Author: chris

This week’s content has discussed cross-functional product development and process selection. You have read about how new product development is influenced by the design process and the design tools selected. Two processes for product development were presented: the sequential process and the concurrent process. Each method has advantages and disadvantages that managers need to consider when developing a new product. Recall that operations is responsible for supplying the product or service of the organization and, in order to most efficiently and effectively supply the product, operations managers need to understand the product development options.

 

Post by Wednesday December 9, 2015 a 250-350 word statement that addresses the following questions about the product development process options:

 

What steps in the sequential product development process are similar to the concurrent product development process? What steps are different?

 

Which product development process is more efficient and effective for developing products and services that are well aligned with market expectations and why?

 

Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.

 

 

 

Discussion 2: Group Discussion: Group Case Study Project

 

Each week, as you consider the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study, you will have two Group Project assignments to complete. One will involve a Group Discussion and the other will be an Individual Assignment. The information from both parts will be used for your final Group Case Study Project.

 

Read the Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage case study in your course text. (See Attachment) For your Group Discussion this week, do the following:

 

Post by Wednesday December 9, 2015 a 250-350 word response that addresses the following questions:

 

• Describe Crocs’ new product development process.
• What functional areas within the company are involved in this process?
• How does the company collaborate with suppliers and retailers during this new product development process, and why is this important for effective and efficient product design?

  Support your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.

 

For this assignment, you will respond to the results of your team simulation round. What have you have identified as the key business issues that will impact your company? Respond to the results of your management area. What have you have identified as the key business issues that impacted your decisions in the simulation round? Prepare to discuss your decisions with the other members of your team.

As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in R&D:

• How well did you establish the specification of the products to meet customer demand?
• What level of quality and reliability—mean time between failure (MTBF)—did you build into your products?
• How did you ensure that the perceived age of the product meets customer demand?
• What new products did you create to meet the changing marketplace?

As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in Marketing:

 

• Explain your rationale for how you set the price of your products in the marketplace.
• What was your strategy around creating new products to meet the changing marketplace?
• How well did you build customer awareness through promotion?
• How effectively did you establish a sales force and distribution channels?
• What was your sales forecast strategy for your products?
• What was your rationale for your credit policies (accounts receivable and accounts payable)?

As the Vice President of your product please address these questions for the decisions you made in Production:

 

• Did you purchase machinery to automate your facilities? If so, what was your rationale?
• Did you buy or sell capacity of product lines?
• How did you establish you production schedule for each line?
• How well did you manage the majority of the company’s fixed assets?
• Did you establish your workforce complement?

In conjunction with the COO, the Vice President will address these questions for the decisions you made in Finance:

 

• Did you acquire capital to fund capital expansions?
• Did you issue stock, short-term debt, or long-term bonds? If so, why?
• Did you issue a dividend to your shareholders? Explain your rationale whether your answer was yes or no.
• How well did you balance your debt portfolio? What was your strategy regarding the management of the pro forma statements?

 

 

There was a lot to learn from week one for Dell and for Digby.  It was a rough week for team Digby.  But in week two we turned things around instead of being in the negative we actually were in the positive with our net income.  Our sales earning was $146,950 which was not bad for week two for Digby and we did not have to get an emergency loan.  For Daze and Dell we stocked out and for Dell this was the second week that we stocked out. This is never a good thing for a company.  It doesn’t show consistency to their customers I have to work on not stocking out.  Even though we were able to stay in the positive side of the finances for week two there are still loads of are that team Digby can work on to make it a successful company. So I will outline what I did in each department and how well it worked for team Dell we actually were able to rank #1 for the Low end production.

 

For Dell which is the low end production for Digby I made some changes in week 2.  In the R& D page I left this alone the reason for this was because this was the second most important aspect for our customers.  It ranked number two with a 24% of what our customer are looking for in a product.  The ideal age is 7.0 and if I would have made any changes in the R& D page I would have lowered the age of the product.  This actually worked well for me it brought my product age up to 4.04.  This means that next year it will be even higher.  As for Dell there were no new products created because that will not be feasible for my customers.

 

In the Marketing department I left he price alone at $20.50 which compare to my competitors it was low.  But that was ok with me for Dell product because the most important expectation for my customers is the Price.  The reason I left the pricing alone was to generate customers to come and buy the product.  The price range is from $14 to $24 it ranked number one with a 53% margin of what the customers want.  I actually lowered the budgeting for Promotion to $700 and the sales Budget to $500 even with lowering the promotional budget to $700 the customer awareness was 50%.  For customer awareness it wasn’t too bad it could have been better but 50% was not a bad at all.  For the sale force I think that I did ok for Dell for week two my forecast strategy was 2840 and I could have worked on this better for Dell.

 

For Dell Production I thought I did well for production but apparently I stocked out again.  For week 2 my contribution margin was 23% which was low.  I also did not utilize my second shift like I should have.  I purchased 500 capacity as well as 5.0 in automation rating.  I did not utilize my production for each line as well as not establishing a good workforce.  I thought by increasing the production as well as the capacity and the automation it would have been suffice.  But as I seen again in week two running out of production again showed me that I have to be able to utilize both shifts. I will make those changes for week three.

 

When it came to our finances Digby did a whole lot better than week one.  In week one team Digby was in the negative for the net income and this was because we had to take out an emergency loan.  For week two our focus was to make sure that we did not take out an emergency loan.  As well as making sure that the company was actually in the positive when it came to our net income we ended with $2,986.  We actually did issue long term debt because this was the reason for week one emergency loan.  So issuing long term debt actually helped Digby in not getting an emergency loan at all.  For Dell our sales were $35,455 and our net margin was $2,338.  There are still loads of areas for us to work on as a company.  Digby did better in week two than in week one.  We still have some areas that we need to work on for week three.  For Dell I have to work on making sure that there is no stock out.  As well as making sure that as a company that our overall finances are in order.  We need to learn from week one and week two in-order to make week three successful for team Digby.

Multiple Choice Section
Ameasureofthelikelihoodofaliquidtoevaporateistermedthe ________________ .
a. VaporPressure
b. AutoignitionTemperature c. Flashpoint
d. Short-TermExposureLimit
Which type of CBRNE material is generally considered to be the least likely to be used in a terrorist attack?
a. Chemical b. Biological c. Explosive d. Nuclear
If a material has a boiling point of 0oC (32oF) and a freezing point of
– 40oC (- 40oF), what is the state of the material at room temperature?
a. Solid b. Liquid c. Gas
d. Plasma
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Decontamination is an intervention applied to which stage of Benner’s Generalized Behavior Model (GeBMo)?
a. Stress
b. Engulfment c. Impingement d. Harm
The specific gravity of a material helps us to determine how it might behave in ____________ .
Air
Water
Cold Weather
ClosedRooms
Which of the following is not a type of failure of PPE?
Injection
Penetration
Permeation
Degradation
Which level of PPE (A through D) uses a supplied air system (such as SCBA) for respiratory protection and incorporates a vapor-tight encapsulating suit?
Level A
Level B
Level C
Level D
Common decontamination methods include the application of water, soap and water, absorbent materials, and _____________ .
Strongacids
Dilutebleachsolution
Radiological materials
Degradation
In Benner’s Generalized Behavior Model (GeBMo) which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. Breach-Stress-Release
b. Release-Stress-Impingement c. Breach-Release-Engulfment d. Stress-Harm-Release
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10.The damages caused by explosives include overpressure, thermal, and ________________ effects.
a. Brisance
b. Fragmentation c. Toxic
d. Impingement
11.Since you know that when released Chlorine gas tends to hug the ground, its vapor density is in excess of what number (choose the smallest correct answer)?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
12.What is the maximum overpressure that ordinary windows can sustain without breaking in an explosion?
1psi
10psi
100 psi
1,000psi
13.The use of a small amount of relatively unstable explosive to actuate a larger amount of relatively stable explosive is an example of
Separationtechnology
Haber’s law
An explosive train
Poor tactics
14.Which of the following is not a class of chemical warfare agents?
Harassingagents
Nerveagents
Toxins
Incapacitatingagents
15.Which of the following is a not considered to be an outward warning sign or detection clue of a hazardous chemical?
Presenceofcardboardboxes
Placardsandlabels
Symptom of exposed individuals
Color of smoke
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16.Which of the following is not true regarding chemical warfare agents?
They are difficult to detect
They are generally liquids
They are all highly toxic
They are easy to protect yourself from if you have appropriate PPE
17.What kind of instrument safely measures the presence of some toxic chemicals, including aromatics?
OxygenMeter
Photo-IonizationDetector
Radiation Meter
Combustible Gas Indicator
18.Mustard (HD) is an example of which kind of chemical warfare agent?
Blister agent
Vomitingagent
Harassing agent
Nerveagent
19.Black powder is an example of what kind of explosive?
Highexplosive
Moderateexplosive
Low explosive
Brisance
20.Which level of PPE is considered to be the minimum to use when confronted with an unknown or uncharacterized chemical?
Level A
Level B
Level C
Level D
21.A chemical warfare agent that has a psychological effect on its victim would be classified as what kind of agent?
Nerveagent
Blister agent
Incapacitating agent
Vesicant
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22.The typical biological growth curve found in a laboratory culture that has reached its carrying capacity has the shape of which letter of the alphabet?
An“invertedU”
An“S”
A“J”
Biological growth curves have no predictable shape
23.Which of the following is not a common form of radiation?
Alpharadiation
Betaradiation
Gamma radiation
Omegaradiation
24.Radioactive changes in an atom are caused by too many or too few ____________ in the nucleus:
a. Protons b. Neutrons c. Electrons d. X-rays
25.Which of the following biological warfare organisms are not bacteria? a. Plague
b. Anthrax c. Smallpox d. Q-fever
26.At the end of three half-lives, what percent of the original radioactive materials remain?
a. 50% b. 25% c. 12.5% d. 6.25%
27.The military approach to protect troops from chemical warfare agents is to use _____________ technology as PPE.
a. Absorptive b. Barrier
c. Untested d. Civilian
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28.The grand strategy of “separate the people form the problem” involves all of the following except:
Personal protective equipment
Decontamination
Distance
Vaccination
29.Which of the following is not a form of stress in Benner’s Generalized Behavior Model (GeBMo)?
a. Chemical b. Thermal
c. Biological d. Mechanical
30.Which environmental measurement does the “Four Agency Manual” recommend be performed first when entering an uncharacterized scene?
Oxygenmonitoring
Radiationmonitoring
Combustible atmosphere monitoring
Toxicitymonitoring
Short Answer/Essay Section
31.Compare the types and amount of explosives that might be expected to be used if the intent was to bring down a reinforced building versus bringing down an airliner. Given today’s homeland security environment, which do you think would be easier?
32.Explain the fascination terrorists and would-be terrorists seem to have with Cyanides.
33.I have posted an article on the Course Documents page entitled “Times Dispatch Article.” Please read it and identify at least four (4) errors or myths it contains based upon what we have discussed in class. Be specific.
34.Identify at least two (2) biological organisms that have been used successfully in terrorist or terrorist-like incidents (i.e. – they actually caused death or injury to their targets). Why were they employed? Why were they successful?
Extra Credit
Identify at least five (5) significant reasons that the FBI believes that Dr. Ivins was the perpetrator of the 2001 Anthrax attacks in the US. Please be specific.
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Create an inferential statistics (hypothesis) test using the research question and two variables developed for the Week 2 Business Research Project Part 1 assignment. Include:<br>
The research question<br>
Mock data for the independent and dependent variables<br>
Determine the appropriate statistical tool to test the hypothesis based on the research question.<br>
Conduct a hypothesis test with a 95% confidence level, using the statistical tool.<br>
Write an interpretation of no more than 350-words of the results and provide your findings.<br>
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.<br>
Submit both the spreadsheet and the paper to the Assignment Files tab.

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Scenario #4: <br>
Kris is the intern in charge of your company (or school’s) social media account. Their job is to “be the brand” on social media and monitor the official facebook page. When faced with a negative public comment on the facebook page, Kris is supposed to reply with a link to the official complaint form so the negative comment can be escalated to the proper department who can best deal with the complaint and take action. Kris has recently broken up with their longterm partner and has been noticeably distracted at work. You receive a phone call from an irate customer that instead of a link to the comment and complaint form, Kris has posted a link to a pornographic website. <br>
Your company typically hires interns into full time positions, and your boss has requested a policy brief to determine if this intern can be offered a full time position. Your boss has also asked for guidance on if the intern can receive a letter of reference from the company. <br>
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Scenario #5: <br>
Your company (or school) encourages all employees to be active on social media <br>
One of your long-time employees resists creating any accounts until a new policy is passed down from head office that says social media activity will be viewed positively in yearly progress reports, especially if your company/school account is interacting with the public to increase brand arrangement. This employee creates accounts on various social media platforms. They post at most once a week. <br>
Suddenly, this employee’s twitter account begins posting content quite often. These tweets contain links to spam sites such as weight loss drugs or buying essays. When confronted about this sudden flood of spam, your employee admits they appear to have been hacked. Their password has been changed and they can’t regain control over their company account. When asked how this happened, this employee admits they did not add two factor authentication despite it being corporate policy to do so. <br>
Your boss has asked for a policy brief about what to do in regards to this employee’s hacked account, and whether active social media participation should continue to be a factor in yearly progress reports or not. <br>
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Requirement is tow part <br>
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1-based on those given two scenarios create a social media participation policy for an organization of your choice (<a href=”https://e.g” target=”_blank”>e.g</a>. your employer, College student , your child’s school, etc.). This policy should include (but is not limited to): <br>
1-A description of your intended audience for this policy<br>
2-A code of conduct for employees/students<br>
3-Rules for how employees/students should (or should not) represent your organization online that differentiates between social media use for work and social media use in one’s personal time<br>
4-A policy Guidelines for at least 5 specific social media sites presented in class this semester (Pinterest,Tumblr, Facebook, Tinder and Snapchat)<br>
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5-your social media policy will conclude with a 600 word summary description of where and how the readings and theories we have discussed this semester are reflected in your social media policy. <br>
Please use try to use the sources provided for summary description<br>
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It is up to you if this policy will be “pro” or “anti” social media use, but your reasons should be firmly grounded in the literature we have been discussing throughout the semester.<br>

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2- An employee at your organization has done something horrible on social media.<br>
Based on your social media policy, respond to 2 of the scenarios above policy brief memo Treat it like you are writing an email or internal memo to your boss at the company you have created for your policy brief..<br>
The intended audience for your brief will be a higher-ranking employee who has the power to fire other employees. If your organization is a school, the intended audience is the principal or Dean.<br>
Sources :<br>
<a href=”https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x/full” target=”_blank”>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x/full</a><br>
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<a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0″ target=”_blank”>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0</a><br>
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demonstrate knowledge and understanding and an ability to critique the operation on english legal systems,sources ,institutions ,personnel and processes. please use oscola referencing.<br>
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Question : Anna is the first year of a degree course in psychology,she want to enhance her cv and her flatmate has suggested that she applies to become a local <a href=”https://magistrate.her” target=”_blank”>magistrate.her</a> flatmate seen an advert for a number of magistrate vacancies in the local newspaper.<br>
Donal has just <a href=”https://retired.he” target=”_blank”>retired.he</a> is 60 year old and is looking for something to fill his time now that he has retired from running local newsagents. he has seen the advert for magistrate vacancies running in the local paper for weeks and is considering applying.<br>
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anna and donald both know that you are a law student and they have asked you for advice on whether they would be considered for selection as a magistrate

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Stock Simulation Portfolio Project:<br>
One of the best ways to learn about investing is to actually invest. You will create and manage your own simulated investment portfolio using Investopedia. You will each do this individually. The last day of trading in your account is Wednesday December 2. Your report should be posted on BlackBoard before midnight, Sunday December 6. My evaluation is based on your report and the online account information. The report should be typed, single-spaced and no more than two to three pages in length, and should include the following five headings:<br>
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<a href=”https://1.Objective” target=”_blank”>1.Objective</a>: Your selected portfolio objective from the list below.<br>
<a href=”https://2.Ending” target=”_blank”>2.Ending</a> Portfolio: A table describing your ending portfolio. The table should include each stock name (and ticker), number of shares, price, and market value of each position and total value of the portfolio. <br>
<a href=”https://3.Security” target=”_blank”>3.Security</a> selection: An explanation of how securities were selected, with one concrete example.<br>
<a href=”https://4.Successes” target=”_blank”>4.Successes</a> and failures: A description of your greatest success and greatest failure. <br>
<a href=”https://5.Lessons” target=”_blank”>5.Lessons</a> learned: Explain any lessons learned.<br>
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You must sign up for one of these portfolio objectives:<br>
<a href=”https://A.S” target=”_blank”>A.S</a>&amp;P 500 index fund. Your objective is to track the returns for this index. You should buy a portfolio of stocks that minimizes tracking error without buying ETFs, mutual funds, options, or futures. Cash should be minimized and margin is not used.<br>
<a href=”https://B.Large” target=”_blank”>B.Large</a> cap actively managed fund. You should buy stocks that are in the S&amp;P 500 index and maintain a risk level similar to the index, but actively try to beat the index’s return.<br>
<a href=”https://C.Technology” target=”_blank”>C.Technology</a> fund. Invest in stocks in the information technology and telecommunications sectors.<br>
<a href=”https://D.Aggressive” target=”_blank”>D.Aggressive</a> stock fund. This is a maximum risk, maximum return strategy that will pursue high returns regardless of the risks.

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Assignment: Company Analysis – Writing Assignment 1<br>
You will have time to work on this assignment in class.<br>
Purpose<br>
To analyze a company’s external business communication documents.<br>
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Overview<br>
According to the Syllabus, meeting all requirements for an assignment will earn you a grade of B. The B grade indicates expected performance at the graduate level. To achieve a grade of B+ or better, your work should cover all main points of an assignment, demonstrate a clear and concise organized thought process, incorporate various levels of creativity, include additional resources and experiences into the assignment, and contain no noticeable grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.<br>
A grading rubric, which will be used by your professor, is included with each assignment. Carefully review each rubric to make sure you have addressed all the criteria before submitting your assignment. Most of the rubrics include the following general criteria in addition to the specific criteria for each assignment.<br>
• Integrates established business communication principles.<br>
At the graduate level, you must support your work with established principles in the field. Citations are required.<br>
• Synthesizes relevant information and material to provide evidence of critical thought.<br>
At the graduate level, you must demonstrate that you have the ability to combine various elements to form a coherent whole – not simply stating facts. You also must demonstrate that you have the ability to examine a situation from diverse perspectives before reaching a conclusion.<br>
• Develops ideas with clarity and logic.<br>
At the graduate level, you must demonstrate that you can present your message in a clear and logical manner and not have your message obscured by disorganized facts and information.<br>
In this assignment you will be using a tool called <a href=”https://turnitin.com” target=”_blank”>turnitin.com</a>. This tool allows you to check your paper for potential plagiarism before submitting your paper for a grade. Use the results of the originality report to modify your paper as needed before submitting.<br>
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Scenario: Your supervisor has asked you to explore a company that your organization is thinking about purchasing. Your job is to begin an initial analysis of the company. You will write a professional email to your supervisor that describes your findings.<br>
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Note: This is an individual assignment.<br>
Action Items<br>
1. Review Table <a href=”https://7.1″ target=”_blank”>7.1</a> Tips for Effective Email Messages in your textbook. <br>
2. Review the grading rubric for this assignment.<br>
3. Go to the discussion topic, “Company Assignment”, and see which company your professor has assigned you to analyze for this assignment.<br>
4. Read the two most recent annual reports of the company you have been assigned.<br>
a. Go to the company’s website. Typically, the annual report will be stored on the Investor Relations page of the company’s website.<br>
b. Locate and read the last two annual reports of the company as indicated.<br>
c. Read other reports and press releases posted by the company.<br>
5. Locate the Consolidated Statements of Income (also known as the Income Statement), Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows in the most current annual report. Print them out, or if the firm offers downloadable copies, download them and save to your computer.<br>
Note: You will need the Consolidated Statements of Income for this assignment. Data from the Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows will be used in Write 2: Handout (in-class) .<br>
6. Create a Microsoft ExcelTM worksheet to present the major portions of the firm’s Consolidated Statements of Income. See the sample provided. You are not simply to copy the sample – make your own worksheet and do your own formatting and computations. Format the Excel document to print in landscape view. See the sample for an example of how to set up the reports and the calculations you are to perform.<br>
Note: You will likely note some extra items on the Consolidated Statements of Income – things that you do not know what to do with. Most of these are non-operating expenses or income that should be captured as such, following the sample provided. The items you are most concerned with will be clearly labeled as such.<br>
7. Write a Word document containing a copy of your email to your supervisor that addresses the following items.<br>
a. What is the tone of each report (its appearance, theme, look)? What feelings and impressions do you get from looking at the report?<br>
b. Review the management letters and other front matter found in the beginning of the reports. What stands out? Can you draw any initial conclusions about the state of the business? What do the leaders have to say about their company?<br>
c. What else is contained in the annual reports, and what is the significance of it?<br>
d. Compare and contrast the two consolidated statements of income for the company. Consider the yearly operating performance and environmental circumstances (economy, market, trends, etc) that are readily apparent to you as an observer, and/or those mentioned specifically by the management of the organization.<br>
e. What changes do you notice in tone and content from year to year?<br>
f. What is your recommendation on if this company should be explored further for potential purchase by your organization? Include a rationale for your recommendation.<br>
8. Check your document with <a href=”https://grammarly.com” target=”_blank”>grammarly.com</a>. Modify your document as needed. Note: Instructions on how to access <a href=”https://grammarly.com” target=”_blank”>grammarly.com</a> is available inSubmit To Grammarly.<br>
9. Submit your document to <a href=”https://turnitin.com” target=”_blank”>turnitin.com</a> (see MBA Toolbox). Use your Franklin email when setting up your account. View the tutorials on how to use the tool, especially how the Originality report works and how it can be used to improve your paper.<br>
10. Read the Originality Report you receive from <a href=”https://turnitin.com” target=”_blank”>turnitin.com</a> and make any modifications as needed to your document. This may include adding proper citations or better paraphrasing.<br>
11. Include your Excel worksheet as an appendix to your Word document. There are several ways to do this. Here is just one method.<br>
• Place your cursor where you would like to include the Excel worksheet into your Word document.<br>
• Insert an “object” into your Word document at the appropriate location. b<br>
• Select “Create from file” tab.<br>
• A window will appear for you to search your file structure for your .xls or .xlsx file.<br>
• The file will be inserted into your word document. You may need to resize the image to fit the page.<br>
12. Include the grading rubric as an appendix to your document.<br>
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It should be in email format and should address the points as is listed below. I have short explanations in red. <br>
Start with a short introduction about the research that you conducted on the company and say that you will be addressing the contents of the two annual reports to determine whether the company is worth purchasing. <br>
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Write a Word document containing a copy of your email to your supervisor that addresses the following items.<br>
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What is the tone of each report (its appearance, theme, look)? What feelings and impressions do you get from looking at the report?<br>
Here you look at the two reports and determine how they looked different from each other. It could be that they changed the entire layout to make it look more presentable, or that they have new sections of interest to investors etc. Explain why you like one report better than teh other. or why you felt that there was not much change in both the reports<br>
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Review the management letters and other front matter found in the beginning of the reports. What stands out? Can you draw any initial conclusions about the state of the business? What do the leaders have to say about their company?<br>
Here you need to look at the two reports and determine whether the tone of the chairman’s note and other notes by key leaders are positive in terms of how they performed, what were the key achievements, and find what was different from one report to the other.<br>
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What else is contained in the annual reports, and what is the significance of it?<br>
List the key elements of the reports and say why they are important. For example the VW reports have extremely clear view of the financial charts that clearly match the balance sheets. This is an indication that the company want to give a better visual feel to their report as investors may not want to take a look at the entire balance sheet.<br>
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Compare and contrast the two consolidated statements of income for the company. Consider the yearly operating performance and environmental circumstances (economy, market, trends, etc) that are readily apparent to you as an observer, and/or those mentioned specifically by the management of the organization. – You would have done this comparison in the class and will have a clear understanding of the same. This will help you to answer the next question. <br>
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What changes do you notice in tone and content from year to year?<br>
Refer to section above to address this question. For example the VW reports on the capture of market saw a decline from one year to the next. This needs to have a reason. It could have been that another car manufacturing company launched its operations in that region… <br>
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What is your recommendation on if this company should be explored further for potential purchase by your organization? Include a rationale for your recommendation.<br>
Based on the analysis, you should be able to say whether you recommend to purchase or not to purchase and why…. <br>
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The reason should be a solid one.. for example, the decline of foreign manufactured cars in the global market has seen a decline as the countries where there were high sales have begun to manufacture similar cars at cheaper rates, or whatever you deem fit based on your analysis. or if you want to purchase, then state why….

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Talk about 3 of the Councils you are on and discuss them in terms of what they contribute to:<br>
• Communication &amp; Collaboration – across disciplines as well as nursing<br>
• A Culture of Patient Safety <br>
• Quality Nursing Care<br>
• Process of Decision-Making<br>
At my job, I sit on a Unit Based Practice Council. What we do is discuss problems that might arise on our floor and through evidence based practice we try to find interventions or better ways to treat such problems. Before every meeting, we also send out an e-mail to the entire unit (Spinal Cord Injury Unit) and ask the staff if they have any topics that they would like to cover in our meetings. The entire unit is welcome to join us in our meetings. After each meeting, the meeting minutes are e-mailed out to the staff. Things we cover include infection control, safety, better ways of communication, and so forth. A recent project we have been working on is whether or not night shift nurses should give half of the baths and/or showers on night shift. The night shift RN’s are saying that they do not have time as all of their work has to be done at the beginning of shift and at the end and between Midnight and 4 am the patient’s need to sleep. Dayshift RN’s feel this is possible and are requesting that (if time permits and patients agree to it) patient’s be bathed between the hours of 12-4am. This has been a work in progress for us. <br>
Another committee I sit on is the HUSH committee. “help us support healing”. We really don’t have very many meetings for this and it is really about keeping the noise down and lights dim during evening hours so that patient can get rest and heal. Each unit has a HUSH representitvie and my job is to dim lights, keep HUSH signs posted everywhere, remind staff to speak quietly (not to yell down the hall at other staff memebers, keep cell phones on vibrate, IV alaris pump alarms on a quieter setting, etc.) For our patient’s that are unable to sleep and they want to watch <a href=”https://t.v” target=”_blank”>t.v</a>. we give them headphones so as not to disturb their neighbors. <br>
I am the unit rep for the National Nurses United (NNU), our union. We have meetings the first Wednesday of every month and it is my job to ask my fellow co-workers if they have any issues they want me to address at my meetings. I take those issues with me and whatever is discussed at the meetings or information I receive I post it for all to see on my unit on our union peg board that I created in our breakroom.<br>
My professor wants these things addressed: <br>
• Communication &amp; Collaboration – across disciplines as well as nursing<br>
• A Culture of Patient Safety <br>
• Quality Nursing Care<br>
• Process of Decision-Making<br>
How do these councils help in these ways. I do not have time to answer these questions or do this assignment as I am currently working 68 hour work weeks.

This is a two part written project that will focus on the marketing aspects of your start up business. Please submit as one written assignment.

Part 1:

In three to four pages, address the following areas:

Part 2:

In five to six pages, address the following areas: