Author: chris

Draft a response to each of the bulleted questions below. Each question must have its own response and have a minimum of 50 words.

 

1. How can you use statistics to support decision making in a manufacturing environment?
2. How does statistics convert raw numbers (raw data) into information?
3. Consider tables, graphs, histograms, box plots, which one is more effective at bringing clarity to the information contained in the data?
4. What is an example of a decision made by the airline industry that was based on inferential statistics?
5. How do we know if the data is accurate?

 

6. Management of a retail chain has been tracking the growth of sales, regressing the company’s sales versus the number of outlets. Their data are weekly, spanning the last 65 weeks, since the chain opened its first outlets. What lurking variable might introduce dependence into the errors of the SRM?

 

7. Supervisors of an assembly line track the output of the plant. One tool that they use is a simple regression of the count of packages shipped each day versus the number of employees who were active on the assembly line during that day, which varies from 35 to about 50. Identify a lurking variable that might violate one of the assumptions of the SRM.

 

8. BookstorePhysical stores face increasing competition from online rivals. To compete, a campus bookstore collected data on sales of newly released trade books displayed on shelving near the store entrance. These data give weekly sales per week of trade books over the last two years, the number of titles on display, the amount of shelf space (in feet), and the total sales in the store.

 

 

1. a) What patterns are apparent in the time plot of Trade Sales?
2. b) The store manager built a regression model with Trade Sales as the response, using Week, Total Sales, Shelf Space, and Titles as explanatory variables. What would you recommend to improve this model? (Hint: Some claim that the typical amount of space per book is more important than the quantity of books.)

 

1. c) If the manager uses this model to evaluate a new display for trade books in the next few weeks, would you expect the model to give a fair evaluation of the new display? Why? (Hint: Look at the time plot of the residuals.)

For this assignment, suppose that you are in charge of designing a product campaign for a new shampoo.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 1

Prepare a 2-3 page paper in Microsoft Word to address the following:

• Describe the ultimate goal of the product campaign for the new shampoo.
• Discuss your methods for achieving this goal.
• Identify the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution for the campaign.
• Include in your response a discussion and analysis of the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 2

Using Microsoft Excel:

 

• Prepare a graph which illustrates the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.
• Prepare another graph to illustrate how a change in consumer utility affects the price elasticity of demand.
• Copy and paste or import these graphs into the MS Word document you prepared in Part 1 of this assignment.

(Tutorials for working with MS Excel and MS Word can be found through the Tutoring Services and Tutorials link at the top of the page.)

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from books, articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA style. Help with citing sources can be found through the Academic Resources page under Course Home.

Read the case study to identify the main point and key players. Highlight the main points and identify themes. Review, asking questions: What is really going on? What are the problems? What is the main issue? How do the problems relate? What are the underlying issues? Describe how or why these issues developed. (b) Research the problem or issue you have identified to help frame the issue and to make connections to secondary issues. Use journal articles, and not website-based sources. (c) Decide how to “solve” or manage the issue. Consider who should be involved: what their responsibilities might be, strengths and weaknesses, and so on. (d) Identify at least two alternative solutions and analyze their strengths and weaknesses (or describe why they would or would not be effective). (e) Select the best alternative and explain how you will measure effectiveness.

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.

Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)

Roger Renter was very happy in his new location; the apartment was quiet and the neighbors were friendly. Larry Landlord was also very happy because Roger Renter was a model tenant. Roger Renter paid on time and was quiet and respectful to other tenants.

The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed.

The next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixed. Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.

The week before the rent was due, another rainstorm occurred and the leak was even larger. This time the leak damaged Roger’s clothing, furniture, and some precious items he had inherited from family members. Roger called Larry and asked Larry to fix roof immediately. Larry responded in a similar and condescending manner. Roger hung up the phone and threw his baseball bat against the wall, damaging the drywall and knocking out an electrical socket.

Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.

Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response.

Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.
4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.
6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

⦁ You must include a title page that lists your name, Student ID and the unit number and title.
⦁ Number all pages sequentially.
⦁ Any published material you refer to must be properly referenced (Harvard Referencing) and included in a reference list at the end of your assignment.
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Due Date: Thursday, 23rd December 2015
Weighing: 80% of total assessment
Content: 1500 words

NOTE: The first page of each assignment must include the following declaration:

I certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my personal study and/or research, and that I have acknowledged all material and sources used in the preparation of this assignment whether they be books, articles, reports, lecture notes, any other kind of document, electronic or personal communication.

I also certify that the assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any other course or at any other time in this Course, unless by negotiation, and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students and/or persons. I have read the GBS policy on plagiarism and understand its implications.

Assignments that do not include the above declaration will not be marked.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else’s work as your own or using someone else’s work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with a reference. This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt with accordingly.

Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without acknowledging the original source:
⦁ Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the internet)
⦁ Use another person’s concepts or ideas
⦁ Summarize or paraphrase another person’s work.

How do I avoid plagiarism?

To ensure you are not plagiarizing, you must acknowledge with a reference whenever you:
⦁ use another person’s ideas, opinions or theory
⦁ include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another person or organization
⦁ paraphrase another’s written or spoken word

You are required to use the below mentioned referencing system:

The Harvard Referencing System; e.g. ‘Smith (1985) listed five key factors’

Description of the practical session
This practical session provide students with an overview of the unique aspects of marketing in the international business environment and provide the framework upon which multinational marketing management can be based. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the international marketing manager in the development of marketing strategies for a variety of markets in diverse cultural, political and economic situations. Focus will be on the decision making process in the areas of foreign market analysis, target identification, product planning, promotion and channels of distribution.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Understand the scope and challenge of Foreign Market Analysis and global marketing
2. Analysis of the international environment
3. Understand the mains tools of global marketing
4. Implement principles of products and services in a marketing plan
Executive Summary of your report

An executive summary is an overall summary of the entire report. It should have 3-4 short paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: Based on the Introduction (Introduce the topic of your report)
Paragraph 2: Summary of the body (Indicate main subjects examined in the discussion section of your report)
Paragraph 3: Summary of the conclusions
Paragraph 4: Outline recommendations, if any, in bullet points

NOTE: This is a summary of the entire report so you cannot write it until you have completed the report (you cannot summarize a report you have not yet written).
Even though it appears first, the Executive Summary is one of the last things you will write.
Table of Content

Introduction 1
1. Topic 1 2
1.1 Sub Topic 1 2
1.2 Sub Topic 2 2
1.2.1 Sub Topic 2.1 3
1.2.2 Sub Topc 2.2 4
1.3 Sub Topic 3 4
1.3.1 Sub Topic 3.1 4
1.4 Sub Topic 4 4
1.4.1 Sub Topic 4.1 5
Description of the practical session 3
Learning Outcomes 3
References 7

List of Figures
No table of figures entries found.
In your document, select the words to include in the table of contents, and then on the Home tab, under Styles, click a heading style. Repeat for each heading that you want to include, and then insert the table of contents in your document. To manually create a table of contents, on the Document Elements tab, under Table of Contents, point to a style and then click the down arrow button. Click one of the styles under Manual Table of Contents, and then type the entries manually.
Introduction of your report

In this part of your assignment you will required to give details introduction about your company

The introduction should generally include three key types of information.

a) Background
This section sets the context for the report and provides the (brief) background information required for the reader to understand the report.
NOTE: Detailed company background should not be included here. It is best discussed in the body of the report

b) Aims/Objectives
This tells the reader what the aims/objectives of the report are. It indicates what key questions the report is trying to answer and what it is trying to achieve. Why was it written?

c) Scope
Tell the reader exactly what areas/ideas are covered in the report. This also helps to explain how the report is organized. Look at your plan and consider your headings and sub-headings.

Topic: Launch of the new Iwatch (the Apple new watch) in one country, UAE or Indonesia

Your report must content the following 4 steps:
1. ANALYSIS

2. COUNTRY CHOICE

3. TARGET

4. STRATEGY

1. ANALYSIS
1.1. Analysis of UAE and Indonesia based on the following points:
– Main economical figures: > Population
> GDP
> GDP per head
> Median age
– Business SWOT analysis

1.2. Your evaluation of the business potential for the new Iwatch

in UAE and Indonesia:

⦁ Visiting the potential of the business market of UAE and Indonesia
⦁ Evaluation of the potential demand for the Iwatch

2. COUNTRY CHOICE:

> Based on your market analysis of Indonesia and UAE choose one country in which you
think that you will have more opportunities and chances to launch successfully the Iwatch
> Explain the reasons of your choice

3. DETERMINE YOUR TARGETS

⦁ Determine your commercial targets:
– Expected sales of the Iwatch
– Target: segmentation of your market and customers

4. STRATEGY (of your marketing plan)

4.1. Describe the strategy you will implement to launch the Iwatch in your country:
To create customer value you have to think about the marketing mix (4 P’s)
for the new ” Iwatch”: – Product
– Price
– Place (distribution/channels)
– Promotion (communication / advertising / sales promotion

4.2. Indicate minimum 5 marketing activities you will implement to launch successfully the
Iwach in the selected country.

The assignment must be fully referenced throughout, using Harvard Referencing Guidelines (In-text referencing) to support ideas.
It should be organized logically, using topic headings, subheadings and minor subheadings to break it into sections and sub-sections.
All headings must be numbered sequentially.

In-text Referencing:
If you take any information from the textbook, website, etc, you will need to mention it between the lines within your report.

Example for textbook referencing:
Support organizations are those that use IS primarily for activities such as transaction processing. (Neville, 2010, p.76)(Author’s last name, Year of Book Publication, Page number of the book)

Example for website referencing:
In a management information system, modern, computerized systems continuously gather relevant data, both from inside and outside an organization. (BBC, 2008) (Name of the Website, Year)

Conclusion of your Report

This is your final chance to impress the reader so make it powerful. Most conclusions include three main parts
⦁ stating the aim/ context of the assignment again
⦁ followed by a very brief summary of the main points
⦁ final comments often considering the future (for eg: what can be done to improve the implementation of an intervention in the future)

References of your Report

Citation:
Last page of your assignment must include the complete list of the references used during the completion of your assignment with all the details.

Format for referencing from print media like books:
FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised or underlined. Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: publisher.
Example:
NEVILLE, C. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd Ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Format for referencing from electronic sources:
Author of website FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials or WEBSITE name if no author is available. (Year – in brackets) Title of website in italics or underlined. Any numbers if necessary or available if website is part of a series. [Online in square brackets] Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by date in square brackets].
Example:
BBC NEWS. (2008) Factory gloom worst since 1980. [Online] Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681569.st m. [Accessed: 19th June 2012].
Appendix of your Report

Things that you refer to in your main paper but don’t want to include in the paper, like:

Questionnaires /Answers to questionnaires
Interview transcripts
Consent forms
Maps
Articles/clippings
Data
Charts/Tables
Some diagrams
Pamphlets
Specifications
Grading Rubric
Part A Excellent Good Average Needs Improv. Marks Allocated Marks Received
Executive Summary 4
Introduction 6
1.1. Analysis UAE-Indonesia 16
1.2. Evaluation of potential 8
2. Country choice 4
3. Determination of targets 10
4.1. Strategy description 15
4.2. Marketing activities 5
Conclusion 6
Referencing 10
Report Format 6
Late Penalty
Final Total 90

United States vs. Cambodia

 

Conduct research using the Argosy online library, your text book and the Internet regarding the differences in culture, management styles, and communication strategies between the U.S. and Cambodia.  Analyze at least three potential management conflicts that may arise due to the identified differences and propose solutions for each to help combat these conflicts. Use at least one chart or graph in your PowerPoint presentation.

 

submit a PowerPoint presentation (approximately 10 slides) containing both your assessment of the differences, as well as the potential conflicts, All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. Please be sure to cite, in proper APA format, the information sources you used both within the body of your presentation and on a reference slide at the end of your presentation.

 

Also, you may use PowerPoint’s notes feature to further articulate your reasoning for the selection of the identified conflicts.

1. This discussion is your opportunity to receive feedback on the Week Six Final Paper and ePortfolio Assignment. Remember, submitting this information earlier in the week is advised to allow peers and the instructor ample time to offer feedback to you that you can use to revise your final assignment before submission.

   Initial Post – In your initial post, submit a link to your ePortfolio (Pathbrite) from the Week Six Assignment and attach your draft document of the final assignment to the message. In the message of your initial post:

• In at least one paragraph, discuss your takeaways from this course.  What new learning transpired for you in this course? What will you carry with you to your current or future classroom?
• In at least one paragraph, discuss how action research can influence educational change within the classroom, district, and nationwide.

Final Paper and ePortfolio

Final Paper and ePortfolio

You will create an ePortfolio that includes redesigned activities from prior coursework in the Masters of Arts in Education (MAED) Program that demonstrate your competency with the nine Program Learning Outcomes, which are also the Course Learning Outcomes for EDU 695. Additionally, you will write a narrative reflection of your experience with the program and the ePortfolio construction. The overarching goal of this Final Paper and ePortfolio assignment is to showcase learning from the MAED Program in a consolidated, web-based format that can easily be shared with anyone: colleagues, potential or current employers, friends, family members, and others. For the ePortfolio, you use a system called Pathbrite. Within this ePortfolio, you will tell the story of your educational journey and value of your personal MAED experience as it applies to the labor market. Remember, the ePortfolio is your chance to show what you know and are able to do in the practice of teaching and learning with technology. You will submit a link to your ePortfolio and attach your paper portion of the assignment in a Week Six discussion for preliminary feedback by peers and the instructor before the final submission. The earlier you submit in the Week Six discussion the more opportunity you have for input from your peers and instructor to improve your work before the final submission of this assignment.

Creating the Final Paper and ePortfolio

Please include a link to the ePortfolio (Pathbrite) within the paper portion of this assignment. As needed, refer to the MAED program learning outcomes (PLOs) list. Then, create your final assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations below.

Content Expectations

• • ePortfolio Components (5 Points): Include at least one artifact demonstrating mastery for each of the nine MAED Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs).

• • ePortfolio Design (3 Points): Design the ePortfolio to be professional in appearance. Be sure to exemplify effective and ethical uses of technology so that the ePortfolio logically organized in a visually appealing way.

• • Narrative – Ranking (5 Points): Rank and discuss the importance of each Program Learning Outcome to your individual work setting, including an explanation of each ranking and its value to you in your learning environment or your position. Discuss how you currently use each PLO in your work setting and, if PLOs are not used, discuss ways you might begin to use them in your current or future work setting. If you are unemployed or otherwise do not work in a teaching role, you can either (a) use a previous work location, or (b) imagine the perfect work location (e.g., your dream job), and use that fictional work center to rank and discuss each PLO. The overall goal of this section of the narrative is to rank each PLO according to its importance to you as an educator or potential educator, starting by listing the most important PLO to you first.

• Narrative – Challenges/Solutions (5 Points): Discuss the design and development challenges you experienced while creating this ePortfolio in Pathbrite and explain how you overcame those challenges. If you feel that you did not face any challenges during your design/redesign, please state that there were no challenges and clearly support this statement with a discussion of the details, or reflect and think deeply about your design/redesign process and offer a detailed narrative of how the process excelled. Examples of challenges include: (a) getting accustomed to specific technology to communicate and showcase your learning, (b) difficulty ranking the PLOs, (c) finding creative ways to display your newly learned skill sets, and (d) tying together concepts and theories into one cohesive digital collection. When you explain how you resolved or worked around challenges you need to consider how you became proficient in using various digital tools, how you linked PLOs to your job responsibilities, how Internet searches uncovered new ways to utilize your talents, how peer collaboration produced ways to effectively consolidate multiple concepts and theories in one package, and how ePortfolio examples sparked creative thought.

Written Communication Expectations

• • Page Requirement (.5 points): Include one page per discussion of each of the nine MAED Program Learning Outcomes and a tenth page for the narrative response for a total of ten pages (not including the title and reference pages).

• • APA Formatting (.5 points): Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment.

• • Syntax and Mechanics (.5 points): Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.

• Source Requirement (.5 points): Reference three scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook. All sources on the references page need to be used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Required Resource

Article

1. Phelps, P. H. (2008). Helping teachers become leaders.The Clearing House, 81(3), 119-122. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
   • In this article, Phelps discusses the need for school improvement is based on the idea that more teachers need to function as leaders. When we understand the various dimensions of teacher leadership, we can fulfill multiple roles at the school.

Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.

Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.

To prepare:

• Review the information in Figure 6-2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
• Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
• Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
• Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.

o   Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.

o   Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?

o   Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.

o   How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

To complete:

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:

• Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific.

o   Identify the databases and search words you would use.

o   Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.

• Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.

 

Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references, in APA format

Course Readings

• American Nurses Association. (2015).Nursing informatics: Scope & standards of practice (2nd ed.).Silver Springs, MD: Author.

 

• McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012).Nursing informatics and the founda

Assignment 2: The Application Paper

By Wednesday, December 23, 2015, using the textbook and Argosy Online Library, write a 750-word paper using APA standards that includes discussion of the following:

1. Describe an example of a television program that you believe clearly displays social deviance, and explain why you specifically selected it.
2. In this television program, how are people “labeled” as socially deviating from the expected social norms, and who does this labeling?
3. Analyze the deviance, using terms such as primary deviance, secondary deviance, retrospective labeling, and stigma.
4. Apply Durkheim’s four functions of deviance to the deviant actions in the television program. What purpose(s) does the deviance play?

Please post your completed paper to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Described a television show that displays social deviance.	16
Identified the people labeled as socially deviant and who labeled them as such.	24
Analyzed the deviance using the appropriate terminology. Applied Durkheim’s four functions of deviance.	24
Related essay writings to the concepts and theories discussed in the textbook and outside resources.	24

After reading case 2-2 in your text, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings” (attached) write an essay that includes the following elements:

1. A formal introduction.
2. Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings.Please Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.
3. Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long-term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.

The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings

 

Your submitted paper should be at 2-3 pages and written according to following APA style, and properly referenced.

 

Please note that the textbook author is citing a source in this case, which must be considered when