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. Compare and contrast the major strengths and weaknesses of analytic and nonanalytic forecasting. Provide one (1) example of each method being used in a real-world scenario to support your answer.

 

2.      2. Discuss the importance of the four (4) guiding principles of forecasting. Next, select one (1) principle and discuss how to apply it in a real world scenario.

For your journal entry this module, reflect on the topics and concepts covered as part of the readings and your reactions to these. What is familiar and what is new? What poses a challenge to the way you have customarily thought about these concepts? What connections are you making to your family’s views on these concepts?

 

When writing your journal entry, you may use the following questions to prompt your ideas:

 

• What are your initial reactions to the topics covered in the assigned readings? Did you experience any conflict with what you read in the assigned topics?
• What is your point of view on the issues covered in the assigned readings?
  • Discuss and examine the assertion made in the article “The End of White America” that “according to an August 2008 report by the U.S. Census Bureau, those groups currently categorized as racial minorities—blacks and Hispanics, East Asians, and South Asians—will account for a majority of the U.S. population by the year 2042″ (p. 3). What are the implications of this demographic shift?
  • Looking ahead to the next twenty years or more, as the effects of modern immigration become clearer, as English ceases to become the predominant language, and as the ratio of Caucasians to people of color shifts dramatically, how will you regard yourself? Will you resist these changes or embrace diversity and become a positive agent of change in these times?
  • How has the discussion with your classmates affected your view of exclusion and inclusion when it comes to American identity?

 

Create your journal entry in a Microsoft Word document and save it as M3_lastname_firstname_journal.doc. Your journal entry should be of approximately 250–500 words. You may include photographs, drawings, audio pieces, and other memorabilia in your journal entry to express yourself and your reflections and reactions to what you’re learning in the course.

 

Submit your journal entry to the Journal by Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

 

 

If the organization that you work for is large enough, the organization will likely have a department that focuses on conducting disciplinary investigations. Other times, the organization might not be so lucky and may have only lower level supervisors. In this case, an employee’s the direct supervisor who has received a complaint about the employee might be tasked with completing employee disciplinary investigations. Regardless of who actually does the investigation, there are certain issues that will typically need to be addressed. Respond to the questions listed below regarding disciplinary investigations.

 

Assignment Guidelines

 

• Address the following in 500 words:
  • What is the primary purpose of conducting disciplinary investigations? Explain.
  • Who is responsible for conducting the investigation? Why?
    • Under what circumstances should an employee’s direct supervisor be involved in an investigation? Explain.
  • What types of complaints should be investigated? Explain.
    • When should they be investigated? Explain.

n this Discussion, you will look more closely at the case study issue you debated in Discussion 1. To prepare for this Discussion, consider everything you discovered about the case study. Conduct a search to obtain at least three scholarly articles that relate to the issue you debated. Finally, consider how the process of exploring and debating issues relates to your role as a change agent and advanced graduate degree student.

Keep in mind that the articles you obtain may support or refute the position you held in the debate, or they may introduce a different perspective altogether. Your purpose in this Discussion is to learn more about the issue you have been exploring.

Submit a post that does the following:

• Explains what you discovered about the issue from the debate and from the resources you located for this Discussion.
• Identifies answers to the questions you have raised about the issue
• Identifies new questions you have about the issue.
• Explains how you might apply the critical analysis and research skills you have practiced this week to your role as a student and as a professional.

QUESTION 1

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. What was the value proposition of the proposed CIBC and BNY Mellon joint venture in 1996? What were the potential risks? What benefits were realized? And what expected benefits never materialized?

 

QUESTION 2

(a) Analyze the relationship among invention, innovation, and imitation; b) Define strategic entrepreneurship. What are entrepreneurial opportunities that existed in this case? How did strategic entrepreneur’s take advantage of these opportunities in this case?

 

QUESTION 3

(a) Explain the strategic management process; b) Explain how firms analyze their value chain for the purpose of determining where they are able to create value when using their resources, capabilities and core competencies. Compare and contrast Dr. Pepper’s financial with its rivals? What does that say about their performance?

 

QUESTION 4

What corporate governance mechanism does the joint venture use?

 

QUESTION 5

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. Joint venture’s often fail. Thomas MacMillian addresses his reasons that this is the case. Do you agree or disagree with his assessment? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 6

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. What percentage of Dr. Pepper’s revenues are generated domestically? Should Dr. Pepper focus more effort on international expansion?

 

QUESTION 7

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. What steps should have been taken to protect shareholders’ investment in the joint venture in September of 2008?

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

1. a) Discuss the value of strategic leaders in managing the firm’s resources; and b) Analyze what makes strategic leaders effective): Financial joint ventures are fairly rare. Analyze the role that Thomas MacMillian played in stewarding this joint venture? What made his efforts effective?

 

QUESTION 9

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. What are the elements of Dr. Pepper’s current strategy? What is your assessment of this strategy given your analysis of Dr. Pepper’s current position above?

 

QUESTION 10

Using the generic types of business level-strategies, what business Strategy is Dr. Pepper using?

 

QUESTION 11

Explain merger and acquisition strategies and how they relate to strategic competitiveness. What mergers and acquisitions has Dr. Pepper made recently? How have these enhanced strategic effectiveness?

 

QUESTION 12

What are Dr. Pepper’s Core Competencies?

 

QUESTION 13

What cooperative strategies could Dr. Pepper use to boost returns?

 

QUESTION 14

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. How should joint ventures be assessed? Apply those criteria to this joint venture.

 

QUESTION 15

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. How was the joint venture structured? How did this structure address the concerns the various stakeholders had?

 

QUESTION 16

 

 

Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment and how competitive forces influence the firm. What is the external environment affecting Dr. Pepper?

 

 

QUESTION 17

What risks in forming a joint venture are present here? How were these risks mitigated?

 

QUESTION 18

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. Did Dr. Pepper increase or decrease its marketing efforts in the face of a weak economy? Criticize that decision.

 

QUESTION 19

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. Dr. Pepper sells a large majority of its product to distributors who are owned (or affiliated) with its competitors? Is this a wise decision? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 20

Explain the strategic management process. How should the changing landscape of the financial sector in coming years affect the joint venture? Is there less incentive to keep the joint venture going? Formulate a strategy about what the next phase of the joint venture should be.

QUESTION 1

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. What was the value proposition of the proposed CIBC and BNY Mellon joint venture in 1996? What were the potential risks? What benefits were realized? And what expected benefits never materialized?

 

QUESTION 2

(a) Analyze the relationship among invention, innovation, and imitation; b) Define strategic entrepreneurship. What are entrepreneurial opportunities that existed in this case? How did strategic entrepreneur’s take advantage of these opportunities in this case?

 

QUESTION 3

(a) Explain the strategic management process; b) Explain how firms analyze their value chain for the purpose of determining where they are able to create value when using their resources, capabilities and core competencies. Compare and contrast Dr. Pepper’s financial with its rivals? What does that say about their performance?

 

QUESTION 4

What corporate governance mechanism does the joint venture use?

 

QUESTION 5

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. Joint venture’s often fail. Thomas MacMillian addresses his reasons that this is the case. Do you agree or disagree with his assessment? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 6

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. What percentage of Dr. Pepper’s revenues are generated domestically? Should Dr. Pepper focus more effort on international expansion?

 

QUESTION 7

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. What steps should have been taken to protect shareholders’ investment in the joint venture in September of 2008?

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

1. a) Discuss the value of strategic leaders in managing the firm’s resources; and b) Analyze what makes strategic leaders effective): Financial joint ventures are fairly rare. Analyze the role that Thomas MacMillian played in stewarding this joint venture? What made his efforts effective?

 

QUESTION 9

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. What are the elements of Dr. Pepper’s current strategy? What is your assessment of this strategy given your analysis of Dr. Pepper’s current position above?

 

QUESTION 10

Using the generic types of business level-strategies, what business Strategy is Dr. Pepper using?

 

QUESTION 11

Explain merger and acquisition strategies and how they relate to strategic competitiveness. What mergers and acquisitions has Dr. Pepper made recently? How have these enhanced strategic effectiveness?

 

QUESTION 12

What are Dr. Pepper’s Core Competencies?

 

QUESTION 13

What cooperative strategies could Dr. Pepper use to boost returns?

 

QUESTION 14

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. How should joint ventures be assessed? Apply those criteria to this joint venture.

 

QUESTION 15

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. How was the joint venture structured? How did this structure address the concerns the various stakeholders had?

 

QUESTION 16

 

 

Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment and how competitive forces influence the firm. What is the external environment affecting Dr. Pepper?

 

 

QUESTION 17

What risks in forming a joint venture are present here? How were these risks mitigated?

 

QUESTION 18

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. Did Dr. Pepper increase or decrease its marketing efforts in the face of a weak economy? Criticize that decision.

 

QUESTION 19

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. Dr. Pepper sells a large majority of its product to distributors who are owned (or affiliated) with its competitors? Is this a wise decision? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 20

Explain the strategic management process. How should the changing landscape of the financial sector in coming years affect the joint venture? Is there less incentive to keep the joint venture going? Formulate a strategy about what the next phase of the joint venture should be.

QUESTION 1

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. What was the value proposition of the proposed CIBC and BNY Mellon joint venture in 1996? What were the potential risks? What benefits were realized? And what expected benefits never materialized?

 

QUESTION 2

(a) Analyze the relationship among invention, innovation, and imitation; b) Define strategic entrepreneurship. What are entrepreneurial opportunities that existed in this case? How did strategic entrepreneur’s take advantage of these opportunities in this case?

 

QUESTION 3

(a) Explain the strategic management process; b) Explain how firms analyze their value chain for the purpose of determining where they are able to create value when using their resources, capabilities and core competencies. Compare and contrast Dr. Pepper’s financial with its rivals? What does that say about their performance?

 

QUESTION 4

What corporate governance mechanism does the joint venture use?

 

QUESTION 5

Explain the value proposition of a cooperative strategy. Joint venture’s often fail. Thomas MacMillian addresses his reasons that this is the case. Do you agree or disagree with his assessment? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 6

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. What percentage of Dr. Pepper’s revenues are generated domestically? Should Dr. Pepper focus more effort on international expansion?

 

QUESTION 7

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. What steps should have been taken to protect shareholders’ investment in the joint venture in September of 2008?

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 8

1. a) Discuss the value of strategic leaders in managing the firm’s resources; and b) Analyze what makes strategic leaders effective): Financial joint ventures are fairly rare. Analyze the role that Thomas MacMillian played in stewarding this joint venture? What made his efforts effective?

 

QUESTION 9

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. What are the elements of Dr. Pepper’s current strategy? What is your assessment of this strategy given your analysis of Dr. Pepper’s current position above?

 

QUESTION 10

Using the generic types of business level-strategies, what business Strategy is Dr. Pepper using?

 

QUESTION 11

Explain merger and acquisition strategies and how they relate to strategic competitiveness. What mergers and acquisitions has Dr. Pepper made recently? How have these enhanced strategic effectiveness?

 

QUESTION 12

What are Dr. Pepper’s Core Competencies?

 

QUESTION 13

What cooperative strategies could Dr. Pepper use to boost returns?

 

QUESTION 14

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. How should joint ventures be assessed? Apply those criteria to this joint venture.

 

QUESTION 15

Analyze the relationship among corporate structure, corporate governance and corporate strategy. How was the joint venture structured? How did this structure address the concerns the various stakeholders had?

 

QUESTION 16

 

 

Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment and how competitive forces influence the firm. What is the external environment affecting Dr. Pepper?

 

 

QUESTION 17

What risks in forming a joint venture are present here? How were these risks mitigated?

 

QUESTION 18

Define business, corporate, and international – level strategy. Did Dr. Pepper increase or decrease its marketing efforts in the face of a weak economy? Criticize that decision.

 

QUESTION 19

Criticize effective and ineffective corporate strategies. Dr. Pepper sells a large majority of its product to distributors who are owned (or affiliated) with its competitors? Is this a wise decision? Why or why not?

 

QUESTION 20

Explain the strategic management process. How should the changing landscape of the financial sector in coming years affect the joint venture? Is there less incentive to keep the joint venture going? Formulate a strategy about what the next phase of the joint venture should be.

PACA of 2010 brought many changes to the types of provider organizations available. ACOs and PCMHs are two new organizations formed under PPACA. Using the readings this week, discuss the origin, structure, and purpose of the new organizations formed under PPACA.

Using South University Online Library (for example, CINAHL) or the Internet, search any three articles from the list below and evaluate the challenges and opportunities facing payers and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are implemented:

• The patient-center medical home and managed care: Times have changed, some components have not (Baird, 2011).
• Patient-centered medical homes: Will health care reform provide new options for rural communities and providers? (Bolin, Gamm, Vest, Edwardson, & Miller, 2011)
• Accountable Care Organizations: The case for flexible partnerships between health plans and providers (Goldsmith, 2011).
• Payment reform for primary care within the accountable care organization a critical issue for health system reform (Goroll & Schoenbaum, 2012).
• Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered medical home, and health care reform: What does it all mean? (Longworth, 2011)
• Implementing accountable care organizations: Ten potential mistakes and how to learn from them (Singer & Shortell, 2011).

Based on your research, summarize your findings on the selected topics and compile your observations in a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

References:

Baird, M. A. (2011). The patient-center medical home and managed care: Times

have changed, some components have not. The Journal of the American

Board of Family Medicine, 24(6), 630–632.

Bolin, J. N., Gamm, L., Vest, J. R., Edwardson, N., & Miller, T. R. (2011).

Patient-centered medical homes: Will health care reform provide new

options for rural communities and providers? Family & Community

Health, 34(2), 93–101.

Goldsmith, J. (2011). Accountable Care Organizations: The case for flexible

partnerships between health plans and providers. Health Affairs,

30(1), 32–40.

Goroll, A. H., & Schoenbaum, S. C. (2012). Payment reform for primary care

within the accountable care organization a critical issue for health system

reform. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association,

308(6), 577–578.

Longworth, D. L. (2011). Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered

medical home, and health care reform: What does it all mean?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 78(9), 571–582.

Singer, S., & Shortell, S. M. (2011). Implementing accountable care

organizations: Ten potential mistakes and how to learn from them. JAMA:

The Journal of the American Medical Association, 306(7), 758.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Discussed the impact of health care reform on patients and providers.	5
Evaluated the impact of patient-centered medical homes on the delivery of health care.	10
Evaluated the impact of ACOs on the delivery of health care.	10
Discussed the challenges facing patients and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are formed.	10
Discussed the opportunities facing patients and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are formed.	10
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.	5
Total:	50

******** SECOND******                        **********second***************

Alcohol and Related Conditions

This week’s readings have covered various topics in historical perspectives. As addiction professionals, it is going to be important for you to stay current in the research and best practices of this industry. The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) is the first survey that uses the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) definitions of independent mood and anxiety disorders to examine comorbidity or co-occurrence of mental health disorders. The NESARC results show that substantial comorbidity between substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders is pervasive in the general population of the United States.

An estimated 17.6 million American adults (8.5 percent) meet the standard diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder and approximately 4.2 million (2 percent) meet the criteria for a drug use disorder (Grant & Dawson, 2006).

“This study does not resolve questions about causal mechanisms that may underlie relationships between DSM-IV substance use and mood and anxiety disorders,” opines Bridget F. Grant, Ph.D., Chief of the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research. Analyses of data from NESARC’s “second wave” in 2004–2005 will help form the foundation for future etiologic research (Grant & Dawson, 2006).

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research further on information by NESARC on alcohol and related conditions. Based on your research and the above information, create a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the following questions:

• According to the NESARC, how prevalent are mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among alcohol- and drug-dependent persons?                 
• Compared to nondependent persons, how likely is it for nicotine-alcohol-dependent persons to havea mental disorder?
• What other disorders might you see coexisting together? Why? How are these disorders related?
• Why is it that people with dual disorders are at high risk for chronic relapse, emergency hospitalizations, vocational problems, family problems, homelessness, suicide, violence, sexual and physical victimization, incarceration, and early death?
• Do you agree with National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) observation that the adults with nicotine dependence or psychiatric disorders consume 70% of all cigarettes smoked in the United States? Why or why not?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Reference:

Grant, B. F., & Dawson, D. A. (2006). Introduction to the national epidemiologic

survey on alcohol and related conditions. Alcohol Research & Health,

29 (2), 74–78.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Explained the prevalence of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among alcohol- and drug-dependent persons.	10
Described how likely is it for nicotine-alcohol-dependent persons to have a mental disorder as compared to nondependent persons.	10
Explained the other disorders that might coexist together. Described how these disorders are related.	10
Described why people with dual disorders are at high risk for chronic relapse, emergency hospitalizations, vocational problems, family problems, homelessness, suicide, violence, sexual and physical victimization, incarceration, and early death.	10
Analyzed and justified whether the adults with nicotine dependence or psychiatric disorders consume 70% of all cigarettes smoked in the United States.	5
Used correct spelling, grammar, professional vocabulary, and APA format.

PACA of 2010 brought many changes to the types of provider organizations available. ACOs and PCMHs are two new organizations formed under PPACA. Using the readings this week, discuss the origin, structure, and purpose of the new organizations formed under PPACA.

Using South University Online Library (for example, CINAHL) or the Internet, search any three articles from the list below and evaluate the challenges and opportunities facing payers and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are implemented:

• The patient-center medical home and managed care: Times have changed, some components have not (Baird, 2011).
• Patient-centered medical homes: Will health care reform provide new options for rural communities and providers? (Bolin, Gamm, Vest, Edwardson, & Miller, 2011)
• Accountable Care Organizations: The case for flexible partnerships between health plans and providers (Goldsmith, 2011).
• Payment reform for primary care within the accountable care organization a critical issue for health system reform (Goroll & Schoenbaum, 2012).
• Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered medical home, and health care reform: What does it all mean? (Longworth, 2011)
• Implementing accountable care organizations: Ten potential mistakes and how to learn from them (Singer & Shortell, 2011).

Based on your research, summarize your findings on the selected topics and compile your observations in a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

References:

Baird, M. A. (2011). The patient-center medical home and managed care: Times

have changed, some components have not. The Journal of the American

Board of Family Medicine, 24(6), 630–632.

Bolin, J. N., Gamm, L., Vest, J. R., Edwardson, N., & Miller, T. R. (2011).

Patient-centered medical homes: Will health care reform provide new

options for rural communities and providers? Family & Community

Health, 34(2), 93–101.

Goldsmith, J. (2011). Accountable Care Organizations: The case for flexible

partnerships between health plans and providers. Health Affairs,

30(1), 32–40.

Goroll, A. H., & Schoenbaum, S. C. (2012). Payment reform for primary care

within the accountable care organization a critical issue for health system

reform. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association,

308(6), 577–578.

Longworth, D. L. (2011). Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered

medical home, and health care reform: What does it all mean?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 78(9), 571–582.

Singer, S., & Shortell, S. M. (2011). Implementing accountable care

organizations: Ten potential mistakes and how to learn from them. JAMA:

The Journal of the American Medical Association, 306(7), 758.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Discussed the impact of health care reform on patients and providers.	5
Evaluated the impact of patient-centered medical homes on the delivery of health care.	10
Evaluated the impact of ACOs on the delivery of health care.	10
Discussed the challenges facing patients and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are formed.	10
Discussed the opportunities facing patients and providers as ACOs and PCMHs are formed.	10
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.	5
Total:	50

******** SECOND******                        **********second***************

Alcohol and Related Conditions

This week’s readings have covered various topics in historical perspectives. As addiction professionals, it is going to be important for you to stay current in the research and best practices of this industry. The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) is the first survey that uses the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) definitions of independent mood and anxiety disorders to examine comorbidity or co-occurrence of mental health disorders. The NESARC results show that substantial comorbidity between substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders is pervasive in the general population of the United States.

An estimated 17.6 million American adults (8.5 percent) meet the standard diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder and approximately 4.2 million (2 percent) meet the criteria for a drug use disorder (Grant & Dawson, 2006).

“This study does not resolve questions about causal mechanisms that may underlie relationships between DSM-IV substance use and mood and anxiety disorders,” opines Bridget F. Grant, Ph.D., Chief of the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research. Analyses of data from NESARC’s “second wave” in 2004–2005 will help form the foundation for future etiologic research (Grant & Dawson, 2006).

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research further on information by NESARC on alcohol and related conditions. Based on your research and the above information, create a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the following questions:

• According to the NESARC, how prevalent are mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among alcohol- and drug-dependent persons?                 
• Compared to nondependent persons, how likely is it for nicotine-alcohol-dependent persons to havea mental disorder?
• What other disorders might you see coexisting together? Why? How are these disorders related?
• Why is it that people with dual disorders are at high risk for chronic relapse, emergency hospitalizations, vocational problems, family problems, homelessness, suicide, violence, sexual and physical victimization, incarceration, and early death?
• Do you agree with National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) observation that the adults with nicotine dependence or psychiatric disorders consume 70% of all cigarettes smoked in the United States? Why or why not?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Reference:

Grant, B. F., & Dawson, D. A. (2006). Introduction to the national epidemiologic

survey on alcohol and related conditions. Alcohol Research & Health,

29 (2), 74–78.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Explained the prevalence of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among alcohol- and drug-dependent persons.	10
Described how likely is it for nicotine-alcohol-dependent persons to have a mental disorder as compared to nondependent persons.	10
Explained the other disorders that might coexist together. Described how these disorders are related.	10
Described why people with dual disorders are at high risk for chronic relapse, emergency hospitalizations, vocational problems, family problems, homelessness, suicide, violence, sexual and physical victimization, incarceration, and early death.	10
Analyzed and justified whether the adults with nicotine dependence or psychiatric disorders consume 70% of all cigarettes smoked in the United States.	5
Used correct spelling, grammar, professional vocabulary, and APA format.

For your Capstone Project you will be writing a strategic plan for OCS.  A key to writing the OCS strategic plan (also referred to as your Capstone Project or Project) is to clearly outline the contents of your business plan as follows:

1. Begin with a cover sheet with the title of your project, date of submission, your name, and your email address.
2. Construct a one page Table of Contents which outlines the sections of your business plan.
3. Write an “Introduction” section of the business plan. This will include a description of your project and a brief statement of how you see the project fitting into your program of studies and areas of professional interest. This should be 1-2 pages in length.
4. Write an “Expected Outcomes or Alternatives” section. Describe the expected outcomes or alternatives that you anticipate from completing this business plan. This may be speculative at this point in time, but we simply wish you to consider what outcomes you deem possible from this assignment. You should also comment here on the personal and/or organizational benefits that may likely flow from completing this business plan. This should be 1-3 pages in length.
5. Write a “Key to Business Plan Success” section. This should be a brief statement of what you believe would make your business plan a success. If you were asked to evaluate this business plan at this point in the process, what criteria would you recommend as being useful in conducting such an evaluation.
6. Write a “Business Description”. Here you will paint a vivid a picture of your company’s vision and the breakthrough idea your plan offers to the market.

• • Identify any special skills you possess which enable you to ensure the success of your plan.
  • Include any personal incentives for starting this business
  • Discuss any previous experience you possess in creating and operating a business in your chosen industry.
  • Write a brief industry analysis, with a discussion of existing competition, a SWOT analysis of your business.
  • Write a detailed rational for selecting this type of business, insight into how it aligns with previous course work and your future plans.