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Structural mechanisms invented to address regional issues with international implications have had varying degrees of success since the 19th century. Discuss the role of international organizations as problem-solving systems, selecting two organizations and analyzing their successes and failures to solve specific political, military, economic, or social conflicts past or present (provide concrete examples to illustrate your ideas). .

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Stratification and Prejudice in Current Events The purpose of this assignment is to explore stratification and prejudice in current events. Despite great advances towards equality between the races and genders, racial and gender discrimination, as well as class stratification remain serious social problems. To conclude this course, you will use the news media to discover current social issues with regards to race and gender. To complete this assignment, perform the following tasks: Using newspapers, news websites, or news magazines, select three current events (within the last six months) that reflect our studies on stratification. One event should represent racial issues, one gender issues, and one class issues. All three should demonstrate discrimination and/or stratification in American society. Using your research, describe the current events and how they are reflective of your studies on racial, gender, and class discrimination and/or stratification. Analyze the events and apply the lecture and text to the news articles. What theories of stratification apply? Are the current events representative of the historical trends of racial, gender, and class discrimination and or/stratification? What solutions, if any, should be applied to these current events? In your discussion, apply your personal experiences and observations to the current events. How do you feel that the media perpetuates discrimination and/or stratification based on race, gender, and class? Support your ideas with concepts from the text and/or appropriate outside resources. Provide a minimum of three references and apply the correct APA standards in the format of text, citations, and references. Your paper should include a title page and reference. Your paper should be at least five pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Selected and used research to describe three current events, one each that addresses racial, gender, and class discrimination and/or stratification. Analyzed each current event, incorporating theories and concepts from the text, lecture, and appropriate outside resources. Compared the current events to historical trends of racial, gender, and class discrimination and or/stratification. Suggested possible solutions for each current event. Applied personal experiences and observations to the current events. Analyzed the media’s role in perpetuating discrimination and/or stratification .

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Street Code Consider this quote from Robert Sampson and William Julius Wilson in Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality: Shaw and McKay (1942) argued that three structural factors -- low economic status, ethnic heterogeneity, and residential mobility -- led to the disruption of local community social organization, which in turn accounted for variations in crime and delinquency rates... Arguably the most significant aspect of Shaw and McKay's research, however, was their demonstration that high rates of delinquency persisted in certain areas over many years, regardless of population turnover. More than any other, this finding led them to reject individualistic explanations of delinquency and focus instead on the processes by which delinquent and criminal patterns of behavior were transmitted across generations in areas of social disorganization and weak social controls (1942, 1969). This is the "macrosocial" view that Sampson and Wilson discuss, that crime cannot be attributed solely to individual-level (microsocial) factors. Thinking back over the theories we've studied this term, what society-level factors do you think affect crime? And why would such factors impact different races/ethnicities differently? Is it differences in social disorganization (Shaw & McKay)? Is it the "code of the street" (Anderson)? Limited access to legitimate coping mechanisms when faced with strain (Merton, Agnew)? Get creative! .

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Strengths and Barriers to Program Implementation As you design your program, it is important to anticipate potential issues related to program implementation. Careful forethought can help you to minimize unnecessary stumbling blocks during implementation. There are strengths and barriers associated with every program. What do you see as the key factors to be aware of for your program? Brainstorm key terms such as community, culture, environment, organization, client, bias, and ethics . Give consideration to the factors you come up with (along with those in the Learning Resources) as you proceed with this Discussion. To prepare: Review the information presented in the Learning Resources. What are some of the factors (e.g., community, organization, environmental, ethical) that you consider strengths or facilitators for your program (breast cancer in African American women in the USA)? Which ones do you think may pose a challenge for your program(breast cancer in African American women in the USA)? How do these barriers need to be addressed in your program design? How might the strengths be leveraged to help overcome the barriers? By tomorrow Wednesday 01/02/19 2 pm post a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with a minimum of 3 scholarly references from the list of required readings below. (Also see attached file on the previous paper regarding the program on the issue of breast cancer in African American women in the USA). Include the level one header as numbered below: Post a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following: 1) Analyze two or more community, client, organization, and/or environmental forces that may facilitate your program and two or more that may pose a challenge for your program (breast cancer in African American women in the USA). 2) Propose a strategy for addressing one of the barriers as a part of your program design (breast cancer in African American women in the USA)? 3) Ask questions of your colleagues regarding how you might address the other challenge. Required Readings Hodges, B. C., & Videto, D. M. (2011). Assessment and planning in health programs (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. • Chapter 4, “Program Planning: The Big Picture” • Chapter 5, “Social Marketing, Program Planning, and Implementation” • Chapter 8, “Identifying Strategies and Activities” • Chapter 9, “Program Implementation" Chapter 4 outlines the program planning steps and emphasizes the importance of including your target population and additional stakeholders in the design process. Chapter 5 reemphasizes this focus on the target audience as the authors discuss the use of marketing principles in relation to program development and implementation. Chapter 8 discusses the importance of utilizing strategies that are aligned with the theoretical foundations of a program and presents recommendations for developing suitable activities. I.

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Strengths: 1. Large Enrollment 2. Flexible class schedules 1. The Apollo Group is the largest provider of higher education for adults seeking an associates’, bachelors’, or masters’ degree. The University of Phoenix has over 400,000 students enrolled in one of their many degree programs. The revenues of the Apollo Group have increased by $4.9 billion and its profits increased to $553 million since 1996. 2. The Apollo Group offers classes that are catered around the schedules of working adults. Classes are offered year round with minimal breaks between semesters. Most students take one class twice a week for five to six weeks in the evenings. Classes are also offered online for students who do not wish to participate in the traditional classroom learning environment. Weaknesses: 1. Accreditation 2. Lack of Qualified Instructors 1. The University of Phoenix (UOP) is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. This accreditation is sufficient in most states, but some states require other accreditations from that particular state. The Bachelors’ and Masters’ programs in business offered by UOP are not accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The AACSB is the most highly recognized accreditation in the industry. By not receiving this accreditation, students who receive degrees from UOP may not be considered for positions in the business industry. 2. UOP utilizes facilitators to facilitate or lead seminar style classrooms. Most classes are comprised of 10-15 students and those students are broken up into groups of 5. Most assignments are group assignments. The class facilitator leads the discussions and guides the class through the curriculum. The facilitators are the instructors for the class. UOP does not hire or employ professors with Doctoral Degrees in order to keep their labor cost down. When a college does not employ doctoral level instructors the quality of education is impaired. Opportunities: 1. Perceived as a low quality diploma mill. 2. Lack of doctoral staff These two opportunities for the University of Phoenix are intertwined. The degree programs at UOP are viewed as low quality diploma mills because they do not employ a large number of doctoral level instructors on their campuses. The class room curriculum is developed by the class facilitators. Those facilitators are not considered qualified in the education arena to develop such curriculums for bachelor and master level degree programs. Therefore, UOP is viewed as a for profit educational college that enrolls students in a degree program that does not equip them to handle the challenges they will face in the real world. It is a weakness, because in some states the graduates will not considered for a position in their field of study because UOP is not accredited. Threats: 1. Competition. 2. Regulatory Issues 1. UOP faces more competition now as more public and private sector universities are now offering adult degree programs and online.

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Street artist Shepard Fairey, who was graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, and the nation’s largest news wire service, The Associated Press (A.P.), sued each other over who owns the right to use and sell a well-recognized photograph image of President Obama. The A.P. claims that Fairey is profiting from a photo taken by a freelance photographer, Mannie Garcia, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Fairey used the photograph as inspiration for his familiar “HOPE” poster, which became an unofficial symbol of the Obama presidential campaign. Fairey claims that he simply used the A.P. photo “as a visual reference” and that his poster transforms the image in Garcia’s picture into a brand-new work of art with its own copyright protection. The U.S. Copyright Code gives the creator of a photograph (or any kind of creative work, including movies, books, articles and songs) – the legal right to limit how other people can use the photo. Background A photograph, like any piece of creative work, becomes protected by copyright as soon as it is “fixed.” That means, as soon as the image is recorded in the photographer’s camera. The photo does not have to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office or marked with the (c) copyright symbol to be legally protected. When a photo is copyrighted, that means that the owner has the right to decide how other people use it. A wire service like The Associated Press makes its money by charging newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and websites a fee to use its photographs. So, the A.P. is very protective about making sure that people are not duplicating or reselling its photos without a license and paying. Photos are protected by copyright even when they are placed on the Web in a way that makes it very easy to duplicate them. An owner does not give up his copyright just by displaying the photo on a website. If a person is accused of violating copyright law (“copyright infringement”), he can defend himself by proving that he made a “ fair use .” The federal copyright law recognizes a “fair use” defense to allow people to make limited use of other people’s creative work, as long as they add some new creative value or meaning. Common examples of fair use are sampling a phrase from a popular song recording as part of a new song, or showing a brief clip from a movie to go along with a movie review. To decide whether someone’s use of another person’s creative work is or isn’t a fair use, there are four points to consider: Section 107 of the Copyright Act defines fair use as follows: [T]he fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factor.

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Stream Morphology Investigation Manual ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Made ADA compliant by NetCentric Technologies using the CommonLook® software STREAM MORPHOLOGY Overview Students will construct a physical scale model of a stream system to help understand how streams and rivers shape the solid earth (i.e., the landscape). Students will perform several experiments to determine streamflow properties under different conditions. They will apply the scientific method, testing their own scenarios regarding human impacts to river systems. Outcomes • Design a stream table model to analyze the different characteristics of streamflow. • Explain the effects of watersheds on the surrounding environment in terms of the biology, water quality, and economic importance of streams. • Identify different stream features based on their geological formation due to erosion and deposition. • Develop an experiment to test how human actions can modify stream morphology in ways that may, in turn, impact riparian ecosystems. Time Requirements Preparation ...................................................................... 5 minutes, then let sit overnight Activity 1: Creating a Stream Table ................................ 60 minutes Activity 2: Scientific Method: Modeling Human Impacts on Stream Ecosystems .................................. 45 minutes 2 Carolina Distance Learning Key Personal protective equipment (PPE) goggles gloves apron follow link to video photograph results and submit stopwatch required warning corrosion flammable toxic environment health hazard Key Personal protective equipment (PPE) goggles gloves apron follow link to video photograph results and submit stopwatch required warning corrosion flammable toxic environment health hazard Table of Contents 2 Overview 2 Outcomes 2 Time Requirements 3 Background 9 Materials 10 Safety 10 Preparation 10 Activity 1 12 Activity 2 13 Submission 13 Disposal and Cleanup 14 Lab Worksheet 18 Lab Questions Background A watershed is an area of land that drains any form of precipitation into the earth’s water bodies (see Figure 1). The entire land area that forms this connection of atmospheric water to the water on Earth, whether it is rain flowing into a lake or snow soaking into the groundwater, is considered a watershed. Water covers approximately 70% of the earth’s surface. However, about two-thirds of all water is impaired to some degree, with less than 1% being accessible, consumable freshwater. Keeping watersheds pristine is the leading method for providing clean drinking water to communities, and it is a high priority worldwide. However, with increased development and people flocking toward waterfront regions to live, downstream communities are becoming increas- ingly polluted every day. From small streams to large rivers (hereafter .

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STRATEGY Leadership Lighting a fire under theni Why urgency—not panic—is the key to getting ahead in a recession John Kotter got an enviable—if unintentional—endorsement when then-candidiitc liarack Obama began inserting the phrase it sense ofurgeney into his comments about the economy. A Sense ofUrgeney (Harvard Business Press, 2008) is the title of Kotter s latest book on fostering change in organizations—a subject the Harvard Business School professor has owned since publishing the seminal Leading Change, in 1996. Kotter believes there arc two kinds of urgency—and, like cholesterol, one is good and one is bad. The good kind is characterized by constant scrutiny of external promise and peril. It involves relentless focus on doing only those things that move the business forward in the marketplace and on doing them right now, if not sooner. 'I'he bad kind—to which many companies have recently succumbed^—is panic driven and characterized by breathless activity that winds up prodticing nothing demonstrably new, Kotter advises leaders to stamp out the bad urgency, which demoralizes and drains people, and use the^—tiare we say it?—opportunity of the economic crisis to remake their organizations with a lean and hungry look. And he encourages them to sustain that newfound urgency even when flush times return. Editor-at- large I.eigh Fiuchanan spoke with Kotter about his urgent call to urgency. Samue! Johnson said nothing focuses the mind like a hanging. Has that happened with the recession? Has it focused the minds of company leaders and created the sense of urgency you advocate? 1 Relentless Leadership guru John Kotter, author of 4 Sense oí Urgency, says you should be doing something right now, today this very moment, to move your company forward. I wish that it had. Many companies probably think they're responding with urgency, and there are certainly a lot ot people running aroujid tr)ing to come up with solutions. But most ofthat activity is going to be ineffectual, because it is driven by a fear of losing. It's not that gut-level determination to win and to make abso- lutely sure that they do something every single day to keep pushing that goal forward. That's true urgency. How can you distinguish good urgency fronn bad urgency? There are lots of signs of false urgency. Frenetic activity. Everyone is exhausted, working 14-hour days. One red flag is how difficult it is to schedule a meeting. With true urgency, people leave lots of white space on their calendars, because they recognize that the important stuft^—the stuff they need to deal with immediately—is going to happen. If 8 6 . I N C SEPTEMBER 2009 PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM AMENGUAL STRATEGY you're overbooked, you can't manage pressing problems or even recognize they're pressing until tot) late. People think that in urgent situations, they're expected to take on Enore and more. They're worried about keeping their jobs, so they try to demonstrate their value hy being incredihh' b.

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STRATEGIES What can I do with this major? AREAS EMPLOYERS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL SERVICES Corrections Counseling Juvenile Justice Casework Administration Probations & Parole Victim Advocacy State and federal correction facilities County jails Precinct station houses Prison camps Youth correction facilities Medium-security correction facilities Voluntary correction facilities Halfway houses and pre-release programs Reintegration programs Alternative schools Juvenile detention centers Juvenile group homes Women’s and family shelters Domestic violence agencies Immigration and naturalization services Other nonprofit organizations Seek courses or training in topics such as victimology, social problems, diversity issues, or grieving. Supplement curriculum with courses in psychology, sociology, or social work. Gain experience working with a juvenile population in any capacity (i.e., sports teams, summer camp counselor, parks and recreation programs, and community/religious youth groups). Gain related experience in employment interviewing, social casework, substance abuse, and rehabilitation. Learn to work well with people of diverse backgrounds. Consider learning a second language. Maintain a blemish-free driving and criminal record. Gain firearms and self-defense training. Earn a master’s degree in social work or counseling for therapy positions. Obtain a masters degree in criminal justice or business for upper-level positions in facilities management or administration. JUDICIARY AND LAW Court Reporting Legal Assistance Legal Research Administration Local, state, and federal courts Law firms Corporate legal departments Public interest law organizations Consider a double major or minor in the social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, or political science. Attend a postsecondary vocational or technical college that offers court reporting or paralegal certification programs. Obtain a law degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Learn to use software packages such as CD-ROM research databases. Develop strong research, computer, and writing skills. Maintain a high grade point average to gain admittance to law school. Participate in mock trial groups. STRATEGIESEMPLOYERSAREAS (Criminal Justice, Page 2) LAW ENFORCEMENT Patrolling Investigating Forensics Probation Security City/County Government Organizations including: Police departments Correction facilities County sheriff departments Liquor Control Commission State Government Organizations including: State troopers Crime labs Penitentiaries Federal Government Organizations including: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Department of Homeland Security Postal Service Federal Marshals Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Parks Service Crime lab.

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Strategies for Change Week 7: "The Hard Side of Change Management" Change is a challenge. This isn’t news. We focus on all the elements that may stand in our way such as human resistance, poor leadership, or lack of motivation. But sometimes we get so wrapped up in these soft elements of change that we overlook the nuts and bolts, the hard elements that are important to making change successful. Initial Post Instructions After reading “The Hard Side of Change Management” this week, it will be fruitful to explore additional theories of change management. To prepare for the discussion forum this week, conduct some research on other theories: complexity theory; Kurt Lewin's Force Field Analysis (Unfreeze, Change, Freezing); Morgan's Images of Organization or related articles. Compare and contrast these models with Kotter's 8 Steps to Change . At this point, refrain from personal opinion - focus on an objective analysis of the theories themselves. Follow Up Posts, 75-150 words minimum After your initial post, read over the items posted by your peers and your instructor. Select at least two different posts, and address the following items in your responses: i. Did your peer’s assessment of the different theories offer new insights to you? ii. What questions remain in your mind after reading their analyses of these change model? Invite further conversation about these theories. Patricia McCarthy Kurt Lewin’s Force Field Analysis involved three steps, unfreezing, moving and refreezing. Lewin’s three concepts considered the ideas of shaping and incorporating a way to deal with the investigating, comprehension and achieving change at the organizational and societal level. The unfreezing stage was based on that the balance should be destabilized (unfrozen) before old conduct can be disposed of (unlearned) and new conduct effectively embraced. Under the moving stage one should try to consider every one of the powers at work and distinguish and assess, on a testing premise, all the accessible alternatives. In the final stage refreezing new conduct must be, somewhat, compatible with the remainder of the conduct, character and condition of the person or it will just prompt another round of disconfirmation. Morgan’s tactic was based on the principle that organization concepts depended on the understanding of images of the organization. Metaphors can be viewed as ideas which can support the understanding of an organization. Morgan’s ideas “metaphors” are a machine, an organism, an information processor (brain), a culture, a political system, a psychic prison, a flux and transformation, an instrument of domination. Morgan’s metaphors have filled in as methods for translating hierarchical issues, as beginning stages for research, and as edges for characterizing writing in the field. The metaphors also include various theories and means of making sense of organizations while some scholars see them as a tool to analyze and.

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Strategic Planning Unrestricted “the managerial process of creating and maintaining a fit between the organization’s objectives and resources and the evolving market opportunities” What is strategic planning? • Goal: • Long-term growth and profitability • Addresses two questions: • What is the organization’s main activity (currently)? • How will it reach its goals? Strategic planning • A subgroup of a single business or a collection of related businesses within the larger organization Strategic business units • Each SBU has: • A unique target market • Control over its resources • Its own unique competitors • A unique strategic plan • May have its own accounting, R&D, manufacturing, marketing Strategic business units Strategic alternatives - tools Ansoff’s strategic opportunity matrix The innovation matrix • Yellow: • Core Innovation • Uses existing assets • Ex: Tide Pods • Orange: • Adjacent Innovation • Uses existing abilities in new ways • Ex: Crest Whitestrips • Red: • Transformational Innovation • New markets, new products, new businesses • Ex: Uber/Lyft The innovation matrix Core Innovation Next year’s car Adjacent Innovation Electric car Transformational Innovation App-based taxi service The innovation matrix • Portfolios: SBUs will have a range of performance in terms of growth and profitability • This matrix organizes each SBU by their present or future growth and market share • Relative market share: • The ratio between the company’s market share and the share of the largest competitor Boston Consulting Group’s Portfolio Matrix Boston Consulting Group’s Portfolio Matrix Boston Consulting Group’s Portfolio Matrix Build Build or Harvest Hold or Harvest Divest Boston Consulting Group’s Portfolio Matrix The General Electric Model • Ansoff’s Matrix: • Helps you choose between current options (the present market and what you can currently offer) and new options (a new market and/or new products) • Innovation Matrix: • Illustrates how opportunities change as you move away from core capabilities • Boston Consulting Matrix: • Helps you analyze the performance of a portfolio of SBUs • General Electric: • Adds more nuance to the Boston Consulting matrix When to use what? • Based on the company or SBU’s strategy, managers can now create a marketing plan • Process of anticipating future events and determining strategies to achieve organizational objectives in the future Planning • Designing activities relating to marketing objectives and the changing marketing environment Marketing planning • Written document that acts as a guidebook of marketing activities for the marketing manager Marketing plan The Marketing Plan • To provide clearly stated activities that help employees and managers understand and work toward common goals • To allow the examination of the marketing environment in conjunction with the inner workings of the businesses • To help marketing ma.

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Strategic/Competitive Position Apple Inc. is known for its state-of-the-art designs for products such as the iPhone, but most are unaware that Apple has used technology to streamline its supply chain management and operational systems to provide competitive pricing. This use of technology has allowed the company to under price its competitors and yet maintain a 25 percent margin on their products. The use of IT has provided Apple with a strategic and competitive position which most of their competitors find difficult to match or exceed. Using your company or a real-world example from your research, analyze how information systems affect the firm’s strategic and competitive position. Using the assigned readings and the Argosy University online library resources, explain how information technology: Impacts competitive rivalry, such as pricing, promotion, and distribution Enables or dissuades new entrants Enables customers to achieve greater bargaining power Enables suppliers to gain more bargaining power Gives rise to substitute products or services that threaten the existing market Give reasons and examples from your research to support your responses. Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. By Saturday, July 26, 2014 , post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area . Through Wednesday, July 30, 2014 , review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Consider the following: Respond to at least two points they have made regarding competitive strategies. Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Initial response: Was insightful, original, accurate, and timely. Was substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts. Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions. 16 Discussion response and participation: Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner. Included research in the response. Asked challenging questions that promoted the discussion. Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion. 16 Writing: Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner. Responses were error free. Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited. 8 Total: 40 .

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Strategies for Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Dr. Janice Barrett Notes onCrisis Management and Conflict Resolution Defining a crisis: An event that brings, or has the potential for bringing, an organization and its leaders into disrepute and imperil the organization’s future profitability, reputation, growth and possibly its very survival. Financial measures of a crisis: bankruptcy, drop in sales, boycotts, loss of valuable employees etc. Tarnished reputation results: the erosion of a company’s reputation in the eyes of its many stakeholders and the general public --- the worth of an entire organization can be endangered as a consequence. Characteristics of a crisis: Suddenness Uncertainty Time compression The seven types of crises: 1. nature (natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods) 2. technology (oil spills, nuclear reactor accidents) 3. confrontation (equal rights, strikes) 4. malevolence (terrorists, disinformation) 5. skewed values (fraud, cheating, embezzlement) 6. deception (withholding information, lying, deceptive products) 7. misconduct (illegal or criminal acts). Essentials of a contingency plan: Contingency planning involves formulating responses to crises before they occur. The essentials of a contingency plan include: anticipating what might happen, searching for preventative and preparatory measures, and drafting appropriate responses to those situations most likely to occur or whose impact is greatest. Other, more specific elements are: Identify all potential contingencies and areas of vulnerability, examine specific vulnerabilities, review general vulnerabilities based on the organization’s “public nature”, establish crisis thresholds and assign crisis alert responsibilities, organize and train a crisis management team and establish a crisis communications center, Obtain advanced approvals for contingency plan measures, list and prioritize publics that must be informed, prepare a crisis media list and background press materials, and designate and train spokespersons. The most important tasks are: Identifying risks, ranking those risks in a matrix based on relative impact as compared to probability of occurrence, and finally creating plans to eliminate or mitigate the impact of the most impactful and highest probable incidents. Every crisis cannot be planned for; there are simply not enough resources to do so. However, high impact, and high probability risks can be eliminated, or at least mitigated by proper planning and management. The essentials of a contingency plan include: anticipating what might happen, searching for preventative and preparatory measures, and drafting appropriate responses to those situations most likely to occur or whose impact is greatest. Other, more specific elements are: Identify all potential contingencies and areas of vulnerability, examine specific vulnerabilities, review general vulnerabilities based on the organization’s “public nature”, establ.

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Strategic Review 2015-2020 Prepared by XYZ Consultants Version 1.0 20 September 2016 Table of Contents 1 About FitLife 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Mission, Vision and Values 1 2 Goals and Objectives 2 2.1 Goals 2 2.2 General Objectives 2 2.3 Proposed Marketing objectives 2 3 Situation Analysis 3 3.1 SWOT Analysis 3 3.2 Product Portfolio – BCG Boston Matrix 4 3.3 PEST/STEEP Analysis 5 3.4 Trend Analysis 6 4. Competitor Analysis 8 5 Key Statistics 14 6 Financials 16 References 18 Introduction The health and wellbeing industry is a dynamic sector and plays a critical role in the Australian economy. The industry has grown substantially within the last decade, generating $2.2billion revenue on an annual basis (with 3.5% annual growth rate) through 3265 health clubs housing 32,875 employment opportunities across the country. The industry also plays a key role in improving the health and fitness of Australians. An evaluation of the company’s internal strengths and weaknesses, external opportunities and threats, market trend analysis, and macro environment study established a groundwork to prepare this strategic review.1 About FitLife1.1 Background FitLife is a privately-owned Sydney based Australian health club chain with 70 health clubs and 182,000 active members in Australia. FitLife serves as one of the industry leaders in the sport and fitness segment providing multi-purpose fitness venues across the country providing state of the art facilities, equipment and services. FitLife has its base of operations in North Sydney (Health Club and Head Office), Sydney and operates in each state: State Total Health Clubs Total Members NSW 38 98,800 QLD 10 26,000 VIC 9 23,400 SA 4 10,400 ACT 3 7,800 WA 3 7,800 TAS 2 5,200 NT 1 2,600 Grand Total 70 182,000 Each health club offers the following facilities and services: · Gym for weightlifting and cardio · Gymnastics room (martial arts, boxing and kendo) · Classes (Pilates, Yoga, BodyPump, Cycle, BodyAttack, Full Body Lift, and FatBurner).1.2 Mission, Vision and Values The mission, in engagement with the community, is to provide innovative health clubs delivering cutting-edge fitness and lifestyle programs that will motivate people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to lead active, healthy lives. The vision is to be regarded as a premier provider of quality fitness, gymnastics and wellness through innovative programs and services that result in measurable and transformational changes in the lives of those they serve. FitLife are passionate for promoting the quality of life for everyone on the basis of the following values and attitudes in all of their staff, members and the community: Quality Accountability Energy Mutual Respect Diversity Enthusiasm Integrity Accountability Care Honesty Responsibility Professionalism 2 Goals and Objectives Due to its healthy outlook, the Executive Management would like to allocate a total of $1,061,059 budget to market research and then devel.

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Strategies for Change "Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change" Just as you have learned throughout this course, change doesn’t happen in an instant. No matter which method of change you adopt, it requires various steps. Breaking change down into more manageable steps will increase the likelihood of success as well as organized, controlled change. Initial Post Instructions Read “Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change” then review the summary of the three C’s of change (commitment, coordination, and competency). How do innovation, technology, and the concept of “going green” all pertain to the concepts of strategies for organizational change? Are innovation, technology and “green” efforts important considerations in the study of change? Why or why not? Use and cite a minimum of three scholarly references beyond the texts used in the course to defend your reasoning. Follow Up Posts 75-150 words After your initial post, read over the items posted by your peers and your instructor. Select at least two different posts, and address the following items in your responses: i. Share additional insights on the external factors driving change. What other issues relate to those introduced by your peers? ii. Do you agree with your peer’s assessment of the urgency for change? Why or why not? Chad Watkins Change management is a difficult task that comes with a multitude of challenges. Appropriate planning and research can lead to a successful change initiative. The number of increased steps in the change management process correlates to an implementation plan that is less drastic. Change programs do not independently produce change. The change comes from the cooperation of key stakeholders that are committed to achieve goals. Innovation, technology, and the concept of going green are all important aspects of incorporating organizational change. Being green is no longer a cost of doing business; it is a catalyst for innovation, market opportunity, and wealth creation (Clarke, 1994). Consumers are motivated by environment friendly innovations. This provides an exceptional marketing opportunities that can garner support of key stakeholders for change. Green innovation in the terms of launching first to the industry green products and sustainable process breakthroughs provide an organization an opportunity for cost savings, access to new markets, and increased sales (Lampikoski, 2012). Incorporating the use of renewable energy sources add value to the organization and the consumer perception. Developing a strategy that incorporates going green is important in establishing sustainability in today’s market. Innovation technology is at the forefront of business expansion in today’s market. Technology provides the ability to improve accuracy, productivity, efficiencies, and reduce costs. Organization development is essentially about breeding greater efficiency through the integration of artificial technology and robotics in the work.

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Strategic Plan Strategic Plan Assignment The ability to think strategically and make choices based on solid analysis and evaluation, in order to capitalize on achieving optimal results when applying limited resources of the firm, are at the core of this strategic initiative plan. Strategic initiatives act as the vehicle to accomplish strategic goals. Strategic initiatives translate vision into reality. The strategic management process enables organizations to achieve objectives through three stages: strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. For this assignment, create a market entry plan (entrepreneurial), a market expansion plan for an existing organization, or a mergers and acquisitions plan that seeks to increase your organization’s competitive advantage. Your strategic plan should aim to innovate. Throughout the development of your strategic plan consider your organization’s responsibility in the greater social good from a Christian perspective and how your plan address ethics, cooperate social responsibly and sustainability. Globalization brings both benefits and challenges in the business sphere. Be sure to consider how globalization impacts your strategic plan and address any international considerations if needed. Your strategic plan will be completed throughout the course in Topic 1, Topic 3, Topic 4, Topic 5, Topic 6, Topic 7, and Topic 8. Be sure to address instructor feedback when possible. Part 1: Overview (Topic 1) Imagine you need to present your initial pitch for your Strategic Initiative Plan. Create a 5-8 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that seeks to get permission from key stakeholders. In your presentation, address the following: 1. Identify the type (market entry, market expansion, merger, and acquisition) of Strategic Plan that you will be creating. 2. Provide the vision, mission, and values of the organization. 3. How do organization values drive the culture? 4. What is the culture you intend to build, or exists, today? 5. What is your competitive advantage? Provide three to five sources in your presentation. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Part 2: External and Internal Assessment (Topic 3) An environmental scan seeks to ensure your original pitch is viable (Part 1: Overview). External and internal assessment tools are utilized your to ensure strategic initiative is viable. You may find after completing your environmental scan your strategic initiative idea will chang.

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STRATEGY MANAGEMNT PLAN 1 STRATEGY MANAGEMNT PLAN 3 Asia Business Division Unit Strategy Management Plan Phase One Chris Stengel Institutional Affiliation Asia Business Division Unit Strategy Management Plan Phase One Introduction The commitment of this piece is to avail an overall business unit strategy management plan for the biotech as well as the new cosmetic division which is set to be open in India. The future and current goals of the new division's business have been examined and endorsed via surveys into some of the issues faced by the business going forward into the new industry. Availed are also the advantages the company will have pertaining to the selected location which is India. There will be laid out five goals as well as objectives to be met by the firm and its new division based in India. Finally, there is the examination of the internal and external analysis of the biotech in relation to the cosmetics industry. The analyses will assist in establishing a competitive advantage for both the biotech and its newly established India division. Goals and Objectives The goals and objective of this business would include the following: 1. Expanding into the Indian market and establish a cosmetic division as well as a distribution industry within the following year. a. To select a market cite within India which overall tend to work best for biotech. Generally, India is the best location thus far chosen. b. To select the new executive director for the new division as well as a team which will ensure the division is running. c. To hire the local employees for both local relations and distribution. 2. Developing to become a triple bottom line organization by the year 2022 a. To build homes for various communities in India. b. To create a clean support group in India to assist in cleaning up the area around the newly established division. c. To donate 6% of the cosmetic sales to the removal of plastic from the ocean. 3. Developing natural cosmetics, foundations, powders, main focus on the lipstick, eye cleaners and makeup, taking at least a single style of every product to the market place within the next a couple of years. a. To research the color trends as well as the current styles. b. To develop natural products which are safe by the utilization of economic friendly materials c. To test the products with the working teams to help select the fragrances and palates before launching them. 4. Marketing the new cosmetics internationally to boost the demand for the products of biotech, boost the market share by 15% within the first twelve months of launching it. a. To research trends in the global and local markets of cosmetics to discover what works best as the points of sale. b. To launch a single product at a given time and collect the consumer's feedback before the launch of the second product. c. To market the products to the United States and even to the domestic consumers within India before working into .

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STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Often best practices in the workplace lag behind technology advances. Ethical principles and best practices must be constantly reviewed and deeply considered in the workplace. Social media have had a big impact particularly on the Digital Native (those born after 1980). In this assignment, you as a manager will need to remind the Digital Native to be mindful of their social media usage in the workplace and beyond. SLP Assignment Expectations You are the manager for a workgroup at your company. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the use of personal social media in the workplace and discuss posting about your firm on your personal social media site when away from work. Discuss the restrictions on the use of personal social networks by employees, security issues, and how posting on social media can impact the firm’s image. This should take 2 to 3 pages. .

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Strategic Plan, Part 2: Internal Environmental Analysis Grading Guide STR/581 Version 12 3 Strategic Plan, Part 2: Internal Environmental Analysis Grading Guide STR/581 Version 12 Strategic Planning and Implementation Copyright Copyright © 2017 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Individual Assignment: Strategic Plan, Part 2: Internal Environmental Analysis Purpose of Assignment Part 2 of the Strategic Plan goes further into the internal and external environments of the company chosen in Week 2. Students can reference Part 1 of the assignment for information on the environmental scan, after which they have the opportunity to look at the internal workings of their company and also do some competitor analysis. Students are able to use these concepts to perform real tasks associated with SWOT analysis and developing a foundation for devising a strategy for the company. Resources Required Strategic Plan: Part 1 Grading Guide Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: The paper uses the organization selected in Week 1. The paper includes an assessment of the organization’s internal environment. The paper includes the identification of the most important strengths and weaknesses of your organization including an assessment of the organization’s resources. The paper includes the identification of important internal environmental factors found in the analysis of the general, industry, and external environments. The paper includes a competitor analysis. The paper includes an assessment of the structure of the organization and the influence this has on its performance. The paper includes a determination of the organization’s competitive position and the possibilities this provides. The paper is a minimum of 1,050 words in length. Total Available Total Earned 85 #/85 Writing Guidelines Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: Organization The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment. The introduction provides a sufficient background on the topic and previews major points. Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. The conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper, and reviews the major points. Mechanics The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level require.

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Strategic Vision and Mission HOSP4060 Hospitality Design and Execution Seminar ‹#› Vision ‹#› What Do We Want to Become? A Vision Statement should answer the basic question, “What do we want to become?” 2-3 ‹#› Vision Statement Guidelines The vision statement should be short, preferably one sentence. Be the world's beer company. Through all of our products, services and relationships, we will add to life's enjoyment. 2-4 ‹#› Examples of Vision Statements “To become the world’s most loved, most flown, and most profitable airline.” ‹#› Examples of Vision Statements “Our vision is to create a better every-day life for many people.” ‹#› Examples of Vision Statements “To be the best quick service restaurant experience. Being the best means providing outstanding quality, service, cleanliness, and value, so that we make every customer in every restaurant smile.” ‹#› Vision and Core Values ‹#› Core Ideology Consists of Two Distinct parts Core Values A system of guiding principles Core Purpose The organizations most fundamental reason for existence ‹#› Core Values A principle that guides an organization's internal conduct as well as its relationship with the external world. A company decides for itself what values it holds to be core Walt Disney Company’s core values of imagination and wholesomeness stem not from market requirements but from the founders inner belief that imagination and wholesomeness should be nurtured for their own sake ‹#› Core Values Company’s tend to only have a few core values Between 3 and 5 (Only a few values can be truly “core”) ‹#› Developing Core Values An organization must push with relentless honesty to define what values are truly central. If more than 5 are chosen, an organization may be confusing core values (which do not change) with operating practices or business strategies Values must stand a test of time Once a preliminary list is drafted, a question should be asked of each one. If the circumstances changed and penalized us for holding this core value, would we still keep it. If yes, then the value is not core. ‹#› Examples of Core Values Corporate Social Responsibility Science-based innovation Being a pioneer- not following others Creativity, Dreams, and Imagination The right to freedom of choice Hard work and individual productivity Encouraging individual initiative Never being satisfied Fanatical attention to consistency and detail Excellence in reputation Honesty and Integrity Hard work and continuous self improvement. ‹#› Mission ‹#› Mission: What Is Our Business? Mission statement a declaration of an organization’s “reason for being.” answers the pivotal question “What is our business?” reveals what an organization wants to be and whom it wants to serve 2-15 ‹#› 1-16 We are a luxury brand whose incredible family of associates puts the soul in hospitality every day. The needs of our guests, associates and owners are in the forefront of everything we do. Through .

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Strategies for all Students Part 1: Developing Strategies For each student, write a 150-200-word response that includes: · A learning theory that applies specifically to each student’s unique cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, and physical developmental needs. · One developmentally appropriate instruction strategy you would recommend to assist the student, taking into account the students’ individual strengths, interests, differences and needs. Consider cognitive development and abilities, as well as contextual factors (e.g., language and culture) when developing the strategies. · Your plan to modify instruction to meet this student’s specific needs. · Strategies to incorporate accommodations for students with exceptionalities in assessments and testing conditions. Scenario 1 Mrs. Merrell, a second-grade teacher, is teaching a lesson about using information gained from illustrations and words to demonstrate understanding of a story’s characters, setting, or plot. Student A Randi is a shy student whose primary language is Spanish. Her family moved from the Dominican Republic during the middle of her kindergarten year. Her parents are Spanish-speaking but are not literate in the language. Randi is below grade level in reading and is in the lowest of Mrs. Merrell’s reading intervention groups. How will you continue to support Randi during this reading lesson? -think about, do not answer- Learning Theory: Developmentally appropriate instructional strategy: Modification Plan: Accommodation strategies: Student B Carl is known as the class clown. He is constantly talking to his neighbors and often causing a distraction to others. His grades are below average, but he is reading at grade level. Carl loves talking about and drawing anime characters from his favorite TV show. How will you ignite Carl’s motivation so that he is successful during the lesson? -think about, do not answer- Learning Theory: Developmentally appropriate instructional strategy: Modification Plan: Accommodation strategies: Scenario 2 Mr. Baker, a sixth-grade teacher, is teaching a lesson on the area of triangles, polygons, and rectangles, and how to solve real-world problems. Student A Jimmy is an accelerated math student. He becomes easily bored with new topics in class then starts to become a distraction to others. His father is an engineer and has two older siblings who are in advanced math classes in high school. He is constantly showing off things that he has made with his family’s new 3D printer. How will you address Jimmy’s needs for him to remain engaged throughout the lesson? -think about, do not answer- Learning Theory: Developmentally appropriate instructional strategy: Modification Plan: Accommodation strategies: Student B Barbara is a special education student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). She is at grade level in math and qualifies for accommodations in written expression and communication. During math instruction, .

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