Explain how information is captured and stored with key references to types of databases and management information systems.

Data insights for Business decisions

Prepare a 15-minute presentation on the role of information and data within an Industry or Professional
Sector related to your course:
This should cover the following tasks:
1. State what type of data is collected and used by the organisation and if this is Big Data, and if this is primary or secondary data.
2. Describe orthodox market research and how this is different from Big Data.
3. Explain how information is captured and stored with key references to types of databases and management information systems.
4. Describe the impact of technological development on the role and use of data in the business decision making process within your chosen sector.
5. Set out how information and data is used within the day to operations of organisations within that sector and what is its strategic importance to the organisation within its sector
6. Set out outline for research into improving data capture and use in a sector/organisation.

Demonstrate clear analysis, application and critique of your chosen innovation and/or organisational entrepreneurship and discuss how these might influence adoption of the innovation 4.

Business report of EasyJet plc and one Industry 4.0 that has been implemented

Identify one ‘Industry 4.0’ innovation that has recently been implemented in the industry or sector within which your selected organisation is located and assess its impact. Highlight areas where you think future growth might occur and provide recommendations on how your selected organisation could take advantage of these opportunities.

Produce the work to a high standard of presentation and academic or professional conventions.

Your business report requires academic theory to underpin your discussions and you are expected to demonstrate your critical thinking and insight as well as:
•The ability to analyse, critically evaluate and explore different innovation and entrepreneurship theories
• Demonstrate clear analysis, application and critique of your chosen innovation and/or organisational entrepreneurship and discuss how these might influence adoption of the innovation 4.
• Knowledge and understanding of the different factors that can, and do, impact upon organisational entrepreneurship and innovation adoption and organisational performance consequent to such entrepreneurship and innovation adoption

What are their products? How are they displayed? How is branding used in the packaging? Is there evidence of the product life cycle or appeal to Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation segments?

Use a portfolio approach to critically evaluate how the company:
What are their products? How are they displayed? How is branding used in the packaging? Is there evidence of the product life cycle or appeal to Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation segments?
Place- Where are the products/ services accessed? What delivery options do they have? How does this reflect strategy?
What pricing strategies are they applying? How does this reflect their generic strategy?
How are staff used in the business? What efforts do they make to create a community amongst customers?
How does the company demonstrate its existence? This is more relevant to service based companies so bear that in mind. Areas such as logo, website, branding will be key here.
Process- How many steps to contact/ purchase/ complaints are there? Is the process more complex than competitors, or less so?

How will you assess the needs of your chosen group/market/customer-segment? What measures will you take to ensure that the information you collect is reliable?

This week’s IBD focuses on the aspects of design-thinking and their role for entrepreneurs. After reading previous week’s content on the topic of design-thinking, you are required to think about conducting a needs assessment to identify what people in your community need .
Where can you find local statistics on the people you are interested in? In other words, which authorities/sources possess the data that you need?
What type of data do you wish to collect, and why? How will that data help you identify problems?
How will you assess the needs of your chosen group/market/customer-segment? What measures will you take to ensure that the information you collect is reliable?
What seem to be the current needs of this group/market/customer-segment based on the information available publicly? Please provide clear examples backed by evidence/statistics/citations.

How is employee growth associated with economic welfare development?What is the relationship between the type of accelerator and employee growth?

Corporate accelerators are accelerators set up by corporates, such as AT&T’s Aspire Accelerator, The bridge by Coca Cola, or Google’s Launchpad accelerator. Corporates launch these programs to create their own entrepreneurial ecosystems within their industry. This allows them to detect emerging trends and invest in new technology early on. For the scope of this thesis, the concept corporate accelerators will be demarcated to in-house corporate accelerators,.

Independent accelerators include companies such as; Y combinator, 500 Startups, and Techstars. These companies operate independently, but can access large amounts of capital through VC funds.

1. What are independent and corporate accelerators according to recent literature?
2. What are the motives for startups to participate in an accelerator?
3. How is employee growth associated with economic welfare development?
4. What is the relationship between the type of accelerator and employee growth?

 

Compare demographics of Mexican market/customers with the Chinese market . Compare and contrast the factors that led to the success and failure and how do you explain this.

Home Depot Internationalisation

For this assignment we just need to write a short research-based essay on Home Depot and their internationalization into China and Mexico . The essay should be around 1000 words in the following format of paragraphs:

1. Introduce the case of expansion in Mexico and china

2. Drivers of Success, why did they succeed in Mexico? Why did they not succeed in china?

3. Compare demographics of Mexican market/customers with the Chinese market . Compare and contrast the factors that led to the success and failure and how do you explain this.

4. Conclusion that summarises the drivers of successful and unsuccessful internationalisation.

 

Analyse the process for possible improvements, using operations management tools, techniques and frameworks.

Operations Management

Select an operation with which you are familiar. The process could be one from a past or current place of work, one that you are able to observe and collect data from. The organisational process should not be drawn from a published case study.

Apply the Hayes and Wheelwright strategy framework to the organisation where your selected process sits. This will help you identify at which maturity stage the organisation is in, and will help you identify changes that need to be made within organisational processes to progress to the next stage.
Produce a detailed map of the current process, populated with appropriate data, with explanatory notes, and with a key to the symbols used
Analyse the process for possible improvements, using operations management tools, techniques and frameworks
Produce a ‘future state map’ of the redesigned process, and provide recommendations for the implementation of the process redesign
Critically discuss the benefits, quantitative and qualitative, of your ‘improved’ process. Compare your observations of the organisation selected with the operations management literature.
Examples of issues that might be discussed include the following themes:What does process improvement mean to an organisation ?
What factors influence the future state?
What mechanisms exist to ensure continuous improvement?
Are these mechanisms adequate and if not, how could they be improved?

 

Critically evaluate key leadership themes and concepts and how they have been utilised by key industry leaders.

Due date Refer to the Learning Management System

Specific requirements » Use a minimum of 7 references including chapter content,
academic journals, papers, books sourced from the university
library or other academic resources.
» Set page margins to 2.54 cm
» Double-space text including headings
» Include page number on every page
» Use APA 7th Style Guide
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this assessment, students will be able to:
a. Develop an appreciation for the importance of leadership and its associated challenges.
b. Critically evaluate key leadership themes and concepts and how they have been utilised by key industry leaders.
BRIEF
Prepare a reflection essay on your thoughts and understanding of leadership and the set practices that will be most productive for leaders operating in the global environment.

Discuss the extent of Bullwhip effect generation in the Tesla supply chain from each of the generic causes of the Bullwhip effect .

Operation and supply chain management

Q1) What were the supply chain constraints to Model 3 becoming a successful car as per the case study?

Q2) Discuss the extent of Bullwhip effect generation in the Tesla supply chain from each of the generic causes of the Bullwhip effect .

Q3) Tesla’s car is an environmentally friendly product where there are no emissions and no usage of non-renewable gasoline. However, are Tesla’s operations also environmentally friendly? Using the information given in the case study as well as available from other secondary sources, explain how each of Tesla’s outsourcing/sourcing, manufacturing, distribution/logistics, retailing, servicing and charging practices affect the company’s environmental sustainability?

Q4) Consider a large car company’s electric car operations. Gather information about it from secondary sources with regards to outsourcing/sourcing, manufacturing technology and operations, logistics and distribution, servicing, retailing and charging practices and compare and contrast the same with Tesla’s given in the case study .

Q5) Which manufacturing location provides Polaris with the greatest cost savings? [10 marks]. . All the workings have to be done in different sheets in an Excel Workbook which then needs to be inserted into the Word file; you can insert an excel workbook into word by i) selecting Insert on the ribbon at the top in Word, ii) choosing and clicking on Object, iii) choosing Create from file option, iv) browsing and choosing file to be inserted and also clicking on Display as Icon.

Q6) What other factors should Suresh Krishna and his team consider when making the manufacturing location recommendation?

 

Assess the market research requirements for international marketing. Aanalyse how the business case for international marketing can be justified.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

You have recently joined the marketing team at Kickerco, a company which has been trading
nationally for many years. The company would like to start to trade internationally. The
company has recruited you because you have worked for organisations which have traded
internationally and they want to use your experience and expertise to assist in the
development of this area of work.
Task 1 – Formal brief
The senior management team have asked you to brief them on the implications of
international marketing for organisations in general. Write a formal briefing paper for the
senior management team to read.
In the briefing paper you must:
Assess the market research requirements for international marketing.
Aanalyse how the business case for international marketing can be justified.
Assess the risks which must be considered for international marketing.