and services include: Residential Treatment, Outpatient Treatment, Youth Services, Community Support & Housing, Adult Day Rehabilitation, PIER, Veteran Services, and Open Studio/Writers’ Workshop. CenterPointe employees 102 individuals throughout their facilities, along with 9 contractual professionals and numerous community volunteers (CenterPointe, Inc., 2012. About us). Q#2 From...
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...Desiree Martin Unit 2 Assignment Kaplan University AB209 August 15th 2014 OPEN POSITIONS FOR CARTER’S DESIGNS Persona Assistant- $16.00 hr. Job description 1. You will help with day to day operations of the business. 2. You will be relied upon to know the schedule inside and out. 3. You will help plan work days, coordinate travel and draft emails. Education Requirements 1. High school diploma. 2. Associate degree or experience. Job skills 1. Listening and Communication Skills 2. People/Interpersonal Skills 3. Organizational Skills 4. Computer Skills Receptionist- $9.00 hr. Job Description 1. Welcomes visitors by greeting them, in person or on the telephone. 2. Maintains security by following procedures; monitoring logbook; issuing visitor badges. 3. Maintains telecommunication system. 4. Maintains safe and clean reception area. Job Skills 1. Telephone Skills. Verbal Communication 2. Microsoft Office Skills Listening 3. Professionalism Customer Focus 4. Organization Informing Others 5. Handles Pressure Phone Skills 6. Supply Management Accountant-$40,000yearly Job Description 1. Maintain records of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization. 2. Maintain general ledger as needed. ...
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...Unit 5 Assignment Author: Michael J. Levene, Kaplan University Date: 27th May 2012 Course: Financial Management Week Number: 5 Professor’s Name: Dr. William Hudson Problem 9-10 Page 371-372 Shelby Inc. Share price $23.00 Last dividend $2.00 Next dividend $2.14 Growth 7% Beta 1.6 rRF 9% rM 13% -A- Cost of equity using discounted cash flow approach? P0=D1/(rs – g) so rs = D1/P0 + g = 2.14/23 + 7 = 9.30 + 7.00 = 16.30% -B- Cost of equity using CAPM approach? RPM = rm - rRF = 13 – 9 = 4% Rs = rRF + (RPm)bi = 9.0 + (4)*1.6 = 9.0 + 6.4 = 15.40% -C- Cost of equity using over-own-bond-yield-plus-judgmental-risk-premium approach? Rs = 12% + RPM = 12.0 + (rM - rRF) = 12.0 + (13.0 – 9.0) = 16.00% -D- Estimate based on results in part A, B and C A fair estimate could be obtained using any specific method or an average of the methods. Taking an average of the method would give an estimated cost of capital of 16.3 + 15.4 + 16 /3 = 15.90% Problem 10-1 through 10-7 p.414 • $52,125 investment • $12,000 return for 8 years starting at the end of year 1 • 12% cost of capital 10-1 Project NPV? |Year |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 | |Project A | (15,000,000) | 5,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | |5% | (15,000,000) | 4,761,905 | 9,070,295 | 17,276,752 | 16,108...
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...Unit Two Assignment – Why is Strategy Important to Business? Sam Winters Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT460-05 Management Policy and Strategy Dr. Carrie A. O’Hare November 9, 2011 Unit Two Assignment – Why is Strategy Important to Business? Each day thousands of individuals decide to start their own business. From doing hair to computer software, the businesses that will survive the harsh economy will all have one thing in common. They will all have a business strategy. But what is a business strategy? How important is that strategy to a business and how does it work? In the next few paragraphs, let’s discuss this question. Many will say that the business strategy of a company is like a blue print. It can provide a bigger view that will show how all the smaller projects are coordinated to achieve the company’s goal. Our reading states ‘strategy is a large-scale, future oriented plans for interacting with the competitive environment to achieve company objectives’ (Pearce & Robinson, 2011, p. 4). That is correct; strategy is determining where you are now, where you want to be, and how to get there. Strategy is not just about one element, but the entire business. Right down to the basics, business strategy is creating operational alignment (Goodbusiness.com, 2011). But there are things an individual or a company should know about strategy or strategic issues. Strategy or the company’s strategic issues should react to environmental changes that...
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