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For this assignment, you will review the Aging with Dignity website. This site provides information on how to ensure that your “Five Wishes” are met during your Late Adulthood. You must use the 5 questions (yellow Five Wishes tab) in regards to your wishes and give a clear response to each. In addition, you must provide a short paragraph that states your personal response to doing this assignment.

Remember that any information you use from the website that would not be considered common knowledge must be identified with a citation. As is always the case, when a citation is used in your text, you must also provide a corresponding reference entry.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze the function of emotions as motive. Address the following items in your analysis:

Examine at least two historical theories of emotion and arousal as they relate to human motivation.
Analyze at least two research methods used for uncovering basic emotions.
Discuss the facial feedback hypothesis, particularly the event-appraisal-emotion sequence.

Assignment 3: Keys to Success in Multinational Companies

It is widely known that Knowledge Management Systems are the key to success in multinational companies. Imagine that you are a Vice President of a company that is ramping up to go global.

Please choose one (1) of the following industries for the purposes of this assignment:

Jewelry
Fashion / Apparel
Chemicals
Consumer electronics, electronic components
Medical supplies or equipment
Bins, totes, crates, material handling
Food products
Drug products
Children’s products, clothing, toys, etc.

Note: You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

You have been tasked with designing a comprehensive best practices policy list geared towards managing existing knowledge and any new knowledge as it becomes viable. The best practices policy should include a compiled task list that will help your company to handle not only the regular issues of conducting business within a foreign country, but also the unexpected events (e.g., earthquakes, demonstrations, bomb threats, etc.), no matter the country or countries into which you will be expanding. The policy list should also take any unique challenges that your company may face into consideration.

Assignment 1.2: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part II

Synthesizing and Writing

When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.

For Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in prewriting to examine your thoughts.

* Remember that in the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.

In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.

Assignment 3: Promotional and Advertising Strategies

Due Week 9 and worth 240 points

Select one (1) of the following categories of products to research: sports apparel, automobiles, home furnishings, or televisions. Use the Internet to research at least two (2) companies within the selected product category. Take note of the leading companies in this product group, as well as the types of marketing, pricing, and consumer-oriented promotional strategies that these leading companies within the product group use.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Compare and contrast the promotional strategies used by two (2) different companies for a similar product within the category that you selected.
Recommend two (2) ways in which a company within the selected product group could use marketing information to differentiate itself in the marketplace to gain an advantage over its competitors. Provide a rationale to support your recommendations.
Propose two (2) uses for consumer-oriented promotions that could assist a company in both the short and long term for the product group that you selected. Provide a rationale for your response.
Analyze the strategic manner in which the leading company in this product group has made its pricing decisions by using one or more of the four (4) pricing objectives. Suggest two (2) actions that other companies within the same product group may take in order to differentiate themselves and gain a competitive advantage. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine the most effective advertising medium for a company in the selected product category. Support your response with two (2) examples of the effectiveness of the chosen medium.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

In Assignment 2, using the same company from Assignment 1, you will focus on the company’s mission, introduction, and branding.

Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Develop a branding strategy for your product that covers the brand name, logo, slogan, and at least one (1) brand extension.
Assemble a marketing strategy for your product, and determine an appropriate time table to implement your plan). Provide a rationale for your response.
Prepare a positioning statement. Include a perceptual map that shows your company’s position against its competitors. From this map, create a statement that depicts your position. For example, “Our product is the fastest in its class for half the price.” Note: See pp. 54 – 55 in the textbook for examples of perceptual maps. You may use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or other equivalent software to create your perceptual map.
Examine the relevant consumer behavior for your target market. Explain the main reasons why the brand name, logo, slogan, brand extension, as well as the positioning statement and marketing strategy are right for the identified target market.
Develop your company’s mission statement and company introduction.
Use at least three (3) academic resources as quantitative marketing research to determine the feasibility of your product / service. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Refer to scenario for additional information.

In preparation for your network design project, discuss with your classmates ideas for addressing the security vulnerabilities in the network design. In your discussion, address the following:

What challenges will need to be addressed with the U.S. Navy project described in your scenario?
What types of vulnerabilities need to be addressed in the design?
Where might there be points of failure in the design?
What areas concern you about securing the network?
What steps would you recommend to overcome those concerns?

Outline your ideas in a 3–5-paragraph posting. Study the postings of at least 2 other classmates and respond to them with comments and questions. Ask for clarifications of their ideas if necessary.

Be sure to document your references using APA format.

Internet Search of Websites

Conduct an Internet search for websites that could be used to find out information on people such as court records. Use the websites you discover to find out information about a family member, friend, or co-worker you know well. Write a 2 to 3 page paper on your websites that you used, the information they provided, and your findings. Were you surprised at the findings whether you found a lot or very little? must be in proper apa format.

The Importance of Network Security & Emerging Threats

You are applying for a job as the Chief Information Officer at Nitro Hardware Company. The application requires you to compose a report on why you think information security is important and discuss at least five emerging threats to information security.

Business stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the general public, receive positive benefits from businesses that follow ethical principles and practices. Ethical dilemmas, where there are conflicting interests and no easy answers, arise in all business. When they do, people are called upon to make difficult decisions. Students will write a paper focused on business ethics using information from the course material provided and from their own research.

By completing this assignment, students will meet the outcome(s):

identify the critical business functions and how they interact in order to position the organization to be effective in the current business environment;
explain the importance of the integration of individuals and systems to organizational effectiveness;
describe the ethical and social responsibilities that confront a business.

Required Elements of Short Paper #1:

Read critically and analyze the scenario below;
In your paper, respond to the questions following the scenario.

Assignment 2: Organization Project – 5: Comprehensive Leadership, Communications, Teamwork, Motivation

Research your chosen company( APPLE). Find a minimum of three library sources, which will support your thesis in this assignment. Review your assigned weekly lecture and text reading. Select from this reading 8-10 key concepts, which will also support your thesis. In a five- to six-page paper, address the questions below. Your paper should follow APA format including a title and reference page. The five- to six-page paper length requirement does NOT include the title page and reference page. Refer to your classroom area titled South University Policies and Guideline. Using APA Standards in Your Coursework to ensure you are following the correct format.

Imagine you are a management consultant. You have been hired by the company you chose at the beginning of the session to analyze their communications and leadership. You have been asked to submit a final report to the executive team with your findings including the following:

A description of the company’s communication structure and identify ways that culture has influenced the structure.
A discussion of the barriers to communication that may arise when leading diverse teams. Identify specific methods for overcoming those barriers and develop a high performing team.
An analysis of the various leadership styles and different types of leaders.
An assessment of the level of trust in the organization and make recommendations for improvement.
Recommendations for motivating the workforce that are clearly based on motivational theory.