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Respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas.

You’re meeting with Lester in his office to discuss the details of your presentation to the board next week.

“Given all of the research that you have completed over the past several weeks,” he says, “you should have most of the information you need to make a presentation to the board. The board doesn’t want you to do any more research on all of the topics; rather, we want you to summarize the research that you have already done. ”

“Yes,” you say. “I think I have what I need.”

“Of course we want your final conclusion and recommendation on what the company should do regarding the location issue, as well,” he says.

“What type of presentation do you have in mind, Lester?”

“A PowerPoint presentation would be appropriate for this group,” he says. “I want you to include slide notes, too, in case we have to go back and look at something at a later date. Your PowerPoint presentation should contain between 10–15 slides, not including the title slide and reference slide(s). For each slide, you should have between 150–200 words in the Notes sections. Let’s take a few minutes now to go over how the slides should be organized. I’ve done similar presentations, so I can save you some time with a few pointers.”

When you get back to your office, you type out your notes about each element you discussed and the overall organization of the presentation. For this presentation, you are addressing the following elements:

• Legal, social, and financial factor considerations
• Economic factors: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, interest rates, unemployment
• Elasticity of demand
• Economies of scale and efficiency
• Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)
• Market structure
• Risk
• Costs (marginal, fixed, variable, etc.)

 

Compare and contrast the intelligence methods and duties and responsibilities of the U.S. military, federal, state and local law enforcement, as well as homeland security entities to protect the homeland in a 8–10 page research paper in APA (sixth edition) format.

Utilizing a public policy of your choice from the local government where you reside, complete the following:

• Analyze that local government’s revenues and possible funding options for the chosen public policy.

Additionally, utilizing the local government’s annual budgeting documents and any other pertinent documents, incorporate the following into your paper:

1. Describe restrictions that are (or could be) placed on those revenues.
2. Evaluate how public policy decisions affect the receipt of revenues.
3. Analyze the economic conditions that affect revenue projections.
4. Recommend a revenue policy that aligns with community values.

‘The discovery of America and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two (2) greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind” – Adam Smith, in the Wealth of Nations,1776. Think about why he and many other notables supported this statement, especially the discovery of America. What was so important about this New World across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe?  How did it change globalization in terms of trade, culture, societies, innovations, new and old world exchanges, and in other ways?

You have already developed a thesis statement and developed an outline in which you identify three (3) main points relevant to your topic. Now you will develop the final paper in which you explore your main points in detail.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Introduce your paper with your previously crafted thesis statement.
2. Identify three (3) major aspects that demonstrate old and new world exchanges. Explain your responses with specific examples and details.
3. Identify three (3) specific groups that were affected by this global event and provide two (2) examples for each group describing how the group was affected.
4. Summarize how this discovery affected the life of the average working American during the colonial period. Use specific examples and details.
5. Use at least three (3) academic references besides or in addition to the textbook. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA style or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Defining and understanding the elements of a group culture is essential to forging a professional identity either online or in person. These elements are important because they reflect how professionals interact, whether online or in person.

An industrial or workplace culture consists of different occupations, roles and statuses. A hospital is an excellent example of a number of people working in close proximity representing different occupational groups. Patients, nurses, health care specialists, surgeons, administrators, security, and support staff groups all function together but may be identified by their equipment, behaviors and language, and the tools and training used to get their work completed.

In this Assignment, you will write a descriptive report about the industry culture of a group of people within the workplace, preferably your career field industry culture. Please note that this focus should not be on racial or ethnic cultures.

Assignment Instructions

Search using individual internet research and complete an essay (in at least 250 words), that investigates a cultural group in your desired field. Describe what the industry group is like in your own words with support from any outside source information you have found. Be sure to cite and reference in APA format any outside sources you have used.
There are 2 separate Assignments to complete.

Assignment 1: In this Assignment, you will be using the PowerPoint narration tool to create your own audiovisual presentation. Once you have done this, you can put this skill on your resume. Audiovisual presentations are used in everything from customer service response, training employees, solving problems in the workplace, explaining instructions to colleagues, and responding to stakeholders concerning business issues.

Scenario Marketing

In Unit 6, you selected a company for which you would like to be marketing manager. Select the same company. You recently reviewed last quarter’s national ad campaign. All ads are tracked with your franchisees so you can tell what is working and what is not working. You noticed the numbers for most of the advertising had a low response. You also observed that the ads include some great features of your product (service) offered by your company but are not backed by benefits.
POWERPOINT Assignment: Creating A Sound Promotional and Distribution Strategy
In this Assignment, you will be using the PowerPoint narration tool to create your own audiovisual presentation. Once
you have done this, you can put this skill on your resume. Audiovisual presentations are used in everything from
customer service response, training employees, solving problems in the workplace, explaining instructions to
colleagues, and responding to stakeholders concerning business issues.
Scenario Marketing
In Unit 6, you selected a company for which you would like to be marketing manager. Select the same company. You
recently reviewed last quarter’s national ad campaign. All ads are tracked with your franchisees so you can tell what is
working and what is not working. You noticed the numbers for most of the advertising had a low response. You also
observed that the ads include some great features of your product (service) offered by your company but are not backed
by benefits.
In this Assignment, you will engage in the development of the following professional competency:
Interact with others in a professional manner using appropriate communication and presentation skills.
Create a quarter page magazine ad that targets either the consumer or the business market. The ad should also include a
coupon or some type of sales promotion to immediately generate revenue.
Checklist: Explain your advertising and promotion rationale in a PowerPoint to the CEO that includes audio
explanations.
You should include the following:
One ad targeting either the consumer segment or targeting the business segment.
What are your advertising and promotion goals?
What magazine are you recommending to reach the segment?
What is the cost?
How will you track and measure response rates?
Elaborate on the bulleted points on each slide of 5-7 slides rather than just reading the slides (include no
more than 4 or 5 bulleted points on a slide). In other words, your PowerPoint provides an outline of what
you will discuss in the audio portion of your presentation. You can include some notes below each slide.
You can either record a narration before you run a presentation or record a narration during a presentation and include
audience comments in the recording. If you do not want narration throughout the presentation, you can record
comments only on selected slides or turn off the narration so that it plays only when you want it to play. You can also
use Brainshark.com to record your presentation.

In this Assignment, you will engage in the development of the following professional competency:

Interact with others in a professional manner using appropriate communication and presentation skills.

Create a quarter page magazine ad that targets either the consumer or the business market. The ad should also include a coupon or some type of sales promotion to immediately generate revenue.

Checklist: Explain your advertising and promotion rationale in a PowerPoint to the CEO that includes audio explanations.

You should include the following:

One ad targeting either the consumer segment or targeting the business segment.
What are your advertising and promotion goals?
What magazine are you recommending to reach the segment?
What is the cost?
How will you track and measure response rates?
Elaborate on the bulleted points on each slide of 5-7 slides rather than just reading the slides (include no more than 4 or 5 bulleted points on a slide). In other words, your PowerPoint provides an outline of what you will discuss in the audio portion of your presentation. You can include some notes below each slide.
You can either record a narration before you run a presentation or record a narration during a presentation and include audience comments in the recording. If you do not want narration throughout the presentation, you can record comments only on selected slides or turn off the narration so that it plays only when you want it to play. You can also use Brainshark.com to record your presentation.

Submit your response in a PowerPoint presentation with audio consisting of 5 to 7 slides, using 24-pt. font, to the Unit 7 Assignment 1 Dropbox.

You may use these simple instructions to add audio to your presentation

OR

Go to Microsoft.com for complete directions on how to add audio to your presentation or you can access the short instructions below on the instructions icon. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/add-narration-to-a-presentation-HA001230306.aspx

Assignment 2: Evaluating the Marketing Mix

Scenario:

Congratulations. You have just been named marketing manager of a major new startup company, Home Essentials Inc. Your job will be to perform the daily tasks of a marketing manager.

The first day on the job you receive this problem. They know they have a problem but they are not sure what it is. They know it must be fixed very soon or they will be out of business. Write a 3–4 page memo to the CEO of Home Essentials, Inc. detailing what you think the problem has been and what you think contributes to the problem and recommend a solution addressing the 4 P’s in your response. Your solution can have multiple steps or considerations.
ESSAY Assignment: Evaluating the Marketing Mix
Scenario: Problem-Solving as a Marketing Manager
Congratulations. You have just been named marketing manager of a major new startup company, Home Essentials Inc.
Your job will be to perform the daily tasks of a marketing manager.
The first day on the job you receive this problem. They know they have a problem but they are not sure what it is. They
know it must be fixed very soon or they will be out of business. Everyone is looking to you to fix it.
This startup company management has noticed that there has not been the demand they anticipated for their practical
but necessary product for new parents. They got rave reviews in the baby and home magazines as the “must have”
product of the year. But yet no one seems to know their product or what it does.
The product is a baby gate/play area that is free form when unlocked, but once configured in the shape parents want, it
can be locked into that shape and will not move or collapse anywhere you put it. The current price for the product is
$100. Consumer Baby Products Safety Commission gave it 5 stars for safety.
The startup has hardly any money and all managers are working for a potential slice of the company if successful.
They have a website that is good but hardly exciting and no advertising to speak of except word of mouth.
Follow these Critical Thinking steps:
1. Determine the problem
2. Analyze the problem
3. Design possible solutions, including media to be used
4. Evaluate the solutions and recommend the most viable one while addressing the 4 P’s.
Write a 3–4 page memo to the CEO of Home Essentials, Inc. detailing the following:
 What you think the problem has been and what you think contributes to the problem.
 Recommend a solution addressing the 4 P’s in your response. Your solution can have multiple steps or
considerations.

Employee turnover in the hospitality industry averages 400% annually. This means that, on average, 100% of the staff of a restaurant, hotel, airline, cruise ship, etc. is replaced four (4) times per year. There has been extensive research on employee turnover and employee job satisfaction. Using the Internet or the Strayer Library, select one (1) hospitality industry type such as fast-food restaurants, luxury hotels, specialty hotels, or any other type of hospitality interest and identify the main problems associated with that industry and employee turnover. Suggest ways and methods to address the high turnover rate.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the type of hospitality industry and its main categories of employees.
2. Summarize three (3) primary reasons that turnover is so high in this industry.
3. Recommend one (1) method to address each of the three (3) primary reasons that turnover is so high in this industry.
4. Recommend one (1) method to improve job satisfaction in general for this industry.
5. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Develop a plan for managing and improving quality in a hospitality operation.
• Describe the management attributes contributing to providing service quality.
• List and describe basic service paradigms.
• Differentiate between high- and low-performance organizations and identify contributing factors.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in quality service assurance.
• Write clearly and concisely about quality service assurance using proper writing mechanics

one to two paragraphs each with refrences attached for each discussion question. I will pay $5 per question and an additional $20 for time and research. This needs to be complete by 11/17/2015.

 

 

Discussion Assignments

 

1. Offer an example of a justification-based defense other than self-defense. Discuss the concepts of self-defense, defense of the home, and defense of property. Louisiana and a few other states have a law which some have termed as a “make my day” law, which allows deadly force to be used solely to protect property. In other words, you could shoot someone you observed trying to steal your car. Are these laws wise? Why or why not?
2. Locate a news story or informational web site about animal abuse and neglect and comment on it. How should we punish animal abuse? Animal neglect? Should it be a felony? Under what circumstances?

    

    

   Discussion Assignments

    

   1. What are the various tests used for the insanity defense? Which one do you believe is best for the courts to apply? Why?
   2. Offer an example of two excuse based defenses. Read “Criminal Law in the News” on page 178. Offer or obtain an example of an excuse-defense that strikes you as silly, absurd, inappropriate, outrageous, etc. Has our system gone overboard in allowing these defenses? Why or why not?
   3. Locate a news story or informational web site about hate crimes, and comment on the story. How should we punish hate crime? What are the Constitutional issues with hate crime laws? Should it be a felony? Under what circumstances?

    

   Discussion Assignments

    

   1. Review the stories about three controversial homicide cases in the course content for this week.  What level of homicide charge is appropriate? Why?
   2. Chapter 8 contains a lot of discussion about domestic violence and the law. Should domestic violence be punished as a separate crime or within existing assault laws? What about stalking? Explain. Should prosecutors press criminal charges in these cases if the victim is unwilling? Why or why not?
   3. Chapter 10 contains materials on drunken driving and alcohol-related traffic offenses.  Obtain a news story or visit an informational website about DWI and the criminal law. How should DWI be punished? What priority should be placed on its enforcement? Why?

       

    

   1. Do you agree that today’s society is “over criminalized?” That is, do you believe that there are too many laws regulating society’s behavior? If yes, please give examples of such laws and state why you believe they hurt society. If you do not feel that way, explain why you believe those concepts.
   2. Locate a news story about identity theft and comment on it. How prominent of an offense is identity theft? How should it be punished? What can be done to reduce the occurrence of this offense?

       

       

       

      Discussion Assignments

       

      1. What areas of the criminal law are most in need of reform? If you could change any single thing about the substantive criminal law, what would it be and why?
      2. Chapter 13 discusses the rights of victims in the criminal justice system. Should the system place a higher priority on the rights of victims? Why or why not?

To complete the following assignment, go to this week’s Assignment link in the left navigation.

Recruiting and Staffing Plan

Assess the opening case study from Chapter 6: “Amazon is Hiring…Big Time!” In a three- to five-page paper (not including the title and references pages), create a recruiting and staffing strategy for Amazon, and select one position from the given list to write a recruiting and staffing plan; consider how many of these positions Amazon needs to fill. You must select from the following full-time positions: Warehouse Supervisor, Delivery Representative, and Customer Service Manager.)

Your paper must include the following:

1. Write an introduction including the selected position, a preview of your paper, and a succinct thesis statement.
2. Discuss the legal landscape, including special legal considerations that the company should be aware of.
3. Create a recruiting plan for the position selected that includes the following:
   • Explain what recruiting is and why it is important.
   • Explain the tools that will be utilized to find candidates for filling the selected position, and state why each tool was selected.
4. Create a selection plan for the position that includes the following:
   • Explain what staffing is and why it is important.
   • State what assessments will be used and why.
   • Discuss the types of interviewing techniques that will be used and why.
   • List five job-specific interview questions for the position candidates.
5. Write a conclusion paragraph that reaffirms your thesis statement.

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. It must include citations and references for the text and at least three scholarly sources, one of which must be from the Ashford University Library.

One aspect of professional development that educators can participate in is that of educational conferences. While you may at some point have participated in an educational conference as an attendee, you have the opportunity in this assignment to think as a presenter! This assignment will also provide you the opportunity to create a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and cover letter.

In this assignment, you will take your discussion presentation you prepared for the staff meeting and convert it into a poster that you could use at an academic conference. As well, often when submitting a poster proposal you include a CV and cover letter that highlight your experience and research interests.

Historically, a conference poster session involves use of a large poster-board style document as a reference when speaking with conference attendees about your research or practical experiences with a topic. Increasingly, the poster session involves handouts in digital format transferred through QR codes or another medium and may involve a television or other screen display to communicate your research at an academic conference. Always, your poster presentation contains a title, introduction to your question, overview of your approach, results from your study or experience, and your planned next steps in applying or expanding the study or experience. Additionally, the poster provides information about literature related to the poster topic, usually a selected listing of previously published articles that are important to your research, and a brief acknowledgement to those who helped you with the study.

Your poster, in whatever format it is presented at the conference, is effective if it can be scanned and comprehended at a high level in around five minutes. Usually you will be present with your poster to explain points and answer questions in an authentic conference experience.

Using the Poster Presentation Template attached to this assignment, create your assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations below

 

Part One: 

• • Introduction (1 point): In 100-200 words, use this section to interest your audience in the issue or question of your study while using minimal background information and definitions.

 

• •  Materials and Methods (1 point): In 50-100 words, describe the procedure you used to collect data.

 

• • Study Results (1 point): In 50-100 words, state your research questions, describe how they were supported by your research, and then include visuals (e.g., graphic/charts/diagrams) to illustrate the parts or results of your study.

 

• • Conclusion (1 point): In no more than 200 words, provide the concluding remarks about your study while explaining your major result in such a way as to convince your audience why the outcome is interesting. Describe the relevance of your findings to the field of education and/or beyond, describe other directions this study could lead to, and summarize the changes you would make to the study in retrospect.

 

• • Relevant Literature Cited (.5 points): Use full citations in APA for all primary works you consulted from the literature to inform and support the purpose of your study.

 

• Acknowledgement (.5 points): In 30-50 words, provide an acknowledgement to individuals or groups who supported or contributed to your study.

Part Two:

 

• Create – Curriculum Vitae (.5 points): In three to four pages your CV should include your name, an overview of your education, your academic and related employment (especially teaching, editorial, or administrative experience), your research projects and/or research interests (including conference papers and publications), and your departmental and community service.
• Create – Cover Letter  (1.5 points): In no more than one page your cover letter should include; heading, introduction, argument and closing.

Effective Meetings

In this assignment, you will study how a leader can conduct a variety of meetings effectively.

Complete the following tasks:

• Read the following articles:
  • Bates Communications: Insights. (2007, November 11). Are you

    running meetings, or are meetings running you? Retrieved

    from http://www.bates-communications.com/Portals/25382

    /docs/art-runningmeetings.pdf

  • Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, December 13).

    Taking charge of poorly led meetings when you are not

    the leader. Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.

    wordpress.com/

  • McNamara, C. (n.d.). Guidelines to conducting effective meetings

    (Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and

    Supervision). Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/

    misc/meeting-management.htm

  • Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, June 21).

    Meeting participation tips (Part 1 of 3—The beginning).

    Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com

    /2012/06/21/meeting-participation-tips-part-1-of-3-the-

    beginning/

• Attend a meeting. The meeting can be any one of the following:
  • A work-based meeting
  • Municipality, township, or school district meeting
  • A meeting for an organization you might be involved with
  • Any other meeting you can identify within the course required time frame.

Part I

Based on your reading, understanding of the articles, and your experience in the meeting you attended, answer the following questions:

• • Where is the meeting being conducted, and what is its purpose? Is the meeting focused on communications or problem solving, or is it a meeting with no specific agenda?
  • Is the meeting a regularly scheduled event, such as a monthly scheduled meeting or a meeting to address a specific matter?
  • Does the meeting have a set communication designed with relevant information to advance the meeting? Please explain.
  • Was the meeting opened with an announcement or explanation of its purpose and importance?
  • What was the communication style of the meeting’s leader or facilitator?
  • What were the leader’s bases of power? Select from a number of conceptual paradigms and elaborate on your selection.
    • Authoritative
    • Knowledge and Expertise
    • Correction or Castigation
    • Reward or Incentive
    • Persuasion
    • Mentoring or Coaching
    • Relationships or Individual or group interactions
    • Direction or Vision
    • Charismatic or Personable
  • Did the members or attendees have an opportunity to express opinions? Were they asked for suggestions, ideas, and information?
  • Did you recognize any conflict, disrespect, or tension among the members or attendees? If so, was the source of the conflict evident?
  • Did you observe the participants’ body language (such as posturing, positioning, or gesturing) when different topics were introduced? Describe it.
  • What was the intended outcome of the meeting? Was it achieved? Why or why not? What were the pivotal moments of the meeting which contributed to its success or failure?

Part II

Complete the following tasks to provide an overall critique of the meeting you attended:

• • • Identify the positive, effective qualities of the meeting in one list, and identify the qualities which were ineffective in a separate list.
    • Arrange each list from top to bottom, from most important to least important.
    • Take the top three ranked factors from each list and explain the affect they had on the meeting.

Part III

You need to organize a meeting to introduce a new project in a health service organization. The project is sufficiently complex in size and nature to require an expanded cross-section of expertise from within and outside the organization. You are responsible for inviting the necessary individuals and representatives of involved departments and professional functions to the meeting.

Based on the principles contained in the articles, textbook, and elected independent research provided in the course, complete the following tasks:

• • • Develop an agenda for the meeting.
    • Provide information, expertise, and background on the invited attendees. Explain the rationale and intended functional expertise each attendee brings to the group.
    • Recognize and develop measurable objectives to assess the success of the planned meeting.

Compile your responses to Parts I, II, and III in a 7- to 8-page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format. Include all in text citations