Break a norm

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Write
a page or more documenting your “norm busting” experience.
Your paper should have the following characteristics:

a)
Title your page with the norm you challenged. (eg elevator etiquette)

b)
Typed, single-spaced, with an 11 or 12 point font and no more than 2
pages in length. Proper grammar, spelling, and writing are expected
and will affect points.

c)
include info on:

Which
norm did you decide to break?

A
brief description of what you did.

Briefly
describe your thoughts, concerns, and feelings while breaking the
norm.

Describe
how other’s reacted when you broke the norm.

Describe
how easy/difficult it was to break the norm.

Good
luck!

List
of Norms to Break

1)
Break elevator norms: face wrong way, sing a song, tell jokes, have a
picnic, study, etc.

2)
Proximity norms: Sit/stand too close/far from people (friends and
family only)

3)
Walk backwards (You can do this with a friend to make sure you are
safe.)

4)
Eat non-finger food with your fingers (e.g., pasta, soup, salad)

5)
Wear clothes backwards/inside out

6)
Flip-flops with socks

7)
Refuse to talk directly to others

8)
Sit in back seat of the car when there’s only two people

9)
Walk with umbrella open on a sunny day (not unusual for women to do)

10)
Avoid eye contact

11)
Smile, say “hi” to everyone (good for someone who doesn’t
normally do this. There are lots of places where being friendly is
the norm.)

12)
Always answer “how are you?” with an elaborate answer

13)
Talk too loudly or too softly

16)
Carry stuffed animal/doll to restaurants, friend’s house, class,
etc. Or talk to an imaginary friend (anyone know the movie “Harvey”
staring Jimmy Stewart?)

17)
Sing in odd places (I personally sing in Trader Joes because they
are always playing the hits of the 70s and 80s, LOL. If you are
wondering, people ignore me.)

18)
Wear sunglasses indoors or stare up at the sky.

19)
Wear holiday clothes on wrong day

20)
Intense eye contact with others (friends and family only)

21)
Impersonate a celebrity

Discussion 1-Evictions

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Discussion 1 Evictions

Review this video, which reports the growing number of evictions as rents rise and property values increase. After 50 years at the same address, a 98 year old woman faces eviction. Although laws are different in each state, renters are having a harder time fighting evictions.

  • Woman, 98, Evicted From San Francisco Apartment After 50 Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg1kdC7eZZA

Suppose you are the judge, and a case is presented before you were a tenant is facing eviction. The landlord has been in constant contact with the tenant and is able to supply the texts and notes to the tenant. However, the tenant agrees that the landlord did contact him, but the tenant claims there was not sufficient notice. The landlord is able to show months of texts and notes begging for the rent from the tenant. What are the legal considerations you would evaluate to determine the claims of the tenant and the landlord? In whose favor would you rule, and why? Be sure to support your legal analysis.

Watch the video Lecture # 14 and Write one full page response.

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Please note that this assignment is TWO PARTS. The First part is due 24 hours from now. The second part will be after submitting the first part to my school website and see my classmate writing, then will make a direct response to at least 2 different students’ initial posts 24 hours from submitting the first part.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Watch the video Lecture 14 – How to Operate (Keith Rabois)

http://startupclass.samaltman.com/

Then, write a 150- 200-word discussion post as follows:

1. What 2 or 3 key ideas did you learn from the videos?
2. What surprised you? And why?
3. Formulate 2 questions that you would like answered by your classmate or points you would like clarified.

Due date: 24 hours from now.

NOTE: Once you complete this work, I will submit it to my school website. Then, I can see my classmate writing in order to make a direct response to at least 2 different students’ initial posts as follows:

1.Write a 50-75-word reaction to the post that is either a reaction to the post or an answer to one or both questions the student asked.

2.Provide references if appropriate for your answers, and make the answers meaningful, not trivial.

Due date: 48 hours from now, which is 24 hours from the submission date.

Financial & Managerial Accounting

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Anti-Trust 

Review Chapter 4 of your course text.  Prepare a four to five page double-spaced paper (excluding title and reference pages), on the following topic: 

You are a manager with five years of experience and need to write a report for senior management on how your firm can avoid the threat of a Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) investigation if you were to merge with other Health Care Organizations (H.C.O.s).  Research on your own to select a health care organization in the United States that has been charged with an antitrust action within the last five years and use this information as the basis for your paper.  In your report: 

a. Summarize the charges and rebuttal or mitigation of charges used by the health care organization you researched 

b. Discuss lessons learned and propose actions that can be taken by your management to avoid similar anti-trust actions in your proposed merger. 
Your paper must include an introduction, thesis, and conclusion and be four to five page double-spaced (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Utilize a minimum of three- to- five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (excluding the course text) that were published within the last five years, in APA format. 

Health Information Patient Handout

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Assignment: Health Information Patient Handout

One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.

To prepare:

  • Select a health issue of interest to you.
  • Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.
  • Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.
  • Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.

To complete:

  • Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected.
    • Include a cover page.
    • Include an introduction that provides:
      • An explanation of your issue and why you selected it
      • A description of the audience you are addressing
    • In the handout itself:
      • Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.
      • Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.).
      • Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.

Note: Remember to keep the information in your health handout and its design at the appropriate level for the audience you are seeking to inform. Submit your Assignment as a Word document.

Strategic Management

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Assign 1

Point 1: Question 1

Length: 600-800 words

Objective: Compose, prepare and recommend strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive market profile.

You are speaking on the phone with Mike when he asks about what sort of cultural aspects you are considering in this plan.

You think about this and say, “There may well be some considerable cultural differences that need addressing. I remember last year when there was a language mix-up with a doll. It was just saying ‘I love you’ in a different language, but it sounded like ‘kill mommy.’ It’s funny now, but imagine being the marketing team in that building!” Both of you laugh as you hang up the phone, but the memory does get you thinking seriously about cultural differences. Complete the following:

  • What cultural considerations should you take into account for your strategy?
  • Will this negatively impact your current strategy?
  • Does this change your approach? Why or why not?

Question 2

Length: 2-3 Pages

Objective: Compose, prepare and recommend strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive market profile.

Formulate a balanced scorecard that translates a company’s strategic objectives into a coherent set of performance measures.

You, Mike, and Tiffany meet in a conference room to begin to assemble your final presentation.

This presentation will be the project deliverable, so you want to make sure you have provided all of the requirements.

Mike begins, “I think we’ve done some pretty good analysis on our strategy. We just have to put the pieces together before the final presentation.”

“We do have some solid information, but we have to look at all the parts to see if we can remain competitive,” Tiffany adds.

Complete the following:

  • A balanced scorecard is used to align the business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. Based on your analysis of the company’s four perspectives in IP3, develop a complete balanced scorecard that helps put the pieces together for your final presentation. Once completed, answer the following questions.
  • What are the considerations that you need to be aware of to remain competitive?
  • Based on the research and analysis that you have done, can you compete in the market that you have chosen? Why or why not?
  • What primary factors led you to this decision?
  • What would you say to someone who would dispute your position?
  • How do you plan on evaluating the global marketplace in the future?

Company’s four perspectives in IP3

See below IP3

Balanced scorecard

Particularly, a balanced scorecard entails strategic planning. With the utilization of a balanced scorecard, it aids in the alignment of an organization’s operations with its mission and vision. Specific profitability levels are essential to ensure growth and expansion. With this demand to achieve profitability, there is the need for strategic plans to achieve objectives and goals (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016).

Therefore, a balanced scorecard aids in the improvement of the goals and objectives as well as performance through considering the customers, the financial, internal business processes and learning and growth. The organizational management is critical to the strategizing of the resources available to achieve the set objectives. Being customer oriented, enhancing product quality and ensuring emphasis is on the achievement of long-term objectives is aided using a balanced scorecard (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016).

The financial perspective deals with the improvement of revenues. This could be through increasing the market share and the acquisition of new customers. Notably, when an organization experiences a growth in revenues, it is usually a good that it is doing well and will do well in the future. Here, the company sets the target for the growth in revenues. It could be a specific percentage such 10% annually. This indicates that profits are for business continuity. An organization must, thus, endeavor to stay profitable so that it is in a position offer quality products that meet the customers’ needs and expectations (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016).

On the other hand, the customer value perspective deals with ensuring customer loyalty. Provision of excellent customer services is key (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016). Customers must be come out of an organization satisfied die to excellent services. This is essential in enhancing customer retention. An organization’s mission is to be able to provide consumers with the best quality products in the most professional manner. An organization may plan to have loyalty programs and this encourages repeat purchases.

The internal operations perspective entails the enhancement of productivity. Part of this is inventory management. This ensures that inventory does not go to waste. Keeping up with the technological advancements is also key for enhancing the internal business operations (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016).

The learning and growth ensures that employee turnover is reduced. Increasing employee motivation is key to lowering of turnover levels (Kunz, Siebert & Mütterlein, 2016). Therefore, employee satisfaction is the main concern here. Satisfied employees work towards increasing an organization’s productivity since they are motivated to work in line with the organization’s goals and objectives.

Other strategies for the company profile

Another strategy includes the adoption of a clear product strategy. This will ensure that an organization has a leading edge in products. This way, an organization can expand and customize branding for the specific market entered. Also, taking a proactive rather than a reactive approach is essential in ensuring global expansion success. This can be done through the creation of a foreign subsidiary into the country. Adequate research is essential to align objectives with the long-term strategic plans.

Importance of having more than one global expansion strategy

Essentially, having more than one global strategy is critical to cater for both risks and uncertainties. The nature and the environment of the global market cannot be clearly defined. This way, pursuing more than one’s strategy helps in avoiding losses. It also helps in maintaining a competitive edge in the market. This is because even if one strategy fails, the other can support the achievement of the global strategies (Reardon, Coe & Miller, 2015).

It is important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global

expansion because it will aid in ascertaining the nature and forces of the market. It will aid in

the identification and minimization of risk and in the event of a failed strategy, a second plan

to fall back on will be available. It is imperative that numerous strategies are available as it

will assist in ensuring that the company does not get kicked out of the market. Numerous

strategies offer a basis of growth and enhanced performance in a bid to garner competitive

advantage. Many strategies will offer operational flexibility, economies of scale and first

mover advantage. It will diversify operational risks, operating environments and will increase

quality. It will lead to a heightened distribution network, a mission and vision closely aligned

with and more applied research and development. It will also ensure that gains more financial

control of the business, enhanced coordination and offered large economies of scale. Having

more than one strategy in mind facilitates quickened thinking and enhanced concentration to

make a positive impact in the market arena. The strategies will make the company to

understand customer demand, competition for different markets especially since markets

beyond the home country differ (Linoff, & Berry, 2011). It will analyze the competitive strategies for different countries and what resources need to be applied to gain competitive advantage.

References

Kunz, R. E., Siebert, J., & Mütterlein, J. (2016). Combining Value‐focused Thinking and Balanced Scorecard to Improve Decision‐making in Strategic Management. Journal of Multi‐Criteria Decision Analysis, 23(5-6), 225-241.

Luo, Y., & Tung, R. L. (2007). International expansion of emerging market enterprises: A springboard perspective. Journal of international business studies, 38(4), 481-498.

Assign 2

12 hours ago

Assignment No 2

point 1

objective: Compose, prepare and recommend strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive market profile.

Demonstrate the ability to analyze emerging global marketplace for potential growth and opportunity.

600 – 800 words

Your team attends a trade conference on the subject of globalization. They have attended several seminars both advocating and dismissing implementing a global strategy. You return to the office and share some of what you have learned with the team.

“Globalization is a very interesting topic and can get very heated,” you explain. “There are some countries and companies who are fiercely loyal to their homes and would not consider going global. Others see it as a benefit to the company and their customers. Some people here in the states believe that American-made is best because we are contributing to our home country. But, is it? Is it always best to stay domestic? How does this impact pricing? Are you truly helping?”

As your team ponders these questions, you start to think about your position on the topic. Complete the following:

  • Are you for or against globalization?
  • Is your recommendation for your company to go global? Why or why not?
  • How does globalization impact the marketplace as a whole?
  • Has your opinion changed from the beginning of the course to now?

Point 2 7 to 8 pages

Objective:Compose, prepare and recommend strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive market profile.

Demonstrate the ability to analyze emerging global marketplace for potential growth and opportunity.

Question 2

Formulate and implement business-level corporate and global strategies.

Compose, prepare and recommend strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive market profile.

Demonstrate the ability to analyze emerging global marketplace for potential growth and opportunity.

Length : 7 to 8 page

“Hi, Deborah. What’s up?” you ask.

“I’d like you to present to the advisory board next week,” Deborah says. “They are very curious about your findings and would like to know if globalization is a good opportunity for the company. The board wants to finalize their strategic plan, and this may be a key part of it.”

After you hang up, you begin thinking through the different items that you will need to cover.

As you finalize the marketing plan, complete the following:

  • Is globalization a good move for the company?
  • What is your rationale behind this decision?
  • What geographic location should be a target for global expansion?
  • What background information can you provide to support this decision?
  • How will this decision support the overall goal of growth and expansion?
  • How would you refute someone with the opposing perspective?

Capstone Wrap-up – Starbucks Meeting Rooms

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I need help putting together my capstone and I need an executive summary written and conclusion too please. I have taken care of the audiovisual powerpoint so you can ignore that part of the rubric.

You can use content from the other papers I have attached. I also attached the requirements…but to summarize:

Your business implementation plan must include the following sections:

I. Executive Summary. Provide a brief overview of your concept and its key features, including cost, time frame, and anticipated benefits.

II. Justification. Lay out the rationale for the concept, including the problem or opportunity it addresses, the market for the product or service, and the key
features that set it apart from the competition. You should also discuss how the concept fits with the mission, vision, and priorities of the company
implementing it and how or why it is innovative.

III. Implementation Plan. Propose a clear and comprehensive plan for implementing and managing the concept from inception to completion. Although the
details of your plan will necessarily depend upon your concept, at a minimum your plan should consider:

 Physical and technological resources needed for the concept, including where these will come from and how they will be used to reduce cost or
improve operations. Be sure to discuss why one resource option is better than another where appropriate.

 A detailed implementation schedule covering what needs to be done, by when, and by whom. The schedule should identify the critical path to
success and outline the dependencies between tasks.

 Project review processes and indicators of success to ensure that the project stays on target

 An explanation of how intrapreneurship or entrepreneurship factors in to the implementation of your plan and how you will protect intangible
assets, such as intellectual property or brand

IV. Company and Key Personnel. Explain why your organization is well positioned to carry out the project, including how the concept fits with your
organization’s core competencies and the type of corporate culture that will offer the best possibility for successful implementation. In addition, define
the key roles, responsibilities, and qualifications of the cross-functional team that will be responsible for implementing the project. Although you may
not always be able to provide the names of the specific individuals who will occupy those roles, you should explain the specific skills and experience
required for each and the contributions each member will make, including what your own role will be in the process and contingency plans should the
team composition you propose need to be modified.

V. Financial Analysis and Funding. Analyze the projected costs, revenue streams, and net present value for the concept from launch until two years after
the breakeven point. Be sure to include a budget, an assessment of assets and liabilities, your anticipated sources of funding, and the associated costs of
attaining that capital as part of your analysis. Support your analysis with relevant primary and secondary data in an appendix, specifying any relevant
assumptions and limitations. You should include, among other support, sales forecasts, cash flow statements, income projections, and any other
relevant calculations or financial reports.

VI. Assumptions and Contingency Planning. Clearly explain the assumptions you have made in creating your business implementation plan, any factors that
may affect those assumptions or the success of the project, and how you have planned for those contingencies. At a minimum, you should discuss any
cross-cultural, economic, and geopolitical factors that may impact the business environment and concept; how you will ensure that the project operates
in a legally and ethically compliant environment, including relevant laws, regulations, or patents or permits that may need to be obtained; plans for
incorporating stakeholder and customer diversity into planning and implementation of the concept; and the role corporate social responsibility will play
in the implementation of your concept.

Guidelines for Submission: Your business implementation plan should be approximately 25 pages long (not including appendices, references, etc.), using 12-
point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins. You should use appropriate section headers to divide the text and cite references using the most recent
APA conventions. You may include summary pictures, charts, graphs, or other explanatory diagrams as needed to successfully explain the concept and
implementation, but should use appendices for detailed supporting documentation.

about Microsoft (MS) Excel

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i need help with the assignment

i attached that check please and read carefully !

REQUIREMENTS

Synthesize an understanding of spreadsheet design/development functions and practices. MS Excel is available in selected computer labs (see Blackboard). The following resources have been posted to Blackboard or are available online.

Note: Hoonuit/Atomic Learning may be accessed via Blackboard (under the “Student Tools” button) or via the website (http://www.atomiclearning.com/login/ut/, log on using Spartans Domain user ID and password). Search for tutorials using the search box (search for “Excel 2016”) or drop-down menus.

Briefly respond to the following:

  • Microsoft (MS) Excel Design Functions. Review MS Excel design/development functions (formulas, linking, pivot tables, etc.).
  • Poor Spreadsheet Design/Development Practices.
  • Good Spreadsheet Design/Development Practices.
  1. MS Excel Atomic Learning Tutorials (Formulas). Complete Excel 2016 – Frequently Used Formulas & Functions Training tutorials: B. Formulas (required) and C. Linking and Consolidating Worksheets (required) module tutorials. List the modules completed and provide a brief synopsis what you learned within each module (Note: You do not have to provide a synopsis of each individual tutorial video within each module).
  2. MS Excel Atomic Learning Tutorials (Pivot Tables). Complete Excel 2016 – Pivot Tables tutorials: A. Getting Started (required), B. Creating and Deleting (required), C. Custom Appearance and Layout (required), D. Printing Options and Copying a Pivot Table (required), E. Summarizing with Totals and Formulas (required), F. Refreshing Data (required), G. Pivot Charts (optional), and I. Sparklines and Slicers (optional) module tutorials. List the modules completed and provide a brief synopsis what you learned within each module (Note: You do not have to provide a synopsis of each individual tutorial video within each module).
  1. Identify two poor spreadsheet design/development practices. Explain the implications of each poor practice you identified. Hint: Search for “bad spreadsheet development practices” or “spreadsheet design errors”.
  2. Explain how poor spreadsheet design/development practices contribute to spreadsheet integrity/reliability problems. Explain the potential accounting/business implications of poor spreadsheet design/development practices. Hint: Search for “spreadsheet errors” or “spreadsheet horror stories” or “spreadsheet risks”.
  3. Explain why the majority of spreadsheets typically contain serious errors. Hint: Search for “spreadsheet error statistics” or “why spreadsheets contain errors”.
  1. Identify two good spreadsheet design/development practices and list them in order of priority. Explain the implications of each good practice you identified. Hint: Search for “good spreadsheet development practices” or “spreadsheet design best practices.”
  2. Explain how good spreadsheet design/development practices contribute to spreadsheet integrity/reliability. Explain the accounting/business implications of good spreadsheet design/development practices. Hint: Consider reporting, compliance, and auditing issues.
  3. Review the systems development life cycle (SDLC) in the course notes/text. Explain how the SDLC may facilitate sound spreadsheet design/development.

Improving Spreadsheet Design/Development. Recommend two practical solutions to spreadsheet design/development concerns you identified above. That is, how would you go about ensuring sound spreadsheet design/development within a real-world organization? Consider the practicability of your recommendations.

​List and discuss the key factors that should be included when setting prices of innovative products, marketing homework help

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List and discuss the key factors that should be included when setting prices of innovative products.

  1. Market research:

This step is important to understand the demand in the market. The demand forecasted will be responsible for the production and breakeven of the company. Thus, this is one of the most important steps. It is important to find the demand and supply gap for your product.

  • 2-5 key elements to pricing which are value, variable, visible/ invisible, virtual
  • 3-Cost
  • 4-Competing products:
  • 5-Positioning
  • 6-Target market: Know your customers. When it comes to innovative products, the teenagers are the early adapters. Thus, your marketing strategies must be focus towards them.
  • 7-Competitive advantage: It is important to show the target audience what advantages does your product has to offer.
  • 8-Factors affecting international pricing which are internal ( firm-level factor, product factors) and external are ( market factors, environmental factors) explain each one and provide examples for each one

When a new product is developed, the pricing of the product is very important. The various factors to be considered for this are the production cost, operating expenses, rents, insurance and taxes. Thus, the price of the product should exceed these costs.

Competitive pricing is also important to survive in the market.

The company must decide initially how they want to position themselves in the market. This builds their overall image in the market for the years to come.

Final Assignment for Social Psychology

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Please read the files attached carefully. Choose one film: Shawshank Redemption (1994), Time to Kill (1996), Mean Girls (2004), Inside Out (2015) Identify 3 different concepts that seem to apply to the events or actions of individuals depicted in the film. For each concept, you should begin by briefly describing the relevant scene. You can assume that your reader has seen the film, so your description does not have to be detailed. Then relate that scene to the concept that you think applies. In what ways does the scene demonstrate the concept? How does the scene connect with the ideas discussed in lecture and the text to the concept you have chosen? Are there any parallels to the cases we have talked about in class or in the text? You should not be doing library research or going to outside sources for this assignment. I would like you to work with the course materials and show that you have thought about them, understand them and can discuss them in the context of the film.