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1) The dissertation must include a statement of the candidate’s objectives and must acknowledge published or other sources of material consulted (including an appropriate bibliography) and any assistance received. • There shall be an abstract (up to 500 words) bound into the dissertation which provides a synopsis of the dissertation stating the nature and the scope of the work undertaken and of the contribution made to the knowledge of the subject treated. • Diagrams should be self-explanatory (adequate annotation and captions) and should be located in close proximity to where they are first mentioned to the text. The dissertation should be divided into appropriate sections and sub-sections. • The ideas, experiences and other information gleaned from the literature should be given recognition by the use of abbreviated citations in the text which provide the key to a fuller description in the reference section. • It will be assumed that future students can have access to your work for reference unless you state clearly on the title page that your report is confidential. It is important to ensure your dissertation is conducted in an ethical manner. The following points offer a good checklist. • Discuss ethical issues in collection and use of data with your supervisor • Ensure that no harm can come to participants • Ensure that respondents understand that participation is voluntary and confidential • Keep data confidential. Do not share it with anyone else • Be honest and open with respondents about the reasons for the research and report findings honestly and accurately • Be honest about your own interest in the data • Comply with the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation.

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In a professional career, one may be called upon to conduct research and deliver findings in professional settings. No matter how extensive the research or accurate the conclusions, a weak presentation can undermine an argument. A presentation is a tool to help make an argument. When creating presentations, students develop skills in researching an issue, synthesizing the information, organizing data logically, and presenting findings in an effective manner. You will prepare a five- to six-slide PowerPoint presentation that describes the progression of your Capsim company during Competitive Rounds 1 through 3. Your audience consists of new topic members for your company’s topic of directors, and the presentation is intended to quickly bring them up to speed. In referring to Foundation FastTrack, describe the progression of your Capsim company during Competitive Rounds 1 through 3 relative to the following: I. Your Product Pay particular attention to the sections on the low-tech segment, high-tech segment, and perceptual map. i. Where is your product positioned? (Low-tech? High-tech?) ii. Does your product fit the consumers’ desires for the product segment? iii. How did the release data of your product impact its performance? II.

Production Analysis Pay particular attention to the sections on R&D, capacity, and funding your plant improvements. i. What is your production schedule? ii. How did capacity for your product(s) change over the years? iii. How did automation change over the years? What impact did it have on your organization? iv. Did you discontinue a product? III. Market Segmentation Pay particular attention to the sections on market segmentation, pricing, the low-tech segment, the high-tech segment, and the contribution margin. i. What is the price of your product? ii. What was your promotional budget? iii. What was your sales budget? iv. What was the sales forecast for each product? v. What were the accounts receivable (A/R) and accounts payable (A/P) implications of the decisions? IV. Financial Performance i. How did you pay for your R&D expenses? ii. How did you pay for marketing expenses? iii. How did you fund your production activities? iv. Did you buy back stock? v. Did you retire bonds? vi. Did you take an emergency loan? vii. Did you pay dividends? viii. What is your cash percentage?  *** Please provide Speaker notes for this presentation ALSO all the rounds are attached, my strategic plan while completing for these round is Cost leader , low cost production company that has highest market share. Use bullet points, graphs, charts, and relevant images in the slides. Further, since you will not actually be giving this presentation in person, use the notes section to write out what you would say if you were. FOr more information you can use the guide. http://ww3.capsim.com//guides/foundation2013/the-guide.html

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Module 1 – SLP Supply and Demand For the SLP this session, come up with an idea for a business you would like to start someday. This should be a business in an industry that you are familiar with and can find a lot of information about. This could be a type of business that you are currently working for or have worked for in the past, or a type of business that you are a frequent customer of. Finally – since you will have to make estimates about costs of starting up the business or what type of price you can charge, it is best to keep your business idea relatively simple. For this first SLP, discuss your business idea and do some initial research on what prices your potential competitors in your home town are charging. More specifically, write a three-page paper discussing the following issues: What business do you want to start, and why? Explain your personal connection to this type of business and discuss sources of information about this business that you plan to use for your SLP. What prices are these businesses in your chosen industry charging? Try to get at least ten examples of businesses and the prices they are charging, and create a table that lists the prices and any other relevant information, such as whether the product they sell is high-end quality or lower-end quality. Do you notice a large range of prices that businesses are charging for the service or product? If so, what factors do you think explain the range of prices? Is it the quality of the product or service, location of the business, amount of advertising done by each business, other? Based on your answers to Questions 1 and 2 above, do you think your product or service will have elastic or inelastic demand? You don’t have to do any calculations since you probably won’t have access to sales data on the businesses you are looking at – but based on the range of prices, you should be able to get an idea about how sensitive consumers of your product or service will be to changes in price. In addition to your own research about prices in your home town, cite some of the required background reading on elasticity to justify your answer. SLP Assignment Expectations Answer the assignment questions directly. Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Do not go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials. Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you find articles on the Internet, make sure they are from a credible source. Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations.