Select a manufacturing organization you are familiar with.
Review the company’s website and other available information and answer the following:
Prepare a 350 word paper detailing the findings of your discussion
Post 1
How has the convergence of media, discussed in Chapter 16, influenced the media writing and editing processes? Provide some examples of media convergence that you witness in your everyday experiences. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
Post 2
Why is identifying audience important in the writing and editing processes? At what point should you identify your audience in these processes? Provide examples when you recently wrote for two different audiences. What influence did your audience have on your writing? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
What are the effects of imperialism in third world countries? 5 pages double spaced , cited, bibliography , foot notes, in-text citation, Chicago style
You will be required to submit an 8-page essay that compares and contrasts two specific characteristics in two modern religious faiths.
Two religious faiths are Chrisitanity and Buddism and you will compare the nature of the afterlife/transcendent reality and the Practice of prayer/spiritual meditation
Paper Type: MLA
Case Study #2
Students will complete a short case study of a business situation which can be found under week 6 content. The case study is in this document. This assignment has two parts:
Required Elements to include in Case Study #2:
Part 1:
In week four we examined biases that occur in making decisions as individuals and the effect they can have upon the process. In week five, we focused on individuals making decisions within an organization and in week six group decision making within the organization.
In this part of the assignment you are asked to evaluate not only the decision that must be made but who is best suited to make the decision for the organization. In order to do this you must isolate the decision that must be made – the nature or type of the decision. Then, evaluate the individuals (father and daughter) in terms of the material presented in weeks four and five.
What biases could they have in making the decision?
What decision making styles do they have?
What skill levels do they possess in making a decision?
How does the information from the previous three questions make them the best or worst candidate for making the decision?
Substantiate your conclusions with the class material and be specific in your analysis.
Part 2:
In part two, you are asked to look at the decision that needs to be made and determine if it should be made by a group or an individual.
Explain why a group would or would not work best based on potential bias to the issues, expertise level in making the decision, the need for change, and the stakeholder involved in the process.
Give your reasoning behind your conclusion with substantiation from the class material.
Then, regardless of your conclusion, assume that you conclude that a group is best.
Select how the group would best be formed.
Who would you include in the group?
Who would be leading the group?
How would the group operate (type of group structure)?
How would the company’s leaders (Father and Daughter) interface with the group and the process?
What degree of authority does the group have in making the decision?
Be sure to explain bias in your selection of people for the team.
Again, all your conclusions must be substantiated with the class material and/or outside resources.
Required Formatting of Paper:
This report should be double spaced, in narrative format, 12-point font, and 5-6 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page;
Title page with your name, the course name, the date, and instructor’s name;
Include a reference page;
Use headings to separate the different sections;
Write in the third person;”
Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page. You are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Deductions will be taken when direct quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;
Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.
Case Study #2: American Tool and Die (Due Week 6)
As the sun rose on a crisp fall morning, Kelly Mueller’s Learjet touched down onto a small airstrip outside Tupelo, Mississippi, and taxied toward the hangar, where a festive crowd gathered to await the arrival of Toyota’s CEO. This morning, the governor of Mississippi, along with local politicians and business leaders from the automobile industry, would celebrate the construction of a new Toyota plant on a 1,700-acre site in Blue Springs. The new plant would produce 150,000 Highlander sport utility vehicles each year. The energy and enthusiasm of the crowd was palpable. The new plant would give hope to a local community that had been hit hard by the recession.
The purpose of Mueller’s visit was to assess new business opportunities for the company she ran for her father, Vince Brofft, CEO of American Tool & Die (AT&D). Mueller joined the company in 1998 after working for 15 years as an engineer at two U.S. automakers. Then, after seven successful years as chief operations officer at AT&D, this scrappy dynamo convinced her father she was ready to be president. Energetic and tireless, Mueller took over the helm of AT&D, an auto parts manufacturer that sold braking and ignition systems directly to the top three U.S. automakers. Mueller was a mover and while she did her homework she liked to make decisions quickly and by herself. Having worked in large organizations before she often had to make decisions with others and while she could do this the thought that she would get to do things on her own in the small business was intoxicating. With 195 employees, AT&D was located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, among dozens of other automobile parts suppliers in the Upper Midwest. AT&D, established in 1912 by Mueller’s great uncle, had a long history in Farmington Hills. Mueller had often talked with employees who would recount stories about their fathers or grandfathers working in the same Farmington Hills plant—the last of the original manufacturing operations in town.
Mueller was in Mississippi to research moving AT&D’s plant close to a foreign automaker. The foreign automakers, particularly Honda and Toyota, had been quickly grabbing market share away from the big three automakers, who had severely cut production as the economy worsened. As inventory started stacking up on dealer lots, U.S. automakers curtailed production in order to cope with the sudden drop in demand. Next, they put the squeeze on parts suppliers to lower prices. That’s when AT&D leaders started feeling the crunch and watching their financial picture turn grim.
Mueller faced an unprecedented challenge to survive this economic downturn and save her family’s company. She pleaded with her father to think creatively and shake up the status quo at AT&D to avoid bankruptcy. Her plan was to forge into new markets and court foreign automakers. This plan would require closing the plant in Michigan and opening one near the new Toyota facilities in Mississippi. Her father adamantly resisted this plan even though he knew she was right. “Dad,” a recent text message explained, “we have opportunities here in Mississippi. There’s no future in Michigan. We can’t sit around waiting for the big three to come back! It’s adapt or die!”
Back at the Farmington Hills plant, Brofft pondered his daughter’s “adapt or die” theory and considered an alternative to moving the plant to Mississippi—a move that would cause 195 employees to lose their livelihood in a small, close-knit community. Brofft agonized over choices that could dismantle a company that his family had built. He was sickened by the prospect of laying off employees who were like family. He didn’t want to move but the thought of leaving Michigan was paralyzing the decision process. He always made decisions in the past by consulting with his plant manager and good friend Joe Carney. Now he had to let his daughter in on the process and he just wasn’t sure he could open his mind to her ideas. As an alternative to moving the plant, Brofft considered ways to stay in Michigan. The only feasible option was to drastically cut payroll costs. To do so, he needed support from the local union.
Brofft called a meeting with the plant manager and union leaders to explain AT&D’s dire financial situation. He urged them to make concessions in the employee compensation agreement and explained that these plans would save the company from certain bankruptcy. Assuming he could win their support, Brofft proposed three strategies to the local union reps to keep the company financially afloat: (1) reduce worker wages by 10 percent for one year; (2) mandate a two-week, unpaid furlough at the end of December; and (3) downsize the number of employees by 30 percent. Exasperated, the local union leaders could barely restrain their anger. They were adamantly opposed to all three ideas. Yet probing beyond the fray, Brofft sensed the fear that lurked under the union reps’ gruff exterior. He sensed their vulnerability, but could not break through the reactionary bark that protected it. If union leaders would not cooperate, the plant would have to move and everyone in Farmington Hills would suffer.
In the meantime, Mueller held several successful presentations with local Toyota executives while in Mississippi. “I’ve made progress, Dad,” she said in a voice mail. “I can tell it’s going to be a long and drawn-out process, but they are very impressed with our product and historical strength. They’ve agreed to another meeting next month.”
Sources: Karen E. Klein, “Survival Advice for Auto Parts Suppliers,” BusinessWeek (June 16, 2009), http://www .businessweek.com/pri.t/magazine/content/09_62/s0902015954839.htm (accessed November 12, 2009); Amy Barrett, “Auto-Parts Suppliers Brace for Downturn,” BusinessWeek (February 13, 2009); http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jun2009/sb20090616_816915.htm (accessed November 12, 2009); and Toyota, http://www.toyota .com (accessed November 12, 2009
This assignment develops your capabilities to analyse, reason logically and conceptualise financial, social and environmental issues; and is aligned with the Course Learning Outcomes of identifying, understanding and interpreting accounting concepts. The use of Sustainability and/or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report enables you to apply your accounting knowledge to a real world context. The assignment is aligned with the following course learning objectives:
– Understand the ethics of business, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
– Reflect on financial information use in a business context
– Interpret business reports and accounting information to support business decision making processes
At the completion of the assignment you are also expected to achieve the following Program Learning Outcome (PLO):
– Apply a broad theoretical and technical knowledge of business practice in diverse contexts.
– Apply reasoned judgements to solve problems in a variety of business contexts with reference to ethical, regulatory and global perspectives.
Overview of assignment requirements
Assume you are preparing the report for a friend who wishes to invest in a business which conducts itself in a socially and environmentally responsible way. In your report, you are required to advise your friend on the economical/financial, social and environmental performance of the business. You should choose and analyse the financial and Sustainability/CSR reports of one of the specified below organisations (Please note that a marking rubric/guide will be available on RMIT Blackboard); and advise your friend whether or not to invest in the business in the report conclusion. You should demonstrate that you have undertaken research, and cite the sources you have used through appropriate in-text referencing and bibliography. We highly suggest you go through the sustainability chapter in the text book before you commence writing the assignment. Then go through the annual reports of your chosen company as well as other online resources which provide extra support for financial, social and environmental performance of your chosen company. It is important that you follow the assignment template to write your report.
You are required to prepare a report on one of the following specific organisations below:
Adidas (Financial year 2013)
The assignment’s template is as follows:
Title Page
Table of contents
Introduction
Financial/Economic performance
Social performance
Environmental performance
Conclusion
Reference List
Appendix (optional)
LENGTH: 2000 – 2500 words (excluding table of contents, reference list and Appendix (if anyappendix is optional))
Read Case Study 1, “Bernie Madoff: How “One Big Lie” Can Destroy Thousands of Lives,” on pages 258-264. Summarize the overall viewpoint of the author, and discuss the major issues presented in the case. Review the “Questions for Thought.” Answer the four “Questions for Thought” using the business ethics principles from the textbook.
Your summary of the author’s viewpoint and your discussion of the major issues presented in the case must be in paragraph form. However, your responses to the four “Questions for Thought” can be answered either in paragraph form or as a numbered list. Ensure to include your summary of the author’s viewpoint, your discussion of the ethical issues facing Bernie Madoff, and your responses to the questions.
Deliverable length is a minimum of 500 words, double spaced, 12pt New Times Roman font. Title page, abstract, and running head are not required; however, if you paraphrase or quote words or ideas from your course textbook or other resources, you must cite your sources following the APA style citation guidelines.
Assignment 2
Pardy, W., & Andrews, T. (2010). Integrated management systems: Leading strategies and solutions. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Government Institutes.
In the next unit, you will be conducting a gap analysis between the organization you selected in Unit I and one of the standards presented in this unit or another similar standard. Review the materials presented for the ILO, ANSI Z-10, and CSA OSH standards (or from OSHA’s VPP related materials).
Based on the information provided, speculate which areas you believe your chosen company will do well and areas where you think they will be lacking. This assignment is to get you thinking about the gap analysis. Use the information on the various elements of management systems standards presented in Chapters 1 and 2 as a guide. Your Unit IV submission will require much more detail and elaboration as you will be asked to perform a gap analysis and report your findings in narrative format.
Your response should be a minimum of 500 words in length, not counting references listed at the end or repeating of the question, and cited per APA guidelines. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Crude oil prices (measurement by barrels) have been declining on the world market over the past 2 years. Recent market reports have attributed the decline to factors of Market Supply and Market Demand. Conduct your research and provide clear and documented analysis to support all examples or cases for how the factors of Supply and Demand are causing crude oil prices to decline. In your analysis, provide at least 2 compelling examples each (total of 4) of the positive and negative impact of declining crude oil prices on the US and global economy. Please make sure that you have a thesis (a main point that you are making) and develop it thoroughly and coherently. All work must be your own with properly cited sources using APA standards. You will be provided with the means for you to check your work through the anti-plagirism Turnitin.com website before submitting the final draft in the course module’s dropbox in Learning Studio. Please include all of the following requirements in the completed paper:
Assignment 2: Required Assignment 2—Implementation of Sustainability in an Organization
All consumers and firms affect sustainability in different ways, either directly or indirectly. In practicing sustainability, a firm could create value for consumers, investors, and other stakeholders, such as the community in which the firm operates within its value chain. In addition, a firm engaging in good sustainable practices can fulfill the needs of its customers, earn a profit, and preserve the environment. This assignment will allow you, as a consumer, to explore how you can impact sustainability.
Tasks:
Propose a substantial investment plan to improve the performance of your work group or organization or an organization you hope to work for. The investment can be made in human resources, in expansion of tangible or intangible assets toward new uses, or in capital equipment or new technology.
Analyze how the investment plan achieves the following:
Organize your work to create a 2- to 3-page professional memo in a Microsoft Word document outlining your investment plan to the director and an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation script with complete endnotes explaining your recommendations to employees in your work group. Follow APA standards for citation of sources.
This essay need to read the book ” be the solution”following these 6 questions to write a 5 full page essay !
The book is called ” Be the solution” How entrepreneurs and conscious capitalists cansolve all the world’s problem. Make sure you have already read this book.