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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Strategic Management (MGT 401)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Strategic Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT 401
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN: 16503
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Ghazala Aziz
Students’ Grade:
/Out of 10
Level of Marks:
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
CLO1- Recognize the basic concepts and terminology used in Strategic Management.
CLO2-Describe the different issues related to environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and
strategy implementation in diversified organizations
CLO5-Demonstrate how executive leadership is an important part of strategic management .
Assignment Question(s): (2.5 marks for each question)
1. Why is strategic management important for a corporation’s competitive advantage?
2. How does strategic management typically evolve in a corporation? Give examples
3. Why does a corporation need a board of directors? What is the relationship between
corporate governance and social responsibility? Give examples from the actual
market.
4. Choose any corporation from the Saudi market and discuss the forces driving its
industry competition (review chapter 4-slide 18).
Notes:
– Your answers MUST include at least four scholarly peer-reviewed references, using a proper
referencing style (APA). Remember that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi
Digital Library (SDL).
– Make sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced.
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Answers
1. Answer-
2. Answer-
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Knowledge Management (MGT 403)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Knowledge Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT403
Student’s ID Number: s
Semester: First
CRN:11691
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Mohammed Mallick
Students’ Grade: / 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will be able to understand the
LO 1.1: Recognize the overall knowledge management processes, concepts, goals
and strategies within the context of organization.
LO 1.2: Describe how valuable individual, group and organizational knowledge is
managed throughout the knowledge management cycle.
L.O 1.3: Define the different Knowledge types and explain how they are addressed
by knowledge management in different business environments.
Assignment Questions:
(10 Marks)
This Assignment is a report-based assignment.
Imagine that you are appointed as a team member of knowledge management team in
your organisation. Your immediate boss asks you to prepare a detailed report that will
be used for training purposes to clarify the need to implement knowledge management
in your organisation. Your report must contain the answers for following questions.
Part A: Introduction (5 Marks)
Q.1: How would you define the concept of Data, Information and Knowledge.
Provide one example to differentiate these concepts. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: Briefly describe the concept of Knowledge management. What points
you would like to add to highlight the importance of knowledge management.
(1.5 Marks)
Q.3: “Knowledge management is not anything new.” Would you argue that
this statement is largely true? Why or why not? Use suitable examples to
justify your answer. (2 Marks)
Part B: (5 Marks)
Types of knowledge, Knowledge management cycle and Models:
Q.1: Discuss the concept of “Tacit Knowledge” and “Explicit Knowledge”. Is
it important to capture both types of knowledge? Justify your argument with suitable
example. (1.5 Marks)
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Q.2: There are several different approaches to the knowledge management
cycle such as those by McElroy, Wiig, Bukowitz and Willams, and Meyer and
Zack.
Discuss any one of the above knowledge management cycles highlighting its
steps or stages and its usefulness for the organizations. (1.5 Marks)
Q.3: Describe how the major types of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) are
transformed in the Nonaka and Takeuchi knowledge spiral model of KM. Use a
concrete example to make your point. (2 Marks)
(Support each part and each question of the assignment with Proper references)
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Answers
1. Answer2. Answer3. Answer-
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Logistics Management (MGT 322)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name:
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT322
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN:
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Abdulelah Alnafisah
Students’ Grade: / 6
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -1
Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 6th
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
Weight:
6 Marks
Learning Outcome:
1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the logistic function concepts and theories as well as supply chain
management strategies.
2. Demonstrate the ability to understand complex issues pertaining to supply chain integration and
strategic supply chain partnership.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Critical Writing
Critical writing involves analysing information to understand a problem or topic from more than one
perspective; making logical connections between ideas; offering your own perspective on the topic based
on your evaluation of the available evidence.
The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management
concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities. For this purpose, you should search and review
food chain companies through secondary available information. Think about how you can apply the
concepts/tools that you learned in this course.
Write about the logistics performance priorities of any local or international Food Chain company in
KSA of your choice. Explain why you have come to your conclusions:
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
The Answer must follow the outline points below:
1. Executive summary (, Max word count 200-250)
– Summarize what is logistics performance priorities, and what Logistics and Supply Chain Management
concepts/tools applied to achieve the company’s objective.
2. Background information (, Max word count 200-250)
– Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location,
internal/external interesting facts, etc).
3. Problem Description (, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe the objectives clearly and specifically.
– The objective may involve either logistics decision-making or process improvement.
4. Application of logistics and SCM concepts/tools that were applied (, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe what specific logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools be applied to achieve the
objective. This section should make it clear that you understand the concepts/tools you are about to use.
5- Conclusion and results (, Max word count 100-150)
– Analyze the expected results / the proposed solution.
6. References at least 8-10.
Note: Use APA style of referencing
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Entrepreneurship and small business (MGT 402)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Entrepreneurship and small
business
Course Code: MGT402
Student’s Name:
Semester: First
CRN:
Student’s ID Number:
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: X / 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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•
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses
of small business.
2. Design a solid projected financial plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small
company.
3. Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate marketing massages in coherent and
professional manner.
4. Illustrate the ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable
business model.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Start-up Business Plan
Assume yourself as an entrepreneur of a small startup business in Saudi Arabia.
Write brief notes on the following objectives:
1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (2 Marks)
a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
b. Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership,
Corporation….
C. Investment capital
2. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
A. Scope and type of business (4 Marks)
What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you
choose?
• Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes
your idea different?
• Mission Statement
• Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
• Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they
live? What is your target market passionate about?
B. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)
What is important to you in your business?
• Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term
changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage
of it?
• Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What
factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major
competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths
do you personally bring to this new venture?
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using
SWOT.
•Who is your competition and how do you beat them?
Note: Use APA style of referencing
Answers
1. Answer2. Answer-
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Communications Management (MGT 421)
Due Date: 5th October 2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Communication Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT421
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st Semester
CRN:
Academic Year: 2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Ganesh Dash
Students’ Grade: /Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1.1: Recognize and memorize concepts of communication theory as they affect business
organizations and the individuals in them.
1.2: Communicate better, knowing that good communicators make better managers and that
communication is a dynamic process basic to individuals and organizational life.
Assignment Structure:
Assignment-1
Part-A
Part-B
Type
Situation-1
Situation-2
Case study
Total
Marks
2.5
2.5
5
10
Note: Use concept of interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, team
communications and diversity for answering both parts.
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Part-A:
This part is about hypothetical situations which you may or may not face in your
professional life. For every situation, you need to select an option from the given
options and then give a proper justification for the option you selected.
Situation-1
You have recently been assigned a new member in your team and you have noticed
that he cannot make a simple decision without asking your advice. What will you do?
a.
Accept that he does not have the skills to succeed and find others in your team to take
on his tasks.
b.
Get an HR manager to talk to him about where he sees his future in the organization.
c.
Give him lots of complex decisions to make so that he will become more confident in
his job.
d
Create a series of challenging but manageable experiences for him and make yourself
available to act as his mentor.
Situation-2
You are a manager in an organization that is trying to encourage respect for all
cultures and nationalities. One day, you hear someone telling a racist joke about a
nationality. What will you do?
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a.
Ignore it. The best way to deal with these things is not to react.
b.
Call the person into your office and explain that their behaviour is not appropriate and
if he repeats it, may result in him losing his job.
c.
Speak up on the spot, saying that such jokes are inappropriate and will not be
tolerated in your organization.
Suggest to the person telling the joke he go through a program offered by the HR
department that teaches how to respect all cultures and nationalities
d.
Part-B:
Ahmed is a successful financial officer in a banking company. He will take over the
recently acquired footprint as the new regional CEO. The newly acquired banking
institution has a good market reputation
On Monday morning at 10am, Ahmed had called a meeting. He reached the office at 9am
and saw very few employees in the meeting so he got annoyed but keeping his emotions at
side, he started the meeting at sharp 10am .Ahmed was unhappy due to lack of dedication
of employees towards the organization, as most of the employees did not arrived on time.
Later that afternoon Ahmed met the executive team and outlined the strategic goals,
objectives and deadlines. A meeting was held with the senior staff members for reporting
progress. In the report it was shown that currently the market growth numbers were up and
new business numbers were increasing.
A quarter later Ahmed had a quarterly report result. The report showed both positive and
negative result. Ahmed reviewed the report with his staff and requested them for their
input. However, his request was greeted with silence. He sensed an uneasy feeling in the
room.
Questions:
1. To what extent do you think Ahmed process Emotional Intelligence. (2 Marks)
2. Do you think the concept of emotional intelligence is important in organizational
setting? Briefly justify your answer. (3 Marks)
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وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Strategic Management (MGT 401)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Strategic Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT 401
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN: 16503
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Ghazala Aziz
Students’ Grade:
/Out of 10
Level of Marks:
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
CLO1- Recognize the basic concepts and terminology used in Strategic Management.
CLO2-Describe the different issues related to environmental scanning, strategy formulation, and
strategy implementation in diversified organizations
CLO5-Demonstrate how executive leadership is an important part of strategic management .
Assignment Question(s): (2.5 marks for each question)
1. Why is strategic management important for a corporation’s competitive advantage?
2. How does strategic management typically evolve in a corporation? Give examples
3. Why does a corporation need a board of directors? What is the relationship between
corporate governance and social responsibility? Give examples from the actual
market.
4. Choose any corporation from the Saudi market and discuss the forces driving its
industry competition (review chapter 4-slide 18).
Notes:
– Your answers MUST include at least four scholarly peer-reviewed references, using a proper
referencing style (APA). Remember that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi
Digital Library (SDL).
– Make sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced.
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Answers
1. Answer-
2. Answer-
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Knowledge Management (MGT 403)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Knowledge Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT403
Student’s ID Number: s
Semester: First
CRN:11691
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Mohammed Mallick
Students’ Grade: / 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will be able to understand the
LO 1.1: Recognize the overall knowledge management processes, concepts, goals
and strategies within the context of organization.
LO 1.2: Describe how valuable individual, group and organizational knowledge is
managed throughout the knowledge management cycle.
L.O 1.3: Define the different Knowledge types and explain how they are addressed
by knowledge management in different business environments.
Assignment Questions:
(10 Marks)
This Assignment is a report-based assignment.
Imagine that you are appointed as a team member of knowledge management team in
your organisation. Your immediate boss asks you to prepare a detailed report that will
be used for training purposes to clarify the need to implement knowledge management
in your organisation. Your report must contain the answers for following questions.
Part A: Introduction (5 Marks)
Q.1: How would you define the concept of Data, Information and Knowledge.
Provide one example to differentiate these concepts. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: Briefly describe the concept of Knowledge management. What points
you would like to add to highlight the importance of knowledge management.
(1.5 Marks)
Q.3: “Knowledge management is not anything new.” Would you argue that
this statement is largely true? Why or why not? Use suitable examples to
justify your answer. (2 Marks)
Part B: (5 Marks)
Types of knowledge, Knowledge management cycle and Models:
Q.1: Discuss the concept of “Tacit Knowledge” and “Explicit Knowledge”. Is
it important to capture both types of knowledge? Justify your argument with suitable
example. (1.5 Marks)
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Q.2: There are several different approaches to the knowledge management
cycle such as those by McElroy, Wiig, Bukowitz and Willams, and Meyer and
Zack.
Discuss any one of the above knowledge management cycles highlighting its
steps or stages and its usefulness for the organizations. (1.5 Marks)
Q.3: Describe how the major types of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) are
transformed in the Nonaka and Takeuchi knowledge spiral model of KM. Use a
concrete example to make your point. (2 Marks)
(Support each part and each question of the assignment with Proper references)
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Answers
1. Answer2. Answer3. Answer-
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Logistics Management (MGT 322)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name:
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT322
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN:
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Abdulelah Alnafisah
Students’ Grade: / 6
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Logistics Management
ASSIGNMENT -1
Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 6th
Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre
Weight:
6 Marks
Learning Outcome:
1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the logistic function concepts and theories as well as supply chain
management strategies.
2. Demonstrate the ability to understand complex issues pertaining to supply chain integration and
strategic supply chain partnership.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Critical Writing
Critical writing involves analysing information to understand a problem or topic from more than one
perspective; making logical connections between ideas; offering your own perspective on the topic based
on your evaluation of the available evidence.
The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply Logistics and Supply Chain Management
concepts/tools to suggest logistics performance priorities. For this purpose, you should search and review
food chain companies through secondary available information. Think about how you can apply the
concepts/tools that you learned in this course.
Write about the logistics performance priorities of any local or international Food Chain company in
KSA of your choice. Explain why you have come to your conclusions:
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
The Answer must follow the outline points below:
1. Executive summary (, Max word count 200-250)
– Summarize what is logistics performance priorities, and what Logistics and Supply Chain Management
concepts/tools applied to achieve the company’s objective.
2. Background information (, Max word count 200-250)
– Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location,
internal/external interesting facts, etc).
3. Problem Description (, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe the objectives clearly and specifically.
– The objective may involve either logistics decision-making or process improvement.
4. Application of logistics and SCM concepts/tools that were applied (, Max word count 200-250)
– Describe what specific logistics and Supply Chain Management concepts/tools be applied to achieve the
objective. This section should make it clear that you understand the concepts/tools you are about to use.
5- Conclusion and results (, Max word count 100-150)
– Analyze the expected results / the proposed solution.
6. References at least 8-10.
Note: Use APA style of referencing
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Entrepreneurship and small business (MGT 402)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Entrepreneurship and small
business
Course Code: MGT402
Student’s Name:
Semester: First
CRN:
Student’s ID Number:
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: X / 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses
of small business.
2. Design a solid projected financial plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small
company.
3. Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate marketing massages in coherent and
professional manner.
4. Illustrate the ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable
business model.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.
Start-up Business Plan
Assume yourself as an entrepreneur of a small startup business in Saudi Arabia.
Write brief notes on the following objectives:
1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (2 Marks)
a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
b. Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership,
Corporation….
C. Investment capital
2. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
A. Scope and type of business (4 Marks)
What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you
choose?
• Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes
your idea different?
• Mission Statement
• Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
• Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they
live? What is your target market passionate about?
B. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)
What is important to you in your business?
• Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term
changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage
of it?
• Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What
factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major
competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths
do you personally bring to this new venture?
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using
SWOT.
•Who is your competition and how do you beat them?
Note: Use APA style of referencing
Answers
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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Communications Management (MGT 421)
Due Date: 5th October 2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Communication Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT421
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st Semester
CRN:
Academic Year: 2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr Ganesh Dash
Students’ Grade: /Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1.1: Recognize and memorize concepts of communication theory as they affect business
organizations and the individuals in them.
1.2: Communicate better, knowing that good communicators make better managers and that
communication is a dynamic process basic to individuals and organizational life.
Assignment Structure:
Assignment-1
Part-A
Part-B
Type
Situation-1
Situation-2
Case study
Total
Marks
2.5
2.5
5
10
Note: Use concept of interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, team
communications and diversity for answering both parts.
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Part-A:
This part is about hypothetical situations which you may or may not face in your
professional life. For every situation, you need to select an option from the given
options and then give a proper justification for the option you selected.
Situation-1
You have recently been assigned a new member in your team and you have noticed
that he cannot make a simple decision without asking your advice. What will you do?
a.
Accept that he does not have the skills to succeed and find others in your team to take
on his tasks.
b.
Get an HR manager to talk to him about where he sees his future in the organization.
c.
Give him lots of complex decisions to make so that he will become more confident in
his job.
d
Create a series of challenging but manageable experiences for him and make yourself
available to act as his mentor.
Situation-2
You are a manager in an organization that is trying to encourage respect for all
cultures and nationalities. One day, you hear someone telling a racist joke about a
nationality. What will you do?
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a.
Ignore it. The best way to deal with these things is not to react.
b.
Call the person into your office and explain that their behaviour is not appropriate and
if he repeats it, may result in him losing his job.
c.
Speak up on the spot, saying that such jokes are inappropriate and will not be
tolerated in your organization.
Suggest to the person telling the joke he go through a program offered by the HR
department that teaches how to respect all cultures and nationalities
d.
Part-B:
Ahmed is a successful financial officer in a banking company. He will take over the
recently acquired footprint as the new regional CEO. The newly acquired banking
institution has a good market reputation
On Monday morning at 10am, Ahmed had called a meeting. He reached the office at 9am
and saw very few employees in the meeting so he got annoyed but keeping his emotions at
side, he started the meeting at sharp 10am .Ahmed was unhappy due to lack of dedication
of employees towards the organization, as most of the employees did not arrived on time.
Later that afternoon Ahmed met the executive team and outlined the strategic goals,
objectives and deadlines. A meeting was held with the senior staff members for reporting
progress. In the report it was shown that currently the market growth numbers were up and
new business numbers were increasing.
A quarter later Ahmed had a quarterly report result. The report showed both positive and
negative result. Ahmed reviewed the report with his staff and requested them for their
input. However, his request was greeted with silence. He sensed an uneasy feeling in the
room.
Questions:
1. To what extent do you think Ahmed process Emotional Intelligence. (2 Marks)
2. Do you think the concept of emotional intelligence is important in organizational
setting? Briefly justify your answer. (3 Marks)
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