Assignment Content : Tesla Review Strategic Management-8 Most Popular Cases in Connect. Access the case studies from the folder on the main course page in Blackboard. Project plans outline the intended course of events; however, things don’t always happen as intended. Organizations need to consider risks and develop a contingency plan. This plan is typically presented to management. Based on your prior research, determine potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives.?Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risks. Add the potential risks and contingency plan to your Wk?4 – Apply: Project Plan assignment. Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes and visuals on every slide in which you: Identify the organization’s information presented in Wk?1. Synthesize the SWOT analysis and market trend research. Explain how the project objectives will advance the organizational goals. Assess how success will be measured. Evaluate the value this project will bring to the organization. Identify project metrics, timelines, and responsible parties. Develop a contingency plan for each of the potential risk factors for not meeting each of the project objectives.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Overview: This section of your report will be devoted to providing a thorough overview of the background of the corporation you selected and setting the foundation for your later discussion of the challenges financial managers face. Specifically, you must address the following: A. Describe the market to which your corporation belongs, identifying the products or services your corporation sells and the share of the market it has. B. Describe the customer base of your corporation and the top competitors for this customer base. Be sure to consider what motivates the customers and the challenges the organization faces in retaining the customer base. C. Describe the key inputs (and sources of those inputs) used to create the products or services, as well as the key resources for corporate operation (such as staff, facilities, technologies, etc.) and the extent to which attaining all these resources presents a challenge to the particular organization. D. Analyze key market trends and issues within the industry for potential risks to the organization. II. Financial History: The next section of your report should focus on the financial history and capital structure of your organization. A. Quantitatively analyze three years’ worth of the corporation’s finances using the provided Excel template. You will submit this template along with your report, and may embed pieces of the Excel template into your report to show key financial highlights in the following critical element. B. Summarize the financial highlights you determined from the analysis in the Excel template, explaining the significance of the key ratios for the overall financial health of the organization. III. Capital Structure: In the third section of your report, discuss the capital structure of the corporation. A. Outline the most recent year’s debt, equity, and total capital using the provided template to show the overall capital structure of the corporation. B. Articulate the corporation’s dividend policy and what impact it has on the investors. C. Analyze the relationship between capital structure, cost of capital, and risk, using examples from your chosen organization. D. Explain how the relationship between capital structure, cost of capital, and risk can help inform decision making and maximize corporate value. IV. Valuation: The final section of your report will focus on calculating current value, outlining assumptions, and estimating the future value of the corporation through forecasting the cash flows. Specifically, respond to the following: A. Calculate the current market value of equity for your corporation, using the three-year history and provided Excel template, and explain what it means for the corporation. B. Outline any assumptions you have made in calculating the current value and estimating the future value of the corporation, explaining why you made them and why they are important. (Hint: Assumptions can include growth rates, margins, trends, etc.) C. Estimate the current value of your corporation by forecasting the cash flows over five years using the provided Excel template, and explain your findings. Calculate EVA, NPV, IRR and MIRR.

Week 5 - Discussion 1Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 9 of The Leadership Experience.The Saddle Creek Deli had been so successful that Richard Purvis, owner and manager, hired a manager so that he could devote time to other business interests. He selected Paul McCarthy, whose prior experience included the supervision of a small restaurant. McCarthy was paid a straight salary plus a percentage of the amount he saved the business monthly, based on the previous month’s operating expenses. All other employees were paid a straight hourly rate. McCarthy single-handedly decided to initiate a cost-saving program designed to increase his earnings. He changed the wholesale meat and cheese suppliers, lowering both his cost and product quality. He reduced the size and portion of everything on the menu. He discontinued the one-dollar meals for employees and eliminated the employee discount. Frustrated, the employees streamed out of the meeting and quietly grumbled about the changes. Tension mounted and resentment toward McCarthy grew.How do you think Purvis could improve communications between McCarthy and the employees? Be specific in your recommendations.Week 5 - Discussion 2Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10 of The Leadership Experience.The following is from the “Consider This!” section of Chapter 10:Fact 1: As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an “uplift” for the birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.Fact 2: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.Lesson: If we have as much sense as a goose, we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.Fact 3: When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. Like geese, people are interdependent on each other’s skills, capabilities, and unique arrangements of gifts, talents, or resources.Fact 4: The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.Lesson: We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one’s heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.Fact 5: When a goose gets sick, wounded, or shot down, two geese drop out of the formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.Lesson: If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.Explain how the lesson from the geese applies to leadership strategy in a team setting.