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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


  • 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.


  • Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s
    Citing Within Your Pape

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Answer To: Decisions for Quarter Two and Second Quarter Quarterly Business Review Part I: Decisions for Quarter...

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HISCO Annual Report
There are two sections to this assignment:
1) The Annual Report, and
2) The “Stan Sloane Letter”
Part 1 (Annual Report) is detailed below. Part 2 is described first.
The “Stan Sloane Letter”. HISCO’s owner, Stan Sloane, is very happy that he decided to hire you to help turn the company around. He is interested in having you stay on with the company. However, he will need assurance from you that you are committed to continuing to grow HISCO. In three to four pages, explain to Stan how you plan on running the company
over the next two years. You should discuss the majority of the items you developed when you first came on with the company, including: whether you would make any changes to the SWOT analysis, whether you would change the company strategy, negotiations you would make with company stakeholders, future technology suggestions, growth expectations in general for the industry and specifically for HISCO over the next two years, any concerns that occurred in the past year that you would address, and any other information you believe would be relevant in order to reassure Stan that he has placed the company in the right hands. You will add this letter at the end of the standard Annual Report. This letter is not part of a traditional Annual Report.
HISCO Summary Annual Report Template
This HISCO summary annual report template needs to be completed as part of your year-end activities. The due date is no later than Day 7 of Week 6 and is your final deliverable in BUS687. The HISCO summary annual report is worth 20% of your overall grade.
Our goal is to capture the essence of the “Major”sections of an annual report and provide an opportunity to synthesize your learnings from the simulation. This is the reason we refer to it as a summary annual report. You will simply not have enough detail to complete the typical nine sections. For example, you are not responsible for the Auditor’s Report. Naturally, you are encouraged to review real-world annual reports, which can be used as a strawman in preparation. Your HISCO Annual Report should be your own original work. Your recently completed Annual Operating Review in Week 5 should be very aligned to your Annual Report.
Preparing your HISCO summary annual report will be one of the most comprehensive assignments you will have completed during your MBA. You will gain an appreciation for the complexity and responsibility the senior executives continually face. Hopefully, you have experienced the holistic and competitive environment from the simulation. Your recently completed Annual Operating Review will provide the basics.
The information - qualitative and quantitative - in an annual report should provide current and prospective investors (as well as any stakeholder) a complete insight into the company’s historic performance andits plans for growth and improvement over the next few years, as defined by its strategy. Publicly traded companies are required by law to prepare and submit to many constituencies a variety of filings. The most well-known are the Annual Report to Shareholders and related Form 10-K. An Annual Report is technically an unofficial document. The Form 10-K will typically provide the most comprehensive summary of the company’s history, financials, risks and opportunities, and current operations. The Form 10-K is submitted annually to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Technically, HISCO is a private company (you may have sold equity to the venture capitalist) and only if it had publically trades debt would be required to file a Form 10-K.
As a future leader of a public or private company, you will learn the integrative nature of any business while you complete the HISCO summary Annual Report. This document can become an important part of your e-portfolio as you continue throughout the program. Your owner, Stanley Sloane, looks forward to reading your HISCO summary Annual Report. While details may vary state by state, even if your career leads to growing a small private business, you will need to file an Annual Report with The Secretary of State in your jurisdiction; another benefit to learning from our final activity.
The following page identifies specifics instructions for preparation for each required section. Please remember to save your work frequently. An on-line search will reveal innumerable sites devoted to annual reports.
Required Sections in
HISCO Summary Annual Report
We leave to your imagination, creativity, and perusal of real world Annual Reports as to what Financial Statements, Graphics (e.g., from the Business Intelligence Dashboard, Variance Walks, and all others in your model), Pictures, etc., to copy and paste (or alt-printscreen, paste and crop) from the simulation model into the Word document below.
The minimally required sections are as follows:
Cover Page
You can design your own cover page. It should be reflective of your corporate image and may include a picture and/or logo. At a minimum, it will include the name 2019 HISCO Summary Annual Report as well as your name and date. The cover page can only be 1 page.
CEO Letter
The CEO Letter is designed to share the Strategy, Financial Highlight Summary, and Business Overview of the past year. It will typically also include the future growth outlook for the business (detailed in the Sales, Marketing and Industry pages below). The CEO Letter can be a maximum of 3...
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