Signature Assignment Instructions

Deliverables:

Week 9: written report due on Sunday

Week 10: live presentations starting Wednesday of Week 10 (I will contact you for date/time for the presentation)

Presentation due on Sunday (PPT, Prezi)

Paper:

In week 1 of this course you were asked to identify a business that interests you. Throughout this course you completed several assignments pertaining to your identified business. The signature assignment will pull together these assignments and you will submit a paper that addresses the following: 1. Explain your business (150 words minimum). 2. Explain how business statistics are important to your business (week 1&2 discussion). Elaborate on your five chosen statistics from week 1 & 5 & 6 (minimum 350 words). 3. In week 3 you identified two variables that are important to an area in your chosen business. Elaborate on the significance of your chosen variables (minimum 300 words). 4. In week 4 you completed a sales forecast for our chosen business. Provide a written rationale for your sales forecast with detailed explanations. Integrate your spreadsheet with the sales forecast into the Word document. The narrative should be no less than 350 words and the spreadsheet forecast should not exceed 1 page. 5. Describe how you might use decision models in your business (week 7 discussion). Minimum word count for this part is 200 words. 6. Describe how a continuous simulation model can benefit the business strategy decisions for your chosen business (week 8 discussion). Provide realistic examples (minimum 200 words).

The total word count for this paper is 1750 words which is approximately 5 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. The cover page and the reference page is extra, so your paper should be a total of 7 pages minimum. The paper must be submitted on Sunday at the end of week 9.

Presentation:

You will present your paper to the instructor and your peers. Your instructor will schedule the presentation via ZOOM. You need access to a webcam, have sound, and a good internet connection.

• Slides: Cover slide, overview slide, one slide for each topic, reference slide • Slide format: no written sentences on slides – only keywords • Presentation: eye contact is highly valued; reading from the slides is discouraged; reading from

notes is also discouraged.

There are separate rubrics for the written assignment and the presentation. You can find the rubrics in the Student Resources Folder at the top of your course shell; make sure you review them.