Homework
For this project, you will be given a scenario in which you will need to conduct research, suggest a course of action, and develop a 12 to 15 slides PowerPoint presentation of your charts and graphs.
Scenario
You have been asked to present your data findings and decision-making modeling to the leadership panel for feedback prior to the stakeholder meeting presentation. The panel wants to preview the charts and graphs that will be included in your presentation based on the research you have conducted. They would like to see how you will use the data to inform your recommendation and how you will tell the story of that data.
Goals
Here are your main goals for this project:
o Prepare a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the charts and graphs you will use to persuade stakeholders that your diversification plan will solve the problem your industry is facing.
o Choose and explain the decision-making process your company will use to implement your diversification strategy.
Instructions
Part 1
You will create a PowerPoint presentation that does the following:
o Presents graphs and charts describing the current state of and emerging trends within both the automotive manufacturing industry and the new industry.
o Discusses what each graph or chart tells us about these industries.
o Summarizes the collective data about both industries as a whole and what the data in the charts and graphs does and does not tell us about these industries and the problem you are trying to solve through diversification.
• Slide 1: Title/Introduction
o Create a title for your presentation and add notes about what you'll say out loud when this slide appears.
o Speaker Notes should answer questions: Why are you making this presentation? What do you hope to accomplish?
• Slide 2: Sales by Region-Auto Industry
In Slide 2, you will tell the story of your data visualization on sales by region. Start by finding the graph or chart you want to use on this slide. Then consider what is the main point that you want to emphasize about this visualization. For example, looking at the chart or graph, does one region clearly dominate sales? If so, do you want to emphasize that in the title? Is this dominance potentially problematic due to new state-level regulations? If so, you might describe the new regulations in the speaker notes. If no region dominates, describe that trend in the speaker notes and its consequences for the industry or your proposal.
Draft Slides 3 through 11, which will present your data visualizations
For each slide:
o Find the graph or chart you will use to cover the topic.
o Draft a title for the slide.
o Draft your speaker notes. Be sure to describe the main trend you want your audience to notice in the visualization (the graph or chart you'll be including on the slide), then explain the significance for your company's future growth and your diversification plan.
• Slide 3: Sales by Motor Type-Auto Industry
o Create a Title
o describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 4: Sales Over Time -Auto Industry
o Create a title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 5: Sales by Motor Type Over Time-Auto Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 6: Sales by Body Type over time- Auto Industry
o Create a title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 7: Customer Demands-Auto Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 8: Sales Over Time- New Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide
• Slide 9: Sales by Type of Product/Service over Time-New Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 10: Customer Demands- New Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 11: Expected Growth-New Industry
o Create a Title
o Describe the important information that you want to communicate to the stakeholders about the visual you'll put on this slide.
• Slide 12: Summary of Data
o Describe the 3-5 most important points you would like to summarize about the data you've presented.
o Speaker Notes: What are the most important points these visuals communicate? What do they say about the problem that you are trying to address in the automotive industry? What do they convey about the new industry? What does the data you present suggest about whether diversification would help solve the problem you hope to address?
Part 2
In Part 2, you will analyze three decision-making models and select the one you think is best suited to guide your company as it decides whether and how to adopt your diversification plan.
Study three decision-making models to determine which best suits your company. You can use the resources below and conduct your own research online. Then use this information to complete Slide 13 in the template below.
o Rational Decision Making: The 7-step Process for Making Logical Decisions
o Intuitive Decision Making
o The Recognition Primed Decision Model
• Slide 13: Decision Making Model
o Create a title
o describe the decision-making model that your company should adopt when it implements its diversification plan and why that model is the best choice.
Speaker Notes: Briefly describe the decision-making models and identify which one your company should adopt when implementing your diversification plan. Answer these questions: Why do you think your company should adopt this model? Is there anything about your plan, your company, or diversification strategies in general that best suit this model?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.