MT499: Bachelor’s Capstone in Management

 This project focuses on management in your organization.( Cosmetic Booth) In a five to six page paper, describe the following items: Management Summary Describe the management team in your business (include advisors, consultants, accountants, etc.). Describe the team concept, group dynamics, and the strengths and weaknesses of business teams. Describe management philosophy concerning communication, and organizational culture. Discuss what leadership actions you would take to adapt your business should the following happen in the first three years of operations: o Your manufacturer has a labor strike that may last for 6 months. o Three more competitors emerge who are now in direct competition with your company in product quality and price. o You have had to lay off half your employees and the rest are disheartened as a result.

WEEK 9 – DISCUSSION CAPSTONE

Analyze the three internal governance mechanisms (ownership concentration, boards of directors, and executive compensation) and recommend a possible fourth mechanism that would help align the interests of managerial agents with those of the firm’s owners. Provide specific examples to support your response. -Determine how U.S.-based corporations could incorporate elements of the corporate governance practices you researched to help top-level managers make better ethical decisions. Provide specific examples to support your response.

WEEK 8 – DISCUSSION II CAPSTONE

Corporate governance has become a hot issue in the U.S. over the past two decades.  From your analysis of the case study, determine two possible corporate governance challenges that might be faced by Best Buy as a result of its rapid growth and why they could become corporate governance issues. -Make recommendations for how Best Buy can overcome these challenges. Provide specific examples to support your response.

WEEK 8 – DISCUSSION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 As we learned in Week 7, your business sponsor and customer informed you that you have to deliver your project much sooner than anticipated. When you break the news to your team, they are not happy with the decision for they are concerned that the project will now fail. Using the information you learned from readings, what can you do as a leader to ensure your project team that this is the right thing to do? What will you do to motivate them?

CT 7 Project Management

 – The following activities are based on a recently completed group project that you have been involved in. This project may have been a student project, a work project, or an extracurricular project.a. Analyze the development of the team in terms of the five-phase model and the punctuated equilibrium model. Which model does the best job of describing how the team evolved?b. Analyze the group in terms of the nine situational factors that influence team development. What factors positively contributed to group performance? What factors negatively contributed to group performance? How did the group try to overcome the negative factors? What could you have done differently to overcome these negative factors?c. Analyze how effectively the group managed meetings. What did the group do well? What didn’t the group do well? If the group were formed again, what specific recommendations would you make about how the group should manage meetings?1. In month 9 the following project information is available: actual cost is $ 2,000, earned value is $ 2,100, and planned cost is $ 2,400. Compute the SV and CV for the project.2. On day 51 a project has an earned value of $ 600, an actual cost of $ 650, and a planned cost of $ 560. Compute the SV, CV, and CPI for the project. What is your assessment of the project on day 51?3. Given the project network and baseline information below, complete the form to develop a status report for the project at the end of period 4 and the end of period 8. From the data you have collected and computed for periods 4 and 8, what information are you prepared to tell the customer about the status of the project at the end of period 8?

Research Paper

OSHA has identified falls as (36.5%) of hazards in construction.  Falls—(36.5%)*The assignment is to write a research paper involving FALLS as a construction hazard. You may narrow your topic down to a more specific type of accident within the major category. For example, under falls, you could focus your research on falls from ladders. When writing the paper, consider the following questions:  Remember that a significant aspect of any research paper is the summary analysis by the writer of that research (in this case, you). The submission must be a  Scholarly sources include: peer-reviewed journal articles (Click here to access a webinar outlining peer-reviewed articles.) safety reference books and textbooks, and other publications by safety professionals and organizations (print or online). Note that wikipedia.com, answers.com, ask.com, about.com, and similar broad-based Internet sites are not considered scholarly sources. Use government and professional safety-related sources, such as osha.gov., niosh.gov, asse.org, nsc.org, and nfpa.org. Contact your professor if you have any questions about the validity of a reference source. APA format is required. Be sure to use in text citations for direct quotes and paraphrased information. 

For any company that wants to deliver excellent customer service, having an excellent training program for its customer service employees is essential.

For any company that wants to deliver excellent customer service, having an excellent training program for its customer service employees is essential. This week write a one-page paper describing the customer service training program for your selected company. Summarize the key aspects that are emphasized in the training program and how employee customer service skills are developed. Use any resources and research items that are available to you, and be sure to cite any references in APA format. 

Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research your community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through incarceration programs or other sanctions.

Assignment 1: Combating Juvenile DelinquencyDue Week 7 and worth 120 points Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research your community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through incarceration programs or other sanctions.Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: