Select a product or service for this assignment.

Review Ch. 9 of Business Communication about writing effective persuasive messages.

Complete the following two parts to sell the product or service to two different audiences.

Part I:

Write a message to persuade your boss to invest capital resources to develop the product or service for sale.

Include secondary research to support your argument and explain what you will do in case the selected product or service does not initially sell as much as expected. Cite and reference sources using APA formatting.

Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose.

Explain why you selected the channel.

Note: Part I is the basis of your Week 5 Persuasive Presentation assignment.

Part II:

Write a sales pitch to sell the product/service to the end consumer. The sales pitch that you write could be part of a marketing campaign, which can be the verbiage for a commercial, a flyer, a message posted on social network, and so on. Make sure to identify the context, as per the examples, in which the sales pitch will take place.

Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose.

Explain why you selected the channel.

Include an APA formatted title page for the assignment.

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This is the assignment. 4 pages this question,

1) 1. You have been hired as an Asian Business consultant by the firm of Worldwide Khan, LLC, a manufacturer of electronic assemblies. The president of the firm, Mr. G. “Jerry” Khan, wants to expand his electronic manufacturing operations in Asia. He already has a factory in Thailand. Jerry has asked you to investigate the business environments in Indonesia and Vietnam. Write a memo giving your recommendations, pro and con, for those countries. What would be your conclusion about the best place for him to expand? (If you use the revised PEST Data Exercise sheet (on BB) to collect your data, include those sheets.)

and 4 pages for this question

2) 2. At the end of each chapter of One Billion Customers Jim McGregor offers some pointers about doing business in China in what he calls his “Little Red Book of Business”. In your opinion, what are the five most important of those pointers for international business people to understand for business in China? Why? Which pointers of the five you’ve chosen might also apply to business in Japan and Korea? Why

Research Question(s)

We are trying to help the Danvers Historical Society to establish the historical and cultural context for your object. A good way to do this is to ask questions about the object. Your questions may shift or expand as you pursue your research. Some general questions are:

Why is this object interesting?

When and where was the object likely made?

What type of person would have commissioned, purchased, or used this object?

How was the object made? Who made it?

How was it used? What might it have been used for?

What message or cultural beliefs does it convey?

How does it compare with other objects of its type?

How well can we relate to it today?

Insert your question(s) here!

Preliminary Bibliography

Your research will help you to answer these questions and others that may come up as you go along.

You should use at least three high quality sources for your research.

You should consult sources that have been vetted by scholars, such as books, exhibition catalogs, journal articles, and museum websites.

You may consult Wikipedia (and should include it in your bibliography if you do), but it may not count toward your three research sources. Some Wikipedia entries have good bibliographies, for example, but others have unreliable information. Also, websites that are trying to sell you things like posters are not good sources.

If you have questions about the quality of a research source, please run it by me. If you are having trouble finding good quality research sources or need a refresher on searching for articles or requesting books from the Noble system or Interlibrary Loan, please see Zach Newell, one of the reference librarians on duty, or me.

Friday, March 6

Research Progress Report

You will turn in a 1-page update on your progress to date. Please consider the following questions:

What interesting information have you found to date?

What questions remain?

What new questions have arisen?

What challenges or frustrations are you facing?

Wayne Eisenhauer will come to class on April 1. We will pull the objects out again and tell him what we’ve learned so far.

Wednesday, April 1

Research Paper

Your 4-5 page essay should include:

A detailed and objective description of the object. Please pretend that I am not familiar with it, and describe its visual features and condition in detail.

A discussion of the contextual information you found during your research. You may also wish to discuss questions that remain unanswered, or new questions that your research raised.

A bibliography of your research sources and footnotes. We’ll talk about properly formatting citations after Spring Break. Your citations should be in Chicago or MLA format. Please see the following style guides for assistance:

Chicago: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/

MLA: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Illustrations of comparative works of art or objects that you discuss.

Your paper should be clearly written, well organized and free of typos. Try to write in a lively, interesting manner:

compose an interesting opening sentence to draw the reader in;

use active verbs;

vary your word choices;

don’t use too many prepositions in one sentence;

split run-on sentences into two.

Friday,

April 10

Reflection Paper #2

I will give you questions to consider for a 1½- to 2-page reflection paper about your experience with the DHS project. Your paper will help Wayne Eisenhauer and me assess what worked well and what elements of the project we should consider changing in future years.

Wednesday,

April 29

Revised Research Paper (Optional)

You may revise your research paper based on my comments and resubmit it for re-grading if you wish.

Reflection/ Book Report on Harvard Business Review on Doing Business in China, by Kenneth Liberthal

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Read the book: Harvard Business Review on Doing Business in China, by Kenneth Liberthal andet al., Harvard Business School, 2004, and write a book report (5 pages, double-spaced). The report should include:

Your overall reflection on the book
Explaining three views/points you agree or disagree with the author and why you agree or disagree
Three things in the book that your feel helpful for your trip preparation and how they are helpful

Develop a high level performance management cycle plan

Provide your audience with your own input regarding how to implement such a program in the organization.

750 word essay World Religion

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These are the questions that need to be answered in an essay

750 words minimum

One specific link with the past religious history that is of particular significance for the Muslim story is (1 point)
Muhammad’s spiritual experience of the seven heavens has always been a model for Muslims of (1 point)
The Islamic vision of the good life requires that (1 point)
Islamic law dictates that a man may marry as many as four wives, on the condition that (1 point)
Explain the practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan (1 point)
Identify the Five Pillars of Islam, and give a brief description of each (10 points)
Most distinctive in the Muslim view of what lies behind human sin and evil-doing is the idea of (1 point)
Identify what makes one a Muslim (1 point)
Identify the Muslim confession of faith, using quotation marks (1 point)
One of the first responses to the onslaught of the modern era was a (1 point)
Identify the three Muslim empires that were especially important, and their geographical location (6 point)
The primary source for interpreting the law of the Quran is the (1 point)
The best way to achieve the unified, worldwide ummah is in the (1 point)
The central story for Muslims to model their own life after is (1 point)
An extremely important point that is established in Islam is that (1 point)
Identify the goal of Islam (1 point

Accuracy in Financial Reporting

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Discussion 1: Accuracy in Financial Reporting

A sale is a sale, and a profit is a profit, right? Not always. While an organization’s financial statements should fully and transparently reflect the organization’s actual financial situation, sometimes they do not. Sometimes there is intentional deception or fraud. Yet, even when an organization uses legal and accepted accounting practices, financial statements may fail to present risks or explain unusual costs, profits, or assumptions.

To prepare for this Discussion, think about a time in your professional experience when a decision was made based on inaccurate financial information or unethical behavior resulting in fraudulent financial information. If you do not have professional experience directly related to accounting and decision making, research a situation where inaccurate or fraudulent financial information was provided by a company. Consider the outcomes of utilizing fraudulent financial information for decision making and research how to avoid such situations.

Post by Day 3, the following:

Describe the situation from either your professional experience or your research.
Explain the steps you would take to address unethical behavior and remedy the situation of utilizing the inaccurate or fraudulent financial information you described and why you would take these steps.
Explain the steps that you, as a manager, might take to ensure that all financial information you review accurately reflects the organization’s true financial situation and why this is important to prevent unethical behavior and the use of inaccurate or fraudulent financial information.

General Guidance: Your initial Discussion post, due by Day 3, will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length as a general expectation/estimate. Refer to the rubric for the Week 1 Discussion for grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.

Respond by Day 5 to two or more of your colleagues in one or more of the following ways:

Comment on the scenarios and remedies presented by your colleague, providing your insights based on your experience or knowledge.
Suggest additional steps that managers might take to ensure accurate data and provide examples of when such steps have been taken, including the resulting outcomes.
Ask a probing question of your colleague, based on your readings from the week and/or your experience. You should be sure to include the context for your question and why it is important to address.
Compare your colleague’s situation with the one you presented and share any insights you gained.

Develop your responses based on your own experience, the resources for the week, and additional research.

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What benefit would be gained by utilizing linear programming (LP) for marketing research?
Discuss and provide a basic example of how LP can be used for marketing and/or consumer research.

Introduction to Strategic Management

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Assignment Checklist:

Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.
Discuss the importance of having a future oriented plan.
Discuss the organization’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy or goal.
Discuss the strategic process as input for future decision making.

The nature and value of strategic management is to achieve the desired results and outcome due to careful research (environmental scanning), planning and development of a company’s strategy as well as the implementation and maintenance of it (Pearce & Robinson, 2013, p. 3).

For this week’s Assignment, you will complete a short answer on the following question:

Why is strategy important to business?
You will want to address the main components (three-tier process) of the strategic management process while discussing the importance of strategy for business.

Be sure to use your Reading this week as a resource. You are encouraged also to use the Library databases and the Internet as additional resources.

For additional Assignment details see Rubric below.

Reference:

Pearce, J. A., & Robinson, R. B. (2013). Strategic management: Planning for domestic & global competition (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Assignment Checklist:

Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.
Discuss the importance of having a future oriented plan.
Discuss the organization’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy or goal.
Discuss the strategic process as input for future decision makin