Do you predict your idea will generate short-term growth, long-term sustainable growth, or both? How can you keep your competitors from easily copying your strategy?

Generating Growth

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Using the company you have selected for your Strategy Development Project , describe one idea to generate substantial top line revenue growth. As you describe and assess this potential move, refer specifically to Figure 4.1 in Chapter 4 of Sherman and to the other readings from this week to support your response.
Do you predict your idea will generate short-term growth, long-term sustainable growth, or both?
How can you keep your competitors from easily copying your strategy?
What costs, systems, or capabilities are necessary for this growth to occur?

Who do you see to be the key internal and external stakeholders that will be most directly affected by any potential solution to the problem? What do you see as the main challenges in addressing the interests of these stakeholders?

AMC Entertainment: Creating a Spectacular Moviegoing Experience (A)

Each student is to do a careful reading of the Practicum case that his/her team WILL be presenting. Then s/he will write a 500-word essay with the following components:
Problem statement:
In your own words, the first section of the essay should define the scope of the problem. What is the context of the case? What is the main question to be addressed? Explain why you believe the question is so important and urgent for your team to address.
As a strategist, you want to consider the types of commitments to be made in the short term that will position the organization for the next ten years. Yet, we must consider the interests of various stakeholders. Who do you see to be the key internal and external stakeholders that will be most directly affected by any potential solution to the problem? What do you see as the main challenges in addressing the interests of these stakeholders?
Exhibits:
What interesting data, information, or trends in the exhibits stand out most to you? Please explain why. Pick the two exhibits you consider to be the most interesting.

Describe the issues that the organization/company is facing. Describe the causes contributing to these issues.

Find an article discussing any current challenges facing a organization or company.
Write a 3 page paper containing the following information:
Describe the issues that the organization/company is facing.
Describe the causes contributing to these issues.
Recommend how these issues could have been avoided by applying OB concepts learned throughout the semester & PLEASE REFERENCE WEEK AKA CHAPTER that was used

Identify data requirements and the appropriate data collection instruments required for effective business decision making.

Your research department has asked you to study the data set and advice the company on the preferred country to set this branch. They are interested in assessing the impact of corruption, poor infrastructure etc on business activities.2500 word report

1. Identify data requirements and the appropriate data collection instruments required for effective business decision making.

2. Conduct appropriate analysis and clearly communicate findings to a stated audience.

What factors might contribute to what some perceive as unethical behavior concerning CEO pay? What are the differing ethical approaches, and how might they apply to this case?

CASE 13.1 CEO COMPENSATION: DO THEY DESERVE ROCK STAR PAY?

Anthony Smith, author of The Taboos of Leadership, noted,

The reality is that the free market is alive and well, and is the true dictator of CEO pay. While what one’s peers are making is still a legitimate barometer, critics should look at the macroeconomics of “stars” in all fields , and not just the micro economics of CEO pay, if they are serious about understanding the calculus in determining compensation.

Questions
How does ethics apply to this case?
What factors might contribute to what some perceive as unethical behavior concerning CEO pay?
What are the differing ethical approaches, and how might they apply to this case?
How might the issue of CEO compensation be dealt with in a firm’s code of ethics?
How might the issue of CEO compensation be used by a firm to create and maintain an ethical organization?
What is your own opinion about CEO compensation? Provide facts and arguments supporting your position from this case.
Case created by Herbert Sherman, PhD, and Theodore Vallas, Department of Management Sciences, School of Business Brooklyn Campus, Long Island University

Explain why you selected this specific question, referencing sources you gathered over the past weeks to justify your choice of topics and to expand on your understanding of the topic.

In this discussion, you will develop a specific research question associated with your topic of interest and research focus, based on the research you have conducted over the past five weeks.

Your research question should probe an aspect of the topic that you wish to explore in greater depth. For example, if your topic of interest is emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness, your research focus and your subsequent research question might explore the effectiveness of leaders with differing levels of emotional intelligence.

Make sure that the question you write is specific enough to narrow the topic area. For example, the question, “Why is emotional intelligence important to leadership success?” is very broad and represents a research focus, not a research question. A more specific research question might be, “How does the emotional intelligence of female executives influence the success of the not-for-profit organizations they lead?”

Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length, and should reference at least two different academic sources. In your post,

Identify your research question,

Explain why you selected this specific question, referencing sources you gathered over the past weeks to justify your choice of topics and to expand on your understanding of the topic.

Explain why your research question is of interest both to you and to the practitioner community more generally.

Develop a logical argument, referring to evidence in support of it. Demonstrate the ability to critically interpret, synthesize and analyse the information presented as well as relevant models and theories..

You should not try to review all elements of provision, as this would produce an answer which sacrifices depth for breadth. Your answer should demonstrate:

An understanding of relevant conceptual and theoretical literature
The ability to prioritise 3-5 key L&D issues worthy of review
The ability to apply theoretical frameworks and concepts to your organisational context
The ability to translate the results of a systematic analysis into strategic implications
For the case study
Analyse a case-study
Compare  and apply relevant models and theories to explain the issues raised
Offer realistic and practical solutions to organisational problems
Develop a logical argument, referring to evidence in support of it.
Demonstrate the ability to critically interpret, synthesize and analyse the information presented as well as relevant models and theories..

This assignment is designed to assess the following learning outcomes:

Identify the individual components of systematic approach to L&D and critically examine the core underlying theories.
Design and implement appropriate evaluation methods to assess the success and effectiveness of learning plans and interventions.

Why are the perceptions of the managers and creative associates so different with respect to the nature of Tiger’s management practices and policies? What role could emotional intelligence play in ameliorating some of these differences?

CASE 2 Managing Commitment in Demanding Jobs

Your charge is to prepare a report for your boss that describes what you learned during your visit to Tiger. The report should begin with a description of Tiger Advertising and its current situation. The report should also describe the most important problems Tiger is confronted with, as well as the causes of those problems, in terms of OB concepts and theories. In your report, ensure you cover the following issues.

1. Describe the diversity that’s present in Tiger’s top management team. Discuss how the team’s diversity likely affects its functioning and its effectiveness.

2.Describe signs that group think is present in Tiger’s top management team. In what ways is this group think problematic? What can be done to overcome these problems?

3.Describe the primary sources of stress the creative associates are experiencing. Explain how some of these stressors have led to Tiger’s problems while others have led to its success.

4.What is the underlying general premise that senior client managers seem to have regarding the stressful demands at Tiger, and in what ways is this premise problematic?

5.Why are the perceptions of the managers and creative associates so different with respect to the nature of Tiger’s management practices and policies? What role could emotional intelligence play in ameliorating some of these differences?

6.Based on your analysis of Tiger, does the company need a minor “tune-up” in regard to its practices and policies, or is a major overhaul in order? What three recommendations would most likely resolve Tiger’s problems with organizational commitment and potential future litigation?

Compare and analyze Current Account and Capital Account data for the U.S. and the selected country in dot graphs.

Go to the IMF site https://data.imf.org/?sk=7A51304B-6426-40C0-83DD-CA473CA1FD52

Select one of the U.S. major trade partners and press Go
Compare and analyze Current Account and Capital Account data for the U.S. and the selected country in dot graphs.

You can copy and paste the data rows or delete unwanted rows and leave the data rows you like to use in your analysis. Plot the data with a dot graph. Write an essay, defining and explaining the logic for the data selected and compare and contrast the information depicted by the graphs.

For example, the long-term economic implications of data trends for each country.
Submit your work on Blackboard and make sure that your plots are easy to view, well-labeled, and your discussion matches the data.

How well does the organization manage innovation STRATEGY?How well it develops and exploits LINKAGES?

Innovation Fitness

To inform the report, you will undertake a quantitative Innovation
Fitness Test Audit at an organisational, departmental or
Divisional/Business Unit level which will generate insights regarding:
• How well does the organization manage innovation STRATEGY?
• How well does it manage LEARNING?
• How well it develops and exploits LINKAGES?
• How well it manages INNOVATION PROCESSES?
• Are the elements of an INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION in place?