***This is a team assignment. Thus, I have only included my portion of the assignment underlined below. I am responsible for the introduction of the assignment and the other two area highlighted below**** The product is Starbucks Coffee (any product)

STARBUCKS COFFEE (any product)

Purpose of Assignment

Understanding the various phases of a product or service lifecycle is critical when addressing a market. If your product is in decline and the competitor’s product is in growth, your strategy for the product or service will be different. This exercise will enable students to demonstrate an understanding of both their product/service life cycle stage and a competitor’s product. It is designed to help students explore product mix strategies in the various phases of a product or service life cycle. This tool is critical when addressing a market penetration, market saturation or product/service decline.

Assignment Steps

Resource: Plunkett Research Online located in the University Library.

Design a New or Product Refresh Product Launch Plan in Microsoft^®Word. The product launch plan will be for two markets: U.S. and one international market. Domestic market generally means the market where the company headquarters are located. If you choose a domestic market that is not the U.S. than your other market is required to be the U.S. Compare your product/service to at least one other competitor. This can be a product/service that is used by a team member in their individual assignment. The competitor does not need to be in both markets, you can have two different competitors, one for each market.

Include the following: STARBUCKS COFFEE

• Introduction – at minimum 150 words
• Definition of product or service. At minimum 150 words
• Why the product or service needs to be introduced or refreshed (target audience). Minimum word

Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.

Cite a minimum of one peer-reviewed references.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Part 1

Risk is present in any number of situations. For example, people in the United States may experience one or more of the following types of risk. Consider each of the following, and discuss the type of risk that is present in each situation. Is the risk insurable? Explain your answers.

• The Department of Homeland Security alerts the nation of a possible attack by terrorists.
• A home may be severely damaged by fire.
• An investor purchases 100 shares of stock for a popular computer, tablet, and smartphone manufacturer.
• A river that periodically overflows may cause substantial property damage to thousands of homes in a floodplain.
• Home buyers may be faced with higher mortgage payments if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates at the next meeting.
• A worker on vacation plays the slot machines at the casino.

Part 2

When one says that an insurance policy is aleatory or talks about a contract of adhesion, what is that person referring to? Deliverable Length: 400–600 words

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.

Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)

Roger Renter was very happy in his new location; the apartment was quiet and the neighbors were friendly. Larry Landlord was also very happy because Roger Renter was a model tenant. Roger Renter paid on time and was quiet and respectful to other tenants.

The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed.

The next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixed. Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.

The week before the rent was due, another rainstorm occurred and the leak was even larger. This time the leak damaged Roger’s clothing, furniture, and some precious items he had inherited from family members. Roger called Larry and asked Larry to fix roof immediately. Larry responded in a similar and condescending manner. Roger hung up the phone and threw his baseball bat against the wall, damaging the drywall and knocking out an electrical socket.

Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.

Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response.

Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.
4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.
6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length

This assignment entails the completion of the following tasks:

1. You will draft an Employment Agreement based upon further instructions provided.
2. You will compose a paper (not less than one page but no more than two pages) explaining how your Employment Agreement satisfies all of the elements of a valid, enforceable contract and the jurisdiction’s law governing covenants not to compete. Further instructions are provided below.
3. You must submit to me, by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 22, the Employment Agreement and paper via Canvas. PLEASE NOTE: You must attach both the Agreement and paper in the one submission. Canvas allows you to attach multiple documents to a submission.

You are an employer who has conducted interviews for an open position within your company. You are ready to extend an offer to one of the interviewees, but first, you need to compose an Employment Agreement. You are very concerned with the state of the economy at present and do not want to enter into any long-term contracts with any of your employees. On the other hand, you do not want to invest the time and money it takes to train a new employee, and then have that employee leave your company in a year and go to work for one of your competitors.

1. The Employment Agreement must contain the following provisions:
   1. Name and address of the Employer (You must choose between Alabama or Florida as the applicable jurisdiction and location of the business)
   2. Name and address of the Employee
   3. Description of the company
   4. Description of the job (you determine what type of job the agreement will cover)
   5. Salary and other benefits
   6. Duration of the employment agreement
   7. Covenant not to compete
   8. Any other provisions you feel are necessary
   9. Signatures space and the date of the Agreement

The format for the Employment Agreement should be straightforward and concise. Use language that is clear—in other words, do not use a lot of “legalese” that most people will not understand. It is prohibited for you to copy an existing employment agreement. You must write the agreement in your own words. The Agreement should be no more than two pages, typed, double-spaced in Times New Roman font.

Use your creativity in creating an employer and the corresponding details of the employee identity, description of the company, salary and other benefits.

Research Aspect: Based upon the jurisdiction (state) that you have chosen for the employer (Florida or Alabama), you will need to research the laws governing covenants not to complete within in that particular state to ensure that your covenant not to compete meets the legal requirements.

1. Paper: You must write a paper explaining how your Employment Agreement satisfies each of the elements of a valid, enforceable contract. You must also explain how your covenant not to compete contained in the Employment Agreement satisfies the requirements of the particular state you have chosen for the location of the business. HOWEVER, if a covenant not to compete is not enforceable given your particular company and purpose of employment, then you must state the reasons for that and the applicable law prohibiting such a clause. You are REQUIRED to cite to at least two external resources which explain the laws governing covenants not to compete within the state that you chose. The Paper should not be less than one page or more than two pages, typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12pt font. All margins must be one inch. Only include your first and last name in the paper. No other identifying information like the name of the course or my name needs to be included. There should be no more than one double-space between your name and the beginning of the paper. Use APA Style to cite your sources. This means you will need to include in-text citations and provide a references page. The references page does not count toward your page requirements for the assignment.

The Agreement and Paper must be submitted via the submission link on Canvas as either Word or PDF documents. PLEASE NOTE AGAIN: You can attach multiple documents to your submission. Please DO NOT attach and submit your agreement and then re-access the link to attach and submit your paper. BOTH DOCUMENTS MUST BE ATTACHED TO A SINGLE SUBMISSION.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes Measured:

• Through the assignment connected to this Experiential-Didactic Session, students will demonstrate:
  • Skill in assessing the cultural needs of the populations served.
  • Ability to function as cultural brokers between clients and other service providers.
  • Skill in developing and implementing culturally sensitive interventions for behavioral health in healthcare settings, school settings, and other settings.
  • Skill in assessing cultural perceptions in themselves.
  • Knowledge of the national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in healthcare and counseling.
  • Ability to assess how culture affects perceptions, interventions, and outcomes.
  • Knowledge to address the cultural biases in themselves.
  • Understanding and bridging barriers to help-seeking among diverse populations.

Assignment:
Self-Assessment and Recommendations Paper – In this assignment, students will go to an ethnic community where another language is spoken. In that community, students will try to access services and to understand people or be understood. Students will go to a grocery store in that community and attempt to buy a food item in packaging written entirely in another language. Students will experience the challenges of trying to meet one’s needs in a context that is culturally and linguistically different from one’s own. After the experiential exercise, students will write a reflection where each student assesses his or her experience and his or her own cultural assumptions, preferences, and biases, and how these biases and assumptions could affect one’s practice with diverse populations. Each student’s reflection should include a list of recommendations and strategies to a) address one’s own cultural biases, and b) serve culturally diverse populations.

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