Discipline: Business Finance - Management

The Basics of a Start-Up Overview This assignment investigates the financial needs of your business venture from the first assignment, Your Business Venture. Instructions Write a 2-3 page paper in which you: Outline the financial start-up needs for this business. Consider such items as cash, equipment, space lease or purchase, raw materials, and labor costs. […]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Five Steps to a Strategic Plan. Respond to two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner and provide information or concepts that they may not have considered. Support your position by using information from the reading. Minimum of 100 words each

 Week 9 Assignment – Organizational Change This assignment will focus on  organizational change and the challenges associated with change. For  this assignment you are speaking to an audience and must create a  PowerPoint Presentation that addresses the following questions:   Discuss the positives and negatives of organizational change.  Discuss approaches managers should use with employees to […]

Using the Internet: Research acquisitions 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 think it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not? Of the problems that affect the success […]

  Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care  Discussion Topic Assume Nancy was hired 15 years ago as a Special Procedures RN in Radiology by a non-union hospital. Over time the environment and regulations changed, and patients treated in Radiology became more complex. Now new and existing staff must be certified as Intensive Care Nurses.  All the Radiology Special Procedures RN’s take the required courses and everyone […]

  What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What three basic benefits can firms 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 […]

This IP builds upon your work in Unit 1. You will continue to analyze and interpret the financial statements for American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Using the financial statements (located in Appendix A: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., 2020 Annual Report of the required textbook: Financial Accounting), review the company’s assets.  Consider the following questions: What are […]

 Review the leadership theories discussed in the textbook. Provide examples of how various theories support innovation and entrepreneurial spirit within organizations. What is the importance of followership in this regard? 

 Which power bases lie within the individual? Which are derived from the organization? Review political skill, political savvy, and networking in the textbook. How is each related to power in organizations? 

Finalize the business plan in LivePlan. When you are ready to submit your final business plan, download it from LivePlan into a Word file. Click on the assignment title and upload (1) your LivePlan business plan Word file and (2) your finalized sales projections Excel spreadsheet (based on your Unit 6 assignment). Note that you […]