Scenario planning
Question Description: QUESTION 1
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Discuss the following topics:
• Provide a brief history of scenario planning in general.
• Describe an overview of the scenario planning process.
• Who is responsible for scenario planning within the organization?
• Provide a few examples of real scenario planning within corporations.
QUESTION 2.
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Discuss the following:
• What is the definition of scenario planning?
• Why is it important to organizations?
• How does it differ from the other methodologies for predicting future events?
Customers and businesses
Select one of your worst quality (product or service) experiences.
Solution:
Armed with your knowledge of Quality Management, what would you do to fix that problem.
Assignment:
1. Briefly describe the experience ~100 words
2. Describe your fix using SMART terms ~300 words
Total words allowed: 400
Other:
Requirements: 400 concise and accurate
Project life cycle models
Go online and search for project life cycle models. Identify at least two that are different from the PMI model, and compare and contrast the phases. Be sure to cite your sources.
Situational Leadership model
For the Module 2 SLP assignment, you will continue to apply the concepts from the background materials (Avery, 2011, Chapter 4, p. 85-88) to your own experiences in the workplace. Think carefully about Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model and the four leadership styles of Directing, Coaching, Supporting, and Delegating. Then consider the styles of one or more of the supervisors you have worked with, and reflect upon whether or not their style changed depending on the situation.
After doing some reflecting on your own experiences, and reviewing the background materials, write a 2 full-page paper (excluding title and references pages) addressing the following issues:
Take a look at the four developmental levels D1-D4 discussed in Avery (2011, p.85).
Which of these levels best describes the developmental level of your supervisor’s full team?
How would you describe the tasks required of your supervisor’s full team? Are they structured or unstructured?
Closed-loop supply chain process
Describe the return process in the closed-loop supply chain process.
Instructions
•APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
•Length of paper: typed, double-spaced pages with no less than a two-page paper.
•Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Semi-structured and unstructured data
Read Chapter 13 from the attached pdf and write a discussion topic on What are the differences between structured, semistructured, and unstructured data?
Instructions: Response to the question should be 300-350 words. There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post as needed. Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.
Business ethics
Do you think preventive measure could have been taken either by management or government? How would have they worked? (Not less than 600 words) 2.5-Marks
Is this case an example of a culture with different business ethics, how could corporations with international locations adjust for this type of issues or cases. (Not less than 600 words) 2.5-Marks
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-2 students will able to understand the
1. Examine management issues and practices in motivation; organizational culture, structure, and behavior; team dynamics; and communication.
2. Relate motivational theories to motivating and demotivating factors.
3. Know and discuss manager’s role in motivating employees.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
Aligned
PLOs
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
Health and safety management system
Tom is a new employee at XYZ Company Ltd which just started operating 3 months ago. The company provides administrative support to several construction contractors. On his first day Tom inquired about when he would receive his New Employee Orientation and OHS Training. His supervisor chuckled and explained to Tom that there was no need since he would be working in an office environment and was coming in with over 15 years’ experience as an Administrative Assistant. Tom was surprised at first but thought it was for the best since there was already a stack of documents for him to process waiting for him at his new desk.
Explain why New Employee Orientation and Training is an important aspect of Health and Safety Performance
Human Resource Management
Each student is required to develop an 8-10 slide Power Point Presentation using APA format (Title Page, Running Header/Titles and Reference page with references properly cited in the body of the presentation). The presentation will summarize an HR business case of your chosen HR current event or ULO. The current event can be from the news, the employee’s organization, or other current event. The presentation must clearly articulate how the Human Resource Management function of an organization positively contributes to organizational outcomes. The final presentation slide is required to include all references in APA format.
Unit Learning Objectives
ULO#1: Explain how employees’ needs and expectations may change with age and family patterns
Brand management and hospitality marketing
2. Students are to select a non-hospitality brand that is suitable for a brand extension into the hospitality space (i.e., a bar, restaurant, hotel, resort, spa, private members club, private jet, cruise, or yacht, as some examples).
3. Present and discuss the positioning of this brand (to be included as a visual in the appendix).
4.Propose a new brand extension to your parent brand and analyze how the new extension matches the brand’s personality and identity.