Unit 5 Learning Activity Instructions

Capsim Core “Competition” Round 1 and 2

In this Learning Activity, you will complete Round 1 and 2 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Follow these steps in the Unit 5 Learning Activity Instructions to complete the “Competition” rounds. Complete the tasks and submit to the Unit 5 Learning Activity dropbox:

Step 1: Log into the Capsim Core simulation by clicking on the “Capsim.com” link on the “Course Resources” page. Click on the “MT460MCO Management Policy and Strategy- COMP” link.”. Complete Round 1 and Round 2 in the “Competition” version of the Capsim Core simulation.

Step 2: Create a new PowerPoint presentation file with 14 slides, including a title slide.

Step 3: Execute Round 1 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Upon completion, take a screenshot of the Proforma page of Round 1. Insert the screenshot onto slide 2 of the PowerPoint presentation. Click on the “Reports” link on the horizontal navigation bar at the top of the simulation page. Click on the “Report” link, and the “Capsim Core Round 1 report” will open in a new screen. On the upper right hand side of the screen, click on the “PDF Version” link. It will generate a .PDF file in your browser. Save the .PDF file to your computer.

Step 4. Execute Round 2 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Take a screenshot of the Proforma page of Round 2. Insert the screenshot onto slide 3 of the PowerPoint presentation. Click on the “Reports” link on the horizontal navigation bar at the top of the simulation page. Click on the “Report” link, and the “Capsim Core Round 2” report will open in a new screen. On the upper right hand side of the screen, click on the “PDF Version” link. It will generate a .PDF file in your browser. Save the .PDF file to your computer.

Step 5. Now that you executed the “Competition” exercises in the Capsim Core simulation, you must set your company up for success by further developing the Enterprise level strategy and policy and to develop aspects of the Corporate level of strategy and policy for your Capsim Core simulation company. In no more than 10 slides in your PowerPoint presentation, continue to develop and verbally present the following information for your Capsim Core simulation from the perspective of your leadership and management role in the company:

Enterprise Level of Strategy

• Refine and enhance your Capsim Core simulation company vision, mission, purpose, philosophy, and goals statements based on Agency Theory and/or Stakeholder Theory principles.
  • Detail your strategic decisions at the Enterprise level of strategy to improve the company’s competitive advantage from an Agency Theory and Stakeholder theory perspective. Explain why and how Agency Theory or Stakeholder Theory principles were used to enhance your company’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy, and goals statements. 

    Unit 5 Learning Activity Instructions

    Capsim Core “Competition” Round 1 and 2

    In this Learning Activity, you will complete Round 1 and 2 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Follow these steps in the Unit 5 Learning Activity Instructions to complete the “Competition” rounds. Complete the tasks and submit to the Unit 5 Learning Activity dropbox:

    Step 1: Log into the Capsim Core simulation by clicking on the “Capsim.com” link on the “Course Resources” page. Click on the “MT460MCO Management Policy and Strategy- COMP” link.”. Complete Round 1 and Round 2 in the “Competition” version of the Capsim Core simulation.

    Step 2: Create a new PowerPoint presentation file with 14 slides, including a title slide.

    Step 3: Execute Round 1 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Upon completion, take a screenshot of the Proforma page of Round 1. Insert the screenshot onto slide 2 of the PowerPoint presentation. Click on the “Reports” link on the horizontal navigation bar at the top of the simulation page. Click on the “Report” link, and the “Capsim Core Round 1 report” will open in a new screen. On the upper right hand side of the screen, click on the “PDF Version” link. It will generate a .PDF file in your browser. Save the .PDF file to your computer.

    Step 4. Execute Round 2 of “Competition” in the Capsim Core simulation. Take a screenshot of the Proforma page of Round 2. Insert the screenshot onto slide 3 of the PowerPoint presentation. Click on the “Reports” link on the horizontal navigation bar at the top of the simulation page. Click on the “Report” link, and the “Capsim Core Round 2” report will open in a new screen. On the upper right hand side of the screen, click on the “PDF Version” link. It will generate a .PDF file in your browser. Save the .PDF file to your computer.

    Step 5. Now that you executed the “Competition” exercises in the Capsim Core simulation, you must set your company up for success by further developing the Enterprise level strategy and policy and to develop aspects of the Corporate level of strategy and policy for your Capsim Core simulation company. In no more than 10 slides in your PowerPoint presentation, continue to develop and verbally present the following information for your Capsim Core simulation from the perspective of your leadership and management role in the company:

    Enterprise Level of Strategy

    • Refine and enhance your Capsim Core simulation company vision, mission, purpose, philosophy, and goals statements based on Agency Theory and/or Stakeholder Theory principles.
      • Detail your strategic decisions at the Enterprise level of strategy to improve the company’s competitive advantage from an Agency Theory and Stakeholder theory perspective. Explain why and how Agency Theory or Stakeholder Theory principles were used to enhance your company’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy, and goals statements.

Imagine you are a manager for a public agency. As part of the new-hire training, you run specifically for new public administrators in your agency you want to create an infographic that explains the concept of power. Do the following:

1. Conduct some research on infographics, their purpose, how they are used, and best practices for making them. Choose a software platform to create your infographic (some suggestions are in course materials).
2. Create an infographic that represents the different forms and sources of power for public administrators. Clearly show how these forms and sources affect public administrators and the duties they perform.

After you have created your info graphic, write a brief 100-150 word explanation of why you designed the infographic the way you did.

Use a minimum of two scholarly resources to support your explanations.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. You will only submit the 100-150 word reflection to Turnitin.

Complete the following assignment requiring you to read and annotate 3 scholarly articles and formulate a problem statement using the template provided.

Attached are the articles, assignment template, rubric you need to follow to write the assignment. Please make sure you get the appropriate word count.

Research Topic : Importance of Risk Assessment in Pharmaceutical Industry

Complete the following assignment requiring you to read and annotate 3 scholarly articles and formulate a problem statement using the template provided.

Attached are the articles, assignment template, rubric you need to follow to write the assignment. Please make sure you get the appropriate word count.

Research Topic : Importance of Risk Assessment in Pharmaceutical Industry

Final project

Formulating Strategic Management Decisions

This final project is based on the following Harvard Business case study:

Khachatryan, D. (2014). Amarcord Incorporated: Combating money laundering using data analytics. Harvard Business Case Study. Retrieved from https://hbsp.harvard.edu/tu/789925b5

Assume your client accepted your urgent business proposal to design a data-driven approach to effectively accomplish the goal of fraud detection in financial institutions. Data analytics for fraud detection in financial institutions is the strategic management vision of Amarcord Inc.’s Chief Compliance Officer. Your work in teams is based on the average or aggregate monthly incoming wire transfer of $500,000 for a swimwear chain, considered highly unusual by business analysts for that business chain. In other words, it is impossible for a business chain of that size to earn such high monthly revenue.

After reading and analyzing the case, each team is required as part of the final project to address the following:

Identify and address the business problem and explain the need for a data analytic solution.

Explain the data analytic approach to tackle the business problem.

Explain the nature and structure of the received data (i.e., the average monthly revenue of $500,000)

and how data inconsistencies can be resolved.

To what extent is competitive intelligence and ethical standards relevant to your analysis and solution(s)?

How does cultural diversity impact the problem identification and or analysis of this case?

Elaborate on all the undertaken modeling and forecasting strategies.

Emphasize and summarize key findings as well as observations and recommend further steps that your client should undertake in the data analysis realm which could potentially lead to another engagement with your team.

Include how the company could work with various stakeholders currently and in the future; include desired outcomes.

Address how the organization’s culture influenced the situation within the case and give recommendations for culture improvements and your team’s ideas about changes that support innovation and ethical conduct.

Deliver your project report to provide clear and thorough answers that both technical and non-technical audiences will understand.

Your team’s written paper should meet the following requirements:

Be eight to ten pages in length, plus exhibits or illustrations

Applying Course Concepts

Citing the required course readings for this week and at least 1 additional, peer-reviewed source (in addition to the Bible), address the following concepts:

• Research a current newspaper or popular-press magazine article that cites some sort of data. Explain how data support the message of the article. Would the article seem less authoritative without the data? Were the analyses descriptive or inferential? Provide a link to the article you discuss.
• Discuss why statistics is important to public policy.
• Based on the requirements laid out in O’Sullivan et al. Chapter 1, develop a research question in some area of public policy that interests you. Explain why your question meets the two criteria for a good research question.These questions are only a guide to your discussion, and while you should thoroughly answer them, you should also feel free to move beyond these questions in your discussion.

Research Topic

Review the list of possible research questions found here: PPOL505_Possible_Research_Questions.docx 

List, in order of preference, your top three research question choices from the list (do not simply list numbers — write out the questions).

Applying Course Concepts

Citing the required course readings for this week and at least 1 additional, peer-reviewed source (in addition to the Bible), address the following concepts:

• Research a current newspaper or popular-press magazine article that cites some sort of data. Explain how data support the message of the article. Would the article seem less authoritative without the data? Were the analyses descriptive or inferential? Provide a link to the article you discuss.
• Discuss why statistics is important to public policy.
• Based on the requirements laid out in O’Sullivan et al. Chapter 1, develop a research question in some area of public policy that interests you. Explain why your question meets the two criteria for a good research question.These questions are only a guide to your discussion, and while you should thoroughly answer them, you should also feel free to move beyond these questions in your discussion.

Research Topic

Review the list of possible research questions found here: PPOL505_Possible_Research_Questions.docx 

List, in order of preference, your top three research question choices from the list (do not simply list numbers — write out the questions).