WHAT IS A LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT A leadership consultant is a person called in to a company, be it a large corporation or a small business, to evaluate how it operates and make recommendations for improvement. Leadership consultants are typically hired when a business is struggling and needs to make changes in order to remain profitable. Such consultants are often highly educated in the field of […]

The purpose of this exercise is to have students listen to a story about a workplace and summarize it in the context of our class. You will need to utilize concepts from the course in your summary and specify what OB concepts have influenced the story. The summary shall not be more than 500 words and the assignment is worth 10% of your final grade. The story […]

Assignment ContentResource: Business Financing Grading GuidePurpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is for students to access the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website for the purpose of discovering various sources of financing for their proposed business. Also, the mix of equity and debt financing should be considered. Students will also grasp the single most important thing about managing to maximize firm value which is […]

Leadership Central Intelligence Agency (2016, March 24) CIA Vision, Mision, Ethos & Challenges. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-vision-mission-values/index.html. To see an example of a clear mission, vision, and values statement of an organization that uses a learning approach, but is not in the field of learning. DeCarlo, S. (2010, April 21). The World’s leading companies. Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/2010/04/20/global-2000-leading-world-business-global-2000-10-intro.html#22d4306d512b To see what could happen when mission, vision, and values are well-aligned […]

Your Project Sponsor pulls you aside and admits that he has no idea what eYour Project Sponsor pulls you aside and admits that he has no idea what earned value management concepts (EVM), such as AC, BCWP, and EV mean; he is only concerned that you deliver the project ahead of schedule and under budget. Using the information covered from your readings and other activities, […]

Project Reflection Paper Based on this paper provide support additional information and conclusions. This can include specific points of argument where you are agreed or additional reasoning and/or important trade-offs the argument presented that were not included here. This paper is meant to give you an opportunity to describe specific individual lessons that you learned through the group project, which were not described within the […]

Strategic Management Reading: Read Chapter 5: Strategizing, Section 2: Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framework in our textbook, “Principles of Management.” The textbook can be downloaded from the syllabus. Part 1 answer the following questions: In a SWOT, how do internal factors (strengths, weaknesses) differ from external ones (opportunities, threats)? Provide examples of when a firm’s strength might simultaneously be a weakness. Remember that a […]

Please help with the attached Memorandum – Thank you MEMORANDUM Date: November 23, 2016 To: Greg Hart, COO From: Richard Peterson, Research Analyst Subject: Predicting Flight Arrival Delay from Departure Delay At our meeting on November 16th, while we were discussing the preliminary analysis of the arrival and departure data, you asked if we might be able to use that data to predict arrival times based on departure times. […]

. What is the expected return on this portfolio under each state of economy (i.e. recession, normal, and expansion)? 2. What is the expected overall portfolio return? (Hint: Please consider the probabilities of each state of economy) 3. What is the risk (i.e. standard deviation) of this portfolio? 4. What are the expected returns on individual stocks (E(R)A, E(R)B, E(R)C, E(R)D)? 5. Which stock has […]

1) Identify an industry to focus on (It is suggested that you use an industry that is expanding rather than consolidating, but the choice is yours to make). Explain why you chose this industry and its environment. 2) Identify the top companies (3-4) in the industry using your own selection of criteria (market capitalization, ROE, or any other financial criteria you wish to develop.) Your […]