Can you complete this executive summary, i already completed the simulation.
Data Detective Project: Activities plus Executive Summary The Data Detective project spans four topics and focuses on the ways in which financial data provide clues about a company’s strategy. To build your analytic skills, your sleuthing is due on Thursdays in a series of Endeavour activities (if you understand the references, you obviously watch PBS Masterpiece). Your detecting concludes in an executive summary reporting your findings. We are using the Data Detective simulation (Narayanan & Srinivasan, 2018) as a series of increasingly complex opportunities for you to match companies with their financial data. This will test your abilities to · Determine which financial metrics reveal typical industry characteristics · Create and describe the rationales for your decisions based on your knowledge and reasoning. Please read these instructions in their entirety before beginning this project. Guidelines Preparation 1. Review the Data Detective materials in D2L 2. Technical requirements: · Operating systems supported: Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android · Browsers supported: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge · Mobile devices: Tablets and iPads; screen resolution must be at least 1024 pixels · Check your device’s compatibility here http://forio.com/hbp-support/#check/simulations/datadetective 3. Register for Data Detective using the course pack link provided by your instructor. 4. Carefully review the introductory materials within the simulation. · You will not be able to play the simulation until everyone in the class has registered Simulation Rules 1. Everything you need to succeed in the simulation is provided within the simulation itself. 2. The simulation takes about 20 minutes to run for each practice session. It will take longer for the final analytic session. · The instructor will provide feedback based on the way the class decides to use the simulation. 3. You are encouraged but not required to exchange ideas within your Community of Practice. 4. Use the team OneNote notebook to keep notes that you might want to use to track your progress. Engagement Rules 1. Tech support is available 24/7 · You’ll find a Help chat box hovering in the lower left corner of the Harvard Business School Publishing platform · https://hbsp.harvard.edu/contact-us/ Program and Assessment Linkages Programmatic Goals Assessed MBA6800 Learning and Project Objectives MBA1 Solve organizational challenges in an uncertain, interdependent world by selecting and integrating business concepts. Focus areas · Finance 1, 2, 3 · Applied Economics 2 · Accounting 1 CLO1: Suggest ethical, interdependent strategic alternatives to organizational challenges by integrating a range of business constructs · Prepare to analyze strategic company indicators using financial data (CLO1) · Identify strategic company indicators (CLO1) · Identify strategic industry indicators (CLO1) · Contrast strategic theories focused inside firms with those focused on outside circumstances and forces (CLO1) · Explain how financial statements and ratios suggest how businesses operate (CLO1) Assessed Components Endeavour simulation activities: 10 points Executive summary: 40 points Total project: 50 points Endeavour activities due on Thursdays—performance assessed in the main project rubric 1. Endeavour 1: Log into the simulation and be sure to explore all introductory materials (1 point on-time access) 2. Endeavour 2: Sleuth financials of three well-known US companies (1 point on-time choices and 1 point comments) 3. Endeavour 3: Sleuth financials of three disguised US companies (1 point on-time choices and 1 point comments) 4. Endeavour 4: Sleuth financials to determine which is not US (1 point—on-time choices and 1 point comments) 5. Endeavour 5: Sleuth financials of 5 companies to determine industries (1 point on-time choices and 2 points comments plus 1 point each correct answer) The first four Endeavour activities will be followed by class debriefings. The fifth Endeavour activity forms the basis for your graded executive summary. In each Endeavour activity, you will provide three responses within the simulation: Selection, Rationale, and Confidence level. It is important to provide all three responses so that meaningful feedback can be provided to you and to the entire class. Executive summary Imagine that you are competing for an important, new, strategy analyst position in your firm. Your boss has asked for a strategic position paper that includes your ideas about five companies and their industries, so you really want to present something impressive. Your boss talks endlessly about the ideas of Michael Porter and has expressed deep concern about emerging global trends. Luckily, you have at your fingertips your research about the five companies (aka Endeavour 5) and this reading list: · Carter, C., Clegg, S. R., & Kornberger, M. (2009). A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying strategy. Sage. · National Intelligence Council. (2021). Global trends 2040: A more contested world (NIC 2021-02339). Office of the Director of National Intelligence. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/GlobalTrends_2040.pdf · Porter, M. E. (1996). What is strategy? Harvard Business Review, 74(6), 61-78. · Porter, M. E. (2008). The five competitive forces that shape strategy. Harvard Business Review, 86(1), 78-93 You only need to find two more current (no more than 2 years old) Harvard Business Review articles (that means you will have a minimum total of 6 references), and you will be ready to draft a crisp executive summary that will grab the boss’s attention. · Contrast strategic theories focused inside and outside the firm as described by Carter et al. (2009). Include Porter's (1996; 2008) concepts in your analysis and critique. · Assess strategic implication of companies’ financial statements and how they can help your company by using the five examples you’ve just researched. · Illuminate emerging trends in economics and the environment (National Intelligence Council, 2021) that modify your ideas about strategic theories and approaches to strategic analysis. In your executive summary, you must support the answers to the questions and your analysis with evidence from the literature and the simulation. In addition to referencing the simulation, you must cite and reference the sources in the reading list as well as at least two additional, current Harvard Business Review articles from your independent research (not otherwise assigned in the course). The citations and references should follow the APA 7th edition format. Late papers will not be accepted unless you obtain prior approval from the instructor. This is a Turnitin™ assignment. When crafting your document remember to include: 1. Title page with your name, date, and MBA concentration (1 page) 2. Body—the executive summary part—double-spaced—using APA formatting and in-text citations (2-4 pages) a. Introduction and thesis statement b. Strategy critique c. Assess strategic implications with examples i. Use of accounting concepts ii. Use of financial concepts d. Trends, including economic and environmental trends e. Forward looking conclusion 3. Reference page (usually 1 page). You must use APA in-text citations and references. Data Detective Rubric Element Advanced 100% Proficient 85% Basic 75% Developing 65% Unsatisfactory 0% Endeavour on time 5% All five on time Four of five on time Three of five on time One or two on time None on time Endeavour rationale 5% Clear rationale on four rounds Clear rationale on three rounds Clear rationale on two rounds Clear rationale on one round No rationales or unclear rationales MBA1a/FIN 1 Problem solving Endeavour 5 5% All five correct Three or four correct Two correct One correct None correct Introduction and framework 5% Thoroughly describes criteria for analysis. Systematic development of ideas/arguments; consistently logical organization; clear thesis statement Adequately describes criteria for analysis. Usually systematic development of ideas/ arguments; occasional lapses of logic; clear thesis statement Briefly describes criteria for analysis. Inconsistent in organization and development of ideas; clear thesis statement; lack of clear transitions Inadequately describes criteria for analysis. Frequent absence of logical flow/ development of ideas/arguments; vague thesis statement Fails to describe. Information disorganized and/or incoherent; no thesis statement MBA1b/FIN3 Critical thinking Strategy critique 15% Accurately and incisively critiques strategic positions inside and outside the firm. Main points and objectives are emphasized and synthesized Accurately critiques inside and outside the firm. Important points and main objectives are emphasized and somewhat synthesized Summarizes rather than critiques strategy inside and outside the firm. Some points are emphasized, but there is little synthesis or critique The critique is weak but appears earnest The critique is sloppy and too poorly crafted to follow MBA1c/FIN2/ACC1 Financial accounting information significance 10% Discusses financial accounting information significance aspects in depth Shows modest understanding of information significance Writes about information significance but is not insightful Cursory connection to information significance Fails to address MBA1d/Econ 2 Economic and environmental trends 10% Clearly, accurately, and fully analyzes economic and environmental trends. Fully and accurately analyzes trends Basic description of trends. May reflect minor misconceptions Partially or simplistically describes. May contain substantive errors Insufficiently describes or inaccurately analyzes Conclusions 10% Discusses conclusions and recommendations in depth Shows modest understanding of conclusions and recommendations Writes about recommendations, but is not insightful Cursory statement of recommendations Fails to describe recommendations Consistency 10% Arguments are consistent and logically developed throughout Arguments are mostly consistent and logically developed throughout Arguments are mostly consistent and logical Arguments are not consistent and may not be logically structured. Inconsistent or illogical Mechanics 10% Grammatically correct and fluid. Well-written without spelling or typographical errors. All language in keeping with educated usage Grammatically correct and well-written with few, minor spelling or typographical errors. Language in keeping with educated usage Written with few, minor grammar, spelling, or typographical errors. Language in keeping with educated usage Errors in grammar, spelling, or language use detract from the product Egregious errors in grammar, spelling, or language use. Work may be sloppy in the extreme Scholarship 10% Thoroughly integrates and cites theory from course and supplementary materials. All topics are synthesized, and critically analyzed Adequately integrates and cites theory from course and supplementary materials. Topics are analyzed Missing substantial integration and citation of theory from course materials. Some analysis, but mostly summary Little or no integration or citation of theory from course materials No substantive scholarship, little analysis, citations missing or unacceptable APA 5% APA format correctly applied to overall paper, citations, and references (very few and very minor errors) APA format applied to overall paper, citations, and references (any errors are small and not serious) APA format incorrectly or not applied to overall paper, citations, and references (missing citations or missing references may cause further reduction in the grade) Some attempt at format other than APA, but full of errors Citation and reference format not appropriate or missing References Carter, C., Clegg, S. R., & Kornberger, M. (2009). A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying strategy. Sage. Narayanan, V. G., & Srinivasan, S. (2018, June 21). Financial analysis simulation: Data detective [Web-based simulation]. Harvard Business Publishing. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/8742-HTM-ENG National Intelligence Council. (2021). Global trends 2040: A more contested world (NIC 2021-02339). Office of the Director of National Intelligence. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/GlobalTrends_2040.pdf Porter, M. E. (1996). What is strategy? Harvard Business Review, 74(6), 61-78. Porter, M. E. (2008). The five competitive forces that shape strategy. Harvard Business Review, 86(1), 78-93 2 August 22, 2022