Day: November 4, 2019

Financial Analysis for Managers Assessment Weighting:                40% Where to Access the Feedback:              Module Blackboard Site Feedback Method: Mixture of Formative and Summative Assessment Feedback. Students receive comments on their ability to link theory into practice in terms of applying and interpreting “financial ratio analysis” to selected companies. Assignment Outline: This coursework contributes to 40% of the overall mark for the module. The coursework will be undertaken as a group work with a reflective piece that is produced individually by each member of the group. Students will be required to use financial ratio analysis to assess the recent financial performance of a major UK company from the FTSE350 Index. The assignment has two parts: Part 1 - A group report which accounts for 90% of the total marks for this assessment. The word limit for this report excluding calculations and appendixes is 2,000 words (+/- 10%). Ignoring the word limit will incur a mark reduction. For this report, you should use the ratios you have calculated to...

Answer the following bullet points. To begin, what type of entrepreneurial opportunities are you most interested? Would you like to create a start-up, buy an existing business, or perhaps a franchise? Will you have a business partner? Are you interested in selling a good or providing a service? What type of legal form will your business take and why? Next, take a self-assessment. What are your strong points? What are your limitations? Evaluate your strong points and limitations to the business opportunities you have written down. Create a list showing which of the business ideas play to your strengths and which ones highlight your weaknesses. Evaluate your options of possible businesses to start. Conduct research on entrepreneurial opportunities that you feel you would be most appropriate for. Finally, what is your company’s name, a short company description, and a possible slogan or tagline? What is your vision and mission for the business? Provide a mission and vision statement. Apply the elements of marketing as it applies to entrepreneurship. Your elevator pitch: a succinct description...

Integrating the Field of Developmental Psychology: A Review of the Literature Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the age group / developmental stage you selected in Week Two of the course. Remember, you must use this age group / developmental stage. You will then review the Developmental Psychology literature examining findings for that age group / developmental stage in terms of the physical, emotional, cognitive, social dimensions, and how they impact development and can best be used to meet developmental needs. Additionally, create a summary of the developmental stage as viewed through the lens of one developmental theory we have studied across the course (Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, Freud’s Psychosexual Theory, Erickson’s Psychosocial Theory, etc.). In your paper, Examine the physical changes associated with the selected developmental stage. Examine the cognitive changes associated with the selected developmental stage. Examine the emotional changes associated with the selected developmental stage. Examine the social changes associated with the selected developmental stage. Evaluate the developmental changes and appraise the...

1 What approach, in terms of customer segments, business lines and functional scope should Nestle use for its digital nutrition platform? ② With what company/organization should Nestle partner to develop and launch its digital nutrition platform? ③ How could Nestle leverage the data, which it can capture through its digital nutrition platform, while still respecting consumer privacy especially in view of the new General Data Protection Regulation (DGPR)? ④ Analyze the information in the case using one of the following conceptual frameworks: PEST, Five Forces Model, Business Model Canvas, etc. Everyone thinks of alternatives Presentation outline: Company introduction General company introduction Value chain Nestle in Japan - current situation Problems and opportunities of Nestle in Japan business opportunities related to existing problems, classifying the problems opportunities into a few major areas, extracting some common criteria from the major areas Alternatives (e.g., possible three or four alternatives to overcome the problems and make use of the opportunities, pros/cons (or costs/benefits) of each alternative, comparison of the alternatives identified using criteria, etc.) ...

Choose any topic dealing with economics that currently interest you. Choose a topic that is either current or was of interest in the past. Relate this topic to what we have studied in class and explain how that topic follows the principles of what has been studied. These principles must be named and explained. The topic needs to be approved by me before the paper can be submitted. The submitted paper should be 3-5 pages in content length and must be typed and double spaced with one inch margins and a font no larger than 12 and in APA format. You must use in-text citation to give credit to your sources throughout paper. Your paper may be submitted early for revision and then turned back to make corrections. If this option is chosen, the paper must be received by me no later than two weeks before the final due date. Must have at least three academic references. Do not include textbooks or encyclopedias. You will need a...

Multiculturalism in the Educational System Studying about a social issue that impacts a cultural group, topic, or identity as represented by the current ELL population will provide teachers with an understanding of the worldview of students from a different culture and recognize the need to create contexts of empowerment for students from diverse backgrounds in their classrooms. Students will have the opportunity to study a social issue that is related to a chapter (2-10) using the format provided. Students will learn the chapter and topic and use these different resources to add to their studies: 6 journal articles, 2 books, 1 cultural informant, and 1 video for an attempt to gain perspective of the core values of the culture group and the interdependence of these values. Each student will make a presentation to the whole class and a corresponding poster. THIS IS NOT A CHAPTER SUMMARY presentation, students are using the chapter as a guide to present the topic to the class!...

HR Challenge: A Difficult Position to Fill Scenario For this assignment, assume you are an HR professional working as an HR business partner for one of the most prestigious nonprofit scientific research centers in the United States. The center is large enough to have its own office of general counsel. Recently, one of the assistant general counsels departed for a job at the White House. The general counsel wants the finest and most talented attorney candidates who are practicing in the field of research in a nonprofit setting. You have announced the open position and have had 807 applicants. You chose a group of 12 candidates, all of whom were turned down by the supervisor (hiring manager). The general counsel's office demanded to see all applicant resumes, and your HR director agreed. After they reviewed all the resumes, they said none were good enough. However, they provided no additional information to you about their preferred applicant qualifications. Your Challenge While you are the HR...