Business
Economic conditions
Assignment 2: Stages of Change Management – (30 points)
Read the following online article: Know the Stages in Change Management? Use a Change Management Checklist to Guide Your Efforts in Managing Change (Heathfield, 2015) https://www.thebalance.com/know-the-stages-in-change-management-1917802 (Links to an external site.).
Discuss each of the 6 stages in change management as outlined by Heathfield (initiation, investigation, intention, introduction, implementation, integration). Identify potential limitations barriers which may occur in each stage, as well as identify strategies for successfully achieving each stage. In your discussion, use examples from your workplace pertaining to current change that is taking place or change that you wish to implement.
Legal Environment of Business
Major Case Analysis Instructions (Victoria Secret)
For this assignment, you are required to address an issue or problem faced by your company of choice and will analyze it using the techniques taught in this course. The techniques learned are:
Defining the Problem / Business Economics & The Legal Environment of Business
Evaluating Evidence / Business Finance & Accounting)
Generating Alternatives / Management & Global Dimensions of Business
Ethical Decision-Making / Quantitative Analysis & Business Ethics
Selecting the Preferred Alternative / Information Management Systems
Developing an Action Plan / Marketing & Leadership
Bringing It All Together / Business Integration and Strategic Management
The write-up is limited to 12-15 double-spaced pages, not including a title page and exhibits (include as appendices).
Selecting an Organization
Explore news/current events to locate a business that has a complex problem which needs to be addressed. The problem may be related to any business topic (i.e. accounting, marketing, legal, etc.).
It is suggested that you select a recent problem of a public company, which will ensure that you will have access to the information necessary to complete your project.
Value Chain
Review the “Value Chain” section in Chapter 1 of the text. Now consider your present position (or past position) and draw a simple value chain to include both primary activities and support activities. Do you have any recommendations to make your value chain more efficient or effective?
Q2
Review Table 2.1 “Comparisons of dependent and independent demand” in Chapter 2 of the text. Now consider your present organization (or past organization) and identify one of the demands that the organization utilizes. In 200-300 words, describe how your organization uses that demand methodology,
Networking
Networking is a critical part of managing your career and like everything else related to your career, it must be done intentionally and strategically. Oftentimes we don’t consider networking until we need a new job and it is easy to appear desperate at that point. By building up your network before you actually need it, you are creating a safety net for yourself, minimizing the chances of needing to aggressively hit the job boards, and improving the odds of new opportunities actually finding you.
For your initial response, use The Networking Advice No One Tells You (Links to an external site.) as your guide and
Project management
I’m stuck on a Management question and need an explanation.
Think about the estimating approaches at your organization on projects, then answer following questions
Think about the estimating approaches at your organization on projects, then answer following questions
1. Write a brief description of the current estimating practices
2. List at least two strengths and weaknesses of the approach used
3. If you prefer the current method, then discuss how the process might be improved? If you don’t prefer the current estimating method, then provide a justification of why the method should be changed.