Business Finance – Operations Management BUS 499 Week 9 Assignment Powerpoint

This final presentation will be 20 slides in total: five content slides from assignment #1 [exclude the title and sources slides], six slides from assignment #2 [exclude the title and sources slides], and nine slides from this assignment [including a title slide and cumulative sources slide].

· Slide 1: Title slide. Add the name of the company as a subtitle and your name and the date.

· Slide 2: Describe the potential impact of not acting on the selected challenge or opportunity. Use data to support your conclusion. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 3: Evaluate the potential return on investment (ROI) for acting on this challenge or opportunity. Use data to support your explanation. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 4: Implementation strategy that advises the company’s leadership on how to create a sense of urgency and shared mission around implementing the business consulting plan. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

Slides 5-8 will come from your Week 7 communication plan. (Note: Be sure you have addressed and incorporated instructor feedback.)

· Slide 5: State the overall objective of the communication plan and the key stakeholders who are directly or indirectly impacted by the recommended strategy. Indicate if the stakeholder will be leading or following the change(s). (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 6: Determine the appropriate stakeholder communication channels to provide information and actively listen to concerns or recommendations. Explain how this is inclusive and motivating to the organizational culture. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 7: Provide a timeline for the implementation including important milestones and deadlines. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 8: Summarize the next steps in the recommendation and specify the key individuals or departments responsible for executing and overseeing the implementation plan. This promotes accountability and clarity in the process. (Detailed explanation should be placed in the speaker notes.)

· Slide 9: Sources slide. Use three or more quality sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source slide at least one time within your assignment. (
Note: The final sources slide should be cumulative to include all sources used in the three assignments.)

· For help with research, writing, and citation, access the 
library.

· Combine all of your slides from week 3, week 6, and this week’s assignment together into one singular presentation file. This is your full pitch deck that you would present to the company leadership. (Note: See the guide in the resources section for help on how to reuse and combine slides together in a PowerPoint presentation.)

· Produce writing that is clear and well organized and applies appropriate 
Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) style. Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

Be sure to read the assignment instructions for detail needed for each slide. Be sure to compare your work to the Rubric. Note that in the template provided in Canvas, Slide 2 is instructional and should be deleted – once you insert your Week 3 and Week 6 assignments into the template, your Week 9 PPT should end up in the order shown below. So yes, you are to use what you already wrote in Weeks 3 and 6 into this assignment – be sure to review your gradebook comments first to see if there is any room for improvement.

The order of slides for the week 9 assignment is as follows:

Note that slides 1-8 are new and specific to Week 9

1. Title Page

2. Potential impact of waiting. Slide 2 in the week 9 PPT template is instructional and should be deleted, making potential impact of waiting slide 2. This is linked to the Challenge (Threats) or Opportunity from Assignment 2. What impact (financial or other) impact is there if they do not act on your (remember you are a consultant) recommendation? 

3. Potential ROI. What is the Return on Investment for implementing your strategy? (financial returns/profits/etc/sustainability

4. Implementation Strategy – This is actually linked to the Week 6 Discussion. 

5. Communication Plan – objective and key stakeholder data

6. Communication Plan – stakeholder channels

7. Communication Plan – timeline

8. Next steps – Provide a timeline for the implementation including important milestones and deadlines. Summarize the next steps in the recommendation. Specify the key individuals or departments responsible for executing and overseeing the plan.

Slides 9-13 come from the week 3 assignment:

9. Company Background

10. Operations

11. Financial Data

12. SWOT

13. Two challenges (threats) or opportunities for the company

Slides 14-19 come from the week 6 assignment:

14. One challenge or opportunity you will address as a consultant

15. Competitor Solutions

16. Competitor Solutions

17. Recommendation

18. Recommendation approach

19. Recommendation focus

Slide 20 includes any and all sources/references used. Be sure to cite your courses per SWS in your Speakers’ Notes.