BUSI 340
Discussion Board Forum Thread Example
Groupthink
Definition: Organizational Behavior notes, “Groupthink is the tendency of highly cohesive groups to value consensus at the price of decision quality” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2008, p. 257).
Summary: The article entitled “Group Think: The Turn to Online Research is Narrowing the Range of Modern Scholarship, a New Study Suggests” written by Tuhus-Dubrow (2008) discusses how the Internet has made accessing research and other things extremely easy. The author asserts that by using search engines, which often rank the importance of a result by popularity, students leave themselves vulnerable to groupthink when conducting research results (Tuhus-Dubrow, 2008). Tuhus-Dubrow (2008) suggests that this can be mitigated by using multiple sources to help provide a more well-rounded research pool.
Discussion: The Internet has made performing research for students possible within a matter of seconds. Students used to have to go to the library and conduct research out of textbooks and other publications, but now by simply typing your subject in a search engine, a variety of choices are at your fingertips. “Millions of journal articles are available online, enabling scholars to find material they never would have encountered at their university libraries” (Tuhus-Dubrow, 2008, para 2).
The Internet, just like everything else, has it costs as well as benefits. Just like the article states, the Internet has started to dominate people’s lives. People rely on the Internet for everything from work to personal use.
The Internet is considered to be a new form of groupthink because when searching for articles, students are not highly selective in the choices they make, and they tend to pick one of the few search choices that comes up. Also, the other alternatives of research are now not used due to the convenience of the Internet. Tuhus-Dubrow (2008) make the case that outcomes should be portrayed by search engines in some organized way because most websites depend on devices that classify primarily in a couple of ways. The ways they are classified are by chronological order and by popularity (Tuhus-Dubrow, 2008). If a search engine filters results by popularity, then this is groupthink, because others are succumbing to the will of the group by choosing the same articles that show up first as results.
Do you feel that Internet search engines cause groupthink? If so, elaborate on why you think this. Do you feel that this is why many instructors at Liberty University want students to not choose the same discussion board topics? I personally feel that the reason instructors want us to choose different topics is so that we will not reflect the same views and choose the same articles, which would therefore be groupthink.
References
Adler, S. J. (2009). At Davos, beware the tide of groupthink. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved from: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2009/db2009021_878209.htm
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SanDisk: Place and Competitive Advantage
University
Marketing Plan
With its headquarters in Milpitas, California, the twenty-seven year old company has proved to be a force to reckon with in the manufacture and distribution of storage devices which include; USB flash drives, memory cards, flash drives, caching software for laptops, embedded flash drives, PC applications, and enterprise applications. The SanDisk Corporation has over the years remained business wise afloat despite competition from other companies in the storage devices industry like Samsung and Apple Inc. It is through this competition that SanDisk has always seen the need to be creative and to come up with better strategies to remain relevant and ensure that their products are used globally by as many people as possible so as to achieve their vision of being the largest supplier of storage devices worldwide. As recent as February of 2015, SanDisk was the third largest manufacturer of flash memory.
Place
SanDisk Corporation has a well-defined distribution strategy that ensures smooth flow of products from the manufactures straight to the final user who is also the consumer. With storage devices industry being depended on, by billions of people around the world, SanDisk Corporation has established more than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries as a way of reaching the end users, Wee, A. (2016). SanDisk generates more than half of its sales outside the US where it is based and this, therefore, means that most of its customers are in the rest of the world. It is for this reason that they decided to open two more manufacturing plants, one in China and the other in Japan so as to be nearer to their customers considering a large number of people in the Asian continent and Africa below.
Though in North America SanDisk exclusively sell through specific retailers, in the other parts of the world the products follow a distribution channel that runs from the manufacturer, the distributors, the wholesalers, the retailers, and finally the consumers. This distribution channel has enabled SanDisk to reach as many of its customers as possible and in the process compete with its competitors in the market. With retailers at supermarkets and mobile storefronts, the end user is reached easily. SanDisk also directly sell to digital cameras and mobile phone manufactures who sell their products together with the mobile devices and digital cameras.
Competitive Advantage
The location is important to any business. SanDisk Corporation understands this fact very well and so is the reason why it has two of its manufacturing plants in China and Japan. These locations are strategic first regarding production cost and secondly and most important, to be closer to more than half of the end users. This makes it easier for distribution channel to run smooth and quick as possible a ...
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Unit IV Research Project
Marketing Plan
This week you will continue your comprehensive marketing plan researching the SAME Company that you researched in previous units. Again, utilizing the CSU Online Library, you will research the various elements of the marketing plan as it relates to this company. In Unit IV you will provide a comprehensive discussion of the products and/or services provided by your organization.
Product
This section will provide a comprehensive look at the products, product lines, and services that are offered by your company. This will include discussions about the quality of the product/service and other additions such as warranties, installation, service plans, or unique packaging features that are included with the product (if pertinent). Include a discussion of whether your company’s products/services would be considered business-to-consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B).Branding is also considered a part of the product offering, thus a discussion of the branding efforts associated with your company and the importance of said branding in the overall product offering should be included. Within this discussion, review the positioning strategy of your company.
Competitive Advantage
A competitive advantage is an important goal of every company, address whether your company has a competitive advantage WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCT. The idea is to discuss whether your company has a competitive advantage with respect to their product offering and the attributes associated with product as discussed above. Competitive advantage with respect to promotion, place, and pricing will be discussed in later sections of the marketing plan. Once you have stated your position, remember to include your rationale.
Your submission should be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced with a reference page and title page. References should include at least one additional, credible reference beyond the textbook. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and cited per APA guidelines. Include the use of subheadings (this week consider using Product and Competitive Advantage in Product).
Running head-SANDISK
SANDISK 2
SanDisk general performance
Name
Affiliated institution
General information about SanDisk
There are many companies including Toshiba, Apple, Intel, among many others that have continued to evolve over the years since more and more people are adopting to these technologies. The industry has continued to grow with the immense growth of technologies and immense need for storage devices. SanDisk, (2016) argues that since its establishment, the companies has been selling to customers in USA and more than a half of its sales being made outside the country. It has established more than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries, and it also manufactures its products in China and Japan. The company is very creative in the way it designs, developme ...
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Running head sandisk place and competitive advantage1sandisk.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: sandisk: place and competitive advantage 1
sandisk: place and competitive advantage 5
SanDisk: Place and Competitive Advantage
University
Marketing Plan
With its headquarters in Milpitas, California, the twenty-seven year old company has proved to be a force to reckon with in the manufacture and distribution of storage devices which include; USB flash drives, memory cards, flash drives, caching software for laptops, embedded flash drives, PC applications, and enterprise applications. The SanDisk Corporation has over the years remained business wise afloat despite competition from other companies in the storage devices industry like Samsung and Apple Inc. It is through this competition that SanDisk has always seen the need to be creative and to come up with better strategies to remain relevant and ensure that their products are used globally by as many people as possible so as to achieve their vision of being the largest supplier of storage devices worldwide. As recent as February of 2015, SanDisk was the third largest manufacturer of flash memory.
Place
SanDisk Corporation has a well-defined distribution strategy that ensures smooth flow of products from the manufactures straight to the final user who is also the consumer. With storage devices industry being depended on, by billions of people around the world, SanDisk Corporation has established more than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries as a way of reaching the end users, Wee, A. (2016). SanDisk generates more than half of its sales outside the US where it is based and this, therefore, means that most of its customers are in the rest of the world. It is for this reason that they decided to open two more manufacturing plants, one in China and the other in Japan so as to be nearer to their customers considering a large number of people in the Asian continent and Africa below.
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The location is important to any business. SanDisk Corporation understands this fact very well and so is the reason why it has two of its manufacturing plants in China and Japan. These locations are strategic first regarding production cost and secondly and most important, to be closer to more than half of the end users. This makes it easier for distribution channel to run smooth and quick as possible a ...
Unit IV Research ProjectMarketing PlanThis week you will conti.docxmarilucorr
Unit IV Research Project
Marketing Plan
This week you will continue your comprehensive marketing plan researching the SAME Company that you researched in previous units. Again, utilizing the CSU Online Library, you will research the various elements of the marketing plan as it relates to this company. In Unit IV you will provide a comprehensive discussion of the products and/or services provided by your organization.
Product
This section will provide a comprehensive look at the products, product lines, and services that are offered by your company. This will include discussions about the quality of the product/service and other additions such as warranties, installation, service plans, or unique packaging features that are included with the product (if pertinent). Include a discussion of whether your company’s products/services would be considered business-to-consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B).Branding is also considered a part of the product offering, thus a discussion of the branding efforts associated with your company and the importance of said branding in the overall product offering should be included. Within this discussion, review the positioning strategy of your company.
Competitive Advantage
A competitive advantage is an important goal of every company, address whether your company has a competitive advantage WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCT. The idea is to discuss whether your company has a competitive advantage with respect to their product offering and the attributes associated with product as discussed above. Competitive advantage with respect to promotion, place, and pricing will be discussed in later sections of the marketing plan. Once you have stated your position, remember to include your rationale.
Your submission should be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced with a reference page and title page. References should include at least one additional, credible reference beyond the textbook. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and cited per APA guidelines. Include the use of subheadings (this week consider using Product and Competitive Advantage in Product).
Running head-SANDISK
SANDISK 2
SanDisk general performance
Name
Affiliated institution
General information about SanDisk
There are many companies including Toshiba, Apple, Intel, among many others that have continued to evolve over the years since more and more people are adopting to these technologies. The industry has continued to grow with the immense growth of technologies and immense need for storage devices. SanDisk, (2016) argues that since its establishment, the companies has been selling to customers in USA and more than a half of its sales being made outside the country. It has established more than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries, and it also manufactures its products in China and Japan. The company is very creative in the way it designs, developme ...
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International User research eGuide - Usability247 UX247
Due to globalisation and the digital revolution that has enabled it, in as little as ten years the world has become a much smaller place. Although it is now easier to communicate and conduct business halfway across the world, the cultural differences, divides and expectations that existed before, still remain, with there being no one size fits all approach to how we live from country to country. This means that when developing a product (digital or physical), with an eye to releasing it beyond the home market, we have to consider how user expectations differ throughout the world.
This is where International User Experience (UX) research comes in, which is what this document is all about – Carrying out qualitative and quantitative UX research in countries, regions and territories other than our own.
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APPLYING ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES TO BUSINESS
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APPLYING ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES TO BUSINESS
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3/16/2020Introduction
Ford Motor is a company that has its original situation in the United States of America. The company has its core business as producing motor vehicles; the company is the Fourth highest producer in the world. The company came to existence in the year 1903, with the present state being one of the companies with a production rate of higher standards compared to its competitors. The company has produced motor vehicles not only in the United States of America but the whole world consisting of diverse brands. Throughout the years, the firm has created different development techniques planned for supporting the general target of keeping up the upper hand in the market. The organization's development is bolstered by different escalated techniques that incorporate market improvement, item advancement, and market entrance. There likewise exist conventional methodologies that steer Ford's business seriousness. Even though there have been a few nonexclusive procedures, cost administration remains the hugest power behind the automaker's prosperity.
Ford’s Operations
The Ford Motor Company has an extensive list of their products and administrations which incorporate autos and substantial business vehicles just as car financing administrations. Their engines include minimal effort vehicles that are created to pull in a more extensive client extend, extravagance autos, trucks, transports, and Motorsport vehicles. Their blend of items and administrations guarantees that the firm can contend well in the vehicle business. Through advancement, the organization has likewise added to a superior situation by creating vehicles that sudden spike in demand for less fuel, hydrogen, and power along these lines empowering the association to acquire clients in recent years.
The firm effectively executes its commitments to its outer clients who buy their vehicles just as its inward clients who comprise of staff in different divisions and who depend on various offices to encourage the smooth progression of their day by day obligations. For the outside clients, the vehicles they buy must satisfy specific guidelines dependent on the details for which they are fabricated. For example, the extravagance vehicles ought to be in a situation to give solace and security dependent on the base market models, simplicity of route, and saving money on fuel utilization. While such principles are structure qualifiers, the firm should endeavor to think of more request champs that recognize their extravagance vehicles from those of contenders. To accomplish this, ford had created a technology that aimed at producing their products with diverse differentiation compared to their competitors.
Ford prior concocted advancements that set their items apart from others. For instance, it built up the EcoBoost suite of advances that decreased the s.
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Apply the general overview of court structure in the United States (Fig. 1.2) to your local community. (Critical Thinking Question 1)
Constitutional rights of the accused is, of course, a controversial topic. The crime control model, in particular, decries letting the obviously guilty go free on "technicalities," whereas the due process model emphasizes basic rights. What common ground do these two approaches share? Where do they disagree most?
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Apply the Paramedic Method to the following five selections
1) As a means of providing scientists with appropriate tertiary data, the conference is intended to serve as a communication medium for everyone involved in the manipulation and dissemination of research findings.
2) The decision by the managers was that the committee for road improvement would cease its activity for the duration of the term.
3) From the beginning, the writing of this research article was marked by reluctance.
4. . If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
5.. Four score
and seven
years ago
our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure.
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Application of Standards of Care
Discuss the standard(s) of care to which the parties will be held in this case scenario. How will the standards of care and your state’s Nurse Practice Act be applied in the courts if the case is sued?
Case Scenario
SK, age 61, went to the hospital with what she thought was a bad cold, and was admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Following admission, she became increasingly feverish and short of breath, but her family’s calls for help went unanswered. In fact, her daughter was unable to find anyone when she went to the nurses’ station looking for help. The patient eventually stopped breathing, and someone finally responded to the family’s desperate and frantic calls for help. SK was successfully resuscitated, but sustained brain damage due to oxygen deprivation. She was left unable to walk, talk, or care for herself.
Because of nurse understaffing in the hospital, her assigned RN had not assessed her often enough and did not monitor her oxygen level. There were 41 other patients on this unit. Although the hospital’s own staffing standards called for five registered nurses and two licensed practical nurses to staff this unit, only three registered nurses were on duty. Records for the unit in question indicated that the hospital failed to meet its own staffing standards for 51 out of 59 days before this incident.
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Application of the Nursing Process to Deliver Culturally Competent Care.
Research the literature for an appropriate professional article that discusses the health care needs of your selected cultural group.
It should include 5-7 pages within the body of the paper with 3-5 references (at least two articles/book references).
Papers must follow
APA format
7th edition format, and include a title page, citations, and reference pages.
View the
APA Sample Template
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Submit the paper in the drop box provided in Blackboard.
View
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Review the
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Formal Paper Resources
Formal Paper Resources
Formal Paper Resources
Below are helpful resources to assist you with completing the Formal Paper.Click on each link to view.
Dreams from Endangered Culture
- With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
Photos of Endangered Cultures
- Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.
The Danger of a Single Story
- Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Theories & Models
Cultural Competence Project
Giger and Davidhizar
Giger and Davidhizar - Alternative Formats
Madeleine M.
Leninger
- Transcultural Nursing Culture Care Theory
Resource Library
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Office of Minority Health
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ToolKit - Resource Library
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The Resource Library has many useful descriptions and examples of models to use for your Formal Paper.
*NOTE:
Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the assignmen
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Application Ware House-Application Design
Appointy
Appointy allows users grow and manage their business in one and easy to use user interface.
The software helps users schedule online customers daily anywhere and at anytime,
Improve productivity and it enables business manage their staff in multiple locations.
Appointy helps organizations attract more customers through online marketing channels such as facebook and twitter.
Advantages of Saas
Accessibility SaaS can run on any OS regardless of its Mac OS, Blackberry Tablet Os,
Cost reduction and quick commissioning; due to the amount of money saved, there are no initial licensing costs.
Scalability; It is not necessary for an organization to purchase more service space or software licenses.
Updates; Saas providers update software and hardware and this has saved on time and workload for the consumer.
Saas is easily accessible and can run on any operating system regardless of its Mac OS. Besides, it is highly accessible and a user only requires an internet browser to begin their operations.
Saas providers update their software and hardware which saves on time and workload fro the consumer. The software is centrally on the server and new functions and update are implemented more frequently and efficiently.
Saas software is associated with cost reduction and quick comissioning,one of the major benefits o using Saas is the amount of money that culd be potentially saved.
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Disadvantages of Saas
Data security risks; businesses are required to keep their information private as the provider is the one storing the company data.
Termination of service; Businesses can lose their data and files if the provider terminates their services for reasons such as lawsuits and bankruptcy.
Performance challenges; Software on local machines may run faster compared to Saas being hosted in a remote data centre.
Limited Applications; Saas relies on multiple software solutions.
Saas is associated with limited applications, a number of business that use SaaS grow daily and there are software applications that do not offer a hosted platform, the company will have to be hosted on site especially if it relies on multiple software sources.
Software in local machines are likely to run at a faster speed when compared to Saas that is hosted inn remote data centre.
Organizations are likely to face data security risks since data is stored by a provider.
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Advantages of An in-house customized software
Users of the program will find the custom-made program more friendly.
The organization is provided with a greater control, which is crucial if the business ha some specific needs that an average commercial product can fulfill.
It also makes the interface more easy to use and provides easy accessibility to knowledgeable support.
The organization is likely obtain support from individual who have developed the software at hand.
customized software is more efficient,as it can cover every aspect of the business without the.
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Application of the Belmont Principles
First, identify your research topic, including the key concepts you hope to investigate, any relationship you will look for between or among them—if anticipating a quantitative study—and who you anticipate as the target population.
RESEARCH TOPIC: Application of The Cognitive Psychology in Mental Illness or Trauma
Then, briefly identify how you would apply the three Belmont principles (beneficence, justice, and respect for persons) when you conduct your study.
Your post will be assessed based on the following:
· A thorough and high-quality post will apply one or more of the Belmont principles to all of the following elements of a research design:
o How one samples and recruits participants.
o How one collects data from those participants.
o How one manages, organizes, and conducts analyses of the data.
o How one reports the findings.
· An acceptable but lower quality post will apply at least one of the Belmont Principles to at least two of the design elements.
· A low-quality post will apply a Belmont principle to only one design element.
· An unacceptable post will not apply any Belmont principles to any design elements.
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APPLE is only one of the multiple companies that have approved and declared a stock split, the most recent one on a 4-for-1 basis last August 28, 2020. Analyze and explain:
(i) What is a stock split;
(ii) Why do you think that APPLE has approved this stock split decision;
(iii) How has that the stock split affected APPLE’s stocks’ value;
(iv) What is the APPLE’s current dividend payout ratio;
(v) How do you think that the APPLE’s dividend payout ratio may affect to the stocks’ value.
This exercise assesses the following learning outcomes:
(i) the evaluation of the dividend payout ratio,
(ii) the trade-off between paying dividends and retaining the profits within the company,
(iii) the purpose and procedure related to stock repurchases, and
(iv) the evaluation and advice on a firm going from private to a public company.
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Ford’s Operations
The Ford Motor Company has an extensive list of their products and administrations which incorporate autos and substantial business vehicles just as car financing administrations. Their engines include minimal effort vehicles that are created to pull in a more extensive client extend, extravagance autos, trucks, transports, and Motorsport vehicles. Their blend of items and administrations guarantees that the firm can contend well in the vehicle business. Through advancement, the organization has likewise added to a superior situation by creating vehicles that sudden spike in demand for less fuel, hydrogen, and power along these lines empowering the association to acquire clients in recent years.
The firm effectively executes its commitments to its outer clients who buy their vehicles just as its inward clients who comprise of staff in different divisions and who depend on various offices to encourage the smooth progression of their day by day obligations. For the outside clients, the vehicles they buy must satisfy specific guidelines dependent on the details for which they are fabricated. For example, the extravagance vehicles ought to be in a situation to give solace and security dependent on the base market models, simplicity of route, and saving money on fuel utilization. While such principles are structure qualifiers, the firm should endeavor to think of more request champs that recognize their extravagance vehicles from those of contenders. To accomplish this, ford had created a technology that aimed at producing their products with diverse differentiation compared to their competitors.
Ford prior concocted advancements that set their items apart from others. For instance, it built up the EcoBoost suite of advances that decreased the s.
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Apply the general overview of court structure in the United States (Fig. 1.2) to your local community. (Critical Thinking Question 1)
Constitutional rights of the accused is, of course, a controversial topic. The crime control model, in particular, decries letting the obviously guilty go free on "technicalities," whereas the due process model emphasizes basic rights. What common ground do these two approaches share? Where do they disagree most?
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Apply the Paramedic Method to the following five selections
1) As a means of providing scientists with appropriate tertiary data, the conference is intended to serve as a communication medium for everyone involved in the manipulation and dissemination of research findings.
2) The decision by the managers was that the committee for road improvement would cease its activity for the duration of the term.
3) From the beginning, the writing of this research article was marked by reluctance.
4. . If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
5.. Four score
and seven
years ago
our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure.
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Application of Standards of Care
Discuss the standard(s) of care to which the parties will be held in this case scenario. How will the standards of care and your state’s Nurse Practice Act be applied in the courts if the case is sued?
Case Scenario
SK, age 61, went to the hospital with what she thought was a bad cold, and was admitted with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Following admission, she became increasingly feverish and short of breath, but her family’s calls for help went unanswered. In fact, her daughter was unable to find anyone when she went to the nurses’ station looking for help. The patient eventually stopped breathing, and someone finally responded to the family’s desperate and frantic calls for help. SK was successfully resuscitated, but sustained brain damage due to oxygen deprivation. She was left unable to walk, talk, or care for herself.
Because of nurse understaffing in the hospital, her assigned RN had not assessed her often enough and did not monitor her oxygen level. There were 41 other patients on this unit. Although the hospital’s own staffing standards called for five registered nurses and two licensed practical nurses to staff this unit, only three registered nurses were on duty. Records for the unit in question indicated that the hospital failed to meet its own staffing standards for 51 out of 59 days before this incident.
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Application of the Nursing Process to Deliver Culturally Competent Care.
Research the literature for an appropriate professional article that discusses the health care needs of your selected cultural group.
It should include 5-7 pages within the body of the paper with 3-5 references (at least two articles/book references).
Papers must follow
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7th edition format, and include a title page, citations, and reference pages.
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Dreams from Endangered Culture
- With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
Photos of Endangered Cultures
- Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.
The Danger of a Single Story
- Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Theories & Models
Cultural Competence Project
Giger and Davidhizar
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Madeleine M.
Leninger
- Transcultural Nursing Culture Care Theory
Resource Library
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Office of Minority Health
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The Resource Library has many useful descriptions and examples of models to use for your Formal Paper.
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Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the assignmen
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Application Ware House-Application DesignAppointyAppoi.docxRAHUL126667
Application Ware House-Application Design
Appointy
Appointy allows users grow and manage their business in one and easy to use user interface.
The software helps users schedule online customers daily anywhere and at anytime,
Improve productivity and it enables business manage their staff in multiple locations.
Appointy helps organizations attract more customers through online marketing channels such as facebook and twitter.
Advantages of Saas
Accessibility SaaS can run on any OS regardless of its Mac OS, Blackberry Tablet Os,
Cost reduction and quick commissioning; due to the amount of money saved, there are no initial licensing costs.
Scalability; It is not necessary for an organization to purchase more service space or software licenses.
Updates; Saas providers update software and hardware and this has saved on time and workload for the consumer.
Saas is easily accessible and can run on any operating system regardless of its Mac OS. Besides, it is highly accessible and a user only requires an internet browser to begin their operations.
Saas providers update their software and hardware which saves on time and workload fro the consumer. The software is centrally on the server and new functions and update are implemented more frequently and efficiently.
Saas software is associated with cost reduction and quick comissioning,one of the major benefits o using Saas is the amount of money that culd be potentially saved.
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Disadvantages of Saas
Data security risks; businesses are required to keep their information private as the provider is the one storing the company data.
Termination of service; Businesses can lose their data and files if the provider terminates their services for reasons such as lawsuits and bankruptcy.
Performance challenges; Software on local machines may run faster compared to Saas being hosted in a remote data centre.
Limited Applications; Saas relies on multiple software solutions.
Saas is associated with limited applications, a number of business that use SaaS grow daily and there are software applications that do not offer a hosted platform, the company will have to be hosted on site especially if it relies on multiple software sources.
Software in local machines are likely to run at a faster speed when compared to Saas that is hosted inn remote data centre.
Organizations are likely to face data security risks since data is stored by a provider.
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Advantages of An in-house customized software
Users of the program will find the custom-made program more friendly.
The organization is provided with a greater control, which is crucial if the business ha some specific needs that an average commercial product can fulfill.
It also makes the interface more easy to use and provides easy accessibility to knowledgeable support.
The organization is likely obtain support from individual who have developed the software at hand.
customized software is more efficient,as it can cover every aspect of the business without the.
Application of the Belmont PrinciplesFirst, identify your .docxRAHUL126667
Application of the Belmont Principles
First, identify your research topic, including the key concepts you hope to investigate, any relationship you will look for between or among them—if anticipating a quantitative study—and who you anticipate as the target population.
RESEARCH TOPIC: Application of The Cognitive Psychology in Mental Illness or Trauma
Then, briefly identify how you would apply the three Belmont principles (beneficence, justice, and respect for persons) when you conduct your study.
Your post will be assessed based on the following:
· A thorough and high-quality post will apply one or more of the Belmont principles to all of the following elements of a research design:
o How one samples and recruits participants.
o How one collects data from those participants.
o How one manages, organizes, and conducts analyses of the data.
o How one reports the findings.
· An acceptable but lower quality post will apply at least one of the Belmont Principles to at least two of the design elements.
· A low-quality post will apply a Belmont principle to only one design element.
· An unacceptable post will not apply any Belmont principles to any design elements.
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APPLE is only one of the multiple companies that have approved and d.docxRAHUL126667
APPLE is only one of the multiple companies that have approved and declared a stock split, the most recent one on a 4-for-1 basis last August 28, 2020. Analyze and explain:
(i) What is a stock split;
(ii) Why do you think that APPLE has approved this stock split decision;
(iii) How has that the stock split affected APPLE’s stocks’ value;
(iv) What is the APPLE’s current dividend payout ratio;
(v) How do you think that the APPLE’s dividend payout ratio may affect to the stocks’ value.
This exercise assesses the following learning outcomes:
(i) the evaluation of the dividend payout ratio,
(ii) the trade-off between paying dividends and retaining the profits within the company,
(iii) the purpose and procedure related to stock repurchases, and
(iv) the evaluation and advice on a firm going from private to a public company.
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Appliance Warehouse Service Plan.The discussion focuses on the.docxRAHUL126667
Appliance Warehouse Service Plan.
The discussion focuses on the appliance Warehouse Service Plan that is made up of the testing plan, an implementation plan and the training plan for the sake of the bettering of services in a warehouse. The testing plan is meant to manage the systems through QA standards meeting the needs of the customers. The implementation plan elaborates and indicates whether one should use parallel, direct, phased, or pilot changeover strategies. The training plan, on the other hand, indicates what a training plan would include for affected employees, such as appointment setters, technicians, management, and the parts department.
Testing Plan
The main reason for the testing plan is to validate and verify the information from the main source or the end to end target warehouse. The two major testing plans for include program testing and acceptance testing (Lewis, 2017). The plan should verify the following, the business required documents, ETL design for the documents, sources to target on the mapping process and the data model for the source and the target schemas. The documents that are considered are meant for the ETL development process in the testing plan. The testing plan is meant further for the supervisors or the quality analysis team to confirm that the work is concerning the objective of the organization. The process of testing might also include the configuration management system and the data quality validation and verification process.
Implementation Plan
The plan for the implementation of the systems is the same as the process that is considered during the development process of the entire system to meet the goals of the organization. The steps to consider for the whole plan of the implementation include the analysis and the enhancement requests, the writing of very simplified and new programs, restructuring of the database, analysis of the program library and its cost, and the reengineering of the test program. The first phase parallels the analysis phase as the parallel strategy is considered for the entire process, which entails the analysis phase of the SDLC. The steps two to four process entails the combining and the construction activities that are done on a new system majorly on a small scale. The last step is meant to parallel the testing that is commonly done during the implementation process. The testing process ensures that the process is free of risk as a quality assurance process (Liang & Hui, 2016).
Training Plan
The training plan should be made up of a training matrix in which it will guide them to know who needs the training what they need from the training and why they want the training not forgetting when they need the training(Kwak,2016). The matrix will allow for the planning and the preparation for the training avoiding scrambling when the due date for the training comes around. The requirements are automatically updated when the employees get done with the first training before transferri.
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Applicants must submit a 500 essay describing how current or future technologies may be used to enhance academic learning and/or stimulate student engagement in the online classroom. Essay should include a description of the technology, implementation and perceived benefits.
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Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Berkshire Hathaway, and Facebook ha.docxRAHUL126667
Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Berkshire Hathaway, and Facebook have all been identified as companies that have accumulated substantial sums of cash. For this discussion:
Select one of these companies and review their latest Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.
Suggest at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of companies accumulating cash hoards.
Provide a rationale for your suggestion.
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Appcelerator Titanium was released in December 2008, and has been st.docxRAHUL126667
Appcelerator Titanium was released in December 2008, and has been steadily growing in functionality since its release. Starting with its Titanium Developer product, Appcelerator provides a single-point interface to run applications. Titanium Studio is a full-featured IDE which provides a single place to handle all steps of the development environment including a debugging solution. Titanium is not a magic bullet; however, it does include a solid framework for developing a single codebase to deploy to multiple platforms. In addition, it allows developers to use a language they are more familiar with to create apps in a domain outside of their knowledge.
What are some advantages to using Appcelerator Titanium?
Though Appcelerator is reasonably priced, why do some mobile app developers feel that the bugs don’t make it worth the effort?.
How is Appcelerator different from other mobile application developers?
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APA Style
300 words per topic
2 peer reviewed resources per topic
Topic 1: Communicating Research
What are some possible ways you can communicate your research findings?
Topic 2: Considering the Audience
What do you need to consider when communicating to different audiences?
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Ape and Human Cognition What’s theDifferenceMichael To.docxRAHUL126667
Ape and Human Cognition: What’s the
Difference?
Michael Tomasello and Esther Herrmann
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Abstract
Humans share the vast majority of their cognitive skills with other great apes. In addition, however, humans have also evolved a
unique suite of cognitive skills and motivations—collectively referred to as shared intentionality—for living collaboratively,
learning socially, and exchanging information in cultural groups.
Keywords
apes, culture, cognition, evolution, cooperation
Surely one of the deepest and most important questions in all of
the psychological sciences is how human cognition is similar to
and different from that of other primates. The main datum is this:
Humans seemingly engage in all kinds of cognitive activities that
their nearest primate relatives do not, but at the same time there is
great variability among different cultural groups. All groups have
complex technologies but of very different types; all groups use
linguistic and other symbols but in quite different ways; all
groups have complex social institutions but very different ones.
What this suggests is that human cognition is in some way bound
up with human culture. Here we argue that this is indeed the case,
and we then try to explain this fact evolutionarily.
Similarities in Ape and Human Cognition
The five great ape species (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees,
bonobos, humans) share a common ancestor from about 15 mil-
lion years ago, with the last three sharing a common ancestor
from about 6 million years ago (see Fig. 1 for a picture of chim-
panzees). Since great apes are so closely related to one another
evolutionarily, it is natural that they share many perceptual,
behavioral, and cognitive skills.
Great ape cognitive worlds
Many different studies suggest that nonhuman great apes (here-
after great apes) understand the physical world in basically the
same way as humans. Like humans, apes live most basically in
a world of permanent objects (and categories and quantities of
objects) existing in a mentally represented space. Moreover,
they understand much about various kinds of events in the
world and how these events relate to one another causally (see
Tomasello & Call, 1997, for a review). Apes’ and other
primates’ cognitive skills for dealing with the physical world
almost certainly evolved in the context of foraging for food.
As compared with other mammals, primates may face special
challenges in locating their daily fare, since ripe fruits are pat-
chy resources that are irregularly distributed in space and time.
Other studies suggest that great apes understand their social
worlds in basically the same way as humans as well. Like
humans, apes live in a world of identifiable individuals with
whom they form various kinds of social relationships—for
example, in terms of dominance and ‘‘friendship’’—and they
recognize the third-party social relationships that.
Apply what you have learned about Health Promotion and Disease P.docxRAHUL126667
Apply what you have learned about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and demonstrate the ability to develop a holistic plan of care, incorporating Telehealth and defining assessment and intervention of specific population incorporating unique attributes of populations for health promotion, wellness preservation, and maintenance of function across the health-illness continuum.
Develop a case study and a plan of care, incorporating current mobile App technology:
Select a population. Define your population by gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, spiritual need, and healthcare need. Apply concepts learned in course to identify healthcare needs specific to the population and access to care (Utilize your textbook Chapters 1-25, and identified Websites). Also use at least two references within the five years.
Develop a case study for a patient in your chosen population.
Define a provider level of care that includes telehealth, alternative therapies, and mobile App technology discussed in this class. Describe how telehealth could impact the care delivery of this patient.
Hint: Concise, condensed information, with specifics and details about population and unique needs with a plan for meeting these needs should be considered. Incorporate the content you have learned in this course.
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APA format
Cite there peer-reviewed, scholarly references
300 - 350 words
Write a negative construct on the usefulness of decision making, leadership effectiveness, and employee morale challenges as they impact organizational change.
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Cite 2 peer-reviewed reference
175-265 word count
Read
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to the following discussion posts. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback suggestions or question(s).
Respond to the following:
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Hello Ms. Chimera & Class,
Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses when it comes to academics and the professional world. Thanks to my experience as a financial ops generalist, I have gained great communication skills. I am responsible for contacting vendors to address or fix any issues we may have with the service or product. I have also completed training on effective communication at my current job. This training was helpful being that I have to regularly speak with offenders family members as well. Another one of my strengths is that I am very reliable. My previous supervisor would always assign me extra duties when she had a deadline to meet because she knew that I would make sure it was done by the deadline. An academic weakness that I have is writing papers, I tend to procrastinate when it comes to having to write them. I have found that the writing center is very helpful. The university's library is helpful when having to do research. I have used the citation generator numerous times in the past to help with citations. If you have trouble with citations, this is a good resource or tool to use.
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APA format
Cite at least 1 reference
Write
a 175- to 265-word response to the following:
How does employee motivation impact organizational behavior? Provide details.
What do you believe has the biggest impact on employee motivation? Why?
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Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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BUSI 340Discussion Board Forum Thread ExampleGroupthinkDef.docx
1. BUSI 340
Discussion Board Forum Thread Example
Groupthink
Definition: Organizational Behavior notes, “Groupthink is the
tendency of highly cohesive groups to value consensus at the
price of decision quality” (McShane & Von Glinow, 2008, p.
257).
Summary: The article entitled “Group Think: The Turn to
Online Research is Narrowing the Range of Modern
Scholarship, a New Study Suggests” written by Tuhus-Dubrow
(2008) discusses how the Internet has made accessing research
and other things extremely easy. The author asserts that by
using search engines, which often rank the importance of a
result by popularity, students leave themselves vulnerable to
groupthink when conducting research results (Tuhus-Dubrow,
2008). Tuhus-Dubrow (2008) suggests that this can be mitigated
by using multiple sources to help provide a more well-rounded
research pool.
Discussion: The Internet has made performing research for
students possible within a matter of seconds. Students used to
have to go to the library and conduct research out of textbooks
and other publications, but now by simply typing your subject
in a search engine, a variety of choices are at your fingertips.
“Millions of journal articles are available online, enabling
scholars to find material they never would have encountered at
their university libraries” (Tuhus-Dubrow, 2008, para 2).
The Internet, just like everything else, has it costs as well as
benefits. Just like the article states, the Internet has started to
dominate people’s lives. People rely on the Internet for
everything from work to personal use.
The Internet is considered to be a new form of groupthink
because when searching for articles, students are not highly
2. selective in the choices they make, and they tend to pick one of
the few search choices that comes up. Also, the other
alternatives of research are now not used due to the convenience
of the Internet. Tuhus-Dubrow (2008) make the case that
outcomes should be portrayed by search engines in some
organized way because most websites depend on devices that
classify primarily in a couple of ways. The ways they are
classified are by chronological order and by popularity (Tuhus-
Dubrow, 2008). If a search engine filters results by popularity,
then this is groupthink, because others are succumbing to the
will of the group by choosing the same articles that show up
first as results.
Do you feel that Internet search engines cause groupthink? If
so, elaborate on why you think this. Do you feel that this is why
many instructors at Liberty University want students to not
choose the same discussion board topics? I personally feel that
the reason instructors want us to choose different topics is so
that we will not reflect the same views and choose the same
articles, which would therefore be groupthink.
References
Adler, S. J. (2009). At Davos, beware the tide of groupthink.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved from:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2009/
db2009021_878209.htm
McShane, S., & Von Glinow, M. (2013). Organizational
behavior (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Mulrine, A. (2008). The army trains a skeptics corps to battle
groupthink. U.S. News. Retrieved from:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/05/15/the-
army-trains-a-skeptics-corps-to-battle-groupthink.html
Tuhus-Dubrow, R. (2008). Group think: The turn to online
research is narrowing the range of modern scholarship, a new
study suggests. Boston.com. Retrieved from:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/11/23/g
roup_think/
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Running head: sandisk: place and competitive advantage 1
sandisk: place and competitive advantage 5
SanDisk: Place and Competitive Advantage
University
Marketing Plan
With its headquarters in Milpitas, California, the twenty-seven
year old company has proved to be a force to reckon with in the
manufacture and distribution of storage devices which include;
USB flash drives, memory cards, flash drives, caching software
for laptops, embedded flash drives, PC applications, and
enterprise applications. The SanDisk Corporation has over the
years remained business wise afloat despite competition from
other companies in the storage devices industry like Samsung
4. and Apple Inc. It is through this competition that SanDisk has
always seen the need to be creative and to come up with better
strategies to remain relevant and ensure that their products are
used globally by as many people as possible so as to achieve
their vision of being the largest supplier of storage devices
worldwide. As recent as February of 2015, SanDisk was the
third largest manufacturer of flash memory.
Place
SanDisk Corporation has a well-defined distribution strategy
that ensures smooth flow of products from the manufactures
straight to the final user who is also the consumer. With storage
devices industry being depended on, by billions of people
around the world, SanDisk Corporation has established more
than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries as a
way of reaching the end users, Wee, A. (2016). SanDisk
generates more than half of its sales outside the US where it is
based and this, therefore, means that most of its customers are
in the rest of the world. It is for this reason that they decided to
open two more manufacturing plants, one in China and the other
in Japan so as to be nearer to their customers considering a
large number of people in the Asian continent and Africa below.
Though in North America SanDisk exclusively sell through
specific retailers, in the other parts of the world the products
follow a distribution channel that runs from the manufacturer,
the distributors, the wholesalers, the retailers, and finally the
consumers. This distribution channel has enabled SanDisk to
reach as many of its customers as possible and in the process
compete with its competitors in the market. With retailers at
supermarkets and mobile storefronts, the end user is reached
easily. SanDisk also directly sell to digital cameras and mobile
phone manufactures who sell their products together with the
mobile devices and digital cameras.
Competitive Advantage
The location is important to any business. SanDisk Corporation
understands this fact very well and so is the reason why it has
two of its manufacturing plants in China and Japan. These
5. locations are strategic first regarding production cost and
secondly and most important, to be closer to more than half of
the end users. This makes it easier for distribution channel to
run smooth and quick as possible and in the end, gives SanDisk
Corporation an edge over their competitors. Ensuring the end
user can access quality product whenever and wherever, is what
gives any company life in the market and SanDisk has been
there for the last twenty-seven years just by mastering how to
do this better than its competitors. Lee, et al...(2014)
We can, therefore, conclude that SanDisk has a distribution
channel that has worked for them over the years and is still
working for them to ensure that their products reach the end
user. This is because of the many customers that they are
targeting and also considering the high demand of storage
devices. On place or location, SanDisk has also made sure that
it tries to stay ahead of its many competitors in the storage
device industry, a strategy that has made them remain relevant
and making sure their products are in every store that sells any
storage device related materials. This has therefore given
SanDisk competitive advantage over their competitors.
6. References
Lee, T. H., Subramanian, V., Cleeves, J. M., Kouznetsov, I. G.,
Johnson, M. G., & Farmwald, P. M. (2014). U.S. Patent No.
8,853,765. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Wee, A. (2016). 2TB SSD? SanDisk announced the fastest SSD
ever.World.
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Marketing Plan of SanDisk Company
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Marketing Plan
SanDisk Company uses the strategy of aiming to be the global
leading supplier of flash disk and memory cards, as well as any
future innovation in the data storage solutions, thus developing
a large scale market for these storage products that it continues
to produce. The company maintains its leadership in the field of
technology by putting resources into future technologies in both
data storage and in fabrication technologies. This ensures that
the company is able to produce the best quality of products, that
are affordable, and that are designed for the present and future
7. needs of the clients in the data storage market.
The company aims to remain a one-stop-shop for all the
clients that use their products, through the sale of all data
storage solutions for the target market in large volumes, to keep
the clients purchasing more of their data storage solutions. The
company also takes advantage of the elastic nature of their
market, such that the reduction in the price per MB of storage
may lead to a higher demand in terms of the capacity of the
products being sold, encouraging for innovation and upgrade to
using new systems and technologies (Fleisher, & Bensoussan,
2003).
Promotional Strategies
The first promotional strategy that the company has is to utilize
the sales distribution system that it has put in place to ensure
that the demand that the market has created is sufficiently
supplied. This guarantees no shortages, and the brand become
more respected by most people, as it always has solutions for
what the clientele is looking for, and the solutions are available
to the customers.
Further using advertising to make the brand known to those who
might be loyal customers of other competitive brands.
Advertising also increases the possibility of other people who
did not know the brand to become aware of it, and slowly
encourage those customers to promote the brand, because they
are now more informed.
Since the company has a powerful personal selling statement,
they could take advantage of it to promote their sales and thus
promote their brand. The unique selling point of any company
becomes a promotional strategy if it is well recognized by
customers, so that they can recommend more people to try the
brand. The unique selling point of the brand ensures that the
company meets the expectation of the client, thus remaining the
most preferred brand in the market (Ireland, & Webb, 2007).
Competitive Advantage
Unlike the case in other companies that are coming into the
industry, SanDisk Company has been able to innovate and
8. fabricate products that other competitors might still not be able
to go into. The company has greatly invested in research and
development projects so that they could maintain the ability to
build products that are unique and exclusive to the company,
which gives SanDisk products an edge over the products of
other competitor companies.
Further, the company could also merge with other Original
Equipment Manufacturing company, such as Google or Apple,
to guarantee a bigger market share acquisition, and thus another
competitive edge over the competitors of the company (Jean,
2011).
References
Jean, S. (2011). Brand parody: A communication strategy to
attack a competitor. Journal of
Consumer Marketing, 28(1), 19-26.
Ireland, R. D., & Webb, J. W. (2007). Strategic
entrepreneurship: Creating competitive
advantage through streams of innovation. Business Horizons,
50(1), 49-59.
Fleisher, C. S., & Bensoussan, B. E. (2003). Strategic and
competitive analysis: Methods and techniques for analyzing
business competition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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9. SanDisk general performance
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General information about SanDisk
There are many companies including Toshiba, Apple, Intel,
among many others that have continued to evolve over the years
since more and more people are adopting to these technologies.
The industry has continued to grow with the immense growth of
technologies and immense need for storage devices. SanDisk,
(2016) argues that since its establishment, the companies has
been selling to customers in USA and more than a half of its
sales being made outside the country. It has established more
than 260,000 retail locations in more than 200 countries, and it
also manufactures its products in China and Japan. The
company is very creative in the way it designs, developments
and makes its storage devices. Some of the products that keeps
it ahead of its competitors include products like flash drives,
caching software for laptops, USB flash drives, memory cards
which are used in smartphones and those in cameras, embedded
flash drives, PCs applications and enterprise applications.
However, like other companies who are doing remarkably well,
they also face immense challenges and competition like
Samsung and Apple Inc.
Financial record of its performance
In 2013, the company performed very well because its revenues
were increased by 22% from 5.05 billion dollars in 2012 to 6.18
10. billion dollars in 2013. These increased revenues have been
attributed to an increased use of USBs, U3, Central management
and control, SanDisk Sansa, start key, Eye-Fi, FlashCP and
ULLtraDIMM, SSDs and memory chips from its customers who
are firmly adopting these technologies. The company’s cash and
short-term investment account to 2.91 billion dollars as per the
year 2013. It is also important to note that in the same year, the
company generated 616.8 million dollars from other operating
activities. It was also able to purchase 150 million stocks and
also pay a dividend of 50.6 million. Properties that the company
has acquired include Fusion-io in 2014, Smart Storage in 2013
which produces SSDs, Schooner Information Technology, and
flash soft, Pilant technology in 2012M-Systems in 2006 and
2005; it acquired Matrix Semiconductor (SanDisk, 2016).
Competition
According to SanDisk, (2016), SanDisk has continued to face
competition from various semiconductor manufacturers and
those that manufacture and resale flash memory cards, USB
drives digital audio players among many others. San Disk faces
competition on its flash memory card and USB drive
manufacturers from companies like A-Data Technology,
Fujifilm Corporation, Hagiwara, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and
Verbatim Corporation. Apple Inc. is its main competitor in
digital Audio and video player while semiconductor
manufacturer competitors include Hynix, IM Flash
Technologies, Samsung and Micron. Intel is also one of the
primary competitors which designs, manufactures and sells its
integrated technology which is also digital. It also distributes its
products on a worldwide scale, just like San Disk.
How SanDisk manages to stay ahead of its competitors
However, the company has continued to stay ahead of its
competitors because according to Hoovers, (2016), they have
always had a tradition of innovation and high standard
creativity. This has enabled the company to grow its market
share as its flash memory is always on demand. They have also
had flash ventures with Toshiba which provides the company
11. with low costs of production. They have a large variety of card
formats compared to other forms from other competitors
companies making SanDisk remain ahead of others. By
establishing retail shops around the world and also having
developed a global retail distribution system has helped them
acquire a significant market share. Their removable flash cards
and USB flash drives are unique and were well accepted in the
market.
References
Hoovers. (2016). Retrieved from
http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-
profile.SanDisk_Corporation.aa3e40e9230ec935.html.
SanDisk . (2016). Retrieved from https://www.sandisk.com/.
SanDisk. (2016, April). Retrieved from
https://datafox.com/competitors/sandisk.
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12. SWOT Analysis
SanDisk Company
Introduction
SanDisk as one of the leading providers of the flash memory
products like the PCI flash, SSDs, server solutions, mobile
storage, MP3 players and removable memory cards and USB
drives has grown tremendously in the last twenty seven years.
In the digital world today, they have a vast market segment
ranging from individual and business corporate solutions. Any
individual with an electronic gadget is likely to be their client.
The target age group ranges from as young as four years of age
old children who play video games to adult aged. Anybody with
a mobile or cell phone device, laptop, tablets or computers are
their target market. Anybody on the Internet is also a potential
client. The demographic coverage for their products is the entire
world. Every country, every nation, all cultures, religious
sectors, age groups, genders amongst other groups who have
embraced technology are potential clients for their products.
13. The Internet has led to globalization which makes the world a
small large market place. Individuals and companies can source
electronic devices from anywhere in the world and SanDisk can
supply their products to all as well (Fujita & Thisse, 2013).
Social media and social sites and applications have led to a
behavioural change where everybody relies on electronic
gadgets and the internet to communicate, share data whether
audio, video or text, learn, campaign amongst other things
people may need to share or exchange. Electronic storage
devices thus become a necessity to store, backup, transfer and
exchange data.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Like every other organisation, the SanDisk Company has its
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It could
therefore utilise the SWOT analysis to uncover an exploit
available opportunities by maximising its strengths, work on
reducing its weaknesses as well as understanding risks to the
business in order to protect the organization against potential
threats (Fleisher & Bensoussan, 2003).
Strengths
Weaknesses
· There are no barriers to market entry because the Internet has
an already open market online purchases increase daily.
· High growth rate due to the rise in users of their SSD and
storage devices both individual and businesses.
· High profitability and continuous revenue growth due to the
growing increase in customers.
· Good credibility hence has access to monetary assistance that
can improve their product range and coverage thus growth in
business.
· They have an innovative and highly skilled technical and
managerial workforce.
14. · Their productivity is at times lower than the demand.
· The cost of production is high.
· There has to be continuous investment in research and
development to keep up with technology changes.
· The tax structure is high for their products.
· They have to produce in small batches to avoid wastage due to
dynamic technology.
· Access to monetary assistance may lead to large loans.
Opportunities
Threats
· New Markets emerge each day as new technology in software
and devices evolve
· New products and services due to market demand.
· Growing demand as the world becomes digitalised especially
in terms of communication, storage, transfer of data and data
recording.
· Growth in demand and products leads to growth in revenue
and profitability
· Growth in revenue and profitability leads to growth in
economy
· Rise in competition due to proof that the demand is high and
rate of success in continuous profitability.
· Cash flow may be an issue due to loans and high production
levels especially when demand overwhelms supply.
· Increasing interest rates in those they borrow money from.
· High tax rates
References
15. Fleisher, C. S., & Bensoussan, B. E. (2003). Strategic and
competitive analysis: Methods and techniques for analyzing
business competition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Fujita, M., & Thisse, J.-F. (2013). Economics of agglomeration:
Cities, industrial location, and globalization (2nd ed.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing).
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PEST Analysis
SanDisk Company
An overview of SanDisk Company
According to SanDisk, (2016), over the last twenty-seven years,
SanDisk has continued to innovate and develop devices which
have transformed the storing of information on digital
platforms. Their flash memory innovations and inventions have
grown beyond imagination, and they have been adopted by the
world’s leading data centers. It has its headquarters in
California and it manufactures products like memory cards,
readers, USB flash drives and solid state drives. Their devices
16. have also been embedded in various devices like smart laptops,
phones, tablets. Even though they have acquired a considerable
share of this market, this company vows to go yonder and be
more creative in providing hi-tech storage devices. They have
manufactured flash storage facilities which suit their client’s
uses at home, or even for business. Their products have
acquired a bigger market share because they are of superior
quality, and their performance is impressive. Their products are
also very affordable and therefore can be accessed by everyone.
For instance, regarding costs, their flash memory was reduced
by 50,000 times and it has increased its performance 30,000
times. Their creativity and innovation have earned them the
recognition of being a number one company in storage
facilities. More and even more resources are being used by the
company in research and experimentation to make sure that they
meet the future demands of their customers. Their devices can
either be embedded in hardware, or they can be removable. The
company also ensures that the society can trust them to keep
their valuable memories using their affordable storage flashes.
This company has thousands of stores all around the world,
meaning that their products can easily be accessed.
PEST analysis
Political
· The EU regulation governing Privacy Act was released to
encourage data security especially when it comes to legal data
security issues. These problems are making the company be
more creative and produce technologies which are capable of
securing and protecting data. However, when breaches occur on
data security, it becomes a real issue, and which negatively
impacts the company. These legislations place the business in
an impossible position.
· The ability of government to access data is also another
political issue. There are some countries where this practice is
encouraged while in others, it is not encouraged.
17. Economic
· SanDisk ensures that they have created flash storage facilities
that are 50,000 times cheaper and 30,000 times more effective
compared to other storage facilities from other companies.
· Their products are pocket friendly
· SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), NAICS Codes
334112, 541711, 2016 Revenue 5,564,872,000 with over 8,000
employees.
Social
· San disk provides support when their clients need it. This
support can be accessed quickly from their robust website
resources. They also have knowledgeable agents who work 24
hours around the clock to ensure that they attend to all their
clients.
· They have a collaborative approach where they collaborate
with the device manufacturer, OS vendors, mobile network
operators, design firms, chipset providers, application
developers and system integrators to ensure that their customers
enjoy their experience when working with their devices.
· Their devices are highly trusted by over millions of people and
organizations because of its quality and reliability. Their
products can store relevant information in the form of photos
which most likely stores in the form of a technology.
Technological
· They work tirelessly, invest a lot of money and resources in
research to make sure that they meet the future storage needs of
their clients.
· They have first class engineering teams and a rigorous quality
control team which ensure that their customers can trust the
products they deliver.
· Even though their devices are cheaper compared to the same
products from other companies, SanDisk devices are more
18. efficient, superior performance and of high quality.
References
SanDisk. (2016). Retrieved from
https://www.sandisk.com/about/company
SanDisk Corporation. (n.d.). Retrieved September 13, 2016,
from http://www.zoominfo.com/c/SanDisk-
Corporation/214679943
Unit VIII Final Project
PowerPoint: Marketing Plan
For the Final Project, you will put together a PowerPoint
presentation that you could present to officers within the
company. This presentation should summarize the Marketing
Plan that you have compiled throughout this course. Remember
to include pertinent facts as well as a discussion of the
competitive advantage within each of the four elements of the
marketing mix (product, place, promotion, and price).
Additionally, include your recommendations for future
development of their marketing strategies. Elements to include:
roduct,
19. Your PowerPoint presentation length should be 10-12 slides in
length, including a title slide and a reference slide. Use of
speaker notes is also required.
BUSI 340
Discussion Board Forum Instructions
The learning theories upon which this course is based are
actualized in the Discussion Board Forums. At the beginning of
each module/week, you will choose a key term to research. You
will be required to write a thread of at least 400 words on the
topic, complete with page references and specifics to document
the response, and submit it to the corresponding Discussion
Board Forum. Correct use of English and grammar are required.
To complete your thread:
1. Select a key term from assigned chapters. Human Capital
2. Conduct an Internet search to find and read 3 recent articles
that relate to the term.
3. Select the 1 article that you wish to discuss.
4. Submit a thread that contains the following information in the
following format, using the headers so that you ensure that all
aspects of the assignment are completed as required. Failure to
follow these instructions will result in a 1-point deduction.
a. Definition: Give a brief definition of the key term followed
by the current APA reference for the term; this does not count
in the 400-word requirement.
b. Summary: Give a brief summary of the selected article, in
20. your own words.
c. Discussion:
i. Give a brief discussion of how the article relates to the
selected chapter key term. This gives you the opportunity to add
value to the discussion by sharing your experiences, thoughts,
and opinions. Draw your peers into discussion of topics by
asking questions. This is the most important part of the thread.
ii. Biblical Integration: Use at least 1 appropriate scripture
verse or narrative from the Bible to support your discussion.
Are there any biblical examples of this term, is the term you are
responding to related to a term you researched, if so, how?
iii. Include the complete URL of each article read (use a
persistent link for articles from the Jerry Falwell Library). Each
reference must be in current APA format. These do not count
toward the 400-word requirement.
Grading
Consult the accompanying rubric for how your instructor will
grade this assignment. Also, any form of plagiarism, including
cutting and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire
assignment, plus a required 500-word written paper on the topic
of plagiarism in order to receive credit for this assignment.
Tips
Articles may be found in the Wall Street Journal, Financial
Times, The Economist, or any other reputable website that deals
with business. You will be performing academic research, which
utilizes reliable sources of information from reputable
magazines or newspapers that are available in electronic format
or hard copy. Sites that are absolutely not acceptable are:
· Wikipedia
21. · About.com
· Commercial sites (usually a consultant’s web page, but may
take other forms)
· Blogs (be careful, some look very convincing)
· Education sites (these usually do not contain articles, but
rather lecture notes or student papers)
You can utilize the Jerry Falwell Library portal for research, but
note that some articles may not offer persistent links. If you
utilize articles found in LexisNexis or other sites that are
behind security walls, you will need to make the articles
available to classmates by copying and pasting into a Microsoft
Word document and attaching the document to the thread. If this
is done, be sure that you include the references in current APA
format at the bottom of the Discussion Board thread. This is
easily accomplished by saving all articles to a folder and then
making the folder a zip file. The zip file can then be attached to
the Discussion Board submission.
The availability of the articles that you research regarding the
topic is important because classmates must be able to read the
articles to form their own opinions and gain further insight into
the topic. Students need to understand not merely the key terms
but also how to research reliable sources. This is not only to
further their education, but also for their professional use.
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