DECISIONS FOR QUARTER FOUR AND FINAL QUALITATIVE COMPETITIVE RANKING

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Decisions for Quarter Four and Final Qualitative Competitive Ranking

[WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, carefully

• Review Simulation.Video.Part.3Links to an external site. video.
• Review the content found in the Suggestions for Quarter 4 pop-up screen.
• Review 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.
  • The emails and memos can be re-accessed through the Help section.

As in prior quarters, you will prepare and submit your Quarter 4 Decisions. If there is any quarter that requires balancing the short- and long-term, this is it. You need not only to meet and/ or exceed your Financial Targets within your budget/ plan but also to create shareholder value for the long term. If you can exceed the plan, as you learned from the internal emails, go ahead.

After your fourth quarter results are returned, the first screen you find will be your Final Quantitative Competitive Ranking. This will be followed by Guidelines for When Q4 Results are returned. The Winning Chart is always on the Quarterly Dashboard under ‘Winner.’ The ranking you receive from these results will determine your grade for Part I of the Week 5 Assignment. The scorecard for these rankings is as follows 1st = 10, 2nd = 9.25, 3rd = 8.5.

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 4.
• Create specific business tactics to achieve organizational survival and growth.

The Decisions for Quarter Four and Final Qualitative Competitive Ranking assignment

• must be completed through the Growing Your Business simulation.
• must use role play.
  • You must read the role play details carefully, and any questions should be referred to the Help Desk.
  • You can gain a differentiated competitive advantage through the effective use of role play.
  • Some role players only provide qualitative information, while others provide the ability to negotiate quantitatively.
  • Role play is a scarce resource because of the limited number of calls per quarter.
• must include your Quarter Four Budget Plan.
  • Periodically, as you modify inputs, use the Model My Plan at the lower right to observe the impact of your decisions on the financial metrics.
  • Input your financial decision and then select the blue Submit My SRO button on the bottom right of the Quarterly Decisions screen.

You must complete your Quarter Four Decisions before moving on to this week’s Annual Operating Review assignment.

Please note that if you are experiencing technical issues with the Growing Your Business simulation, you will need to contact the help desk within the simulation at HelpDesk@tri-sim.com.