Term Paper: The term paper is a comprehensive semester-long project. Students will complete this project in the steps described below and on BlackBoard. Your final project is your major contribution, where you will exhibit your learning. Students will individually select an organization, assess its financial effectiveness and make recommendations to improve its finance plans and results though the approaches, principles and methods learning in the class. You are free to choose an organization that you are familiar with, including an organization you have already started or worked for or you may also choose a fictitious organization that you want to start sometime in the future. This project will incorporate important concepts and frameworks introduced throughout the course and will demonstrate the students’ ability to understand and properly apply these concepts in real-life contexts. Parameters and guidelines for the assessment are as follows: Select an organization, e.g., a corporation, company, firm or association (ideally, an organization which you have some interest in starting or running) for in-depth analysis of their management practices. The research report should be approximately 6-7 pages (double spaced) with at least 3 scholarly references in addition to your eText for a minimum of 4 total references. This research should incorporate a wide array of data sources to cover all different aspects of managing the organization in detail and suggests meaningful recommendations to the company based on what you’ve learned in the course. Data sources may include: trade magazines, library sources, industry analysis, analyst reports, focus group discussions, customer interviews, employee interviews, executive interviews, customer surveys, social media analysis, online community analysis, etc. Project should be well organized and encompass the above subject and content guidelines, and an electronic copy of the project should be submitted via safe assignment The term paper report structure is as follows: (This structure is only to help students to get started and think further in this directions. Students are free to adapt the structure of the research report as they desire.) 1. Introduction Background and Context: Discuss type of industry, products/services, existing channels, competition in the context of sales and customer service, and how organizational vision and strategies have influenced their management. 7 2. Analysis of current managerial style and philosophy 3. Analysis of key terms and principles learned in class and how they relate to the current status and future goals of the company 4. Analysis of related Organizational Systems, Policies & Culture 5. Recommendations 6. Conclusion 7. References this is my company selection and my teachers response. Hello Professor Kallet, I have decided to do my term paper on L’Oreal. This company is a publicly traded company and it’s the largest cosmetic company in the world. L’Oreal is a vast company with a lot of different fields in which I can focus my term paper in. I myself am an employee at this company where I am starting a career in. which is a plus for me as I am driven to learn as much as I can about this company. I plan to write about the origin of this company, how much as it grown and how it has become the number one cosmetic company in the world. Their social responsibility and their culture, which I can attest first hand. In all the companies I have worked for there is none quite like L’Oreal. Corporate Selection Approved. This is a great choice since it is a diverse company with a great deal of public information available for analysis. One note of caution – General Mills has a very diverse group of product offerings that go well beyond just one or two categories. Make sure that your paper focuses on the ENTIRE company′s performance, not just a segment of it. Remember that the three key components of your paper are to: – Assess the organizations financial effectiveness and then make recommendations to improve their finance plans and results though the approaches, principles and methods learned in the class. – Perform an in- depth analysis of their management practices. – Conduct an analysis of their current managerial style and philosophy. Also remember to follow the paper guidelines as outlined on the syllabus to ensure that you hit the major paper topics and requirements.