Category: Essays

Discuss the Laissez-faire attitude during the nineteenth century, and the implication that the United States was a dope fiend’s paradise. Respond in no less that 100 words.

 

2) Discuss the 19th century philosophy and practice of healing. Be sure to explain shamanism and Ebers Papyrus. Respond in no less than 300 words.

 

3) Discuss four major drug control laws enacted by the federal government since 1900 (do not include the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Volstead Act, and the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution). Summarize each act, the rationale for its enactment, any events that led up to its passage, controversies surrounding the act, and any other relevant information necessary to give a detailed overview of each law. Respond in no less than 500 words

 

4) Discuss legislation passed concerning Alcohol and the Prohibition Era. Be sure to mention the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Volstead Act, and the 21st Amendment. Also include the rationale for the prohibition against alcohol and the appeal of laws making it illegal. Respond in no less than 350 words.

In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the supply chain. You will provide your assessment of a supply chain in the form of an evaluation. This assignment is the second of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of evaluating supply chains. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will evaluate a supply chain.

Scenario:

You are consulting for the same organization that you worked for in LASA 1. The organization has asked you to design a supply chain and implement a program to monitor its performance with respect to sustainability. They have also asked you to give recommendations for improving upon your plan as the organization grows. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to present your design and recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation at a meeting with the executive management team.

Instructions:

Your presentation should include the following information:

Evaluate the organization’s facilities with regard to capacity and location. Determine whether the organization has enough capacity and whether or not the facilities are strategically located.
Conduct an inventory analysis of the firm.
Evaluate the firm’s ERP system.
Evaluate the firm’s inventory management systems.
Identify the firm’s inventory costs.
Determine the firm’s optimum order quantities.
Identify the firm’s seasonality adjustments and reorder points.
Describe the systems used to monitor the performance of the suppliers.
Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs).
Describe the firm’s risk management strategies.
Identify the firm’s conflict management strategies.
Recommend strategies, tools, etc. the organization can use to improve or expand upon the supply chain in the future.
Identify any potential ethical issues that could have a negative impact on the organization and make recommendations to address them.

In addition to the slides in the presentation, include a detailed outline in the speaker notes section explaining the content on each slide. Use at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation. Be sure to cite the sources for your information.

Make sure your presentation adheres to the following Presentation Guidelines:

Create a presentation that is professional and visually appealing.
Include a combination of text and graphics.
Do not write out your entire presentation on the slides. Use bullet points of keywords and short phrases instead of long sentences and paragraphs.
Create your presentation (slides and Speaker Notes) using language that can be easily understood by the intended audience.
Use APA formatting for your slides and Speaker Notes (outline).

Develop a 10–15-slide presentation (including the title slide and reference slide) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.do

For many companies, change is a constant thing. A company that can smoothly navigate organization change is one that is more nimble and better able to meet market demands for products. In this assignment, you will develop a change management plan that is similar to what a business today might use to implement change.

Assume you are the supervisor of a product development team that designs cell phone applications for your company’s newest cell phone. Unfortunately, this model has not been performing well in the market and your company has decided to discontinue production.

Your team is being asked to discontinue their current operations and move to the design and development of applications for a new smart phone. This will require new skills and experience that some of your team members do not possess. In addition, management has asked for a shortened timeline meaning your team will have to put in considerable overtime hours.

You are to develop a change management plan for leading your team through these changes, including reorganization. You will review your plan with your boss.

Research change management plans using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select at least two authoritative resources, one of which may be your text, to use in this assignment. Be sure to use real-world situations when presenting examples in your response.

Download and review the Change Management Plan template from the Doc Sharing area. Analyze the case information and fill in the template.

Write a detailed change management plan covering the following:

Identify two reorganizational changes and their impact on the team.
Offer suggestions and strategies for managing the change including:
Two ways to communicate the reorganization plans with the team
Two ways to gain buy-in from the team
Two ways to deal with resistance from the team
Two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change
Identify two specific ways you will inform your supervisor of plans and progress.
Identify five action items required in order to implement the change.
Identify seven potential risks along with a plan of the action to take if a risk occurs. Explain your solutions.

Give reasons and examples from your selected resources in support of your assertions.

Write a 5–6-page paper in Word format. Be sure to include your filled-in Change Management Plan template. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, November 2, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified two reorganizational changes and their impacts on the team. Justify your responses.
28
Suggested two ways of how you can communicate the reorganization plans with the team. Include your justification.
28
Suggested two ways to gain buy-in from your team. Include your justification.
48
Suggested two ways to deal with resistance from the team. Include your justification.
28
Suggested two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change. Include your justification.
28
Identified two ways you will communicate the plans and progress to your supervisor. Justify your decision.
28
Identified five action items required in order to implement the change. Justify your response.
20
Identified seven potential risks along with a plan if a risk occurs. Justify your solutions.
28

Writing Components

This assignment is an opportunity for you to apply what you learned from this week’s discussions in a relevant way based on your own preferred area of focus. In this assignment, you will look through the lens of a particular professional role that you either have related experience in or intend to take in an anticipated professional practice. The roles to select from relate to one or more professions that are integral to assisting children and families at risk. Assuming the role of the professional you have identified, your task in this assignment is to prepare a professional presentation for a diverse group of professionals, such as school principals or district administrators, social service providers or community outreach providers, medical professionals, and other related service providers.

 

Using the information gleaned from the two discussions this week and the National Center for School Engagement website, as well as the three articles listed under Required Resources as supporting research, you will prepare a professional presentation with the purpose of informing participants of facts pertaining to youth at risk as it relates to student academic success. Additionally, your goal is to not only bring awareness to the forefront regarding truancy, parental involvement, special education and more, but to show the relationship each group of professionals has to the subject of academic success for students at risk—the role they play in contributing to that success. Moreover, the presentation offers an opportunity for the various professionals to collaborate in an effort to problem-solve or devise potential solutions to any of the specific areas identified as being problematic. Your presentation will be included in the Week Six Final Project and should include enhancements based on the feedback gained from its evaluation during Week Four.

 

Create your assignment using the content and written communication instructions below. Use the Grading Rubric to review your assignment before submission to ensure you have met the distinguished performance for each of the components described below. For additional assistance, review the Week Four Instructor Guidance page and, if needed, contact the instructor for further clarifications using the Ask Your Instructor discussion. Additionally, this assignment will be added to your website.

 

Content Instructions

Use the presentation software of your choice or consider one of the recommendations in the Recommended Resources for Week Four. Submit your presentation for evaluation to the Week Four Assignment location and upload it as an attachment or link to your Students at Risk page in your website.

Introduction (1 points): Create an introduction that states the role you have assumed, the audience your presentation is for, and the purpose of the presentation.

Youth At Risk (3 points): Present at least eight indicators (examples) of youth at risk, such as those shared by SchoolEngagement.org, LDonline.org, those listed as Recommended Resources, or others discussed during Weeks One thru Four of this course, citing the National Center for School Engagement website and at least one additional scholarly source. Students with learning disabilities must be included as one of the eight indicators.

Effects and Implications (2 point): Present seven-to-eight behaviors associated with being at-risk and three potential short- and long-term implications of these behaviors on a student’s ability to achieve academic success. Cite the National Center for School Engagement website and at least one additional scholarly source.

Solutions – Create a Framework (2 points): Present three points related to the school’s role in establishing youth development philosophies, such as approaches for creating a positive school climate that encouraging positive relationships between adults and youth and professional to professional. Cite the National Center for School Engagement website and at least one additional scholarly source.

Solutions: Integrating a Framework (2 points): Present what schools can do specifically to integrate the framework with staff, community, and parental support/involvement. Include a successful program, model, strategy, or approach to serve as an example of a potential solution. Cite the National Center for School Engagement website, the source of your example, and at least one additional scholarly source.

Participant Activity (2 points): Construct an engaging activity that encourages the audience for the presentation to provide feedback regarding their own respective, potential role in supporting a school’s efforts to create and integrate a framework for students at risk, that encourages ideas for potential solutions, and states how participants will interact, collaborate, and share ideas to all in attendance.

Slide Design (1 points): Seven-to-ten slides that use relevant graphics, sound, and/or animation that assist in presenting the overall main point. Slides have a consistent theme, format, and font that augment the readability of the presentation.

 

Written Communication Instructions

Syntax and Mechanics (1 point): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Source Requirement (1 points): Utilize at least two additional scholarly sources in addition to the National Center for School Engagement website and required articles. All sources on the references page need to be used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment

Begin to conduct research relevant to your course project. For example, you will need to research the industry and the product(s) or service(s) that are currently being offered outside the U.S. by the company you have chosen; and the major competitors that your company will face when it enters the U.S. market.

Prepare a report which identifies the company you have chosen for your course project, and the product(s) or service(s) the company is planning to introduce to the U.S. Describe at least four categories of information you have researched, how you looked for information, and some specific sources of information that you found. Be sure to address ALL of the grading criteria items.

The information you research will form the basis for deciding whether—and to what extent—to adapt your company’s marketing strategy (including the product itself) for the U.S. market.

By Wednesday, October 28, 2015, submit your responses to the appropriate M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Format:

Present your responses in Microsoft Word document format.

Use the following file naming convention:

Name your document as: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc.

Reflection:

Think about how your view of the topic changed or was reinforced as a result of the discussion in this assignment. You need not submit this part of the assignment.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Identified, researched and described the company and product chosen for the course project.	30
Described and explained at least four categories of information researched.	20
Researched macro environmental factors effecting international marketing activities. (such as: cultural, economic, legal/ trade, management/ logistical)	30
Correctly identified marketing issues penetrating the US market.	15
Expressed ideas clearly and effectively in writing and applied APA standards for writing style. Documented all sources of information.

Critically analyze, compare, and contrast the theories of disruptive innovation and value innovation.

Understanding and Coping with Change

 

Change is everywhere, yet very few people seem to embrace the concept. We are, for the most part, creatures of habit and follow daily routines. When change occurs, our activities and thought patterns are disrupted. 

 

Write a four- to five-page APA formatted paper (excluding the title and reference pages), using a minimum of three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook, analyzing the internal and external factors contributing to an individual’s resistance to change. 

 

Describe a situation where you or someone you know was resistant to change as identified in one of following areas: 

Self-interest 

Lack of understanding 

Lack of trust in management 

Differing assessments of the need for change 

Low tolerance for change 

Explain whether the resistance to change was caused by an internal or external factor. Using Kotter’s theory for change, provide a plan for overcoming that resistance. What will be done and how will you know that the plan has worked

For your first assignment, you will critically examine the theories presented in Units 1 and 2 and then apply those theories to a current, publicly traded company. Write a paper in which you complete the following:

Critically analyze, compare, and contrast the theories of disruptive innovation and value innovation. This means you will need to define each theory and then compare and contrast these theories: How are they alike? How are they different?
Choose any publicly traded company (listed on any stock exchange, such as NYSE, Tokyo, et cetera) and analyze that organization’s capacity for strategic foresight and opportunities for disruptive or value innovation, based on your analyses of the theories. As part of your evaluation, consider the organization’s successes and failures in this capacity, focusing on events within the last five (5) years

In this assignment, you will compare and contrast the differences between marketing strategies in a changing competitive environment.

Scenario:

Consumer behavior and competitive market analysis are key initiatives for a marketing manager. With the changing competitive environment of the global marketplace, marketing managers are always in search of evolving markets and underserved profitable niches to provide them with a competitive advantage. Porter’s Five Forces and strategies to overcome the Five Forces are seminal works on competitive advantage.

Select a company and a product in an industry affected by changes in the business environment or in consumer preferences. As a consultant to that company, you are asked to provide strategic marketing recommendations.

Directions:

1. Describe the company you chose and the industry they are in; include an overview of one of their products/services and the markets they serve. Present their current marketing strategy.
2. Using Porter’s Five Forces framework, evaluate the profitability of the current market. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies currently used to market the product/service.
3. Research at least six peer-reviewed academic articles related to marketing strategy and competitive advantage.
4. Using best practices from the literature, propose a new marketing strategy to give your selected company a competitive advantage. Include the following in your marketing strategy:
   • Describe how the proposed marketing strategy aligns with the goals of the company.
   • Examine areas in the marketing strategy that could provide a competitive advantage based on current marketplace competition.
   • Analyze market segmentation, differentiated points of value, message(s), and product positioning.

Write a 6–8-page report in Word format. Utilize at least six scholarly sources in your research. Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

A large, fast-food chain unveiled a new touch screen register for its franchises. Each cashier was assigned a user id and password combination to log in to the register. The system allowed the incorrect password to be entered four (4) times before the register would lock and require a manager to unlock it with a key card. To prevent unauthorized access, the registers would lock after three (3) minutes if the screen was not touched. When the register locked, only the cashier who was logged in prior to it locking could unlock it without a system restart.

 

After a few days in operation, restaurant managers started complaining about the amount of time they were spending unlocking the registers. Some cashiers were forgetting their user Id and password, so other cashiers would log in for them. It also seemed that the button layout made it easy for the cashiers to key in the incorrect password. The managers also complained that cashiers would leave for a break or end their shift and forget to log out of the locked register. The managers would have to reboot the system, a three to five (3-5) minute process in order for the next cashier to log in. Additionally, managers noticed that grease was building up on the touch screens, making them less responsive.

 

 

 

Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

 

1. Analyze the new system and determine the design issues with this new system.

 

2. Describe how you would correct the design issues with the system to make the restaurant managers happy.
3. Create a design plan that:
   1. Lists and explains the tasks associated with improving this interface.
   2. Contains at least six (6) tasks.
   3. Includes realistic time estimates for each task to be completed.
   4. Analyzes the development of the system in your plan.
   5. Analyzes the testing of the system in your plan.
   6. Analyzes the implementation of the system in your plan.
4. Examine how this system balanced security and usability, and explain the challenges of incorporating system security and system usability into a design.
5. Suggest changes that could be made to the security of this system to still meet security objectives but make the system more usable.
6. Use Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative, Dia, to create a graphical representation of your proposed interface. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources

A county health department wants to increase the number of Medicaid beneficiaries that participate in prenatal care. It knows that only 40 percent of the expectant mothers eligible for prenatal care fully use the benefit. Many of these target customers make only one or two prenatal visits and then drop out of the program. Most of these women visit the emergency room if they have problems during pregnancy, and also come to the emergency room when they are in labor.

In 5- to 6-pages:

1. Define at least four questions you would need to ask in order to write a SWOT analysis.
2. Write vision and mission statements for the county health department that provides services to pregnant women.
3. Write at least four objectives for the department. In your objectives, try to address the problem presented in the scenario.