Write a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you provide the following information below.

 

Operations Plan (1 – 2 pages)

 

Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.

 

1. Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
2. Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional-level and business-level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.
   • Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.
   • Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.
   • Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?
   • Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?
   • Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.
   • Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?
3. Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

 

Technology Plan (1 – 2 pages)

 

1. Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
2. Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.
   • Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

 

Management & Organization (1 – 2 pages)

 

1. Create a management plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 248 | Management Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
2. Using the flow charts on p. 242 as a guide, outline your company’s management hierarchy. Note: Charts or diagrams must be imported / included in the MS Word document.
3. Provide a rationale for the management structure and style section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.
4. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
   1. Cite the resources you have used to complete this exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
   2. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
   3. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

 

Question

Question-1 Communication is the process of

transferring information and meaning.

listening actively.

writing messages.

talking constantly.

Question-2: Business communication is often more demanding than social communication because communication on the job is affected by

politics.

the growing reliance on teamwork in business.

personalities.

desire to always advance and move up in an organization.

Question-3 What are the benefits of using IM in business communication?

Less personal

Low cost

Ability to exclude those unable to use IM

To maintain a quiet work environment

Question-4: What are the three major steps in the writing process?

Plan, Write, and Complete

Plan, Construct, and Complete

Prepare, Write, and Complete

Prepare, Construct, and Stop

Question-5: What way can you build credibility with an audience when planning a persuasive message?

Use simple language.

Use difficult language.

Use descriptive language.

Use hostile language.

Question-6: What type of data visual would you use to illustrate trends over time?

Gantt chart

Bar graph

Line chart

Scatter diagrams

Question-7: How do you keep the audience’s attention?

Use confusing language

Relate your subject to your audience’s needs

Talk about yourself

Offer a reward

Question-8: What does quality of hire mean?

A measure of how a new employee is hired

How good an employee is at getting hired

On a 1–10 scale, the hire is a 10

A measure of how closely new employees meet the company’s needs

Question-9 What is a subjective statement?

Inventory Analysis and Optimizing Staffing”

•Recommend a strategy for financial administrators to balance the tension between having inventory on hand when it is needed versus the carry cost to the organization. Provide support for your recommendation. •Assume that you are a health care administrator in a hospital, and you are responsible for staffing levels. Suggest an approach to staffing for 24/7 coverage that optimizes patient care, minimizes cost, and produces the highest level of employee satisfaction. Provide support for your rationale. Assignment 1: Financial Statement Analysis Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Select one (1) of the following publically traded health care organizations: Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) or Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA).

Suppose you are a newly appointed CFO of your chosen health care organization. One of your first tasks is to conduct an internal financial analysis of the organization. Conduct a brief financial analysis and review of the chosen company’s financial statements for at least three (3) consecutive years. After conducting the analysis, interpret the data contained within the statements.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1.Based on your review of the financial statements, suggest a key insight about the financial health of the company. Speculate on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Provide support for your rationale. 2.Identify the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Indicate the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, suggest at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization. 3.As the CFO, suggest one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Recommend an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendation. 4.Use at least four (4) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Evaluate the financial statements and the financial position of health care institutions. •Analyze the role of important financial reporting statements – income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows – and explain how they relate to one another and to the underlying sources of data. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in health financial management. •Write clearly and concisely about health financial management using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Question

QUESTION 1

“All the characteristics and experiences that define each of us as individuals” is the definition of ________

A.  Pluralism.

B.  Ethnicity.

C.  Diversity.

D.  Culture.

E.  None of the above.

QUESTION 2

Business communication is often more demanding than social communication because communication on the job is affected by the _____

A.  Globalization of business.

B.  Increasing value of business information.

C.  Pervasiveness of technology.

D.  Growing reliance on teamwork in business.

E.  All of the above.

QUESTION 3

The key to a productive meeting is careful planning that addresses _____

A.  None of the above.

B.  Its purpose.

C.  Its participants.

D.  Its location and agenda.

E.  all of the above.

QUESTION 4

When introducing yourself to someone in a business context, you should always include a brief description of ________

A.  Your greatest accomplishment.

B.  Your role in the company.

C.  One of your personal interests or hobbies.

D.  Your company’s history.

E.  All of the above.

QUESTION 5

Most people belong to ______

A.  only one culture at a time, but it can change over their lifetime.

B.  no culture at all, due to increased globalization.

C.  all cultures although most do not realize it.

D.  only one culture.

E.  several different cultures.

QUESTION 6

Unlike style sheets and templates, _________ address(es) the overall look and feel of a page or screen, including color palettes and background images.

A.  style sets

B.  boilerplate

C.  themes

D.  file merge

E.  autocorrect

QUESTION 7

The preferred title for women in business is __________, unless the individual requests otherwise.

A.  Mme.

B.  Miss

C.  Mrs.

D.  Madam

E.  Ms.

QUESTION 8

When you are criticizing or correcting, it is best to _________

A.  emphasize the audience’s mistakes so that they will not make the same ones again.

B.  enlist a partner to echo and affirm your negative comments.

C.  be honest and call attention to the audience’s failures or shortcomings.

D.  single out the guilty audience members as an example for everyone else to learn from.

E.  focus on what the audience members can do to improve.

QUESTION 9

For effective document design, you should _______

A.  balance the space devoted to text, artwork, and white space.

B.  fit as much material as possible on each page.

C.  use bright background colors to make your messages stand out.

D.  use a mix of several typefaces and type sizes and include a variety of decorative touches to make the page look more interesting.

E.  do all of the above.

QUESTION 10

Using white space in a document ________

A.  is considered “cheating.”

B.  is helpful only when you lack adequate information.

C.  makes your document look unappealing.

D.  provides visual contrast and important resting points for your readers.

E.  is only an option when you can’t use color.

QUESTION 11

Serif typefaces are generally preferable to sans serif fonts for ______

A.  headings and captions.

B.  regular paragraph text.

C.  all business documents.

D.  display treatments.

E.  none of the above.

QUESTION 12

Because many email programs display the first few words or lines of incoming messages, you should _______

A.  leave several blank lines at the beginning of each message.

B.  use phrases such as “MUST READ” in your first sentence.

C.  treat the first sentence of the message as an extension of your subject line.

D.  be vague in your first sentence, to entice the reader to open the message.

E.  try to limit all email messages to a single sentence.