Task #4 Six Thinking Hats

PurposeThe Six Thinking Hats approach is called “Lateral Thinking” and/or “Parallel Thinking.” Hats are a metaphor for putting on one’s “thinking cap.” This model is a simple technique that encourages cooperation, exploration, and innovation, all under the umbrella of metaphorically applying six colorful “hats.” It is designed to focus “thinking energy” in one direction. In this approach, people engage in objective fact-finding together, discuss the positive aspects of an idea(s), and mutually explore the risks and/or the disadvantages of the idea(s) in the spirit of play. Those who feel that they are part of the process are more likely to accept and/or buy into the outcome. In this approach, people often end up with a better appreciation of others’ positions. It is an example of focused team thinking where consensus is the goal. The result of this task should be helping you with parts of your SLP.
Assignment BackgroundIn developing an approach based on Task #4, the project manager’s primary role is to encourage and facilitate full team involvement in understanding how the use of the Six Thinking Hats approach can keep team meetings moving smoothly and generate novel ideas at the same time. In addition, the project manager will also act as the subject matter consultant and/or the expert on the use of the Six Thinking Hats and make sure that each team member has the opportunity to be placed on one of the team meeting agendas to use this leadership thinking approach. Hopefully, increased idea creativity and new ways of thinking will enhance the team’s productivity.
Now, with you doing an SLP, this concept can be viewed a bit differently. This will help you complete parts of your project and think about whether your potential recommendations would work for your client.
The Six Thinking Hats
Refer back to the Module 8: Learning Resources page for information on the Hats and how you apply each hat’s role as you work on this SLP. However, if you’re working on the ARP instead of the SLP, you’ll want to review the approach example on Module 8: Learning Resources page.
An Example of Approach for this Task (for the ARP):
White Hat Thinking – responsible for facts, figures, and/or objective informationit describes what is there for the team to use

Red Hat Thinking – responsible for emotions, feelings, hunches, intuitionit lets the team members tell how each of them feels about a situation

Green Hat Thinking – responsible for creativity, idea generation, provocative thoughts, lateral thinkingit comes up with new ideas, possibilities, and/or alternatives to be considered

Black Hat Thinking – responsible for negative thoughts, playing the “Devil’s Advocate”a cautious approach that identifies what is wrong with an idea and/or why something will not work

Yellow Hat Thinking – responsible, positive, logical, constructive thoughtsit sees the good in ideas and acts in a cheerleading mode

Blue Hat Thinking – responsible for controlling the process, directing attention to the other “hats” as necessaryit serves to summarize and point the process in the proper direction

Instructions In the course of completing the SLP, I hope that you will have the opportunity to use the Six Thinking Hats approach to share and/or facilitate a brief meeting either with your client or with the interviewees that you will include the context/results in your project. You will then report on how the model worked and whether or not it was helpful to the progress of the project.
The results of doing this task should help you with many parts of your project. This report should be no longer than four (4) double-spaced pages in the written summary and should include the following components that are to be completed by each student (yes this is individual work, not a group work):
First, describe the problem and/or issue discussed using the Six Thinking Hats approach in 2-3 sentences.
Next, describe in detail how the “hats” were used to guide the team through developing a solution and/or answer(s) to the problem and/or issue. Were you and your team members able to think in one direction? Include an example or two from the team meeting. Be sure to cite which “hats” were the most helpful and which “hats” (if any) did not seem to contribute much to the Six Thinking Hats.
Provide an opinion, based on your observations of its overall use for the team, on the Six Thinking Hats model. Would you use it again? Why or why not?

References: You still need three references for this writing. One reference is from our textbook, and the suggested chapters for this task include Chapters 7 and 8.
Notes on APA:
Since this is a small paper you will not need to have the abstract section but you still need the title page and the references.

Critical Thinking in Decision Theory within the Glo

How Didi Fought Uber in China and Won: Next, Taking on the World
Your assignment this week will focus on the case study about Uber and its competitive entry into the Chinese market (p. 560 in the textbook). We once again visit the country of China, this time to look at the transportation ride-sharing sector of the market.
Reflecting on this week’s content focusing on ethical leadership, strategy, and alliances, develop an essay responding to the following questions.
Why did Uber want to expand into China and what was so appealing about the Chinese market?
What advantages did Didi have to help it win its competitive battle with Uber?
What are the pros and cons of the merger between Didi and Uber China, comparing and contrasting their different expansion strategies and tactics while taking into consideration ethical leadership and alliances?
Assume you have been hired by Didi to evaluate Uber’s leadership team and the company culture they foster. Include in your evaluation the strengths of the Uber management team as well as the weaknesses that Didi could capitalize on in order to make Didi’s company more appealing to customers.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 8-9 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
academic writing standards and APA 7th edition style is required
submission should include: Introduction, Conclusion,

CT9 Decision

How Didi Fought Uber in China and Won: Next, Taking on the World
Your assignment this week will focus on the case study about Uber and its competitive entry into the Chinese market (p. 560 in the textbook). We once again visit the country of China, this time to look at the transportation ride-sharing sector of the market.
Reflecting on this week’s content focusing on ethical leadership, strategy, and alliances, develop an essay responding to the following questions.
Why did Uber want to expand into China and what was so appealing about the Chinese market?
What advantages did Didi have to help it win its competitive battle with Uber?
What are the pros and cons of the merger between Didi and Uber China, comparing and contrasting their different expansion strategies and tactics while taking into consideration ethical leadership and alliances?
Assume you have been hired by Didi to evaluate Uber’s leadership team and the company culture they foster. Include in your evaluation the strengths of the Uber management team as well as the weaknesses that Didi could capitalize on in order to make Didi’s company more appealing to customers.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 7 pages in length, which does not include the title page or required reference page, which is never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA (7th ed) style guidelines.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Review the Critical Thinking Grading Rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Discussion in Managing Dynamic Environment: Change Management Process

n the attached material (PowerPoint Attached) You have learned about Change Management Process. you are requested to discuss your classmates’ points as per their discussion (Word Attached)
your peer reply need to be substantial and constructive in nature. it should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that answer
Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with two scholarly peer-reviewed references supporting your answer.

Business Question

Select any publicly listed Saudi Company that operates in Europe and/or Africa, and write a (minimum of 2000 word) report covering the points in the file below.
– please use your own words don’t copy and paste (no plagiarism)
– Please use keyboard (don’t use handwriting)
– All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced)
– I want answer with APA reference

Critically evaluate the methodological and analytical strategies and techniques used by Whiteman and Cooper (2000) and Sinha and Bathini

Critically evaluate the methodological and analytical strategies and techniques used by Whiteman and Cooper (2000) and Sinha and Bathini (2019).

Please follow the instructions on the brief and use theories on the slides. The studies to analyse are also attached.

Core reading to be used-> Bryman A, Bell E, Harley B. Business Research Methods . Sixth edition. (Bell E, ed.). Oxford University Press; 2015. https://app.kortext.com/borrow/1929994

dissection question

Use the eight phases of the communication process to analyze a miscommunication you’ve recently had with a co-worker, supervisor, classmate, teacher, friend, or family member. What idea were you trying to share? How did you encode and transmit it? Did the receiver get the message? Did the receiver correctly decode the message? How do you know? Based on your analysis, identify and explain the barriers that prevented your successful communication in this instance. You should be able to complete this assignment in approximately two-three pages.

write a financial and ethic case write-up

Case write-up #2
Instructions: Write-up one of Kardon or Blue Chip.
Include the following sections:
Facts: the fact patter that resulted in the original dispute. Who did what?
Procedural Posture: the holdings or other dispositions of the administrative or lower courts.
Holding: the ruling of the court whose opinion you are analyzing
Reasoning: summarize the analysis of the majority opinion
Dissents: Note the reasoning of any dissents
Critique: How do you think the court should have resolved the dispute
Historical Financial Scam Presentation, Team

business question

Assignment 1 ( 2 files)
Watch the video on “Intro to Ethics.” Take notes as your Unit Journal Posts are based on this video. When you write your UNIT Journals, you can refer to the video. link: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/b8a0f7cb-8c5…
make two (2) Posts per UNIT. Each Post must be a MINIMUM of 200 words. JOURNALS SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON THE PPTs
Each Post must consist of the following three (3) elements:
an important fact from the UNIT reading,
what this fact means,
why this post is important to you.
.
I am looking for such statements as “I think”, “I believe”, “My opinion is” throughout your Journals
Assignment 2 ( 1 file)
· Read the two documents beginning with A2 (See attached)to complete step# 2 of the Team Learning Paper
Assignment 3 (1 file)
· Read the A3 document and the Gallup report, and complete the paper of at least two pages. Please see the attachment for specific requirements

Harley-Davidson Case Study Essay

1. Provide a titlepage with the case study name
2. Provide an executive summary, where all components of the case study are summarised and formally presented in structured paragraphs, providing critical insight into all major points of the case study analysis. Length of executive summary: 1page (400-500 words)
3. Provide a contents page that is formatted correctly with page numbers.
4. Introduction (850-1000 words):
5. Describe and critically examines the purpose of the case study. This should result in the identification of a problem(s) for Harley-Davidson.
6. Critically analyse the identified problem(s) for Harley-Davidson.
7. Identify and critically analyse the influence of at least six (6) major stakeholders on the identified problem(s).
8. Triggers for organisational change (1000-1150 words):
9. Critically discuss the triggers for organisational change at Harley-Davidson, with supporting references from the theoretical concepts discussed in class.
10. Critically discuss the relevant models and theories from the change management literature that are relevant to Harley-Davidson, provide supporting references.
11. Supporting references must be from academic literature published between 2016 and 2022.
12. Recommendations (750-850 words):
13. Recommendations to resolve Harley-Davidson’s problem(s) should be detailed
14. Three (3) change management concepts with supporting evidence (references) need to be integrated within the recommendations

Research question

Select a Research Topic for Literature Review (in an area related to information and knowledge professions) and write a Annotation Biblography (word file) related to the Literature Review that includes – research topic, problem statement and research questions
The Annotation Biblography should contain
Paper Title, Introduction, 8 Annotations (that consists of 5 peer reviewed resources and the file should contain below section
Citation in APA format; What is the type of Resource (Peer reviewed or Not); Paragraph summary about the resource in your own words; Evaluate how the resource contributes majorly to your literature paper; Justify how these resources are relevant to your literature review topic

Is the 2013 “One Microsoft” restructuring a good idea? Why or why not?

In 2005, Microsoft reorganized into 3 relatively autonomous divisions. Then in 2013, Microsoft began a large scale restructuring to change from a divisional structure to something that resembled a functional structure. Read the articles provided in the links below to familiarize yourself with both of these restructurings.
Is the 2013 “One Microsoft” restructuring a good idea? Why or why not? In your answer, make sure to analyze the reasons FOR making this change and the potential challenges with this move. After your analysis, make sure to take a stand on whether this is a good idea.
Word Limit:
Your response to this question should be 500-750 words, excluding the references you use.
Required Readings:
Microsoft Reorganizes Into 3 Divisions. (2005, September 20). NBC News.
Look up the following links to become familiar with Microsoft’s “One Microsoft” restructuring plan
Perez, J. C. (2013, September 20). Ballmer: Three-layered plan will lead to ‘One Microsoft’. PCWorld.
Warren, T. (2013, July 12). One Microsoft: will Ballmer’s big reset mean better products or more broken promises?. The Verge
Bishop, T. (2013, July 16). Ballmer’s ‘One Microsoft’: One decade too late?. Geekwire
Thompson, B. (2013, July 12). Why Microsoft’s reorganization is a bad idea. Stratechery.
Requirements: 500-750 Words Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and Reference Pages | .doc file
Please be sure to include an introduction with a clear thesis statement in the last sentence of the introduction paragraph
Please be sure to carefully follow the instructions
No plagiarism

Sentiment Analysis

Use Word to type a paragraph discussing what you learned about sentiment analysis in the video. What are the two methods of sentiment analysis? Discuss the differences, pros, and cons of the two methods.
Include the appropriate 4-line heading at the top left of the page (Your Name, Instructor Name, Course Name, and Date).
Use “Sentiment Analysis” as the title.
Name your Word document as “your name Sentiment Analysis” substituting your actual first and last names in place of “your name”.

Is the 2013 “One Microsoft” restructuring a good idea? Why or why not?

In 2005, Microsoft reorganized into 3 relatively autonomous divisions. Then in 2013, Microsoft began a large scale restructuring to change from a divisional structure to something that resembled a functional structure. Read the articles provided in the links below to familiarize yourself with both of these restructurings.
Is the 2013 “One Microsoft” restructuring a good idea? Why or why not? In your answer, make sure to analyze the reasons FOR making this change and the potential challenges with this move. After your analysis, make sure to take a stand on whether this is a good idea.
Word Limit:
Your response to this question should be 500-750 words, excluding the references you use.
Required Readings:
Microsoft Reorganizes Into 3 Divisions. (2005, September 20). NBC News.
Look up the following links to become familiar with Microsoft’s “One Microsoft” restructuring plan
Perez, J. C. (2013, September 20). Ballmer: Three-layered plan will lead to ‘One Microsoft’. PCWorld.
Warren, T. (2013, July 12). One Microsoft: will Ballmer’s big reset mean better products or more broken promises?. The Verge
Bishop, T. (2013, July 16). Ballmer’s ‘One Microsoft’: One decade too late?. Geekwire
Thompson, B. (2013, July 12). Why Microsoft’s reorganization is a bad idea. Stratechery.

Business Admin Capstone

Please respond to the following in separate paragraphs:
Review the Aldi case study on page 169 of your textbook. Assess your satisfaction with Aldi and make recommendations about how the company could modify its business-level strategy to both increase your overall level of satisfaction and to attract new customers. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Analyze the five business-level strategies discussed in Chapter 4 to determine which strategy most likely applies to Aldi. Determine how a shopper’s experience might change if it switched to one of the other four strategies (your choice). Explain your rationale.
Be sure to respond to your classmates’ post below:
Aldi’s existing business strategy represents a low-cost strategy that is focused on selling low-priced manufactured goods. However, Aldi can change its strategy by combining it with a differentiation strategy, which allows it to offer or implement a new feature or attribute that its competitors do not have. I would suggest that Aldi concentrates on improving the quality of its goods and services. Low prices combined with high quality are certain to increase customer satisfaction and bring in new customers.
A business strategy known as “Production Orientation” places an emphasis on processes for reducing costs and producing goods in an effective manner. We expect that the client just cares about the price. Another cost-effective strategy is ALDI’s no-nonsense approach. A cart distribution system was introduced. In order to roll, customers must deposit one penny in their grocery cart. Employing someone with a job removes the need for such a mechanism: pull off the cart all over. The ALDI business model revolutionizes the food industry by enabling them to sell high-quality goods at very low prices.
There are four possible orientations for an organization. ALDI is regarded as a blend of a market-oriented business and another. Let’s talk about the different kinds of orientation, then we’ll focus on some important details about how ADI is successful in the food market and at concentrating on the market trend and the sales.
Aldi should concentrate on products from distinctive brands. To produce products under its own brand, ALDI ought to form alliances with prominent manufacturers. There are only a few name-brand products available, like Vegemite, and even these are replaced when an affordable, high-quality alternative can be found.
ALDI has several provisions and distinct management philosophies. The statement below may be used as a means, to sum up, the situation: Are guaranteed premium quality at an unbelievably low cost. ALDI adheres to five fundamental beliefs
significant savings,
superior quality
unique value,
unique purchase,
confident purchase
Consequently, ALDI only stocks 600 to 700 lines, unlike traditional grocery stores, which stock up to 10,000 lines. ALDI will save a lot of money by storing every product in just a single dimension.

compensation management

Respond to the following in separate paragraphs:
Put yourself in the position of an HR manager of a large research and development facility. The CEO is concerned about rising labor costs. The most recent employee opinion survey showed employee satisfaction with their compensation as low.
The CEO is considering revamping the incentive pay program. He’s not sure whether a person-focused incentive plan or a team-based incentive plan would best address the challenge of rising labor costs and employee satisfaction:
What are the pros and cons of each of these incentive play plans?
Which program would you recommend to your CEO that would best meet his goals?Provide the rationale for your explanation.

Post comment to another student’s post below:
Hello everyone,
Pros of Individual Incentives
a. Employees are motivated to perform at a higher level.
b. Individual incentives help with employee satisfaction, which leds to low turnover rates.
c. It can help with higher and quality productivity.
Cons of Individual Incentives
a. High employee turnover in low-performing team members.
b. Employee morale and behaviors can change in a negative way.
c. Conflict between employees.
Pros of Team-based incentive plan
a. It can help with group performance and tasks.
b. It can improve team morale and energy.
Cons of Team-based incentive plan
a. The team is rewarded as a whole, even if everyone isn’t pulling their weight.
b. Disagreements can occur if everyone is not on the same page.
After examining all these points, I suggest that management use Individual-based incentive plans. Individual-based incentive plans will encourage employees to work individually to complete tasks on time. If individual job satisfaction exists, employees will perform at their highest to meet the company’s goals, which leads to organizational profitability and financial growth.
-Ciara

Compensation Management

Compensation Strategies, Best Practices, and Challenges Presentation
For this assignment, assume you are a compensation analyst in a large financial services company. You have been in your role for almost a year. At your weekly one-on-one with your boss, she tells you that the human resources representatives at the company are fielding a number of questions from employees and applicants about compensation. The human resource representatives’ knowledge of compensation is not deep.She asks that you prepare and deliver a 10- to 15-minute PowerPoint presentation (10–15 slides) at an upcoming departmental meeting that provides basic information about what is going on in the compensation field today. Specifically she wants you to address compensation strategies that companies employ, note three of their best compensation practices, and examine three compensation challenges today’s companies are facing.Develop and deliver a 10–15 minute audio PowerPoint presentation (10 to 15 slides) in which you:Analyze the compensation strategies companies use to attract and retain talent.
Determine three best compensation practices used by companies.Be sure to provide your rationale for selecting these best practices as opposed to others.

Examine three compensation-related challenges companies face.Be sure to provide your rationale for selecting these compensation challenges as opposed to others.

Explain what discretionary benefits are and how companies use them to benefit the company and its stakeholders.
Examine how laws, labor unions, and market factors impact companies’ compensation strategies and practices.
Deliver a succinct, engaging, and informative presentation on compensation strategies, best practices, and challenges.Note: Be sure to include additional detail about what you will say as you deliver your presentation on the notes pages in PowerPoint.
Consult Use Kaltura [PDF] for help in recording your presentation and uploading it to the assignment area.

Integrate at least three quality resources using in-text citations and a reference page in your assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
Use a readable size font (24 pt or above) on your slides. For your slide notes, the preferred method is to use Times New Roman font (size 12).
Include a title slide containing the assignment title, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required number of slides.
Include a source list slide. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The source list slide is not included in the required number of slides.

Note: Last week’s assignment preparation activity provides resources on how to:Avoid plagiarism.
Integrate resources into your presentation.
Adhere to the Strayer Writing Standards.
Develop and deliver a succinct, engaging, and informative presentation.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:Research current compensation strategies, best compensation practices and compensation challenges facing companies.

Week 1 task

1. Explain the importance of the following elements in effective written communication:
OrganizationProper formattingGrammarStyle (formal or informal)
2. Explain the importance of the following characteristics in effective oral communication:Inflection and toneBody languageSpeech rate
3. Compare the purposes for formal and informal writing, including appropriate uses for each.Explain the benefits and challenges associated with social media as it relates to the field of education and professional communication.
4. Describe the influence of digital technology as it relates to the field of education and professional communication.
Write the document and cite all sources in APA format.

Business Question 4

1.Imagine that a textile company is in the middle of negotiations with workers over wage rates, health care costs, and pension benefit plans. The workers feel that their current benefits are not aligned to their geographic region as the area has continued to grow. The cost of living has increased in the area, which has forced the company to demand more hours of producing textiles, but their wages have stayed the same. Discuss how a manager should respond to the workers’ requests so that everyone is satisfied.
Answer in about a paragraph
then reply to post below within 2-3 sentences
2. As a manager, I’ll start by analyzing the market’s performance over the past year and how well our company has done in contrast to the industry median. This will enable me to determine whether I am underpaying my employees in light of the company’s revenue.
I will also consult with local government representatives and economists to assess the implications of the most recent rise in the cost of living as well as whether the pay raises and perks offered are in keeping with the needs of the region.