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Week 13: Interactive activity
13.1 Learning Outcomes:
Managing Teams
Managing Responsibilities
Effective Decision Making
13.2 Action Required:
You were the project leader for Casino Night on campus, a charitable event organized by your group to raise money for the homeless. The event was a big success, garnering a net profit of $3,500. Before the event your team researched nearby organizations that support the homeless and to whom the money could be given. You narrowed the choices to the Chunk of Coal House and St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen. Eventually your group decided that the funds should be given to Chunk of Coal House. You are about to write a check to its director when you read in the local newspaper that the Chunk of Coal House has terminated operations.
13.3 Test your Knowledge (Question): What should you do with the money?
Assume that you have the following decision-making options:
(1) make decisions on your own with available information,
(2) consult others before making a decision, and
(3) call a meeting and reach a consensus, seeking to arrive at a final decision everyone can agree on.
Which approach would you use to make the decision, and why?
13.4 Instructions: Answer the question in test your knowledge section.

Introduction: This portfolio work project, a demand management plan, will help you demonstrate competency in forecasting, inventory management, and scheduling.
Scenerio: For this assessment, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the Requirements below. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.
OPTION 1
Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso beverages, small breakfast and lunch menu items, and a limited evening menu. The company is planning to expand the business by adding an additional location. While different menu items may be tested at the new location, their core processes will remain the same. You have been working on a process improvement in preparation for the expansion and are now turning your attention to demand management.
OPTION 2
If you chose Option 2 for Assessment 1, use the same business for this assessment, or select a different business. Note that it is recommended that you use the same business for each assessment in this course, using the following criteria for your selection:
The company fits the assessment requirements and you have access to the information needed to complete the assessment.
The business information is disclosed in the assessment for faculty’s reference.
You can distribute the business data without disclosing confidential information.
Contact faculty with questions.
Your role:
OPTION 1
As an owner of Wild Dog Coffee Company, you and your business partners are planning the opening of a second location. You need to prepare an analysis and recommendations for demand management, including forecasting, inventory, and scheduling, for your current location, so you can refine the model before opening the second location.
OPTION 2
Your boss, a director, has tasked you with a demand management project. She is relying on you to prepare an analysis and recommendations for demand management that can be presented to the executive team of the company. You completed a special project for her a few months ago that went very well, and you are pleased to have received this new assignment.
Requirements: Include the following in your demand management plan:
Assess the impact of advertising on product demand.If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following basic assumptions will help you prepare a demand forecast:
The other owners of Wild Dog Coffee Company handle the business’ marketing and sales functions, and they believe that advertising expenditures impact the sale of coffee beverages. They want you to confirm whether or not their advertising dollars are driving sales. Here is what was agreed upon by all the owners:
Wild Dog Coffee Business Information
QuestionsResponses
How many espresso beverages are made each hour?30, on average
How many ounces of espresso beans are used for each beverage?1.5 ounces
How many hours per day is the coffee shop open?6:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Sunday-Saturday
How many days each month is the business open?364 days per year. The coffee shop is closed on Christmas day.
You have the following six months of data to work with for pounds of espresso beans (y) used each month and monthly advertising expenditures (x):Espresso Bean Use and Advertising
MonthLbs/Beans (y)Advertising Dollars (x)
1987$1,050
21,412$1,500
31,020$1,000
41,140$1,250
51,322$1,500
61,399$1,500
Interpret the forecasting model for the selected product.Use a simple linear regression model to show your forecast.
If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, forecast the pounds of espresso beans needed for month 7 if the advertising budget for month 7 is $1,350. Interpret the model and respond to the following questions for Wild Dog Coffee Company:How many espresso beverages will the company need to prepare, on average, each day?
How many pounds of espresso beans will the company need, on average, each day?
To what extent do advertising dollars predict the need for espresso beans?
Prepare an inventory management analysis for the selected product.In your analysis, include two different approaches to inventory management. What are the pros and cons of each system you analyzed?If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following provides additional information you have gathered from the inventory management analysis:Since Wild Dog Coffee Company is small, the company must manage inventory very carefully. While larger companies can have lots of inventory on the shelf, Wild Dog simply does not have the cash to do that. As such, you have a number of pressures for small inventories. Wild Dog does not have the ability to store a lot of beans, to cover the cost of capital, or to withstand unnecessary expenditures for taxes, insurance, and shrinkage. Shrinkage is important because roasted espresso beans only maintain their optimal freshness for two weeks.
Demand is approaching 1,400 pounds of espresso beans per month.
Only one type of espresso bean is stocked.
Demand is not constant on a daily or weekly basis.
If you run out of espresso beans at any point, you will have to close the business until the next shipment of beans arrives.
Espresso beans are shipped in 25-pound packages. (This is your base inventory week.)
The cost per pound of beans averages $9.00.
Espresso beans are delivered seven (7) days after placing the order and on any day of the week.
Shipping is free on orders over $250. Otherwise, shipping is $19.95 per order, regardless of weight. (This is the only ordering cost you incur.)
Holding costs are 10 percent/year/week.
Standard deviation for daily demand is 1.84 pounds.
Analyze the business’ scheduling management.In your analysis, detail two different staffing scenarios for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business. What are the pros and cons of each staffing scenario?
Use a Word table or Excel spreadsheet to show both staffing scenarios for each day of the week. Include the daily and weekly total staffing costs and number of hours worked for each employee.If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, the following provides additional information you have gathered from the staffing analysis:Shifts have been scheduled according to who wants to work which shift. This has generally worked out well, but you realize you need to tighten up the scheduling process in order to optimize a staffing model. Two employees are required to make a coffee beverage. One employee takes the orders, and a barista makes the coffee drink and hands it to the customer.
Baristas are paid $14/hour, regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time.
Full-time employees (up to 40 hours/week), other than baristas, are paid $12/hour.
Part-time employees (up to 20 hours/week), other than baristas, are paid $9/hour.
All full-time employees receive company benefits that equate to 15 percent of their hourly rate. (This is known as a benefits load.)
All full-time employees are paid at 150 percent of their regular rate for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. Full-time employees can only work a maximum of 50 hours per week. The benefits load is not applied to overtime hours.
All part-time employees are paid at 150 percent of their regular rate for all hours worked over 20 hours per week. Part-time employees can only work a maximum of 26 hours per week.
It costs $500 to hire each additional employee, and it costs $250 to terminate an employee.
Full-time employees are likely to resign if moved to part-time status.
The coffee shop is open 84 hours per week. There are two additional hours allocated each day for one employee to perform opening and closing activities. (That is, one hour is allocated for opening duties and one hour is allocated for closing duties.)
Your current level of staffing for coffee beverages is as follows:Baristas – 1 full-time; 3 part-time.
Non-barista – 1 full-time; 2 part-time.
Recommend an inventory management system and staffing plan for a selected business and product.Detail the results of your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business’ product to substantiate your recommendations.
Deliverable Format:REQUIREMENTS:
The demand management plan is to be a minimum of 7 pages, not including the title, reference, and appendix pages.
Use a demand management plan template of your choice.
RELATED COMPANY STANDARDS:
The demand management plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources), including single-spaced paragraphs.
In addition to the title and reference pages, include the following in the appendix:Linear regression model for product forecasting.
Word table or Excel spreadsheet for staffing scenarios.
Use 2-3 scholarly or academic sources, where applicable, one of which must come from the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, or MIT Sloan Management Review.
Use APA formatting for citations and references.
Evaluation: By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Analyze how operations management theories and models effect the development and delivery of products or services to the marketplace.Interpret the forecasting model for the selected product.
Competency 2: Use logistics and supply chain management tools to manage the distribution of products and services.Prepare an inventory management analysis for the selected product.
Competency 3: Use data to evaluate the effect of operations management decisions on organizational goals.Assess the impact of advertising on product demand.
Analyze the business’ scheduling management.
Competency 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of operations management strategies to achieve quality and customer service goals.Recommend an inventory management system and staffing plan for a selected business and product.
Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportweekies, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

Essay details: Everyone has heard it before: “Don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness”. Breaking the rules has long been associated with innovation and entrepreneurship. However, recent scandals around e.g. Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) or Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX) have demonstrated that there are obvious lines as to how far you can go as an entrepreneur/company. Please discuss how companies and/or entrepreneurs can manage to balance the upside and downside of rule-breaking. Use peer-reviewed papers for your argumentation.
Information on the Essay: The essay is limited to a maximum of 500 words in length (references and bibliography are not included and hence, not part of the 500 words limit)
Citation style: APA 7th edition
References: only cite peer-reviewed papers
Formatting style: Arial or Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 spacing
No cover page is needed.
Add word count at the end of your essay
The admission council will check for plagiarism and AI Use. In Addition the essay will be evaluated together with my application from first round. The first round application can be found in the documents below.

A contemporary and critical overview looking at internationalisation decision-making related to adaptation/standardisation of products/services and strategies.

per my instructor!!!!
Part I of your assignment does not include the excel matrix for weighted and unweighted that was provided in course resources. This is a required item. Also, your part two does not cover each od the areas below as noted in the instructions:

Biases that may impact the process
Triggers/Opportunities leading to the need for a decision
Goal of Decision – What is the overall goal and why?
Decision Statement
Purpose, Scope, and Perspective – How did you frame this statement?
Four Objectives – Of the 6, why these?
Alternatives and how they met your objectives. Were these your original alternatives or were there class discussions that brought forth new ideas?
Your decision matrices (weighted and unweighted) and how you chose to weight each criterion.
Your final decision – Assessing the Decision Process, which is where Harry will state the final decision and how it fulfills HH’s objectives by examining the MDQ process in how that final decision was derived.
May I suggest that you revise and submit your paper with all the required content by May 6, 2024, at 11:59 PM?

Using either Yahoo Finance or Google, select a publicly-traded company and examine its financial statements in a paper of between 750 and 1475 words (3 to 5 pages). You should present an overview of the company, answering the following questions from the financial statements: What were the company’s total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders’ equity amounts at the end of the fiscal year? What was the company’s total noncurrent liabilities for the fiscal year? What was the company’s total operating expenses? What was the company’s current ratio for the fiscal year? For the fiscal year, did the company have a cash inflow or cash outflow from investing activities? How much? For the fiscal year, how much was the company’s cash flow from operating activities? Compute the company’s total asset turnover for the fiscal year. What was the company’s net income for the year? What was the company’s earnings per share (basic only)? Compute the company’s net profit margin. How much cash and cash equivalents did the company report at the end of the fiscal year? Compute the debt ratio. Your paper should: Demonstrate your familiarity with each financial statement and its importance. Discuss the interrelationships among the statements. Provide an overall evaluation of the financial health of the selected company based on the statements. Speculate how these statements might be used by the business for data-informed decision making. Be properly documented in APA style, showing the sources of all outside information. Be sure to: Follow accepted research approaches and citation format (APA style). Convey your understanding of the readings and concepts and their application to the topic. Write in an organized and coherent way. Check for and correct spelling, sentence structure, and grammatical errors. Demonstrate graduate-level analytical skills.

Explain the differences between Liberalism and Conservatism. Does ideology really make a difference in the United States today? Support your reasoning with examples. How does this impact American culture, government and politics in your opinion? You will be expected to support your discussion with primary texts and from pre-approved secondary sources (including, but not limited to, the course text, online lectures, and a list of suggested online resources). Your p-aper should be 6 pgs and include proper APA citation
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Overview
In this Assessment, you will use information from several case studies and other documents to demonstrate your ability to make recommendations for organizational decisions based on analyses of financial data.
Access the following to complete this Assessment:
Jiranna Finances Excel File
Capital Project Case Study
CSIMarket.com (2020). Healthcare Sector Financial Strength Information. CSIMarket.com. https://csimarket.com/Industry/industry_Financial_Strength_Ratios.php?s=800
Academic Writing Expectations Checklist
This Assessment requires submission of two (2) files. Save your files as follows:
Save the written sections of Parts I, II, and III as FM007_firstinitial_lastname (for example, FM007_J_Smith).
Save the spreadsheet for Part II as FM007_spreadsheet_firstinitial_lastname (for example, FM007_spreadsheet_J_Smith).
You may submit a draft of your assignment to the Turnitin Draft Check area to check for authenticity. When you are ready to upload your completed Assessment, use the Assessment tab on the top navigation menu.
To complete this Assessment:
Download the Academic Writing Expectations Checklist to use as a guide when completing your Assessment. Responses that do not meet the expectations of scholarly writing will be returned without scoring. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided, where appropriate.
Be sure to use scholarly academic resources as specified in the rubric. This means using Walden Library databases to obtain peer reviewed articles. Additionally, .gov (government expert sources) are a quality resource option. Note: Internet and .com sources do not meet this requirement. Contact your coach or SME for guidance on using Library Databases.
Carefully review the rubric for the Assessment as part of your preparation to complete your Assessment work.
Instructions
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
This Assessment considers a Capital Proposal Case Study to add a specialized nurse triage center, an offsite center that would be staffed by registered nurses with a multitude of specialties, including emergency department (ED) nurses, critical care, surgical, and even some nurse practitioners. These nurses are able to offer callers medical advice encompassing the treatment of fevers, wound care, and emergent conditions, such as chest pain. The nurses are trained to triage conditions to the appropriate level of care, be that at home, at an urgent care center, or at the ED.
This assessment has three-parts. Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.
Part I: Analyze Organizational Financial Data
For this part of the Final Assessment, you will conduct a 5-year analysis of Jiranna Healthcare’s outpatient operational and financial data in order to determine whether or not the capital project is an attractive project. Refer to “Jiranna Finances” for financial statements to analyze.
Prepare a 2- to 3-page financial analysis including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work. The focus must be on the content and the depth of your analysis. Unless otherwise indicated, a 5-year trend analysis is expected.
Complete your analysis as follows:
Calculate the 5-year net sales, operating expenses, operating income, and net income of Jiranna Healthcare. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and explain the significance of the trend results.
Calculate the 5-year total profit margin, asset turnover, return on assets, and return on net worth. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and determine the company’s profitability.
Calculate the 5-year current ratio, day’s cash on hand, and working capital. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and assess the company’s liquidity.
Calculate the 5-year debt ratio and times interest earned ratio. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and explain the company’s long-term solvency.
Complete a DuPont analysis for each of the five most recent years. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and determine the company’s individual DuPont characteristics (e.g., total margin, total asset turnover & equity multiplier) and trends across the analysis period.
Ultimately a decision has to be made. Would you recommend the capital project to Jiranna Healthcare? Explain the rationale for your decision.
Part II: Conduct an Operating Indicator Evaluation
For the next part of the Final Assessment, you are expected to complete a number of calculations, and then interpret the numbers to provide recommendations based on these analyses. It is essential both to show your work and calculation using current technology like Excel Workbook, and to demonstrate how these calculations support your conclusions. Be sure to explain your reasoning. You will be assessed on the accuracy of your quantitative analyses and the quality of the evidence you use to support your conclusions.
Imagine that you are an administrator at Jiranna Healthcare who has been asked to analyze cash-flow data to determine the costs and benefits of implementing a new capital project. For background, read “Capital Project Case Study.” Then, complete the “Capital Project Case Study Spreadsheet”, which provides cash-flow data (costs and benefits) for the proposal. Download and save the Excel spreadsheet in your working Excel Workbook, and use the information provided to complete the following:
Calculate the cash inflows and outflows for each year.
Evaluate the capital project by calculating the following metrics:
Net present value (NPV)
Internal rate of return (IRR)
Modified internal rate of return (MIRR)
Payback period
Discounted payback period
In a 1- to 2-page report including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work, provide your recommendation with rationale, as to whether the project is acceptable, assuming Jiranna Healthcare has a corporate policy of not accepting projects that take more than 3.5 years to pay for themselves, and assuming an 11% cost of capital.
Part III: Conducting a Budgeting Evaluation
You are an administrator at Jiranna Healthcare. You have been asked to conduct a budget variance analysis: analyzing performance by comparing budgeted workload, revenue, and expenses for a range of different service lines, with actual workload, revenue, and expenses for those service lines.
Open the document “Variance Analysis Case Study,” where you will find data on the expenses, revenue, and outpatient product lines at Jiranna Healthcare.
Analyze the data and prepare a 3- to 4-page report including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work. In your report, address each of the five following questions. In each case, show the calculations that you conducted to answer the question. Then, explain your conclusion and how your calculations support your reasoning.
What was Jiranna’s original profit forecast (assume away any issues with depreciation, taxes, etc.)? Halfway through the fiscal year, what is the hospital’s revised projection for FY21 profits?
Which outpatient service lines are over budget? Which outpatient service lines are over budget after accounting for workload increases?
What two actions would you recommend be taken at the mid-year point if you oversaw a fee-for-service healthcare organization? In other words, where are the problem areas on which you would focus your attention, and who might provide ideas for “best practices” based on their performance?
What two actions would you recommend be taken at the mid-year point if you oversaw a capitated healthcare organization? In this case, the revenue spreadsheet would be replaced with an overall budget of $50 million with which to operate (rather than being able to bill for each episode of patient care). Federal, state, county, and city healthcare organization normally operate under a capped budget. Additionally, many HMOs also operate under a fixed per member, per month (PMPM) capitated process.