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‘The Japanese model of human resource management is no longer relevant to firms in the contemporary business environment’. Critically assess this statement.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY ASSIGNMENT

Please click on this link  http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/ait/  and write a one page memo addressed to me, using Times New Roman 12 font, discussing the sailent aspects of each of the four topics listed. Read each section and simply write in your own words what you learned. Also make a comment on how this information will help you with your studies at CSUF. DO NOT copy text from the on line source. You will lose points if you do.

Use headings in the memo identifying each of the four sections: Getting Organized: Starting your research, Academic Integrity: Avoiding Plagiarism, Citing Sources: Documenting Your Sources, and Campus Resources: Places to Go for Help.

 

A person walks into a dark room bare footed and kicks a metal chair by accident. Use the knowledge you have gained from this module, and your external reading, to describe what you would feel and what they could do to allevite the problem.

Respond to each of the following questions (130-150 words each):

**Explain the law of demand and the law of supply.

**Distinguish between demand and quantity demanded. What determinants cause a shift in demand?

**What is the law of diminishing returns? Please give an example.

**What are the primary factors that have caused and relieved shortages in the physician workforce over time?

**Compare and contrast the public interest and special interest theories that describe the motivation behind government intervention in the health care market. Which theory do you believe is the most accurate?

**What is the information imperfection in health care and how does it impact the efficiency of the market?

Social media increasingly become an integral part of every healthcare organization’s website or online strategy. Write a three- to four- page (excluding title and reference pages) Social Media paper in APA format. Utilize at least two scholarly sources (in addition to the course text) that were published within the past five years and that are cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Include the following content elements in your paper:
Describe your understanding of social media and the technology tools it involves.
Debate the pros and cons of using social media in healthcare marketing, including any ethical, legal, and security issues that should be considered.
Explain the reasons why you would or would not utilize social media in addition to traditional marketing tactics.
Explain the reasons why you would or would not utilize social media in addition to traditional marketing tactics.

Case Study – http://dimondev.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/nitin-nohria-feed-rnd-or-farm-it-out-2005.pdf

1. Review the strategic issues presented in the case and analyze the case using the 11 step model found in your text. Some items may be limited in detail.
2. Discuss the key issues management needs to consider in deciding whether to support an in-house R&D function or outsource all Research & Development.
3. Discuss the implications of outsourcing R&D for middle managers.
4. Make your recommendations to the management team along with your supporting statements

1. Use the 11 step strategic model described in the text to compare both Coke and Pepsi. Incorporate the strategic issues presented in the case in the 11 steps as appropriate.

Attachments: Strategic_mngt_model_PearceRobinson_10th.pdf

Application of the Pearce and Robinson Strategic Management Model (p. 2) with its 11 steps as described in the text. (Robinson_Chapter_1)

2. Analyze the case from the theoretical framework of at least two of the articles discussed in the course. Specify the articles analyzed in the paper.

3. Discuss the implications of the case issues for middle managers.

4. Address at least 2 of the following questions in the case study.

• Despite less valuable brands, PepsiCo has done very well in comparison to Coca-Cola. What strategies of Pepsi and of Coke contributed to this situation?
• Coca-Cola has encountered union troubles in Colombia. Comment on the Frontline program available at: Coca-Cola’s union troubles inColumbiacovered by Frontline http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/colombia0106/
• Coca-Cola’s problem with its bottlers: Coca-Cola trying to renegotiate its syrup contract with bottlers – is this an issue? Coca-Cola trying to renegotiate its syrup contract with bottlers (WSJ13-Mar-2006)
• Can Coca-Cola recover? Can Coca-Cola recover? (FT19-Apr-2006)

Visit the following websites for background information on the Cola Wars:

PepsiCo annual report

http://www.pepsico.com/Investors/Annual-Reports.html

Coca-Cola Annual Report

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/annual_other_reports.html

The Cola Wars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola_wars

Explain how photosynthesis and respiration are linked in order to provide you with energy from the food you eat. Include in your essay: Complete descriptions of photosynthesis and aerobic respiration. Describe how these two processes are linked between plants and animals based on the reactants and products (water, carbon dioxide, glucose and oxygen) of both pathways. Include a description of how energy is transferred from sunlight to ATP, from ATP to sugars, and from sugars to your cells. 2. In the absence of oxygen some cells and organisms can use glycolysis coupled to fermentation to produce energy from the sugar created by photosynthesis. Explain the role of fermentation in allowing an organism to generate energy for its cell(s) in the absence of oxygen. Include any reactions required for this process, and explain how the energy from the sun ends up as chemical energy for the anaerobic organism or cell. 3. Cells use enzymes as biological catalysts to increase or accelerate the rate of reactions, such as those in photosynthesis or glycolysis. This allows reactions to occur under conditions that sustain life. Explain how an enzyme catalyzes a reaction. Include in your essay the three main steps of the cycle of enzyme-substrate interactions. How is enzyme activity regulated by the cell? Your essays should be several paragraphs in length for each question, be thoroughly paraphrased, and include appropriate in-text citations and a reference list in APA format.

Module Guide: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Be able to create a culture of continuous improvement

You will learn….

Organisational features

Culture including equality issues, type of organisation eg. co-operatives; structure, encouraging input from employees, communication structures (two-way communication), communication with all stakeholders, role of Government/legal requirements, research and development. Leadership and management styles

Encouraging discussion and consultation, consultative management styles leadership style, supporting communication – team meetings, discussion groups, receiving suggestions etc, acceptance of risk.

Learning organisations

Cross organisational and collaborative working, team working and learning seeking feedback; shared values, goals, beliefs, strategy; learning incorporated into practice, encouragement of new ideas, information systems to support learning and knowledge management, investment in staff development.

Approaches to change

Top down/bottom up, Kotter and Schlesinger – education and communication, participation and involvement, facilitation and support, negotiation and agreement, manipulation and co-option, implicit and explicit coercion, incremental and transformational change, use of external standards eg. ISO 14000 and ISO 9001.

Understand factors that determine market potential and creativity

You will learn….

Market conditions

• PEST (Political, Economic, Social/Ethical, Technical)
• Competitor analysis e.g. characteristics and strategies of the competition
• estimating the market size
• Gaps
• For the new products or services
• Emerging trends e.g. due to aging population, as a result of new technology
• Changing requirements

Target markets

• Socioeconomic
• Age
• Gender
• Occupation
• Sources of finance
• Special factors
• Personality indicators
• Geographical

Be able to develop a business case

You will learn….

Develop vision/aims and objectives (in relation to….)

• Market conditions
• Target market
• Market gaps

External factors

• PEST (political, economic, social, technological)
• Gap analysis
• Market conditions

Specify

The product e.g. details, dimensions, purpose, longevity, target market, international or national market, pricing, distribution and marketing

Business structures and systems

• Organisational structure
• Resource management systems
• Communication and customer service
• Technology requirements/systems

Forecasts

• Financial forecasts
• Physical forecasts
• Sales forecasts
• Short and longer term

Business responses

• Use of contingency funds
• Closure
• Insolvency and bankruptcy
• New markets
• More funding

Be able to pitch a business proposal

You will learn….

Pitch for a creative business idea

• Present persuasive case
• Provide supporting documentation

Present documentation

• Vision and aims
• Needs and target market
• Business systems
• Forecasts

 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Assessment Weighting Information

This report represents 60% of the total assessable marks available for this module

The presentation represents 30% of the total assessable marks available for this module

To successfully complete this module, you need to complete a 2,000 word scenario-based business planning report and a 10 minute presentation (including briefing paper).

Scenario-based Report –

The Social Cafe

business planning report and presentation

You have recently taken on the role of Innovation Manager in a (hypothetical) organisation named ‘The Social Cafe’ which needs some innovation and inspiration to initially help the company to compete and survive in the short-term and hopefully grow in the long-term. This organisation operates as a domestic company in the south of England with just three cafes in London, Canterbury (Kent), and Birmingham (West Midlands). The organisation has decided to introduce the concept of continuous organisational improvement and you have been asked to lead this development into expanding upon the current product range which The Social Cafe offer. Before embarking on this work you decide that it is necessary for you to complete some detailed thinking in a number of key areas. In order to do this you have initially being requested to write a business planning report which addresses the key areas that you will be faced with and how you intend to overcome them in order to make the innovative idea become manifest for The Social Cafe.

You have also been requested to carry out a presentation for your manager. You will need to do a briefing paper to support your presentation. This will need to be handed to the manager at the time of presenting.

Hypothetical Organisation – The Social Cafe – Useful additional details

• Operates in three locations (one store in each location)
• Each store currently employs between 5 – 8 staff in each café
• The Social Café is a committed environmentally and socially conscious café which passionately aims to create a socially conscious clientele base.
• They are part of the “suspended coffee scheme” in the UK.
• The majority of profits earned by The Social Café is reinvested into either the community they are a part of or another charity organization. Majority of capital for expansion and new projects come from interested “angel investors”.
• They purchase their goods from local farmers and suppliers whenever possible so they may build strong relationships with other local businesses. They want to help protect the environment – Buying locally means that goods have less distance to travel, cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the volume of packing material needed. Moreover, they make sure that environmentally friendly products are used.

Report Tasks

(a) Analyse the ways in which your new innovative concept can create a culture of continuous improvement at The Social Cafe.

(b) Analyse the factors that determine market potential and creativity and how these factors will impact upon the new innovative concept at The Social Cafe.

(c) Develop an appropriate and feasible business case for the new innovative concept at The Social Cafe.

(d) You will also need to do a 7-10 presentation to pitch your new innovative proposal appropriately to your manager.

We need to use the SWOT Analysis, in table format.

 

 

 

Presentation Task – Pitching your innovative proposal

(d) You will need to prepare and present a presentation to pitch your new innovative proposal appropriately to your manager (this should last 10 minutes in length).

Project brief

Please select one of the subjects below as your individual coursework brief. This will account for 70% of your summative assessment for submission on 5th March 2014. Report format.

1. “Food retailers need to retain their flexibility and responsiveness to consumer needs. This is not because there is a threat from newcomers because the barriers to entry are very high, rather it is because a small loss in sales volumes can have a significant impact on profitability “(Mintel 2010).
Identify a supermarket currently operating in the UK and assess the market environment they currently trade in. Consider all aspects of their strategy and how they are responding to their customer’s changing tastes and buying behaviour in such a competitive market to maintain or increase market share.

2. “There are several advantages to a retailer’s enacting a multi-channel approach, including the selection of specific channels based upon their unique strengths, opportunities to leverage assets, and opportunities for increased sales and profits by appealing to multi-channel shoppers” (Berman et al. 2010, p.174).

Select a non-food retailer operating in the UK who has adopted additional sales channels to maintain or increase their market share. Provide analysis of their strategy and motivations for creating additional sales channels, and how his has affected their overall market position. Remember the customer is key, so how have they adapted their channel strategy to suit their changing behaviours.