Discuss the factors the business would have needed to consider when choosing the market(s) it is trading in, you should include.

Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT)

Reasons for Trading Internationally 10%
Within this section of your report, discuss the reasons why the business trades internationally. A minimum of 3 factors should be discussed:
• Growth 3%
• Additional revenue streams 3%
• Brand exploitation 3%
• Access to new markets 3%
• Diversification 3%
• Increasing market share 3%
• Market leadership 3%
• Technological dominance 3%
• Comparative advantage 3%
• Economies of scale 3%
• Fiscal benefits  3%

Section 4: Choice of Markets 20%
Identify the markets that the business has chosen to operate in, including:
• Developed economies 4%
• Emerging markets 3%
• Less developed economies 3%
Discuss the factors the business would have needed to consider when choosing the market(s) it is trading in, you should include.
• Type of product 2%
• Cost 2%
• Size of market 2%
• Characteristics of target markets 2%
• The impact of these characteristics on business operations and management practices.

Provide an analysis of your cross-functional map based on the concepts of art and science.

The management of business processes

1) A short introduction indicating a brief about the selected organisation, including the goods or services produced, number of employees, location, market target. Identify the business process you
will focus on, and explain why you have selected this BP.
2) (a) One relationship map, describing the selected process; (b) one relationship map identifying disconnects and proposing improvements of the same process; (c) Explain how your relationship map helps to improve the organisation. (9 marks).
3) (a) One Cross-functional map describing the selected process; (b) one cross-functional map proposing improvements of the same process; (c) Explain how your cross-functional map helps to improve the organisation.
4) Process synthesis .
Provide an analysis of your cross-functional map based on the concepts of art and science. Use a minimum of one reference to sustain your arguments.
5) One Flowchart .
(i) Develop a flowchart illustrating selected process.
(ii) Pinpoint the line of visibility, two fail-safing points and explain how the identification of the line
of visibility helps to improve your business process.
6) This question is independent from the previous ones. You are the manager of the local Pizza Hut store in your neighbourhood. To improve the performance of your store you need to do the following:
(i) Apply competitive benchmarking to examine its current performance .
(ii) Select two performance measures to benchmark the performance of your store.
Describe each performance indicator and explain how your will measure them.
(iii) Explain/justify your selection of performance indicators.

What aspects of corporate social responsibility would you recommend they incorporate into its strategic plan? Support your rationale from your research.

Coporate Social Responsibility

In your own words, explain what CSR is. Name two examples of socially responsible companies you know and explain why you consider them so.

It is important for companies to incorporate social responsibility into their strategic plans. Give a brief summary of the company you chose in Week

1. What aspects of corporate social responsibility would you recommend they incorporate into its strategic plan? Support your rationale from your research.

 

Compose a two-page paper that focuses on the following items for your initial meeting with your faculty advisor:The specific goals and objectives you wish to achieve in your initial meeting and ongoing dialogues with your faculty advisor.

Meeting Planning and Objectives

This assignment is intended to help you learn to develop an overall doctoral study plan and goals for the first meeting with your doctoral faculty advisor.

In this assignment, you will develop the talking points and overall plans for the first meeting with your doctoral faculty advisor. Most advisor meetings generally last for 20-30 minutes.

Action Items
1. Read the assignment overview.
2. Compose a two-page paper that focuses on the following items for your initial meeting with your faculty advisor:
a. The specific goals and objectives you wish to achieve in your initial meeting and ongoing dialogues with your faculty advisor.
b. The areas where you see possible doctoral-related weaknesses the faculty advisor can mentor and coach you on from his/her experience.
c. The key doctoral journey questions and concerns that your faculty advisor can provide guidance on now and in future meetings.
d. Any other general or specific questions you believe are important to pose and discuss with this individual as a mentor and guide.
3. Use Microsoft Word to compose your assignment paper as outlined above.

What information was most beneficial and why? How will the material presented help you in preparing for your program work?

Preparing for Doctorial Writing

Watch the following videos and view the respective presentations

Identify the key takeaways and learnings you gathered from your full review of the presentations. For example:
What information was most beneficial and why?
How will the material presented help you in preparing for your program work?
What other questions may you still have that can be addressed?

Discuss how their missions and activities supports each of these identities and who their beneficiaries are.

Enterprise & Society Assignment- DRAFT

Increasingly we are seeing firms adopting many different socially ‘responsible’ identities. In this essay you will explore those organisations that hold two or more of these designations at the same time. Using examples to illustrate your discussion address these five aspects
(i) Select two examples, and explain what types of firms they are based on the designations above
(ii) Discuss how their missions and activities supports each of these identities and who their beneficiaries are.
(iii) Discuss the various challenges they might face in building an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable business model and market.
(iv) Discuss how we might capture and/or measure the value they create amongst different beneficiaries and what challenges this might pose.
(v) Conclude by discussing to what extent such firms should be responsible for addressing the social and environmental issues facing society.

To what extent can work-life balance improve employee commitment? Discuss with reference to flexible working practices in your workplace?

To what extent can work-life balance improve employee commitment? Discuss with reference to flexible working practices in your workplace?

The assignment itself takes the form of an academic essay and students are expected to draw from key themes and debates from the module to bring critical grounding to their assignment.

References should be made to the reading list of the module, with relevant literature on HRM theories being used to support the analysis of the HRM strategy you have chosen.