Before starting the discussion read the following Required Supplemental Reading MaterialCOMMUNICATING WITH YOUR MANAGERWeek 4.a: How to talk so your boss will listenhttp://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/08/19/how-to-talk-so-your-boss-will-listenCOMMUNICATING WITH EXECUTIVESWeek 4.b: Simple Rules for communicating with executiveshttp://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2003/06/30/smallb4.html?page=allWhen you have read the above articles:Write an initial thread of what you have learned from the articles; what you agreed (or disagreed with) and so on. Discuss (talk about) the reading material with your fellow students. You can talk about what you learned from the articles; what you liked; what you did not like; what the authors missed in their article; how the articles relate to your experience and so on. When I read your discussions I want to see evidence that you have actually read the material and that you truly understand what you read and how it applied to the real world business environment. ONE THREAD ONLY PLEASE

Given your generic business strategy from week 1, if your business can afford only one major system upgrade at this time, describe how one of the following types of systems could contribute to the value of your business and influence the business strategy—choose either: computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), supply chain management (SCM) systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. CAD/CAM systems enable businesses to design and manufacture unique products to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. SCM systems can improve efficiency and reduce costs if a business has a large number of suppliers and products. CRM systems enable businesses to better manage customer information to develop deep relationships with customers. ERP systems help to manage resources (e.g., finance, inventory, human resources) to improve the efficiency of business operations. Even though your business may use many types of systems, focus on one (CAD/CAM, SCM, CRM, or ERP) that is most important for your business strategy.Create a professional PowerPoint presentation for your business recommending a system upgrade. Make sure you remind your business team of the generic strategy and how the system you are proposing will enhance the business strategy. The presentation should provide a description of the new type of system and describe the types of people in the company who would use or be impacted by the new system. In the PowerPoint presentation you should justify your decision by describing what business improvements your business could make with the new system. The Porter Value Chain and Five Competitive Forces models can be helpful in describing the areas impacted by the new system and how the new system could impact your business’ competitive advantage. Although a cost/benefit analysis would typically be included in this type of presentation, that is not required for this assignment.The PowerPoint presentation must:10 slides will be enoughUse, as the minimum, an 18 point Times New Roman font Contain video and audio of you presenting your slidesHave a file size no larger than 19MbThe Kaltura Capture Desktop Recorder should work fineBe uploaded to Canvas

The assignment 1-1.5 pages with your final project in mind must include: An explanation of whether OLS regression or binary logistic regression is more appropriate to evaluate the program, problem, or policy you selected for your Evaluation Design. Explain how you would use the selected analysis, and justify why this type of regression analysis is most appropriate. Resources Johnson, G. (2014). Research methods for public administrators (3rd ed.). Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. Chapter 15, “Data Analysis: Regression” (pp. 216–229)Garson, G. D. (2009, April 4). Logistic regression. Retrieved from http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/logistic.htm Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Correlation and introduction to regression. [Multimedia file] Baltimore, MD: Author.