New Product Launch

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I thought of a possible Refresher of a product. I have attached a picture of water bottle by Contigo that holds personal items, such as money, key, credit card. I would like to the ability to for the water bottle to charge cellphones, etc. Below is some additional information about the product.

Contigo AUTOSEAL Kangaroo Water Bottle with Pocket

G’day Mate! Kangaroo is our Wonda from Down Unda because its pocket pouch is the perfect place for storing IDs, money or a key. Whether hitting the weights on the floor or staying in place in spin class, you’ll also love Kangaroo’s no spill-technology and one-handed convenience.

  • Our Lids Are Sealed – AUTOSEAL technology is leak and spill proof (Yes, there is a difference!)
  • Store More – Storage pocket to keep IDs, money or a key
  • Carry On – Clip on handle attaches to bags, gear, keys and more
  • Lend a Hand – Easy one-handed drinking with the push of a button
  • Cleaner Drinking – Protective spout cover keeps out gross dirt and germs
  • Big Mouth – Wide opening easily fits ice cubes
  • Clean Up – Top-rack dishwasher safe lid and body

The two questions below is my portion of this group assignment; please answer the questions:

  • Why the product or service
    needs to be introduced or refreshed (target audience).
  • Address competition in each
    region and how the new product or refresh provides a competitive
    advantage.

Great-Social-Contract-political-science-homework-help

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Read the following:

Text book -Dooley, K. and Patten, J. Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science, 2nd Edition, Cengage Learning

Answer the following questions:

  • What is the difference between direct democracies and representative democracies?
  • Do you agree with Rousseau that direct-democracy political systems are preferable to representative democracies? Why?
  • Why did the American Framers warn against direct democracies?

FIN 30101 Corporate Finance (Project)

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Project#1: Examining the annual report – 3M Company

A manager’s primary goal is to maximize the value of his or her firm’s stock, which is the present value of the firm’s future cash flow stream. A look at the firm’s financial statements helps give some clue as to how a firm generates its cash flows.

Let’s examine Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (otherwise known as 3M) Company’s financial information, which can be found by accessing 3M’s main front page (http://www.mmm.com) and selecting the Investor Relations link at the bottom of the page. Use data in the financial statements to answer the following questions.

  1. Looking at the firm’s financial statements of year 2015, what is the amount of total assets on 3M’s balance sheet? What percentage is fixed assets, such as plant and equipment, and what percentage is current assets?
  1. Does 3M have a lot of long-term debt? What are the chief ways in which 3M has financed assets?

c. From 3M’s Financial Summary, describe the state of 3M’s costs (relative to sales), operating income, and its profitability ratios.

d. Has 3M’s research and development expenses grown as fast as sales? What does this indicate, should investors be worried?

e. How is the stock price performance over the past 5 years? Discuss one or two stories about the firm’s stock performance.

Healthcare Administration

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In this competitive health care environment, consumers want and expect better health care services and hospital systems are concerned about maintaining their overall image.  There is also attention to ways in which patient satisfaction measurement can be integrated into an overall measure of clinical quality.  

To begin, review the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (H.C.A.H.P.S.) available at (http://tinyurl.com/4272s7l).   

Next, visit the Hospital Compare website (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), and follow these steps:
 
  1.  Type in your zip code- 06442
   2.  Ensure that “general search” is selected for the search type
  3.  Click on the “Find Hospitals” button
  4.  Select one of the hospitals by checking the box next to the hospital name and click on “Compare”
  5.  Review the survey of patients’ hospital experiences

For the selected hospital, identify one satisfaction measurement criteria that you recommend for improvement.  In your opinion, how might this customer satisfaction factor relate to quality outcomes?  Provide a concrete example that supports your opinion.

Identify at least three barriers that exist in the health care setting that could have an impact on the customer satisfaction score you selected. Be sure to state at least one structural barrier and one process barrier and describe the barriers you identified. 

Select a tool that a health care organization might use to study a process barrier related to the customer-satisfaction factor you identified.  Explain why you selected the tool and how it could be used.

MY ZIPCODE IS 06442

Architecture-of-Enterprise-Systems-

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Architecture of Enterprise Systems “An example regarding hardware components is that enterprises should choose hardware configurations that meet the users’ needs.
All members should be set up to a network to ensure that they are connected to the system’s applications.
Software applications should be configured to meet multiple needs.” This is the tricky part of enterprise in my opinion.
Things can get pretty sketchy on one side such as just getting software to behave the way want. The real trick is getting all these parts to work together.
I fully agree that the configurations should meet the users needs as you stated.
I sometimes feel that this part of a project is often overlooked as a user can be trained or retrained to adjust to a software or hardware needs.
The user’s are the bread and butter of an organization and any enterprise system should have the user in the front thoughts during development.
While I do understand there is a lot to think about in the development of a system,
the users are the ones in the long run that determine how productivity of a system will be played out.
If hardware and software are not configured to be user friendly (the GUI, maintenance, and accessibility as examples) then productivity can hurt. Just some thoughts!!!

I need perfect work,the chosen foundation must be related to the funding of health issues or reforms.

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In
your nonprofit organization or your school, identify a particular need
or project that requires outside funding. Search the Web to locate an
appropriate funding program. Start by using words such as proposal, grant, or funding along with keywords that describe your project, such as remedial programs, adolescent drug treatment, and so on.

For a general listing of foundations that provide grants:

Foundation Center www.foundationcenter.org

Education funding www.2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov

National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov

NonProfitExpert.com www.nonprofitexpert.com/federal_grants.htm

Prepare a fifteen minute PowerPoint presentation for your agency
that describes the types of projects funded by your chosen source, the
average amount of a grant, the number of proposals submitted in a given
year, the number of grants awarded, and the specific criteria this
funding program uses in evaluating different proposals. Persuade your
fellow members that your organization could qualify for a grant from
this source. Cite you source Web pages in your document.

Reference Material

http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/09/21/8-things-never-ever-include-pitch-deck/

Principles-of-Finance-

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WEEK 1: Discussion Prompt #2 – Financial management has a close relationship to economics on the one hand and accounting on the other. For this discussion, provide specific examples of this relationship in terms of the micro and macro environment and the accounting industry. In your response, use at least two YouTube video that supports your responses

Note: This is for a discussion forum. 75-150 words are required.

individual success plan

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Due Date: Sep 06, 2017 23:59:59 Max Points: 50

Details:

The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment in this course requires your collaboration with the course faculty early on to establish a plan for successful completion of mutually identified and agreed upon specific deliverables for your programmatic requirements. Programmatic requirements are: (1) completion of required practice immersion hours, (2) completion of work associated with program competencies, and (3) work associated toward completion of your Direct Practice Improvement Project.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment as it pertains to deliverables due in this course:

  • Locate and download the Individual Success Plan (ISP) document in the DNP Program Documents folder in the DNP Program Materials section of the DC Network.
  • Review the DNP Program Milestones document in the DC Network and identify which milestones apply to this course. Note: Not all courses have milestones.
  • Determine what practice experiences you plan to seek in order to address each competency. Include how many hours you plan to set aside to meet your goals. Learners will apply concepts from each of their core courses to reflect upon, critically examine, and improve current practice, and are required to integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
  • Use the ISP to develop a personal plan for completing your practice hours and how competencies will be met. Show all of the major milestones and deliverables.

Within the ISP, ensure you identify specific deliverables which can include the following: Individualized DNP practice immersion contracts; comprehensive clinical log of hours applied to doctoral level learning outcomes; learner evaluations; mentor evaluations; current and updated CV; scholarly activities; GCU DNP competency self-assessment; reflective journal; course goals and plan for how competencies and practice immersion hours will be met; faculty and mentor approvals of course goals and documented practice immersion hours; and DPI project milestones.

  • Identify the specific deliverables you will complete throughout this course from those defined above or others negotiated with your faculty. You must turn in a new ISP in each course.
  • Identify the remaining deliverables you will complete in the upcoming courses.
  • Identify the challenges you expect to encounter as you continue the practice hour and competency requirements throughout this course? How might you overcome these challenges?
  • You can renegotiate these deliverables with your faculty throughout this course and update your ISP accordingly.
  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
  • You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Complete the Contact Information table at the beginning of the ISP document and type in your signature and the date on which you completed the table.

Read the information in the ISP document including the following:

  1. Learner Expectations
  2. Derivation of the ISP
  3. Instructions for completing the ISP

Follow the instructions and complete the ISP.

Choose an editoral article and describe the following (see description block)

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Prompt:

Choose an editorial article (An editorial is an article that presents the writer’s opinion on an issue supported with facts) from the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. Browse the library and choose an editorial that addresses a business issue that interests you.

Instructions:
Write an essay describing the following:

  • Citation of the article and a brief summary of its contents
  • What are the premise(s) in the article?
  • What evidence is presented? Is it credible?
  • Can you independently verify the evidence presented?
  • How are counterarguments addressed?
  • Does the writer represent a particular interest?
  • How is language used to develop the argument?
  • Do you detect any errors in knowledge, evidence, or thinking?
  • Does the writer use any types of appeals or commit any fallacies?
  • Overall, how compelling is this article?

Be certain to carefully research your analysis using at least 3 credible sources with proper APA citations. Your submission should be 4-6 pages in length minimum and should be a thorough representation of your ability to critically think through the steps above. Use the template provided to ensure you are following APA format.

Black-and-White-Marbles-in-Two-Jars

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Suppose there are a large number (>10000), N, of black marbles in a jar. There is an equal number, N, of white marbles in a separate jar.

A quantity, Q, of white marbles are taken out of the jar with white marbles and transferred to the jar with black marbles. The jar with black and white marbles is thoroughly mixed so that the distribution of black and white marbles is uniform.

Afterward, the same quantity of marbles, Q, is taken from the mixed jar of black and white marbles and transferred to the original jar of white marbles to restore the total number of marbles to the original number, N.

What is the expected relationship between the final proportion of white marbles in the white marble jar and black marbles in the black marble jar?