Analyze the various costs a firm faces, their trends over time, and how they have impacted your firm’s profitability.

The purpose of this week’s assignment is for students to explore the various costs their firm faces and to describe their firm’s market. Using the concepts and tools developed in the last couple of weeks, students will analyze the fixed and variable costs of their firm, how those costs have changed over time, and how those changes have impacted their firm’s overall health and sustainability. In analyzing Coca-Cola’s market, you will detail the extent of their chosen firm’s market power and their firm’s ability to influence the market. You will also describe major trends in the market, specifically concerning new products, technologies, and new entrants. You can further determine the future health of their firm to inform their final recommendations by examining their firm’s place within the market.Assignment:Submit a draft of the Costs of Production (Section IV), Overall Market (Section V), and Recommendation (Section VI) of your research paper, including all critical elements listed below. You will review your chosen firm’s, Coca-Cola, financial reports and other relevant data sources to collect and analyze cost information for your firm over the past five or so years. Using real data and the economic tools developed last week, you will analyze your firm’s profitability and how costs impact its growth. Additionally, you will find data on your firm’s competitors in order to detail your firm’s place within the market currently and over the past five or so years. Lastly, you will develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production.Specifically the FOLLOWING critical elements must be addressed: IV. Examine the costs of production for your firm.a) Analyze the various costs a firm faces, their trends over time, and how they have impacted your firm’s profitability. b) Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm’s level of output. V. Explore the overall market for your firm.a) Discuss the market share of the firm and its top competitors by providing details on current percentages for each firm and describing the trend over time. You might consider presenting the data graphically.b) Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm’s future in the market.c) Describe the market structure for this firm and analyze how this affects the firm’s ability to influence the market. VI. Recommendationa) Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the data presented.b) Suggest how the firm’s position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action.c) Describe how the firm can sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends and price elasticity.

develop a business proposal persuading the senior management of your organization to initiate a change in processes, procedures, products, people, or structure based on events that are currently happening in your business environment

Focus of the Business ProposalYou will develop a business proposal persuading the senior management of your organization to initiate a change in processes, procedures, products, people, or structure based on events that are currently happening in your business environment (you may use a past experience). The paper must use at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, and at least one from the Ashford University Library.You will include an executive summary of your proposal for your CEO. Think of this as the coversheet of the proposal.Writing the Business ProposalThe Final Paper:1. Must be six to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), and formattedaccording to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.2. Must include a title page with the following:1. Title of paper2. Student name3. Course name and number4. Instructors name5. Date submitted3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.6. Must use at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.7. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

With your industry in mind, identify and discuss these concerns and address how this can be effectively handled.

Your readings in Chapter 9 this week, as well as the handout discussing the risk companies face over unstructured data raises concerns that need to be addressed when a company uses social media.With your industry in mind, identify and discuss these concerns and address how this can be effectively handled.Support with references and do your usual critical review of at least 2 other students’ posts.

Discuss what you would do in this situation. Would you talk to your boss?

Please review the readings this week as they relate to some theories as to why management is not a profession. Much of this is tied to the issue of ethics in business and the idea that those in non-professional designated positions have more opportunity or more leeway to be less ethical. One of the most common ethical situations that often arises is the issue of employees taking credit for each other’s work. Consider a situation where you completed a major project for your boss that is intended to benefit the entire company. Your boss, however, presents your work to the executive committee as their own and takes all the credit for the project.Discuss what you would do in this situation. Would you talk to your boss? What would you say? Would you talk to anyone else? Would you consider quitting your job? Why or why not?

Analyze why a business may wish to get involved in community relations. What benefits accrue to businesses that actively participate in their communities?

Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:Walmart, Monster Beverage, and Patagonia are presented as three examples of firms capturing the extraordinary complexity of the business-supplier relationship. Identify the major components of these examples as a model for other firms to follow in managing its supplier stakeholder relationship.In your opinion, what are the most pressing and significant concerns facing communities today? Why do you think so? How would a business’s community relations department address that concern?Analyze why a business may wish to get involved in community relations. What benefits accrue to businesses that actively participate in their communities?[Your post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion].[Your post should be at least500+ wordsand in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced).][Your initial posting should be completed byThursday at 11:59 p.m. EST.]Assigned Readings:Chapter 17:Business and Its SuppliersLearning Objectives:Understand what suppliers are, the nature of suppliers’ interests and power, and the scope of the global supply chain.Examine the social, ethical, and environmental issues that arise in global supply chains and how they can affect a company’s reputation and bottom line.Describe contemporary trends in the private regulation of supply chain practices and analyze the reasons for the emergence of company and industrywide codes of conduct.Understand the various methods businesses and nonprofit organizations use to audit global supply chains for compliance with codes of conduct and other standards.Analyze the reasons for and benefits of engaging collaboratively with suppliers to build capability and create shared value and the conditions under which such initiatives are likely to succeed.Chapter 18:The Community and the CorporationLearning Objectives:Defining a community, and understanding the interdependencies between companies and the communities in which they operate.Analyzing why it is in the interest of business to respond to community problems and needs.Knowing the major responsibilities of community relations managers.Examining how different forms of corporate giving contribute to building strong relationships between businesses and communities.Evaluating how companies can direct their giving strategically, to further their own business objectives.Analyzing how collaborative partnerships between businesses and communities can address today’s pressing social problems.Chapter 19:The Public and Corporate ReputationLearning Objectives:Recognizing why the general public is an important organizational stakeholder.Understanding what constitutes a good corporate reputation and why it is important.Knowing the basic elements and activities of a firm’s public relations department.Assessing how brand management can best manage a firm’s reputation.Evaluating a firm’s crisis management plan as an effective tool for handling an unexpected situation.Recognizing tactics that enable businesses to engage with the general public and other stakeholders to enhance the firm’s reputation.

Discuss a variable or assumption within the project where the data was difficult to obtain — and what you did to develop a reasonable assumption for the project economics.

Forecasting and CBAOption 1As we are discovering, Cost Benefit Analysis is based on assumptions about financial forecasts of future cash flows and expenses. Since the future is unknown, getting consensus on inputs can often be the most challenging part of running a Cost Benefit Analysis.In Assignment 2, we find five colleagues who each have very different views of the future. Referencingour readings this week and drawingon your own personal experiences, answer the following questions:Why do skilled professionals working in the same business often have significantly different forecasts and views of the future? Share an example from your own work experiencewhere your colleagues had very different forecasts for the same item.How can we make better use of data (past performance, industry outlook, etc.) to improve our forecasts and resolvedisagreements?Would “sensitivity analysis” have helped Management understand the potential variations driven bychanges in assumptions?After the forecast is complete, describe the communication process you would use to convey results and successes to stakeholders, lenders, and employees.– OR –Option 2As you’re learning in Assignment 2, a key technique in managerial accounting/finance is the use of “Cost Benefit Analysis” to help management make better business decisions.Define this approach in your own words and discuss 2 applications of this concept in your current work environment (examples might include make vs. buy, plant location, new product or packaging, downsizing, acquisition/divestiture, etc.).Discuss a variable or assumption within the project where the data was difficult to obtain — and what you did to develop a reasonable assumption for the project economics.Additionally, share or create one example where using financial data and cost benefit analysis that did, or could have, led to a better decision.Post your initial response by Wednesday, midnight of your time zone, and reply to at least 2 of your classmates’ initial posts by Sunday, midnight of your time zone.?1st person to respond toPhiRE: Week 9 Discussion COLLAPSEHello Professor/Classmates,I chose Option 2 this week.Forecasting and cost-benefit analysis are two words that are often associated with Acquisition and Government Contracting. As stewards of the taxpayers’ dollars, interested parties (EoP, 1) must exercise due diligence in establishing government estimates by looking at previous buys, historical data, and market changes. In 2020 DoDs Inspector General reported on ten operational or management challenges; Challenge #9 (2) was among them.Acquisitions from a government perspective are the procuring of a product, service, and construction at a fair and reasonable price (Best Value). Many layers and steps go into this process. The following is a snapshot of generating and shaping a requirement and benefit analysis is the critical part of the process. This process can involve a PDT (Project Development Team) or a few individuals based on complexity.Fig #1Buy vs lease is another application and can be viewed as a subset of the overall acquisition process. Leasing by the government can be broken down into two types:a capital lease (lease to ownership) and an operating lease (lease with an option-to-own). Typical examples are vehicle fleet and office space.Lease agreements may be unbreakable, and in many cases, the organization must continue to pay for it for the duration of the lease. In our present office, the pandemic made it difficult for management to identify assumptions (Boitnott, 3) on whether we needed the current space or decreased due to many staff teleworking 100%. With back-to-work policies looming, consideration had to be given on how small, or large the office footprint (50%, 75%, etc.) would be. Confirming and committing to a percentage, we could then use our experience that we had to go through to recommend to our customers’ ways to modify contracts at their locations to decrease occupancy and lease rates and terminate for convenience as a last resort.The government does not do a great job of providing reasonable estimates for work to be done; therefore, much waste accumulates. Understanding the budget and the expenses combined with a steady utilization rate could have led to a better decision and a timely one.PhilReferences1. JWI530. Week 9. Video. Forecasting.2. Inspector General Report (2020). Top DOD Management Challenges. Retrieved from https://media.defense.gov/2020/Mar/11/2002263093/-1/-1/1/TOP%20DOD%20MANAGEMENT%20CHALLENGES%20FISCAL%20YEAR%202020.PDF

Do you think John Brown furthered the goal of Abolition, or made its realization more difficult?

Instructions: For this paper assignment you will be reading Tony Horwitz’s account of John Brown and his raid on Harper’s Ferry in Midnight Rising. After completing the book, I want you to address one of the following two questions in a 3-5 page (double-spaced, standard font and margins):1. One of the most heated debates that has surrounded John Brown is if he should be considered a hero or terrorists. What is your interpretation based on the reading? For this prompt you will adopt a position and then argue, drawing evidence from the book, as to why you hold that view.2. Your second option for the paper asks you to examine John Brown in relation to the Abolition Movement. Do you think John Brown furthered the goal of Abolition, or made its realization more difficult? Construct an argument, and then use the book to support your case.

Define critical infrastructure protection (CIP).

1, 200 APA STYLE- NO PLAGIARISM PLSYou are an action officer in your local jurisdiction’s Office of Homeland Security. This is a recently-created office. As a medium-size jurisdiction, the city manager’s office has dual responsibilities with many of the leadership and management positions. This is often referred to as being dual-hatted. The Chief of Police has been assigned as the Director of the Office of Homeland Security for the city. She has no prior experience or knowledge of the requirements involved in Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) protection and has asked you to provide a formal report on the topic. The Chief intends to share this report with other Office managers, City department heads, the city manager, and the elected officials of the City (mayor and city council).Your report is an information paper and should be formatted as such. The report should address the following items:Define critical infrastructure protection (CIP).Explain the importance of CIP.Identify the federal laws (acts of Congress), national level policies (Homeland Security Presidential Directives and Presidential Policy Directives), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and national doctrinal publications that govern CIKR operations at the federal level of government.Review and compare the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) to PPD 21 and Executive Order 13636.Briefly describe and define the 16 CIKR sectors, and identify the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) for each sector.Summarize your top 5 key points.Provide any recommendations that you may have to your city’s leadership concerning CIKR.Reference all source material and citations using APA format.

Identify the components of an information system using the five-component framework and provide a brief summary of each.

InstructionsIn this final assignment, you will develop a assignment that reviews some of the main topics covered in the course. Compose an assignment to address the following:Identify the components of an information system using the five-component framework and provide a brief summary of each.Explain Porter’s five forces model.Management information systems incorporate software and hardware technologies to provide useful information for decision-making. Explain each of the following information systems and use at least one example in each to support your discussion:A collaboration information system.A database management system.A content management system.A knowledge management/expert system.A customer relationship management system.An enterprise resource planning system.A social media information system.A business intelligence/decision support system.An enterprise information system.Identify and discuss one technical and one human safeguard to protect against IS security threats.There are several processes that can be used to develop information systems and applications such as SDLC and SCRUM (Agile Development). Provide a brief description of SDLC and SCRUM and then discuss at least one similarity and one difference between SDLC and SCRUM.Sum up your assignment by discussing the importance of MIS.Your assignment must be at least three pages long, and you must use at least two resources. Be sure to cite all sources used in APA format and format your assignment in APA style.

would you approve the decision to use an offshore contractor to outsource the development of this?

InstructionsIf you were the manager of the project from the data integration scenario for the IoT medical devices at the beginning of Chapter 11, would you approve the decision to use an offshore contractor to outsource the development of this? Why would you make this decision? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

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