Category: Business

Calculate whether Walmart will have favorable or unfavorable currency translation adjustments. For example, how strong is the country’s currency against the U.S. dollar?

Walmart Expansion Analysis – Part I

Summarize the background of the country or region, including what makes it unique and why it is a viable option for Walmart expansion.
Assess the data sets and include any charts or graphs used in your evaluation.

Measure outlook sales, interest, and other trends to make a determination on the regional outlook. Is the outlook improving, remaining stable, or deteriorating? For example, how will this expansion affect sales trends, interest cost trends, etc.?

Calculate whether Walmart will have favorable or unfavorable currency translation adjustments. For example, how strong is the country’s currency against the U.S. dollar?

How might a Christian manager/leader prepare to address the differences and similarities while working in that nation?

Research Question 2:

What are the implications for USA businesses that wish to conduct business in New Zealand?

o Conclusions regarding the similarities and differences

o How could USA managers use the above information to create and sustain
competitive advantages when doing business with New Zealand

o How might a Christian manager/leader prepare to address the differences and similarities while working in that nation?

Discuss the research design (either experimental, factorial, quasi-experimental, or non experimental), that you will use to examine your variables.

 Impacts of Workplace Discrimination on Organizational Performance

Describe detailed information about how your study will be conducted.

Include the following in your method sections:

Explain who your participants will be and what method you will use to select them. Be specific as possible as if you were giving directions to someone on how to choose and obtain the participants. Include instructions on how to get informed consent from the participants. Be sure to discuss how informed consent, privacy, anonymity, and confidentiality will be addressed in the study.

Discuss how you will collect the data (observations, surveys, documents, etc.). Thus, who will be collecting the data, where will the data collection occur, what measures are you using to collect the data, how will the data be recorded, etc.? Include a copy of the survey or systematic observation you developed in an Appendix.

Discuss the research design (either experimental, factorial, quasi-experimental, or non experimental), that you will use to examine your variables.

Provide a discussion of the following information:

Describe any potential threats to the internal and external validity of your proposed study. Do you believe the results can be generalized to other populations?

Describe any strengths or weaknesses with respect to the proposed sampling, design, and data collection methods. What will not be “proven” though your study?

What impact might participation in this study have on participants in the short and long-term? If there are relevant ethical issues, discuss them along with possible solutions.

Describe your responsibilities at work. How many people do you regularly work with?What are some of the things that you enjoy most about your job?

Describe your responsibilities at work. How many people do you regularly work with?

What are some of the things that you enjoy most about your job?

What motivates you to stay at this job?

What motivates you to perform well and give extra effort in your work?

Is there anything that you wish you could change about your job? What is it?

Is there anything that frustrates you (i.e., is de-motivating) about your coworkers or the organization you work for?

Do you know what is expected of you at work? How does that affect your motivation?

Do you have the materials and equipment you need to do your work right? How does that affect your motivation at work?

At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Why or why not?

In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for doing good work? How does that affect your motivation?

Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about you as a person? How does that affect your motivation on the job?

Is there someone at work who encourages your development? How does that make you feel?

At work, do your opinions seem to count? Why or why not?

Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? How does that relate to your motivation at work?

Are your coworkers committed to doing quality work? Does this affect your motivation?

This last year, have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow? How has that affected your subsequent motivation?

Has your motivation at work (either in terms of direction, intensity, or duration) changed at all since you first started the job? If so, why might that be?

Consider what you have learned about the case study and phenomenological research designs. Using Job Satisfaction and Police Resignation in US Policing, how could you use these designs to gain insights to fulfill the purpose of your study?

Consider what you have learned about the case study and phenomenological research designs. Using Job Satisfaction and Police Resignation in US Policing, how could you use these designs to gain insights to fulfill the purpose of your study?

Begin by selecting the approach that best fits the problem. Use the resources provided and at least three other peer-reviewed articles to defend your choice (two pages minimum). Create a one-page critique of the other research design that includes arguments why the design may not be suitable for researching your problem. Include a summary of the key arguments for your choice.
Length: 3-4 pages

Determine the value of each of the five designs listed below and then critique the utility of each one relative to your research problem.

Create an instructor’s presentation to teach students about qualitative research designs. This week, you were presented with three different qualitative research designs. Determine the value of each of the five designs listed below and then critique the utility of each one relative to your research problem. Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

Cover and references slides (these do not contribute to sliding count)
The problem to be investigated is Job Satisfaction and Police Resignation in US Policing

A critique of 5 designs:

Grounded Theory
Historical Study
Phenomenology
Ethnography
Case Study

Comparison and contrast of the value of these designs
Defense of your selection of one of the designs covered this week for your proposed dissertation research study.

Note: This presentation should be usable in a teaching environment
Length: 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint narrated presentation. Speaker notes (minimum 200 words per slide)

Sustainable Operation in Taiwan Yachting industry is only linear economy so far, what needs to be involved to convert linear economy to circular economy ?

Circular Economy in Yachting Industry

Research Motives:
Taiwan is very well-known for pleasure yacht building, 99.9% are exported worldwide, it has earned “Yacht Kingdom” nickname.
Sustainable Operation in Taiwan Yachting industry is only linear economy so far, what needs to be involved to convert linear economy to circular economy ?

Research Gaps to be filled :
After those 99.9% boats got exported worldwide, what’s left at the shipyard for circular economic? how about those moulds?
There is no literature discussion about hull moulds or deck moulds.
This research is to study how yacht builders deal with those moulds before and in 21 century, if possible to be part of circular economic with recycle, reuse and remanufacture in reverse logistic loop.

Research Contribution
Theoretical : Circular Economy possibility in manufacturing country
Practical : Value added in the yachting industry

 What did Nadella bring in terms of his own background (professional and personal) that helped him to be successful in stepping into the CEO role?

Part B

What did Nadella bring in terms of his own background (professional and personal) that helped him to be successful in stepping into the CEO role?

b. What makes Nadella an “authentic leader”? What actions did he take that demonstrate he believes in role-model management? Include references to course materials to support your position.

c. What characteristics does Nadella display that most closely align to traits you have, or aspire to develop, in your own leadership style? How are you most different from him in your leadership style?

d. Why is it important for leaders to take (appropriate) risks?

2. Building a High Performing Culture in Your Organization

a. What steps must leaders take to build a learning culture? Include references to course materials to support your position.

b. In what ways is the culture in your current or former organization similar to what Nadella faced when he took over Microsoft?

c. If you wanted to change or realign this culture, where would you begin?

d. What would be your biggest challenges? Why?

3. Channeling Conflict

a. In what ways did Nadella embrace conflict in his role as leader?

b. How should leaders determine which conflicts to embrace and which conflicts to avoid, and once they make that decision, what can they do to encourage a positive resolution to the conflict? Include references to course materials to support your position.

c. What are some of the biggest potential areas of conflict within your own organization?

d. How well do you and your organization handle conflict now? Explain

4. Effective Communication

a. What were the biggest communicative barriers that Nadella faced in creating “one Microsoft”?

b. What tools and communication practices are most useful to leaders in building teams that embrace a common vision? Include references to course materials to support your position.

c. Are these barriers unique to large corporations, or do all organizations face them?

d. Do they occur in your own organization? Explain.

5. Fostering Diversity and Learning

a. How did Nadella seek to enhance diversity at Microsoft?

b. Why is diversity – in terms of culture, experience, background, and viewpoint – so important for an organization? Include references to course materials to support your position.

c. What are some risks or obstacles to instilling more diversity?

d. What steps can you take to make your organization stronger by bringing in more diversity?

6. Building a Learning Organization

a. What did Nadella do to transform his team from “know-it-alls” to “learn-it-alls”?

b. Jack has said that to be an effective leader, you have to be confident enough to ask a lot of questions and not be afraid of looking like the dumbest person in the room.

i. How can leaders promote a hunger for learning in their teams?

ii. How can leaders support team members who may be too afraid to ask questions or challenge the status quo? Include references to course materials to support your position.

c. On the “knowledge-learning” spectrum, where does your organization fit?