Who do you admire the most and why? Who has played a pivotal role in shaping you to be the person you are or the person you aspire to be. Provide specific examples of how they have shaped or inspired you.

Essay Question

Who do you admire the most and why? Help us to understand who has played a pivotal role in shaping you to be the person you are or the person you aspire to be. Provide specific examples of how they have shaped or inspired you. (word limit 300 max)

Identify financing challenges and solutions for sustainable development and provide suitable recommendations based on independent research and discussions with peers and specialist practitioners from your industry.

Sustainability & Business

Submit a report with the aim to discuss the linkages between business operations and the environmental and societal challenges with regard to sustainability.

For this task, choose an organisation/industry or you are familiar with as a frame of reference, to answer all questions given below.

a) Demonstrate extensive, detailed and critical knowledge and understanding of the effects of global warming, resource scarcity, population growth and loss of bio-diversity on your chosen organisation/industry.

b) Identify financing challenges and solutions for sustainable development and provide suitable recommendations based on independent research and discussions with peers and specialist practitioners from your industry.

c) Identify and discuss the implementation of innovative business strategies that will help in addressing the sustainability challenges in your chosen organisation.

d) Critically review sustainability & its influence on production & design in the chosen industry.

e) Critically review the impact of regulations & international codes on sustainability in the chosen industry. How can you influence the management to adopt the regulations and codes in your organisation? (Discuss your role as the change initiator and agent)

f) Demonstrate a general understanding of the importance of sustainability reporting. Critically discuss the sustainability report (last financial year) of your chosen organisation or any other organisation in your industry, clearly interpreting and evaluating the numerical and graphical data.

What is the role of leadership as it relates to vision, mission, and strategy in an organization? Give specific examples.

Role of leadership

What is the role of leadership as it relates to vision, mission, and strategy in an organization vision? Give specific examples.

What are the different types of financial statements that are associated with or specific to the different types of business formations?

Week 5 Class Discussion

Having an understanding of business types or formations, the advantages and disadvantages of each, along with the tax, legal, and accounting implications of the businesses are necessary when considering how to structure a business. With accounting implications financial statements must be considered as they are key to understanding how healthy a business actually is.

What are the different types of financial statements that are associated with or specific to the different types of business formations?

Discuss the concept of decision making process and it’s advantages and disadvantages.

Decision making

Discuss the concept of decision making process and it’s advantages and disadvantages.

Must be guided by rubic

Why would standard cost be a more appropriate transfer cost between cost centers than actual cost?

Survey of Accounting

Why would standard cost be a more appropriate transfer cost between cost centers than actual cost?

Reference the book below and pages on, Actual Cost pg.564-570, Cost Centers pg.612, Transfer prices pg.623-625

Book reference: Survey of Accounting 8th Edition by Carl S. Warren
Year: 2018
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Boston

Share an organization’s value statement and explain how it affects their organizational culture. Also, draw a mind map of an ideal, healthy and supportive creative climate. How does your organization measure up and why or why not?

Cultivating Creative Thinking – Discussion 8

 

This activity provides you with an opportunity to share an organization’s value statement and explain how it affects their organizational culture. You will also address how your organization measures up in terms of creating a healthy and supportive creative climate.

  1. Post in the discussion topic.Share an organization’s value statement and explain how it affects their organizational culture. Also, draw a mind map of an ideal, healthy and supportive creative climate. How does your organization measure up and why or why not?

What are the key tenants of TOC and what success stories can you find and share?

Theory of Constraints

The late Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, the father of TOC (Theory of Constraints) created a business strategy methodology heavily steeped in the continuous improvement world of Deming’s TQM (Total Quality Management) or TPS (Toyota Production System) aka Lean Manufacturing.

What are the key tenants of TOC and what success stories can you find and share?

Write a one to two-page essay wherein you will consider starting a business in the United States or in another nation. In your essay indicate which business format you would use to operate your business. Indicate why you have chosen this format.

Starting a business in the United States or in another nation.

Write a one to two-page essay wherein you will consider starting a business in the United States or in another nation.

In your essay indicate which business format you would use to operate your business. Indicate why you have chosen this format.

What were the most interesting topics you learned in this course? Do you feel this course has given you a foundation for your further studies? Do you have any lingering questions on the material?

Unit 5 – Discussion Board

Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, discuss the following questions:

What were the most interesting topics you learned in this course?
Do you feel this course has given you a foundation for your further studies?
Do you have any lingering questions on the material?