Assignment Content Now that you’ve identified the organization’s SWOT, you need to determine the project and its objectives and metrics. This project should be based on an unmet opportunity for the organization, or to minimize a potential threat. What does the organization need to do to advance its goals and/or expand its competitive advantage? How will you measure their progress? Complete the following: Explain why this opportunity/threat was selected, and how it is anticipated to benefit the organization. Create at least 3 measurable project objectives based on your analyses. Determine timelines and responsibilities for each objective (e.g. with a RACI chart) Explain why these objectives are appropriate for the project. Develop at least 2 metrics to evaluate achievement of each of the project objectives. Provide a 1-page explanation for why these are appropriate metrics for each of the objectives.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, all students are required to read Chapter 9 in the book, The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success. In addition to Chapter 9, review your assigned chapter according to the first letter of your last name provided in the list below:If your last name begins with A, B, C, read Chapter 1If your last name begins with D, E, F, read Chapter 2If your last name begins with G, H, I, read Chapter 3If your last name begins with J, K, L, read Chapter 4If your last name begins with M, N, O, read Chapter 5If your last name begins with P, Q, R, read Chapter 6If your last name begins with S, T, U, V, read Chapter 7If your last name begins with W, X, Y, Z, read Chapter 8After reading your assigned chapter, create a slide presentation linking what you have read in The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success to the theories of capital allocation in the textbook, Foundations of Financial Management.In your presentation,Describe the CEO and the example of the company (one to two slides).Examine the theoretical application of capital allocation (one to two slides).Explain how the CEO highlighted in your required chapter used the theories of capital allocation and applied them to his or her situation (two to three slides). You may also want to use Chapter 9 from The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success.Summarize three key takeaways you learned from linking the textbook theory to the real-world scenario highlighted in your required chapter (one to two slides).Note: You are not required to record your presentation and will be graded on the submitted slides only.The Outsiders presentationMust be five to nine slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.), as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) resource. You need to include speaker notes for each slide. Review the Add Speaker Notes to Your Slides (Links to an external site.) resource for support.Reference:Thorndike, W., N., Jr. (2012). The outsiders: Eight unconventional CEOs and their radically rational blueprint for success. Harvard Business Review Press.

In this lesson, we discuss the importance of integrating sales and operations. This idea of integrated management is indeed a key tenet of supply chain and operations management practices today.Summarize the ways through which sales and operations planning can be integrated. Then, extend your findings to additional supply chain management processes that you feel could be better integrated.Which two (or more) processes did you integrate? Why and how?In response to your peers, discuss what this integration could do to improve a company's bottom line.To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.