Prompt

Working with DISH Network Company, complete the following:

1. Identify the company’s domestic environment and discuss how the government regulations affect its domestic environment it must operate in.
2. Identify a global environment for the company and discuss how the government regulations affect its global environment it must operate in.
3. Identify the hard and soft technology and interpret the characteristics the company should have/use to be successful in its domestic and global environment.
4. Identify the political-legal barriers for the company in both the domestic and global environments. Use business theory/theorists to illustrate how the company can operate successfully in its domestic and global environment.
5. Identify, compare, and contrast sociocultural factors of the domestic and global environments of the company.
6. Compare and contrast two economic theories for both the domestic and global environments of the company.

Instructions:

• Develop a PowerPoint presentation of your strategy of success based on your evaluation of steps 1-6 by assessing what you’ve learned through your research and readings. Compare what the company has been doing to what you recommend they should be doing. You cannot state that you would not change anything.
• Your presentation should be 12-14 slides to discuss your findings in response to the topics above.
• Be sure to include speaker’s notes OR create a video of yourself giving the presentation. You can do this using Kaltura tool and your laptop or mobile device (on the toolbar between the movie clip and the insert table icons).
• You must incorporate critical thinking (see resources).
• Research requirement: minimum 5 scholarly sources PLUS the text/readings and Geert Hofstede.

Is warehouse cleanliness really next to . . . ?
It was 7:45 A.M. and operations manager Tim Brown had just settled back in the
chair for his ritual morning coffee and jelly donut when the calm was rudely broken by
the intercom’s “Bzzzzzzzzzzz! Bzzzzzzzzzz!” A flashing red light identified the caller as
warehouse manager Virgil Ray. An impatient voice on the speaker confirmed the light’s
signal: “Tim, I need to see you on the double.” Caught between a nervous system
screaming for caffeine and survival instincts screaming, “Good jobs aren’t that easy to
find,” Tim opted for survival and, leaving coffee cup and jelly donut side by side on the
desk, scrambled out the door.
“Put whatever you’ve got scheduled for this morning on temporary hold,” Virgil
boomed excitedly as Tim came through the door. “Continental Mutual, our insurance
carrier, just called to say that two of their reps will be here later this afternoon to inspect
the warehouse. I recognize their names from last year when those same two tore this
place apart. I don’t want another report going to the CEO’s office that criticizes the way
we store and handle combustibles. Last year’s report was bad enough and my career
will be just fine without another one. Got the picture?”
Tim hesitated a moment and then said, “The warehouse is in good shape right
now but I do have a question about those gas cylinders that the maintenance department
brought over here a couple months ago. I think they’re classified as hazardous
material. Last month when we sent them back to be recharged, the manufacturer sent
us specially-designed and labeled shipping boxes with fitted safety brackets. I don’t
have any of those boxes in stock and it will take me at least two days to get some others.
If we ship them today, we’ll have to use regular boxes. I seriously doubt that the
carrier will accept them if they’re not marked and packaged correctly.”
Virgil didn’t hesitate but shot back, “Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?
Don’t get hung up on the details. Use your initiative and get the job done!
When the insurance inspectors get here this afternoon, I want a clean, orderly warehouse
and no combustibles or hazardous materials in sight to drive up our rates.” Almost
as an afterthought, Virgil added, “What the carrier doesn’t know won’t hurt him.”
The time was now 8:00 A.M. Tim was seated back at his desk. Confirming the
old wives tale that bad things come in threes, his coffee had cooled and his jelly donut
was nowhere to be found. This definitely wasn’t the way to start a new day. Taking a
sip of lukewarm coffee, Tim scratched his head, and thought to himself, “What am I going
to do now?”

Make sure you answer the following questions:
1. Describe the situation and the problem.
2. Now out yourself into Tim’s shoes: In twenty-five words or more, state what
are you going to do now?
3. OK, try on Virgil’s shoes and tell me (in twenty-five words or more) how he
(you) should have prepared for and/or handled this matter.
4. Now slip into a larger pair of shoes, Big-Jim Peterson’s. Big-Jim is Vice President
of Operations and by sheer coincidence just happened to be in the office
next door to Virgil’s while he was talking with Tim. Their animated conversation
was loud enough that he heard every word. Neither Virgil nor Tim
is aware that he (you) overheard their conversation. What, if anything, will
you (as Big-Jim) do?

Week One: Assignment 2: Web Search Activity

This Web Search Activity will prepare you for the Week One Workshop: Web Source Evaluation. In this activity, we will explore web searching strategies—especially strategies for crafting searches to produce the greatest density of relevant results. Read the assignment instructions here: Week One-Web Search Activity Week One-Web Search Activity – Alternative Formats .

You will be submitting a document that provides responses to 15 web-search-related tasks. Full credit is earned if all 15 tasks are attempted.

Here is an editable template you may use to complete the Web Search Activity: Web Search Activity: ANSWERS Template Web Search Activity: ANSWERS Template – Alternative Formats . Submit this as an assignment through the “Week One: Assignment 2: Web Search Activity” link above:

Week One: Assignment 3: Project Introduction

Assignment instructions:

• Project Introduction Assignment
• Project Introduction Assignment (PDF copy) Project Introduction Assignment (PDF copy) – Alternative Formats – PDF Document (470 KB)

Please submit your work as an attachment (rather than copying and pasting into Blackboard).

Be sure to submit your file in .doc/.docx format. This format remains the standard for sharing word-processing files in school and most workplaces. (If you’re using a program other than Microsoft Word and are not sure how to save in .doc, do a quick web search for help. For example, search for Pages save as .doc or Google Docs save as .doc)

Click on the “Week One Assignment 2: Project Introduction” link above to submit your assignment, as well as to get more information regarding the due date and grading rubric.

Required Research/Readings: Zootopia (2016), Additional readings: “Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination,” “At 13, I didn’t expect my teacher to be afraid of me,” “The nature of prejudice”

Background: So far, you will have watched Zootopia, and read three additional readings, which you can use for this prompt. The film, while very funny and engaging in many ways, presents certain social issues addressing the perceptions and prejudices that come with race, size, gender, or overall identity and social expectations.

Prompt: Your task is to consider some of the social, racial, or identity issues that present themselves. Using Zootopia and at least one of the readings, you will need to come up with your own argument about a social issue that was presented or implied. Your argument should be focused on the meaning you have taken from the article(s) and movie. Consider what we have learned about constructing an effective argument through rhetorical strategies such as paces and Ethos, Pathos and logos to develop your own.