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How do scholars in the field you are researching make persuasive cases for their arguments? (I’m a psychology major)

In this module, you are learning quite a bit about developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood settings. For this assignment, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of how to contrast implementation of activities in a developmentally appropriate manner from those same activities implemented in a developmentally inappropriate manner.

To prepare for this assignment, review the following:

● Review the NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 position statement from your reading.

To complete this assignment, do the following:

1. Select three activities or lessons to focus on in this assignment

● if you are currently working with children, select three different specific activities or lessons that commonly occur with the group or individual child you are working with. If you are working with a range of age groups, select three different age groups to focus on for the assignment.

● if you are not currently working with children, read the samples provided to guide you in selecting three specific activities or lessons that commonly occur with a particular group or individual child in an early childhood setting. Select three different activities with three different age groups to complete this assignment.

Download a blank template for you to start

Complete each section of the template with your name, the name of the activity you selected, the age group you selected, and the steps of how to implement the activity both in a developmentally appropriate way and in a developmentally inappropriate way. Type your steps directly in two columns of the table in each section.

Purpose of Assignment

Students will have the opportunity to research a company and industry to conceptualize forming a new division of an existing company based on a new product or service. The assigned text and Strategic Planning Outline serve as a guide to complete sections of the capstone project each week. This will allow the student to lay the basic foundation for an effective strategic plan. A final plan will be presented in Week 5.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Strategic Planning Outline and Week 2 textbook readings

Use the Strategic Planning Outline as a guide to complete sections of your capstone project each week. A final strategic plan is due in Week 5. Cite your resources.

Develop a minimum 1,400-word proposal in which you explain the importance of innovation in your selected division’s vision, mission, and values, and determine your business model for this new division.

Include the following:

• Propose a new product or service for the new company division. The division should be customer-focused with an innovative mission statement. Ensure you are differentiating your product or service.
• Describe how the division addresses customer needs and achieves competitive advantage.
• Create a vision and a business model for this new division that clearly demonstrates your decision on what you want your business to become in the future.
• Explain how the vision, mission, and value of the new division align with the company’s mission and vision.
• Summarize how the vision, mission, and values guide the division’s strategic direction.
• Define your guiding principles and values for your division in the context of culture, social responsibility, and ethics.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Conduct scholarly research to provide a detailed response to the question listed below. Response should be no fewer than 250 words and should be supported with scholarly research (referenced following APA formatting standards), All aspects of APA formatting followed with no spelling/grammar errors. Addresses specifics of question demonstrating critical thinking abilities by synthesizing research. Please do not plagiarized.

Directions:

Using an example of a specific organization, what might that organization do (or have they done) if they need to change or find a “turnaround” strategy to maintain their competitive advantage (consider product or industry diversification, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures/strategic alliances, and/or a strong differentiation strategy). Use the Ormanidhi & Stringa (2008) article as one of your sources.

Grade Rubric:
Post was well developed and contained content related to the journal reading and/or course concepts
Excellent English/writing skills demonstrated.
Sources are cited and referenced in APA format.
Demonstrates critical thinking, application, examples, and contributes substance to discussion.
Post was well developed and contained content related to the journal reading and/or course concepts
Excellent English/writing skills demonstrated.
Sources are cited and referenced in APA format.
Comment(s) demonstrates critical thinking, application, examples, and contributes substance to discussion. Readings and Materials

Readings and Materials

Textbooks:

Ormanidhi, O. & Stringa, O. (2008, July). Porter’s Model of Generic Competitive Strategies. Business Economics, 43, (3), 55-64. Academic Journal database.