Tuesday 5 January 2016

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(All Discussions All Mini Project And All Project Assignments)


Week 1


Due Week 1 and worth 20 points


Important Notes


  • This exercise is considered an academic writing exercise. Quality of response, grammar, and punctuation are considered in your overall grade.

  • This exercise does not require the use of APA format or a cover page.

Throughout this course, you will develop a series of written papers / projects that you will later combine into a complete business plan for a Non-Alcoholic Beverage company. For this exercise, you must first review the “NAB Company Portfolio”. The mentioned portfolio contains the company parameters and details you must follow when developing your company.


Provide the following information to set the foundation for your non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) business plan.


  1. Create your NAB company name and explain its significance.

  2. Develop your company’s Mission Statement and provide a rationale for its components.
    • Hints: Use the Statement of Mission template on pp. 72-73 on the course textbook: Successful Business Planto aid your development.

    • Extracting appropriate information from the NAB company portfolio, where applicable. You should fill in other required items in the template using your personal preferences. Note:You will need to recreate the template. You may attach your completed template to your response as an attachment.


  3. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

  4. Provide constructive feedback to at least one (1) classmate’s post. Assess the credibility of the student’s rationales.

Week 2


“Growing Honest Tea” Please respond to the following:


Watch VideoHow entrepreneurs can change society – the story of Honest Tea: Seth Goldman at TEDxMidAtlanticDuration: (12:33)YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21d7sOyVGKgWatch VideoDr. Woody Interviews Seth Goldman of HONEST TeaDuration: (6:02)
User: drwoodymedia –Added: 12/9/13YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNERSmkIUHo


  • Evaluate Seth Goldman’s 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.

Week 3


“Don’t Miss the Mark” Please respond to the following:


  • Watch the following videos:

  • 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.

Week 4


“A Rotten Apple?” Please respond to the following:


  • Watch the following 2013 Bloomberg’s video

Watch VideoApple’s Next Products: Is a New Strategy Needed?Duration: (4:23)YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnTz5HD05U


  • Based on the video, fast forward to current day and give your opinion on whether or not Apple’s 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 on Michael Porter’s Five Forces.

Week 6


  • Watch the following videos:

Watch VideoHow entrepreneurs can change society – the story of Honest Tea: Seth Goldman at TEDxMidAtlanticDuration: (12:33)YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21d7sOyVGKgWatch VideoDr. Woody Interviews Seth Goldman of HONEST TeaDuration: (6:02)
User: drwoodymedia –Added: 12/9/13YouTube URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNERSmkIUHo


  • Evaluate Seth Goldman’s 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.

Week 8


“Mission Possible” Please respond to the following:


  • Describe how an organization’s 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.

Week 9


“Pitch Perfect” Please respond to the following:


  • Watch the following Lynda.com videos from the video serious Giving Your Elevetor Pitchwith Todd Dewett:

  • Then, rank the following factors in order of importance when developing an elevator speech, and provide a rationale for your response.
    • Speech is confident, not arrogant

    • Use of positive and compelling words

    • Short in duration

    • General to the industry in question

    • Specific to the company’s mission and company’s values


Week 10


“I Have a Plan” Please respond to the following:


  • Per the text, planning isn’t just what you do to go into business; it’s what you have to do to stay in business. Speculate on the planning mechanism(s)

Week 11


“Stronger than Yesterday” Please respond to the following:


  • Suppose you were invited to join a team in charge of developing an organization’s Business Plan. Explain the strengths that you personally would bring to the team. Provide a rationale for your response.

“Don’t Miss the Mark” Please respond to the following:


  • Watch the following videos:



  • 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.

Week 3 Project Deliverable 1: SWOT Analysis


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. Describe the trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, especially the specific type of beverage category you have chosen. Justify at least three (3) reasons why you have chosen this type of non-alcoholic beverage.
    • Hints:Research and outline beverage industry trends. Consider the size and growth rate of the industry overall and the specific beverage type you have chosen. Use the worksheet in the course text (p. 88 | Past and Future Growth of Your Industry) to help you project the future growth rate. Consider the use of industry associations and search engines to find reliable, recent data.


  2. Choose one (1) strategic position from the course text (pp. 142–143) that you believe is the best strategic position for your company. Explain the approach you will use to implement this strategic position in order to distinguish your beverage from other non-alcoholic beverages.

  3. Provide an overview of your company’s distribution channels. Explain the manner in which your product will reach end users. Provide a rationale for your chosen method.
    • Hints:For example, will you sell your beverage in grocery stores, restaurants, or sports venues? If so, describe the types of resellers and distributors who will sell to resellers and fulfill their orders. If you are attempting to sell direct-to-consumers, such as online via a monthly subscription, how will you manage warehousing / fulfillment / shipping?


  4. Outline at least three (3) types of risks (including any regulatory risks) that your business faces. Describe your company’s plan to mitigate such risk.
    • Hints:You may refer to the types of risk listed in the course text (pp. 148–149) as well as any risks not listed in the text. Regulation weighs more heavily on beverage and food businesses than many other types of companies, so be certain to consider any regulatory risks your type of beverage faces. For example, what kind of regulation and / or risks are you likely to face if you make health claims about your beverage?


  5. Develop a SWOT analysis for your NAB company using the SWOT matrix worksheet in the course text (p. 153 | SWOT: Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats)
    • Hints:What are your company’s likely strengths? Have you chosen a beverage segment that is growing and lacks an entrenched competitor? Are you in a niche market that has great potential? What are the strengths that you and other team members bring to your company? Do you or other team members have previous experience in the food and beverage industry?

    • Hints:What are your company’s likely weaknesses? Is the competition in your industry segment entrenched? Is your own management team inexperienced? Will it be challenging to actually produce your product and maintain quality?

    • Hints:What are your company’s opportunities? Does your segment have more demand than supply? Have larger corporations stopped serving smaller or niche markets that you could enter? Is a new market emerging because of demographics, immigration, changing tastes?

    • Hints:What are your company’s threats? Is there a clear market leader that will be hard and expensive to displace? Are downward-pricing pressures in the segment making profit margins slim? Are there little or no barriers-to-entry for new competitors; if you have a novel idea that succeeds, can the competition easily enter your market? If you have a global aspect to your company, do factors such as currency fluctuations, political instability, offshoring or outsourcing pose threats?


  6. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
    1. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

    3. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.


The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:


  • Analyze the role of a company mission, vision, and objectives and the impact to business strategy.

  • Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.

  • Analyze the external and internal environment for opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.

  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.

  • Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.

Week 4 Project Deliverable 2: Marketing Plan


Due Week 4 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 business—to give you time to perfect your product and to learn from actual customers—you 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, as are many energy drinks, juices, bottled water, and the like. Companies producing these types of beverages differentiate themselves and attract market share through marketing and brand awareness—both of which are critical to success.


Section 1: Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (MS Word or equivalent)


Write the three to five (3-5) page Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy section of your business plan, in which you:


  1. Define your company’s target market.
    • Analyze the types of consumers who will be drinking your beverage in demographic terms (i.e., age, education level, income, gender, ethnic group, etc.). Support your analysis with actual data on the size of the demographic groups in your local community (nearby zip codes).

    • Outline the demographic information for your company specified on the worksheet in the course text (p. 107 | Demographic Description).
      • Hints:At American FactFinder (http://census.gov), you will find demographic information on potential consumers in your area. If you are selling through other businesses (such as grocery stores), indicate the number of those businesses in your local area. You will find information about such businesses in your local area at County Business Patterns (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/). Check Chapter 2 of Successful Business Plan for more research sources.



  1. Assess your company’s market competition.
    • Use the factors listed in the course text graphic (p. 123 | Assess the Competition) to assess your company’s market competition.

    • Defend your strategy to successfully compete against market leaders in your segment.
      • Hints:For example, in the soft drink market, it is intimidating to try to compete against Coke and Pepsi. Newcomers in mature markets typically must pursue niche markets or even create new market categories, as Red Bull did with energy drinks.


    • Defend your plan to differentiate yourself from the competition using the information detailed on the worksheet in the text (p. 131 |Market Share Distribution).
      • Hints:Every business faces competition and the non-alcoholic beverage market is an especially crowded market.



  1. Clarify your company’s message using the information provided on the worksheet in the text (p. 160 | The Five F’s).

      • Hints:Before you choose your marketing vehicles, you must determine the message you want to convey through those vehicles.



  1. Identify the marketing vehicles you plan to use to build your company’s brand. Justify the key reasons why they will be effective. Provide examples of other non-alcoholic beverage companies that use these tactics effectively.

      • Hints:If you plan to use online marketing tactics, refer to the worksheet in the text (p.171 | Online Marketing Tactics) to aid your response. Remember that even if you’re selling through grocery stores you need to build your brand and social media is a major part of that in regard to beverages. Some of the marketing tactics that beverage companies use include: sampling in grocery stores, building a following on social media, sponsoring events, exhibiting at trade shows attended by retailers, and so on. You will use a combination of these tactics. For example, if you decide to give out samples in grocery stores, promote your sampling on your social media networks and those of the grocery store.



      • Hints:If you are planning to distribute through resellers, describe how you plan to reach them, for example, through industry trade shows or by establishing your own sales force. For information on trade shows, visit the Trade Show News Network (http://www.tsnn.com). You can exhibit or network at these shows.



  1. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

  2. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

  3. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

  4. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Section 2: Marketing Budget (MS Excel worksheets template)


Section 2 uses the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1). Use the “Business Plan Financials Guide” (see: Course Required Files in Week 1) to support your development of the Marketing Budget.


  1. Complete the Marketing Budget worksheet for your company.

      • Hints:The goal of the marketing budget is to help you determine how much it will cost you to reach your market and achieve your sales goals.

      • Hints: When filling out the “Marketing Budget” worksheet in the Excel spreadsheet:
        • Begin in the current year and complete a marketing budget for the first year of your business. The information you enter in the marketing budget spreadsheet will flow through to your “Income Statement” in the Business Plan Financials.

        • Leave the number at zero (0) for any marketing vehicles you do not intend to use.

        • Remember that all marketing activities involve costs. If social media represents a significant portion of your marketing, assume you will have cost of advertising and that should be reflected on your budget. Even if a social media site charges nothing to use it, you will need to use company resources to manage the site, pay someone to execute your social media marketing campaigns, and will most likely pay for ads on that site.

        • Do NOT leave the “Marketing Budget” blank, assuming you will not have any marketing costs.




The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:


  • Recommend effective business strategies based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics, and internal capabilities.

  • Analyze competitive positions including foreign market entry and the resulting impact on business strategy.

  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.

  • Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.


Week 6 Project Deliverable 3: Ethics & Social Responsibility Plan


Due in Week 6 and worth 100 points


Read Chapter 14 of the course text: Successful Business Plan. When completing this assignment, refer to the sample social responsibility plan preparation form on pp. 261-262 and the sample business plan on pp. 263-264.


Write the three to five (3-5) page ethics and social responsibility section of your business plan, in which you:


  1. Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
    • Hints:Consider the following areas:
      • Creating jobs

      • Following the laws of every jurisdiction in which your company operates

      • Fair and honest treatment of employees

      • Non-discrimination of employees and increasing diversity of your work force


    • Hints:If your company is designed as a social venture—in which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goal—describe what that goal is and what aspects of your company are designed to reach that goal. Provide a rationale for why you have or why you have not chosen this to be a social venture.


  2. Discuss how your company’s activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
    • Hints:As a beverage company, consider such issues as your choice of packaging, disposal of bottles / packages by consumers, and your use of resources, such as water in areas where water may be scarce.


  3. Determine any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.

  4. Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population (e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your company’s plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.

  5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

  6. Cite the resources you have used to complete this exercise. Note:There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.

  7. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

  8. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:


  • Assess how ethics, corporate social responsibility, and environmental sustainability impact strategy.

  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.

  • Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.


BUS 599 Week 9 Project Deliverable 5 – Executive Summary & Presentation


BUS 599 Week 10 Project Deliverable 6 – Business Plan – Final


 



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