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Write an email to a friend ( formal business communication ) who is thinking of starting their own business. Your friend has decided that after they were made redundant as a result of Covid pandemic that they want to be their own boss and as you are a business school student, they have turned to you for advice and guidance. Their initial idea is to import cheap mobile phones from Taiwan or China and sell them to rural investors in emerging economies who need mobile business communications that is cheap and reliable in order to grow their pwn business, They specifically want to know about the following topics:
-The pros and cons of different legal structures and which would be best for them?
-How they could measure the competitiveness of the market stricture?
Theory that may assist you should include:
-legal structures
-portert’s 5 forces
-market structure
-HMRC import duties

Assignment 1 – Provides an inside into my industry and business
Assignment 3 brief – Provides detailed instructions on the assignement
Operations and Logistics Lessons 1, 2 and 4 – Topics for assignment 3
Microsoft Power BI, Dynamic Capabilities and Lean and Agile Procurement – All topics for Assignment 3
Course book – Gardiner, D., & Reefke, H. (2020). Operations management for business excellence: Building sustainable supply chains (4th ed.). Routledge
Learning Outcomes
LO1: Apply the concept of a value chain to businesses/case studies;
LO2: Identify and evaluate alternative logistics and operations value chain drivers;
LO3: Critique the effectiveness and efficiency of logistics and operations functions of an organisation’s supply chain;
LO4: Evaluate the logistics and operations management challenges at tactical, operational and strategic levels.
Recommended Readings
Articles
Buell, R. W. (2019). Operational transparency. Harvard Business Review, 97(2), 102-113.
Cachon, G., & Terwiesch, C. (2019). Chapter 9: Variability and its impact on process performance: Waiting time problems. In Matching supply with demand: An introduction to operations management (4th, International student ed., pp. 247-296). McGraw-Hill Education. Portions of Chapter 9 (digitized).
Carr, T., Dumitrescu, E., Hutzler, K., Kumar, R., Martin, A., & Mazuera, C. (2021). Can your supply chain deliver what your consumer wants? McKinsey Insights.
Duncan, E., & Ritter, R. (2014). Next frontiers for lean. McKinsey Quarterly(2), 82-89.
Jacobs, F. R., and R. B. Chase (2016). Operations and Supply Management: The Core. 4th Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill. Chapter 9 (digitised)
Lee, H. L. (2021). The new AAA supply chain. Management Business Review 1(1).
Moody, K. (2021, October, 11). Why it’s high time to move on from ‘just-in-time’ supply chains. The Guardian.

Write an email to a friend ( formal business communication ) who is thinking of starting their own business. Your friend has decided that after they were made redundant as a result of Covid pandemic that they want to be their own boss and as you are a business school student, they have turned to you for advice and guidance. Their initial idea is to import cheap mobile phones from Taiwan or China and sell them to rural investors in emerging economies who need mobile business communications that is cheap and reliable in order to grow their pwn business, They specifically want to know about the following topics:
-The pros and cons of different legal structures and which would be best for them?
-How they could measure the competitiveness of the market stricture?
Theory that may assist you should include:
-legal structures
-portert’s 5 forces
-market structure
-HMRC import duties

Hello,
These are the instructions below. I will post powerpoints and pdfs pertaining to this weeks lecture. The key term should be chosen from one of the lectures and pdfs posted below. The two articles that need to be chosen should be academic articles related to the key term.
Instructions:
Use any key term from the course lectures or assigned readings in week two and use the NU library database to conduct research on the term (dialogue, group development, problem solving, etc.).
Locate and read at least two academic articles pertaining to the key term and write an annotated bibliography for each article. There are numerous articles available in the course resources tab. *Note: Each annotation should be both descriptive and evaluative.
Conclude the bibliography with a brief paragraph about what you have learned about the key term and how it may influence your understanding of group and team development.

Write an email to a friend ( formal business communication ) who is thinking of starting their own business. Your friend has decided that after they were made redundant as a result of Covid pandemic that they want to be their own boss and as you are a business school student, they have turned to you for advice and guidance. Their initial idea is to import cheap mobile phones from Taiwan or China and sell them to rural investors in emerging economies who need mobile business communications that is cheap and reliable in order to grow their pwn business, They specifically want to know about the following topics:
-The pros and cons of different legal structures and which would be best for them?
-How they could measure the competitiveness of the market stricture?
Theory that may assist you should include:
-legal structures
-portert’s 5 forces
-market structure
-HMRC import duties

Write an email to a friend ( formal business communication ) who is thinking of starting their own business. Your friend has decided that after they were made redundant as a result of Covid pandemic that they want to be their own boss and as you are a business school student, they have turned to you for advice and guidance. Their initial idea is to import cheap mobile phones from Taiwan or China and sell them to rural investors in emerging economies who need mobile business communications that is cheap and reliable in order to grow their pwn business, They specifically want to know about the following topics:
-The pros and cons of different legal structures and which would be best for them?
-How they could measure the competitiveness of the market stricture?
Theory that may assist you should include:
-legal structures
-portert’s 5 forces
-market structure
-HMRC import duties

Use Starbucks coffee.
Use any or all of the following resources to conduct research on the corporation:
The corporation’s website.
Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page.
Strayer University’s online databases.
The Nexis Uni database.
Other miscellaneous sources. (The corporation’s annual report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.)
Write a 4-6 page academic research paper in which you include the following:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched. Support your assessment with specific evidence.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns. Support your response with specific evidence.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influences its overall success. Support your assessment with specific evidence.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of the corporation. Support your response with specific evidence.
5. Use four quality sources, including your textbook, to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. (Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources)
For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
6. Produce writing that is clear and well organized and applies appropriate Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) style. Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.