Author: chris

Interview an individual(s) from a different minority background

  1. Please you tell me about their ethnic minority background?
  1. How did your parents meet?
  1. What was the reaction of your family to your parents’ union?
  1. Please explain the first time you realized your ethnic minority background?  How old were you?
  1. Do you remember how you felt?
  1. How did your parents explain your ethnic minority background?
  1. Did you discuss your ethnic minority background with your siblings and/or friends?  Please explain.
  1. Do you identify with one side of your family more than another?  Why?
  1. Have you experienced prejudice (negative attitudes) and discrimination (negative behavior) due to your ethnic minority background?  Please explain.

 

Strategic Management; Severstal case study

Task 1
Carry out an environmental analysis for the global steel industry using appropriate module frameworks and concepts.

Task 2
Critically evaluate Severstal’s corporate and competitive strategies using supporting evidence form the case study.

Task 3
What would be your strategic recommendations for Severstal and how would you evaluate these options using Johnson’s Suitability, Feasibility and Acceptability criteria?

Casestudy on Business Systems Analysis & Decision Support

Task 1
Describe the way you would go about investigating managers’ reporting requirements at all levels in the reporting hierarchy. Make clear and justify (a.) How you would determine requirements, and (b.) How you would document requirements.

Task 2
Based solely on the information in the case, develop a Data Model for the organization spanning global level to product level. Include;
i. The relationship between data entities at global, country and factory level.
ii. A description of the main attributes for EACH of the entities in the model.
iii. An example of the data content at EACH level illustrating how data is agreed.

Task 3 – 20 Marks
Prepare a Use Case Specification for a global product director reviewing the performance of a Product Category and drilling down to country, factory and product level.

Task 4
For EACH management level of EC (Strategic, Tactical, Operational) describe and discuss ONE example of a decision made by management at that level, information required to support the decision and how the MIS or a related system can provide this information.
Your answer should include, for EACH of the THREE levels;
i. Description of the decision and how it relates to company performance.
ii. Key information needed to support it.
iii. How the information from the MIS or other systems provides this information