Strategic management research project presentation
Create a 10-slide presentation for Caterpillar Inc. leadership in which you summarize your key findings and recommendations on how best for the firm to create and sustain long-term value (make sure to support your assessments and provide rationale for your recommendations, including the use of “Speaker’s Notes” where needed).
Respond to the following prompts:
Summarize your evaluation of the alignment between what Caterpillar Inc. is currently doing and their mission, vision, or values statements. Would you propose any changes to Caterpillar Inc.’s mission, vision or values statements? Why or why not?
- Summarize your assessment of the key factors/issues in both the firm’s internal and external environments.
- Summarize your evaluation of Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive position and how they have responded to shifts in the external and internal environments. Would you propose any changes in how Caterpillar Inc. responds to shifts in the external and internal environments? Why or why not?
- Summarize your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Caterpillar’s competitive advantages, and whether this is leading the firm towards a sustainable long-term competitive advantage. Based on your analysis would you propose any changes? Why or why not?
- Summarize your assessment of Caterpillar’s Generic Strategy strategic choice and how well this contributes to creating long-term value. Based on your analysis would you propose any changes? Why or why not?
- Summarize your evaluation of how mergers and acquisitions in the past 5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance. Would you propose that Caterpillar Inc. pursue mergers and acquisitions in the future? Why or why not?
- Summarize your assessment of Caterpillar culture and its approach to ethics and CSR. Based on your analysis would you propose any changes? Why or why not?
Using data analysis in excel
Using Data Analysis in Excel
Shown below are rental and leasing revenue figures for office machinery and equipment in the United States over a 7-year period according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Use this data and the regression tool in the Data Analysis ToolPak to run a linear regression.
Based on the formula you get from the regression output, answer the following questions:
a) What is the forecast for the rental and leasing revenue for the year 2011?
b) How confident are you in this forecast? Explain your answer by citing the relevant metrics.
In the summary tables below, insert only the answers. You will show work after the summary section.
Explain how social engineering attacks work
- Explain how social engineering attacks work
- Describe virtual private networks
- Identify different access control models
Considering the importance of data in organization, it is absolutely essential to secure the data present in the database. What are the strategic and technical security measures for good database security? Be sure to discuss at least one security model to properly develop databases for organizational security. Create a diagram of a security model for your research paper.
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
- Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
- Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
- Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.
What is elasticity?
Need help with 1 question that has 5 parts.
What is elasticity? In your answer be sure to include the difference between a product that is considered inelastic and one that is considered elastic.
What is cross price elasticity, specifically? What does it mean when a cross price elasticity is negative? Why?
Of the four areas of study listed above, which would you focus on first?
Organization: State Government Agencies
Area of Interest: Economy and Job
Why this issue hinders organizational efficiency: pay decreases performances, diversity is decrease. Less people willing to accept pay because of the workload
Organizational behavior is really the combination of four areas of study – psychology, social psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
While each of these areas involves an examination of people and their interactions, the focuses are quite different:
Psychology – studies the mind and how people make decisions.
Social Psychology – examines how people work in groups.
Sociology – explores how systems work within the organization.
Anthropology – examines how culture works within the organization.
Now, assume that you are an organizational consultant and have been asked by a new CEO to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the organization.
- Of the four areas of study listed above, which would you focus on first?
- Make sure to explain why you chose this area, and why it would take precedence over the other areas
Imagine you are part of a forager’s group (hunter-gatherer) and you recently experienced a drought
Imagine you are part of a forager’s group (hunter-gatherer) and you recently experienced a drought of several years that depleted your access to water resources and as a result to vegetation. In addition, animals that you and your group hunted died or left the area in search of water. Your group decided you must leave and join another group to be able to survive. Your foraging group consists of the following people:
• You and your spouse (both of you of childbearing age)
• Two male relatives ages 18-35
• One female married age 19
• One female married age 26
• One female single age 17
• A 6 month old baby
• An 80 year old female relative
You identified a group with resources across the mountains, but they are two weeks away and you only have food to sustain your group for a week. Not all of you will be able to travel to join the neighboring band; some may need to stay behind. Who would you take with you to improve your chances of survival? Who would you leave behind? What are you planning to take with you to secure an exchange with the other group to get the needed resources? Explain why you made those decisions.
Research an article that relates to client needs for quality safe patient centered care.
Research an article that relates to client needs for quality safe patient centered care. Choose a peer reviewed article that addresses one of the following topics: -Safe/effective environment, management of care, safety and infection control, health promotion and maintenance, reduce risk potential, healthcare policy, provider of care, and/or patient-centered care
Religion assignment : do you agree with dostoyevsky
Write a brief respond 150-250 words. Using APA style or other reference
In his great novel The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky famously said, “Without God, everything is permissible.” The line comes up in the context of whether it is permissible for one of the brothers to kill their father, an evil man.
Do you agree with Dostoyevsky or not, and why or why not.
Analyze how the new shopping cart software upholds ethical trends in consumer privacy.
Part A: Ch. 6 Role Playing Sim: Cruisin’ Fusion
In this simulation, you will understand how to develop a website for a chain of concession stands you inherited from Uncle Al. You’re not sure what to do with the concession truck, but a couple of your friends think Al was onto something with his unusual taco food truck. They want to partner with you to expand, targeting sports events, outdoor concerts, political rallies, holiday marches, and other events where customers might pay a little more for a very distinctive and healthier meal. With the right marketing, this could be a promising business venture.
Refer to Cruisin’ Fusion, Part A in Week 2.
The Crusin’ Fusion taco trucks are gaining popularity, fueling a demand for an order-ahead option on the website. After careful consideration, the team has decided to add shopping cart software to the Cruisin’ Fusion website to meet this demand.
Research various shopping cart software to determine the best choice for website.
Write a 1- to 2-page blog post to launch this new feature and to reassure your customers that placing online orders is safe. In addition to introducing the order-ahead option, your blog post should:
- Analyze how the new shopping cart software upholds ethical trends in consumer privacy.
- Examine ethical considerations for maintaining confidentiality and consumer data.
- Describe the various privacy regulations upheld with the shopping cart software.
Explain the type of healthcare system the U.S. has and compare it to the 2 countries you have chosen.
Your supervisor at the Department of Health has lived and worked in many countries internationally. Her experience with healthcare systems abroad has made her realize how the Department of Health could improve its healthcare. She has asked you to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation evaluating and comparing the U.S. healthcare system to the healthcare systems in 2 other countries (1 of which needs to be a country that uses universal healthcare).
In your PowerPoint presentation, make sure to explain the type of healthcare system the U.S. has and compare it to the 2 countries you have chosen. Provide a thorough explanation of how effective the systems are and how they are financed.
The presentation must be at least 10 slides with key words and phrases (not text-heavy) and include multiple images that relate back to the U.S. healthcare system and the healthcare systems of the countries you are discussing. Incorporate data from at least 2 professional articles into your presentation.
LLS Resources
PowerPoint https://guides.rasmussen.edu/writing/powerpoints
PowerPoint Presentations and APA: citing sources and creating reference lists in PPT presentations https://rasmussen.libanswers.com/faq/32484
