Category: Business

Business Forecasting
Format:

Presentation/style of report and relevant findings will be important and assessed. This will include
proper presentation of graphs, tables and charts used to highlight key points in the report. Different
fonts and styles from contributions made by different students will be penalised. Your paper will need
to be a management style report with academic rigour.
Executive summary:
Summarises the report in one page.
Introduction:
Outlines the general background that is relevant to the current issues The purpose of the study
Problem definition
Methodology:
Outlines the process of the data analysis
Justifies why you have chosen the forecasting methods you are applying and explain the reasoning
behind why you have picked them
Outlines any limitations of the forecasting approach used and any improvements that could be made to
the process
Results:
Describes and outlines key findings (e.g. forecasts)
Uses plots, graphs, summary tables and other evidence to highlight key discussion points
Conclusions and recommendation: contains key recommendations and limitations Appendices: contains
additional material not previously shown
References
Page limit:
Your report must not exceed 10 pages single?spaced, excluding appendix and references.

 

VALS and PRISM NE Analysis

Before beginning this assignment, go to the following Strategic Business Insights website and explore
the information on VALS:

https://www.strategicbusinessinsights.com/vals/ustypes.shtml
Click on each of the eight types and read the descriptions that define each of the various behavioral
classifications.
My analysis showed that I am a experiencer and secondary an achiever.

In a well-written paper, answer the following questions:
� How is your behavior as a consumer consistent with the selected primary and secondary group
classification descriptions?
� What factors are most important, in your opinion, in landing you in those two categories
(think friends, ethnicity, culture, religion, education, gender, age, life stage, etc.). Briefly
describe why each of the selected contributing factors is important in defining you as a member of
these groups.
� Give two examples of products/brands that you believe promote to and/or target one or more of
these groups and give an example of a print or YouTube video ad that substantiates your claim. Provide
APA citations of these examples in your references page and include any visuals along with your paper.
Also,
� Go to the PRIZM NE site:
� https://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp?ID=0&SubID=&pageName=Home
Click on the Segment Look-Up tab and review some of the category descriptions. Read a couple that you
believe might fit you. Then click on the Using MyBestSegments tab to get an idea of how businesses
might use such information. Finally, click on the Zip Code Look-Up tab. Enter your zip code and review
the categories that define your neighborhood. (my zip code is 80905 in Colorado springs, colorado)
In a well-written paper, answer the following questions:
� Do the categories assigned to your zip code define your neighborhood accurately? Do you see
yourself in one of the categories listed? If so, which one? (middle class neighborhood mostly older
people and families with children)
� How might this information be valuable to marketers of products to you and the other
categories listed for your neighborhood? What promotions do you receive through the mail that are
targeting, in your opinion, your neighbors and yourself based on the classifications? (receive red
plum grocery ads and coupons as well as bed bath and beyond coupons)
� Which retail operations may have located in your immediate region based on these profiles?
� In summary, are you and your neighborhood captured in the PRIZM NE classifications? Why or why
not? Be as specific as possible and provide examples. Is your neighborhood�s PRIZM designation
reflected in the demographics, lifestyle and related resident consumer �toys,� and community and retail
development?

 

Assessment Tasks

This is an individual assignment. Write a word-processed business-type report. The word count is a
minimum of 1500 words to a maximum of 3000 words. Students should evaluate and discuss the information
appropriately to ensure it is relevant and succinctly argued to achieve the limit.

? REPORT

According to TSO (2007), “Release and Deployment Management aims to build, test and deliver the
capability to provide the services specified by Service Design and that will accomplish the
stakeholder’s requirements and deliver the intended objectives”.

It has been noted in the press recently that serious service outages have occurred in more than one
U.K. Financial Institution causing concern for the managers and customers alike. Problems created due
to the release of software components has been sited as a major contributing factor. This has the
disadvantage of creating difficulties for the companies as it has culminated in a lack of confidence
by the customers who, as a result, may take their custom elsewhere.

Whilst not able to discuss the specifics of these occurrences students should choose an appropriate
real world company or an agreed case study that will enable them to discuss their application of
Release and Deployment Management within a Service Transition culture. This may be a company they work
for, a case study or other company that they are aware of and can research appropriate levels of
information about.

Apply the knowledge gained about Release and Deployment within the context of creating a proactive
service transition culture built on the management of release of IT systems and services. This should
include an understanding of the broader context of Service Transition, Knowledge Management and
Service Asset and Configuration Management to analyse the chosen organisation.

Describe how the organisation under investigation has or could implement the appropriate ITIL Service
Transition Processes. This should ideally focus on the current Release and Deployment structures in
place but especially in relation to the following:

• Describe how the organisation has implemented Service Transitions processes;
• Describe the current tools used in the organisation;
• How does it compare to an IT Service Management proposed structure?
• Identify areas that have not been implemented;
• Assess and evaluate the success of the implementation;
• Specify the advantages the organisation has/is likely to gain and any negative outcomes that
have been brought about by the implementation;
• After the evaluation draw up conclusions and a set of recommendations for the organisation
that would help them align themselves more successfully with IT Service Management practices.

If students do not have access to a real company/organisation they can use the Case Study provided
taking on board the challenges identified in the scenario, especially as they relate to Knowledge and
Asset Management with respect to Release and Deployment. Specific tasks in this case are:

• Describe how the organisation could implement the processes and the likely outcome of such
changes current structure. Describe commonly used software tools which could be available to
facilitate the solution;
• How does the existing structure compare to an IT Service Management proposed structure?
• Identify areas for development including a timescale;
• Assess and evaluate the likely success of the implementation if an IT Service Management
solution is implemented;
• Specify the advantages the organisation is likely to gain and any negative outcomes that could
be brought about by the implementation;
• After the evaluation students should draw up conclusions and a set of recommendations for the
organisation that would help them align themselves more successfully with IT Service Management
practices.
Apply the knowledge gained from the online topics, continuous assessment and student’s own research to
identify and area of Release and Deployment within a Service Transition culture that the organisation
has implemented.
The report should include the following components to gain the maximum marks for the report structure.

• Front page
• Including: student name, course, tutor, date
• Introduction
• Definitions of key terms
• Main report
• Analyse knowledge management implementation
• Conclusion
• Summary and recommendations
• Appendices
• Bibliography and References
• Around 10-15 referenced texts and appropriate sources

 

 

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Read the “Transformation at the IRS” case study.

In a paper of 1,250-1,500 words, address the following:

Who are the stakeholders in this case, and which ones are most important? Why?
What prompted the change effort, and what was targeted to change?
Why was the proposed change controversial?
Evaluate the change using Kotter’s 8-step model and explain how it was used, or could have been adopted for use, in this case.
After this case took place, the IRS considered outsourcing their collections (overdue tax collections). Would you recommend this plan, why or why not?
What are some of the managerial challenges facing the IRS, going forward?

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.

Directly quoted source material may not exceed 10% of the paper’s content.
Due to its inherent unreliability, Wikipedia is not considered an acceptable source for use in academic writing.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

Read the “Chipping Away at Intel” case study at the end of chapter 3 in the text.

In a paper of 750-1,000 words, address the following questions that relate to why organizations change:

Of the environmental pressures for change (fashion, mandated, geopolitical, market decline, hyper-competition, reputation and credibility), which one(s) were experienced by Intel, and what facts from the case support your choice(s)?
Of the internal pressures for change (growth, integration, collaboration, reestablishment of organizational identities, new broom, and power and political pressures), which one(s) were experienced at Intel, and what facts from the case support your choice(s)?
Are there limits to the changes that can be accomplished at Intel? Why or why not?
Describe why it is important for change managers to have a clear, personal understanding about the pressures that lead to change.

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.

Directly quoted source material may not exceed 10% of the paper’s content.
Due to its inherent unreliability, Wikipedia is not considered an acceptable source for use in academic writing.

This assignment will be graded using the “Pressures of Change Rubric.” Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

– What issue(s) related to equity and diversity / affirmative action in the public sector is most prevalent today? What, if anything, makes this important? How has this issue evolved over time?

Grading Criteria:

a) Did the student answer the entire question?

b) How well did the student utilize assigned readings, case studies, lectures, class discussions, student presentation and other illustrative examples?
c) How well organized is the answer? Did you take a position?
e) Did the student go beyond the call of the question and show some level of creativity?

Business retention and expansion program You are the CEO of the local economic development corporation. As part of your organization?s business retention and expansion program, you are putting on a one-day seminar for local area businesses on going global. Provide an outline of the seminar including topics, coverage time, and why the topic is important enough to be included in the seminar

1) Read The Tipping Point and review the other course readings including the textbook.
2) Develop a strategic plan for a small consumer products company (real or fictitious but no more than 250 employees in size).
3) Articulate your proposed strategy and talk about the tools and methods you used to develop the strategy and will use to implement it. Specifically include where you would produce or source your products, using The Tipping Point to think about issues related to sourcing.
Tipping Point Link

We are using STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND CASES
FRED R. DAVID as our textboo