How does the selected organization promote human flourishing?

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Grand Canyon University’s Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work states that “Our work within the world matters to God and our neighbors, and that we honor God by serving others in ways that promote human flourishing.”  Select a company that demonstrates ethical behavior, social responsibility, and environmental sustainment. How does the selected organization promote human flourishing?  What do you think the role of innovation and leadership in strategic management and an organization’s ability to achieve and sustain competitive advantage plays? Provide examples and rationale.

Discuss three (3) strategies you could use for the development of a successful website to support a new business.

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“Pricing and Globalization Strategies” Please respond to the following:

  • Using the Internet or Strayer database, analyze pricing techniques for established products and services. Next, select and explain the pricing strategy you would use for a business. Within your response, you should also identify three (3) objectives this strategy seeks to achieve.
  • Discuss three (3) strategies you could use for the development of a successful website to support a new business. Be specific in stating how these strategies will help the company achieve its goals.

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Student Response – Diana Ruiz

  • Using the Internet or Strayer databases, analyze pricing techniques for established products and services. Next, select and explain the pricing strategy you would use for a business. Within your response, you should also identify three (3) objectives this strategy seeks to achieve.

Pricing strategies I would use an analyze data. I would take a survey from all the local gyms and recreation centers. Then average it out plus take in consideration on the area where the recreation would be located it. If the area is a wealthy area, then the pricing for membership would be higher. However, for the first year we would be pricing a moderate price and take a survey on the members output for pricing, equipment, and customer service. Most gyms are charging up to $120 monthly for membership, while others are charging low as $10 with a hidden charge fee. Most gyms will ask for enrollment fee when signing up and have a one-year contract. The recreation center will ask for donation when sign in up and one-year contract. We would need commitment from members to use the facility as well try out the classes.

  • Discuss three (3) strategies you could use for the development of a successful website to support a new business. Be specific in stating how these strategies will help the company achieve its goals.

Having a website to promote business, it must be creative and easy to find what are you looking for. The website will have our logo and pictures of members and classes. The website main page will have:

  • Name of the business and location
  • Mission statement
  • Promotion or Sales
  • Contact for more information
  • Tab of different categories:
    • Services
    • Classes
    • Trainers
    • Financial Assistance
    • Events
    • Volunteers
    • Partnership
  • Search Button
  • Testimonial

The website would be link to all social media like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and etc. We will promote on social media and link to our website. As website will be setup we will have a staff get back to them in timely manner if they have questions on specific classes or events. Have a directory of our staff name and phone numbers for more information.

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Assignment 2: Feasibility Analysis
Due Week 6 and worth 135 points

“A feasibility analysis is a chance to open your eyes, ask yourself some very tough questions, then check to see whether your idea, as originally conceived, needs to be modified, refocused, or changed dramatically. (Or perhaps even scrapped altogether.)” (Abrams, as cited in Scarborough & Cornwall, 2015, p. 237).

With this assignment, you will be addressing the fundamental question: Does this business have profit potential?

Referring to the same business you either started or purchased in the first assignment, write a three to four (3–4) page paper in which you:

  1. Conduct a feasibility analysis in which you research:
    1. Industry and Market Feasibility
    2. Product or Service Feasibility
    3. Financial Feasibility
    4. Entrepreneurial Readiness
  2. Based on your assessment, does the business idea need to be modified, changed significantly, or abandoned? (Note: If you abandon the business idea, then you will need to select and analyze a new business that has profit potential.)
  3. Include at least two (2) references outside the textbook.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe and analyze the necessary activities and key decisions to start a small business.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in small business management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about small business management using proper writing mechanics.

BUS 220 Ethical Business Challenge

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BUS 220 Ethical Business Challenge Chapter 8

Instructions

Read the Resolving Ethical Business Challenges on page 212 and answer the questions on page 212 using MS Word or a compatible word processing application. Upload your answers to the appropriate assignment folder. Do NOT send a PDF file.

 

The answer to each question must be a minimum of 50 words and must be in your own words. Plagiarism (ie. copying) from the web, the book, etc. will result in a grade of zero. See Rubric under Content, Course Content Section, Rubrics.

 

Make sure that you number your answers so that they correspond with the appropriate question. Failure to do so will result in a penalty. DO NOT retype the question.

 

 

 

 

Chapter Review

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Mary, a recent college graduate from Stanford University, works for JSYK Incorporated, a realty company that represents clients interested in either buying or selling businesses. As a “business broker,” Mary’s job is to arrange sales just like a normal realtor. On the outskirts of town, a small building used for manufacturing sat idle for over a year. The realtors called it Moby Dick because no one could find a buyer for it; either the price was too high or the building did not quite match the buyer’s needs. Dozens of potential buyers had come and gone. It did not help that the building was owned by Ted St. Clair, a 65-year-old miser that lived in the town all his life. The man had a reputation for hoarding every last dime. Ted made Dickens’s Scrooge look saintly. While JSYK Incorporated told Ted more than once he needed to lower the price if he wanted to sell the building, Ted always refused.

One hot afternoon Reverend Smith, a retired minister, contacted JSYK and asked if he could look at the property. Because Mary was in the office it was given to her. While they inspected the building, the conversation came around to what Reverend Smith would do with the building. He had recently formed a nonprofit corporation to aid troubled youth and wanted to convert the building into a recreation center. Mary knew Reverend Smith because she formerly attended his church. She knew of his honesty and integrity as well as his decades of service.

When Mary returned to the office, the Reverend was seriously talking about the building and how it could be refitted for his purposes. As they talked, the Reverend asked about the machinery still in the building. Some of the machines at the manufacturing plant were in poor condition and required an estimated $100,000 to repair. Reverend Smith had no use for them and would need them removed.

After preliminary discussions, Mary said she would contact the owner. “Reverend, I believe the seller is asking for a $250,000 down payment on this $1,000,000 sale.”

“I can’t afford that much,” replied the Reverend. “I’ve been saving donations for a number of years and I only have $150,000.”

“If I may ask,” asked Mary, “How are you going to pay the balance?”

“Well, I’ve spoken to some older church members, and they told me that if I could make the down payment, they would cover the rest.”

“I’ll try to work with you on this. Give me a few days and I’ll call you,” said Mary.

As Reverend Smith left, George, the owner and CEO of JSYK, came into the office. “What did Reverend Smith want?” asked George.

“He’s actually interested in Moby Dick, and I believe it matches his needs perfectly.”

“That’s great!” George replied. Then he noticed Mary’s face. “So what’s the problem?”

“You and I both know Ted will not come down on the price.” Mary quickly explained the situation, with George listening intently. After she was done, George said, “Mary, this is what you are going to do. I want you to convince Ted that repairing those machines is important to the buyer. DO NOT tell him who it is. Tell Ted the buyer wants the machines, but the repair estimate he calculated is $150,000. Tell Ted you know you can get the buyer to buy if the down payment was reduced to $150,000 and the asking price to $950,000. Finally, tell Ted he would be making an additional $50,000 for not having to do the repairs.”

“I don’t know about this,” said Mary. “It doesn’t feel honest, and besides Reverend Smith has not approved the deal, nor do I believe he would want me to lie on his behalf.”

George replied, “Mary, the Reverend is going to do something good with that building. You and I both know Ted will never get more than this. We’re just helping him make the best deal possible.”

Mary still was not certain. Although Ted was a miser, it did not feel right to lie. Besides, she wondered what Ted would do after he found out the Reverend had no use for the machines.

Questions | Exercises

1. How is top management supporting a culture of ethical or unethical behavior?

2. Discuss the alternatives and duties Mary has as a representative for both the buyer and seller.

3. If realtors have a code of ethics that requires truthful and transparent information, what should Mary tell George, the owner of JSKY?

Components of a business proposal

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  • Write a proposal that promotes ideas for improving the project management communication at your place of work. The audience for your proposal is your management. Your proposal can include charts, graphs, tables and photographs. The length should be 1,000 words +/- 10%. Longer is not necessarily better, but it should not be fewer than 900 words and no longer than 1100 words.
  • Include the following:
  • Detailed descriptions of project management communication strategies at your place of business as they exist today.
  • Descriptions of project management communication strategies at other places of business (you can research true facts or invent hypothetical information here).
  • Three proposed new options for improved project management communication strategies, showing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
  • Your selection of the best option, which you will support with descriptive, factual evidence.
  • Make sure that your proposal contains all of the following headings, shown below in Components of a business proposal.
  • Components of a business proposal
  • A business proposal promotes an idea, suggests actions or asks a potential customer to buy a product or service. A proposal, similar to a report, generally contains a collection of objective data that the reader should consider. But the heart of a proposal, unlike the report, is the recommendation or sales pitch. The report can contain suggestions and recommendations, but its primary purpose should be to present facts and information. A business proposal spends most of its time promoting suggestions and recommendations. A business report spends most of its time presenting objective facts. Proposals propose. Reports report.
  • Please include all of the following headings and sections in your proposal: 
  • Title Page
  • Business proposals generally follow a formal structure, unless they are very short email proposals. Most moderate to long proposals begin with a title page. The title page shows the full title of the proposal, the name of the author and the names of audience members or groups.
  • Abstract or Executive Summary
  • The proposal should also include an “abstract” or “executive summary.” This brief summary presents the purpose, methods, scope, findings, conclusions and recommendations of the proposal. A high-level business executive might choose not to read the entire proposal, but instead to read only the executive summary. Write the summary with enough detail to provide a busy executive with the most important elements of the proposal.
  • Table of Contents
  • The table of contents page usually comes immediately after the title page and before the executive summary. It should show each section of the proposal by name and page number.
  • List of Figures, Tables, Abbreviations or Symbols (optional)
  • A good rule of thumb is that if your proposal includes more than five figures, illustrations or tables, you should list them by page number, immediately after the table of contents page. If the proposal contains abbreviations or symbols that might not be familiar to all readers, include those abbreviations and symbols, plus their definitions and explanations in this section. Not all proposals need to contain this section.
  • Introduction
  • Start the body of the proposal with an introductory paragraph, with the heading “Introduction.” The introduction should present the purpose and scope of the proposal, and present background information that might be necessary for readers to know so that they can understand the rest of the proposal.
  • Body
  • The next heading should read “Body,” and this begins the heart of the proposal. You can include subheadings to introduce the various information categories that make up the body. Consider including tables of data or financial information, charts, graphs and illustrations.
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • The body of the proposal ends with “Conclusions and Recommendations.” In this section, you summarize the objective data and findings, and propose recommendations, if necessary and appropriate.
  • Bibliography
  • If your proposal presents data that you gathered from published sources, show those sources in a bibliography that should include traditional publications, Internet sources and people who you might have interviewed.