Author: chris

Create a PowerPoint presentation with the following 4 elements:

Analyze the correlation between the performance of health systems and population health status

Provide an overview—and discuss the function—of 1 publicly financed health care program in the United States.

How has that program evolved and influenced the entire U.S. health care system?

What are some of the accomplishments and challenges for that program?

What does that program do to focus on health prevention and performance?

The PowerPoint presentation should be 15–20 slides in length (excluding title and reference slides). Include 100–200 words in each Notes section.

oal Setting Framework

The first of six steps of performance management consists of goal setting, as detailed in Chapter Three. Assume that you work for the Los Angeles Tribune, a large but struggling newspaper publisher with distribution throughout the Los Angeles region. Various problems have arisen that need to be addressed:

• The cost of paper is rising
• The cost of distribution is rising
• Circulation revenue is down
• Advertising revenue is down, largely due to free online listings offered by Craigslist and other online advertising services
• Customers are largely in the 40+ age range
• The current number of employees cannot continue to be supported if revenue continues to shrink

You have been selected by the CEO to construct a goal-setting framework that focuses on three of the six issues above. In your APA formatted two- to three-page paper, include a goal statement for each of the three issues you’ve chosen and describe the corresponding strategies, tactics, activities, measures of success, and goal measurements you recommend. Support each with your rationale, citing the textbook as necessary, and be sure to provide specific examples within the activities section. In addition to your two to three pages of written content, a title page and reference page are required.

For this assignment, it is possible to make reasonable assumptions regarding the organization’s economic situation and business climate. Be sure to specifically mention any such assumptions that you are making

Use the Week 4 research template to complete the following assignment tasks.

• Choose the assigned research articles from W2 Assignment 2. Describe the sample, demographics, data collection process, setting, and the instrument, tool, or survey used in the articles.

• Discuss the authors’ summary about the validity and reliability of the instrument.

Deliverable Length: memo quoting at least 2 references via APA format

Background

You have just been promoted from front-line supervisor to be one of the firm’s senior managers. During your business education, you learned that the primary role of a manager is to make good decisions. As a supervisor, you had frequently been making routine decisions, but you realize that decision making for the overall company can and will have far greater impact on the company and its employees.

Your boss, the chief executive officer (CEO), realizes that you do not have much practice in this higher level, decision-making process and has asked you to write a memo describing your understanding of how to make important decisions.

Assignment

Your memo should address the following questions:

Describe at least 3 criteria that would determine whether the manager is making good decisions. What should be done to better assure that you are making a good decision?

In the realm of decision making, what are assumptions? Rather than use a dictionary definition, cite several specific assumptions that would go with any real-life decision you have made or have seen made at a company at which you have worked.

Given the importance of proper assumptions, your boss asked you to assess the accuracy of certain business assumptions and what could you do to test or confirm the credibility of them. The following were major assumptions for each firm:

An automobile manufacturer’s assumption that the demand for SUVs would continue because gas prices would continue to rise

 

An airline’s assumption that there was a need for an airline that provided no added amenities

Deliverable Length: 2 – 3 pages in full APA format.

Background

The ABC Shoe Company has asked your team to create a design document of a running shoe that is based on the needs and wants of the consumer for the production department. You will need to determine how to effectively gather the customer needs and wants so that they can be translated into a design document for the production of the running shoe. Once you have determined how those needs and wants will be gathered, you will determine how to translate them to create a design document, which includes all of the functions that will need to occur to produce the design of that shoe.

Assignment

Create a list of 5 questions that you would give to customers to determine their wants and needs regarding the running shoe. Your questions should be very thorough and be translatable to the design document so that the production department can manufacture the running shoe. Your paper should include an introduction for the customer, as well as a summary of the requirements as they will be given to the production department.

The format should include the following:

A document of 2–3 pages using APA format

A numbered list of 5 questions that you would give customers to determine their wants and needs for the running shoe

An introduction and conclusion

Evidence of using the library, Internet, or other resources to research your response

 

All resources should be cited in the body of the work.

The Final Case Analysis Paper should focus on real life and real time application of topics covered in this course; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision.

Read Case Eight, Mattel and Toy Safety, in the Business and Society section at the end of the book. This case describes the 2007 Mattel toy recalls, which were in response to findings that several children’s toys were coated in lead-based paint.

Write an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), that addresses the following:

1. Explain if Mattel acted in a socially responsible and ethical manner with regard to the safety of its toys.
2. Describe what Mattel should or could have done differently.
3. Describe who or what was responsible for the fact that children were exposed to potentially dangerous toys.
4. Explain the best way to ensure the safety of children’s toys and consider how the following groups would respond: government regulators (in the United States and China); consumer advocates, the toy industry, children’s product retailers, and standard-setting organizations. Explain the differences in their point of view.
5. Describe what you think is the best way for society to protect children from harmful toys and discuss the appropriate roles for various stakeholders in this process.

Writing the Final Case Analysis Paper 

The Final Case Analysis Paper:

1. Must be eight- to ten- pages in length (excluding the title page, references page, exhibits, etc.) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a cover page:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a clearly stated thesis or topic.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. That is, state your response to the content, either positive or negative, and then defend your position. If multiple options/alternatives/positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option.
5. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis or topic and a closing paragraph that summarizes the main point or points of your paper.
6. Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.
7. Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is completed according to APA style as outlined

The Final Case Analysis Paper should focus on real life and real time application of topics covered in this course; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision.

Read Case Eight, Mattel and Toy Safety, in the Business and Society section at the end of the book. This case describes the 2007 Mattel toy recalls, which were in response to findings that several children’s toys were coated in lead-based paint.

Write an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages), that addresses the following:

1. Explain if Mattel acted in a socially responsible and ethical manner with regard to the safety of its toys.
2. Describe what Mattel should or could have done differently.
3. Describe who or what was responsible for the fact that children were exposed to potentially dangerous toys.
4. Explain the best way to ensure the safety of children’s toys and consider how the following groups would respond: government regulators (in the United States and China); consumer advocates, the toy industry, children’s product retailers, and standard-setting organizations. Explain the differences in their point of view.
5. Describe what you think is the best way for society to protect children from harmful toys and discuss the appropriate roles for various stakeholders in this process.

Writing the Final Case Analysis Paper 

The Final Case Analysis Paper:

1. Must be eight- to ten- pages in length (excluding the title page, references page, exhibits, etc.) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a cover page:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a clearly stated thesis or topic.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. That is, state your response to the content, either positive or negative, and then defend your position. If multiple options/alternatives/positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option.
5. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis or topic and a closing paragraph that summarizes the main point or points of your paper.
6. Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.
7. Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is completed according to APA style as outlined

2 paragraphs on this assignemnt

Assess and evaluate cross-national differences in the world that affect the strategy, performance, and value of the multinational firm

 

Analyze the models for organizing and managing a multinational network of subsidiaries, including how to coordinate and to transfer useful knowledge across borders

 

 

Part 1. Library Research Assignment

A painting company has determined that for the company to expand globally over the next several years, its executives must be aware of any political and economic concerns that may arise during the expansion.

Use the library, course materials, and other Web resources to write a report (3–4 pages) for the senior management team. Your report will inform their strategic decisions about the company’s expansion.

Please address the following:

• Describe at least 2 political and 2 economic issues that may arise during global expansion, and propose methods of addressing them. (Choose issues that are distinct from those that are purely domestic).
• Explain the importance of and implications of each issue with regard to the company’s proposed expansion to France.
• Find an example and explain in general terms how another company has handled one of the international expansion issues you raised (does not have to relate to France).

Part 2 Slides

As your organization considers international expansion, one important decision it faces is how to modify its organization structure to accommodate internationalization. You have been asked to research different organization models used by other multinational corporations (MNCs) and prepare a short presentation based on your findings.

Your presentation should include the following:

• A list and brief description of at least 4 different organization structures used by MNCs
• A more detailed explanation and comparison of 2 of the structures
• Effective use of at least 1 table, chart, or other visual representation of information
• Description of a real world example of an MNC that uses one of the models you researched
  • How does this organization coordinate and transfer useful knowledge across borders?
  • Why does the organization structure chosen make sense for this particular firm and/or industry?

Your report must include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the presentation. (Note: the 5–6 slides with in-depth speaker notes length requirement excludes the title page and reference list pages). Please note that if you have a source in your reference section, you need to cite it in the body of the presentation

2 paragraphs on this assignemnt

Assess and evaluate cross-national differences in the world that affect the strategy, performance, and value of the multinational firm

 

Analyze the models for organizing and managing a multinational network of subsidiaries, including how to coordinate and to transfer useful knowledge across borders

 

 

Part 1. Library Research Assignment

A painting company has determined that for the company to expand globally over the next several years, its executives must be aware of any political and economic concerns that may arise during the expansion.

Use the library, course materials, and other Web resources to write a report (3–4 pages) for the senior management team. Your report will inform their strategic decisions about the company’s expansion.

Please address the following:

• Describe at least 2 political and 2 economic issues that may arise during global expansion, and propose methods of addressing them. (Choose issues that are distinct from those that are purely domestic).
• Explain the importance of and implications of each issue with regard to the company’s proposed expansion to France.
• Find an example and explain in general terms how another company has handled one of the international expansion issues you raised (does not have to relate to France).

Part 2 Slides

As your organization considers international expansion, one important decision it faces is how to modify its organization structure to accommodate internationalization. You have been asked to research different organization models used by other multinational corporations (MNCs) and prepare a short presentation based on your findings.

Your presentation should include the following:

• A list and brief description of at least 4 different organization structures used by MNCs
• A more detailed explanation and comparison of 2 of the structures
• Effective use of at least 1 table, chart, or other visual representation of information
• Description of a real world example of an MNC that uses one of the models you researched
  • How does this organization coordinate and transfer useful knowledge across borders?
  • Why does the organization structure chosen make sense for this particular firm and/or industry?

Your report must include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the presentation. (Note: the 5–6 slides with in-depth speaker notes length requirement excludes the title page and reference list pages). Please note that if you have a source in your reference section, you need to cite it in the body of the presentation

Go to the PRIZM NE site at http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp?ID=0&SubID=&pageName=Home

Click on the Segment Look-Up tab and review some of the category descriptions. Read a couple that you believe might fit you. Then, click on the Using My Best Segments tab to get an idea of how businesses might use such information. Finally, click on the Zip Code Look-Up tab, enter your zip code, and review the categories that define your neighborhood.

In a well-written, 3- to 4-page paper demonstrating APA standards, answer the following questions:

 

• Do the categories assigned to your zip code define your neighborhood accurately? Do you see yourself in one of the categories listed? If so, which one?
• How might this information be valuable to marketers of products to you and the other categories listed for your neighborhood?
• What promotions do you receive through the mail that are, in your opinion, targeting your neighbors and yourself based on the classifications?
• Which retail operations may have located in your immediate region based on these profiles?
• In summary, are you and your neighborhood accurately captured in the PRIZM NE classifications? Why or why not?
• Be as specific as possible and provide examples. Is your neighborhood’s PRIZM designation reflected in the demographics, lifestyle and related resident consumer buying habits and behaviors, as well as community and retail development?

 

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

 

• 3-4 pages in length, not including title or reference pages
• Formatted according to the APA Requirements
• Include at least 3 outside resources. (The U.S. Census Bureau website and/or local community websites are good potential resources for this type of information.)