Forecasting and business opportunities

A. Based on your knowledge of this organization, what is a likely investment it would consider and why? Be sure to describe the basic features of the investment as a foundation for considering its potential financial impact. B. Evaluate the approximate costs and benefits of the investment you identified, explaining how these would affect your spreadsheet projections and business decisions. Estimates are sufficient, but should be grounded in common sense and insight into the organization. C. How does the potential investment affect budgeting and related business decisions? For example, does the investment involve significant cash spending this coming year, followed by benefits in the following year? How might that affect short-term and long-term spending priorities? Does the benefit outweigh the cost?
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MBA 520 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
By now you have the knowledge of how to evaluate the equity of the company, analyze the market economy’s behavior, and predict a company’s future behavior
through forecasting. Based on this knowledge, you will identify and describe business opportunities that the company should pursue and explain the
benefits/costs of these decisions.
Prompt: In this section, discuss the incremental impact of a hypothetical, but reasonable, simple new investment project, such as a new product or facility or a
cost-cutting investment, as an initial step in thinking about the future. Be sure to address the following:
A. Based on your knowledge of this organization, what is a likely investment it would consider and why? Be sure to describe the basic features of the
investment as a foundation for considering its potential financial impact.
B. Evaluate the approximate costs and benefits of the investment you identified, explaining how these would affect your spreadsheet projections and
business decisions. Estimates are sufficient, but should be grounded in common sense and insight into the organization.
C. How does the potential investment affect budgeting and related business decisions? For example, does the investment involve significant cash spending
this coming year, followed by benefits in the following year? How might that affect short-term and long-term spending priorities? Does the benefit
outweigh the cost?
Guidelines for Submission: Your Business Opportunities report should be approximately 8-10 pages long (excluding title page, spreadsheets and graphs, and
references list). It should be double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, and should use the latest guidelines for APA formatting
for references and citations. Please also include your name, course name, and submission date on the title page.
Critical Elements
Business
Opportunities: Likely
Investment
Exemplary (100%)
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
investment identified is
particularly well-aligned with
the needs, priorities, and goals
of the organization
Proficient (90%)
Identifies likely investment to
consider and why, describing its
basic features as a foundation
for considering potential
financial impact
Needs Improvement (70%)
Identifies likely investment to
consider and why, describing its
basic features as a foundation
for considering potential
financial impact, but response
is cursory or contains
inaccuracies or justification for
why investment would be of
interest to organization is weak
Not Evident (0%)
Does not identify likely
investment to consider and
why, describing its basic
features as a foundation for
considering potential financial
impact
Value
30
Business
Opportunities: Costs
and Benefits
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
evaluation is based on realistic
estimates and is especially well
aligned with decision-making
needs
Evaluates approximate costs
and benefits of investment
identified, explaining how these
would affect spreadsheet
projections and business
decisions
Business
Opportunities:
Implications
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
discussion of budgeting
implications is particularly
nuanced and well aligned with
decision-making needs
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented in
a professional and easy-to-read
format
Assesses implications of
potential investment for
budgeting and related business
decisions
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Evaluates approximate costs
and benefits of investment
identified, explaining how these
would affect spreadsheet
projections and business
decisions, but evaluation is
cursory or contains gaps in
accuracy or logic, or links to
business decisions are weak
Assesses the implications of
potential investment for
budgeting and related business
decisions, but evaluation is
cursory or contains inaccuracies
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Does not evaluate approximate
costs and benefits of
investment identified,
explaining how these would
affect spreadsheet projections
and business decisions
30
Does not assess implications of
potential investment for
budgeting and related business
decisions
30
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Earned Total
100%
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