Reference no: EM13726183
In this paper, students will analyze and discuss small business growth in terms of growth strategy, business forms, short and medium term goals, financing assistance, organizational structure and staffing needs, customers and promotion, and ethics and social responsibility. Students are expected to apply business and management concepts learned in our course.
Required Elements of the Final Project:
· Read critically and analyze the case below, Planning for Growth;
· Review the project description listed above and review the final project grading rubric, which you will find in the Syllabus and under the Course Content area of our classroom;
· In your paper, answer the following questions:
-What steps should Kelly take to organize and prioritize her business growth strategy?
-What business form might make sense, given her expansion plans, and why?
-Focusing primarily on Kelly's short-term goals, what kind of financial assistance might be available to Kelly? Which options would you recommend, and why?
-How might Kelly's staffing needs change? What kind of organizational structure do you think Kelly's expanded business should have, and what is the best way for her to organize, orient, and train her restaurant staff (e.g., functional categories, units, teams, flat or vertical hierarchy) to meet the needs of her new business?
-How should Kelly deal with her current customers in regard to the change? What kind of promotion should she consider in attracting customers to her new location?
-What are the ethical issues and potential social responsibilities highlighted by this change? (Consider customers, employees, the current and new communities, and other stakeholders.) How might these issues be dealt with most appropriately?
|
Buys stream of lottery payments
: On may 1,2008 your client won 21.25 million in the Wisconsin lottery. The lottery commission gave them the option of receiving a lump sum or a 25-year annuity paying 850,000 each year, with the first payment received on May 1, 2008 and the last payme..
|
|
What new technological innovations have emerged
: What new technological innovations have emerged as powerful forces in business and what influence do they have on our lives
|
|
Global corporate social responsibility pyramid
: Briefly discuss the four levels of corporate responsibility using Carroll's Global Corporate Social Responsibility pyramid.
|
|
Present value of the cash flows from your lottery winnings
: You have just won the lottery. You will receive $2,510,000 today, and then receive 40 payments of $1,255,000 these payments will start one year from now and will be paid every six months. A representative from Greenleaf Investments has offered to pur..
|
|
What steps should kelly take to organize her business growth
: What steps should Kelly take to organize and prioritize her business growth strategy, Read critically and analyze the case below, Planning for Growth
|
|
How much will audreys balloon payment be in eight years
: Audrey Sanborn has just arranged to purchase a $530,000 vacation home in the Bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. The mortgage has a 5.9 percent stated annual interest rate, compounded monthly, and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30..
|
|
Simple interest on its investment accounts
: First Simple Bank pays 8.6 percent simple interest on its investment accounts. If First Complex Bank pays interest on its accounts compounded annually, what rate should the bank set if it wants to match First Simple Bank over an investment horizon of..
|
|
Compare and contrast phases of the french revolution
: Compare and contrast two of three phases of the French Revolution. Discuss Toussaint L'Ouverture's involvement in the Haitian Revolution including the circumstances of his death.
|
|
What is known as discount interest
: This question illustrates what is known as discount interest. Imagine you are discussing a loan with a somewhat unscrupulous lender. You want to borrow $20,000 for one year. The interest rate is 12.5 percent.
|