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Assignment - Audio Presentation Component
1) Your audio recording should be no more than 3 minutes and should be designed as if you were recording a commercial designed to sell your strategic recommendation to your company's top managers or board of directors. Details about the elements you should include are discussed below.
2) Highly recommend scripting and practicing your presentation, but you do NOT need to turn in your script.
3) Audacity is a free software that can be used to record your presentation.
4) You can use other software if you prefer as long as your file can be submitted as an MP3
Final Assignment -
For this assignment you will create an audio presentation designed to convince your company's top managers to adopt your strategic recommendation and will also submit a document reporting your strategic analysis and recommendation - similar to the type of report you might provide if you were working as a consultant for the company. Your audio presentation should be no more than 3 minutes and should include the following components:
1) The company's name and a brief statement about who they are
a. Example "Founded with the vision of bringing _______ and _______ products to ________, [Company Name] has been a leader in the _______ industry for 30 years.
2) A statement of the challenge facing the company
a. Example "Today [Company Name] must address the challenges posed by ______ and ______ in order to capitalize on the opportunities created by trends in _______ and _______.
3) Recognition of the company's guiding policy
a. Example "Guided by a commitment to _______, [Company Name] can meet this challenge by adopting __________ strategic initiative.
4) Brief and persuasive description of the strategic recommendation and its benefits
a. Example "Key elements of this plan include ________, _________, and _________. ...leverage existing strengths, develop new capabilities, blah, blah, blah... Together, these elements will improve ___________ while reducing _________."
To create your supporting document you may compile portions of your previous assignments with revisions or additions made as needed (yes, you can copy/paste from your previous work). Your report should include the following sections:
1) A financial analysis snapshot - Keep this brief and focus only on the financial data and ratios that are most relevant to your company and to your analysis and recommendations.
2) Your SFAS with a brief narrative discussing the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and/or Threats that are relevant to your strategic recommendation.
3) State the key challenge facing the company (diagnosis of the challenge).
4) Recommend 1 strategic action which the company could take to address the challenge they are facing and include each of the following:
a. Benefits - how will this action improve the future performance of the company.
b. Implementation - provide a projected timeline or Gantt Chart showing the actions the company will need to take in order to implement the initiative.
c. Implementation - provide a list of significant budget items that will need to be considered in order to implement the initiative; you do not need to provide dollar estimates for these items.
d. Challenges - what foreseeable challenges might the company face in implementing the strategic action.
e. Evaluation - how will the company's leaders measure the success of the initiative; what are the specific outcomes they should aim for.
Need 1500 words + Audio.
Attachment:- Audio Presentation Assignment File.rar