BUS/475 INTEGRATED BUSINESS UOP whole course

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Week One: Introduction to Strategic Management

 

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

1.1  Define strategic management and planning.

1.2  Create an organizational mission and vision statement.

1.3  Analyze an organization in terms of its structure, culture, and purpose.

1.4  Develop a strategic plan.

05/23/13

 

Readings

Read Ch. 1–3 & Ch. 2 Appendix of Strategic Management;

Ch. 7 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace.

Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

By 05/23/13

 

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

05/23/13

2

Student Recall

 

Graded as a learning team

 

Introduction to Strategic Management

Each team will: Prepare a 60-second commercial on the importance of strategic management.

 

Review terms and key concepts in Chapters 1 – 3, Ch. 2, Appendix of Strategic Management, and Ch. 7 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace. Be prepared to participate in a student recall activity, for example Jeopardy, Student Feud, pop quiz, debate, team discussion, class activity…etc…

 

Before class, research as much information as you can about Enron and its company’s strategic plan. If you were to construct Enron in 2013, what would your strategic management strategy be? Be very specific in sharing your information. I do not want explanations….I want examples.

05/23/13

2

In Class Activity

PIAT Exercise

 

Individually graded

 

Strategic Planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilize all of the information you learned from previous classes and the information from the reading this week to complete the following exercises.

 

In Class Activity:

“Do It Your Way Jewelry Organization” customizes their jewelry on spot to meet the needs of its upscale clients who mostly live in New York, The Hamptons, and Beverly Hills. Because of the nature of the business, this organization provides services and products to meet its customer’ needs.

 

In class is where your work begins. Write 10 to 13 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides where you do the following. Be clear and specific to demonstrate your understanding of the concept.

 

-          Write a vision and mission statement for Do It Your Way Jewelry Organization.

-          Determine the structure, culture (statement), and purpose of the organization.

-          Design your strategic plan for the organization

-          Create a logo for the organization

-          Craft your organization’s motto.

05/23/13

2

Learning Team Charter

 

 

Selection of Your Learning Team

 

Post the final copy of your learning team charter in your learning team forum by the due date and time. You will not earn the point if the learning team charter is not posted on time.

Resource: Learning Team Charter

Create the Learning Team Charter and post it

Select Learning Team members who you will work with throughout the course. Identify your next team meeting location, date, and time.

Review the objectives from Week One and discuss additional insights and questions that may have arisen.

Read the following items, available at http://ecampus.phoenix.edu:

  • “Guide to Completing the UOP Learning Team Charter”
  • “Learning Team Charter”
  • “Learning Team Log”
  • “Learning Team Evaluation”

 

Note: The Learning Team Charter details specific guidelines for the team on how assignment responsibilities will be divided, how many times to meet to complete an assignment, and the cutoff timeframe for information to be included in assignments, etc…..This is your opportunity to establish accountability practices to hold each other accountable.

By 05/24/13 at 6:00 pm

1

Final Examination Preparation

The Final Examination in this course is a comprehensive examination that covers content from the core courses in the BSB program. The Sample Examination in this week should prepare you for the Final Examination you complete in Week Five. You are encouraged to complete this Sample Examination as practice prior to completing the Final Examination. 

05/27/13

 

Total Points for Week 1

Participation, student recall, in class activity, and learning team charter

 

7

 


 

Week Two: Internal and External Environment

 

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

2   

2.1  Conduct a SWOTT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends) analysis.

2.2  Analyze the effect of the internal and external environments on an organization’s strategic plan.

5/30/13

 

Readings

Read Ch. 4–6 of Strategic Management and Ch. 3 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace. Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

By 5/30/13

 

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

5/30/13

2

Student Recall

 

Graded as a learning team

 

Effects of internal and external environments on an organization’s strategic plan

Each team will: Prepare a 60-second commercial on the importance of knowing the effects of internal and external environments on your business and preparing your strategic plan.

 

Bring in a newspaper clip or watch CNBC and be prepared to discuss information that relates to this week objectives.

 

Review terms and key concepts in Chapters 4-6 of Strategic Management and Ch. 3 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace.

 

Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings and be prepared to participate in a student recall activity, for example Jeopardy, Student Feud, pop quiz, debate, team discussion, class activity…etc…

 

Action: Before Class, research information on the recent activities/news on Kim Jong Uh, North Korea. Jot down information from your research and be prepared to share the potential effects on internal and external US business environments if missiles are fired or war is declared.

5/30/13

2

In Class Activity

PIAT Exercise

 

SWOTT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends) analysis.

 

Individually graded

 

 

 

Before Class, review the readings from Weeks 1 and 2. In addition, use your favorite search engine to research as much information as you can about Coca Cola and Sports Illustration. Identify information on their vision, mission, culture, and purpose. If you are not able to locate this specific information, write one for them. Based on the information you find, write what you think should be the strategic plan for Coca Cola and Sports Illustration.

 

In Class, the following actions will take place.

 Utilizing information from Weeks 1 and 2 along with your research to perform a SWOTT analysis of Coca Cola and Sports Illustrated. Be specific and as detailed as possible with your information. Then write an action plan as to how Coca Cola and Sports Illustrated should position themselves to work through the results of the SWOTT analysis to continue to support their Strategical Plan. Remember, you cannot predict the future but you can plan for different scenarios.

 

Write 13 to 16 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides to share your information with the instructor.

5/30/13

2

Individual

Strategic Plan,

 

Part I: Conceptualizing a Business

Write a 700- to 1,000-word paper in which you explain the importance of your selected business’s (one you create) vision, mission, and values in determining your strategic direction. Include the following:

 

·         Define your business, products or services, and customers by developing a mission statement. Ensure that you are differentiating your product or service.

 

·         Create a vision for this organization that clearly demonstrates your decision on what you want your business to become in the future.

 

·         Define your guiding principles or values for your selected business considering the topics of culture, social responsibility, and ethics.

 

·         Analyze how the vision, mission, and values guide the organization’s strategic direction.

 

·         Evaluate how the organization addresses customer needs and critique how they achieve competitive advantage.

 

Be Prepare to discuss this assignment with the class and/or use concepts from it in the Student Recall or In Class Activity.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

JohnS_BUS/ 475_Wk2_Strategic Plan, Part I

JohnSnow_BUS/475_WK2_Strategic Plan, Part I (Note: Use this format only if there is someone else in the class who has your first name and last initial.)

 

DO NOT post your individual assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

5/30/13 at 6:00 pm

8

Learning Team Power Point Presentation

 

Value Alignment

 

Note: Each team will have 10 minutes to present their information. Practice with your team ahead of time to ensure you are in sync with each other.

Discuss with your Learning Team an existing organization with which you are familiar that is different than the one you used for the Conceptualizing a Business paper (Individual Paper for Week 2).

 

Design 13 to 15  Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides in which you analyze the individual values and the organization’s values as reflected by the organization’s plans and actions. Include the following in your power point:

 

·         Analyze the origin(s) and subsequent evolution of your personal and workplace values.

 

·         Explain how your individual values drive your actions and behaviors, and analyze the alignment between your values and actions and behaviors.

 

·         Analyze the degree of alignment between the organization’s stated values and the organization’s actual plans and actions.

 

·         Explain the differences and analyze the degree of alignment between your values and the organization’s values as reflected by the organization’s plans and actions.

 

Prepare to discuss this assignment with the class and utilize in the student recall and in class activity.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

Learning Team A_BUS/475_Wk2_Value Alignment.

 

DO NOT post your learning team assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

5/30/13 at 6:00 p.m.

6

Total Points for Week 2

Participation, student recall, in class activity, individual assignment, and learning team assignment

 

20

 


 


Week Three: Strategy Development

 

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

3   

3.1  Develop strategic objectives.

3.2  Create organizational objectives and goals.

6/0613

 

Readings

Read Ch. 7 of Strategic Management and Ch. 4 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace. Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

By 6/06/13

 

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

6/06/13

2

Student Recall

 

Graded as a learning team

 

Develop strategic objectives

 

 

Each team will: Prepare a 60-second commercial on the importance of strategic objectives.

 

Bring in a newspaper clip or watch CNBC and be prepared to discuss information that relates to this week objectives.

 

Review terms and key concepts in Ch. 7 of Strategic Management and Ch. 4 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace. Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings and be prepared to participate in a student recall activity, for example Jeopardy, Student Feud, pop quiz, debate, team discussion, class activity…etc…

 

Before Class, review the readings from Weeks 1 and 2. In addition, use your favorite search engine to find as much information as you can about Ponzi Schemes. Review the concept in detail. The next step is to read as much as you can about Charles Ponzi, Allan Stanford, Bernard Madoff, and Shawn Merriman to learn about their Ponzi Schemes in detail. Be prepared to utilize the information from the reading to support your stance.

 

In Class:  As a University of Phoenix student, you have been asked to identify the pro and con of Charles, Allan, Bernard, and Shawn’s Ponzi Schemes. What are the legal and ethical issues for the victims and the Ponzi Scheme Criminals? From an integrated business perspectives, develop strategic objectives, potential business owners (entrepreneurs) should consider to prevent them from engaging in Ponzi Schemes?  This exercise is taking a look at “American Greed” in business.

6/06/13

2

In Class Activity

 

Individually graded

 

Create Organizational Objectives and Goals

 

Research information before class and jot down notes. Use your favorite search engine, www.Ted.com, or library resources to find as much information as you can on General Mills and Cargill. Identify their vision, mission, and strategic plan. If you are not able to get the requested information after you research the company, then I want you to write out a vision, mission, and strategic plan that would be appropriate.

 

 

In class activity:

Develop strategic objectives and goals for General Mills and Cargill in support of their strategic plan for the following quadrants. Before you begin, write two to three components that fall under each quadrant.

 

-          Shareholder Value

-          Customer Value

-          Internal Operations

-          Employee (Learning and Growth) Perspective

 

Develop at least three strategic objectives for each of the following four quadrants on a balanced scorecard. However, before you can do this, you have to do a SWOTT analysis on General Mills and Cargill to determine the strategic objectives needed. Finally, for each strategic objective, develop a metric and target to support your objective.

 

Write 13 to 16 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides to share your information with the instructor in class.

6/06/13

2

Individual

Strategic Plan, Part II: SWOTT Analysis

Conduct an internal and external environmental analysis for your proposed business.

 

Discuss with your learning team the forces and trends below that must be taken into consideration while developing a strategic plan. Given today’s business environment and each learning team members’ selected business idea, provide a list of the lessons learned from your learning team’s discussion for each of the items listed below. Use this discussion to complete this assignment.

 

Create a SWOTT table summarizing your findings. Your environmental analysis should take into account, at a minimum, the following factors. For each factor, identify the one primary strength, weakness, opportunity, threat, and trend, and include it in your table.

 

·         External forces and trends considerations:

 

o   Legal and regulatory

o   Global

o   Economic

o   Technological

o   Innovation

o   Social

o   Environmental

o   Competitive analysis

 

·         Internal forces and trends considerations:

 

o   Strategy

o   Structures

o   Processes and systems

o   Resources

o   Goals

o   Strategic capabilities

o   Culture

o   Technologies

o   Innovations

o   Intellectual property

o   Leadership

 

Write a 1,000- to 1,200-word synopsis in which you analyze at least seven of the forces and trends from the list above. Your analysis must include the following:

 

·         Include economic as well as legal and regulatory forces and trends.

·         Critique how well the organization adapts to change.

·         Analyze the supply chain operations of the organization.

·         Identify issues and/or opportunities:

 

o   Identify the major issues and/or opportunities that the company faces based on your analysis above.

o   Generate a hypothesis surrounding each issue and research questions to use for conducting analysis.

o   Identify the circumstances surrounding each issue; classify the circumstances; attribute the importance of each classification; and test the accuracy of the importance for each classification.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

JohnS_BUS/475_Wk3_Strategic Plan Part II

JohnSnow_BUS/475_WK3_Strategic Plan Part II. (Note: Use this format only if there is someone else in the class who has your first name and last initial.)

 

DO NOT post your individual assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

6/06/13 at 6:00 p.m.

8

Learning Team

Power Point Presentation

 

Functional Area Interrelationships

 

Each team will have 10 minutes to present their information. Practice with your team ahead of time to ensure you are in sync with each other.

Select one organization of the Virtual Organizations from the student website.          

 

Write 13 to 16  Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides in which you complete the following:

 

·         State the primary reasons for the organization’s existence from an analysis of the mission, vision, values, and goals.

 

·         Analyze the reason for the type of organizational structure employed by the organization, and identify the key positions that support that organizational structure.

 

·         Identify and explain the steps of the collaboration process among the functional areas that must be employed to achieve organizational goals, and prepare an action plan to implement the collaboration process.

 

·         Identify and provide an example of the use of lateral collaboration and vertical collaboration within the organization, and prepare an action plan to use lateral and vertical collaboration.

 

·         Identify the key stakeholders and their roles needed to achieve the organizational goals, and recommend the collaborative interactions among the key stakeholders to facilitate the organization’s success.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

Learning Team A_BUS/475_Wk3_ Functional Area Interrelationships

 

DO NOT post your individual assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

6/06/13 at 6:00 p.m.

6

Total Points for Week 3

Participation, Student Recall, In Class Activity, Individual Assignment, and Learning Team Assignment

 

20

 


 

Week Four: Strategy Implementation

 

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

4   

4.1  Recommend an implementation strategy for a strategic plan.

6/13/13

 

Readings

Read Ch. 10–12 of Strategic Management and Ch. 8 of Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace. Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

By 6/13/13

 

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

6/13/13

2

In Class Activity

 

Individually graded

 

Strategy Implementation

 

 

 

 

Each team will: Prepare a 60-second commercial on the importance of strategy implementation.

 

Bring in a newspaper clip or watch CNBC and be prepared to discuss information that relates to this week objectives.

 

This week, you will put everything you learned from Weeks 1-4 together in the PIAT activity. Review all of the readings, student recall information, in class activities, individual, and team papers as references. Before class, research information and jot down notes. Use your favorite search engine, www.Ted.com, or library resource to find as much information as you can on Tyco International and WorldCom. You are tasked with rebuilding these companies.

 

Create one 15 - 20 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides in which you share the following information:

 

-          Determine your strategic management plan

-          Conduct SWOTT analysis of internal and external factors

-          Develop strategic objectives

-          Implement the strategy

-          Monitor and control the strategic plan

 

In order to put this plan to action, you will have to select appropriate departments and designate the appropriate people. Hint: Determine how you will move from explanation of what should be done to specific examples as to how you will execute it.

6/13/13

6

Individual

Strategic Plan, Part III: Balanced Scorecard

Resource: Exhibit 7-1 in Ch. 7 of Strategic Management

 

Develop the strategic objectives for your business in the format of a balanced scorecard.The strategic objectives are measures of attaining your vision and mission. As you develop them consider the vision, mission, and values for your business and the outcomes of your SWOTT analysis. Consider the following four quadrants of the balanced scorecard when developing your strategic objectives:

 

·         Shareholder Value or Financial Perspective, includes strategic objectives in areas such as:

 

o   Market share

o   Revenues and costs

o   Profitability

o   Competitive position

 

·         Customer Value Perspective, includes strategic objectives in areas such as:

 

o   Customer retention or turnover

o   Customer satisfaction

o   Customer value

 

·         Process or Internal Operations Perspective, includes strategic objectives in areas such as:

 

o   Measure of process performance

o   Productivity or productivity improvement

o   Operations metrics

 

·         Learning and Growth (Employee) Perspective, includes strategic objectives in areas such as:

 

o   Employee satisfaction

o   Employee turnover or retention

o   Level of organizational capability

o   Nature of organizational culture or climate

o   Technological innovation

 

Develop at least three strategic objectives for each of the following four balanced scorecard areas identified above (Financial, Customer, Process, Learning and Growth). Your objectives should be selected, in part, based on an evaluation of a number of potential alternatives to the issues and/or opportunities identified in the SWOTT Analysis paper and table you completed in Week Three. Base your solutions on a ranking of alternative solutions that includes an identification of potential risks and mitigation plans, and a stakeholder analysis that includes mitigation and contingency strategies. You should also incorporate the ethical implications of your solutions into your selection.

 

·         For each strategic objective, develop a metric and target using a balanced scorecard format. (For example, a strategic objective in the shareholder or Financial Perspective is to increase market share. A metric to actually measure this strategic objective of market share increase is, "The percentage of increase in market share." The target is the specific number to be achieved in a particular time period. The target for the metric of "Increase market share" could be "Increase market share by 2% for each of the next 3 years" of an increase of 2% per year for 3 years.)

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary that explains your critical thinking on how you derived your objectives from your vision, mission, values, and SWOTT analysis.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

JohnS_BUS/475_Wk4_Strategic Plan, Part III.

JohnSnow_BUS/475_WK4_Strategic Plan, Part III. (Note: Use this format only if there is someone else in the class who has your first name and last initial.)

 

DO NOT post your individual assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

6/13/13 at 6:00 p.m

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Learning Team

Communication Plan Outline

Develop a generic communications one page plan and a one page template. Two pages in total. This template will be used to develop a communication plan for your Final Strategic Plan, due in Week Five.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

Learning Team A_BUS/475_Wk4_Communication Plan Outline.

 

DO NOT post your learning team assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

6/13/13 at 6:00 pm

5

Total Points for Week 4

Participation, student recall, in class activity, individual paper, and learning team assignment

 

21

 


 

Week Five: Monitoring and Control

 

Details

Due

Points

Objectives

5   

5.1  Develop methods to monitor and control the implementation of a strategic plan.

6/20/13

 

Readings

Read Ch. 13 of Strategic Management. Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

By 6/20/13

 

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

6/20/13

2

Team Exercise

 

Learning Team

 

Monitor and control the strategic plan

 

Each team will: Prepare a 60-second commercial on the importance of monitoring and controlling the strategic plan.

 

Bring in a newspaper clip or watch CNBC and be prepared to discuss information that relates to this week objectives.

 

Note: Each team will review the information from your individual assignment. Look at your slides and the slides of your team members.

 

Create one 10 - 13 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides in which you briefly outline the vision, mission, values, and balanced scorecard that you have developed for your business. Remember, you may have different companies. If this is the case, compare and contrast the different companies as you share the requested information.  At the end of this presentation, tell how this course in integrated business has helped you learn more about the business world.

 

Each team will have 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes for the class to ask questions.

6/20/13

6

Individual

Final Strategic Plan and Presentation

Resources: Vision, mission, values, SWOTT analysis, balanced scorecards, and communication plan

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word section for your strategic plan in which you add your strategies and tactics to implement and realize your strategic objectives, measures, and targets. Include marketing and information technology strategies and tactics. Develop at least three methods to monitor and control your proposed strategic plan, being sure to analyze how the measures will advance organizational goals financially and operationally. Finally, recommend actions needed to address ethical, legal, and regulatory issues faced by the organization, and how they can improve corporate citizenship.

 

Combine your completed strategic plan. This includes the vision, mission, values, SWOTT analysis, balanced scorecard, and communication plan. Your consolidated final strategic plan should be 2,800 to 4,200 words in length.

 

Prepare six to eight Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides in which you briefly outline the vision, mission, values, and balanced scorecard that you have developed for your business. At the end of this presentation, tell how this course in integrated business has helped you learn more about the business world. Note: you will compare and contrast your slides with your learning team in class and create one power point presentation per team to share.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Papers should be written in third person.

 

Each assignment should be labeled with the student or team’s name, course number, week, and title of the assignment

.

Example:

 

JohnS__BUS/475_WK5 _Final Strategic Business Plan/Presentation.

JohnSnow_BUS/475_WK5_Final Strategic Business Plan/Presentation. (Note: Use this format only if there is someone else in the class who has your first name and last initial.)

 

DO NOT post your individual assignments in the Individual Forum. Put assignments in the assignment/grade book. You are required to submit a Certificate of Originality with each individual and team paper that is submitted.

 

 Cut and paste https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/cwe/style.htm  in the University of Phoenix browser to find a copy of the certificate of originality form.

6/20/13 at 6:00 p.m.

9

Individual

Final Examination

Select the link to the Final Examination on your student website. Complete the final examination. Only one attempt is allowed, which is timed and must be completed in 3 hours. Take a screen shot of your results, put it in a Microsoft word document, and send it through the assignment tab to your instructor.

6/20/13 at

6:00 p.m.

15

Total Points for Week 5

Participation, in class activity, individual presentations, and final exams

 

32

Learning Team Points

Student recall, team charter, team paper, and team exercise

 

30

Individual Points

Participation, in class activity, individual paper, and final exam

 

70

Total Course Points

 

 

100

 

 

 

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