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Management and Leadership

1.”All managers should be leaders, but not all leaders should be managers.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your position.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

2.People handle conflict in different ways. Assume you are the project leader and two of your team members (who report to you) are trying to negotiate who will take the major share of the work on a new project. Both feel they are overwhelmed and overworked already and neither wants the additional responsibility. Assume one of the team members has a competing style and the other prefers a collaborative style of conflict resolution. What do you think the outcome of the negotiation will be? Explain your answer.
3.The lines between leading and managing are sometimes blurred in practice. What factors (e.g., technology, the economy, etc.) do you believe are responsible for making this distinction so vague? Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
4.Describe a situation in which you were part of a formal work group and one of the members of the group did not contribute much work to the project. How did the other group members deal with this person? How did this person’s behavior affect the attitude of the other group members?Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
5.Is there a cause-and-effect relationship between leader behavior and follower performance? What is the nature of the direction of the relationship? How strong is the relationship? Please use examples from personal experience to support your position? Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

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Report on ethical consumerism

Written Report
Write an analytical business report on what ethical consumerism means for businesses.
Choose a company and explain and analyse how they operate ethically. This must take into account the ethics and values of the company you choose to focus on. The report must be written in business report format and include the following six numbered sections:
• An executive summary which gives a brief overview of the argument in your report including key findings and conclusions.
• A contents page which lists the sections and the page numbers.
• An introduction which gives an overview of the structure of your report.
• A brief overview and analysis of ethical consumerism, identifying the examples of some of the products which fall into the ethical category. You must include a definition of ethical consumerism and arguments as to why it is a good strategy for businesses to adopt.
• A detailed review of one company claiming to operate ethically. Discuss the approaches they have used to become a more socially conscious business, linking this with their ethics and values.
• The results of a short opinion survey on what influences consumer buying behaviour, carried out by you from a small sample of 10-15 students at GSM London. You need to conduct primary research for this section.
• A conclusion which includes critical evaluation of ethical consumerism based on the evidence that you have gathered both from your primary and secondary research, focusing on the company you have chosen for detailed review.
• Recommendations as to how your company could become more ethical.
• You must include a references list after the main body of the report. Remember to use Harvard referencing where appropriate.
• A copy of your opinion survey should be included in an appendix.
Word limit: Not more than 2000 +/- 10%

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A Project and a Process- Application essay

Compose an essay using at least five online library references in which you do the following:

1.Contrast the differences between a project and a process.
2.Explain why project management is often used to train future senior executives.
3.Discuss at least two detriments to project success.
4.Describe “escalation of commitment” and where it fits in the lore of organizational culture.

Your paper should be 4 pages and should be referenced and cited using APA formatting.

 

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Identifying and Managing Risk

Identifying and Managing Risk

In this assignment, you will compare and evaluate risk management techniques from experts in the field. Go to the Ashford University Library and find one article by Dr. James Kallman. Dr. Kallman, an expert in the field of risk management, has written many articles on managing financial risk. Find a second article from another credible author of your choice who also provides recommendations for risk management.

Develop a three-page analysis (excluding the title and reference pages), of the techniques Dr. Kallman has identified for managing risks. In this analysis, compare Dr.Kallman’s techniques to the techniques recommended in the second article you researched. Explain why you agree or disagree with each authors’ recommendations. Describe other factors you believe should be considered in risk management. The assignment should be comprehensive and include specific examples. The paper should be formatted according to APA.
You must cite at least two scholarly sources, in addition to the text, from the Ashford University Library, one being an article by Dr. Kallman. Cite your sources in-text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center.

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Effective Business English Teaching at University Level: Developing a Student-Centered Curriculum and Teaching Methods

-Should be structured with a front page, dedication if any, abstract, foreword, content by
chapters, conclusions and bibliography;
– formatted according to APA style, using the official university font ‘calibri’.

The aim of this dissertation is to develop a curriculum, not only suitable but also effective, for teaching Business English to students whose English is not native and are studying economics and business. In addition, the teaching EFL/ESP methods shall be reviewed and appropriate Business English teaching methods shall be proposed for the newly developed curriculum.

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Management Accounting Control

   Management Accounting Control

Question

The annual budgeting process ensures that managers plan for future operations, and they consider how conditions in the next year might change, and what steps they should take now to respond to these changed conditions.

Required:

Discuss the relationship between budgetary control and standard costing. Your answer should also refer to  the behavioural aspects of budgeting and standard costing.

Required: 1400 Words

The format requirements of the coursework are:

• Typed, 1.5 spaces.
 
• One-inch margins all around.
 
• Standard type-size (12 point Times).

Your lectures’ notes will not be sufficient to answer the question and you will have to do some private reading (published literature) which should be stated in the bibliography.

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Draft a memo to the CEO explaining the new international compensation program

You are the total rewards director for a large domestic manufacturing company. The CEO has announced that they will be opening a new foreign production plant next year in Mexico. This new plant needs to be up and running by the deadline set by the CEO. In order to meet that deadline the company must send ten U. S. based employees, including some upper-level managers, to Mexico to get the new plant functional.
The CEO has come to you and asked for you to design a comprehensive and effective international compensation package to encourage the employees selected to take the assignment. Draft a memo to the CEO explaining the new international compensation program. In your memo you will need to describe the exact level of pay and benefits you want to commit to the program. For the purposes of this exercise you can assume that all 10 expatriate positions are equal and the domestic equivalent salary is $80,000. Make sure you indicate which base pay calculation you have chosen and what benefits should be offered. Be as specific as possible and provide references to support your answer.
Your answer should be at least two pages (double spaced) in length and make sure you apply APA format to your assignment

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Levels of Motivation

Discuss and evaluate how levels of motivation can impact upon an individual’s and a team’s performance in the workplace, taking the strategies available to assist in sustaining motivation within an organisation into consideration.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand how the levels of motivation can impact upon an individual and a team meeting an organisation’s goals and objectives
Understand the role of the middle manager in maintaining motivation in the workplace
Understand the strategies available in sustaining high levels of motivation in an organisation

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Recruiting/Selection

Written Assignment #2: Recruiting/Selection

Purpose:
To outline a recruitment plan to fill the new job. Now that you have a job created, you need to find someone to fill that job. Once you’ve create your pool of candidates, you then need to determine how you will select the best candidate. Then, after your candidate has been on the job for a year, a performance evaluation is required.

Category Criteria
Points
Recruitment Plan Write a job ad for your job opening. Provide a recruitment plan that includes where you plan to recruit and why, along with how long you plan to recruit. You must thoroughly explain your decisions for this recruitment plan.
25
Selection Method Describe the selection method(s) you would use to hire the best candidate. You must thoroughly explain your decisions for this selection method.
25
Performance Evaluation
Now you’ve hired a candidate, Cathy. She has been working for you for a year now. Based on the information provided (Performance Evaluation document found in Doc Sharing), write her performance evaluation. You must be sure to substantiate your ratings and feedback.

25
Literature Review Find one scholarly article each for recruitment, selection, and performance evaluations that validate your process (three total sources). Provide a summary of your sources in a 2–3 page paper.
40
Readability Follow Guidelines and Best Practices sections.
10
Deliverables
Submit the following:

Recruitment plan (25 points)
Selection method plan (25 points)
Completed performance evaluation (25 points)
Literature review (40 points)
Total Points: 125

Written Assignment #2

Written Assignment #2: Recruiting/Selection. See the Written Assignment #2 under the Course Project content item under Course Home. Review the Grading Rubric Template spreadsheet posted in the Grading Rubrics section under the Course Project, which provides assignment expectations and a point breakdown.