Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain why good ethics is good business in strategic management.
2. Explain why whistle-blowing, bribery, and workplace romance are strategic issues.
3. Discuss why social responsibility and policy are key issues in strategic planning.
4. Discuss the nature of environmental sustainability and why it is a key issue in strategic planning.
5. Explain why animal welfare is a strategic issue for firms
Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the nature of doing business globally, including language and labor union issues.
2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing business globally.
3. Discuss the global challenge facing firms and why this is a strategic issue.
4. Discuss tax rates and tax inversions as strategic issues.
5. Compare and contrast American business culture versus foreign business cultures; explain why this is a strategic issue.
6. Discuss the business culture found in Mexico, Japan, China, and India; explain why this is a strategic issue.
7. Discuss the business climate in Africa, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam; explain why this is a strategic issue.
Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
i. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. Is that wise management or irresponsible activism? Discuss.
ii. Do some research on New Zealand to determine whether you agree that the country merits its #1 ranking globally in attractiveness for doing business. Website http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new-zealand
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student's own words - do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]
Overall submission requirements –
1. discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic discussion in your own words
2. Add your answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to the discussion post
3. Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4. Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Student 1
This week’s chapter readings outlined business ethics, social responsibility, and environmen ...
Running Head CONDUCTING AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT1AN ORGANI.docxtodd271
Running Head: CONDUCTING AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT 1
AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT 12
LASA 1—Conducting An Organizational Assessment
Sean Markl
Argosy University
Operational Management
September 26, 2018
There are very many issues that determine whether an organization is going to fail or succeed in a given environment. Competition keeps increasing and the dynamics of doing business change with time. Consumer demands and preferences as well as government’s laws and regulations for doing business also change with time. An overall organizational success encompasses the inclusion of all the stakeholders such as employees and shareholders, and the harmonization of its goals and missions. With all these in mind, an organization ought to develop an effective structure, a powerful strategy and a good culture since its success or failure heavily depends on these factors more than anything else.
The Organizational Structure
This is the arrangement or the framework by which different activities are laid out and how individual or team work are coordinated in an organization. To achieve goals and different objectives of the organization all the activities and roles in an organization should be well coordinated, controlled and managed. The organization structure is a tool that should never be neglected. It helps to show who does what and who reports to whom (Thompson, 2018). These reporting relationships are very valuable and result to unity of command.
A good organization structure eases the flow of formal communications within the organization. This is because it outlines the channels of communication and how different actions of the stakeholders are related or linked together. Structure helps different personnel in the organization to work together for a common goal.
There is no structure that can be said to be the best. For example, an organization needs to consider its strategy and have clearly outlined responsibilities and roles, clear communication channels and defined procedures in order to select a good structure. A good structure helps the business to:
· Improve staff morale.
· Avoid excessive meetings
· Make quick and effective decisions
· Reduce conflict among teams and departments
· Have coordination
· Reduce costs
· Be responsive to changes
The Strategy
This is a combination of all the plans, ideas and actions that an organization intends to take in order to achieve set goals. The strategic plans may be for short term, medium term or even long-term goals. The strategy maps the route that the business will take in order to achieve its goals and visions.
With time the strategy of a business can change even if the goals remain the same. It does not have to be inflexible. This allows the business to incorporate changes in the internal and external environment and also take advantage of new opportunities that may arise in the course of running the organization. An organization needs a strategy for various reasons as situations m.
Diagnostics and Interventions for the Global Human Capital Manager.docxlynettearnold46882
Diagnostics and Interventions for the Global Human Capital Manager
DUE ON 10/31/2017 AT 23:00PM
750 - 1,000 words
The board of directors at AGC needs a status update on your change management project. Shawn asks you to write an executive report for John and the board of directors about the change management process and the progress being made toward resolving the global human capital management problems at AGC. This report will be shared at an upcoming investor meeting. Because the future success of AGC depends on achieving its human capital management goals, the board of directors wants to ensure that investors understand that it has changed its strategy to align human capital goals with its organizational goals.
Review the AGC scenario for this course and prepare a 750–1000-word executive report that describes the steps in your change management plan, including the following:
· Diagnosis: A summary of AGC’s problems, how they were diagnosed, and your conclusions regarding the root causes.
· Intervention: A description of human capital management strategies that you recommended to create change at AGC and how they were implemented.
· Evaluation: How did you measure the effectiveness of your change management plan? What were the effects on the employees and the organization’s market performance?
MUST USE SOURCES & NOTES BELOW
http://www.ahrd.org/
http://blog.iese.edu/reiche/files/2010/08/Inpatriates-and-the-role-of-interpersonal-trust1.pdf
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jom
http://horizon.unc.edu/
Introduction: Lessons from Experience: Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity
The story that you are about to read is from actual events that occurred in the field. Its purpose is to provide you with a real-world example from a seasoned professional in the business world.
Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity
My company, Elite Global Engineering, Inc. (EGE) is a multinational organization with international subsidiaries in eight locations. Project management is an important component at EGE. Individuals are chosen to lead large change initiatives. Depending on the project, these changes often affect our home base in Florida as well as one or more of our global subsidiaries. I was asked to lead a large project for our home base and two of our international locations in Italy and in China. The project involved the integration of a new informational management (IM) system. My core team was crosscultural and included members from all locations. As the manager of this project, I employed key components of change management principles and steps; I followed a combination of Kotter’s and Lewin’s basic steps. Well into the project, I felt pleased about my team's performance until I received a phone call from one of the senior directors in China. He told me that team members in China had concerns about the team and their involvement. He said that they felt their opinions were not taken seriously and that they did not feel like equal partners. This came as a s.
Monique GilliamWednesday27 Nov at 2102Manage discussion entry.docxroushhsiu
Monique Gilliam
Wednesday27 Nov at 21:02
Manage discussion entry
Week 2 Discussion Forum
Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization's survival. Excluding the examples from the textbook, give an example of a company that failed as a result of poor strategic management. Explain the difference between a strategy and a business model. Please discuss this in 200-250 words.
Strategic management is a strategy that provides direction for a company. Strategic management is a plan that includes situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Situation analysis is how managers learn and understand what the company is capable of, along with the customers and the business environment. Strategy formulation is the process that is used to achieve the goals of the company. Strategy implementation puts the plan in motion, and strategy evaluation tests the effectiveness of an idea.
For a business to survive, the management team must be willing to grow the company to obtain new opportunities; without growth, a business will not be able to maintain longevity with a large amount of competition. The extension allows a business the ability to obtain assets, funds, and investments that will enable a push toward performance and profits.
Sears is a company that I believe that failed because of poor strategic management. Sears has been a household name for many years until new competition such as Walmart and Amazon, to name a few came on the scene. I don't believe Sears had a plan, strategy, or a goal of how-to compete because of their household name in the past. A business should always be assessing its strategy for success; if not, the industry could be left behind. Sears, in my hometown, never had any significant updates to the store or the merchandise to keep up with the competition. It seems to me that their strategy was just lower prices on already low-quality merchandise, excluding exercise equipment, appliances, and outdoor equipment.
All businesses, large and small, should have a strategy and a business model. A strategy is a plan of action that explains what the company will and will not do, how they plan to compete with the competition, and how they will execute the plan. The business model is how the company plans to make a profit; also, the business model identifies what the products and services are and who their target market is and any expenses. These two plans will aid in keeping a business moving in the right direction.
James Miller
Thursday28 Nov at 6:30
Manage discussion entry
Strategic Planning
BUS402 Week 2
Discussion 1
Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival.
The process of strategic management is made up of four elements: situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Situational analysis is the stepping off point of strategic mana ...
Running Head CONDUCTING AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT1AN ORGANI.docxtodd271
Running Head: CONDUCTING AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT 1
AN ORGANISATIONAL ASSESSMENT 12
LASA 1—Conducting An Organizational Assessment
Sean Markl
Argosy University
Operational Management
September 26, 2018
There are very many issues that determine whether an organization is going to fail or succeed in a given environment. Competition keeps increasing and the dynamics of doing business change with time. Consumer demands and preferences as well as government’s laws and regulations for doing business also change with time. An overall organizational success encompasses the inclusion of all the stakeholders such as employees and shareholders, and the harmonization of its goals and missions. With all these in mind, an organization ought to develop an effective structure, a powerful strategy and a good culture since its success or failure heavily depends on these factors more than anything else.
The Organizational Structure
This is the arrangement or the framework by which different activities are laid out and how individual or team work are coordinated in an organization. To achieve goals and different objectives of the organization all the activities and roles in an organization should be well coordinated, controlled and managed. The organization structure is a tool that should never be neglected. It helps to show who does what and who reports to whom (Thompson, 2018). These reporting relationships are very valuable and result to unity of command.
A good organization structure eases the flow of formal communications within the organization. This is because it outlines the channels of communication and how different actions of the stakeholders are related or linked together. Structure helps different personnel in the organization to work together for a common goal.
There is no structure that can be said to be the best. For example, an organization needs to consider its strategy and have clearly outlined responsibilities and roles, clear communication channels and defined procedures in order to select a good structure. A good structure helps the business to:
· Improve staff morale.
· Avoid excessive meetings
· Make quick and effective decisions
· Reduce conflict among teams and departments
· Have coordination
· Reduce costs
· Be responsive to changes
The Strategy
This is a combination of all the plans, ideas and actions that an organization intends to take in order to achieve set goals. The strategic plans may be for short term, medium term or even long-term goals. The strategy maps the route that the business will take in order to achieve its goals and visions.
With time the strategy of a business can change even if the goals remain the same. It does not have to be inflexible. This allows the business to incorporate changes in the internal and external environment and also take advantage of new opportunities that may arise in the course of running the organization. An organization needs a strategy for various reasons as situations m.
Diagnostics and Interventions for the Global Human Capital Manager.docxlynettearnold46882
Diagnostics and Interventions for the Global Human Capital Manager
DUE ON 10/31/2017 AT 23:00PM
750 - 1,000 words
The board of directors at AGC needs a status update on your change management project. Shawn asks you to write an executive report for John and the board of directors about the change management process and the progress being made toward resolving the global human capital management problems at AGC. This report will be shared at an upcoming investor meeting. Because the future success of AGC depends on achieving its human capital management goals, the board of directors wants to ensure that investors understand that it has changed its strategy to align human capital goals with its organizational goals.
Review the AGC scenario for this course and prepare a 750–1000-word executive report that describes the steps in your change management plan, including the following:
· Diagnosis: A summary of AGC’s problems, how they were diagnosed, and your conclusions regarding the root causes.
· Intervention: A description of human capital management strategies that you recommended to create change at AGC and how they were implemented.
· Evaluation: How did you measure the effectiveness of your change management plan? What were the effects on the employees and the organization’s market performance?
MUST USE SOURCES & NOTES BELOW
http://www.ahrd.org/
http://blog.iese.edu/reiche/files/2010/08/Inpatriates-and-the-role-of-interpersonal-trust1.pdf
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jom
http://horizon.unc.edu/
Introduction: Lessons from Experience: Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity
The story that you are about to read is from actual events that occurred in the field. Its purpose is to provide you with a real-world example from a seasoned professional in the business world.
Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity
My company, Elite Global Engineering, Inc. (EGE) is a multinational organization with international subsidiaries in eight locations. Project management is an important component at EGE. Individuals are chosen to lead large change initiatives. Depending on the project, these changes often affect our home base in Florida as well as one or more of our global subsidiaries. I was asked to lead a large project for our home base and two of our international locations in Italy and in China. The project involved the integration of a new informational management (IM) system. My core team was crosscultural and included members from all locations. As the manager of this project, I employed key components of change management principles and steps; I followed a combination of Kotter’s and Lewin’s basic steps. Well into the project, I felt pleased about my team's performance until I received a phone call from one of the senior directors in China. He told me that team members in China had concerns about the team and their involvement. He said that they felt their opinions were not taken seriously and that they did not feel like equal partners. This came as a s.
Monique GilliamWednesday27 Nov at 2102Manage discussion entry.docxroushhsiu
Monique Gilliam
Wednesday27 Nov at 21:02
Manage discussion entry
Week 2 Discussion Forum
Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization's survival. Excluding the examples from the textbook, give an example of a company that failed as a result of poor strategic management. Explain the difference between a strategy and a business model. Please discuss this in 200-250 words.
Strategic management is a strategy that provides direction for a company. Strategic management is a plan that includes situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Situation analysis is how managers learn and understand what the company is capable of, along with the customers and the business environment. Strategy formulation is the process that is used to achieve the goals of the company. Strategy implementation puts the plan in motion, and strategy evaluation tests the effectiveness of an idea.
For a business to survive, the management team must be willing to grow the company to obtain new opportunities; without growth, a business will not be able to maintain longevity with a large amount of competition. The extension allows a business the ability to obtain assets, funds, and investments that will enable a push toward performance and profits.
Sears is a company that I believe that failed because of poor strategic management. Sears has been a household name for many years until new competition such as Walmart and Amazon, to name a few came on the scene. I don't believe Sears had a plan, strategy, or a goal of how-to compete because of their household name in the past. A business should always be assessing its strategy for success; if not, the industry could be left behind. Sears, in my hometown, never had any significant updates to the store or the merchandise to keep up with the competition. It seems to me that their strategy was just lower prices on already low-quality merchandise, excluding exercise equipment, appliances, and outdoor equipment.
All businesses, large and small, should have a strategy and a business model. A strategy is a plan of action that explains what the company will and will not do, how they plan to compete with the competition, and how they will execute the plan. The business model is how the company plans to make a profit; also, the business model identifies what the products and services are and who their target market is and any expenses. These two plans will aid in keeping a business moving in the right direction.
James Miller
Thursday28 Nov at 6:30
Manage discussion entry
Strategic Planning
BUS402 Week 2
Discussion 1
Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival.
The process of strategic management is made up of four elements: situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Situational analysis is the stepping off point of strategic mana ...
A brief overview of finance for development, to encourage business enterprises to seek opportunity in the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
[Salterbaxter Directions] Moving The Goal PostsMSL
Is your business goal-ready to move beyond 2020? Explore a new generation of emerging sustainability goals that are unlocking business returns and driving transformational change.
Winning the 2020s - The New Logic of Competition (BCG - collected by Truong B...Truong Bomi
Today’s business leaders are having to deal with multiple and complex short-term concerns, like declining growth, political uncertainty, resistance to globalization, social division, and so on. But as the 2020s approach, leaders must also look beyond today’s situation and understand at a more fundamental level what will separate the winners from the losers in the next decade. We see 5 new aspects of competition that will come to the forefront for many businesses:
1. Increasing the rate of organizational learning
2. Leveraging multi-company ecosystems
3. Spanning both the physical and digital worlds
4. Imagining and harnessing new ideas
5. Achieving resilience in the face of uncertainty
Lots of cases, such as Netflix, Google vs. Waymo, Amazon vs. Wholefoods, John Deere of the U.S; Alibaba ecosystems as the major orchestrator to Chinese transformative economy; and even Seedcom - a venture builder in Vietnam in the show. The all are proofing the new logic of competition in the new era of digitalization and mobilization.
Who will be BIG winners in the decade of 2020s at last? Your guess?
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Instructions
Write a paper about the International Monetary System that addresses each of the following issues:
· Define the International Monetary System and outline the history of the system.
· Describe and provide examples of what is meant by “currency regimes,” and define selected types of regimes and form an argument for selecting fixed exchange rate and arguments for selecting flexible exchange rates.
· Describe and define the creation of the Euro and discuss the benefits as well as the problems associated with the creation of this currency.
Support your paper with at least five (5) resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included. Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Length: 5-7 pages (not including title and reference pages).
Eiteman, D., Stonehill, M., & Moffett, M. (2016). Multinational business finance. Boston, MA: Prentice-Hall.
Read Chapters 1, 2
This is a major resource, however, I think the assignment can be accomplished without it. I can’t seem to be able to download the book.
The global company's challenge.
Authors:
Dewhurst, Martin1
Harris, Jonathan2
Heywood, Suzanne
Aquila, Kate
Source:
McKinsey Quarterly. 2012, Issue 3, p76-80. 5p.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*International business enterprises
*Emerging markets
*Economies of scale
*Contracting out
*Risk management in business
*Business models
*Executives
*Financial leverage
*Globalization
*Research & development
Developing countries
Company/Entity:
International Monetary Fund DUNS Number: 069275188
Aditya Birla Management Corp. Pvt. Ltd.
International Business Machines Corp. DUNS Number: 001368083 Ticker: IBM
NAICS/Industry Codes:
919110 International and other extra-territorial public administration
928120 International Affairs
541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
541711 Research and Development in Biotechnology
Abstract:
The article focuses on the management of risks, costs, and strategies by international businesses in emerging markets. It states that the International Monetary Fund reported that the ten fastest-growing economies after 2012 will all be in developing countries. It mentions that technology company International Business Machines expects by 2015 to earn 30 percent of revenues in emerging markets compared to 17 percent in 2009, while Indian multinational conglomerate Aditya Birla Group earns over half of its revenue outside India and has operations in 40 nations. It talks about the benefit of economies of scale in shared services enjoyed by large global companies and comments that the ability to outsource business services and manufacturing is benefiting local busine.
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BUSINESS PLAN 1
Business Plan Assessment
Keesha Westry
University of Phoenix
STR/581
Business Plan Assessment
The document used to communicate the goals of an organization and the actions needed to achieve these goals, and the other critical element is known as a strategic plan. All organizations need to have a strategic plan because it serves several purposes. This essay will discuss the purpose of Walmart's strategic plan, key objectives, the key performance indicators, and recommend initiatives to improve the strategic plan.
The strategic plan of Walmart gives the company clarity, direction, and focus on what it is supposed to do and achieve by way of a written document. The direction and plan are achieved by connecting the organization's missions and vision by addressing the purpose, vision, and company plan (Jindal et al.,2021). The strategic plan gives the roadmap to success for Walmart. The strategic plan also drives organizational alignment in Walmart. It also communicates the message of what Walmart wants to achieve and the strategic direction of Walmart.
The key objective of Walmart is to provide safe and affordable food and other products to people globally. They will try to achieve this objective through means which enhance economic opportunity, environmental and social sustainability (Jindal et al.,2021). The second key objective of Walmart is to improve the lives of people globally. Walmart achieves market development by lowering the prices of its products and services. The low price strategy has attracted new customers in return, increasing the profits of Walmart. They have also achieved market development by diversifying the products they have to ensure that all the customer requirements are met. The market development strategies fit my plans because they take into consideration the customers' needs and finances.
Walmart has improved purchasing their goods by creating a strong e-commerce platform, making it easier for its customer to purchase goods and services. It has also improved its process by using advanced information technology systems to trace products and have a network of distribution centers to deliver products to its customers and stores. Walmart has led to the development of people by the creation of jobs globally. The low pricing strategy has also helped poor people to access goods and services at a low price, making it possible for them to meet the basic needs of life (Stankevičiūtė et al., 2012). Walmart delivers its products and services through Express delivery which delivers goods to its customers in under two hours. One can also access their products and services by going to their retail stores. Yes, there is a way to improve quality over time by reducing the delivery time of the goods to its customers.
Walmart's key performance indicators are e-commerce sales key performance indicators that surround average order size and the shopping cart abandonment rate, and the customer services key performance i ...
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International Business: Actions
Internationalisation Theories and Practices (I)
Business College
School of Management
Key Questions
What approaches to global strategy do firms take?How do organisations internationalise? How does international business manage its internal operations globally? How does international business manage its external operations (e.g. relationship with the host country/communities)?
Key Learning ObjectiveThis session will help you to understand the concepts of:
1) Michael E. Porter’s Diamond Model
2) Global Strategy – Ghosal & Nohria Matrix
3) Born Global Concept
Michael E. Porter’s Diamond ModelPorter argues that nations can create factors that promote competitive advantage of nations as well as stronger level of FDI.
RMIT University
School of Management
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School of Management
Examples of National competitive AdvantagesAbundant, low-cost labor in ChinaMass of IT workers in IndiaHuge reserves of bauxite in AustraliaAbundant agricultural land in the USAOil in Saudi Arabia
RMIT University
School of Management
*
School of Management
Michael E. Porter’s Diamond Model
RMIT University
School of Management
*
School of Management
Michael Porter’s Diamond Model:
Sources of National Competitive Advantage
Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry – the presence of strong competitors at home serves as a national competitive advantage
Factor conditions – labour, natural resources, capital, technology, entrepreneurship, and know how
Demand conditions at home – the strengths and sophistication of customer demand
Related and supporting industries – availability of clusters of suppliers and complementary firms with distinctive competences
RMIT University
School of Management
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School of Management
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Industrial ClustersA concentration of suppliers and supporting firms from the same industry located within the same geographic area
Examples include: the Silicon Valley, fashion cluster in northern Italy, pharma cluster in Switzerland, footwear industry in Pusan, South Korea, and the IT industry in Bangalore, India
Can serve as a nation’s export platform
RMIT University
School of Management
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School of Management
National PolicyProactive economic development plan enacted by the government to nurture or support promising industries sectors. Typical initiatives:
Tax incentives
Investment incentives
Monetary and fiscal policies
Rigorous educational systems
Investment in national infrastructure
Strong legal and regulatory systems(Examples: Japan, Dubai, and Ireland)
RMIT University
School of Management
*
School of Management
Activity 1: Diamond ModelPlease discuss the concept of Porter’s diamond model and apply it to one industry in one country.
RMIT University
School of Management
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School of Management
Bartlett and Ghoshal’s Model of Internationalization Strategy
RMIT University
School of Management
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School of Management
Source: Adapted from Bartlett and Ghoshal (1991)., Managing Acrocc Border, Harvar.
Reply to both people about a paragraph eachReply OneIn t.docxsodhi3
Reply to both people about a paragraph each*
Reply One:
In the last module, I had discussed reasons in which I believe I will experience late-mover disadvantages. In chapter 11, it discussed some key terms associated with creating value within your company. On page 363 it brings up the topic of value creation. Value creation is performing activities that increase the value of goods or services to consumers. In order to establish myself among an already budding market, I have decided to try to make my imports of cotton more appealing to the consumer. I will market it in a way to create value (i.e. value creation). In order to do such, I will make sure that my product is harvested sustainably. More and more companies see value in the eyes of consumers when it comes to sustainably sourcing their goods. Consumers in today’s age are becoming more and more cognizant of where products are coming from and do pay a premium for those companies that take extra measures to ensure sustainable practice. For example, companies like Unilever are exceling due to their sustainably driven supply chain. In fact, Unilever was ranked number one in Gartner’s supply chain index, with much credence to their sustainable practice. I will also allow my consumers to know that we are making every effort to financially empower those within the impoverished state Burkina Faso resides. Being that sourcing and importing cotton will be something new to me, over time I will certainly understand to term “experience curve” (page 373). An experience curve is a systematic reduction in production costs that have been observed to occur over the life of the product. Essentially, in the beginning of my sourcing process, I will incur costs that will eventually be alleviated due to experience. The more you work at a process, the more apt you are to come up with processes that are more efficient and cost effective. One thing that will also benefit me will be universal needs (page 378). Universal needs arise when the tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are similar if not identical. This is beneficial to me because cotton is a pretty common commodity in most nations.
Reply Two:
As I have stated in the previous discussion post, Burkina Faso’s main export is 70% gold. Compared to cotton being only 13%. The partners associated with the export of gold are, Singapore, Ivory Coast, Switzerland, France, China, and Turkey. Gold is steadily increasing in demand and is considered as a universal need (pg.378) because, tastes and preferences in different nations are similar if not identical. So, everyone wants gold for just different reasons. The Gold World Council has a report based on the demand of gold overall during 2015 and it states that there was a 4% growth rate in demand even though in certain areas there were slight deficits. I have stated that the popular uses for gold are, jewelry, financial, technology, dentistry, medical, and aerospace. The report by GWC shows ...
Individual Project
Medical Technology
Wed, 9/6/17
Numeric
100
0
4–6 pages not including title page and reference page.
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The use of health information technology (HIT) has increased dramatically over the past decade, resulting in the federal government enacting several pieces of legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Continuing to build on your proposal for a healthcare facility from Weeks 1 and 2, you are assigned to research and discuss the following:
Discuss the financial and health benefits that can be realized by implementing an electronic health record (EHR).
Research and explain the estimated cost of implementing an EHR and the estimated cost of managing an EHR over the long run.
Discuss current security concerns surrounding HIT and the EHR.
Discuss how electronic health records can be used for decision-making and problem-solving.
Choose 1 piece of federal legislation (e.g., HIPAA, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use), and discuss the requirements that legislation imposes on the use of HIT and the EHR.
Note:
You must use at least 4 scholarly references.
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The Post-Watergate Era
Wed, 3/8/17
Numeric
250
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2-3 pages
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There’s an old adage that says that history is always written by the winners. Although this is not always the case, it is true that people's sense of historical events is often influenced by the viewpoints of the historians who write about them.
During the Watergate scandal in 1974, many policy pundits wrote columns demanding that President Richard Nixon resign from the presidency because he was, in their view, clearly culpable for the Watergate break-ins. Not all pundits felt this way, however. Click
here
and
here
to read articles that offer differing views of President Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal.
Complete the following for this assignment:
Step 1:
Summarize the arguments made in each of the two articles regarding the conduct of President Nixon. How might each of the author’s views impact the reader’s understanding of the Watergate crisis?
Step 2:
Describe how the Watergate events changed American views toward politics and politicians. In your view, how did these events change the press coverage of politicians?
Step 3:
Speculate about how the Watergate event coverage might have been different (better or worse) in the age of social media and smartphones. Would it have lasted as long? Why or why not? Are these innovations in technology helpful or harmful to the way that people understand current events?
At least 2 credible sources are required for this assignment. Your sources should be cited using APA format; both in-text citations and references. Please use the CTU Undergraduate Writing Style Guide for assistance on APA formatting.
References
Burch, D. (1974, May 14).
In defense of Richard Nixon
. Retrieved from The Harvard Crimson Web site: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1974/5/14/in-defense-of-richard-nixon-pithe/
The Washington Post. (1973, May 1).
Editorial: Watergate: The unfinished business
. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/050173-2.htm
Other Information
Instructor's Comments:
Unit 3 Individual Project Essentials
Due Wednesday, March 8 by 11:59 PM Central Time
2 – 3 pages of content (your writing, not including references, headers, etc. )
Double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
2 credible references (in addition to the two articles you must read), so 4 sources in total
In-text citations AND reference list
Summarize the arguments in each article and how they might impact a person’s view of Watergate
Describe how Watergate impacted how politicians and politics are viewed by Americans and how the press report on politicians.
How would Watergate be covered in the age of social media and smartphones?
.
Individual ProjectArticulating the Integrated PlanWed, 31.docxEstelaJeffery653
Individual Project
Articulating the Integrated Plan
Wed, 3/15/17
Numeric
150
0
See assignment details
Assignment Objectives
Demonstrate understanding of the use of a broad set of digital communication tools.
Determine the use of available tools for integrated marketing on the internet.
Assess which tools should be the most effective for promoting their specific new business ventures.
Create a digital marketing plan for inclusion into the business plan.
Key Assignment Draft
Throughout this course, you have articulated several aspects of marketing your planned new venture. Compile all of your writing and research, and insert it into your business plan framework. This compilation should include the following sections:
Expanded Market Environment
Marketing Mix
Digital Marketing Plan
Social Media Strategy
Financials (adjusted and expanded to account for marketing expense and success)
Be sure to integrate your mission and vision into your marketing plan. Consistency is important to your success.
Add the following sections to your plan:
Digital Marketing Policy (content standards, disclosure requirements, and other standards)
At least 1 of the following:
Philanthropy
People
Participation
Note:
Each section should be no longer than 1,500 words. Depending on the venture marketing approach, the marketing mix and digital marketing strategy documents will vary in length, detail, and complexity. In general terms, most business plan sections should be between 500–1,000 words.
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Individual Multilingualism Guidelines1)Where did the a.docxEstelaJeffery653
Individual Multilingualism Guidelines
1)
Where did the author conduct her study and what were some of the language varieties spoken there?
2)
What was the author’s overall argument about bilingual linguistic abilities, as opposed to older views?
3)
What were some major linguistic patterns at home?
4)
Choose ONE of the three profile cases: Provide an example of how one of the subjects switched between Spanish and English according to grammatical and social norms.
5)
What was one factor for the continued influence of Spanish vs. increased use of English among the families studied, respectively?
answer these questions in 2 pages
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Individual Implementation Strategiesno new messagesObjectives.docxEstelaJeffery653
Individual: Implementation Strategies
no new messages
Objectives:
Using the paper started in Week One, add an additional 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) describing your strategies for managing the project as follows: Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands. Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation. Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project. Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option. Incorporate feedback from your previous assignments. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Update your project plan to include the tasks associated with this week's assignment. Zip your assignment into one file. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your ZIP file of this week's assignments.
Using the paper started in Week One,
add
an additional 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) describing your strategies for managing the project as follows:
Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands.
Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation.
Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project.
Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option.
Incorporate
feedback from your previous assignments.
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Update
your project plan to include the tasks associated with this week's assignment.
Zip
your assignment into one file.
Click
the Assignment Files tab to submit your ZIP file of this week's assignments.
.
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Individual: Refine and Finalize Website
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Jul 02
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Simple web forms can be used for order forms, a subscription to a newsletter, or a request for contact.
Using the course software,
refine
and
finalize
your website by doing the following:
Add a simple web form.
Use division or a table to structure the form elements.
Finalize a navigation system between the pages.
Note
: Utilizing the server-side elements offered in the textbook for testing forms is allowable.
Validate
your HTML code using the Markup Validation Service on the W3C
®
website, (www.w3.org) prior to submitting your web page(s).
Submit
your website files in a compressed (zipped) folder to the Assignment Files tab.
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Individual Cultural Communication Written Assignment (Worth 20% of Final Grade)
Complete a written paper (on a word document) about your culture. This paper requires correct grammar, punctuation, and APA format.
Requirements:
Use the following questions below as a template and address all questions within your written assignment.
The paper is worth 100 points (20%) of your course grade. A minimum of
Three (3)
references are required. References can come from a refereed journal article, course textbook, and or an Internet source.
You are expected to report on your cultural topic in a Four -Five pages (
Excluding Title and Reference Page
) typed word document. The assignment should be typed out on a Word Document with no larger than size 12 font, font names that should be used, times new roman or
Calabria
(not both), normal margins (no more than 1 inch), double spaced.
The following should be included in your assignment.
Assignment Layout:
1. Title Page:
Student Name (First and Last), Student Panther ID Number and Title
2. Introduction:
Describe what is Cultural Competency
Identify and describe your cultural ancestry. If you have more than one cultural ancestry, chose the one with which you most closely associate.
3. Assignment Content (Body of Paper):
Explore and describe the willingness of individuals in your culture to share thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Can you identify any area of discussion that would be considered taboo?
Explore and describe the practice and meaning of touch in your culture. Include information regarding touch between family members, friends, members of the opposite sex, and health-care providers.
Identify and describe personal spatial and distancing strategies used when communicating with others in your culture. Discuss differences between friends and families versus strangers.
Discuss your culture’s use of eye contact. Include information regarding practices between family members, friends, strangers, and persons of different age groups.
Explore and describe the meaning of gestures and facial expressions in your culture. Do specific gestures or facial expressions have special meanings? How are emotions displayed?
Discuss if there are acceptable ways of standing and greeting people in your culture?
Discuss the prevailing temporal relation of your culture. Is the culture’s
worldview
past, present, or future oriented? Prevailing temporal relations meaning, how do your culture perceive
healthcare
in general. Does your culture utilize certain remedies? Are they more relax about receiving proper
healthcare
? Do they seek a
healthcare
provider if their health is failing? How often they try to seek medical attention?
Discuss the impact of your culture in
healthcare
or within a
healthcare
setting.
4. Conclusion (Closing thoughts):
Discuss your closing thoughts (hypnotically), on how will your culture perceive
healthcare
in the future.
Discuss how being culturally competent will have an effect on you as a f.
Individual Project
The Basic Marketing Plan
Wed, 3/1/17
Numeric
100
0
1,200–1,500 words
Assignment Objectives
Demonstrate understanding of the use of a broad set of digital communication tools.
Determine the use of available tools for integrated marketing on the internet.
Assess which tools should be the most effective for promoting their specific new business ventures.
For this assignment, you will create a marketing mix document with the following 5 sections:
Product:
This section includes features, options, brand name, packaging, and service characteristics.
Price:
This section includes a pricing schedule, discounts, relative pricing, payment terms, and credit.
Place:
This section includes location, channels, in-store, on-shelf locations, on-site locations, and market coverage.
Promotion:
This section includes promoting, public relations (PR), and selling.
People, participation, or philanthropy:
This section includes information of your choosing.
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Individual Project
Financial Procedures in a Health Care Organization
Wed, 7/26/17
2–3 pages; APA format, no errors. 100% turnitin check. NO Plagerism. On time.
healthinsurance companies provide the majority of the payment for medical services that clinics and physicians deliver. After the care has been delivered, the medical record is reviewed for completeness, codes are applied, and the billing office submits the claim to the insurance company or other third party payer for payment. There are several steps to take when submitting a claim form to the insurance company for reimbursement. The result of a clean claim is proper reimbursement for the services the facility has provided.
Discuss the following:
What does it mean to submit a clean claim?
List all of the information that is important before the claim can be submitted.
Discuss some of the reasons why a claim may be rejected.
State various reasons for the importance of a clean claim submission.
Address the consequences of not submitting a clean claim.
What steps should be taken to check the claim status?
As the practice manager, how would you ensure that the claims process results in clean claim submission and very few claim rejections.
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In the last module, I had discussed reasons in which I believe I will experience late-mover disadvantages. In chapter 11, it discussed some key terms associated with creating value within your company. On page 363 it brings up the topic of value creation. Value creation is performing activities that increase the value of goods or services to consumers. In order to establish myself among an already budding market, I have decided to try to make my imports of cotton more appealing to the consumer. I will market it in a way to create value (i.e. value creation). In order to do such, I will make sure that my product is harvested sustainably. More and more companies see value in the eyes of consumers when it comes to sustainably sourcing their goods. Consumers in today’s age are becoming more and more cognizant of where products are coming from and do pay a premium for those companies that take extra measures to ensure sustainable practice. For example, companies like Unilever are exceling due to their sustainably driven supply chain. In fact, Unilever was ranked number one in Gartner’s supply chain index, with much credence to their sustainable practice. I will also allow my consumers to know that we are making every effort to financially empower those within the impoverished state Burkina Faso resides. Being that sourcing and importing cotton will be something new to me, over time I will certainly understand to term “experience curve” (page 373). An experience curve is a systematic reduction in production costs that have been observed to occur over the life of the product. Essentially, in the beginning of my sourcing process, I will incur costs that will eventually be alleviated due to experience. The more you work at a process, the more apt you are to come up with processes that are more efficient and cost effective. One thing that will also benefit me will be universal needs (page 378). Universal needs arise when the tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are similar if not identical. This is beneficial to me because cotton is a pretty common commodity in most nations.
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Medical Technology
Wed, 9/6/17
Numeric
100
0
4–6 pages not including title page and reference page.
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Assignment Description
The use of health information technology (HIT) has increased dramatically over the past decade, resulting in the federal government enacting several pieces of legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Continuing to build on your proposal for a healthcare facility from Weeks 1 and 2, you are assigned to research and discuss the following:
Discuss the financial and health benefits that can be realized by implementing an electronic health record (EHR).
Research and explain the estimated cost of implementing an EHR and the estimated cost of managing an EHR over the long run.
Discuss current security concerns surrounding HIT and the EHR.
Discuss how electronic health records can be used for decision-making and problem-solving.
Choose 1 piece of federal legislation (e.g., HIPAA, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use), and discuss the requirements that legislation imposes on the use of HIT and the EHR.
Note:
You must use at least 4 scholarly references.
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Wed, 3/8/17
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250
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2-3 pages
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There’s an old adage that says that history is always written by the winners. Although this is not always the case, it is true that people's sense of historical events is often influenced by the viewpoints of the historians who write about them.
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Step 1:
Summarize the arguments made in each of the two articles regarding the conduct of President Nixon. How might each of the author’s views impact the reader’s understanding of the Watergate crisis?
Step 2:
Describe how the Watergate events changed American views toward politics and politicians. In your view, how did these events change the press coverage of politicians?
Step 3:
Speculate about how the Watergate event coverage might have been different (better or worse) in the age of social media and smartphones. Would it have lasted as long? Why or why not? Are these innovations in technology helpful or harmful to the way that people understand current events?
At least 2 credible sources are required for this assignment. Your sources should be cited using APA format; both in-text citations and references. Please use the CTU Undergraduate Writing Style Guide for assistance on APA formatting.
References
Burch, D. (1974, May 14).
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Instructor's Comments:
Unit 3 Individual Project Essentials
Due Wednesday, March 8 by 11:59 PM Central Time
2 – 3 pages of content (your writing, not including references, headers, etc. )
Double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
2 credible references (in addition to the two articles you must read), so 4 sources in total
In-text citations AND reference list
Summarize the arguments in each article and how they might impact a person’s view of Watergate
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Individual Project
Articulating the Integrated Plan
Wed, 3/15/17
Numeric
150
0
See assignment details
Assignment Objectives
Demonstrate understanding of the use of a broad set of digital communication tools.
Determine the use of available tools for integrated marketing on the internet.
Assess which tools should be the most effective for promoting their specific new business ventures.
Create a digital marketing plan for inclusion into the business plan.
Key Assignment Draft
Throughout this course, you have articulated several aspects of marketing your planned new venture. Compile all of your writing and research, and insert it into your business plan framework. This compilation should include the following sections:
Expanded Market Environment
Marketing Mix
Digital Marketing Plan
Social Media Strategy
Financials (adjusted and expanded to account for marketing expense and success)
Be sure to integrate your mission and vision into your marketing plan. Consistency is important to your success.
Add the following sections to your plan:
Digital Marketing Policy (content standards, disclosure requirements, and other standards)
At least 1 of the following:
Philanthropy
People
Participation
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Individual Multilingualism Guidelines
1)
Where did the author conduct her study and what were some of the language varieties spoken there?
2)
What was the author’s overall argument about bilingual linguistic abilities, as opposed to older views?
3)
What were some major linguistic patterns at home?
4)
Choose ONE of the three profile cases: Provide an example of how one of the subjects switched between Spanish and English according to grammatical and social norms.
5)
What was one factor for the continued influence of Spanish vs. increased use of English among the families studied, respectively?
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Individual: Implementation Strategies
no new messages
Objectives:
Using the paper started in Week One, add an additional 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) describing your strategies for managing the project as follows: Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands. Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation. Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project. Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option. Incorporate feedback from your previous assignments. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Update your project plan to include the tasks associated with this week's assignment. Zip your assignment into one file. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your ZIP file of this week's assignments.
Using the paper started in Week One,
add
an additional 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) describing your strategies for managing the project as follows:
Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands.
Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation.
Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project.
Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option.
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Format
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Zip
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Click
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your website by doing the following:
Add a simple web form.
Use division or a table to structure the form elements.
Finalize a navigation system between the pages.
Note
: Utilizing the server-side elements offered in the textbook for testing forms is allowable.
Validate
your HTML code using the Markup Validation Service on the W3C
®
website, (www.w3.org) prior to submitting your web page(s).
Submit
your website files in a compressed (zipped) folder to the Assignment Files tab.
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Individual Cultural Communication Written Assignment (Worth 20% of Final Grade)
Complete a written paper (on a word document) about your culture. This paper requires correct grammar, punctuation, and APA format.
Requirements:
Use the following questions below as a template and address all questions within your written assignment.
The paper is worth 100 points (20%) of your course grade. A minimum of
Three (3)
references are required. References can come from a refereed journal article, course textbook, and or an Internet source.
You are expected to report on your cultural topic in a Four -Five pages (
Excluding Title and Reference Page
) typed word document. The assignment should be typed out on a Word Document with no larger than size 12 font, font names that should be used, times new roman or
Calabria
(not both), normal margins (no more than 1 inch), double spaced.
The following should be included in your assignment.
Assignment Layout:
1. Title Page:
Student Name (First and Last), Student Panther ID Number and Title
2. Introduction:
Describe what is Cultural Competency
Identify and describe your cultural ancestry. If you have more than one cultural ancestry, chose the one with which you most closely associate.
3. Assignment Content (Body of Paper):
Explore and describe the willingness of individuals in your culture to share thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Can you identify any area of discussion that would be considered taboo?
Explore and describe the practice and meaning of touch in your culture. Include information regarding touch between family members, friends, members of the opposite sex, and health-care providers.
Identify and describe personal spatial and distancing strategies used when communicating with others in your culture. Discuss differences between friends and families versus strangers.
Discuss your culture’s use of eye contact. Include information regarding practices between family members, friends, strangers, and persons of different age groups.
Explore and describe the meaning of gestures and facial expressions in your culture. Do specific gestures or facial expressions have special meanings? How are emotions displayed?
Discuss if there are acceptable ways of standing and greeting people in your culture?
Discuss the prevailing temporal relation of your culture. Is the culture’s
worldview
past, present, or future oriented? Prevailing temporal relations meaning, how do your culture perceive
healthcare
in general. Does your culture utilize certain remedies? Are they more relax about receiving proper
healthcare
? Do they seek a
healthcare
provider if their health is failing? How often they try to seek medical attention?
Discuss the impact of your culture in
healthcare
or within a
healthcare
setting.
4. Conclusion (Closing thoughts):
Discuss your closing thoughts (hypnotically), on how will your culture perceive
healthcare
in the future.
Discuss how being culturally competent will have an effect on you as a f.
Individual Project
The Basic Marketing Plan
Wed, 3/1/17
Numeric
100
0
1,200–1,500 words
Assignment Objectives
Demonstrate understanding of the use of a broad set of digital communication tools.
Determine the use of available tools for integrated marketing on the internet.
Assess which tools should be the most effective for promoting their specific new business ventures.
For this assignment, you will create a marketing mix document with the following 5 sections:
Product:
This section includes features, options, brand name, packaging, and service characteristics.
Price:
This section includes a pricing schedule, discounts, relative pricing, payment terms, and credit.
Place:
This section includes location, channels, in-store, on-shelf locations, on-site locations, and market coverage.
Promotion:
This section includes promoting, public relations (PR), and selling.
People, participation, or philanthropy:
This section includes information of your choosing.
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Individual ProjectFinancial Procedures in a Health Care Organiza.docxEstelaJeffery653
Individual Project
Financial Procedures in a Health Care Organization
Wed, 7/26/17
2–3 pages; APA format, no errors. 100% turnitin check. NO Plagerism. On time.
healthinsurance companies provide the majority of the payment for medical services that clinics and physicians deliver. After the care has been delivered, the medical record is reviewed for completeness, codes are applied, and the billing office submits the claim to the insurance company or other third party payer for payment. There are several steps to take when submitting a claim form to the insurance company for reimbursement. The result of a clean claim is proper reimbursement for the services the facility has provided.
Discuss the following:
What does it mean to submit a clean claim?
List all of the information that is important before the claim can be submitted.
Discuss some of the reasons why a claim may be rejected.
State various reasons for the importance of a clean claim submission.
Address the consequences of not submitting a clean claim.
What steps should be taken to check the claim status?
As the practice manager, how would you ensure that the claims process results in clean claim submission and very few claim rejections.
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Individual: Expanded Website Plan
View more
»
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A Site Map is a diagram, similar to an organizational chart, which shows a visual mapping of your site and how the pages will be linked together.
Add
a Site Map to your website plan.
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Individual: Expanded Website Plan
Due
Jul 02
View more
»
Expand view
Expand
your website plan.
Select
at least three interactive features that could be added to your site.
Identify
the following:
What purpose would each feature serve for your site and its visitors?
How would you construct these features?
Note
: The form created in the next individual activity, "Individual: Refine and Finalize Website" can be included as one of the interactive features.
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Individual: Communicating to Management Concerning Information Systems
Due
Apr 17, 11:59 PM
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Resources:
"Presentation Fundamentals" with Tatiana Kolovou on Lynda.com, Instructions for Completing a Video
Technology managers look for three critical fundamental skills from the IT professions hired today:
The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing across all stakeholder levels
The ability to work in a team
The ability to think critically
You are on your second interview for a position in an Information Services Department. You will be presenting to a group of your peers, so they can see if you have good presentation skills. Your task is to:
Create a presentation containing eight to ten presentation slides including Introduction, Conclusion, and Reference slides.
Include speaker notes with each slide.
Describe one of the following type of systems:
A Transaction Processing System (For example, POS, ATM, Online Ordering)
A Functional Department System (For example, HRIS, Finance, CRM)
An Enterprise Resource Planning System
Describe the components or subsytems of the system and what business function they address.
Identify one vendor or open source solution for the system you chose to describe.
Discuss why you chose this system and how it will affect the overall business functions of the organization.
Note.
Be sure to include supportive graphics and appropriate backgrounds and styles. All references need to adhere to APA guidelines and images should not be copyrighted unless cited properly.
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Individual Case Analysis-
Matav
In max 4 single-spaced total pages, please answer the following questions:
What is Matav’s strategy? Has it been successful?
Does Matav have competitive advantages in its domestic market?
Do Matav’s international expansion plans make sense?
If you were a member of the strategy group, what would you recommend to Andras Balogh?
DUE SUNDAY APRIL 2, 2017.
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Individual Assignment Report Format• Report should contain not m.docxEstelaJeffery653
Individual Assignment Report Format
• Report should contain not more than 2,000 words, excluding cover page, content page and appendices. Indicate the total word-count at the end of your report.
• Report should be written with 12-pts Arial font type and 1.5line sentence spacing. Save the report in MS Word format with 1-inch margin on all sides of the A4-sized document.
• List the sources of your materials in the reference page.
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Include LOCO api that allows user to key in an address and get the d.docxEstelaJeffery653
Include LOCO api that allows user to key in an address and get the directions on geolocation from their current location to the entered location. Most features that needs to be added is included in the attachment. Basic layout is provided. Application must work on phonegap. Uses only javascript and jquery. Let me know if interested then i will upload the basic layout
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Include the title, the name of the composer (if known) and of the .docxEstelaJeffery653
Include the title, the name of the composer (if known) and of the performer. Describe the singing style.
Comment on the vocalist’s
breath control and vowel placement. Was there use of chest voice or
falsete
?
Comment on the lyrics (see translations in course reader) . Is the song
defiant, tender, passionate, remorseful, detached? Is there any imagery used? Is there any message? Identify the type of instrumental accompaniment.
required 4 pages
2 pages : track 16,
La Barca de Guaymas (Linda Ronstadt)
2 pages : track 19,
Paloma Negra
(Lola Beltrán)
I have the songs but i can't upload them
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include as many events as possible to support your explanation of th.docxEstelaJeffery653
include as many events as possible to support your explanation of the term "globalization". it will help if included or more details and specifics. Essay Question below:
:
Why do historians believe that European civilization dominated the world
(economically, politically, and/or culturally) at the beginning of the 20
th
century? From your studies in this class, do you agree that the phrase “a global
village” accurately describes the 21
st
-century world? Explain why or why not
(use specific examples) ?
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Incorporate the suggestions that were provided by your fellow projec.docxEstelaJeffery653
Incorporate the suggestions that were provided by your fellow project managers into your final
Project Management Plan
.
Finalize your Project Staffing subsection. This will be part of your Human Resource Management section or appendix.
Determine the number of resources that will be provided from within the enterprise and from outside contractors. Explain the reasoning behind the determination of the source for the personnel resources.
Make the necessary adjustments to the budget and the schedule, therefore establishing the baseline for those 2 areas.
An explanation will be required regarding the source of those personnel and why the use of that specific provider is necessary.
Thoroughly review your deliverable for spelling errors and correct word usage, grammar, and formatting.
**Please make sure to complete sections 3.0 (Human Resource Management) and 4.0 (Risk Management) of the Project Management Plan.
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inal Project
DUE: Jun 25, 2017 11:55 PM
Grade Details
Grade
N/A
Gradebook Comments
None
Assignment Details
Open Date
May 1, 2017 12:05 AM
Graded?
Yes
Points Possible
100.0
Resubmissions Allowed?
No
Attachments checked for originality?
Yes
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include 1page proposal- short introduction to research paper and yo.docxEstelaJeffery653
include: 1page proposal- short introduction to research paper and your intention. 2 page Annotated bibliography - Summary of Books and articles and relationship to your project(at least one book and 2 scholarly articles).
Main htings to consider the concept of ; ethos, building, dwelling and thinking, path.
think about the four elements of the fourfold; earth sky/hoorizon, mortals and divinities.
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The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
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.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
Delivering Micro-Credentials in Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingAG2 Design
Explore how micro-credentials are transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with this comprehensive slide deck. Discover what micro-credentials are, their importance in TVET, the advantages they offer, and the insights from industry experts. Additionally, learn about the top software applications available for creating and managing micro-credentials. This presentation also includes valuable resources and a discussion on the future of these specialised certifications.
For more detailed information on delivering micro-credentials in TVET, visit this https://tvettrainer.com/delivering-micro-credentials-in-tvet/
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
Chapter 10 Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Environmen
1. Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and
Environmental Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain why good ethics is good business in strategic
management.
2. Explain why whistle-blowing, bribery, and workplace
romance are strategic issues.
3. Discuss why social responsibility and policy are key issues in
strategic planning.
4. Discuss the nature of environmental sustainability and why it
is a key issue in strategic planning.
5. Explain why animal welfare is a strategic issue for firms
Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the nature of doing business globally, including
language and labor union issues.
2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing business
globally.
3. Discuss the global challenge facing firms and why this is a
strategic issue.
4. Discuss tax rates and tax inversions as strategic issues.
5. Compare and contrast American business culture versus
foreign business cultures; explain why this is a strategic issue.
6. Discuss the business culture found in Mexico, Japan, China,
and India; explain why this is a strategic issue.
7. Discuss the business climate in Africa, China, Indonesia,
India, Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam; explain why this is a
strategic issue.
Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for
the week. Then post what you thought was the most important
concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you
felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook
2. chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned
reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed
in your reference section and cited within the body of the text.
Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they
aid in your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following
questions:
i. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. Is that wise management or
irresponsible activism? Discuss.
ii. Do some research on New Zealand to determine whether you
agree that the country merits its #1 ranking globally in
attractiveness for doing business.
Website http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/n
ew-zealand
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained
from the course material. Postings must be in the student's own
words - do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA
format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and
double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the
discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for
APA review]
Overall submission requirements –
1. discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic
discussion in your own words
2. Add your answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to
the discussion post
3. Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4. Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Student 1
This week’s chapter readings outlined business ethics, social
responsibility, and environmental sustainability within a firm
and the importance each plays in building its brand, balancing
3. its resources and increasing productivity to build a sustainable
firm. Business ethics are specific guidelines that are
established by a firm or organization that leads to good
decision-making. Social responsibility is that each employee
works to better the environment and society as a whole.
Environmental sustainability is the firm or organizations
commitment to conserve resources and protect the environment.
Firms and organizations must develop a framework that
incorporates these strategic issues as they are all interrelated
and can have a major impact on the success of a company.
A firm or organization’s ability to
globalize their business will allow the company to provide the
highest value of products or services to customers at the lowest
cost possible. According to David et al. (2020), the
underpinnings of strategic management hinge on managers
gaining an understanding of competitors, markets, prices,
suppliers, distributors, governments, creditors, shareholders,
and customers worldwide. Firms must concentrate on the key
factors expressed by David et al. (2020), and formulate a global
strategy which encompasses designing, producing, and
marketing products with global needs in mind. Multinational
firms experience many threats and challenges as the number of
products and geographical areas increase. There are advantages
to doing business globally such as gaining a new customer base
for the products sold, reduced tariffs, lower taxes, and favorable
political treatment, and economies of scale can be achieved
from operation in global rather than just domestic markets
(David et al. 2020). Some disadvantages to doing business
globally are language, culture, and value systems differ across
countries which could create communication and management
barriers, dealing with two or more monetary systems can
complicate international business operations, and weaknesses in
foreign countries are underestimated with respect to the number
of competitors and the products they are offering (David et al.
2020).
Tax rates were also discussed and how
4. this plays an important role in strategic decisions that are made
regarding where to build facilities. High taxes can deter a firm
or organization from entering the market because the cost would
outweigh the benefit of building manufacturing plants or
acquire other firms in such areas. Firms should conduct a
thorough analysis before deciding to globalize and venture into
these markets.
Has Chick-fil-A made a wise management decision being closed
on Sundays?
Chick-fil-A has made both a personal
and religious decision to be closed on Sunday which in my
opinion has worked well for this firm. Chick-fil-A is open six
out of seven days and upper-management believes it is more
about the use of time. They use a simple strategy that is to
compete and win by focusing on top talent, system dependent,
operational excellence, and community impact (Chick-fil-A
2021). Chick-fil-A lives out their core values which are
purpose driven, to have each other’s back, go home or go hard,
good stewards, and to pursue excellence (Chick-fil-A 2021).
According to David et al. (2020), Chick-fil-A surpassed
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) as the largest chicken quick
service restaurant in the United States. Chick-fil-A currently
has around 2,000 stores compared to 4,500 KFC stores. This
indicates that Chick-fil-A has made a wise business move and
therefore, the need to be open on Sunday is not necessary.
Chick-fil-A is privately held company with three shares of stock
among the owner, Samuel Truett Cathy. If Chick-fil-A decided
to go public and sold shares this could cause decisions to be
made, such as opening on Sundays, against the current owners
beliefs. Chick-fil-A has implemented strategic planning which
leads to better overall strategic decision making.
Does New Zealand merit its # 1 ranking globally in
attractiveness for doing business?
New Zealand has made its mark as
being rated #1 for doing business on a global scale mainly
because of its economic stability, potential for growth, and the
5. ease of doing business with regulators. New Zealand has
developed excellent relationships with the Asia Pacific region
which has ended in a successful market and the attractiveness
for businesses to invest and build in this area. New Zealand’s
economy allows for the support of entrepreneurship.
Regulations depend on the business structure whether it is a
company, sole trader, or partnership. According to the New
Zealand Companies Office (2021), the Companies Act of 1993
forms the core of the corporate regulatory system and provides
many functions to assist businesses. There are other countries
that rank close to New Zealand, including Switzerland due to
their economic and political stability and Canada because of its
location and trade freedom, but New Zealand outlines for
consumers specific steps that need to be taken to conduct
business in this country. After reviewing over the economy
profile report 2020, New Zealand appears to be very transparent
in their requirements which allows investors to feel more
assured when making strategic business decisions. New
Zealand must continue to think in new and innovative ways to
advance their economic potential and keep their competitive
advantage in the coming years.
References
Chick-fil-A (2021). Retrieved
from https://www.chanhassencfa.com/sundays
Chick-fil-A (2021). Retrieved
from https://www.cfahollywood.com/who-we-are
David, Fred R., David, Forest R. and David, Meredith E.
(2020). Strategic management: A Competitive Advantage
Approach, Concepts and Cases (17th Edition). Pearson.
New Zealand GDP – Gross National Product (2021). Retrieved
from https://countryeconomy.com/gdp/new-zealand
New Zealand Companies Office (2021). Corporate regulation in
6. New Zealand. https://www.companiesoffice.govt.nz/about-
us/corporate-regulation-in-new-zealand/
Moore, Barry D. (2021). 5 Ways to profit from Chick-fil-A
Stock. Retrieved
fromhttps://www.liberatedstocktrader.com/chick-fil-a-stock/
Student 2
Ethical Progress
When a company chooses to launch itself into a given target
market, they must make a decision regarding moral foundations.
Many companies choose to support whatever the majority of the
given market favors; however, this is not always the best
decision. The world has become more inherently corrupt over
the course of time, and agreeing with the majority over the
minority may result in unethical behavior. Before deciding to
take a stance upon popular topics, a company needs to evaluate
its moral standpoints in terms of being honest. Honesty causes
success to thrive. A company may be successful for a short
period of time by bending rules in order to gain leverage over
competitors, yet immoral business conduct will be brought into
view in its due time. A new company should adhere to proper
moral conduct in order to achieve profit.
Chick-fil-A is widely known as a prime example in the realm of
company standpoint influencing sales. The company is a
Christian-based fast food chain that emphasizes quality service
to every customer. During the previous pride movement, this
brand encountered much negativity provided by media;
however, the company stood firm on its Christian morals. The
company experienced more success that year than in any other
year because of its loyal customer base. In this case, Chick-fil-
A maintained its profitability by staying true to its values.
Another controversy that occurred was the brand’s decision to
remain closed on Sundays. The Christian faith has a large
emphasis upon exercising a sabbath on a weekly basis. The
company closes in order to provide employees with the
opportunity to attend church and rest. This is considered wise
7. management in contrast to irresponsible activism because the
decision correlates directly with the company’s Christian
foundation. The company is also much more successful than
many other fast food chains that are open everyday of the week.
If the company were to open on Sunday’s, Chick-fil-A would
risk losing its loyal Christian consumers that respect the
company for allowing employees to attend church on Sundays.
Strategies for Success
Economy is also a major factor when determining how
successful a business can be over a period of time. International
trade cannot thrive without a healthy economy. Many countries
gain success from their ability to trade with their international
counterparts. New Zealand is one example of how international
trade can cause a great amount of success. The reason why New
Zealand is ranked as a highly attractive business location is due
to their successful economy and reliable outputs. A company
with low rapport will be viewed as less attractive in terms of
trade. Rapport is built upon honesty and loyalty. A company
that does not honor their agreements risks losing trust among
other countries. An example concerning potential unethical
behavior includes a breach that may result in loss of businesses.
A breach encompasses bribery or an action similar to this type
of persuasion. If a company is aware that a country uses
dishonesty is order to achieve profit, the company will be less
likely to choose that country as a trade partner (David, 2020,
pp. 304-305). New Zealand’s international trade is doing so
well because of the country’s good rapport with other nations.
Because of this connection with other nations, New Zealand’s
economy has also expanded which has caused the country to
flourish in many categories. A country that displays honesty and
loyalty has a better chance of sustaining international relations.
References
David, Fred (2020). Strategic Management. Boston, MA:
Pearson Inc.
31. –
1.
discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic discussion
in your own words
2.
Add you
r answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to the
discussion post
3.
Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4.
Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and
Environmental Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain why good ethics is good business in strategic
management.
2. Explain why whistle-blowing, bribery, and workplace
romance are strategic issues.
3. Discuss why social responsibility and policy are key issues in
strategic planning.
4. Discuss the nature of environmental sustainability and why it
is a key issue in strategic planning.
5. Explain why animal welfare is a strategic issue for firms
32. Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the nature of doing business globally, including
language and labor union issues.
2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing business
globally.
3. Discuss the global challenge facing firms and why this is a
strategic issue.
4. Discuss tax rates and tax inversions as strategic issues.
5. Compare and contrast American business culture versus
foreign business cultures; explain why
this is a strategic issue.
6. Discuss the business culture found in Mexico, Japan, China,
and India; explain why this is a
strategic issue.
7. Discuss the business climate in Africa, China, Indonesia,
India, Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam;
explain why this is a strategic issue.
Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for
the week. Then post what you thought
was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or
any other thing that you felt was worthy of
your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your
initial post should be based upon the
assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a
source listed in your reference section and
cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required
but feel free to use them if they aid in
your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following
questions:
i. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. Is that wise management or
irresponsible activism? Discuss.
ii. Do some research on New Zealand to determine whether you
agree that the country merits its #1
33. ranking globally in attractiveness for doing business.
Website
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new-
zealand
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained
from the course material. Postings must
be in the student's own words - do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA
format (including Times New Roman with
font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your
paper in the discussion thread then attach
a Word version of the paper for APA review]
Overall submission requirements –
1. discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic
discussion in your own words
2. Add your answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to
the discussion post
3. Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4. Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Discussion Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca-Cola
or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report Better?" Complete all the
steps (one-page minimum assignment). After submitting your
report in the discussion forum for this week, type at least two
peer replies (200-word minimum each). As a class, attempt to
make a decision as to which company wins.
Text -
Fred R David, F. R. (2019). Strategic Management: A
Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 17th
edition. Pearson.
Chapter 10. Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and
34. Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 11. Global and International Issues
Answer the question in APA format, NO plagiarism, need two
peer responses
Student 1
Which firm has a better sustainability report, Coca-Cola or
PepsiCo?
The Coca-Cola environmental and social governance
report 2020, identified at least six key strategies and goals that
Coca-Cola is actively working to achieve. The report outlined
many initiatives and steps the company has taken to fulfill their
role in business ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability
efforts to ensure a competitive advantage. The six best
initiatives on this report were water reduction, healthy choices,
a world without waste, reducing carbon footprint, diversity,
equity, and inclusion, and enabling women.
Water reduction has been a key initiative for the Coca-
Cola Company and according to the Coca-Cola governance 2020
report, Coca-Cola has met or exceeded the replenish goal over
the past six years. Coca-Cola describes their 2030 water
strategy as a strategy that will increase water security in all
areas where they touch people’s lives through operations,
source ingredients and through product packaging. These are
all important aspects of being committed and working towards
improvement of the environment.
Healthy choices are another area Coca-Cola is trying to
improve upon with offering wide range of beverage options,
including coffee, tea, dairy, juices, and water. Coca-Cola is
committed to reducing sugar and adding healthier nutritious
beverage alternatives. Coca-Cola understands people are
becoming more health conscious about what they choose to
consume, which means providing alternative options and
reducing sugar are targeting a different consumer base which
will increase revenue.
35. World without waste initiative is one that encompasses
many goals, mainly reducing plastic waste by creating more
sustainable packaging and by collecting and recycling a bottle
or can for each one sold by 2030 (Coca-Cola, 2020). Coca-Cola
plan on making 100% of its packaging recyclable on a global
scale by 2025. They have partnered together with Ocean
Cleanup to intercept plastic waste before it enters the ocean
which demonstrates their commitment to a better environment.
Coca-Cola is trying to reduce their carbon footprint
which means increasing their water efficiency. According to
Coca-Cola Social Governance Report (2020), Coca-Cola has
improved water usage over the past 10 years. Coca-Cola is
focused on packaging design, recycling initiatives, and
partnering with others in support of a cleaner environment.
Coca-Cola is taking steps to achieve a more sustainable and
inclusive economic future (Coca-Cola, 2020).
Coca-Cola claims diversity, equity, and inclusion is part
of their core values and growth strategy. Initiatives that the
Coca-Cola company are pursuing are the commitment to spend
1$ billion dollars with suppliers in the upcoming years and to
foster an inclusive culture within the workplace by measuring
progress against gender globally. Coca-Cola is making efforts
to include all individuals, regardless of gender identity, culture
and generational life experiences.
Coca-Cola believes in equality and enabling women and
has set forth some initiatives to achieve this goal by year 2030.
One initiative is for the Coca-Cola Company to be 50% led by
women globally and encourages advancement of women through
its Global Women’s Leadership Council. Another initiative is
conducting pay equity analysis on a frequent basis to ensure
elimination of gender or race discrimination. Coca-Cola also
provides transparent reports regarding race and gender and
provide the board members with diversity metrics on a frequent
basis. This shows their commitment to a fair and equitable
workplace for their employees which in turn will yield a more
satisfied and productive workforce.
36. PepsiCo 2020 sustainability report shared six key focus
areas where they have taken initiatives including agriculture,
water conservation, product and packaging, climate and people.
PepsiCo focuses on food products as well as beverages
therefore, it is important for the company to focus on
sustainable agricultural practices. According to PepsiCo
(2020), they achieved 100% sustainability sourced direct-source
crops in 28 countries in 2020. PepsiCo views farms as natural
ecosystems as opposed to factories in which the company has
implemented the use of cover crops to build soil health and
isolate carbon. One goal PepsiCo has set is the Positive
Agriculture ambition, which is to spread regenerative farming
practices across 7 million acres by 2030, which is equal to
PepsiCo entire footprint (Pepsi, 2020).
Water reduction is of critical importance on everyone’s
part, especially large corporations such as Coca-Cola and
PepsiCo. PepsiCo has initiated the Net Water Positive goal
which focuses on reducing water usage by improving operation
and agricultural water efficiency. They are working on
strategizing a plan to identify reuse opportunities for process
wastewater within their operations section, in hopes for a 50
percent reduction by 2030.
Product and packaging are also important to PepsiCo
and they have started to build better labels with easy-to-read
nutritional labels, reducing sugar in beverages and reducing
saturated fats in foods. Reducing sugar in beverages is the
same initiative Coca-Cola is exploring and both companies are
offering different healthier options. PepsiCo is also looking to
make a difference in their carbon footprint and the climate
crisis. They have set a goal to eliminate 5 million tons of
greenhouse gases by 2030. PepsiCo is also vested in their
employees and their customers as they look to improve the
livelihood of 250,000 people in the agricultural supply chain
(PepsiCo, 2020).
In my opinion, I believe Coca-Cola and Pepsi share
some of the same initiatives and goals and each appears to be
37. using strategic planning. This being said, Coca-Cola does a
better job outlining their initiatives and providing real
sustainable evidence of the steps they have employed to achieve
their initiatives. They are both successful corporations Coca-
Cola’s social governance report (2020) is more clearly laid out
and defined which allows the reader to more easily navigate and
understand.
Reference
David, Fred R., David, Forest R. and David, Meredith E.
(2020). Strategic management: A Competitive Advantage
Approach, Concepts and Cases (17th Edition). Pearson.
38. Coca-Cola (2021). Retrieved from https://www.coca-
colacompany.com/content/dam/journey/us/en/reports/coca-cola-
business-environmental-social-governance-report-
2020.pdf#page=5
Coca-Cola (2021). Retrieved from https://www.coca-
colacompany.com/reports/world-without-waste-2020
PepsiCo (2020). Retrieved
from https://www.pepsico.com/sustainability-report/strategy
Student 2
In 2020, the Coca-Cola Company continued its sustainability
mission and reported on the progress of its major priorities
including reducing added sugar in beverages, reducing carbon
emissions, minimizing packaging and ramping up recyclability
of packaging, returning water to communities, more utilization
of sustainable agriculture, prioritizing diversity, equity, and
inclusion through promotion of women leadership globally, and
giving back through foundation contributions to various
charitable organizations (Coca-Cola Company, 2021). The
Coca-Cola Company has reported significant gains in all of it
sustainability efforts. Through the 2020 Business &
Environmental, Social and Governance Report (2021), the
company announced actually achieving three of its goals in
2020: reducing relative carbon emissions by 25% against a
2010 baseline, replenishing ALL the water used in the brand’s
drinks and in their production (goal achieved since 2015), and
enabling the economic empowerment of 5 million women
entrepreneurs (the company actually exceeded this goal with
over 6 million women entrepreneurs enabled globally). As
previously mentioned, all the goals have made significant
progress. Coca-Cola reports that approximately 125,000 tons of
added sugar has been removed on an annualized basis through
recipe changes in 2020, 60% of the equivalent bottles and cans
introduced into the market in 2020 were refilled, collected or
39. recycled, and the company developed a Global Social Justice
Framework for Action focusing on listening, leading, investing,
and advocating as a mechanism to support diversity, equity, and
inclusion goals going forward (Coca-Cola Company, 2021).
PepsiCo Sustainability Efforts
Similarly, the PepsiCo Company reported positive gains
it its 2020 sustainability efforts. The six main areas of focus
for PepsiCo include advancing communities of the world
through supportive practices that promote improved farmer
livelihoods and agricultural resiliency, lead efforts in water
security in communities, creating more nutritious product
offerings, reduction of packaging and waste from packaging,
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and creating a diverse,
equitable, and inclusive workplace (PepsiCo, 2021). Some
areas of significance as reported in the PepsiCo Sustainability
Report (2021) include growing Demonstration Farms to more
than 350 globally with 80% adopting regenerative farming
practices, 22% of the company’s global markets offer a PepsiCo
product in 100% rPET packaging, investments of more than $55
million in safe water access programs, achieving 100%
renewable electricity for the company’s U.S. direct operations,
achieving 71% of the food portfolio containing less than 1.2
grams of saturated fat per 100 calories, and introducing the
Racial Equality Journey commitments, which include increasing
diverse representation within the company and committing over
$570 million to support black and Hispanic businesses and
communities (PepsiCo, 2021).
Analysis
As one can imagine and as the reports point out, both
companies have very similar sustainability goals and
objectives. The common themes include a reduction of the
carbon footprint, water accessibility and regeneration,
packaging improvements, agricultural improvements and
advancements, a focus on health-consciousness and product
improvement, and diversity and inclusion awareness and goals.
Each has made concerted efforts to set and achieve goals that
40. encompass business ethics, social responsibility, and
environmental sustainability. However, in reviewing both
companies’ sustainability report, it seemed to me that the Coca-
Cola Company instituted goals with more measurable results.
The Coca-Cola Company set clear benchmarks and deadlines in
which achievement should be met in every category and goal
that was set. PepsiCo also set some concrete benchmarks,
however, in some categories the goals implemented and
achievements discussed were geared more towards ideas
instituted, partnerships made, and dollar amounts invested. As
a result, I would award the Coca-Cola Company a solid ‘A’
grade. Not only have they set long term and short term
objectives in each of the categories (ethics, environment, and
social responsibility), the goals are clearly measurable and
results driven. I would award the PepsiCo Company a ‘B’
grade. They, too, have instituted goals focused on all three
categories, however, in some areas the results are not clearly
measurable and defined. Having noble ideas and aspirations,
though meaningful, is not quantifiable, but having measurable
concrete results is showing commitment, action, and clear
progress.
References
David, F. R., , David, F. R., & David, M. E. (2020). Strategic
management: Concepts & cases, a competitive advantage
approach (17th ed.). Pearson.
PepsiCo. (2021). 2020 sustainability report
summary. https://www.pepsico.com/docs/album/sustainability-
report/2020-
csr/2020_sustainability_report_summary.pdf?sfvrsn=2b435ae0_
8.
The Coca-Cola Company. (2021). 2020 business &
environmental, social and governance report.
https://www.coca-
colacompany.com/content/dam/journey/us/en/reports/coca-cola-
business-environmental-social-governance-report-2020-
41. highlights.pdf.
Discussion
Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca
-
Cola or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report
Better?" Complete all the steps (one
-
page minimum assignment).
After submitting your report in
the discussion forum for this week, type at least two peer repl
ies (200
-
word minimum each).
As a
class, attempt to make a decision as to which company wins.
Text
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Fred R David, F. R. (2019).
Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach,
Concepts and Cases, 17th edition.
53. of
being
committed
and
working
towards
improvement
of
the
environment.
Discussion Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca-Cola
or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report
Better?" Complete all the steps (one-page minimum
assignment). After submitting your report in
the discussion forum for this week, type at least two peer
replies (200-word minimum each). As a
class, attempt to make a decision as to which company wins.
Text -
Fred R David, F. R. (2019). Strategic Management: A
Competitive Advantage Approach,
Concepts and Cases, 17th edition. Pearson.
Chapter 10. Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and
Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 11. Global and International Issues
54. Answer the question in APA format, NO plagiarism, need two
peer responses
Student 1
Which firm has a better sustainability report, Coca-Cola or
PepsiCo?
The Coca-Cola environmental and social governance
report 2020, identified at least six
key strategies and goals that Coca-Cola is actively working to
achieve. The report outlined many
initiatives and steps the company has taken to fulfill their role
in business ethics, social
responsibility, and sustainability efforts to ensure a competitive
advantage. The six best
initiatives on this report were water reduction, healthy choices,
a world without waste, reducing
carbon footprint, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and enabling
women.
Water reduction has been a key initiative for the Coca-
Cola Company and according to
the Coca-Cola governance 2020 report, Coca-Cola has met or
exceeded the replenish goal over
the past six years. Coca-Cola describes their 2030 water
strategy as a strategy that will increase
water security in all areas where they touch people’s lives
through operations, source ingredients
and through product packaging. These are all important aspects
of being committed and working
towards improvement of the environment.
Discussion Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca-Cola
or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report Better?" Complete all the
steps (one-page minimum assignment). After submitting your
report in the discussion forum for this week, type at least two
55. peer replies (200-word minimum each). As a class, attempt to
make a decision as to which company wins.
Text -
Fred R David, F. R. (2019). Strategic Management: A
Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts and Cases, 17th
edition. Pearson.
Chapter 10. Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and
Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 11. Global and International Issues
Answer the question in APA format, NO plagiarism, need two
peer responses
Discussion
Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca
-
Cola or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report
Better?" Complete all the steps (one
-
page minimum assignment).
After submitting your report in
the discussion forum for this week, type at least two peer repl
ies (200
-
word minimum each).
As a
class, attempt to make a decision as to which company wins
56. .
Text
-
Fred R David, F. R. (2019).
Strategic
Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach,
Concepts and Cases, 17th edition.
Pearson.
Chapter
10.
Business
Ethics,
Environmental
Sustainability,
and
Corporate
Social
Responsibility
58. Discussion Forum
Go to the end of Chapter 10 and do Exercise 10A "Is Coca-Cola
or PepsiCo's Sustainability Report
Better?" Complete all the steps (one-page minimum
assignment). After submitting your report in
the discussion forum for this week, type at least two peer
replies (200-word minimum each). As a
class, attempt to make a decision as to which company wins.
Text -
Fred R David, F. R. (2019). Strategic Management: A
Competitive Advantage Approach,
Concepts and Cases, 17th edition. Pearson.
Chapter 10. Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and
Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 11. Global and International Issues
Answer the question in APA format, NO plagiarism, need two
peer responses
Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and
Environmental Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain why good ethics is good business in strategic
management.
2. Explain why whistle-blowing, bribery, and workplace
romance are strategic issues.
3. Discuss why social responsibility and policy are key issues in
strategic planning.
4. Discuss the nature of environmental sustainability and why it
is a key issue in strategic planning.
5. Explain why animal welfare is a strategic issue for firms
59. Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the nature of doing business globally, including
language and labor union issues.
2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing business
globally.
3. Discuss the global challenge facing firms and why this is a
strategic issue.
4. Discuss tax rates and tax inversions as strategic issues.
5. Compare and contrast American business culture versus
foreign business cultures; explain why this is a strategic issue.
6. Discuss the business culture found in Mexico, Japan, China,
and India; explain why this is a strategic issue.
7. Discuss the business climate in Africa, China, Indonesia,
India, Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam; explain why this is a
strategic issue.
Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for
the week. Then post what you thought was the most important
concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you
felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook
chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned
reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed
in your reference section and cited within the body of the text.
Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they
aid in your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following
questions:
i. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. Is that wise manageme nt or
irresponsible activism? Discuss.
ii. Do some research on New Zealand to determine whether you
agree that the country merits its #1 ranking globally in
attractiveness for doing business.
Website http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/n
ew-zealand
60. [Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained
from the course material. Postings must be in the student's own
words - do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA
format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and
double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the
discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for
APA review]
Overall submission requirements –
1. discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic
discussion in your own words
2. Add your answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to
the discussion post
3. Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4. Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Chapter
10:
Business
Ethics,
Social
Responsibility,
and
Environmental
84. 3.
Tota
l 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4.
Two peer reviews with 200 words each
Chapter 10: Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and
Environmental Sustainability
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain why good ethics is good business in strategic
management.
2. Explain why whistle-blowing, bribery, and workplace
romance are strategic issues.
3. Discuss why social responsibility and policy are key issues in
strategic planning.
4. Discuss the nature of environmental sustainability and why it
is a key issue in strategic planning.
5. Explain why animal welfare is a strategic issue for firms
Chapter 11: Global and International Issues
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the nature of doing business globally, including
language and labor union issues.
2. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing business
globally.
3. Discuss the global challenge facing firms and why this is a
strategic issue.
4. Discuss tax rates and tax inversions as strategic issues.
5. Compare and contrast American business culture versus
foreign business cultures; explain why
this is a strategic issue.
6. Discuss the business culture found in Mexico, Japan, China,
85. and India; explain why this is a
strategic issue.
7. Discuss the business climate in Africa, China, Indonesia,
India, Japan, Mexico, and Vietnam;
explain why this is a strategic issue.
Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for
the week. Then post what you thought
was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or
any other thing that you felt was worthy of
your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your
initial post should be based upon the
assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a
source listed in your reference section and
cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required
but feel free to use them if they aid in
your discussion.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following
questions:
i. Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays. Is that wise management or
irresponsible activism? Discuss.
ii. Do some research on New Zealand to determine whether you
agree that the country merits its #1
ranking globally in attractiveness for doing business.
Website
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/new -
zealand
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained
from the course material. Postings must
be in the student's own words - do not provide quotes!]
[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA
format (including Times New Roman with
font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your
paper in the discussion thread then attach
a Word version of the paper for APA review]
86. Overall submission requirements –
1. discussion needs two chapters overview or any topic
discussion in your own words
2. Add your answers to the questions highlighted in yellow to
the discussion post
3. Total 500 words, apa format, no plagiarism and verbatim
4. Two peer reviews with 200 words each