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BUS 599 Assignment 1 Company Description and
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m Assignment 1 Company Description and SWOT
Analysis about Due Week 3 and worth 100 points In
this assignment, you will conduct a SWOT
(Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat)
analysis for the type of beverage you have
selected, and for your company overall. As you
work on the assignment, consider why you have
chosen one type of non-alcoholic beverage over
another and the reasons for that choice. As you
complete your SWOT analysis, be sure to include
external factors such as industry / market trends
and competition, and internal factors such as
your capabilities or abilities to reach certain
market segments. Write a three to five (3-5) page
paper, in which you 1. Create your revised NAB
company name and explain its significance
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BUS 599 Assignment 2 Marketing Plan FOR MORE
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Marketing Plan Due Week 6 and worth 100 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections a
marketing plan and sales strategy, and a
marketing budget. Note You must submit both
sections as separate files for the completion of
this assignment. For the first six (6) months
your company is in businessto give you time to
perfect your product and to learn from actual
customersyou will start marketing and selling in
your own community, a radius of twenty-five (25)
miles from where you live. For most non-alcoholic
beverages, marketing (as opposed to the actual
product itself) is key to success. Cola drinks,
for example, are fairly undifferentiated,
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BUS 599 Assignment 3 Part 1 Operation Technology
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Operation, Technology, and Management Plan Due
Week 8 and worth 70 points Use the NAB Company
Portfolio. Write a three to six (3-6) page paper
in which you provide the following information
below. Operations Plan (1 2 pages) Note
Remember to assign a dollar amount to each
operational cost you find, as you will need these
figures for your income statement and cash flow
in Week 8. 1. Create an operations plan for your
NAB company using the template in the text as a
guide (p. 214 Operations Plan Preparation Form
). Extract appropriate information from the NAB
Company portfolio, where applicable.
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BUS 599 Assignment 3 Part 2 Business Plan
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Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)
1. For year one, revise and submit the Income
Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance
Sheet sections from the Business Plan
Financials MS Excel template (see Course
Required Files in Week 1). The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are Describe strategic planning techniques
used to formulate alternative strategies designed
to achieve stated business goals.
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BUS 599 Assignment 4 Presentation FOR MORE
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4 Presentation Due Week 9 and worth 70 points
After you have fleshed out your business plan you
will have the information you will need for a
slide presentation (e.g., PowerPoint). This
12-slide presentation conveys the most important
aspects of your business in a short time. More
sophisticated investors, such as angel investors
and venture capitalists, will typically not look
at your written business plan until they have
seen your slide presentation. Presentation (MS
PowerPoint or equivalent) 1. Create a 12-slide
presentation. Follow the outline on pp. 343346
for the critical slides of your presentation and
their placement. Hints Include the highlights
of your elevator pitch,
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BUS 599 Assignment 5 Business Plan Final FOR
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ent 5 Business Plan Final Due Week 10 and
worth 150 points This assignment consists of two
(2) sections your final business plan and your
business plan financials. Note You must submit
both sections as separate files for the
completion of this assignment. You have completed
all of the necessary sections of your business
plan and will now create a final draft. Use any /
all feedback you have received to polish your
plan to the point that you could confidently show
it to investors and potential partners or
customers. Refer to the Outline of a Business
Plan, beginning on p. 399 of the course text. Not
all businesses will include all of these
components in this order
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BUS 599 Week 1 Discussion FOR MORE CLASSES
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company name and explain its significance.
Develop your companys Mission Statement and
provide a rationale for its components.
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BUS 599 Week 1to11 All Discussion Questions FOR
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your NAB company name and explain its
significance. Develop your companys Mission
Statement and provide a rationale for its
components. Suppose Honest Tea has hired you as a
consultant to evaluate the completeness of their
strategy for future growth. Base your evaluation
on the provided SWOT analysis. Week 3 There are
two (2) very different target markets and sales
forces discussed in the videos. Identify some of
the key differences between the organizations
sales forces and target markets. Explain the
value of developing a sales force based on the
target market. Use examples from each video to
support your response. A Rotten Apple?
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BUS 599 Week 2 Discussion Growing Honest Tea
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Suppose Honest Tea has hired you as a consultant
to evaluate the completeness of their strategy
for future growth. Base your evaluation on the
provided SWOT analysis.
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BUS 599 Week 3DiscussionOverall Rating FOR MORE
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There are two (2) very different target markets
and sales forces discussed in the videos.
Identify some of the key differences between the
organizations sales forces and target markets.
Explain the value of developing a sales force
based on the target market. Use examples from
each video to support your response.
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BUS 599 Week 4 Discussion A Rotten Apple FOR
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Rotten Apple?" Please respond to the following
Watch the following 2013 Bloombergs video
https//youtu.be/glnTz5HD05U Based on the video,
fast forward to current day and give your opinion
on whether or not Apples product strategy should
change given its current rate of success and
potential competing companies (i.e. Samsung,
etc.) operating within their market. Provide a
rationale for your response. For reference,
review the supplemental article titled,
"Competitve Strategy", which discusses Michael
Porters Five Forces.
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BUS 599 Week 5 DiscussionSmooth Operator FOR
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5 "Smooth Operator" Elaborate your own
definition of production operations management,
including manufacturing and service operations.
Then, assess the implication of technology in
your definition. Lastly, appraise the impact of
your previous responses to your Operations,
Technology, and Management Plan development.
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BUS 599 Week 6 DiscussionThirsty for the Triple
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Line" Evaluate Seth Goldmans leadership
performance on the concept of the Triple Bottom
Line using at least two (2) examples from both
resources (at least four 4 total examples) to
support your evaluation.
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BUS 599 Week 7 DiscussionNAB Company Portfolio
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ek 7 Use the NAB Company Portfolio (see
Course Required Files in Week 1) for reference.
Provide the following information below. 1. For
year one of your NAB companys Business Plan,
complete the Income Statement, Cash Flow
Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the
Business Plan Financials MS Excel template
(see Course Required Files in Week 1). Note
Attach the MS Excel worksheet to the discussion
thread. o Hints Your marketing costs should
already be included as you created your Marketing
Budget in Week 4 and those will be filled in
automatically.
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BUS 599 Week 8 DiscussionMission Possible FOR
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n Possible" Describe how an organizations
mission statement and values are supported by
specific aspects in the marketing, operations,
technology, management, and social responsibility
sections of a business plan. In a real life
situation, feedback from your business plan
development team can be extremely valuable.
Explain the value of receiving feedback from your
team (your instructor and fellow students) on
the various sections of your non-alcoholic
beverage (NAB) business plan while you work
towards making necessary revisions.
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BUS 599 Week 9 DiscussionPitch Perfect FOR MORE
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Pitch Perfect Rank the given factors in order
of importance when developing an elevator speech,
and provide a rationale for your response.
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BUS 599 Week 10 DiscussionI Have a Plan FOR
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10 "I Have a Plan" Per the text, planning isnt
just what you do to go into business its what
you have to do to stay in business. Speculate on
the planning mechanism(s) that you believe would
work well for your NAB business if implemented
properly. Provide a rationale for your response.
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BUS 599 Week 11 DiscussionStronger Than
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or.com   Week 11 "Stronger Than Yesterday"
Suppose you were invited to join a team in charge
of developing an organizations Business Plan.
Explain the strengths that you personally would
bring to the team. Provide a rationale for your
response.
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