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You are asked to complete a research report in this course. A research report is an opportunity for you to practice and improve your research and writing skills. Plus, it allows you to review the details that others have observed and researched in the industry.

Search reliable sources. Write a report on one of the major topics listed below and incorporate at least five other related empirical studies of your choice.

 Intercultural management and multiculturalism on a domestic and global scale

 Diversity approaches in the workplace in the United States and the legislation surrounding it

 The opportunities and challenges of managing a diverse workforce

 Diversity with respect to differences such as gender, race, and nationality in a domestic and global workplace

 Adaptation in an intercultural, multicultural, and multi-diverse business environment

 Models of culture classifications

 Business practices from cultures around the world

 Approaches to culture in the workplace in the United States and globally

 Diversity in a multicultural, intercultural and diverse business environment

The purpose of this research report is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of intercultural management. The report must (a) identify the main issues in the chosen area, (b) contain and reference new learning that has occurred, (c) build upon class activities or incidents that facilitated learning and understanding, and (d) present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace. The research report should also focus on real-life, real-time application of topics covered in this course: the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision.

The research report

 must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page, table of contents, and references page);

 must address the topic of the report with critical thought;

 must use at least five empirical studies as references; and

 must use APA style.

Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Read through the below post and provide any on of the following: 

.Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.  

· Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.  

· Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research.  

· Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research. 

. Posting should be at least 250 words and require some information from the text, academically reviewed paper, some significant commentary that requires knowledge of the subject matter, a web link to an article or other source.  

This is a topic I do not think I need to refer to any of the materials online. It is something about which we can speak through all by ourselves. Indeed, decision making does involve using your brain and understanding the circumstances, but it also involves trusting your intuition. There have been so many examples in the past that have proved that intuition is something which is unquestionable and is not within the dimensions of the body. There is mind and soul that work together and somewhere they meet at a junction point where there is a sudden gut feeling or thought that allows the person to decide and follow a certain path.

The examples I would cite would be my own personal one first. There have been many instances where I was stuck in making a decision, but always my feelings were inclined towards in a particular direction. That was the time when I decided to move to the USA, or waited patiently for a good job, that just settling down for nothing. There were decisions in my personal life where I was following my gut and not allowing any superficial thoughts to come in and play with it. 

There are companies like Apple, which is a trillion dollar by itself, that trace back to intuition. Steve Jobs had declared way back in 2007 that the company would touch a trillion dollar mark. He had the intuition at the launch of the first iPhone that this wil happen, and his decisions were made accordingly. Same goes for companies like Facebook and Tesla for having room innovation and decision making because Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk followed their intuitions. 

Week 3 – Assignment       

Management of Working Capital Case Study: “George’s Trains”

It appears that George is running a profitable business. George is aware you are in an MBA Managerial Finance class and comes to you for advice on his working capital practices. More specifically George asks you to do the following:

• Describe his working capital practices, including his methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques.
• Analyze the potential pitfalls in his capital budgeting practices that George should be aware of.
• Develop a simple statement of cash flows for George’s Trains using any information gleaned from the video. What areas of improvement do you recommend? Provide at least three references from the Ashford University Library or other scholarly sources to support your recommendations.

In a three- to five-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), respond to George’s request for advice in detail. The paper should be properly formatted in alignment with APA 6th edition formatting.

 *Requirements for week 3 assignment*

It appears that George is running a profitable business. George is aware you are in an MBA Managerial Finance class and comes to you for advice on his working capital practices. More specifically George asks you to do the following:

·         Describe his working capital practices, including his methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques.

·         Analyze the potential pitfalls in his capital budgeting practices that George should be aware of.

·         Develop a simple statement of cash flows for George’s Trains using any information gleaned from the video. What areas of improvement do you recommend? Provide at least three references from the Ashford University Library or other scholarly sources to support your recommendations.

In a three- to five-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), respond to George’s request for advice in detail. The paper should be properly formatted in alignment with APA 6th edition formatting.

Watch the video. It is a narrative about George’s Trains. You will not get a lot of numbers, but more generalities. It will be up to YOU to fill in the blanks. Any numbers are fine – it is how you present the examples that will be what matters.

The key here is, YOU as a managerial consultant are coming in to help out George. George has got a good thing going, but there are some areas where George needs improvement. So there are three parts:

Part 1 – Educate George about working capital, and how his store practices working capital management. You need to provide sufficient background as to how working capital works.

Part 2- Once you have schooled George a little, what kinds of problems could he experience? Does George run into the risk of bankruptcy?

Part 3 – Now you get to practice assembling a statement of cash flow. There are no right or wrong answers here since you are making this stuff up. But you want to show George how all these pieces work together to manage working capital.

The number one issue I typically see is that there was no attempt to assemble a statement of Cash Flows. I do not give credit for portions of the assignment that were not attempted. Please do not contact me if you got a failing grade but did not attempt to assemble a statement of cash flows.

Another issue I see is that there is no linkage to the week’s readings from the text. You need to support your observations.