Step 2: INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH & WRITING

For this step, you will–individually–research your group’s approved scenario,(Is it ethically permissible for women to participate in combat? why or why not?) clarify your thoughts, then articulate and defend your position by completing the “Ethical Scenario Paper.”

Before reaching a personal conclusion on the matter, research the issue thoroughly, give all sides a fair hearing, identify what you believe are the strongest arguments for two different perspectives, and discern how different worldview commitments affect one’s decision. Then, build your case, using the best evidence and strongest arguments. Your research should include course textbooks and materials, the Bible, books, and articles (see suggestions below).

“Ethical Scenario Paper” Assignment Description: write a 4-page (double spaced) essay that outlines the strongest arguments for two sides of the issue that your group chose for the group project. Identify the worldview commitments that might lead to each conclusion, and explain why. Demonstrate the connections between worldview commitments and ethical choices. Finally, state and support your own position, using the best evidence and strongest arguments. Use and cite resources sufficiently.

Suggested sources for research:

Books:

• The ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008. (See articles on biblical ethics, pages 2535-2560). Also available online at www.esvonline.org
• Feinberg, John S. and Paul D. Feinberg. Ethics for a Brave New World, 2nd Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.
• Holmes, Arthur F. Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1984.
• Mitchell, C. Ben. Ethics and Moral Reasoning: A Student’s Guide. Wheaton: Crossway, 2013.
• Moore, Russell. Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel. Nashville: B&H, 2015.
• Murray, John. Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1957.
• Platt, David. Counter-Culture. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2015.
• Rae, Scott. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009.

Internet Resources:

• Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (Twitter: @ERLC): http://erlc.com/topics/list/ (Links to an external site.)
• First Things Magazine: http://www.firstthings.com/ (Links to an external site.)
• The Gospel Coalition (click “channels” tab): http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/projects (Links to an external site.)
• The Light Magazine: http://erlc.com/erlc/light (Links to an external site.)
• BreakPoint Commentaries: http://www.breakpoint.org/bpcommentaries/breakpoint-commentaries-archive (Links to an external site.)
• Canon & Culture Magazine (Twitter @canonandculture): http://www.canonandculture.com/ (Links to an external site.)

Currently in graduate school and would appreciate any help I can receive for an essay document that I am having trouble putting together upon research for the following assignment:

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to give learners hands on experience working, mission, and vision statements and to increase learner’s knowledge of an organization’s core competencies.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Management: A Practical Introduction, Table 6.1; chosen organization’s mission, vision, and value statements, and strategic plan, BLS Industries at a Glance. (Web Link for BLS: https://www.bls.gov/iag/)

Table 6.1 from course material:

The Five Steps of the Strategic-Management Process

The strategic-management process has five steps, plus a feedback loop, as shown below. (See Figure 6.1.) Let’s consider these five steps.

FIGURE 6.1 The strategic-management process

The process has five steps.

Step 1: Establish the Mission & the Vision We discussed mission and vision in Chapter 5 and explain them further in the next section. The mission, you’ll recall, is the organization’s purpose or reason for being, and it is expressed in a mission statement. An organization’s vision is its long-term goal describing what it wants to become, and it is expressed in a vision statement, which describes its long-term direction and strategic intent.

Step 2: Assess the Current Reality The second step is to do a current reality assessment, or organizational assessment—to look at where the organization stands and see what is working and what could be different so as to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in achieving the organization’s mission.²⁷ Among the tools for assessing Page 164the current reality are SWOT analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, and Porter’s model for industry analysis, all of which we discuss in Section 6.4.

Step 3: Formulate the Grand Strategy The next step is to translate the broad mission and vision statements into a grand strategy, which, after the assessment of the current reality, explains how the organization’s mission is to be accomplished. Three common grand strategies are growth, stability, and defensive, as we’ll describe.

Strategy formulation is the process of choosing among different strategies and altering them to best fit the organization’s needs. Formulating strategy is a time-consuming process both because it is important and because the strategy must be translated into more specific strategic plans, which determine what the organization’s long-term goals should be for the next 1–5 years.

In Section 6.5, we consider the three common grand strategies (growth, stability, and defensive); Porter’s four competitive strategies, single-product strategy versus diversification strategy, and the BCG matrix.

Step 4: Implement the Strategy Putting strategic plans into effect is strategy implementation. Strategic planning isn’t effective, of course, unless it can be translated into lower-level plans. This means that top managers need to check on possible roadblocks within the organization’s structure and culture and see if the right people and control systems are available to execute the plans.²⁸

Step 5: Maintain Strategic Control: The Feedback Loop Strategic control consists of monitoring the execution of strategy and making adjustments, if necessary. To keep strategic plans on track, managers need control systems to monitor progress and take corrective action—early and rapidly—when things start to go awry. Corrective action constitutes a feedback loop in which a problem requires that managers return to an earlier step to rethink policies, redo budgets, or revise personnel arrangements.

Examine the mission and vision statements of your place of employment or an organization with which you are familiar. Then, use the internet to locate and examine the mission and vision statement of a comparable organization. Side Note: My chosen former organization’s (OhioHealth) mission and vision statements web link: https://www.ohiohealth.com/about-us/ I chose to use their competitor’s organization (Mount Carmel) to compare their mission and vision statement web link: http://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/mission-services Both are located in town of Columbus, OH.

Use the Mission and Vision Comparison Table provided to compare your organization’s mission and vision statement to the one you found on the internet. Side Note: Table is attached below that has to be included at the end of the essay.

Create a 1,400-word analysis including the following:

• Compare your organization’s mission, vision, and values against the criteria for what makes for robust statements.
• Summarize what you concluded when you compared your organization to the organization you found on the internet.
• Identify your organization’s core competencies.
• Examine your organization’s core competencies based on established definitions. Include a rationale for the selection of these core competencies.
• Briefly summarize your organization’s strategic goals.
• Evaluate whether your organization’s current behavior and business goals are aligned to its mission, vision, values, and core competencies.
• Determine if your organization lives up to its own mission, vision, and values.
• Justify your determination.
• Append your Mission and Vision Comparison Table to the end of the document.

Format the assignment consist with APA guidelines. APA 6th Ed. that has to include citations and peer-reviewed references as well.

Write an essay about “database” like introduce it or its advantages, developments etc.

800 word + reference page.

Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a firm of your choice. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market.

Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. A publicly-traded company operating in the U.S. market. Note: A publicly-traded company is a private-sector firm owned by its shareholders/stock holders.

The purpose of this assignment is the creation of a research analysis. Every day, consumers make millions of decisions that impact the marketplace and influence firms’ decisions. Firms use economic concepts, models, and other “tools” of economics to help determine pricing, output, and profit maximization. Apply the “tools” of economics to microeconomic and macroeconomic data to create recommendations for how firms can maximize revenue, profit and market share.

Address the following:

• Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm’s current market share, and identify the firm’s local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm’s future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically.
• Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including:
  • Current stage of the business cycle.
  • Real gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI).
  • Unemployment rate.
  • Federal funds rate.
  • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called “prime rate.” Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report.
• Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm’s product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm’s actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis.
• Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm’s product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm’s pricing decisions and revenue growth.
• Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm’s level of output.
• Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you:
  • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations.
  • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented.
  • Propose how the firm’s position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action.
  • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.