Strategic Gap Analysis in Emerging Industries: Identifying Opportunities for Competitive Advantage

Introduction For this assessment, you will conduct a gap analysis to determine available opportunities within a particular industry to gain competitive advantage in areas such as operational excellence, product development, and customer segmentation. Gaps in practice can come from multiple sources such as legal or regulatory concerns, disruptive technology, convergence of trends, entry of nontraditional…

Strategic Organizational Planning at CapraTek: Aligning Business, Technology, and Marketing Goals for Operational Efficiency

Introduction One of the most important tasks of business leaders is effective organizational planning. For this assessment, you will look at the importance of planning and best practices for success. You will address effective planning techniques that link departmental plans to the overall strategic plan and business operations goals, while considering key performance indicators that…

Assessment 2: Modified Delphi Project Technique Paper

Write a 3-page paper that examines various aspects of the modified Delphi project technique, including reasons for using the technique and the process to conduct a study or project in your workplace. Then find two articles about studies that explore aspects of strategic innovation and that use a Delphi project technique. Summarize and analyze the…

Curated Educational Resources for Teaching Current Trends and Foundational Concepts in Supply Chain Management to MBA Students

IntroductionAs the instructor for this MBA class, you must supply the reading materials for your students to understand the current trends and issues for supply chain management. What are professional informative articles, literature reviews, and empirical articles that are best suited to teach your material and why?Appropriate resources may include textbooks, scholarly research articles, reports…

Capital Budgeting Analysis and Investment Recommendation for Drill Tech, Inc.

Introduction This portfolio work project is about one of the basic functions of the finance manager: allocating capital to areas that will increase shareholder value. There are many uses of cash managers can select from, but it is essential that the selected projects are ones that add the most value to the company. This means forecasting the…

Strategic Cost Analysis and Sales Opportunity Evaluation for Acme Pickle Company

This portfolio work project will help you to assess a request, complete an analysis to understand the impact on an organization, provide a recommendation, and communicate that recommendation. Scenario The Acme Pickle Company has distributed pickles under the “Florida’s Best” brand for eight years from its production facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It sells the pickles…

Capstone Project Proposal: Strategic Optimization to Improve Employee Retention and Organizational Performance

Create a 2-3-page proposal that analyzes your business topic, defines the scope and strategy for how you will go about your capstone project, incorporates your BetterUp assessment and coaching, and explains how your proposed project allows you to demonstrate the MBA program outcomes. Introduction Based on the feedback you received from faculty on your capstone…

Managing Organisations and People

Assessment 2:Ardern”Case study: “Ethical Decision Making in a time of crisis: Prime Minister JacindaApprox. word length: 1300 word minimum (without references)Weighting: 40%Important: Read these guidelines along with the Marking Criteria.Background:The Covid-19 pandemic has brought worldwide disruption, illness, death, and economic disarray over the past two years. This has meant that political, business and health leaders…

Assessment #2: Needs Analysis for Change

Instructions: Be sure to address each main point. Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide, including performance-level descriptions for each criterion, to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed. In addition, note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.Overall, you will…