Category: Essays

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Briefly discuss the economic, political, educational, family, and marital systems of a country of your choice. Include a response to the following questions in your discussion:

If your company was to do business in your chosen country, what kind of social hierarchies and social interactions should you be aware of?
What kind of management style would you use to be most effective given the cultural attributes of the country?
How would you overcome the barriers to communication?
Do you agree with the saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” when it comes to doing business with another country

Select an Starbuck with which your Learning Team is familiar. Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address the following as it relates to that organization:

Identify four types of control mechanisms (ways controls are applied) used in your selected organization.
Compare and contrast these control mechanisms.

Determine the effectiveness of these control mechanisms. Budget controls, financial controls, quality and market controls, and clan controls are the four that will be discussed.

Examine the positive and negative reactions to the use of these controls.
Explain how these controls affect the four functions of management

Hi, I need this assignment completed by Saturday 1/16/16 at 11:59pm EST. The instructions for the assignment are as follows:

This assignment helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:

Develop innovative and sustainable solutions to strategic and global operations management challenges.
Apply theories, models, and practices of global operations management to address business problems.
Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Activity Overview

In your assignments throughout this course, you will build an operations improvement plan (OIP) based on the real-world example of the Toyota Motor Corporation’s recent product failure crisis. The essential purpose of an OIP is to provide the rationale and data to support a change proposal for a particular organizational process that could benefit from improvement. It is a formal recommendation presented to an audience of organizational leaders. The OIP contains data-based descriptions of the existing problems and presents ideas for effectively modifying the organizational process. At the core of an OIP are a variety of tools that can be used to both analyze findings and present them for an executive audience.

If you have not already done so, take some time now to read all of the assignments for this course. Each of the first five assignments represents a component of a typical OIP. For the final assignment, you will compile your work to deliver a finalized OIP, incorporating updates and focusing on the message you want to deliver to the organizational leaders (in this case, the leaders at Toyota Motor Corporation).

Note that several case studies and library resources that address the Toyota accelerator crisis have been assigned throughout the course. These materials should give you a starting point for your research, but it will be necessary for you to conduct further independent research on the Toyota crisis in order to build your OIP. The Capella library is a recommended source of scholarly and professional information on the subject.
Activity Instructions

For this assignment, complete the following:

Using your preliminary research, identify several of Toyota’s existing organizational processes at the time of the accelerator crisis. You will be developing an OIP that would replace some (or one) of these processes.
For each process you identify, write a short summary addressing the following specific topics. Your analyses should be as thorough as possible. Be sure to cite your resources for this information.
Importance: What is the importance of the process to the Toyota organization?
Scope: What is the scope of this process (what is the breadth of its reach)?
Parties involved: What customers, as well as internal and external suppliers, are affected by this
process?
Priority: What is the timeliness or urgency for resolving the issues involved in this process?
Benefits: What is the overall impact or benefit for Toyota in improving this process?
Cost: What are the costs to Toyota if the process is not improved?
Select one of the processes you have identified as needing improvement to use as the basis for your operations improvement plan (OIP). Select a process that lends itself to an in-depth analysis and that is important to the Toyota corporation. Be sure to focus on a process that you will be able to evaluate and address within the scope of your OIP, given the relatively short duration of this course. Take into account the amount of time required to complete the OIP.
Explain why you think this process should be addressed, focusing on your analysis of its importance to the organization and how the process would benefit from improvement.

Submission Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
Resources: Minimum of 2 sources required.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point

Administrative Discretion

In 2-3 pages answer the following: Do you think that public administrators should be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties as espoused by Max Weber or should they have some amount of discretion. Provide the likely benefits and disadvantages of each scenario and use examples to support your argument. (Weber is not specifically address in the readings for this unit; you will have to go back to earlier references to complete this assignment).
Extradition

In a one to two page paper, examine the situation surrounding one of the following individuals who were extradited forcibly for a crime committed. Explaining why the individual should have been or should not have been extradited. Make sure you use proper APA format and appropriately cite any outside sources used in this paper.

a. General Manuel Noriega
b. The 23 CIA employees extradited for the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, Italy in 2003.
c. Duane Dog Chapman
d. Roman Polanski

See pages 40-41 in our textbook to help you with this assignment.
Shoulder Tap Crime

Most states make it a crime to purchase alcohol for a minor, sometimes called the shoulder tap crime, based on the typical manner a request by a minor for an adult to buy alcohol occurs. These crimes generally do not require proof that the defendant knew the person was underage.

Should the same strict liability apply to a host of a party that is attended by both adults and minors, where alcohol at the private party is furnished to both?
Should a host be able to offer evidence that he reasonably believed the minor was old enough to drink?
Would it help your case if the jurisdiction made such a defense available to bars and liquor stores that required buyers to provide proof of age?

Apprenticeship Proposal

Use the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration website and find the area on Registered Apprenticeship. Explore the Employers section. Based on the information found here, create an apprenticeship proposal for a position in the company you work for or wish to work for. In your apprenticeship, make sure to include specific skills the apprentice will be learning, the modeling and practice techniques that will be used, and the feedback process that will be incorporated (both informal and formal). Explain how many hours per week the apprentice will work, and how long the entire apprenticeship should take. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of your apprenticeship program.

Use Microsoft Word to create your proposal.

The proposal should be between two to three pages in length,

reference page and all sources used need to be cited according to APA forma

Quality Oversight in Health Care Organizations

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Quality Oversight in Health Care Organizations

Quality of care and patient safety has become a driving force in the delivery of health care in the twenty-first century. Your paper should address the following:

Explain the role of quality oversight in health care organizations and elaborate on how non-clinical personnel contribute to the process.

Identify and describe three stakeholder organizations or agencies that contribute to quality oversight within health care organizations in a substantial way. Include at least one government and one non-government organization/agency that focuses on quality of care within the health care field.

Answer the following questions for each organization/agency:

a. How does this organization/agency contribute to quality of care and patient safety?

b. What specific types of oversight does this organization/agency provide?

c. What are some of the repercussions that a health care organization could face for violating the standards of the organization/agency?

Compare and contrast the three organizations/agencies.

Who are some of the other stakeholders involved in promoting quality of care in health care and what role do they play?

Given the vast amount of mandatory regulations imposed upon the health care industry, explain why a health care organization might subject itself to participate in voluntary accreditation activities.

Your Paper:

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following information:

a. Title of paper

b. Student’s name

c. Course name and number

d. Instructor’s name

e. Date submitted

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms the thesis.

Must use at least three scholarly sources; one source must be obtained at the Ashford library. Sources must be cited according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a reference page

PSY 104 Child and Adolescent Development/week 4 discussion 1 and 2

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discussion 1
Child and Adolescent Safety Statistics

Ashford University Discussion

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Modules 5 and 6 in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. You may be interested in viewing the interactive infographic within Module 6 to learn more about specific safety statistics.

For this post, you will analyze the major themes of Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors influencing the domain of physical development, specifically safety. Think about and comment on how child and adolescent safety regulations have changed over the past few decades. Provide examples of new safety guidelines that did not exist either when you were growing up, or when your parents were growing up. Then, look through the recommended resources for Week 3 and/or other scholarly articles from the Ashford University Library website and find and report on 3 statistics specifically related to child and adolescent safety from this current decade (2010-present) within each of the 3 stages of infancy/toddlerhood, childhood, and adolescence. In other words, you will have 1 unique statistic for each of the 3 stages. Throughout your post, demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the children’s developmental continuum, from conception, by addressing unique safety standards. See the example below:

One statistic found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website states that, “Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger cars by 71% for infants, and by 54% for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years.” (Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).

Reference:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Injury prevention and control: Motor vehicle safety. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Child_Passenger_Safety/CPS-Factsheet.html.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. In your responses, consider how these safety statistics have changed over time and address how this may have impacted survival rates in our parents’ or grandparents’ generations. Then, provide a different statistic than the one they found regarding the specific safety regulation addressed or address another change we’ve seen that neither your classmates nor you identified in your original post.

Discussion 2
Childhood Obesity Brochure

Ashford University Discussion

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Module 6 in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. Specifically, you can review the interactive media tool illustrating obesity causes and prevention from an ecological perspective in Module 6.

In this discussion, you will utilize this template to create a brochure (or create your own) which addresses the issue of childhood obesity in order to share your continued learning in child development with others.

You will need to be sure to incorporate all of the information in a succinct and straightforward manner while remaining encouraging and positive as you share your expertise with others. Incorporate 3-5 visually appealing images, statistics, or graphs/charts into your brochure to capture the attention of your intended audience.

Your brochure must include the following:

Analyze how at least 1 of the major themes of development (Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture, or Gender) influences the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial outcomes related to childhood obesity.
Address the role of parents and schools in creating this problem. Also, include any other people/entities whom you feel deserve a portion of the blame and why.
Utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to explain two practical ways in which we can incorporate change to improve the health of children and families.
It is important to be able to explain the role of society and community agencies in assisting families in developing the optimum learning and pro-social behavior of children.
Be cognizant of the issues faced by single-parents, working parents, parents who are overweight/obese themselves, and those with other physical restrictions.
Provide two resources (one local and one web-based) for those seeking information on health and wellness.

Along with the attachment to your brochure, your discussion post should include references in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center for any information and resources included in the brochure.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. In your responses, identify at least two positive content-focused aspects of the brochure which you noticed while you were viewing it. Offer at least one positive comment about the visual presentation of the brochure that you felt made it impactful. Finally, offer one suggestion regarding something which might be changed in the brochure to make it even more effective. In your responses to their suggestions you may either acknowledge and propose how you might incorporate the suggested change, or respectfully defend your original brochure and offer an explanation for why you created it as you did

Minimum word count is 350, not including restating the questions (which you must do or you will lose points).

In chapter 2, pages 37-39 in your text, it talks about how the concept of “customer-centric” is important. If a company uses Retail Equation to check on every customer’s return, describe how they are or are not being customer-centric. Defend your answer citing the readings and the textbook (cite page numbers).
On page 47 in your text, it begins talking about the concept of “trust” in a relationship. If a retailer uses a Retail Equation (or another service like it), are they trading a trustful relationship based on the amount of money lost on return fraud? Have they chosen money over trust? Defend your answer citing the readings and the textbook (cite page numbers).
Should retailers notify shoppers BEFORE they purchase about the return policy that includes the information that their drivers license information and return activity are being entered into a database and monitored?
Will you contact Retail Equation to find out your Return Activity Report? Why or why not?

Describe a professional situation where you would like to have greater influence. Select, at least, four concepts from Cialdini’s book that apply to your situation. Describe each concept in accurate detail. Develop from each concept a strategy you will use to enhance influence in the designated situation. Finally, rank the four concepts according to your estimate of their promise for meeting your influence challenge. Indicate why you believe each of the four would be more or less effective.

Requirements:

In one to two pages describe the professional situation where you would like to have greater influence including the following components.

A description of the context of the professional situation including your role in the organization.
A description of the current level of influence.
A description of the desired level of influence.

Identify four concepts from Cialdini’s book that apply to your situation (3 to 4 pages total).

Describe each concept in accurate detail (minimum 2 paragraphs for each concept).
Develop from each concept a strategy you will use to enhance influence in the designated situation (minimum 1 paragraph for each strategy).

Rank each four concepts according to your estimate of their promise for meeting your influence challenge. Indicate why you believe each of the four would be more or less effective (2 – 3 paragraphs). The case study should include the following:

APA Formatting including heading and subheadings.
Graduate level writing free from grammar and mechanical errors.
Citations from readings or other relevant resources to support information presented.
The document should make best use of the technology.

Suppose that the Fabulous Hotel hires you as head chef under a two-year employment contract. After two years, another hotel wants to hire you. However, in the original employment contract you signed with the Fabulous Hotel, the following paragraph appears:

“The below-signed agrees not to work as a chef for another hotel in the same metropolitan area for a period of two years after leaving our employ.”

Describe and analyze the five elements of a contract that must exist for this agreement to be enforceable.
Explain why this contract is governed by common law or the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
Examine at least two circumstances in which this non-compete agreement would be unenforceable.

Submit a four- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite three scholarly sources in addition to the textboo