Category: Business and Management

You have determined that change is inevitable and subject to numerous variables attributing to the success or failure of the change process. The Final Paper is an exploration of a change initiative that you have personally experienced or researched. The paper should demonstrate your knowledge of the change process through a comprehensive analysis and discussion of the following aspects of organizational change.
In your paper,
Identify a professional change initiative personally experienced or researched.
Describe the professional change initiative.
Discuss the change initiative as seen through the eyes of the leader and the follower.
Discuss the successes and failures experienced during the change event.
Analyze concepts and theories used to facilitate the change process.
Evaluate the change’s impact on the organization.
Discuss the change effort’s sustainability.
Analyze the impact of ethical thinking on the change process.
You must incorporate concepts and theories relating to the change process as they apply to each section of the paper.
Required Source:
Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Buchanan, D. (2022). Managing organizational change: A multiple perspectives approach (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

The FAA  Assurances Airport Sponsor Assurances PDF (FAA)Links to an external site.
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/airports/aip/grant_assurances/airport-sponsor-assurances-aip.pdf
states that “It (meaning the airport sponsor) will take appropriate action to assure that such terminal airspace as is required to protect instrument and visual operations to the airport (including established minimum flight altitudes) will be adequately cleared and protected by removing, lowering, relocating, marking, or lighting or otherwise mitigating existing airport hazards and by preventing the establishment or creation of future airport hazards.”
To what extent should a municipality go if a landowner refuses to allow the airport to remove trees or other obstructions from the owner’s property? Assume for argument’s sake, that the trees are considered “hazards to navigation” and without their removal, the airport’s approach minimums must be raised. Read what your classmates had to say and comment on at least one of them.

Read Smart Buildings Take Hold: 8 ways smart tech is transforming commercial buildings, an article from Building Design and Construction magazine.  Write your initial post discussing what trends would be relevant or beneficial in the sample project and why.  Use at least one citation from the article and one from other course readings to support your answer.  Substantive replies to your peers should include questions or comments that expand on their initial ideas.

INT 220 Module Two Assignment Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Doing business in a foreign country can be fraught with pitfalls, from culturally inappropriate hugging to accidental obscene hand gestures. By researching and understanding the culture of a foreign country, you can better prepare yourself and your team to avoid mistakes and leverage cultural protocols to your advantage.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of cultural competence from this week’s module resources to compare the culture of the United States with the culture of the country you chose in Milestone One. You will show how doing business can be very different from one country to another.
Prompt
Use the Module Two Assignment template located in the Guidelines for Submission section to create a cultural comparison guide between the country you selected for your course project and the United States. In Part One of the template, you will identify common information about both countries, including their cultural backgrounds and business etiquettes. In Part Two of the template, you will identify the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries. In Part Three of the template, you will draw conclusions on how doing business in the country you selected will differ from doing business in the United States and tips for individuals doing business in your selected country.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Basic Country Facts: Identify government types, languages, and religions for both countries.
Business Etiquette: Identify common business etiquette in both countries (e.g., common greetings, differences in communication toward men and women, negotiating styles, and acceptable business attire).
Tips for Doing Business: Identify three tips you would give to individuals doing business in the non-U.S. country you selected. Tips could be about behaviors to avoid (e.g., items as innocent as posture or body language or attitudes regarding punctuality or approaches to business).
Cultural Dimensions: Identify and examine the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries.
Conclusions: Conclude how doing business in your new country will differ from doing business in the United States.

The Impact of the External Environment on Decision-Making
Background Information
The external environment may potentially have a significant impact on managerial decision-making.
In our internal environment, the organization’s core competencies (such as human resources) and capabilities (the strengths within the organization) can be managed internally.
However, the external environment (political, economic, sociocultural, technological, legal, and environmental), cannot necessarily be controlled but instead must be managed. This is where the impact of the external environment is critical for managerial decision-making.
Let us take a few examples for consideration:
The 2023 Earthquake in Turkey
BREXIT – The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union
The 2020 Pandemic
Supply chain disruptions, etc.
Can you imagine how all international companies were challenged with decision-making in these situations? This leads us to our assignment.
Instructions
For this assignment, consider an organization where you work (or an organization with which you are familiar). Prepare a memo addressed to an executive in the organization that includes the following:
Describe a specific situation that a manager/s faced within the selected organization. Which aspect of the external environment impacted the decision made and what was the decision?
Explain the steps that the manager/s took to resolve the issue.
Apply what you have learned from this example, and explain how you may have resolved the situation differently. 
Your memo should be approximately one page in length. Review tips on writing a professional memo and sample memos in the CSU Global Writing Center: LibGuides: Writing Center Memos: Memos . Any citations should conform to APA guidelines provided in the CSU Global Writing Center.
Reference
Robbins, S. P., Coulter, M. A., & DeCenzo, D. A. (2020). Fundamentals of management (11th ed.). Pearson Education.

The submission of a written essay that evaluate how the principles of operations management can be applied to optimise the tourism sector, taking into consideration its specific challenges and potential for improvements (2,000 words).

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 9 in your course textbook and the Five Conflict Management Strategies Download Five Conflict Management Strategiesarticle.
Management periodically engages in conflict resolution. In a 250- to 300-word initial post,
Explain how the features of video conferencing programs can be used to enhance the conflict resolution process.
Interpret, from a management lens, how this technology might help with rectifying an issue.
Use at least one source to support your key points.
Be sure to cite your credible source using proper APA formatting according to APA StyleLinks to an external site.

As a supply manager committed to the efficiency of the supply chain operation, it is critical to be aware of strategies for improving productivity and quality. This course has prepared you to improve an organization’s supply chain. The final project for this course is the creation of a supply chain management plan. The final product allows you the opportunity to connect theory with reality through research on an industry and company supply chain. The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions.
Prompt
For your second milestone, you will identify the customer segmentation of your approved company, identify key customer segments, and explain why your selected company would adopt the identified customer segmentation. You will also explain how you company would use the customer segment as input into the product pricing strategy. This milestone is due in Module Five.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Pricing Management:
Customer Categories: Provide a description of the customer categories from a product-pricing management perspective.
Organization Categories: Provide a description of how the company would choose to use customer categories for pricing management and why.
What to Submit
Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Company is Apple, inc.

Assessment Task
To complete an original extended dissertation, meeting the required
learning outcomes and word count, in any appropriate academic format.
Candidates may choose to adopt a ‘five chapter’ approach to writing the
dissertation, but it is not compulsory. The five chapters are:
1.      
Introduction
2.      
Literature
Review
3.      
Methodology
4.      
Findings
5.      
Conclusion.

After finishing the popular fable, “That’s Not How We Do It Here!” students will write a paper discussing a real-life personal or professional experience they encountered that demonstrates the key ideas presented in the book’s fable. Providing readers with an unambiguous description of the context in which you are applying the book’s insights is essential. The paper should also include a clear link to characters and specific events in the fable so that readers know what facets of the book’s fable are being applied. Finally, the paper should conclude with a discussion of the leader and/or the change lesson to be learned from this experience you were involved in.
The length of this assignment should be about five (5) double-spaced, 12-point font pages (plus or minus 1/3 page, not including the title and reference pages) in APA format (look for the template in the “Files” folder) with at least four cited sources. The business world likes ideas presented precisely and concisely. I do, too; quality over quantity is an invaluable communication skill among professionals working in today’s dynamic and complex environment. Submit as a Word Doc through the Turn-It-In portal on Canvas to examine for originality in content. Submit as a Word Doc through the Turn-It-In portal on Canvas to examine for originality in content.  It should be labeled as such: A1_FirstName.LastName (ex. A1_Robert.Jaeger)
Since this is a writing-intensive course, not only is content important but so too is style. This means that spelling, punctuation, grammar, and the paper’s structure will also be factored into your performance alongside the caliber of the application to real life and the ability to tell your story in a compelling yet concise manner. Grading will be based on how well each of the components described above is addressed.  Please reference the rubric for this assignment that is found at the back of your syllabus.