You will need to succinctly assess the performance of your company both relative to the other company’s in your simulation AND in terms of executing your original strategy and meeting your original objectives. (Make sure you don’t become very descriptive and write a “story” of what has happened). You need to be analytical. This is also an ANNUAL report so the focus needs to be on the current performance

You will need to propose any new revisions to your original strategy or perhaps develop a totally new strategy depending upon your company’s standing at the end of the of simulations (Make sure you give enough space for developing the future recommendations, It is suggested that 2 out of the 5 presentation sides should be used for this)

You will need to “sell” your conclusions and recommendations to your shareholders at the AGM. Hence you will need a short set of presentation slides

The format of the report should comply with the following

1/ “Executive” Summary

A report front cover plus one page of A4 executive summary that should include key conclusions and recommendations.

Front cover is of an ANNUAL REPORT to shareholders. The summary should work in isolation from the main document.ie it might be the only thing that actual gets read.

It is suggested you look at the format of real company reports for inspiration. There are company reports available in the library. However, these will be substantially longer than your work so you need to be selective.

3/ Powerpoint presentation slides for your AGM with shareholders

A title slide plus a maximum of 5 other slides.

These are meant to be for a presentation not to replace a word document. The slides should complement the report

It is suggested you print the slides in the form of a “2 slides” per page handout

So altogether you will have a cover, summary, five page report and six slides (two per page)

That should be a total of 10 sides.

THIS NEEDS TO BE COMBINED INTO A SINGLE DOCUMENT (PDF format is suggested) BEFORE BEING UPLOADED AS YOU CAN ONLY UPLOAD ONE FILE

Things to Consider

Audience

The target audience for your output are the shareholders of your company. So think “what do shareholders want to know?”

Use of Theory

As this is primarily a “business report,” you are not a required to reference the theoretical models that you will be using to come to your conclusion about your company’s performance and your strategy to move on from where you are now.

It is expected that the underpinning theory behind your decisions, although implicit, will be obvious to the reader.

Word Limits

There are no word limits on these only page limits. (Any pages in excess of the limit will be ignored). Do not, however, use a ridiculously small fonts or narrow margins. Professional appearance and high visual impact (ie you need to be looking at graphs/charts/ and use of images as well as a good graphic design) are also key assessment criteria.

Grading

The work will be given a single grade that is entered into the four modules (ie there are not separate elements or marks for the four subjects).

Marking Criteria

Apart from the generic MBA marking criteria a specific criteria ‘grid’ is published separately.

Mr. and Mrs. Lahud have come to the clinic to initiate family therapy. The whole family is under stress because their youngest daughter, 10-year-old Elia, loses her temper “almost constantly,” the parents say.

“In fact, she seems to be always seething under the surface, even when she’s laughing and seeming to have a good time, just waiting to explode. She argues about the simplest things-you can try to give her choices, like, instead of saying, ‘time to get dressed for school,’ you might say, ‘Elia, do you want your green sweater or your yellow one today?’ She just starts screaming and says, ‘You can’t tell me to get dressed!’ And she’s ten.”

Jaival, their new therapist, asks, “Can you tell me how often, on average, you’d say Elia loses her temper? Can you make an average guess at, say, how many times a week?”

Elia’s mother says, “It would be easier to estimate how many times per day.”

Mr. Lahud nods, “Yes, I’d say about 18 times a day, at least once for every hour that she’s awake.”

“And that’s on a daily basis?” says Jaival.

Both parents nod without hesitation.

“How long has it been like this?”

“Well,” Mrs. Lahud tilts her head. “She was always kind of a fussy baby. She’s never slept much and has just kind of always thrown tantrums and never stopped.”

Jaival takes some notes and then asks, “Is there anything else about her behavior that fits a pattern that’s fairly long-standing?”

Mr. Lahud sighs. “It just feels like she wants a big fight, then blames everyone else for something that she started-even when it’s clear no one else is even participating in the fight. It’s getting to be really hardon the other two kids because she just never lets up from the time she wakes up until late into the night; she tries to annoy us and them pretty equally, and now they’re having trouble with her at school too. She’s not getting along with other kids there either.

“We’ve tried positive reinforcement, like a sticker chart for good behavior—”

“-but after a while,” Mrs. Lahud adds, “we just took it down. The other two kids would have rows of stickers, but she defies even the simplest of rules, so she’d have maybe one or two stars to their eight or ten. It started to feel like the sticker chart was just making her feel worse about herself. Her teachers say the same thing.”

Mrs. Lahud’s eyes fill with tears. “We don’t know what to do any more. I feel sorry for her. We can’t help feel that this is not the ‘real’ her, if you know what I mean.”

She looks at her husband, who nods and squeezes her hand.

“She does some pretty mean, spiteful things to ‘get even with everyone.'” Mrs. Lahud continues, “but then the other night, she was quiet and thoughtful when I cuddled with her at bedtime, and while we were alone, she whispered, ‘Mom, why does it have to be so hard to be good? It’s really hard.'”

She breaks down and cries, and her husband hugs her.

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1. Jaival meets with Elia subsequently, and though she is very charming and intelligent at first, she does make an effort to annoy him, but he doesn’t take the bait. The next day, with her parents’ permission, the school counselor also calls Jaival, asking if she can share some concerns of her own, which confirm for Jaivalthat Elia’s parents have pretty accuratelydescribed her behavior. Subsequent testing does not reveal a psychotic or mood disorder, and Jaival initially makes a tentative diagnosis of “oppositional defiant disorder.” Do you agree or disagree? What criteria would you cite to support your opinion.

2. What can cause oppositional defiant disorder?

3. Over a period of years, Elia continues to see therapists; and as adolescent hormones are added into the mix, times get a little rougher for her and her family. What kinds of comorbidity might she be at risk for?

Unit 1 Assignment – ERM at Mars, Incorporated: ERM for Strategy and Operations ABC Organization is considering implementing an Enterprise Risk Management program. Someone on the board became aware of Mars, Incorporated’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program case study. As with any ERM program, Mars’ program has continued to evolve since 2012. Mars’ ERM program began with the company’s inception by Forrest Mars. Historically, the leadership at Mars had a serious commitment to risk management. ERM represented one natural evolution from these practices. In conjunction with the transition to nonfamily management in the early 2000s, the corporation]b established challenging growth, earnings, and cost targets. In order to achieve these objectives, the company undertook several key initiatives to ensure the achievement of these objectives. ERM became one of these. Most of the major improvements in the evolution of this program resulted from working with these individuals to address the needs of their business units. By identifying these players’ involvement in the early stages of the program and their subsequent roles, the case study reader should gain an understanding of the importance of and the need to cultivate relationships with these early adopters. As risk manager you are responsible for ensuring your organization minimizes its risks. Your board became aware of this case study and has asked you to create a presentation for the next board meeting where you will present information about this case study and the effects of implementing an ERM program at Mars.

Create a PowerPoint® narration (voice) report of at least 10 slides based on your findings about this case study along with the message that is delivered based upon this case (not including the cover page and reference page). If you do not own a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint use a comparable slide software or Google Slides (free and accessible from Google.com). If your tool does not offer the ability to put audio on the slides utilize another tool to record the audio portion, i.e., VLC Media or another tool that will allow you to record .mp3 file format that transitions with the slides.

In the presentation, address the following:

1. What represents the key success factors of the ERM program?

2. What improvements would you make?

3. Does this represent an effective risk management program? If not, what is missing? (Support

your response with details from the case study and properly cited references.)

4. Would this program work for a publicly traded corporation of similar size?

5. How important do you view alignment and accountability among a management team?

Written Requirements

Your PowerPoint narration presentation should be 10 or more slides in length. There should be a

minimum of 5 references. APA format.

Please READ THE INSTRUCTION BELOW

Instructions for the Portfolio Project

Your Portfolio Project will contain two sections (Section 1 and Section 2). For each section, you need to provide a 6-page narrative (for a full project total of a 12-page narrative) as outlined below:

Assume you have been appointed as an architect or design professional for a construction project. Further assume that you need to specify the materials that have to be used for implementing the construction project. Your choices and considerations will reflect on project plans, specifications, and other contract documents.

Section 1 (Whole Building Design Guide).
Explore the following two sections of the WBDG – Whole Building Design Guide:

1. Guides & Specifications (Links to an external site.)
2. Design Recommendations (Links to an external site.)

1. Based on your review of the above set of resources, choose three building elements that relate to any of the topics of soil, wood, concrete, masonry materials, steel, asphalt, bituminous materials, or sustainable construction materials.
2. Then prepare a minimum of a six-page narrative (excluding supplemental pages, such as the cover page, table of contents, references, and appendices – if any) to describe the three elements you identified in Item I above. Discuss the following main considerations in:
   1. choosing these elements in buildings
   2. preparing these elements in buildings
   3. placing and installing these elements in buildings

Section 2 (Principles of Construction Materials)
Use the course textbook and other reliable, peer-reviewed references to provide a six-page narrative to outline:

1. your choices of materials (from the list of materials provided below) and your rationale by considering the following criteria, at a minimum: practical suitability, climate, economic, sustainability, and safety considerations), and
2. the main practical and technical considerations in preparation, placement, and installation of the materials by considering means and methods, and equipment and machinery needed to install the material.

Portfolio Project:

1. Concrete
2. Steel
3. Stone masonry

Your submission should be a minimum of 12-pages in length and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements (Links to an external site.). Be sure to discuss and reference concepts taken from the course reading material and relevant research. You must include a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed scholarly resources beyond the text or other course materials. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a great place to find resources. Be sure to properly organize your writing and include an introduction, headings / subheadings for the body of your work, analysis and recommendations, conclusion, and list of references. Consult the assignment template (Links to an external site.) for a more complete list of requirements. Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Book if Needed;

Fundamentals of Building Construction Materials and Methods

Edward Allen; Joseph Iano

References:

Marblefallstx.gov. (2020). Marble Falls, TX – Official Website. [online] Available at: https://marblefallstx.gov/bids.aspx?bidID=14 [Accessed 20 Feb. 2020].