Define and explain organizational Behavior

Define and explain organizational Behavior

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.

Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

  1. Using your favorite search engine, search on the term “creating ethical organizations” or “positive organizational culture.” Find three articles related to the topic of your choice and write up a brief synopsis that explains how managers can create such an organization. Compare your findings to the suggestions given by the authors in your text.

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] [Your initial post should be at least 200+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced).

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.

Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

  1. Using your favorite search engine, search on the term “creating ethical organizations” or “positive organizational culture.” Find three articles related to the topic of your choice and write up a brief synopsis that explains how managers can create such an organization. Compare your findings to the suggestions given by the authors in your text.

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] [Your initial post should be at least 200+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced).

Discuss on Changing nature of the workforce

There are 6 forces that stimulate change. They are:

  1. Technology
  2. Changing nature of the workforce
  3. Economic shocks
  4. Competition
  5. Social trends
  6. World politics

Which of these forces impacts your organization the most?  What is the impact of these forces to change within your organization?

This is to be in narrative form. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to organizational behavior. This does not mean blogs or websites. This source should be a published article in a scholarly journal. This source should provide substance and not just be mentioned briefly to fulfill this criteria. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not use quotes. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.

There are 6 forces that stimulate change. They are:

  1. Technology
  2. Changing nature of the workforce
  3. Economic shocks
  4. Competition
  5. Social trends
  6. World politics

Which of these forces impacts your organization the most?  What is the impact of these forces to change within your organization?

This is to be in narrative form. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to organizational behavior. This does not mean blogs or websites. This source should be a published article in a scholarly journal. This source should provide substance and not just be mentioned briefly to fulfill this criteria. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not use quotes. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.

Outline various purchase habits

Share your thoughts and opinions about safe online environments in this week’s discussion.

  • Is freedom of speech more or less important than providing a safe online environment? Provide examples from your experience to support your claim.

WEEK 8 DISCUSSION QUESTION

Share your thoughts and opinions on the future of music, newspaper, and books in this week’s discussion.

  • Recall a decade ago. How have your purchase habits for music, newspaper, and books changed? Are your changes consistent with the overall societal changes in the consumption of music, newspaper, and books? Provide examples to support your claim.Share your thoughts and opinions about safe online environments in this week’s discussion.
    • Is freedom of speech more or less important than providing a safe online environment? Provide examples from your experience to support your claim.

    WEEK 8 DISCUSSION QUESTION

    Share your thoughts and opinions on the future of music, newspaper, and books in this week’s discussion.

    • Recall a decade ago. How have your purchase habits for music, newspaper, and books changed? Are your changes consistent with the overall societal changes in the consumption of music, newspaper, and books? Provide examples to support your claim.

Supply Chain Operations Plan

Supply Chain Operations Plan

This assignment is intended to help you build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

Create a diagram of the supply chain plan using one of the following tools:

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Visio
  • PictoGram
  • PDF
  • Other faculty-approved platform

Write an 875-word analysis of the supply chain. Include the following:

  • Value chain and flow of structure
  • Inputs
  • Outputs, including customer service structure
  • Inventory points and forecasting
  • Sourcing activities
  • Risks
  • Locations
  • Logistics

Cite references to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Submit your diagram and paper.

This assignment is intended to help you build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

Create a diagram of the supply chain plan using one of the following tools:

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Visio
  • PictoGram
  • PDF
  • Other faculty-approved platform

Write an 875-word analysis of the supply chain. Include the following:

  • Value chain and flow of structure
  • Inputs
  • Outputs, including customer service structure
  • Inventory points and forecasting
  • Sourcing activities
  • Risks
  • Locations
  • Logistics

Cite references to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Submit your diagram and paper.

Discuss on the working life” text

-Demonstrates that you understand the arguments presented in the texts;

-Makes the “working life” text central to the analysis;

-Makes meaningful and significant use of outside sources, including data;

-Successfully figures something out about the specific topic you’ve chosen and contributes to the existing knowledge about your subject.(i successfully figured out that i can use this to become a better leader on a construction site)

—–Being a leader on a construction site I figure out how to become a better leader by understanding you have to lead people differently, until I watch this video I did not understand why I had to. use the video and write an analysis on why, when you are in charge of people on a construction site it is important to understand you have to learn how to bring the best out of people. for example the rebels at the job site will not come to meetings but if i need rebels to show up i might do something like bring donuts to the meetings, something along those lines and write an analysis on the video

-Demonstrates that you understand the arguments presented in the texts;

-Makes the “working life” text central to the analysis;

-Makes meaningful and significant use of outside sources, including data;

-Successfully figures something out about the specific topic you’ve chosen and contributes to the existing knowledge about your subject.(i successfully figured out that i can use this to become a better leader on a construction site)

—–Being a leader on a construction site I figure out how to become a better leader by understanding you have to lead people differently, until I watch this video I did not understand why I had to. use the video and write an analysis on why, when you are in charge of people on a construction site it is important to understand you have to learn how to bring the best out of people. for example the rebels at the job site will not come to meetings but if i need rebels to show up i might do something like bring donuts to the meetings, something along those lines and write an analysis on the video

Discuss Supply Chain Operations Plan

Discuss Supply Chain Operations Plan

 

This assignment is intended to help you build a supply chain plan/diagram for a new business by analyzing factors that affect sourcing, logistics, metrics, suppliers, and risk.

Create a diagram of the supply chain plan using one of the following tools:

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Visio
  • PictoGram
  • PDF
  • Other faculty-approved platform

Write an 875-word analysis of the supply chain. Include the following:

  • Value chain and flow of structure
  • Inputs
  • Outputs, including customer service structure
  • Inventory points and forecasting
  • Sourcing activities
  • Risks
  • Locations
  • Logistics

Cite references to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Submit your diagram and paper.

Developing Marketing Strategies

  1. Week 6 Assignment – Part B: Developing Marketing Strategies
    Overview
    Using the same hypothetical company from Part A: Marketing Plan Input, for this assignment, you will focus on the company’s branding strategy, primary and secondary target markets, positioning statement, and consumer behavior.
    Note: You should make all assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
    Instructions
    Create the second part of your marketing plan in 5–7 pages using the Part B Marketing Plan Template [DOCX]:

    1. Explain how you will use the feedback you received on Part A of your marketing plan to improve your plan.
    2. Develop a branding strategy for the product or service that covers the brand name, logo, slogan, and at least one brand extension.
    3. Analyze the primary and secondary markets that will be targeted, including the demographic profile (age, gender, ethnicity), psychographic, professional, and geographic profiles.
    4. Prepare a positioning statement that depicts a specific position using a perceptual map that shows a company’s position against its competitors.
    5. Explain the main reasons why the brand name, logo, slogan, brand extension, and positioning statement are right for the identified target market.
    6. Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
    7. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
      Resources
    • Part B Marketing Plan Template [DOCX].
    • The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
    • Develop a branding strategy for a target market based on relevant consumer behavior.

What causes increased strategic competitiveness

  • Using the Internet, research acquisitions that are currently underway and choose one of these acquisitions to discuss. Based on the firms’ characteristics and experiences and the reasons cited to support the acquisition, do you feel it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not?
  • Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition, which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why? What should firms do to make certain that they do not experience such a problem when they use an acquisition strategy?

At least 300 words

  • Using the Internet, research acquisitions that are currently underway and choose one of these acquisitions to discuss. Based on the firms’ characteristics and experiences and the reasons cited to support the acquisition, do you feel it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not?
  • Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition, which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why? What should firms do to make certain that they do not experience such a problem when they use an acquisition strategy?

At least 300 words

What incentives influence firms to use international strategies?

  • What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy? Why?
  • Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • As firms attempt to internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an approach, using specific examples to support your response.
  • What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy? Why?
  • Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • As firms attempt to internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an approach, using specific examples to support your response.

Why is it important to define a project’s constraints in a project scope statement as it relates to risk control.

    1. Goal: Conduct a case study analysis based on two scholarly studies that are related to your research topic. After a concise, but thorough, analyses of the cases, summarize the benefits of cross-cultural management in business.

      Instructions: Students will write a 600-750 word case study analysis based on two case studies that involve cross-cultural management. Review the Case Study Analysis procedure as presented in a document located in this week’s reading resources (see Content). Obtain your case study articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals in the APUS online library. Use case studies that were published within the last ten years. After a concise, but thorough and clear delineation and analysis of the cases, complete the paper with a summary of what you gleaned from using the cases to understand management practice within organizations.

      Write using the APA style format, including a title page and references page (no abstract is required). When you upload your paper, also upload pdfs of BOTH case studies, so the professor can check your analysis.

      This assignment should be submitted as Word.doc attachment in the Assignment section of our virtual classroom. The file name of your paper should be named in the following manner: Last name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name (abbreviated if necessary)

      For example: Smith-Wk07 – Case Study Analysis

      The accompanying articles upon which your work is based should be saved to your computer as a pdf file and then uploaded along with your assignment, named as suits you, EXCEPT put your last name first in the following manner: Last name–the name of the respective article (abbreviate as needed)

      For example Smith-YadaYada Research

      Please note that this week you should upload three items into the same assignment area: your paper (.doc) plus the two case studies (each as a .pdf) upon which your paper is based.

      The grading rubric is found in the Resources section of the classroom.

      A document “Five steps case study analysis” is found in the Content>Readings & Resources as well as in the Resources