“Think back to a time when you were called upon to make a moral choice in your life. What was the situation? what were the options you had to choose from? what choice did you make? what factors and thoughts went in your decision? describe in as much details as possible, why you made the choice you did? In hindsight, do you believe you made the correct choice? why/ why not?”
Question 1
What are some of the advantages of a safety management system that emphasize processes rather than individual behavior?
Your response must be at least 75 words in length. APA format for references and citations
Question 2
Why is it important for the safety practitioner to use macro thinking? Provide one or two examples that support your discussion.
Your response must be at least 75 words in length. APA format for references and citations
Question 3
In the conclusion to Chapter 4, Manuele states: “To avoid hazard-related incidents resulting in serious injuries, human error potentials must be addressed at the cultural, organizational, management system, design, and engineering levels, and with respect to the work methods prescribed.” Briefly discuss how each of these levels contributes to human error. Which one of these levels, if addressed, is likely to result in the greatest benefit for reducing human error reduction?
Your response must be at least 200 words in length. APA format for references and citations
Question 4
On page 64 of the course textbook, Manuele lists a series of innovations to be considered in order to provide the necessary focus on serious injury and fatality prevention. Select two of these innovations that you feel should be adopted in your current (or past) organization and discuss how you would proceed in implementing them.
Assignment Objectives
Explain the effects of laws linked to discrimination by employers
Deliverable Length: 4-6 body pages
As the human resources manager, you are now ready to complete your diversity training manual to be used for training and sensitizing your employees on diversity issues. This final section will cover actual legislation. You would like your employees to not only be aware of issues dealing with discrimination that may not be addressed in legislation (the moral component) but to be knowledgeable of the seriousness of the discriminatory practices that have been made into law.
Affirmative Action is one of the most contentious issues; its intent and the discriminatory result of applying it in practice has become a major issue in today’s workforce.
Using this Web site (or any others you find), write a paper of 4-6 pages that will summarize the following points and become part of the training manual:
What is Affirmative Action?
What was the initial intent of Affirmative-Action legislation?
What did the landmark Bakke v. Regents case conclude? Click here to read the case.
What was the basis for the conclusion?
What are the positive and negative results of Affirmative Action legislation?
In your evaluation, is Affirmative Action legislation is still appropriate?
Research how does divorce effect the minds of children. Most people try to stay together for the children, if they don’t and they divorce, what is the effect? Would the effect be worse if parents stay together just for the children, and the children see and feel the constant turmoil 4 pages with references no plagiarism
demonstrate a strong thesis statement supported by research from at least 5 different sources. Include in-text citations from references using APA format throughout the paper.
Select and analyze one issue that is now in the national debate, on health, education, climate change, role of the US foreign policy, United Nations, undocumented workers, or unions and the minimum wage. In writing your essay, consider how your thinking impacts how you give meaning to events, social issues, or facts.
Directions
Select one issue as your topic for the essay. See this link from the CSUGlobal Library for help: http://csuglobal.libguides.com/c.php?g=231734&p=1539172
Include the following points.
Clarity
Logic
Justifiability
Profundity – your depth of knowledge on a topic
Reasonableness
Consistency
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a marketing plan and sales strategy, and a marketing budget. Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
For the first six (6) months your company is in business—to give you time to perfect your product and to learn from actual customers—you will start marketing and selling in your own community, a radius of twenty-five (25) miles from where you live.
For most non-alcoholic beverages, marketing (as opposed to the actual product itself) is key to success. Cola drinks, for example, are fairly undifferentiated, as are many energy drinks, juices, bottled water, and the like. Companies producing these types of beverages differentiate themselves and attract market share through marketing and brand awareness—both of which are critical to success.
Section 1: Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (MS Word or equivalent)
Write the three to five (3-5) page Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy section of your business plan, in which you:
Define your company’s target market.
Analyze the types of consumers who will be drinking your beverage in demographic terms (i.e., age, education level, income, gender, ethnic group, etc.). Support your analysis with actual data on the size of the demographic groups in your local community (nearby zip codes).
Outline the demographic information for your company specified on the worksheet in the course text (p. 107 | Demographic Description).
Hints: At American FactFinder (http://census.gov), you will find demographic information on potential consumers in your area. If you are selling through other businesses (such as grocery stores), indicate the number of those businesses in your local area. You will find information about such businesses in your local area at County Business Patterns (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/). Check Chapter 2 of Successful Business Plan for more research sources.
Assess your company’s market competition.
Use the factors listed in the course text graphic (p. 123 | Assess the Competition) to assess your company’s market competition.
Defend your strategy to successfully compete against market leaders in your segment.
Hints: For example, in the soft drink market, it is intimidating to try to compete against Coke and Pepsi. Newcomers in mature markets typically must pursue niche markets or even create new market categories, as Red Bull did with energy drinks.
Defend your plan to differentiate yourself from the competition using the information detailed on the worksheet in the text (p. 131 | Market Share Distribution).
Hints: Every business faces competition and the non-alcoholic beverage market is an especially crowded market.
Clarify your company’s message using the information provided on the worksheet in the text (p. 160 | The Five F’s).
Hints: Before you choose your marketing vehicles, you must determine the message you want to convey through those vehicles.
Identify the marketing vehicles you plan to use to build your company’s brand. Justify the key reasons why they will be effective. Provide examples of other non-alcoholic beverage companies that use these tactics effectively.
Hints: If you plan to use online marketing tactics, refer to the worksheet in the text (p.171 | Online Marketing Tactics) to aid your response. Remember that even if you’re selling through grocery stores you need to build your brand and social media is a major part of that in regard to beverages. Some of the marketing tactics that beverage companies use include: sampling in grocery stores, building a following on social media, sponsoring events, exhibiting at trade shows attended by retailers, and so on. You will use a combination of these tactics. For example, if you decide to give out samples in grocery stores, promote your sampling on your social media networks and those of the grocery store.
Compute Cost of debt financing
Compute cost of equity financing
Develop a strategic growth plan and explain how this acquisition supports the plan
Final Project: Developing a Qualitative Research Plan – HIV Among African Teen
Please note: This is not meant to be a full research plan in that you will not be constructing data collection instruments or generating data to use. The final project is meant to develop understanding about the relationships between research questions, research design, and data organization and analysis. For this project, you will consider more the design and methodology of the qualitative research you propose.
Some, but not all, course assignments lead into the final project.
The Final Project should include the following:
Title
E. Qauitative Research question(s) for HIV Among African Teen
a. Central question(s)
b. Subquestions (where applicable)
F. Theoretical or conceptual framework
a. Theoretical or conceptual basis and origin of, or source for, theory or describe concepts
b. Where and how theory has been applied or concepts evidenced previously
c. The major propositions or hypotheses of the theory, if used
d. How the theory relates to the present study or state how the concepts are important to the present study and provide a lens for it; rationale for that theoretical expectation or conceptual lens
G. Nature of the study
a. Design
i. Paradigm (qualitative)
ii. Design (select and apply one of the following: narrative, grounded theory, ethnography, case study, phenomenology)
iii. Rationale for the design, with explanations why other likely choices would be less effective
b. Methodology
i. Participants
ii. Site
iii. Researcher’s role in data collection procedures
iv. Sampling
1. Type of sampling
2. How the sample will be drawn
3. Sample size and why chosen in relation to population size
v. Data collection procedures (interviews focus groups, observations, etc.)
vi. Data analysis and interpretation plan: indicate what analytical tools and procedures will be applied to each set of data collected.
Part I: EVERYONE DOES
In this part of the exam, you need to use the controversial issue you identified at the beginning of the course to reflect on the long history of conflicts over American identity. While there is no minimum or maximum requirement, I expect that it will take you between 2 and 4 pages (double-spaced) to answer the set of questions. Answer ALL of the following questions. Failure to do so will result in a penalty.
Why does your issue divide Americans today? How does this debate draw from a larger conflict over American values and identity? How does this larger debate connect to materials we have talked about in class?
PART II. EVERYONE DOES ONE SECTION
Here you have a choice, you can either write an essay or you can answer 4 questions in a paragraph each. In both options, you will need to discuss materials from the lectures/readings/films
Option 1: Choose 1 set of questions and answer in an essay that incorporates evidence from the lectures/readings/films. While there is no minimum or maximum length requirements, I expect your answer to take between 2 and 4 pages (double-spaced)
1. What is more important in defining America, the reality or the ideal vision? How can we reconcile the two when trying to define America? Has the ideal vision helped or hindered efforts to improve the America reality? (MUST USE EXAMPLES FROM BOTH PARTS II AND III OF COURSE).
2. How did The Grapes of Wrath and Harold and Kumar each depict the American Dream? What similarities and differences do the films have? Ultimately, what do they tell us about how the American Dream has changed over time?
Option 2: Short Answer Questions
Please answer 5 of the following questions in a paragraph (each) that uses evidence from readings/films/lectures. A paragraph should be at least one half page double-spaced.
1. How did the class divisions of late 19th and early 20th century America shape peoples’ opportunities for and approach to leisure?
2. How did a (post-) millennial faith shape the emergence and conduct of the Civil War?
3. Why did Confederates and pro-slavery advocates think that slavery was preferable to wage labor?
4. How did the stories of Frederick Douglass and Solomon Northup portray African Americans and their place in the United States? How did the depictions differ?
Review the initial scenario and the Strategic Business Plan presented in Module 1to make sure that the requirements of the Board and the Part II Strategic Plan are met. In order to meet the requirements of the Board, you will prepare the final Strategic Business Plan—Part II—Strategic Plan to the Executive Board. Ensure your strategic plan is thorough, succinct, and complete. Challenge yourself to link the targets to specific initiatives you have identified in the Strategic Plan you are developing for H-D.
Your written report should include a title page, table of contents, executive summary, and each of the following sections in an 8- to 12-page report:
Part I: Global Economy & Factors Affecting H-D
Identify H-D’s Motivations & Risks
Motivations for Expansion
Risks in Expansion
Explain H-D’s competitive advantage in Global Markets
Determine and explain entry strategies for global expansion
Recommend an Internet approach/strategy for H-D
How the Internet adds value
Internet Business Models
Competitive Strategies
Leverage E-Business Capabilities
Part II: Corporate Leadership
Develop the following: Current Direction Setting
Organizational Culture: In addition, evaluate the culture at Harley-Davidson (H-D) and define what attributes you think team members should possess in reaching the business goals set forth by the organization. If you were part of the management team at H-D, what motivational techniques would you implement to make these teams successful?
Organizational Design: As you have been completing the Strategic Business
Plan, the management at Harley-Davidson has decided to take a team-oriented approach in various departments rather than the traditional, functional structure. Based on your knowledge of different types of teams and their focus, suggest what kinds of team strategies should be applied to each department. Be sure to explain your recommendations in detail.
Leadership Traits
Ethical Organization Characteristics
Identify elements
Identify missing elements