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This is a paper that requires the student to describe a new product’s design features and processes. The paper also provides additional tasks to follow in the writing and submission of the assignment paper. Below is the brief of the assignment details.

Describe a new product’s design features and processes

– Purpose: Innovation is crucial for businesses in today’s highly dynamic and competitive environment. Innovation is defined as the introduction of something new or different. It is the tool that guides new-product development. New products (i.e., goods or services) include not only those that are new-to-the-world but also improved versions or designs of the existing ones. The purpose of this paper is for you to tap into your own creativity and propose a new product idea that could be marketable. Based on the proposed idea, you will also think about appropriate marketing strategies to provide values for your chosen target market.

In addition, the process of completing this paper may ignite your sense of entrepreneurship and give you practical skills to become a successful businessperson in the future.

Describe a new product’s design features and processes

Directions/ Requirements: Tasks to Complete

– Task 1 Firstly, describe the new product (good or service) you are proposing; including its designs, features, and/or process. Explain how you came up with the idea (from your personal experiences, consumers’ current issues/problems, light-bulb moments, changes in technology, social or cultural changes, etc.)

– Task 2  Secondly, describe the target market for the proposed product using demographic, psychographic, and geographic characteristics as well as their needs/wants that could be satisfied by the proposed product.
– Task 3  Thirdly, explain thoroughly Pricing strategy for the proposed product. At which price point would be justifiable, considering the assumed costs to make this product and customer’s perceived value.
– Task 4  Fourthly, explain thoroughly Place/Distribution strategy for the proposed product. What type of distribution would be appropriate considering desired positioning? Where should the product be available and accessible to create value for the target market?
– Task 5  Lastly, explain thoroughly Promotion strategy for the proposed product. What promotional messages should be communicated with the target market to create desired image and appeal? What promotional elements through which channels should be used?

Other Requirements. In completing the tasks, you must provide thorough explanations/discussions as required.  Use the outline above for completing different tasks to develop and organize your paper, 3-5 pages required.

This is a paper that is requiring the student to discuss role of women in similar fashion to Frankenstein. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper. Below is the paper description to follow:

Discuss role of women in similar fashion to Frankenstein

General Topics:

1. The role of women is played out in a similar fashion in Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness, and Things Fall Apart.  However, there are distinctive differences as well.

2. The roles of the characters in the novel are very different before and after colonization. In Frankenstein, the  characters and not affected by colonization because they are European, and thus, the colonizers. In Heart of Darkness the Africans are fully colonized. Finally, in Things Fall Apart, we witness the effects of colonization as the white man moves in with their religion.

Specific Topics:

For this paper, you will develop an argument that addresses either the role of women in these novels through the lens of either feminism or post-colonialism. You will also want to examine what the role is like for women in Europe even though the country is not colonize. Do they have more or less freedom? What is their role?

OR

You will examine the role of the characters in light of pre- and post-colonialism. What freedoms do they have before colonialism? What do they lose?

The questions above are very general. You must do more than just answer them. You must have a specific argumentative topic. In other words, your thesis will not be: “The role of women is similar and different in these novels.”  What is the specific point you will be arguing? You will decide this after completing your research on the novels and on feminism or post-colonialism.

You must use one of these approaches to in your paper. (If you use one of these articles from Purdue, it does count as one of your scholarly sources. What will you argue about feminism or post-colonialism? You will not know your specific argument until you do the research. Research, and read the material first, then once you see what information you have, and what the literary critics have to say, you can start developing your argument around the sources you have.

Conduct a case study analysis on the information management system of a company you choose (Amazon.com) and provide that analysis in a Word document of approximately 800–1000 words. You should address the following items. As the basis for your research, you can use any of the resources on the Internet as long as they are credible.

What is your purpose in applying for graduate study in your specified degree program

SCM Case Analysis: Information Technology

Conduct a case study analysis on the information management system of a company you choose (Amazon.com) and provide that analysis in a Word document of approximately 800–1000 words. You should address the following items. As the basis for your research, you can use any of the resources on the Internet as long as they are credible.

1. Analyze and describe the company’s information management system. As part of your analysis, analyze if its IMS gives the company a competitive advantage over their competition.
2. Recommend improvements for the competitive aspects of the organization’s IMS.
3. Analyze how the IMS helps coordinate between supplies chain partners.
4. Analyze how the IMS helps to monitor orders and inventory levels and satisfy customers.
5. Analyze why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.

This is paper that is requiring the student to investigate the Strategy implementation and monitoring for a company. The paper also provides additional information to use in the writing of the assignment paper. Below is the assignment overview to read:

Strategy implementation and monitoring for a company

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING
Assignment Overview

In the Module 4 Case, we will investigate the control systems at the Coca-Cola Company.

Case Assignment

Visit the website of the Coca-Cola Company: http://www.coca-colacompany.com/, and go to the Investors page. Look around at this page (there is a lot of excellent information here), and search for information related to the organization’s structure and controls. Then, locate the company’s most recent Annual Reports and 10-K filings. After completing some research at Coke’s website, in the library, and on the internet, please address the following:

Firstly, describe the organizational structure at the Coca-Cola Company (what form of structure does the company have?). Include any information you can find regarding the company’s Board of Directors and the company’s committees.
Secondly, describe the organization’s culture. How well does the company’s Values statement align with its culture?
Thirdly, do some research at the Coca-Cola Company website and in the library (be sure to look at trade magazines and newspapers as well) and find as much information concerning the company’s control systems as you can (budgets, inventory control, annual objectives, functional strategies, policies and procedures, personnel evaluation systems, or other). Describe these controls, and also discuss how they assist in keeping Coca-Cola’s strategies on-track.
In the Module 3 Case, you identified a grand strategy (or grand strategies) that the company should follow. Do the company’s organizational structure, culture, and control systems align well with this strategy? Explain.

Assignment Expectations

Your Case Assignment should be a minimum of 5 pages in length.

You are required to use APA formatting and you are required to cite and reference your sources.  There should be a minimum of three (3) reputable sources cited and referenced in your paper (your sources must be different from the sources provided you in the Background materials).

Please make sure you review the assignment rubric prior to writing your assignment.

1. Your boss owns 2,000 shares of stock of one of the vendors, his wife works for another vendor, and he is on the procurement selection committee for the project.

Your boss owns 2000 shares of stock of one of the vendors

Group Project: Contracting and Procurement Methods

Scenerios
Review these scenarios:

1. Your boss owns 2,000 shares of stock of one of the vendors, his wife works for another vendor, and he is on the procurement selection committee for the project.

2. A third vendor in contention for this project has offered everyone on your team tickets to the hockey game this weekend in the company box with dinner included.

3. Your stock broker is recommending the purchase of a technology mutual fund that contains stock belonging to several of the vendors in contention.

The below deliverables should cover 2 pages and should be done and delivered to me first.

As a team, develop Project Procurement Management Plan for the E-mail Upgrade Project described in the Scenario.

The Plan should consist of the following sections:

Firstly, 1.0 Overview: describe the Procurement Management Process you will use (1-2 paragraphs)

Secondly, 2.0 Contract Planning (2-3 pages): Individual Deliverable.

Thirdly, 2.1 Write a statement of work (SOW) describing the project deliverables and scope of the effort. You will need to make creative assumptions based on the outline provided in the scenario. The emphasis here is on demonstrating your understanding of the content or type of information that would be contained in a SOW

Fourthly, 2.2 Identify two potential types of contracts you would consider, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each.
The deliverables below should be second and be delivered after the first one.

Additionally, 3.0 Evaluation Criteria (2 pages): Group Deliverable. Use the Small Group Discussion Board to coordinate your group activities.

Further, 3.1 Develop ten evaluation criteria you will use to evaluate vendor proposals.

Moreover, 3.2 Develop a weighting chart and methodology that assigns a weighted value to each criterion and describe your selection methodology in 2-3 paragraphs.

Reading Assignment Kerzner, ch. 19, pp. 339-345 Please review the course resources from the online MGT657 Library Guide. You may be required to enter the e-book email and password you created to gain access to download and read chapters from your e-book If required to fill email and password use this: f.ukata2@my.houston.aiuniv.edu and password: Jobseeker1?