There are some acts of violence that capture our attention and interest more than others. In this assignment, you will explore an instance of violence that captured the nation’s attention. On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police office. The shooting and resulting protests captured the nation’s attention.

Tasks:

For this assignment, research Michael Brown’s shooting case and the subsequent unrest. Summarize the case in a 4- to 6-page report. Your report should focus on the following:

• Describe why this case captured the public’s attention on such a large scale?
• Describe the details of the public’s response. Was the public’s response justified, why or why not? Has anyone involved been charged with a crime?
• Identify similar violent public incidents and compare at least one example to this case.
• Explain what can law enforcement do to address public reaction and implications of public fear of abuse of power by police?

Submission Details:

• Submit your report as a Microsoft Word document. Include examples wherever required.
• Cite all the sources in APA format

Presenting you
favorite academic paper. Please choose one of your favorite papers,
either a journal paper or a book chapter (TEXTS: Harvey, David. 2005. A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford University Press.http://www.sok.bz/web/media/video/ABriefHistoryNeo…), and upload it. Please
introduce the major arguments and your comments about the paper. Explain
why this paper is important and how it shapes your thinking on
international development.

Use the guidelines to analyze your favorite paper. More than 500 words

• Who is this author?
• What is the context of the paper?
• What are the major question, hypothesis, and argument of the reading?
• What is the theoretical explanation?
• What research strategy and evidence are provided? Is the evidence persuasive?
• What are its strengths and weaknesses?
• What policy implications emerge for the analysis?
• Questions for discussions

Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald’s Corporation As the world’s leading foodservice retailer serving nearly 70 million customers daily in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s recognizes the importance of having good people in place in order to deliver an exceptional customer experience. McDonald’s has a rich history of developing leaders. Founder Ray Kroc, once said, “As long as you’re green, you’re growing.” McDonald’s supports this philosophy and commitment to their people by providing opportunity, nurturing talent, developing leaders, and rewarding achievement. This is evident in McDonald’s tradition of promoting from within: nearly half of corporate managers and 60% of owner-operators started as crew members. For many people, McDonald’s represents a first job—a place to develop basic skills that can help them achieve success in future life pursuits. For others, McDonald’s represents a pathway to a long-term career that provides rewarding opportunities to grow, contribute, and advance over many years. McDonald’s values state their belief that a team of well- trained individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, working together in an environment that fosters respect and drives high engagement, is essential to their continued success. Shared Services Business Challenge. McDonald’s Shared Services team began their partnership with us in 2008. At that time, Shared Services was part of McDonald’s IT group, which was decentralized in structure, but needed to function as a cohesive team to drive common global solutions. The CIO recognized the importance of developing teamwork and alignment across IT leaders and engaged us to lead this effort. After the IT Leadership Team had gone through The Leadership Circle process, the CIO asked each of the officers, including Kelvin McLaurin, then VP of Shared Services, to engage their teams in the program. Soon after The Leadership Circle was introduced, the Shared Services organization evolved into Global Shared Services (GSS) and became the first global function at McDonald’s. McLaurin recalls: “We needed to build a diverse, global team with leaders who could expand beyond their current capabilities.” He wanted to establish leadership effectiveness as a priority early with the team he was building and leverage the Leadership System to make this a reality. In 2012, McLaurin transitioned to a role leading McDonald’s Finance Transformation. Debbie Ballard, who had been a member of the GSS Leadership Team since 2005, took over leadership of the GSS organization. Having experienced the value of The Leadership Circle, she was already a supporter of the Profile and its benefits. Ballard explains: “The Leadership Circle process helps me professionally and personally. It enables me to step back and see why I am behaving the way I am behaving, and it helps me grow as a leader and to model the things that I am asking my leadership team to do.” GSS continued their focus on leader- ship development and further engrained The Leadership Circle program into its culture. Strategic Solution: The Leadership Circle. When The Leadership Circle was introduced in 2008, the GSS leadership team was skeptical. Introducing an exercise that required not only getting feedback about individual strengths and opportunities, but then sharing publicly with their fellow team members would not be easy. However, the team committed to the process, knowing the first session would be hard, but trusting that outcomes would make it worthwhile. Despite the initial hesitation, the GSS has become the group that applies The Leadership Circle most holistically and consistently. While other groups at McDonald’s leverage the Profile, GSS is unique in that they continue to use public feedback with each team member talking about their strengths and weaknesses in front of the group. McLaurin explains: “The Leadership Circle has become the common language across the GSS Leadership Team to onboard and develop our leaders.” As new members join the leadership team, either from GSS or a support partner, they are expected to participate in The Leadership Circle. GSS also engages their high-potential managers in the process. In 2014, GSS added The Leadership Circle Pulse Survey to hone in on opportunity areas and ensure more frequent feedback to drive development in those areas. McLaurin, who now leads Finance Transformation, brought The Leadership Circle practice to his new leadership team as well in September 2014. In addition, the Finance Transformation team also incorporated individual LCP assessment with team development opportunities. Outcomes. The Leadership Circle helped GSS to become a true, shared leadership team and build a culture of openness, support, trust, and high performance. Ballard explains: “It is part of our DNA, part of who we are. We have now done multiple offsite meetings with our leadership team focusing on individual and collective effectiveness. As a result, we have forged a cohesive, high-performing leadership culture and system.” Team members are empowered to mentor each other, talk openly about their opportunities, and gain support using a common language. Each leader’s candor, paired with their support for one another, enables GSS to drive business results at an accelerated pace. Instead of ignoring issues that could hinder progress, the team talks through them. Since the team respects The Leadership Circle process and one another, gaining awareness of strengths creates a culture of trust and support. Ballard notes: “Leaders were afraid at first of publicly showing people their development opportunities, but then they see that this supportive environment is designed to help you become a better leader, not discourage or embarrass you.” The culture that The Leadership Circle has helped to create in GSS contributes to their success: “We achieved our five-year strategic plan in only three years, and then set in place the GSS 2020 Strategy to continue our momentum toward our vision to be a world-class shared services organization.” Both McLaurin and Ballard continue to be strong advocates for The Leadership Circle process, driving application in their organizations and sharing their experiences with others in the McDonald’s System.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to apply communications theories, research, and conversation with class colleagues to actual business situations, through the development of applicable strategies.

Assignment Steps

Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald’s Corporation located in Mastering Leadership.

Write a 700-words report in which you analyze the communications and group behavioral issues that might arise in an organization hiring employees for their first job based on the discussion from your learning team.

Include a strategy to address these challenges.

Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

I need a 2-3 paragraph post written over the folowing topic:

To participate in this topic, first read “Communist” by Richard Ford (in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories). Take careful notes as you read the story, paying particular attention to character, place, and attention to detail (or, as Dufresne mentions in the textbook, “The writer’s job is to see the world clearly […] we want the reader to see exactly what we have seen”).

What specific words, lines, or passages stuck out to you as a reader, and what techniques does Ford use that you can emulate in your own writing? Be sure to give examples of all three elements of writing: character, place, and attention to detail.

Please be sure to cite section of the story that stand out as well as provide the reason why. You must use MLA format to cite. View the rubric if there are other questions regarding this assignment.

Note: I will provide access to the story once the someone has been selected.

I’m behind on this course project, so here is 2 assignments I need done. please give these assignments all your efforts because I am failing. READ ATTACHMENTS FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! APA CITING!! MAKE SURE THE TOPIC IS PET SUPER MARKET.

MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT- THIS WHOLE PROJECT SHOULD BE ABOUT https://www.petsupermarket.com/

It is time to select a company for your Strategic Management Plan. In 1-2 paragraphs provide a brief description of the organization you selected and the reason why you chose that particular company.

MODULE 3 ASSIGNMENT- SWOT ANALYSIS

Strategy formulation requires an objective analysis of the factors that characterize the company’s strategic situation. There are a number of techniques that can be used to create a quick strategic overview of the company. SWOT analysis is an example of such a technique. SWOT analysis is based on the assumption that an effective strategy derives from a soundit” between the company’s internal resources (Strengths and Weaknesses) and its external situation (Opportunities and Threats). A good fit maximizes the company’s strengths and opportunities and minimizes its weaknesses and threats.

For example:

	Positive	Negative
Internal Factors	Strengths Technological Skills Leading Brands Distribution Channels Customer Loyalty Customer Relationship Production Quality Management	Weaknesses Absence of important skills Weak Brands Poor Access to Distribution Low Customer Retention Unreliable Product/Service Management
External Factors	Opportunities Untapped Markets Technological advancements Mergers, joint ventures, partnerships, or strategic alliances Socio-cultural trends New Distribution Channels	Threats Changing Customer Tastes Closing Geographical Markets Technological Advances Changes in Government Policy Tax Increase Change in Demographic Structure New Distribution Channel

With the information above and other research, conduct a SWOT analysis on the company you selected. The format presented above should be used for your analysis.Then provide a 1-2 page narrative describing the analysis you conducted.