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Assessment and Selection of aGraduate Trainee Manager

 
The individual component – Short report (2000 words) The report should contain a literature review on the subject of assessment and management competencies The Literature Review must be referenced in line with Harvard style referencing A CRITICAL review of the various assessments that you intend to use in your Recommendations – Might think about working backwards Define your competencies and key behaviours FIRST The Conclusions and Recommendations should be written in 3rd person but no referencing needed. The subject of the report: Selection and assessment of a graduate trainee manager How do companies conduct the process of selection assessment? Many companies do not do it very well Many use the traditional approach (NOT sufficient for a management job) How might we optimise the process to ensure optimal organisational functioning and the fit between what people can do and the jobs that they are selected to do? A poor selection process will result in organisational failures but also will have negative consequences for the employee Coursework details: • The coursework is a short management report which will present a solution to an issue in assessment and selection of a Graduate Trainee Manager • The word limit is 2000 words (+/- 10%). • You will be presented with a case study entitled “Eazy Street Records.” The Individual Component o See the template for an understanding of how the report should be presented. Full guidance will be given during the dedicated assignment tutorial o The report has a number of sections: • Front cover • Contents page • Executive summary • Review of the literature • Conclusions • Recommendations • Bibliography o The word count of 2000 +/- 10% is made up of: • Review of the literature • Conclusions • Recommendations • You are then expected to choose three management competencies that you deem important from the research in the literature review in relation to a graduate trainee manager. You will then develop two Key Behaviours for each competency. These will then be linked to the various assessments in the recommendations section. The Management Report is made up of a number of sections and accordingly, each section attracts a number of marks. A grade is also given for overall presentation. • Executive summary 15% • Review of the literature 25% • Conclusions 15% • Recommendations 25% • Bibliography `and in-text referencing 10% • Presentation (overall presentation of the document and to include the front cover and contents page) 10%

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Design in Marketing

 
The assessment for this module is based on a four-part portfolio

Write a 500 word report based on your understanding of ‘Design in Marketing’ give specific examples of where design can be found and used in Marketing. You will be expected to evidence that you have read around this subject in terms of referencing the sources of data, which you have used. (25%)
Design audit: carryout an in-depth audit into Pizza Express. Consider all the different types of design that have been discussed in class and how and where they are used in the case studies marketing efforts. Produce a written critique evidencing all of the areas where you see design applied to Pizza Express’s marketing activity. Include in this document photographs, printouts etc., to illustrate where you’ve found design in marketing used by this brand.(25%)
Annotate a piece of design in marketing – this could be an advert, photograph of a product, website or some other marketing material from a holiday company of your choice – critique from a design perspective and offer any recommendations on how this might be improved as well as whether or not it is working well. (25%)
You Design. Redesign a popular brands logo of your choice (use a different brand from any already used in this assessment) – based on what you have learnt throughout this module. The expectation is that you will evidence a range of ideas that you have had and rejected, in order to develop your design, as well as a finished design. Include ‘mock-ups’ in terms of how you anticipate the logo being used in stationary and other marketing materials. Briefly describe the design decisions you have made from a marketing perspective. (25%)

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Survey Questions

 
For this assignment, create a Survey Monkey account and develop a survey.

Please sign up for Survey Monkey (you can obtain a free, limited account) and create a survey you might use in your own study. Visit Survey Monkey to create your account. You will notice that you can create a variety of question types. Be creative and explore all of the options. Develop a survey of at least 10 different questions. Be sure to include both quantitative and qualitative survey questions.

Length: a ten (or more) item survey with both quantitative and qualitative survey questions.

The topic to base the questions off of: Coaching and gender.

Investigate if it’s useful or not to appoint female coaches to male teams. What problems may appear?

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Do men and women speak the same language differently? Include a discussion of the various approaches to researching language and gender to support your answer.

 
Essays will be marked according to the following criteria:
· focus on the question
· clear articulation and assessment of arguments
· discussion of empirical evidence for and against particular arguments
· coherent structure organised around headings
· a wide range of reading related to the essay title
· appropriate use of figures and tables
· proper referencing
· grammar, punctuation, style

Additional Guidelines for your assignment:
1. Use in text references in the format of (Author, Year: page number)

Referencing policy (at level 5)

1. You need to use (and reference) a minimum of five printed sources for any type of assignment
2. URLs can be used in addition to these printed sources, not instead of them
3. Don’t use or refer to www.wikipedia.org!

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Case Study

 
Element 1
Assessment instructions:
1.1
You are a paralegal employed by the Mount Gravatt Law Centre. You receive the following email from your supervising solicitor James Wright:
Hi,

I need you to research the steps involved in making an application to the Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal for a Guardianship order and provide me with a memo about it.

Thanks
James
Read again the Element 1.1 notes and draft an email to James asking him the six questions that would give you further information regarding the research task.
You must Answer 1.1 before going onto 1.2
1.2
You receive an email back from James Wright the next day as follows:
Good morning!

Thanks for your email yesterday. In answer to your questions:
• The research is to be included in a letter of advice to our client Marilyn Baker who may need to apply for a Guardianship Order in relation to her daughter Annette who has a serious intellectual impairment and is now nineteen years old;
• I need you to find out the steps for applying for a Guardianship Order;
• I need you to include your research in the precedent client letter of advice for the Mt Gravatt Law Centre;
• I need the research to be ready today;
• I expect you might need an hour to do the research and drafting;
• You may need to call someone at the Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal registry to clarify information.
Thanks,
James
Read the notes at Element 1.2 again and prepare a research plan to complete the task set by James.
1.3
Later in the week another supervising solicitor, Warren Warrior, calls you into his office for a meeting. Warren tells you that he would like you to prepare a fact sheet that can be given to clients of the Mt Gravatt Law Centre that explains what mediation is and how it can be used to help resolve disputes, especially family law disputes. Warren would like you to include in the fact sheet:
• Examples of at least three different types of disputes that could be resolved by mediation;
• The names and contact details of at least two private mediators in Brisbane;
• Details for at least two websites of courts or public organisations that have information about mediation;
Prepare a research plan to complete the task set by Warren;
Web link
An example of a research plan recommended
The link below is to a tutorial from Monash University about how to work out the sorts of questions you might need to research if you are given a particular legal point to obtain information about:

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Small Enterprises In A Mass Tourism Environment

 
The dissertation is written but failed for five points to reach the 50 which is the passing mark. As you will see from the feedback that my tutor send me, various parts need rewritting.
The main issue was that I don’t met my aim and objectives thus the writer is free to change anything he/she likes in order to meet those, or he/she can put aim and objectives that fit’s him/her better in order to achieve the result of 60 out of 100 points.
Finally from the 23 interviews the questions I asked the interviwees are inconsisted thus the writer can keep only 10 or more which will meet his/her objectives and will give to the paper a consice structure.
Regarding the references I would like 15 to 20 articles or journals,5 books and 5 internet.
Finally I would like the parts which are written from the writer to be sent to me so I can examine them and check them.

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Identifying a Problem

 
Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project”.

Preview and utilize the “Topic 1 Checklist.” This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment.

Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. Collaborate with a leader or educator in the clinical environment to identify a problem, issue, or educational deficit upon which to build a proposal for change.

In a paper of no more than 800 words, describe the nature of the problem, issue, or educational deficit. The problem I’d like to address is Bedside Nursing Report. I’m currently an RN working on a med/surg floor and many nurses only give report at the nurses station. Include the following in your discussion:

The setting and/or context in which the problem, issue, or educational deficit can be observed.
Detailed description of the problem, issue, or educational deficit.
Impact of the problem, issue, or educational deficit on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
Gravity of the problem, issue, or educational deficit and its significance to nursing.
Proposed solution to address the problem, issue, or educational deficit.

Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project”, .

Review “Topic 1: Checklist.” This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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on BOFFI (A): MANAGING INTERNATIONAL IN LUXURY GOODS)

 
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTION

(on BOFFI (A): MANAGING INTERNATIONAL IN LUXURY GOODS) now required to independently evaluate the internationalization strategy of the business and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on suitable future internationalization options available to the business. Your evaluation and recommendations should be presented as a Management Brief.

Your Management brief should include:
1. Title Page

2. Executive summary

3. Table of contents

4. Introduction
It should be impressive

5. Internationalization
– External Analysis of Brazil and Chile (Macro, micro and industry lifecycle)
PESTEL ANALYSIS, INDUSTRY LIFECYCLE

– Motive for Internationalization (USE organization factor, external factors)

– Evaluation of National Competitive Advantage
USE PORTER’S DIAMOND
– FIRMS STRATEGY, STRUCTURE AND RIVALRY
– DEMAND CONDITION
– FACTOR CONDITION
– SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES

– Evaluation of mode(s) of entry
(use Suitability and feasibility)

6. Conclusions and Recommendations
(including pros and cons)

8. References (you should use reliable and good quality of reference, please don’t use silde share and Wikipedia)
9. Appendix (if required)
Your assignment should include in-text citations and supported with a full List of References at the end of the assignment. You are expected to use the Harvard Referencing Style.

Word Limit: 2200 words, using the standard Management Brief format described above.

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Unit V
Write a paper describing a basic experimental design for the proposal.
Design a basic experiment to assess a cause and effect relationship based on your research question. Include the following information:
1. Research the objective.
2. Explain if the design is a true experiment or a quasi-experiment. Justify your selection.
3. Develop a hypothesis based on your research question.
4. Evaluate your hypothesis according to the characteristics provided in the lecture. Be specific.
MBA 5652, Research Methods 4
5. Describe the independent variables, blocking variables, dependent variables, and extraneous variables.
6. Explain how you plan to deal with issues related to internal and external validity. Be specific.
7. Conclusion: Highlight the major points discussed in the previous sections. Be sure to relate the information back to the purpose and relevance of the research.
You must use correct APA formatting when writing your paper. All references used, including the textbook, must be cited.

Here is Unit I.

Business Situation
Lack of Internal Control in the Organization

Current situation
In the organization, there has been a lack of internal control in the operations. Internal controls define and govern the responsibilities that each department of the organization has to handle. These systems outline the business operating environment, strategies, procedures and policies, communication strategies and monitoring of the organization performance.

Problem statement
Internal controls are methods and procedures that are applied to protect the legitimacy of the transactions that are made, the accuracy of the business records and the protection of business assets (Zikmund, Babin, Carr, & Griffin, 2013). As a result of the current situation whereby effective internal control has been lacking, it has been difficult to operate the business efficiently. There has been a lack of compliance with the set organization rules and regulations as well as poor business ethics. Hence, with the current situation, accomplishing the set objectives of the organization would be problematic.
Research objective
The objective of the research is to formulate measures that will ensure that there is efficient internal control within the organization. The causes of the challenge will also be researched and aspects that led to the occurrence of the issue. The research will enable the organization to institute an inclusive set of policies and procedures that will help to mitigate the problems that are caused by lack of an effective internal control.
Research questions
The research will formulate the following set of research questions:
What are the major causes of lack of internal control?
How has a lack of internal control impacted on the operations of the organization?
What strategies should be set to remedy the situation?
What are the likely outcomes of the proposed resolutions?
Hypothesis
The hypothesis that will be used in the research will be:
Hypothesis 1: Poor organization performance can be attributed to the lack of an effective internal control.
Hypothesis 2: Lack of internal control in has not had a significant impact on the performance of the organization.

References
Zikmund, W. G., Babin, B. J., Carr, J. C., & Griffin, M. (2013). Business research methods (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.
Here is Unit II:
Introduction
Internal control refers to the evaluation and monitoring of the functioning of the operations within an organization. Internal controls define and govern the responsibilities that each department of the organization has to handle. These systems outline the business operating environment, strategies, procedures and policies, communication strategies and monitoring of the organization performance. Internal control is an important aspect since it allows a specific and high level of services that are provided by the management leading to the effective performance of its duties. Internal control offers crucial security to an organization regarding the credibility of its affairs. The literature review will be organized based on the basic concepts of internal control. They include the management lapse and control culture, risk identification and assessment, control activities and separation of duties and information and communication.
Management lapse and the control culture
The management board ought to have the obligation for approving and reviewing the overall policies and strategies of the organization periodically (Gatewongsa & Ussahawanitchakit, 2013). This will enable the understanding of the main risks that face the business and set tolerable levels for the risks. The organization will hence be able to take the necessary steps to identify, monitor and control the various types of risks that might inhibit the performance of the firm. Therefore, the management board is accountable for making sure that there is the establishment and maintenance of an adequate and effective internal control. According to Pfister (2009), the senior management of a firm is responsible for setting up directives to the board of directors. These includes the implementation of policies and strategies and the formulation of an efficient internal control system.

Risk recognition and assessment
Keane (2014) ascertains that the risks that could affect the achievement of an organization adversely should be identified and regularly assessed in an effective control system. The assessment that is conducted ought to cover the all the potential risks in the organization and should be revised appropriately to address any uncontrolled or new risk. The risk review process should typically focus on the review of business strategies that are aimed at maximizing the reward trade-off within different sectors of the organization (Bentley-Goode, Newton, & Thompson, 2014). The risk control process should involve determining whether the organization can control the risk or not. For the risks that can be controlled, the organization ought to determine the degree to which it needs to moderate the risks. For the uncontrollable risks, the organization needs to determine whether to reduce the concerned business activity or withdraw from the practice completely.
Control activities and segregation duties
In the organization, internal control activities necessitate being a crucial part of its operations. A suitable control structure that has control activities distinct at every business level is required for an effective control system. These activities include checking for compliance with the set policies of the organization, system authorizations and approvals and the verification of procedures and policies that are being complied with.
Information and communication
For any business to have an internal control system that is effective, there is the need to have adequate information regarding the internal financial operations and the external market conditions to improve the decision-making process. The information that is obtained should be reliable, accessible, timely, and ought to be provided in a consistent design.
In conclusion, the main objective of the project is to formulate measures that will ensure that there is an efficient internal control within the organization. The steps that can be undertaken by the organization to solve the internal control problems include, the management lapse and the control culture, risk identification and assessment, control activities and separation of duties and information and communication. Through efficient strategies that are based on these measures, the lack of internal control within the organization can be solved effectively.

References
Bentley-Goode, K., Newton, N., & Thompson, A. (2014) Business Strategy and Internal Control over Financial Reporting. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Gatewongsa, K., & Ussahawanitchakit, P. (2013). Internal control strategy of beverage businesses in Thailand: Effects on goal achievement. International Journal of Business Strategy, 13(3), 53-74.
Keane, M. (2014). The remediation of internal control weaknesses, non-audit fees and auditor independence. Journal of International Business and Economics, 14(1), 75-86.
Pfister, J. A. (2009). Managing Organizational Culture for Effective Internal Control: From Practice to Theory. Springer Science & Business Media.
Relationship between Internal Control, Internal Audit, and Organization Commitment with Good Governance: Indonesian Case. (2012). China-USA Business Review, 11(09).

Here is Unit III:
This questionnaire is designed by the Williamson Group of companies to determine the types of marketing strategies in business and how to improve customer services through feedback. The purpose is to collect data which helps the company in strategic business development for the next five years.
Williamson Group of Companies Questionnaire
All the information provided on this questionnaire is confidential and your identity is not required. Filling out this questionnaire helps the company improve services its customers. Please feel free to give honest feedback. Thank you in advance.

Please tick where applicable
1. Gender Male Female
2. Age group
• Under 18 years
• 19 to 25 years
• 26 to 35 years
• 36 and above years
3. How did you find out about our products and services? (I.e. newspaper adverts, social media, outdoor media, friends and family, text based services and many more)

__________________________________________________________
4. When you first bought from us what was the quality of the services offered?
Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
5. What encouraged you to buy from us?

__________________________________________________________
6. Williamson Group has run a number of advertisements on newspapers and television. Are you familiar with any particular advert?
Yes
No
7. If so, describe the details?

8. Did the advert give you enough information any of our new product or service?
Yes
No
9. What are some of the products that you have bought us that you have never tried before?

__________________________________________________________
10. Kindly give your general comments about Williamson group of companies?

__________________________________________________________

The first three questions give information about demographic profile of the customer and will help in target marketing. The next sets of questions require the customer to give feedback which helps the company have a competitive advantage over its competitors. The questions are in line with objective of marketing research which seeks to establish the best ways of marketing products and services to our customers. The questions that follow are set to determine and monitor the current market promotions and how to improve them. It also explores if they are effective for the business. Question 9 and question 10 helps the business know some of the products which should be stocked going by the market trends as well as producing feedback from the customer.

Here is Unit IV:
Sampling Design
The chosen sampling technique is purposive sampling. This sampling technique is non-probability type, meaning it does not rely on chance. It is mainly based on the judgment of the researcher based on the objectives of the study (Guarte & Barrios, 2006). In most cases, this sampling method is used when the target population is large and the researcher only needs certain identifiable characteristics. Purposive sampling will be advantageous for this study for many reasons. First, the time and cost constraints for the study will be eliminated because the participants can be quickly identified (Guarte & Barrios, 2006).
Secondly, in case some of the participants decide to abandon the study before it is done, new respondents can be easily identified as replacements. However, this sampling technique may result in biases as shall be outlined in this paper. Despite these biases, the sampling method has been identified as most suitable based on the main research objectives.
Research Objective
The research is meant to determine the perceptions of college students on online shopping platforms. Perception related surveys cover a great geographical area in order for the study to be qualified as viable. In most cases, there are characteristics of respondents to be captured, which usually require purposive sampling. Rather than leaving the sampling process to come up with a particular sample that may not be representative of the total population, the researcher is able to control this by varying the sampling parameters. Perception is also based on individual values, which are mostly influenced by their social affiliations. When such affiliations are known in advance, it is easy to pick individuals to represent them in the survey.
Population and Sampling Frame
All students in colleges form part of the population in this study. From the population, a good sample size should be obtained to ensure equal representation. The sample size also affects the credibility and viability of this study. Given that purposive sampling has been chosen for the study, the sample frame will be guided by the parameters already set by the researcher. The different parameters include age, gender, race and social class. From each category, an equal number of individuals will be chosen as study respondents.
Biases
Purposive sampling has its own biases, which are well noted by the researcher. First, there is a problem of over-representation in the case where the respondents arrived at do not actually represent all groups involved in online shopping. One group’s perception may be captured more than the others’. However, this bias will be eliminated through a thorough review of respondent representation before the study commences. Secondly, under-representation may also occur when respondents of particular groups decide to opt out of the study or do not submit responses in time.
However, this challenge will be solved through the identification of stand in respondents in case many initial ones opt out. Lastly, there is also a problem of generalization when making study conclusions (Guarte & Barrios, 2006). Given that perceptions are likely to change, the conclusions made on this particular study may not hold for long.
Conclusion
Assessing the perception of individuals will lead to the development of a suitable online shopping model. This model may be used by merchandisers to design their business units as well as their websites. Marketing of online products may also benefit from the study.\

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship

 
Prepare an academic report suggesting how Entrepreneurs might inform, or be informed by the management of projects. (2,000 word essay) [Part 2] (30% of module grade)

i will upload the module guide, the description of this assessment and extra files that will help you in the research, please have a look at them and try to use some of them if you feel they are appropriate or good to use in this report + your references. ( the first 3 files that i will upload is important)

( Please keep in mind that i am a master student in project management i don’t have work experience after my bachelors degree in business management i just worked in a summer job in Kingdom of Bahrain)