{"id":13195,"date":"2020-11-24T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/24\/mba-640-final-project-milestone-one-guidelines-and-rubric\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T09:05:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:05:29","slug":"mba-640-final-project-milestone-one-guidelines-and-rubric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/24\/mba-640-final-project-milestone-one-guidelines-and-rubric\/","title":{"rendered":"mba 640 final project milestone one guidelines and rubric"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>MBA 640 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric<\/p>\n<p>Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of an external capital funding proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Most businesses face a landscape of uncertainty and a never-ending stream of risks and opportunities. Managers must continually project the likely financial<br \/>\nimpact of decisions, make recommendations, act on those decisions, determine how to pay for them, and evaluate the costs and effectiveness of what has been<br \/>\ndone. Many decisions are short-term, routine, and operational. Others are longer-term investment decisions that require substantial new resources, such as<br \/>\ndeveloping new services, expanding into new geographic markets, or undertaking business combinations or spin-offs. Each requires managers to forecast, plan,<br \/>\nand make decisions based on a thorough understanding of both internal and external factors that can affect a company\u2019s financial success.<\/p>\n<p>For the summative assessment in this course, you will bring your finance and economics knowledge to bear by preparing an external capital funding proposal for<br \/>\na major international investment at a publicly traded corporation. In order to secure the support of potential financial backers, your proposal will need to lay out<br \/>\nwhat the proposed investment opportunity is, how it fits within the company\u2019s broader mission and goals, its financial impact, and the amount being requested<br \/>\nand why (including alternative funding mechanisms considered). In addition, it will also need to include information on the organization\u2019s context, risk factors,<br \/>\nand microeconomic assumptions that could affect the success of the investment.<\/p>\n<p>Prompt: You have already chosen the company you will use for your final project, and you have started a narrative description of your expansion project into<br \/>\nanother country. In this milestone, you will build on that narrative description providing sufficient detail about the expansion, its costs, and its time frame to give<br \/>\na loan committee a firm sense of the proposed investment. You will also analyze the impact of the investment proposal on your business by explaining why now<br \/>\nis the right time for this investment given the global context and by explaining how the investment is a good strategic fit with your company. This milestone<br \/>\naddresses all of Section II and Section III (Parts A and B only) of the final project.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:<\/p>\n<p>II.\u00a0 Investment Project: Use this section to describe the investment for which you are seeking funding, its costs, and time frame. Specifically, you should:<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Describe the investment project. Be sure to provide sufficient detail to give the loan committee a firm sense of the parameters of the activity, the<br \/>\nneed for it, and what financial metrics are relevant for determining success. In other words, what do you propose to do, where, what marketplace<br \/>\nneed will it fill, and how will you measure success?<br \/>\nB.\u00a0 Specify the resources the project will require and where these resources will come from. In addition to noting the amount of the loan you are<br \/>\nrequesting, you should also consider human resources, facilities, government approvals, intellectual property, access to natural resources, and other<br \/>\nresources that might be required to carry out the project.<br \/>\nC.\u00a0 Time frame. When will the project start, what is the anticipated economic life of the proposed expansion, and how will you decide if, when, or how<br \/>\nto exit? Justify your choices with appropriate financial metrics.<\/p>\n<p>III.\u00a0 Justification: In this section, you should analyze the impact of the investment proposal on your business. In particular, you should cover:<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Why is now a good time for this investment given the global context? Justify your response, citing specific external factors such as trade regulations,<br \/>\nforeign currency considerations, or trends in foreign direct investment that might affect business financial decisions.<br \/>\nB.\u00a0 Strategic fit. Use this section to discuss why the investment proposal makes sense for your company strategically. Specifically:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0 How does the investment align with the company\u2019s organizational and financial priorities? Support your argument with evidence from<br \/>\ncompany reports and financial statement analysis designed to persuade the lender that the investment is a good strategic fit for your<br \/>\ncompany.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 How does the project fit within the global microeconomic environment? Support your response with evidence. For example, would the<br \/>\nexpansion tap unmet demand for the company\u2019s key products or services or fill a new niche? How do you know?<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 How does the project build on the organization\u2019s core competencies and comparative advantage? For example, does the company have a<br \/>\nstrategic advantage from intellectual property, regional expertise, suppliers, or organizational structure?<\/p>\n<p>Rubric<br \/>\nGuidelines for Submission: Your investment project and justification paper should be approximately 8-10 pages in length (excluding spreadsheets, other exhibits,<br \/>\nand list of references as necessary). It should be double-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, and should use APA format for<br \/>\nreferences and citations.<\/p>\n<p>Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information,<br \/>\nreview these instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Critical<br \/>\nElements<br \/>\nProficient (100%)\u00a0 Needs Improvement (75%)\u00a0 Not Evident (0%)\u00a0 Value<br \/>\nInvestment<br \/>\nProject:<br \/>\nDescribe<\/p>\n<p>Describes investment project,<br \/>\nproviding sufficient detail to give a<br \/>\nfirm sense of the parameters of<br \/>\nactivity, market need, and relevant<br \/>\nfinancial metrics for determining<br \/>\nsuccess<br \/>\nDescribes investment project, but<br \/>\ndescription lacks detail, contains<br \/>\ninaccuracies, or omits key<br \/>\ninformation on parameters, market<br \/>\nneed, and relevant financial metrics<br \/>\nfor determining success<br \/>\nDoes not describe investment project\u00a0\u00a0 13<br \/>\nInvestment<br \/>\nProject:<br \/>\nResources<\/p>\n<p>Specifies resources required,<br \/>\nincluding amount of loan and other<br \/>\nphysical and financial resources,<br \/>\nalong with where resources will<br \/>\ncome from<br \/>\nSpecifies resources required,<br \/>\nincluding amount of loan requested,<br \/>\nother physical and financial<br \/>\nresources, and where resources will<br \/>\ncome from, but response contains<br \/>\ninaccuracies or omits key details<br \/>\nDoes not specify resources required\u00a0\u00a0 13<br \/>\nInvestment<br \/>\nProject: Time<br \/>\nFrame<\/p>\n<p>Determines when project will start,<br \/>\nanticipated economic life, and exit<br \/>\nprocess, justifying choices with<br \/>\nappropriate financial metrics<br \/>\nDetermines when project will start,<br \/>\nanticipated economic life, and exit<br \/>\nprocess, justifying choices with<br \/>\nfinancial metrics, but response<br \/>\ncontains inaccuracies, omits key<br \/>\ndetails, or financial metrics are not<br \/>\nappropriate<br \/>\nDoes not determine when project<br \/>\nwill start, anticipated economic life,<br \/>\nand exit process<br \/>\n13<br \/>\nJustification:<br \/>\nWhy Now<\/p>\n<p>Evaluates why now is a good time for<br \/>\nthis investment in the global context,<br \/>\nciting specific external factors that<br \/>\nmight affect business financial<br \/>\ndecisions in justifying response<br \/>\nEvaluates why now is a good time for<br \/>\nthis investment in the global context,<br \/>\nciting specific external factors, but<br \/>\nresponse contains inaccuracies,<br \/>\nomits key details, or links to business<br \/>\nfinancial decisions are tenuous<br \/>\nDoes not evaluate why now is a good<br \/>\ntime for this investment in the global<br \/>\ncontext, citing specific external<br \/>\nfactors that might affect business<br \/>\nfinancial decisions in justifying<br \/>\nresponse<br \/>\n13<br \/>\nJustification:<br \/>\nStrategic Fit:<br \/>\nPriorities<\/p>\n<p>Persuasively argues how the<br \/>\ninvestment aligns with the<br \/>\ncompany\u2019s organizational and<br \/>\nfinancial priorities, supported by<br \/>\nevidence from company reports and<br \/>\nfinancial statement analysis<br \/>\nArgues how the investment aligns<br \/>\nwith the company\u2019s organizational<br \/>\nand financial priorities, supported by<br \/>\nevidence, but argument is cursory,<br \/>\nillogical, contains inaccuracies, or is<br \/>\npoorly supported by evidence and<br \/>\nsound financial analysis<br \/>\nDoes not argue how the investment<br \/>\naligns with the company\u2019s<br \/>\norganizational and financial priorities<br \/>\n13<br \/>\nJustification:<br \/>\nStrategic Fit:<br \/>\nMicroeconomic<\/p>\n<p>Assesses how the project fits within<br \/>\nthe global microeconomic<br \/>\nenvironment, supported by evidence<br \/>\nAssesses how the project fits within<br \/>\nthe global microeconomic<br \/>\nenvironment, supported by evidence,<br \/>\nbut response is cursory, poorly<br \/>\nsupported, contains inaccuracies, or<br \/>\nlinks between microeconomic factors<br \/>\nand project are tenuous<br \/>\nDoes not assess how the project fits<br \/>\nwithin the global microeconomic<br \/>\nenvironment<br \/>\n13<br \/>\nJustification:<br \/>\nStrategic Fit:<br \/>\nComparative<br \/>\nAdvantage<\/p>\n<p>Evaluates how project builds on<br \/>\norganization\u2019s core competencies and<br \/>\ncomparative advantage in explaining<br \/>\nwhy the project makes sense<br \/>\nstrategically<br \/>\nEvaluates how project builds on<br \/>\norganization\u2019s core competencies and<br \/>\ncomparative advantage in explaining<br \/>\nwhy the project makes sense, but<br \/>\nresponse is cursory, contains<br \/>\ninaccuracies, or is only tangentially<br \/>\nrelated to strategic fit<br \/>\nDoes not evaluate how project builds<br \/>\non organization\u2019s core competencies<br \/>\nand comparative advantage in<br \/>\nexplaining why the project makes<br \/>\nsense strategically<br \/>\n13<br \/>\nArticulation of<br \/>\nResponse<br \/>\nSubmission has no major errors<br \/>\nrelated to citations, grammar,<br \/>\nspelling, syntax, or organization<br \/>\nSubmission has major 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