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1) Kit Kat sales were declining as the brand lacked excitement for younger consumers. Market research found 12-20 year olds saw the traditional Kit Kat as irrelevant.
2) Project Tyson created a new "super size" Kit Kat ChunKy finger to attract novelty-seeking youth. Research showed young people preferred a single chunky finger over multiple thinner ones.
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This document discusses shrinkage control measures to reduce shoplifting at Argos stores in Ireland. It provides an overview of the retail industry and Argos. Shoplifting costs Irish shops over €512 million per year. The document aims to determine factors that contribute to shoplifting and measures to prevent theft from Argos' product wall displays near store entrances. It will analyze costs of prevention measures and make recommendations based on research findings.
Digital transformation, disruptor & impact marketing/business development suc...eSeidr
Monica Hart is a Chartered Marketer and MBA with over 30 years of experience in marketing and business development. She has helped numerous startups and growth companies achieve commercial success, including doubling revenues for DermaDetect and helping SkinVision exceed targets and grow its user base to over 1.8 million. Her expertise lies in developing strategies to access new markets, particularly for health and technology companies. She takes a hands-on approach, providing fractional support to help organizations focus, fundraise, and find commercial success through integrated marketing campaigns and partnerships.
Digital transformation, disruptor & impact marketing/business development success stories
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The document provides an overview of the consumer durable goods industry. It discusses key aspects of the industry including current status, growth drivers, challenges faced by companies, and listed companies. It also provides a summary of the report which was submitted to evaluate the consumer durable goods sector.
The document discusses achieving excellence in product development and launch. It provides context on the challenges facing the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and retail industries in developing and launching new products given dynamic market conditions. It identifies key lessons that can help businesses, including focusing on critical success factors, embedding launch capabilities, navigating uncertainty, and getting launch fundamentals right. Digital technologies, customer insights, and adapting operating models are also discussed as important to maintaining speed to market and innovation. The document covers industry dynamics, digital technologies, and future operating models as they relate to product development and launch excellence.
This document discusses ways that companies can leverage their existing core business to generate new growth opportunities. It provides a series of questions to guide creative thinking around leveraging assets and competencies, brand extensions, expanding product scope, and entering new markets. Specific examples are given of how companies have successfully leveraged things like marketing skills, distribution networks, manufacturing expertise, research and development, economies of scale, and brand recognition to expand into new but related business areas. Strong brands in particular can be extended to new product categories if there is a good fit between the brand and the new context.
The document discusses how the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is undergoing major changes due to factors like e-commerce, omnichannel retailing, and mobile platforms. To remain competitive, CPG companies must create new products faster and at lower costs. The key is building a collaborative business model that engages consumers, integrates processes across the value chain, and supports expansion into emerging markets. By streamlining operations and shortening development times, CPG companies can better manage risks and deliver innovative products to more markets.
The document discusses Nestle's revitalization of their Kit Kat brand through the launch of Kit Kat ChunKy. It describes how:
1) Kit Kat sales were declining as the brand lacked excitement for younger consumers. Market research found 12-20 year olds saw the traditional Kit Kat as irrelevant.
2) Project Tyson created a new "super size" Kit Kat ChunKy finger to attract novelty-seeking youth. Research showed young people preferred a single chunky finger over multiple thinner ones.
3) The Kit Kat ChunKy launch was a great success, meeting sales and distribution goals. It revitalized interest in Kit Kat among 12-20 year olds and had limited negative
This document discusses shrinkage control measures to reduce shoplifting at Argos stores in Ireland. It provides an overview of the retail industry and Argos. Shoplifting costs Irish shops over €512 million per year. The document aims to determine factors that contribute to shoplifting and measures to prevent theft from Argos' product wall displays near store entrances. It will analyze costs of prevention measures and make recommendations based on research findings.
Digital transformation, disruptor & impact marketing/business development suc...eSeidr
Monica Hart is a Chartered Marketer and MBA with over 30 years of experience in marketing and business development. She has helped numerous startups and growth companies achieve commercial success, including doubling revenues for DermaDetect and helping SkinVision exceed targets and grow its user base to over 1.8 million. Her expertise lies in developing strategies to access new markets, particularly for health and technology companies. She takes a hands-on approach, providing fractional support to help organizations focus, fundraise, and find commercial success through integrated marketing campaigns and partnerships.
Digital transformation, disruptor & impact marketing/business development success stories
My current focus at eSeidr is firmly on successfully future-proofing customers' businesses. Past 'firsts' include launching the 1st global e-commerce system (generated $1M/day in profits); pioneering healthcare apps & online patient communities that empowered patients/HCPs; digitally transforming Cargill & DuPont's traditional nutrition & health businesses/supply chains,~doubling CAGR (7% to 13.5% at Cargill & 8% to 14% at DuPont).
This document summarizes the services provided by Merchandise Tender, including sourcing premium products globally and providing value-added services like design, logistics, and quality assurance. It highlights the company's heritage since 1972 and offices in 5 countries. Case studies show how the company has successfully consolidated procurement to reduce costs for clients like Nestle and Marie Curie. The document also outlines the company's expertise in areas like supply chain management, project management, and sustainability.
Strategy Recommendation for Lindt & SprüngliJohn Yannone
This is the paper I wrote for the capstone project while taking the UVA Darden Business Strategy Specialization program.
ABOUT BUSINESS STRATEGY SPECIALIZATION PROGRAM:
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/news/2015/darden-launches-business-strategy-specialization/
The document provides summaries of several companies that received funding from the Birmingham Post Growth Fund. The companies are in various industries including digital media, language learning, IT, security, forensics, marketing, and pharmaceutical supplies. The funding helped the companies hire new employees, develop new products, expand operations and sales. Overall the funding appears to have supported business growth and job creation for the companies described.
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We go further and dig deeper to truly understand our clients' business. Cutting through the noise to identify the unique, the unusual and the stimulating.
We call this Extracting the Extraordinary.
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This document discusses several trends in the retail and food industries:
- Restaurants will focus more on technology, sustainability, and customization while blurring lines between segments. Kitchens will be more visible and menus more customizable.
- Retailers will open more smaller stores and increase online sales. "A" brands and private labels will continue growing while "B" and "C" brands decline. Fresh products will be a key driver for where customers shop.
- Data and analytics will be crucial to better understand customers and their purchasing paths. Customer segmentation, omni-channel retailing, and meeting shifting consumer expectations are important.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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OutlineIntroduction
Management is understood both in terms of its purpose, as those activities that take place to ensure that the primary company’s objectives, as outlined by its strategic plan, are accomplished. It is also understood as an assembly of senior employees answerable to performing this operation. Management can be better understood as all that is requisite to positioning a company in a way that will see into its long-term survival in a competitive industry. Again, an operations management model is a company’s way of expression on how it produces unique value.
The idea of operations management, just like strategic management, builds on this definition of strategic planning, recognizing that although planning is the prelude of operations management, it is insufficient if not followed by the deployment and implementation of the plan and the evaluation of the plan in action. Strategic management is a systems approach to identifying and making the necessary changes and measuring the organization’s performance as it moves toward its vision’. A company will realize its goals and vision if it applies operations management strategies with practice, forbearance, allegiance, hard work, and administrative learning. With each modification of the operations management plan, high-ranking employees will become better and more capable of deploying the plan, implementing updates, and evaluating organizational performance.
Market orientation is the basis of marketing. It sets on satisfying the market through an apprehension and reception to local needs. Those needs include final and intermediary customers, contenders and macro-environment. According to Narver and Slater (1990), market orientation leads to master operation. Because of the retail industry’s direct reach with the market and clients, it is logical to consider market orientation as a concept to evaluate the successes of IKEA and Tesco. This paper compares operations management of the two companies; it takes a closer look into marketing and corporate strategies. The paper further examines the appropriateness of the applied strategies and frameworks for each company in relation to its target customers and best practice. In so doing, this paper evaluates the mix of managing operations concepts and frameworks, which IKEA and Tesco apply to ensure their survival and market leadership.
Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (IKEA)
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943. It is a privately held, and deals globally in home products retailing handling pack furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen products. The company distributes its products by its retail outlets. By this May (2010), IKEA had 313 shops in 37 countries. Most of these shops are in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The IKEA Group its own owns 276 shops in 25 nations. The rest 37 shops in16 territories are possessed and run by franchisees outside the IKEA Group. IKEA comprises of more than on.
Trade Marketing White Paper_V4-HP-Case-studyRenita Bakshi
This document discusses how trade marketing has traditionally focused on in-store promotions but has not kept up with consumers' shift to online shopping. It argues that digital trade marketing remains underutilized and that budgets and promotions need to better follow consumers online. The case study of HP shows how sharing customer data with retailers, embedding conversion tracking, and creating a unified view of customers allowed HP to better target audiences, improve ROI, and drive online sales.
The document discusses private label development globally and how it is being shaped by IGD's four forces of change: societal shifts, transformative technology, altering authorities, and resource resilience. It provides examples of initiatives from retailers like Whole Foods, Walmart, and Kroger to develop innovative private label ranges and lock in customer loyalty through convenience and personalization. The document also looks at how brands are responding to the growth of private labels, such as through personalization, social media engagement, and selling direct to consumers.
This document provides an overview of Lidl's global strategy and expansion into new markets. It discusses Lidl's origins in Germany and its expansion across Europe and into the UK by 2000. Reasons for Lidl's international expansion include accessing new consumer bases and talent pools. Pakistan is identified as a potential target market due to its large population and growing retail industry. The document analyzes Pakistan using PESTLE factors and recommends Lidl pursue a multidomestic strategy and direct exporting approach to enter the Pakistani grocery market. Potential organizational challenges for Lidl subsidiaries include talent acquisition, employee management, and partner selection.
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You.docxssuserf9c51d
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You are required to prepare a minimum of 25-minute presentation on the life, work, and contributions of a Muslim scholar, scientist, poet, artist, etc. from the Golden Age of Islam (not contemporary scholars). You can choose any form of media for your presentation paper. A narrated paper has been the common form used in the past; however, the addition of voice-over is required. If you require assistance with the recording, please email instructors.
This project should be completed individually. The objective of this project is to explore the Muslims' contributions to the modern civilization.
Resources:
Format, Length and Style: The presentation must include:
• Minimum of 3 page. Each of pages should be visually appealing, contain relevant content.
• Narrate each page without reading the text line by line. Use the narration to explain and elaborate on what is presented on the pages
• Correct spelling and grammar
• APA citation and bibliography on a separate page
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Multiple Sources of MediaExamine the impact of multiple sour.docxssuserf9c51d
Multiple Sources of Media
Examine the impact of multiple sources of media on children and adolescents. Discuss how media influences children and adolescents differentially at various ages. Discuss at least one positive and at least one negative result of media exposure for children and adolescents.
Respond to the discussion by referencing at least one reputable media source.
Response Guidelines
Respond to fellow learners' posts and the sources they cite. Ask questions and expand on the research to further the discussions. Respond to comments made by at least two learners. Your responses to learners are expected to be substantive in nature and to reference the assigned readings, as well as other theoretical, empirical, or professional literature to support your views and writings.
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Multicultural Event WrittenPlease choose and research a cult.docxssuserf9c51d
Multicultural Event Written
Please choose and research a cultural or diverse event that you are not familiar with. Examples can include a ritual, holiday, religious custom, cultural practice, cultural celebrations, etc. While these are a few suggestions please think outside the box and find something that interest you.You will write a 2 - 3 page paper, APA format (this does not include the cover or reference page). It will consist of :
the introduction of the cultural/diverse event
describe the event (be sure to provide enough detail so that the reader can understand it)
What is unique/different of the event from your culture or custom?
What is the frequency of the event?
What is the importance of the event?
What did you learn about the cultural/diverse event that you did not know?
Are there any similarities to you and your families events?
provide a conclusion.
Please be sure to use reputable resources to complete the assignment. You should have a minimum of 4 sources .
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Multi-Party NegotiationFor this Essay, you will explore the co.docxssuserf9c51d
Multi-Party Negotiation
For this Essay, you will explore the complexities that occur with multi-party negotiations and groupthink.
Your essay will address the following points.
§ Describe two-party, coalitions, and multi-party negotiations.
o Within your description, include a real-life example of how these types of negotiation are used in the business world.
Describe the social complexities of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
What is "groupthink," and how did it affect the Challenger?
Make sure you include your source used for this portion of your research.
What do you think you would have done if you were in that Challenger meeting?
Your essay must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Reference source for your paper. Follow proper APA format, including citing and referencing all outside sources used
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Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the.docxssuserf9c51d
Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the 1950s and '60s, this was particularly true, as successful black and white musicians openly addressed the issues of the day. During the '60s, popular white singers, such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, lent both their names and their musical talents to the American Civil Rights Movement. In fact, music long assisted those working to win civil rights for African Americans. Freedom songs, often adapted from the music of the black church, played an essential role in bolstering courage, inspiring participation, and fostering a sense of community.
Instructions:
Your PowerPoint presentation should include the following:
• Background and explanation of your special topic.
• Brief background of your American musician/artist.
• The relationship your American musician/artist had to this special topic and the contributions
they have made.
• An explanation of how your American musician/artist connected to and influenced both music
and American society and culture.
Special Topics in American Music - Final Project
MUS320 - American Music
Requirements:
• Presentation must consist of 7-10 slides, with additional title and reference slides, all formatted
in accordance with the most current APA guidelines.
• Each slide will provide succinct points of the key information that you wish to convey.
• Use the Notes section to elaborate on the information presented in each slide. The Notes section is your narrative for the presentation. Here is a tutorial on how to use speaker notes in PowerPoint. If you do not have a LinkedIn Learning account (complimentary for Post students), refer to the Course Information page for information on how to set it up so you can properly view this video.
• At least four (4) images - Two (2) related to your special topic and two (2) related to your artist.
• A video example from YouTube including music from your artist.
• Cite and reference at least three (3) scholarly sources. One of these sources may be your textbook.
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MSW Advanced Clinical Concentration -Student Learning Agreement
Walden University -- Barbara Solomon School of Social Work
Used with SOCW 6520 and SOCW 6530
Agency Name: Keep Smiling Therapy
Agency Address: «555 Broadhollow Road Suite 101
Melville, NY, 11747 »
Student Information
Instructor/Supervisor Information
Faculty Liaison Information
Agency Info
Name: Varda Sauveur
Walden Email: [email protected]
Phone: 347-869-32356
Name: Chanell Smiliey
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 631-505-2961
Name: Alisha Powell
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [Type here]
Description: Psychotherapy
Academic Term
Example: Winter 2019
Course Number
Example: SOCW 6520 III
Population Served: Working with clients who are affected by depression, phobias, stress, anxiety, emotional and relationship problems, physical or psychosomatic disorders and behavioral problems.
Proposed Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 12pm-8 pm
Describe what your regular tasks will be at the agency:
My regular task is as follow:
· Create an appropriate treatment plan for them, which will provide them with a structured and focused way of addressing their problems.
· Learning how to use verbal interaction skills to explore behavior, attitudes and emotions
· Helping clients to understand and address their inner conflicts.
· Completing Psychosocial forms
Importance of the Learning Agreement
Purpose of the Learning Agreement: The learning agreement is designed to ensure students are mindful about the learning expectations in their field placement. It was developed to help students and supervisors/instructors plan a well-rounded experience that will help students meet the learning objectives.
Learning Objectives: The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) requires students gain competency in nine areas of social work practice. These areas of practice are defined as core competencies of the profession. Each core competency requires particular behaviors students should be able to engage and gain competency in. Students should provide examples of activities in the agency they can participate in to help them meet the learning objectives. Some examples of activities are provided. This is not an exhaustive list, so others can be added. Students must have an opportunity to complete tasks in all nine areas of competency.
Connection to the Student Evaluation: Not only is the learning agreement a helpful tool to plan the learning goals for the term, but it connects directly to the evaluation points in the student evaluation. Field Instructors/supervisors will be asked to complete student evaluations. Each student is evaluated on the nine core competencies of social work. Having a solid learning agreement aligns the learning goals with the student’s evaluation, so no areas are missed.
Instructions
Negotiating the Agreement: The learning agreement should be completed by week 3 at the agency. This is a collaborative process, where the .
Multimedia Instructional MaterialsStaying current on technolog.docxssuserf9c51d
Multimedia Instructional Materials
Staying current on technology is an essential aspect of being an educator. Today’s students are digital natives, and they often respond better to media than to traditional methods of teaching. Having a strong technology repertoire is important.
Create a matrix detailing a variety of multimedia, technology, games, apps, and other technological tools for teaching reading and writing to struggling readers and writers. Include five tools/media/apps and address the following, in 100-200 words per tool:
· App/technology tool description, app/technology location (online, offline through software, through a game console, etc.), and the cost.
· Age level or academic level for which the technology is appropriate.
· Advantages of using the technology.
· Drawbacks to using the technology.
· Rationalize why struggling students may benefit from the app/technology tool.
Additionally, write a 250-500 word overview of the contents of the matrix, describing how you will implement technology in your ELA classroom. Justify which of these technologies you think will be most beneficial and describe how you might convince an administrator to help you acquire the technology.
Support the matrix and summary with 3-5 resources.
Course Paper Assignment: 30% of course grade, Final Paper due in Week 11
Proposal Due: April 22, (1 page) – Description of proposed project (abstract), Proposed Case Studies (3 to start), Bibliography with at least 3 sources
Final Paper Due: May 19, Week 11
Course Analytical Paper – Assignment
In this paper you will provide a rigorous and thoughtful analysis on your chosen theme, to include an analysis of one case study project or several projects, as a comparative analysis. The paper must include a clear and concise Thesis Statement, shown in “bold” at the end of the introductory paragraph. Please use proper paragraph form, beginning each paragraph with a Topic Sentence and ending with a Concluding Sentence. Keep your paragraphs approximately the same length, throughout. Use our course readings, along with 10 or more sources, to help you construct arguments. Cite using proper APA
form, when using text from sources. The goal of your paper is to prove (or disprove) the Thesis Statement. Writing a detailed outline is highly recommended. Include the following:
1. Title Page – Include a unique title for your paper topic, your name, my name, course name/number, and the quarter: “Spring 2020” You may also include an image or multiple images on the cover.
2. Final Paper (at least 8-10 pages of double-spaced text, images not included) – Font size: 11 or 12; Margins: ½ inch or 3/4 inch max on sides.
3. Bibliography (include at least 10 sources, 6 of which must be books or articles. The remaining 4 sources, or more, can include video lectures and other multimedia). Use APA format. You may use more than 10 total.
4. Include illustrations and project documents. Analytical sketches a.
Murray Bowen is one of the most respected family theorists in th.docxssuserf9c51d
- Murray Bowen is considered one of the most influential family therapists. He viewed the family as a complex emotional unit and believed it was important to understand interactions between family members to address problems.
- The case history describes the Petrakis family and issues that arose when the son Alec moved in to care for his grandmother, including theft and drug use. This caused stress for the mother Helen.
- Bowen's family systems theory and concepts of differentiation of self and triangles would provide different perspectives for analyzing this family's dynamics compared to other models like structural family therapy.
Mrs. Thomas is a 54, year old African American widow, mother and gra.docxssuserf9c51d
Mrs. Thomas is a 54, year old African American widow, mother and grandmother, who lives with her daughter and four grandchildren (ages 12, 10, 7 and 5) in a 4 story walk up apartment. She is an active member of her church community and friends, comments that she had so much energy that she exhausted all of them just being around her. At age 51, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Busy with raising her grandchildren, a little more than 3 years went by before she sought attention for her symptoms and was diagnosed. Despite aggressive treatments with chemotherapy and radiation, her diseased progressed and she was considering undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Climbing the stairs to the apartment one afternoon she became very short of breath and collapsed. Her twelve, year old granddaughter called 911. At the hospital she was minimally responsive and in severe respiratory distress. She was intubated and transferred to the ICU. A family meeting with the oncology and ICU team was called to discuss Mrs. Thomas’s advanced condition, the fact that she would probably not survive further treatment for the lymphoma and to develop a plan of care. Fifteen family members arrived, including her daughter, pre-teen granddaughters and grandson, three nieces, four nephews, several friends from her church and the minister. On being asked that only the immediate family participate in the meeting, the family and friends became angry and insisted that all of them be involved in this discussion.
1. The students should focus their thoughts on the dynamics of this family meeting. If you were the nurse in this situation, how would you address meeting? Here are some questions that may help your thinking. W
hat is your impression regarding this scenario? What are some concerns you have with this case? What do you anticipate would happen? How would you handle all the family members and friends wanting to be included in the discussion? There is not right or wrong answer. But remember you need a professional journal to support the discussion.
2. Now think about you being the patient. How would the situation be handle within your family? Have you thought about what kind of care you would want? Does someone know what you would want if you had a catastrophic event? Would family members support the decision maker's decision for for you?
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Multiple Source Essay, Speculating about CausesProposing a Solution.docxssuserf9c51d
Multiple Source Essay, Speculating about Causes/Proposing a
Solution
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Topic: Women Mistreatment and Inequality in the US.
7 PAGES INCLUDING (
REFERENCE, ABSTRACT, TITLE PAGE
) - SO BASICALLY 4 PAGES
CONTENT.
4 pages content includes:
Specific thesis with your three causes that explains why you are arguing for something
Cause 1 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 2 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 3 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Conclusion
Minimum of 4 sources. I provided 4 sources but you can use other RECENT sources.
IN ATTACHMENTS: ASSIGNMENT SHEET + SOURCES AND TIPS.
MUST BE DONE TOMORROW BY 11 PM PACIFIC TIME (in 23 hours)
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Multiyear Plans Please respond to the followingDo you.docxssuserf9c51d
"Multiyear Plans"
Please respond to the following:
Do you think the federal government should increase spending on Social Security and Medicare for the elderly? If not, how should the elderly fund retirement and medical costs? Provide research support for your positions.
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Market orientation is the basis of marketing. It sets on satisfying the market through an apprehension and reception to local needs. Those needs include final and intermediary customers, contenders and macro-environment. According to Narver and Slater (1990), market orientation leads to master operation. Because of the retail industry’s direct reach with the market and clients, it is logical to consider market orientation as a concept to evaluate the successes of IKEA and Tesco. This paper compares operations management of the two companies; it takes a closer look into marketing and corporate strategies. The paper further examines the appropriateness of the applied strategies and frameworks for each company in relation to its target customers and best practice. In so doing, this paper evaluates the mix of managing operations concepts and frameworks, which IKEA and Tesco apply to ensure their survival and market leadership.
Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (IKEA)
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943. It is a privately held, and deals globally in home products retailing handling pack furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen products. The company distributes its products by its retail outlets. By this May (2010), IKEA had 313 shops in 37 countries. Most of these shops are in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The IKEA Group its own owns 276 shops in 25 nations. The rest 37 shops in16 territories are possessed and run by franchisees outside the IKEA Group. IKEA comprises of more than on.
Trade Marketing White Paper_V4-HP-Case-studyRenita Bakshi
This document discusses how trade marketing has traditionally focused on in-store promotions but has not kept up with consumers' shift to online shopping. It argues that digital trade marketing remains underutilized and that budgets and promotions need to better follow consumers online. The case study of HP shows how sharing customer data with retailers, embedding conversion tracking, and creating a unified view of customers allowed HP to better target audiences, improve ROI, and drive online sales.
The document discusses private label development globally and how it is being shaped by IGD's four forces of change: societal shifts, transformative technology, altering authorities, and resource resilience. It provides examples of initiatives from retailers like Whole Foods, Walmart, and Kroger to develop innovative private label ranges and lock in customer loyalty through convenience and personalization. The document also looks at how brands are responding to the growth of private labels, such as through personalization, social media engagement, and selling direct to consumers.
This document provides an overview of Lidl's global strategy and expansion into new markets. It discusses Lidl's origins in Germany and its expansion across Europe and into the UK by 2000. Reasons for Lidl's international expansion include accessing new consumer bases and talent pools. Pakistan is identified as a potential target market due to its large population and growing retail industry. The document analyzes Pakistan using PESTLE factors and recommends Lidl pursue a multidomestic strategy and direct exporting approach to enter the Pakistani grocery market. Potential organizational challenges for Lidl subsidiaries include talent acquisition, employee management, and partner selection.
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You.docxssuserf9c51d
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You are required to prepare a minimum of 25-minute presentation on the life, work, and contributions of a Muslim scholar, scientist, poet, artist, etc. from the Golden Age of Islam (not contemporary scholars). You can choose any form of media for your presentation paper. A narrated paper has been the common form used in the past; however, the addition of voice-over is required. If you require assistance with the recording, please email instructors.
This project should be completed individually. The objective of this project is to explore the Muslims' contributions to the modern civilization.
Resources:
Format, Length and Style: The presentation must include:
• Minimum of 3 page. Each of pages should be visually appealing, contain relevant content.
• Narrate each page without reading the text line by line. Use the narration to explain and elaborate on what is presented on the pages
• Correct spelling and grammar
• APA citation and bibliography on a separate page
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Multiple Sources of MediaExamine the impact of multiple sour.docxssuserf9c51d
Multiple Sources of Media
Examine the impact of multiple sources of media on children and adolescents. Discuss how media influences children and adolescents differentially at various ages. Discuss at least one positive and at least one negative result of media exposure for children and adolescents.
Respond to the discussion by referencing at least one reputable media source.
Response Guidelines
Respond to fellow learners' posts and the sources they cite. Ask questions and expand on the research to further the discussions. Respond to comments made by at least two learners. Your responses to learners are expected to be substantive in nature and to reference the assigned readings, as well as other theoretical, empirical, or professional literature to support your views and writings.
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Multicultural Event WrittenPlease choose and research a cult.docxssuserf9c51d
Multicultural Event Written
Please choose and research a cultural or diverse event that you are not familiar with. Examples can include a ritual, holiday, religious custom, cultural practice, cultural celebrations, etc. While these are a few suggestions please think outside the box and find something that interest you.You will write a 2 - 3 page paper, APA format (this does not include the cover or reference page). It will consist of :
the introduction of the cultural/diverse event
describe the event (be sure to provide enough detail so that the reader can understand it)
What is unique/different of the event from your culture or custom?
What is the frequency of the event?
What is the importance of the event?
What did you learn about the cultural/diverse event that you did not know?
Are there any similarities to you and your families events?
provide a conclusion.
Please be sure to use reputable resources to complete the assignment. You should have a minimum of 4 sources .
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Multi-Party NegotiationFor this Essay, you will explore the co.docxssuserf9c51d
Multi-Party Negotiation
For this Essay, you will explore the complexities that occur with multi-party negotiations and groupthink.
Your essay will address the following points.
§ Describe two-party, coalitions, and multi-party negotiations.
o Within your description, include a real-life example of how these types of negotiation are used in the business world.
Describe the social complexities of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
What is "groupthink," and how did it affect the Challenger?
Make sure you include your source used for this portion of your research.
What do you think you would have done if you were in that Challenger meeting?
Your essay must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Reference source for your paper. Follow proper APA format, including citing and referencing all outside sources used
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Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the.docxssuserf9c51d
Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the 1950s and '60s, this was particularly true, as successful black and white musicians openly addressed the issues of the day. During the '60s, popular white singers, such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, lent both their names and their musical talents to the American Civil Rights Movement. In fact, music long assisted those working to win civil rights for African Americans. Freedom songs, often adapted from the music of the black church, played an essential role in bolstering courage, inspiring participation, and fostering a sense of community.
Instructions:
Your PowerPoint presentation should include the following:
• Background and explanation of your special topic.
• Brief background of your American musician/artist.
• The relationship your American musician/artist had to this special topic and the contributions
they have made.
• An explanation of how your American musician/artist connected to and influenced both music
and American society and culture.
Special Topics in American Music - Final Project
MUS320 - American Music
Requirements:
• Presentation must consist of 7-10 slides, with additional title and reference slides, all formatted
in accordance with the most current APA guidelines.
• Each slide will provide succinct points of the key information that you wish to convey.
• Use the Notes section to elaborate on the information presented in each slide. The Notes section is your narrative for the presentation. Here is a tutorial on how to use speaker notes in PowerPoint. If you do not have a LinkedIn Learning account (complimentary for Post students), refer to the Course Information page for information on how to set it up so you can properly view this video.
• At least four (4) images - Two (2) related to your special topic and two (2) related to your artist.
• A video example from YouTube including music from your artist.
• Cite and reference at least three (3) scholarly sources. One of these sources may be your textbook.
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MSW Advanced Clinical Concentration -Student Learning Agreement
Walden University -- Barbara Solomon School of Social Work
Used with SOCW 6520 and SOCW 6530
Agency Name: Keep Smiling Therapy
Agency Address: «555 Broadhollow Road Suite 101
Melville, NY, 11747 »
Student Information
Instructor/Supervisor Information
Faculty Liaison Information
Agency Info
Name: Varda Sauveur
Walden Email: [email protected]
Phone: 347-869-32356
Name: Chanell Smiliey
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 631-505-2961
Name: Alisha Powell
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [Type here]
Description: Psychotherapy
Academic Term
Example: Winter 2019
Course Number
Example: SOCW 6520 III
Population Served: Working with clients who are affected by depression, phobias, stress, anxiety, emotional and relationship problems, physical or psychosomatic disorders and behavioral problems.
Proposed Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 12pm-8 pm
Describe what your regular tasks will be at the agency:
My regular task is as follow:
· Create an appropriate treatment plan for them, which will provide them with a structured and focused way of addressing their problems.
· Learning how to use verbal interaction skills to explore behavior, attitudes and emotions
· Helping clients to understand and address their inner conflicts.
· Completing Psychosocial forms
Importance of the Learning Agreement
Purpose of the Learning Agreement: The learning agreement is designed to ensure students are mindful about the learning expectations in their field placement. It was developed to help students and supervisors/instructors plan a well-rounded experience that will help students meet the learning objectives.
Learning Objectives: The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) requires students gain competency in nine areas of social work practice. These areas of practice are defined as core competencies of the profession. Each core competency requires particular behaviors students should be able to engage and gain competency in. Students should provide examples of activities in the agency they can participate in to help them meet the learning objectives. Some examples of activities are provided. This is not an exhaustive list, so others can be added. Students must have an opportunity to complete tasks in all nine areas of competency.
Connection to the Student Evaluation: Not only is the learning agreement a helpful tool to plan the learning goals for the term, but it connects directly to the evaluation points in the student evaluation. Field Instructors/supervisors will be asked to complete student evaluations. Each student is evaluated on the nine core competencies of social work. Having a solid learning agreement aligns the learning goals with the student’s evaluation, so no areas are missed.
Instructions
Negotiating the Agreement: The learning agreement should be completed by week 3 at the agency. This is a collaborative process, where the .
Multimedia Instructional MaterialsStaying current on technolog.docxssuserf9c51d
Multimedia Instructional Materials
Staying current on technology is an essential aspect of being an educator. Today’s students are digital natives, and they often respond better to media than to traditional methods of teaching. Having a strong technology repertoire is important.
Create a matrix detailing a variety of multimedia, technology, games, apps, and other technological tools for teaching reading and writing to struggling readers and writers. Include five tools/media/apps and address the following, in 100-200 words per tool:
· App/technology tool description, app/technology location (online, offline through software, through a game console, etc.), and the cost.
· Age level or academic level for which the technology is appropriate.
· Advantages of using the technology.
· Drawbacks to using the technology.
· Rationalize why struggling students may benefit from the app/technology tool.
Additionally, write a 250-500 word overview of the contents of the matrix, describing how you will implement technology in your ELA classroom. Justify which of these technologies you think will be most beneficial and describe how you might convince an administrator to help you acquire the technology.
Support the matrix and summary with 3-5 resources.
Course Paper Assignment: 30% of course grade, Final Paper due in Week 11
Proposal Due: April 22, (1 page) – Description of proposed project (abstract), Proposed Case Studies (3 to start), Bibliography with at least 3 sources
Final Paper Due: May 19, Week 11
Course Analytical Paper – Assignment
In this paper you will provide a rigorous and thoughtful analysis on your chosen theme, to include an analysis of one case study project or several projects, as a comparative analysis. The paper must include a clear and concise Thesis Statement, shown in “bold” at the end of the introductory paragraph. Please use proper paragraph form, beginning each paragraph with a Topic Sentence and ending with a Concluding Sentence. Keep your paragraphs approximately the same length, throughout. Use our course readings, along with 10 or more sources, to help you construct arguments. Cite using proper APA
form, when using text from sources. The goal of your paper is to prove (or disprove) the Thesis Statement. Writing a detailed outline is highly recommended. Include the following:
1. Title Page – Include a unique title for your paper topic, your name, my name, course name/number, and the quarter: “Spring 2020” You may also include an image or multiple images on the cover.
2. Final Paper (at least 8-10 pages of double-spaced text, images not included) – Font size: 11 or 12; Margins: ½ inch or 3/4 inch max on sides.
3. Bibliography (include at least 10 sources, 6 of which must be books or articles. The remaining 4 sources, or more, can include video lectures and other multimedia). Use APA format. You may use more than 10 total.
4. Include illustrations and project documents. Analytical sketches a.
Murray Bowen is one of the most respected family theorists in th.docxssuserf9c51d
- Murray Bowen is considered one of the most influential family therapists. He viewed the family as a complex emotional unit and believed it was important to understand interactions between family members to address problems.
- The case history describes the Petrakis family and issues that arose when the son Alec moved in to care for his grandmother, including theft and drug use. This caused stress for the mother Helen.
- Bowen's family systems theory and concepts of differentiation of self and triangles would provide different perspectives for analyzing this family's dynamics compared to other models like structural family therapy.
Mrs. Thomas is a 54, year old African American widow, mother and gra.docxssuserf9c51d
Mrs. Thomas is a 54, year old African American widow, mother and grandmother, who lives with her daughter and four grandchildren (ages 12, 10, 7 and 5) in a 4 story walk up apartment. She is an active member of her church community and friends, comments that she had so much energy that she exhausted all of them just being around her. At age 51, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Busy with raising her grandchildren, a little more than 3 years went by before she sought attention for her symptoms and was diagnosed. Despite aggressive treatments with chemotherapy and radiation, her diseased progressed and she was considering undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Climbing the stairs to the apartment one afternoon she became very short of breath and collapsed. Her twelve, year old granddaughter called 911. At the hospital she was minimally responsive and in severe respiratory distress. She was intubated and transferred to the ICU. A family meeting with the oncology and ICU team was called to discuss Mrs. Thomas’s advanced condition, the fact that she would probably not survive further treatment for the lymphoma and to develop a plan of care. Fifteen family members arrived, including her daughter, pre-teen granddaughters and grandson, three nieces, four nephews, several friends from her church and the minister. On being asked that only the immediate family participate in the meeting, the family and friends became angry and insisted that all of them be involved in this discussion.
1. The students should focus their thoughts on the dynamics of this family meeting. If you were the nurse in this situation, how would you address meeting? Here are some questions that may help your thinking. W
hat is your impression regarding this scenario? What are some concerns you have with this case? What do you anticipate would happen? How would you handle all the family members and friends wanting to be included in the discussion? There is not right or wrong answer. But remember you need a professional journal to support the discussion.
2. Now think about you being the patient. How would the situation be handle within your family? Have you thought about what kind of care you would want? Does someone know what you would want if you had a catastrophic event? Would family members support the decision maker's decision for for you?
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Multiple Source Essay, Speculating about Causes/Proposing a
Solution
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Topic: Women Mistreatment and Inequality in the US.
7 PAGES INCLUDING (
REFERENCE, ABSTRACT, TITLE PAGE
) - SO BASICALLY 4 PAGES
CONTENT.
4 pages content includes:
Specific thesis with your three causes that explains why you are arguing for something
Cause 1 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 2 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 3 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Conclusion
Minimum of 4 sources. I provided 4 sources but you can use other RECENT sources.
IN ATTACHMENTS: ASSIGNMENT SHEET + SOURCES AND TIPS.
MUST BE DONE TOMORROW BY 11 PM PACIFIC TIME (in 23 hours)
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Multiyear Plans Please respond to the followingDo you.docxssuserf9c51d
"Multiyear Plans"
Please respond to the following:
Do you think the federal government should increase spending on Social Security and Medicare for the elderly? If not, how should the elderly fund retirement and medical costs? Provide research support for your positions.
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Multinational Financial Management
Determine key reasons why a multinational corporation might decide to borrow in a country such as Brazil, where interest rates are high, rather than in a country like Switzerland, where interest rates are low. Provide support for your rationale.
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Murder CasePreambleAn organization system administrator .docxssuserf9c51d
Murder Case
Preamble
An organization system administrator was labeled as the key suspect in a homicide case. The accused claimed that he was at work at the time of the murder.
Police Intervention
The police asked his employer to help them verify his alibi. Unpredictably, the same organization, occasionally trained law enforcement personnel to investigate computer crimes and was eager to help in the investigation.
Collaborative Strength:
The organization worked with police to assemble an investigative team, seized the suspect computers in his office and residence, and backup tapes on a file server managed by his employer. All of these evidence were stored in a room to where only members of the team had access.
Harsh Situation
At the initial stages, the operation appeared reasonably well documented, but the reconstruction process was a disaster. The investigators made so many omissions and mistakes that one computer expert when reading the investigator's logs, suggested that the fundamental mistake was that the investigators locked all of the smart people out of the room. The investigators, in this case, were unaware of the situation and unwilling to admit the slip-up.
As a result of the investigators' omissions and mistakes, the suspect's alibi could not work together. Digital evidence to support the suspect's alibi was identify later but not by the investigators. If the investigators had sought expert assistance to deal with a large amount of digital evidence, they might have quickly confirmed the suspect's alibi rather than putting him through years of investigation and leaving the murderer to go free.
Lesson Learned
The case amplifies forensic investigators' requirements to obtain fundamental knowledge of computers, compatible operating systems, and application software programs.
Forewarning forensic investigators to seek the assistance of the system administrator during the criminal investigation.
Scenario
You have been retained as a Deputy Technology officer at the University and charged with the responsibility of developing an Acceptable User Policy for the department of computer science based on this murder case.
Question 1
Use the AUP to amplify the advantages and disadvantages of investigators' quarterly training on most currently used operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux, Sun System, and more.
Scenario 2
The investigators, in this case, were unaware of the situation and unwilling to admit the slip-up. As a result of such omissions and mistakes, the suspect's alibi could not work together. Digital evidence to support the suspect's alibi was identify later but not by the investigators. If the investigators had sought expert assistance to deal with a large amount of digital evidence, they might have quickly confirmed the suspect's alibi rather than putting him through years of investigation and leaving the murderer to go free.
Question 2 "Investigators allowed the Murderer to.
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Multimodal Personal Narrative – Develop a multimodal document to both visually illustrate and verbally express a personal transformation.
Use a one-page newspaper or single-panel brochure format to present a personal narration of a transformation of your choice from a point in your childhood to today. You might discuss a career aspiration you had as a child, transition to the job you held as a teenager, and lastly, explain the profession you maintain today. Use connecting ideas to ensure you have a cohesive essay, which will ultimately (in the conclusion) explain what you learned from this transformation. For example, how and why did you go from point A (job 1) to point B (job 2) and then on to point C (job 3)? Or, you might consider illustrating a transformation based on a way of life or philosophy.
Implement three photos to represent your ideas, feelings, etc., at the three focal points in your life. You may use personal photos, clip art, or other images, but be sure you use and/or attribute them appropriately. For example, you are free to use your personal photos as you’d like, but make sure to choose clip art or other images that you either have permission to use freely or that you cite adequately. Equally consider your document’s layout, such as text sizes, photo placement (near the related essay text), and colors, in addition to how you present your content, to include thesis, support, and organization.
Sample thesis statement:
Growing up in Sedona, Arizona, I was constantly looking up into the clear night sky, viewing multiple constellations and shimmering stars, which had me yearning to reach them—literally—so when I turned 16, I began working as a camp counselor at a space camp, which ultimately led to a career at NASA; my journey taught me that if I reached for the stars, nothing could stop me.
Length:
This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Underline your thesis statement.
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Multigenre ProjectEN101O Fall 2019 Dr. WalterA Multigenre Pr.docxssuserf9c51d
Multigenre Project
EN101O Fall 2019 Dr. Walter
A Multigenre Project (MGP) presents multiple, even conflicting, perspectives on a topic in order to provide a rich context and present an aesthetically appealing product for an audience. Your MGP should reflect the following:
A focus: You should not only include documents that relate to a general topic, but you should ensure that the documents work towards a claim you are making about the topic.
A coherent organization/your entire MGP should be presented in an umbrella genre that best fits your purpose. You should create and organize documents in order to lead readers through the project, to help them understand your focus and purpose. Coherent organization will come out of the umbrella genre you choose for the project. For example, creating a magazine as the umbrella genre that includes articles, images, advertisements, etc. with one focus will provide cohesion to the project. Examples of how you might “package” the MGP include a CD, a scrapbook, a photo album, a patient file, an employee handbook, a manual, a newspaper, a magazine, a website—the options are endless! Just be sure to provide a table of contents (TOC) that offers an overview of and title for each document.
Look at some of the examples posted on D2L for concrete depictions of how this can work.
The Multigenre Project includes at least 8 documents (including an Introduction, Table of Contents, 5 documents of different genres (not including your Introduction), and a works cited page) that offer a sustained argument about your chosen issue. By creating documents in different genres (e.g., editorials, feature stories, brochures, short fiction, charts, scripts, etc.), you learn to write for multiple audiences, multiple (rhetorical) purposes, and multiple forums. All documents/text must be original work you create for the MGP.
Your Introduction serves as a guide to readers, helping them understand the issue you are addressing, offering insight about why you chose the genres you chose, etc. The introduction is your chance to help readers understand why this topic is important, how they should “read” your documents, etc. The introduction may be written as a letter to readers, a magazine article, an editorial, etc.
The bulk of your MGP will be the five documents, each representing a different genre, that helps persuade your audience(s) to your point of view. Aim for a good balance of genres, and be sure at least three of your documents directly use the sources you have gathered from your research. By writing a brochure that utilizes your research sources, a chart or other visual, a story drawing from the information you have gathered, a quiz based on researched sources, etc.—by approaching your research findings in a creative way, your MGP helps an audience understand many different perspectives about your topic. Some of the documents you will include may be more time-intensive than others. But the 5 documents that make up the bo.
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Multimedia activity: Business Organization
Visit the Choose Your Business Structure (Links to an external site.) section of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s website.
If you were to start your own business, which business entity structure would you choose? Justify why your chosen structure is the best organizational form.
Explain the following business structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and a corporation. In your analysis address the following for each business structure:
Steps to form
Personal liability for owners
Taxation
Advantages and disadvantages
Your paper must be three to five pages (excluding title and reference pages), and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. You must cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook. Cite your sources in-text and on the reference page.
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Multicultural Perspective
Today’s classrooms are diverse and you will be expected to meet the needs of all of your students. Many of our students come from different cultures, which affects how they learn. We must take this into consideration when developing our lesson plans, making our role as an educator even more complex. As a result, we must be informed of our students’ cultural backgrounds as this includes another element of cognitive understanding that will guide our instructional practices. By understanding student culture, we can gain insight into learning preferences, interests, motivation, and prior knowledge.
Based on the important features of multicultural education found in Figure 4.6 of our text and selecting a specific content standard from the
Common Core State Standards Initiative (Links to an external site.)
(CCSS), develop a learning activity that includes these key features of multicultural education:
Integration of content
– How does your learning activity incorporate content from different cultures?
Reducing Prejudice
– How does the learning activity attempt to minimize any of your own prejudices as well as your students?
Making Teaching Equitable
– How does the instructional approach to your learning activity meet the needs of all your students by recognizing learning styles, interests, and motivation to help achieve academic potential?
Empowering Learners
– How does the learning activity empower all students to work toward their academic potential?
Construction of Knowledge
– How does your learning activity promote different perspectives that validate how culture influences knowledge and beliefs?
Be sure to first provide your content standard from the CCSS followed by your learning activity. Then explain how your learning activity meets each element of multicultural education by providing evidence to justify and support your assertions. Then reflect on your K-12 school experience. Was a multicultural education part of your schooling? What factors may have contributed to the inclusion or exclusion of a multicultural education in your own early schooling? Make sure to incorporate the five key features of multicultural education in your reflection.
Click to view an
example
of this week's assignment.
You have several options in completing this task:
Write a three-four page paper (does not include a title page or reference page).
Develop a PPT presentation that is 8-10 slides long (does not include title page slide or reference page slide).
Use Voicethread or Prezi that is 8-10 slides long (does not include a title page slide or reference page slide).
Use a combination of the above.
Be sure to reference the course text and at least one other scholarly source. Your assignment should follow APA formatting guidelines as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)
, and be sure to include a title page or slide as well as reference page or slide.
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Muhammad Ali, how did his refusal to go into the army affect his.docxssuserf9c51d
Muhammad Ali, how did his refusal to go into the army affect his professional career.
Tommy Smith, what happened to him after coming home from the Olympics at the raising his fist.
LeBron James, what has been his influence in today’s society when it pertains to social injustices.
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MS 113 Some key concepts that you need to know to navigate th.docxssuserf9c51d
MS 113: Some key concepts that you need to know to navigate through
the key reading – I will keep updating these
1.democracy
2.citizenship
3.public sphere
5. Nation and nationalism, nation-state, government, sovereignty
4. oligarchy (polyarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy and so on)
4.capitalism
5.liberalism, neoliberalism
6.civic republicanism
7.socialism
8.authoritarianism
9.populism
10. fascism
11. Marxism -ideological, hegemonic, discursive
12.globalization
13.transnational media spheres
14. consumerism, neoliberal consumer democracy
15. social movements
16. identity politics
17. recognition and redistribution debate
18. political power
19. the notion of common good
20. the digital divide
21: digital public sphere
22. communitarianism
23. social construction of culture
24. poststructuralism
25. postmodern
26. modernity
27. civil society
28. civil disobedience
29. civic engagement
30. structure and agency
31. pluralism and multiracialism, multiculturalism
A NEW FRONTIER
SOCIAL MEDIA / NETWORKS
DISINFORMATION AND
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
IN THE CONTEXT OF
ELECTION
OBSERVATION
by Michael Meyer-Resende
Democracy Reporting International (DRI) operates on the conviction that democratic,
participatory governance is a human right and governments should be accountable to
their citizens. DRI supports democratic governance around the world with a focus on
institutions of democracy, such as constitutions, elections, parliaments and rules of
democracy grounded in international law. Through careful assessments based on field
research with partners, DRI convenes diverse stakeholders to promote policies that
strengthen democratic institutions. A non-profit company, DRI is based in Berlin and has
offices in Tunisia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Michael Meyer-Resende is a lawyer with twenty years of experience in political
transitions and democratisation. Works in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. His
professional experience includes two years legal practice in Berlin, four years with the
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE (Warsaw),
three years with the election team of the European Commission in Brussels and
journalistic experience with the BBC. In 2006 he co-founded DRI and serves as Executive
Director since then. He publishes it regularly in newspapers like The New York Times,
The Guardian, Politico, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and think tank publications.
This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union.
Its contents are the sole responsibility of Michael Meyer-Resende and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the European Union.
Graphic and layout design: Giorgio Grasso for Democracy Essentials
Cover photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
Interior photos: Victor Idrogo (pp. 3, 6-7, 17); Ezequiel Scagnetti (p. 22)
CREDITS
3
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
I. SUMMARY
II. BACKGROUND
III. INTERNATIONAL LAW
AND NATIONAL LA.
Much has been made of the new Web 2.0 phenomenon, including social n.docxssuserf9c51d
Much has been made of the new Web 2.0 phenomenon, including social networking sites and user-created mash-ups. How does Web 2.0 change security for the Internet? How do secure software development concepts support protecting applications?
Pages: 1
APA format
References
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This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
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At the end of 2007, after several rounds of testing the
effectiveness of its brand new
digital signage initiative, the ICA Group needed to decide
whether it should install monitors
throughout all its many stores. The tests had been designed with
the goal of providing a clear
answer about whether this initiative was worthwhile, yet the
results revealed conflicting
information. Customers reported not enjoying their shopping
experience as much with digital
signs in place, yet sales data suggested they had bought more
than when digital signs were not
present. Managers were torn: Should they invest the money to
install digital signs in all their
stores?
4. The ICA Group
As a large, profitable retail group, ICA ran approximately 2,400
of its own and retailer-
owned stores in Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic region. The
group comprised ICA Sweden, ICA
Norway, and Rimi Baltic. It also included ICA Bank, which
offered financial services to clients of
its retail stores, and ICA Real Estate, which provided the
company with properties on which to
build retail stores. Prior to 2013, Royal Ahold N.V. and Hakon
Invest AB owned the group; but
in March 2013, Hakon Invest AB bought all the shares and
changed the name to ICA Group.
Consolidated 2012 net sales reached SEK 96,863 million.
According to CEO Per Strömberg in
the Annual Report and Sustainability Report 2012,1 the year
2012 …
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…was another successful year for ICA, despite the economic
concerns in the market. ICA
Sweden continued to outperform the market as a whole. We saw
fine performances by
our private labels, Cura pharmacies and ICA non-foods. Rimi
Baltic developed well, as
did ICA Bank, which launched an interesting new package of
mutual funds. ICA Real
Estate was stable and generated satisfactory operating income
for the year. Another
achievement is that our Swedish sourcing and logistics
processes are now certified
according to quality and environmental standards.
ICA operated multiple store formats in Sweden: (1) ICA Nära, a
convenience-type store
meeting consumers’ daily retail needs; (2) ICA Supermarkets,
mid-sized stores typically located
in cities and carrying a wide range of products; (3) ICA
Kvantum superstores, usually located
outside of cities and supporting large, planned purchases; and
(4) MAXI ICA hypermarkets with
full product ranges including groceries, clothing, and
housewares. Recently the group had added
6. Cura pharmacies and ICA-to-go. Cura pharmacies were located
within larger ICA stores, and
ICA-to-go sold nutritious, portable meals. Independent retailers
owned and managed many
stores, though all had entered into agreements with ICA Group
to receive support in areas such
as logistics, retail development, and marketing communications.
The grocery market in Sweden was substantial, worth several
hundred billion SEK. It
was served by various competitors of ICA, including Axfood,
Coop, and Bergendahls. However,
ICA stores dominated the market, holding a 36.7% share. Strong
competition existed in other
channels in Sweden including home delivery services and
restaurants. Growth opportunities
were notable. Urbanization in Sweden had occurred faster than
in any other European country.2
Prominent market trends included an interest in health,
environmental awareness, and a focus
on convenience. Because Swedes spent approximately 12% of
disposable income on food, they
were generally price-sensitive and readily checked food prices
on their mobile devices or
computers.
To function in such a market environment, the ICA Group relied
on extensive research to
explore and test the effectiveness of new ideas and strategies. In
its long-standing relationship
with the Center for Retailing at the Stockholm School of
Economics, the ICA Group continually
7. tested new retailing ideas by using large-scale quasi-
experiments. As one researcher from the
Stockholm School of Economics noted, unlike in many
traditional retail firms that depended on
store managers to communicate information up the hierarchy, at
ICA, research “plays a major
role, greater than many know or think about…. They want to
make this [process] theoretical and
get theory.” Fredrik Holmvik, ICA’s media manager, agreed
with this assessment, explaining
that “Basically all new ideas we try to test and analyze before
the launch/no launch decision.
Research is the foundation for more extensive tests or gives us
the toolbox for simpler tests…. It
also gives us new angles/ideas to test.” 3
In 2005, when increasing competition and a sluggish market
resulted in a 2.3% decrease
in net sales, the Group sought new ideas to boost sales. Digital
signage— in-store video screens
that displayed pertinent content—was just beginning to gain
traction with retailers. Kalle Fahlin,
head of media development, suggested the Group consider using
digital signage, arguing that
ICA TV could broadcast promotions or other in-store
information to shoppers. This practice
2 Magnusson, Erik (2012), “The fastest urbanization in
Europe,” Sydsvenska Dagbladet, April 8 2012.
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would enhance the in-store environment and help stores promote
certain products. (See
Exhibit 1.) Although the idea of digital signage was not totally
new, it was innovative to ICA
and its franchisees. According to Holmvik, “Many liked the idea
of communicating with ‘the
shopper’ in-store versus ‘the consumer’ at home; the response
was positive from that angle. But
then we had people wondering if it would work or not.”
Specifically, might the signage
overwhelm or overstimulate shoppers?
Digital Signage
The digital signage industry, part of the broader billboard and
sign manufacturing
industry (in which revenues were an estimated $12.8 billion in
2012), grew notably in the early
9. 2000s, mainly due to increasing demand for non-traditional
means of communication in
response to the growing presence of online retailers. Overall,
the digital signage industry was
fragmented with small businesses functioning in regional niche
markets. However, several firms
held significant influence within the industry, including
Daktronics (with the largest market
share at 3.8%), Young Electric Sign Company, Brady
Corporation, Clear Channel Outdoor
Holdings, and Lamar Advertising Company. These providers
typically targeted key businesses in
industries such as gas stations and convenience stores,
department stores, billboard and
outdoor advertising, fast-food restaurants, and coffee/snack
shops.
Instead of traditional vinyl or plastic sheets, digital signage
used high-resolution, digital
video screens or LEDs, in sizes ranging from small screens (.5
-around (quarter-
arena displays. Signs combined
high-tech software and hardware, including screens, servers,
routers, transponders, mounting
equipment, wiring, and antennas. Displays could be controlled
by PCs/servers, so software
represented a relatively minimal capital expenditure.
To create value for customers, digital signage promised to
improve the shopping
10. experience. For advertisers, it offered an additional source of
revenue; and for stores, its
purpose varied with the type of store. Clothing stores might use
music videos to enhance their
environments; big box stores might present how-to videos to
provoke interest in a new product;
restaurants might use digital signs to display a menu; and
service providers (e.g., corporate
buildings, universities) might adopt digital signs for
information displays. In addition, digital
sign content could be classified into three types: active, passive,
or interactive. Active content
engaged onlookers directly and called them to action, with the
goal of creating interested,
informed consumers. Passive content remained part of the
background scene, designed to
enhance the atmosphere and possibly draw customers into
stores. Finally, interactive content
combined these forms by offering interactive features while
simultaneously displaying
background imagery or video.
Across these various purposes and types, digital signage offered
consistent advantages
over traditional analog signs. It enabled quick turnover and
distribution of content, and it
allowed varying content (e.g., promotions, entertainment, news,
product advertisements) to be
displayed in the same space. Profit potential increased with
digital signage, because a store
could send multiple advertising messages in the same space, cut
back on printing costs, and set
individual-level time and location targets to specific audiences
at any moment.
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Researching and Evaluating ICA TV
In line with its tradition of researching every new idea before
implementing it, ICA
conducted three rounds of testing in 2006 and 2007 to determine
the in-store efficacy of digital
signage, which it designated “ICA TV.” The first series of
experiments examined the main effects
of digital displays on customer attention, emotions, attitudes,
and behavior in large stores. The
second round replicated the first but in smaller stores. As one
researcher explained:
We used a Latin square design in all three experiments to rule
out calendar effects, and
12. to rule out that a certain effect only held for a specific store.
This means that we had
some experimental stores and some control stores in one period
and then switched them,
so that the experimental stores became control stores and vice
versa in a second period.
Of course we did not dismount any TV screens, but just turned
them off when the store
was used as a control store.
Most comparisons therefore referred to experimental stores
(i.e., screen “on” stores) versus
control stores (i.e., screen “off” stores).
Test 1
The first round of testing, undertaken in Maxi and Kvantum
stores, sought to answer
several questions, including whether customers noticed the
displays and liked them, and
whether customers believed they experienced more positive
shopping experiences as a result.
Some group members feared the screens might distract or scare
customers away. Thus, another
important question of interest was whether customers were more
likely to purchase a product
located near a digital display.
In each store, approximately fifty 42-inch digital signs were
installed in six zones. (See
13. Exhibit 2.) Different content was developed for each zone. To
monitor customer responses, the
ICA Group placed researchers throughout the stores and also
relied on cameras and sensors to
measure whether customers approached or avoided digital
displays. Self-scanning devices held
by customers themselves logged the time they spent in the store,
the time spent at checkout, and
their average spending. Furthermore, researchers conducted
approximately 2,500 interviews
with customers to ask them about their experiences and how
long they believed they waited in
the checkout line. The behavior of almost 34,000 customers was
analyzed in terms of average
time and money spent in stores. This information was calculated
from data gathered by the
handheld devices customers carried and used to scan products as
they placed them in shopping
carts. Approximately 12,000 in-store observations came from
researchers who noted whether
shoppers viewed the end-of-aisle displays that were
complemented by digital signage, stopped at
them, or purchased from them. Finally, nearly 60,000
mechanical observations using cameras
as sensors were obtained showing customer behavior as they
approached digital displays.
For the basic question whether customers noticed the digital
displays, the results
revealed that screens were noticed: 35% of customers reported
seeing a digital sign in at least
one of the zones. The visibility rates were higher in Kvantum
stores and at checkout. (See
Exhibit 3.)
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Next, to examine whether customers approached or avoided the
digital displays, the
experiment featured a long table holding bananas, with two
smaller screens behind it. One
screen was always on, and the other was always off. The screens
were counterbalanced so that if
a screen was on one day, it was off the next, and vice versa.
These results showed that customers
tended to shop closer to the on screen than to the off screen.
Specifically, a lead researcher
recognized, “Even when the screen closest to the perimeter was
turned off, a significant number
of customers walked by it to pick bananas closer to the screen
that was turned on.”
15. For retailers, a more important question was whether sales
would improve if they
supplemented end-cap displays with digital displays. To the
delight of ICA, when end-of-aisle
displays were accompanied by a digital sign, sales increased
significantly for 17 product
categories across manufacturer brands and private labels.
Researchers also discovered a sales
increase for items on an end cap positioned just beyond one
featuring a digital sign when the
second end cap contained a related product.
Once shoppers reached the checkout line, their average
perceived waiting time was two
minutes and 15 seconds; their actual average waiting time was
only one minute and 45 seconds.
That is, customers believed they waited longer than they
actually did, regardless of whether they
shopped in a store with digital signage. However, for customers
who indicated they liked digital
signage, its presence decreased their perception of waiting time.
Furthermore, regardless of
perceived waiting time, average spending on products in the
checkout area increased by more
than 50% when screens were turned on. The final and most
staggering result was the large
increase in average time and money spent in stores. An average
shopping trip without TV
screens lasted approximately 30 minutes. Shopping time
expanded by 10% when screens were
turned on. The same was true for the average amount of money
spent. From a baseline of
approximately U.S. $70 per customer, average spending
16. increased slightly more than 10%.
Despite these extremely positive effects of digital displays on
sales and customer
behavior, the effects on customer attitudes and emotions
suggested different outcomes.
Curiously, customers indicated their experience seemed more
negative than usual, reporting
they had less interest in returning to the store, approaching
sales staff, or exploring the store, in
contrast to customers in the control stores without digital
displays. (See Exhibit 4.)
Test 2
Test 1 offered interesting but perplexing results. Customers said
they were not enjoying
the digital display experience, but they also stayed in the store
longer and bought more. With
Test 2, the Group wanted to understand the increase in customer
buying behavior and
determine what was causing customer dissatisfaction. After five
months of running digital
signage, ICA turned off all displays for several weeks. When
displays were switched on, they
were only switched on in half the number of stores. These stores
became the treatment stores,
whereas the other half became the controls. The pattern was
reversed halfway through the test:
treatment stores turned off displays and became controls,
17. whereas control stores turned on
displays to become treatment stores.
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With this shift, ICA also examined how customers reacted to
two types of programming:
inspiration, which featured photos, recipes, and tips in an
attempt to improve store ambience;
and be/price, which was informational and described prices,
deals, loyalty cards, available
bonuses, and other relevant details. The research team believed
that “If the negative attitude
shift was due to the screen itself, the content would not matter.
Hence, no matter what the
content was, merely using the digital sign would yield the
negative attitude shift. However, if the
18. negative attitude shift were due to the content, we would get
different results depending on the
way we presented our communication on the screens.
This test offered three results.
1. The attitude shift changed direction. Approximately nine
months after initial installation
of displays, consumers expressed more positive attitudes in
response to digital signs that
were turned on rather than off.
2. The sales increase realized when digital signs were on
remained significant.
3. The two types of digital content elicited results the ICA
Group had predicted, according
to shopper survey responses. Shoppers in stores featuring
inspiration content believed
they would spend more, whereas shoppers who saw be/price
content reported they
would not change their purchases, compared to purchases they
would make in a control
store with no digital displays. However, the sales transaction
log showed the opposite
pattern: Sales went up with promotional messages and down
with ambience-improving
images, on average by a small but significant amount. Thus,
both retailers and customers
were incorrect in their predictions for behavioral effects
brought about by different types
of content. (See Exhibit 5.)
19. Test 3
The ICA Group worried about extrapolating to smaller stores
the results from these two
tests conducted in larger stores. Therefore, it ran Test 3 to
examine effects of the displays in
smaller stores. In these environments, the Group inserted fewer
screens per store to avoid a
sense of clutter. As in Test 1, findings revealed that customers
noticed the screens; shoppers
even seemed to notice the signs more. They offered comments
such as, “There are many digital
screens in the store today,” suggesting that they strongly sensed
the presence of digital signs.
Yet other outcomes were reversed in the smaller stores.
Consumer attitudes were more
positive, and sales decreased. For example, when consumers
were asked how positively they
perceived a store overall, on a scale of one (very negative) to 10
(very positive), those shopping
with screens on rated a store as significantly more positive (M =
8.33) than those shopping with
screens off (M = 8.03, p = .003). The digital signage had
positive sales effects on adjacent end-
cap displays in larger stores; but in smaller stores, the number
of sales to consumers who looked
at an end cap without signage after viewing one with signage
fell by approximately one-quarter.
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Summary and Remaining Questions
The ICA Group had done a thorough job testing the effects of
digital signage in both large
and small store formats. Intriguingly, researchers found that
customers disliked screens in large
stores but increased spending of both time and money when
screens were present. In small
stores they found the opposite effects: Customers appreciated
stores more with screens present,
but purchases dropped. Thus, the ICA Group had spent months
running multiple tests in
various stores, and it had invested in adding displays to a
substantial sample of stores. But was it
any closer to a choice? Should it implement ICA TV chain-
21. wide?
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Exhibit 1
ICA Group Digital Signage
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Exhibit 2
Location of Digital Signage in Stores, Test 1
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24. Entrance
2 screens
Perimeter
6–8 screens
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Exhibit 3
Percentage of Customers Noticing Digital Signage
Location in Store
Stores Fruits and
Vegetables
Deli Aisle Before Checkout
25. Line
At Checkout
Line
Total
Solna 38% 24% 39.8% 34% 41% 35.7%
Haninge 24% 37.9% 23.8% 28.4% 61.8% 36.9%
Ahus 19.8% 53% 61% 44.5% 36% 42.4%
Norrtalje 30.3% 33% 58.8% 40.5% 56.3% 44.4%
Total 28% 36.96% 45.64% 36.5% 48.74% 39.84%
Note: These percentages refer to the percentages of customers
who noticed the signage in these locations
throughout the store; total refers to the total percentage of
customers who noticed any signage in the
store.
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Exhibit 4
Comparison of Customer Attitudes: Screens On Versus Screens
Off
Off On Significance
I like to shop in this store. 6.11 6.19 .335
I would like to have more time to look around this store. 3.68
3.06 .000
I do not want to return to this shop. 1.57 1.77 .088
Today I am focused on getting things done. 5.78 5.57 .100
This is a positive place to talk to store staff. 5.29 4.80 .000
I would avoid looking around or exploring in this store. 2.28
2.51 .090
I like this store environment. 6.06 6.03 .762
27. Today I am forced to be in the store. 5.12 5.06 .701
I often make unplanned purchases in this store. 4.60 3.62 .000
This is a place to avoid store staff and talking to them. 2.17
2.56 .004
This is the kind of place to spend more than planned. 5.39 4.74
.000
There are many televisions in this store. 3.43 3.68 .128
Today I am in the store because I like it. 4.70 3.80 .000
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font.
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Exhibit 5
Customers’ Reactions to Different Content, Test 2
Inspirational Be/Price Significance
I like to shop in this store. 6.05 6.23 .065
I would like to have more time to look around this shop. 3.18
3.39 .247
I do not want to return to this shop. 1.76 1.83 .577
Today I am focused on getting things done. 5.08 5.32 .102
This is a positive place to talk to store staff. 5.19 5.40 .124
I would avoid looking around or exploring in this store. 2.09
2.32 .098
I like this shop environment. 5.69 5.93 .045
Today I am forced to be in the store. 4.50 4.84 .053
I often make unplanned purchases in this store. 4.62 4.17 .008
This is a place to avoid store staff and talking to them. 2.48
2.59 .485
This is the kind of place to spend more than planned. 4.98 4.83
.256
There are many televisions in this store. 3.64 3.20 .031
29. Today I am in the store because I like it. 4.63 4.54 .553
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