Ashford Week 4 Decisions for Quarter Three and Third Quarter QBR

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Decisions for Quarter Three and Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review (QBR)

Part I: Decisions for Quarter Three. Prior to
beginning work on the Decisions for Quarter Three, carefully review the
content found in the “Suggestions for Quarter 3” pop-up screen and read
any Quarter Three Internal Emails and/or Memos available through your
Growing Your Business simulation. The pop-up will be available at the
lower left (Blue Guidelines) of the Executive Summary Decisions Tab and
the video, emails, and memos can be re-accessed through the Help
section.

In your Growing Your Business simulation,

  • Evaluate quantitative and qualitative techniques for business analysis and decision-making.
  • Utilize tools from finance, marketing, information technology and
    human resources management to manage the profitability of overall
    business operations specific to Quarter 3.
  • Create specific business tactics to achieve organizational survival and growth.]

The Decisions for Quarter Three Assignment

  • Must be completed through the Growing Your Business simulation.
  • Consider the following questions as you prepare your annual
    budget/plan (if the answer is “No” to any of the questions you may be at
    a Competitive Disadvantage and lack critical information to draw
    inference from):

    • Did you
      • Request/purchase the Marketing Report and Business Intelligence Dashboard (BID)?
      • Utilize the 3 available role plays for Qtr.3?
      • Consider in the R&D Projects?
  • Must use the Role Play
    • It is critical you read the details of the role play very carefully
      and any questions should immediately be referred to the Help Desk.
    • You can gain differentiated competitive advantage through effective use of the role play.
    • Some role players only provide qualitative information, while others provide the ability to negotiate with quantitatively.
    • The role play is a scarce resource because of the limited number of calls per quarter.
  • Must submit your Quarter Three Budget Plan.
    • Must not have a short-range outlook over the credit limit.
    • Periodically, as you modify inputs, use the “Model My Plan” at the
      lower right to see the impact of your decisions on the Financial
      Metrics.
    • Input your financial decision and then click on the blue Submit My
      SRO button on the bottom right of the Quarterly Decisions screen.
  • You must submit your Quarter Three Decisions prior to moving on this week’s Quarterly Business Review assignment.

Part II: Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review (QBR). Due by Day 7.
You must submit your Quarter Three Decisions prior to moving on this
week’s Quarterly Business Review assignment. Prior to beginning work on
the Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review, review the following
content from the Growing Your Business Simulation, the Suggestions for
Quarter Three Decisions pop-up and your Business Intelligence Dashboard.
The graphics in the dashboard should provide you with the trends (that
is the time series data is growing) in data to critically analyze your
competitors for the first two quarters their positions for the longer
term.

With the completion of Quarter Three, you are responsible for
completing your third Quarterly Business Review (QBR). This is a
qualitative and quantitative summary of your competitive performance for
Quarter Three. Business reviews (or Operational Reviews) are a routine
part of annual corporate activities and are very cross-functional in
nature. A major component of a QBR is around meeting commitments that
are embedded in your budgetary planning process. Meeting commitments are
seen explicitly in your Variances. These learnings are designed to
enhance your performance in future Quarters.

In your Growing Your Business simulation,

  • Evaluate quantitative and qualitative techniques for business analysis and decision-making.
  • Assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with the corporate strategy & policy process.
  • Utilize tools from finance, marketing, information technology and
    human resources management to manage the profitability of overall
    business operations.
  • Create specific business tactics to achieve organizational survival and growth.

The Third Quarter Quarterly Business Review Assignment

  • Must be completed through the Growing Your Business simulation.
    • After logging in, go to the Quarterly Decisions tab on the top right
      of the simulation site and then click on the Executive Summary tab to
      access the Quarterly Business Review section.
  • Must be completed and submitted using all of the data provided including
  • Must show that Hisco is on track to Meet/Exceed its Annual Net
    Income Commitment through an evaluation of both quantitative and
    qualitative techniques for business analysis and decision making.
  • Must create specific business tactics to achieve organizational survival and growth.
  • After completing, check the box and submit in the lower right.
  • After completing the simulation, students must save the provided pdf
    from the pdf found within the Executive Summary tab of the Quarterly
    Decisions page and submit it through Waypoint. Verify your submission
    was successful.

    • To access the PDF for submission, click on the QTRLY Decisions tab
      from the simulation home page and then go to the Executive
      Summary tab. Within the Executive Summary page, you will find a Download
      link associated with each quarterly decision you completed.
  • Remember, you will be receiving feedback on your QBR each quarter.
    You should review the feedback prior to submitting next quarter’s
    decisions, as there may be some critical learning that can help your
    performance in the next quarter.
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