Identify what operations and supply chain should do to help BYD compete including a mission, objectives, distinctive competence, and key decisions.

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3

Deadline: 4^th December 2021

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted

• To understand the concept of transformation and invention of the Product.
• To manage the level of Inventory.
• To take the decision of New product Development.
• To understand supply chain strategy.

Critical Thinking

The Chinese company BYD is pursuing electric cars and hopes to become the world’s largest car company. With the financial support of American Warren Buffett, the company, which has only been in existence for a few years mostly making batteries, has caught the attention of not only Mr. Buffett but also many in the auto industry.

ELECTRIC AND HYBRID CARS

Electric cars (also known as electric vehicles or EVs) rely exclusively on battery power. With an all-electric EV there is no internal combustion engine, muffler, gasoline tank, air and fuel filters, and other parts needed to run a gasoline powered system. The vehicle itself also produces no tailpipe emissions, and by getting its power from an efficient utility company, overall, it produces fewer greenhouse gases. This is especially true if the electricity is produced with nuclear power, clean coal, or natural gas. EVs are also less expensive to fuel on a per mile basis. Electric cars, however, have a shorter driving range and are difficult to operate with long distance travel.

There are also some safety concerns associated with using a lithium-ion battery, as lithium is a highly reactive material prone to explosion

1. Do you think electric cars may become a viable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles? What is the future of the electric car? Explain your answer especially in the context of KSA as Saudi Arabia is moving towards carbon free economy.

• Given a business strategy of being the word leader in manufacturing electric cars with innovative technology, what operations and supply chain strategy do you think BYD should pursue? Identify what operations and supply chain should do to help BYD compete including a mission, objectives, distinctive competence, and key decisions.

Note: Go to the company website and answer the above questions. This is just an advice. You may surf net , company report, Saudi vision 2030 to answer the questions.

Answers:

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2.

Ethical public speaking

Can anyone help me to write an essay about the 5 ground rules for ethical public speaking and the behaviors to avoid if the goal is to be an ethical communicator. Dont need to use resources outside

5 ground rules including: trustworthiness, respect (for self and audience), responsibility, fairness (acknowledging various opinions), and being civic-minded. You need to explain each one in each paragraph and show me how you apply it in your public speaking as you studied in class. Totally, your essay has to be 7 paragraph including: 1 introduction, 5 body paragraphs and 1 conclusion.

I tried to explain this question that can make more understand. I need help. Thanks

Recognize the dynamics and the importance of managing technological innovation strategically.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

                          College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3

Management of Technology (MGT 325)

Deadline: 04/12/2021 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Course Learning Outcomes-Covered 

• Recognize the dynamics and the importance of managing technological innovation strategically. (LO-1)

• Explain of the concepts, models for formulating strategies, defining the organizational strategic directions and crafting a deployment strategy.(LO-3)

Assignment                                                                                       Marks: 5                                                         

Students are requested to read chapter 9 “Protecting Innovation” from their book Strategic Management of Technological Innovation.

Based on the conceptual knowledge and understanding obtained from the readings –

1-Select a world renowned company give a brief introduction and identify the legal protection mechanisms (patents copyright, trademarks & service marks) used by it to safeguard its intellectual property.  (2.5 Marks) (Max 750- Min 500 Words)

2- With a thorough research of your selected company identify and explain an incident when trade secrets were more useful than the legal protection measures identified above. (2.5 Marks) (Max 750 – Min 500 Words)

NOTE: It is mandatory for the students to mention their references, sources and support each answer with at least 2 peer reviewed journal.

Does the secondary audience impact how you write the report?

Discussion 1

You will share your understanding of primary and secondary audiences with your classmates and how this understanding impacts your business report.

The purpose of this discussion topic is to allow you to reflect on your audience for your final research-based report and to see how your fellow students’ concept of audience may have impacted their reports.

Please respond to the following items. Post your responses to these items to this discussion topic.

1. Please conduct a search on the terms primary audience and secondary audience. List two sources you found and how they defined these two terms.
2. For your research-based report, who is the primary audience? Who is the secondary audience?
3. Does the secondary audience impact how you write the report? Please explain why or why not.

Discussion 2

Review the assigned reading, which looks at how complicated our understanding of plagiarism and its meaning really is.

Answer the two assigned questions about how this relates to your understanding of business writing practices. Post your answers as your response to this discussion topic.

Here is an excerpt from an article called “Plagiarism Doesn’t Bother Me” by Professor Gerald Nelms:

In some “real-world” contexts, plagiarism is not only acceptable but is expected. Brian Martin calls this “institutionalized plagiarism.”

Plagiarism is as tied to context as every other aspect of language use. In our everyday conversations—and lectures and classroom discussions—we frequently give information without citing its source(s). Moreover, there exist contexts where plagiarism is not only acceptable but is expected and encouraged. Audience expectations and intellectual property conventions of the community in which the language use occurs determines whether adopting source material and expression without citation is acceptable or not. “Institutional plagiarism” frequently occurs and is accepted without even the lifting of an eyebrow in most daily business communications and in other bureaucratic contexts. For example, if a company employee were to try to compose a quarterly report with original language and organization, her supervisor would probably take her aside and explain that to be more efficient, she should simply adopt the organization and language of past quarterly reports.

Some might argue that “institutionalized plagiarism” is acceptable because the language and forms being plagiarized are “common knowledge.” That may be the case in some instances of institutionalized plagiarism but not in every case. Too often, we de-contextualize common knowledge, thinking of it as facts every child learns in school or as information that exists in at least five (or whatever number of) credible sources, as some textbooks have defined it. In fact, content alone does not define knowledge as “common.” Common knowledge is that which is presumed to be ubiquitous or, at least, widespread within a specific community—that is, in context. Not all institutionalized plagiarism fits that bill.

Consider, for example, the annual reports that a company will publish and distribute to its investors and creditors and auditors and public officials and anyone else who might be interested. Annual reports are notorious for using the same templates year after year. They follow the same organizational structure every year. They almost invariably use a similar vocabulary, the same phrases, the same sentences in many instances. Yet, no one accuses the authors, often anonymous or named in the fine print, of plagiarism. No investors divest themselves of holdings in a company because its annual report is institutionally plagiarized.

This excerpt uses two common examples of business writing in discussing ways in which information is plagiarized – or not – depending, perhaps upon the view of those in a particular business setting.

There are two worthwhile questions to consider concerning what Nelms tells us about these seemingly plagiarizing practices of business/professional writing.

In a short paragraph, respond to the following questions. Post your paragraph as your response to this discussion topic.

1) Based on your experience, have you seen such practices in your work? Give an example. Why do you think this sort of plagiarizing is rather common in business/professional writing?

2) Where do you think the practice of using the same format, even the same language, for business documents might have come from? Can you think of any examples of when you have noticed the use of what is sometimes called “boilerplate” documents and language?

How should Kevin Semcken raise the $1.5 million in capital that Able Planet needs

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment-3

MGT402 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Deadline: 04/12/2021 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• will NOT be accepted.

Assignment – 3

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Submission Date by students:  Before the end ofWeek- 13^th

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre

Weight: 05 Marks

Course Learning Outcome:

1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the potential of entrepreneur in today’s competitive business world. (Lo 1.2).
2. Design a solid projected financial Plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small company. (Lo 2.5).
3. Demonstrate a thorough understanding regarding the importance of cash management for the success of a small business. (Lo 2.8).

Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.

Case Study

Students are supposed to read the attached Case 2- Able Planet. Based on your understanding of the case and basic concepts of Entrepreneurship.

Answer the following question:

1. Experts say that entrepreneurs who need between $100,000 and $3 million often face the greatest obstacles when raising capital for their businesses. Why? (1.5 marks)

2. How should Kevin Semcken raise the $1.5 million in capital that Able Planet needs? Be sure to consider sources of both debt and equity financing. (1.5 marks)

3. Write a short memo to Kevin Semcken explaining what he should do before he approaches potential lenders and investors to maximize his chances of getting the capital that Able Planet needs. (2 marks)

The Answer must follow the outline points below:

• Each answer should be within 200 to 500 range of word counts.
• Reference

Note: You can support your answer by the course book.

           You can use secondary source available on internet.

Answer:

1.

2.

3.

Assess the reasons for using lean thinking

identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities.

Use Saudi digital Library (SDL) search engine.

Search Title: THE BENEFITS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING what lean thinking offers the process Industries

Authors Name: Melton,T

Source: In 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design June 2005 83(6):662-673

Read out the research paper carefully and based on your understanding you should answer the following questions.

Questions:

1. Why Manufacturing Companies focuses on Lean Thinking?
2. What do understand by the term overproduction? Why it consider as the biggest waste of all?
3. Assess the reasons for using lean thinking. What are the benefits from Suppliers to end users?
4. References

Law

Write a Brief of this case: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954) http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/347/483.html Please briefcase in this order

Discuss the various methods of participating in foreign investments.

                                                               GOOD LUCK

                             College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment -3

                                Academic Year: 1441/1442 H

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font.
• Submissions without cover page will NOT be accepted.

Assignment -3        

Submission Date by students: 10/12/2021

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre via blackboard.

Weight: 05 Marks

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:

CLO-2-Explain  the Different Types of Investments. ( PLO-1.3)

CLO-3. Demonstrate investment arrangements as part of the process for implementing an investment strategy. ( PLO- 2.2)

CLO-5. Illustrate asset models of a stochastic nature that are appropriate to the management of liabilities. ( PLO-2.4)

Assignment Question(s):                                                                                      (Marks 5)

Q.1- Explain how commodities and financial futures can be used for speculation or for hedging. Describe the different types of commodities and financial futures contracts that are available ?  ( 2.5 Marks )

Q.2- Explain the effect of currency fluctuations on rates of return. Discuss the various methods of participating in foreign investments. ? ( 2.5 Marks )

                                                               GOOD LUCK

Psychological disorder

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Please pick a psychological disorder category from the following options. Create a 2 page flyer designed to raise awareness about the disorder you choose among the general population. Please use graphics in the flyer (not just text). Think of what things grab your attention as a starting point.
• You may choose from the following:
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Obsessive compulsive disorders and related disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Personality disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Disorders in childhood
• Create a flyer that addresses the following:
  1. Define the disorder category
  2. History of the disorder (how it was perceived and explained throughout history) and how the disorder is perceived now in the United States
  3. Risk factors for the disorder
  4. Who the disorder impacts most frequently (age, gender, race)
  5. Recommended treatment and ways to get help (provide resources to a local treatment center/hotline if possible).
  6. 2 ways to reduce the stigma around this psychological disorder
  7. Include a few images, make the flyer atheistically pleasing
  8. Make sure to CITE your sources
  9. Submit as PDF

Conflict

Write a4 to 5-page essay (900-1100 words) discussing a conversation you have had with another person (your neighbor) in which there was a conflict. (About noises like loud music etc…You should explain the conflict and connect it to Communication Concepts like (Language, Accommodating, Conflict management skills, Noise, Active Listening, Primary effect, Mood, The Fallacy of Catastrophic Expectations, Evaluating, etc. …In your essay, please reference seven different concepts. Name the concept, explain how it works, and how it fits into the context of your conversation.