BUS689 WK3 Ashford Capsim Quarter2 Business Review

Decisions for Quarter Two and Second Quarter Quarterly Business Review

Part I: Decisions for Quarter Two. Prior to
beginning work on the Decisions for Quarter Two, carefully review the
content found in the “Suggestions for Quarter 2” pop-up screen and read
any Quarter Two 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.

The Decisions for Quarter Two 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 4 available role plays for Qtr.2?
    • 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 Two 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 Two Decisions prior to moving on this week’s Quarterly Business Review assignment.

Part II: Second Quarter Quarterly Business Review (QBR). You
must submit your Quarter Two Decisions prior to moving on to this
week’s Quarterly Business Review assignment. Prior to beginning work on
your Second Quarter Quarterly Business Review, review the content from
the Suggestions for Quarter Two 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 few two quarters their
positions for the longer term.

With the completion of Quarter Two, you are responsible for
completing your second Quarterly Business Review (QBR). This is a
qualitative and quantitative summary of your competitive performance for
Q2. 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.
• Utilize tools from finance, marketing, information technology and
  human resources management to manage the profitability of overall
  business operations in the second quarter.

The Second 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
  • Quarterly Pre-Tax Net Income relative to Plan for the Quarter
    • Review the Pre-Tax Net Income Chart Explanation PowerPoint
  • Cash Flow walk
  • Pre-tax Net Income in Plan
• 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.
• Must use scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
    table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you
    have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this
    assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the
    final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a
    particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according
  to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.