Describe how you intend to continue to develop the skills of adaptation, application and anticipation.

Reflection on action – transferable lessons for understanding clients and their issues:
Based on your insights above, develop some thoughts about how you would ideally work differently with clients in the future, and/or some issue(s) that require further thought

Learning agenda
Describe how you intend to continue to develop the skills of adaptation, application and anticipation. Your thinking here should build on the reflection points recorded on the preceding pages.

Is Tesla following a differentiator, cost leader or blue ocean strategy? Does this influence what type of firm they should buy?

Case Study: should Tesla buy blockchain company

Tesla is considering buying a company that has developed blockchain to facilitate autonomous driving. You have been asked by your Tesla supervisor to analyze if this is a good strategic move.
• Identify at least three of Tesla’s capabilities. What is Tesla’s core competency? Present a core competency statement for Tesla.
• How can buying a blockchain company build strategic value for Tesla through either building, sharing, or developing blockchain specific capabilities?
• Buying a company would depend partly on the financial health of Tesla. Evaluate the company valuation for Tesla using1) asset valuation, 2) earning valuation, 3) market capitalization
You may use financial as presented in the case or current financials.)
• Is Tesla following a differentiator, cost leader or blue ocean strategy? Does this influence what type of firm they should buy?
• Using a transaction cost – make or buy argument, explain under what conditions it would make
sense to buy the company? What are the other alternatives?
Recommendation: Should Tesla form a strategic alliance, joint venture, acquire or build blockchain
capabilities in house. Briefly defend your answer on your analysis.

Demonstrate a high level of specialist knowledge and of conceptual understanding at the forefront of the areas of professional and business practice studied.

Your assessment must achieve an appropriate range of the following learning outcomes. As a reminder, a learning outcome is something which you will be able to do, and to demonstrate that you can do at the end of a particular piece of work; in this case once you have completed the assessment.
Knowledge and understanding:
• Demonstrate a high level of specialist knowledge and of conceptual understanding at the forefront of the areas of professional and business practice studied.
• Demonstrate a high level of conceptual understanding of principles of business and management so as to understand, anticipate and respond to the needs of business clients
Intellectual:
• Evaluate critically current knowledge, research and advanced scholarship in the areas of professional and business practice studied, including research and professional methodologies where appropriate.
• Analyse complex legal, business and management issues affecting client matters both systematically and creatively, making sound judgments in the absence of complete data in complex and unpredictable situations.

How fully and appropriately did each communication – considered as a whole reflect the aims of the situation?

The link of the video for the analysis is

In this task you will evaluate the effectiveness of a strategic corporate communication. The communication is a short video produced by Romanoff Renovations, a company that provides and installs flooring across the United States.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the video, you will need to bear in mind the purpose of strategic corporate communication.

– to align the company’s vision, culture and values to create a positive image across stakeholder groups.
To begin the task you should watch the video and visit the company website and search for any text and/or images that communicate the company’s culture, values and image in order to answer the following question:
Do you think the identity of the company is coherently communicated in the video and is it consistent with the information on the website? Why/ why not?
You should use the content we covered when we explored strategic corporate communication.
Write up your evaluation in approximately 500 words, in a way that provides feedback to the company on the effectiveness of the video.

1 How fully and appropriately did each communication – considered as a whole reflect the aims of the situation?

2 How coherent and clear is each communication – considered as a whole – and how far each is successful or unsuccessful in matching content, presentation and function, basing your account on evidence from the relevant theories and concepts from the module .

3 How well did the speaker(s) project his or her role ? And how clearly did the speakers signal the purpose of the interaction

4 Was the style chosen suitable for a presentation of this type?

5 How easy was it to understand each presentation, in terms of the language used and in terms of delivery?

6 How successfully did each presentation address and establish rapport with the
audience outlined in the scenario?

Your written evaluation of the video clip does not need to be very long . But please make sure that you illustrate – i.e. give examples of – the choices made by speakers
Finally, pay attention to the overall coherence, clarity, grammar, punctuation and spelling of your own submitted written work.

Identify the main sections to be developed in the paper and tie them to the project objectives.

t is highly recommended that you submit your outline to Smarthinking business environment
to request feedback on ideas and organization . Smarthinking can be instrumental in helping
you get a solid, flowing outline and foundation to your capstone.
Evaluation
Apply foundational knowledge and an understanding of business systems, processes, and
technology within and across core disciplines.
Identify the main sections to be developed in the paper and tie them to the project objectives.
Integrate information across disciplines and from differing perspectives.
Identify where each supporting reference will be integrated
Competency 3: Think critically and analytically to provide evidence-based solutions to business challenges and opportunities.
Identify main points of recommendations.
Competency 5: Lead and collaborate in virtual, global, and culturally diverse environments.
Identify main points that address leadership and collaboration aspects associated with the chosen
business.
Integrate principles of ethics and integrity into business decisions.
Identify main points that address ethical aspects associated with the chosen business.
Communicate clearly and effectively in a business environment.
Cite sources and references in proper APA format.

Explain the main strengths and weaknesses of this leader/manager professional leading profile.

Conduct an interview
1- Fundamental information on: leader/manager name, title, position, department and the selected organization.
2- A focused introduction summarizing the practices of leadership process conducted by the leader/ manager and what it means to be an effective, responsive and a transformational leader.

• Explain the main strengths and weaknesses of this leader/manager professional leading profile.

Summarize the guidelines stipulated in Section 8 of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct for research with human participants.

Ethical Considerations in Research

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the articles by Colnerud , Brief Report: Ethical Problems in Research Practice, and by Maschke , Human Research Protections: Time for Regulatory Reform?

Then, review the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
In your initial post, due on Day 3,

Summarize the guidelines stipulated in Section 8 of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct for research with human participants.

Analyze how these guidelines would apply to a study on your topic of interest or research focus.

Review the insights you developed about ethical challenges facing researchers and explain how these ethical challenges would apply if you were to conduct a research study on your topic of interest or research focus.

Make sure to identify your topic of interest or research focus so your classmates will better understand your perspective.

Topic of Interest: Emerging Issues in Human Resources

List and define the four levels of measurement discussed in this week’s introduction and resources. In your opinion, which one or more is the most appropriate for statistical analysis. Explain.

complete a problem set in which you address levels of data and types of variables. Answers to the problems must be complete and written in a formal narrative language. In addition, you will write a short essay related to data privacy.
1. Explain what it means to say, “variables must vary.”

2. List and define the four levels of measurement discussed in this week’s introduction and resources. In your opinion, which one or more is the most appropriate for statistical analysis. Explain.

3. Compare and contrast the characteristics of continuous and discrete variables. What is a common challenge of trying to calculate statistics using discrete variables?

4. Identify the level of measurement for the following examples and explain why you selected the level you did for each, relying on this week’s resources for support:
a. Career field
b. Temperature in Fahrenheit
c. A job satisfaction survey measured as “disagree, neutral, agree”
d. Total sales for a firm

5. Identify each of the following types of a variable and explain why you selected the category you did for each, relying on this week’s resources for support:
e. The number of workers in each department of a large organization .
f. The dollars of revenue earned during a fiscal year.
g. The number of software licenses available to employees in a firm
h. The average annual salary of middle managers of an organization