talk about the downsizing/closing of major chain stores

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please talk about the downsizing/closing of major chain stores (ex. Sears, JC Penney, Best Buy, Gander Mountain, etc.) and provide support as to why you think this is occurring. Discuss the emerging online piece of strategy for all of these firms as well as for WalMart and Target (ex. Walmart recently purchased JET–why did they do that? Amazon recently purchased Whole Foods–why did they do that?). Take this discussion any direction you wish but do bring out what is happening from a strategic point of view.

An age-old question is “Does structure follow strategy or does strategy follow structure?” The new, successful firms appear to be on-line driven and not really interested in brick and mortar. Amazon is the obvious example. Does the rapid growth of Amazon and similar firms put pressure on Walmart and Target, etc. to change or can they still survive (can anyone still survive) without creating online revenue streams to go along with their traditional strategy of storefronts? Is Amazon a true Technology company? They never really developed or wanted to develop a brick and mortar strategy. Is ecommerce, in all its forms, the Blue Ocean of today (soon to become Red)? Is this truly the future, the destiny of retail and many other industries?

How do Big Food businesses impact consumers through advertisements?

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It is a 6-10 page essay that will be going through turnitin, this meaning no plagiarism can occur. It does need a work cited page and evidence in each paragraph. I can provide some articles that have great evidence within in them, this will be done. I will also need a works cited page also in MLA format. My question for the research paper is, ¨How do Big Food businesses impact consumers through advertisements?” and my claims that go with this are below, feel free to add more to the claims.

THESE ARE MY CLAIMS,

  • By false advertising, labeling is unclear
  • Food producers also find ways to target children by getting them attached to products and become “heavy users”
  • They use certain colors and tactics to encourage people that the food in healthy and good

The Impact of Vaccinations on Health Care Systems

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Please read the following article before answering the questions below. Please note that this article is a position statement and also take notice of the source of funding for the authors.

Largeron, N., Levy, P., Wasem, J. & Besse, X. (2015). Role of vaccination in the sustainability of healthcare systems. Journal of Market Access and Health Policy, 3(27043). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC48027…

According to the authors, what is the impact on hospitals and healthcare of vaccinations, or lack thereof?

Do you agree with the authors’ assessment? Why or why not?

Who was the source of funding for this paper? Why might this contribute to the authors’ bias? Regardless of whether or not you agree with the premise of the article, how does bias impact a message or how it might be received?

Expectations:

  • Refer to the rubric to see the number of words that are required as well as other requirements.
  • Respond to the discussion topic, making sure to meet all of the criteria on the rubric, as noted in the instructions above.
  • Your first comment will be graded; you will be able to view other discussion comments after you post your own.
  • Cite sources within your comment
  • Include at least one reference, properly formatted, not just a link.

    • Required reading:

    Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Chapter 8: HPV vaccination. In Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. (pp. 213–244). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Abiola, S. E., Colgrove, J., & Mello, M. M. (2013). The politics of HPV vaccination policy formation in the United States. Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, 38(4), 645–681.

    Xavier University Library. (2014). How to write a position paper. Retrieved from http://www.xavier.edu/library/students/documents/p…


    Final Paper: Advertising to Children

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    Based on all the chapters in the course text, choose an advertising
    topic for the final paper from the suggested list below or choose your
    own advertising topic (be sure and obtain instructor approval). Use the
    APA writing style (6th edition) and a minimum of six sources, five of
    which must be from the Ashford University Library, to construct an
    eight-to-ten page paper based on the following questions/issues:

    1. Define and describe the advertising topic.
    2. Describe its effect on the advertising industry.
    3. How might this advertising topic aid managers in using the advertising campaign to achieve business objectives?
    4. What role does the topic play on consumer behavior?
    5. Analyze how this advertising topic is implemented in a
      specific organization, chosen from an article retrieved in the Ashford
      Online Library.

    Suggested Advertising Topics:

    • Advertising in the 21st century
    • Ethical and Social responsibility in advertising
    • Advertising to children
    • Public service announcements
    • Media planning and buying
    • Advertising media (radio, television, print, digital)

    Writing the Final PaperThe Final Paper:


    Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and
    formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
    Center.Must include a title page with the following:
    a. Title of paper
    b. Student’s name
    c. Course name and number
    d. Instructor’s name
    e. Date submittedMust begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.Must use at least six scholarly sources, including a minimum of five from the Ashford Online Library.Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must use own words ***NO PLAGARISIM***

    Climate Change

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    Assignment Instructions

    Prepare
    a short presentation on something you learned during this course that
    you found particularly interesting, or at least interesting enough to do
    some research on. (I chose Climate Change)

    Here is guidance for the student presentation.

    1. Look
    through the text and Course Materials (including the COMET Modules) for
    something that you find particularly interesting, or at least
    interesting enough to investigate further, and look around the Internet
    for information and graphics.

    2.
    Microsoft Powerpoint is an excellent tool for preparing the
    presentation, and the notes option provides a convenient place to type
    in the words you would have spoken to the class if we were all assembled
    in a traditional classroom setting.

    3.
    Instead of counting slides, plan your presentation to last about five to
    ten minutes if it could be presented to your classmates in a
    traditional classroom.

    4.
    Identify your sources (including all images), either the bibliographical
    citation or the website. It’s important to cite all images as direct
    quotes and a full bibliography on the final slide.

    Rubric for grading PowerPoints

    • Synthesis
      of concepts: Presentation showed a clear understanding of the chosen
      topic. Ideas are clearly and properly organized. 40%
    • Use
      of technology: Student demonstrated ability to use PowerPoint software
      to create a slide presentation. Creative ideas are incorporated into the
      presentation. 15%
    • Clear citations: References to the course text or to other materials were properly cited (Including images). 15%
    • Writing
      standards: The writing was grammatically correct, clear and concise.
      The presentation was well formulated, and easy to read and understand.
      Correct terminology was used when needed. 20%
    • Length: Presentation is at least 10-15 slides of solid content, not all images: 10%

    Success in Online Learning Humn 6000

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    Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
     Describe any concerns you have or challenges you might
    anticipate as an online learner.
     Identify one strategy and one resource/tool from the Learning
    Resources that may contribute to a successful online learning
    experience.
     Explain how you might use the strategy and resource/tool to help
    you overcome the concerns or challenges you described.
     Identify two personal weaknesses or limitations that you might
    need to improve upon in order to ensure your success in this
    program, and explain why.
    Reference the resources from this week that you will use to address
    these personal weaknesses or limitations. Provide at least one
    additional strategy and/or resource (not included in the Learning
    Resources) to address the personal weakness or limitation you
    identified.
    Reminder: Proper formatting and APA citations are required.
    Refer to the Writing Template for Course Papers for additional
    guidance.
    By Day 7
    This Assignment is due.

    Discussion problem issue opportunity

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    Let’s use this week’s discussion to begin brainstorming and sharing ideas about the problem/issue/opportunity for which you’ll explore. If you haven’t already, please read through the Module 8 Overview, which discusses the upcoming course tasks.

    Next, what issues, problems, and/or opportunities are you thinking about? Why are these important to your profession? In what ways are they tied to writing? Who (i.e. stakeholders) are interested or invested in the these issues, problems, opportunities? What questions or concerns do you have at this point? What future concerns might you have?

    Please complete this initial framing (in about 250-300 words)

    Finance major

    there are my information and texbook

    Photo Elicitation Poster Project, social science homework help

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    • I.Photo Elicitation Poster Project (30%)

    For your final project, you will present a photo-journalistic “essay” that showcases and highlights aspects of our class related to the concepts, theories, and ideas we have read and discussed. You should use a minimum of 20 photographs that you have taken during the semester. Your photographs should tell a “story” or present some inter-related and connected aspects of the ideas, themes, theories, identities, or practices we have studied. Your images can be representative, literal, or figurative in their representations. But you must convey a sense of what diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, power, privilege, and various social identities look like, feel like, and mean to you. In what ways are these present, or absent, on your campuses? How might various groups on your campus perceive or experience these? You will present your project during our last class at a poster session. You should be prepared to facilitate conversation and discussion around your poster as well. More details will be provided during class regarding the final presentation of your poster.

    Guidelines for Final Photo Project

    For your final project, you will present a photo-journalistic “essay” that showcases and highlights aspects of our class related to the concepts, theories, and ideas we have read and discussed. You should use a minimum of 20 photographs that you have taken during the semester. Your photographs should tell a “story” or present some inter-related and connected aspects of the ideas, themes, theories, identities, or practices we have studied. Your images can be representative, literal, or figurative in their representations. But you must convey a sense of what diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, power, privilege, and various social identities look like, feel like, and mean to you. In what ways are these present, or absent, on your campuses? How might various groups on your campus perceive or experience these? You will present your project during our last class at a poster session.

    Some guidelines for putting together your poster:

    • Your poster should be no smaller than 36”x48” and no larger than 48”x60”
    • You may use poster board, or regular paper to put together your poster
    • I would encourage you to view the following video which give some ideas for putting this together in powerpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4qXONix2aQ
    • If you chose to do this in powerpoint and print it, you can go to someplace like Staples or Office Max and print it off as a single “poster”. You might even be able to get this printed on campus at Morgan’s print shop located in Montebello
    • You should make sure that your photographs have captions and some type of description associated with them
    • Remember, your poster should convey some unified narrative about power, privilege, social justice, diversity and multiculturalism.

    Have a great break!

    Decision-Making

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    Our text suggests that objective reality is often significantly different from perceived reality and is an important variable to consider when making decisions within an organization. In addition, attribution theory describes how people create the explanations for their own and others’ actions, as well as the outcomes of the applied behaviors. Based on these two premises, analyze and discuss the following questions:

    • Consider your own experiences with others. Have your actions ever been judged inaccurately by a person such as a boss, a peer, or a family member? Does attribution theory offer us any explanations for what happened in the experience?
    • Every day we all make choices and decisions to act on something or behave in a specific way. Consider a time where you behaved in a way that was misinterpreted by someone. Why do you think it was misinterpreted?
    • Further analyze your behaviors during the event. How do you believe that your actions were inaccurately interpreted or do you think you may have not fully considered why you made this decision at that time? Consider the following as you make your decision:
      • Consistency. Do you tend to react/behave this way often?
      • Consensus. Would other people act similarly in the same situation?
      • Distinctiveness. Do other situations and stimuli elicit the same behavior?
    • Could perceptions of the behavior be attributed to a possible fundamental attribution error?
    • Could a self-serving bias be affecting your perception of what someone else thought about your behavior?

    Your assignment should be a minimum of five to six double-spaced pages, and should adequately discuss all questions posed, demonstrate maturating self-awareness, and include at least one peer-reviewed source, in addition to your text. Use the rubric to check for thoroughness. The Ashford Library should be used as your primary resource for this assignment, but other credible sources will also be accepted. Your sources should be cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

    The paper

    • Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length, not including the title or references pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
    • Must include a title page with the following:
      • Title of paper
      • Student’s name
      • Course name and number
      • Instructor’s name
      • Date submitted
    • Must begin with an introductory paragraph which will outline the two parts to be addressed within the paper.
    • Must address the topics with critical thought and support all assertions with peer-reviewed sources.
    • Must end with a conclusion that synthesizes your findings about leadership theories.
    • Must use at least one peer-reviewed sources from the Ashford University Library, not including your textbook.
    • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the In-Text Citation Guide.
    • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the APA References List.

    Creating employee buy-in (What’s in it for me?) to address the problem using your solution.

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    The
    purpose of this assignment is to clearly articulate the specific
    strategies and methods that will be utilized to manage the
    organizational changes associated with implementing the problem solution
    you have selected.

    Write
    250-500 words that explain how you will address the following
    organizational issues prior to implementing the problem solution you
    have selected.

    1. Creating employee buy-in (What’s in it for me?) to address the problem using your solution.
    2. Resources (systems, technology, training, etc.) needed to implement the solution.
    3. Methods for addressing employee resistance to change.

    This
    summary will be used as part of the Business Proposal Presentation in
    Topic 7 and the Final Business Proposal you submit in Topic 8.

    APA
    format is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always
    expected. For all assignment delivery options, documentation of sources
    should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found
    in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

    You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Cente