Cultural Universals

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The main goal of this paper is to gain knowledge on the social-cultural characteristics of a country (China, for our project).

Cultural Universals: China

  1. Religion (Is the country known for the domination of a single religion or different religions? Is any religion conflict known? Are there any conflict religions with the neighbor countries?)
  2. Language and communication (If any, what is the official language spoken? If any, what other languages are spoken in the area? Are there any dialects? What are some of social and political effects associated with groups who speak different languages/dialects than the one of the main stream? What is the linguistic style and communication style? Some verbal/non-verbal taboos to consider. What are some the main symbols used within culture?)
  3. Sex, love, and marriage (Some of the related beliefs and practices; same sex marriage, etc)
  4. Values (How would you describe the main values of the population living in the country? What do they believe in? How are the group/individual dynamics? What is the role and place of females in society? What is the role and place of elders? What about children?)
  5. Rites of passages (What do people celebrate and how? Birth, high school graduation, engagement, marriage, death? Describe associated meaning and any material culture)

Guidelines for Paper

  • Title Page includes:

Your Name / School/ Semester

List of Cultural Characteristics

Country

  • At least 5-6 pages double spaced with 1 inch margins from each side – (title page and bibliography do not count as a page)

12 Times New Roman pt. font

  • Page numbers on each page, excluding cover page and bibliography
  • Bibliography or Works Cited page with at least 5 approved references Electronically submitted
    If possible please submit these to me ahead of time and I can get them approved by my teacher.
  • The Structure of Paper
  • Introduction

Explanation of the cultural characteristics researched on a country. How did researching these cultural characteristics help for a better understanding of the so called “business environment” of the country? Basically, this paragraph should be a brief description of the organization of the individual paper. Note: Do not repeat the text from the annotated bibliography here. That will result with a failing grade.

  • Body

The body of the paper can be structured based on the set of cultural characteristics discussed in the paper. It is a research paper so sources should be used widely and truthfully.

  • Conclusion

This part is a description of the importance of the cultural information for a better understanding a country’s population and culture, and especially for conducting a successful business in that country. Individual recommendations will lead in the group guidance for a successful business.

  • Bibliography

List all the sources by using one of the known formats

prototyping, object oriented system

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1. Supposed you are a project manager using a waterfall development-based methodology on a large and complex project. Your manager has just read an article that advocates replacing this methodology with prototyping and comes to you requesting that you switch.

  • What would you say to your manager? NB: THIS SHOULD BE LESS THAN HALF A PAGE

Justify the reasoning behind your response utilizing at least one external resource.

2. Assume that you have been assigned the task of creating an object-oriented system that could be used to support students in finding an appropriate apartment to live in next semester. Using what you have learned about the basic characteristics of object-oriented systems:

  • Define the different types of objects (i.e., classes) you would want to include in your system.
  • Define the attributes you would want to include in their definition.
  • Arrange them into an inheritance hierarchy.

please include a diagram by using anyone of the below diagramming resources

Diagramming Resources

3. You are to create a Systems Analysis and Design Project.

meed reflection paper

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need reflection paper, I am going to attach chapters. I just need at least 500 h words double space 12 format.

And I am studding psychology Clinical Psychology, So I need this reflection based on chapter kinda connect to the practice. I am studding to by a therapist. think is also good to notice if chapter relate to it, I am white 27 year old, Polish, so multiculture is new to me since i am in usa only 5 years.

Its multicultutural class

—Also are all expected to include a ONE question that you had based on the readings in the end of the paper.

Introduction to Decision Making

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Assignment Overview

Like many airlines around the world, leading Australian airline Qantas is facing very difficult times in spite of having a 65% market share in its home market of Australia. Due to rising fuel costs and a slow world economy, Qantas has recently been losing money and their CEO Alan Joyce has some tough choices to make.

One difficult decision for Joyce is whether or not to sell Qantas’ frequent flyer program. It may seem odd for an airline to sell its frequent flyer program, but Qantas’ program is much more than just an airline reward program. Members of this program can gain points not only by flying on Qantas but also through other means such as shopping at one of Qantas’ corporate partners or using one of their credit cards. Points can be redeemed not only with free flights, but also with products from numerous retailers. Over 10 million Australians belong to this rewards program, almost half of the population.

The frequent flyer program is Qantas’ most valuable asset and a sale of this program would help Qantas get out of its current financial troubles. However, selling the program would also mean allowing another company to have access to Qantas most loyal customers including their business class and first class customers. In the long-run, there is potential the sale could backfire and would not be wise.

Do some research on CEO Joyce’s current choice of whether or not to sell their frequent flyer program, and also thoroughly review the background materials on intuitive versus rational decision-making including Moshal (2009) and Kourdi (2011). Your assignment will be to apply the background materials concepts to Joyce’s current big decision.

Some specific articles on Qantas to get you started:

Ross, K. (2014, Aug 27). Qantas CEO faces tough choices. Wall Street Journal [Proquest]

Ironside, R. (2014, Aug 15). Qantas warned to ground plans to sell frequent flyer program. The Gold Coast Bulletin [Proquest]

Gilder, P. (2014, Mar 29). Loyalty future cloudy. The Gold Coast Bulletin [Proquest]

Australia: Qantas frequent flyer hits 10 million member mark. (2014). MENA Report [Proquest]

Case Assignment

Once you have finished reading about Qantas and reviewing the background materials including Moshal (2009) and Kourdi (2003), write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following questions:

  1. Is the decision whether or not to sell Qantas’ frequent flyer program a strategic or operational decision? Is it a programmed or non-programmed decision? Explain your answer using references to Moshal (2009) or Kourdi (2003).
  2. Suppose Alan Joyce decides to take a rational approach to the decision whether or not to sell the frequent flyer program. List a step-by-step approach you would recommend, and include specifics regarding what kind of information or choices should be considered at each step. Do not just list the steps, give detail at each step and use material both from your research on Qantas and from Moshal (2009) or Kourdi (2003) to come up with these steps.
  3. Joyce has been the CEO of Qantas for six years and is an experienced airline executive. Given his experience, do you recommend Joyce use a rational or intuitive approach to this decision? If there is a new CEO who comes from another industry and does not have this airline experience, would you recommend they use a rational or intuitive approach? Explain your reasoning, and make references to Moshal (2009) or Kourdi (2003) as appropriate.

Assignment Expectations

  • Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions
  • Stay focused on the precise assignment questions, don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials
  • Make sure to cite readings from the background materials page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of information

Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations.

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Healthcare Administrator project

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Evaluate a real-world ethical dilemma from the perspective of the heathcare/hospital administrator. You will use your skills and knowledge of ethics and health law as well as role playing to create a postmortem evaluation plan for prevention of future situations to present to your Senior Leadership team and the Board of Governors. A postmortem analysis is performed after the fact to evaluate the situation and identify a plan for prevention of future incidents.

Choose one of the cases on end-of-life on pages 294-298 in Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics.

Create a 15-17 slide presentation (using PowerPoint or a similar application) evaluating this case and providing recommendations of this case. Your presentation should address the following substantive requirements:

  • Description of what occurred, who was affected, and rationale
  • Assessment of the case from the following perspectives:
    • Ethical – describe the ethical principles involved and expectations for all involved.
    • Legal – define and argue the legal implications for each party. Explain health laws involved and the influence of the legal environment at the time of this case.
    • Regulatory compliance – examine regulatory standards and compliance involved.
    • Health reform – illustrate how this case and your role as administrator are different now due to changes in health law and expectations from health reform.
  • Recommendations – argue at least three recommendations for the current and future prevention of this type of situation in your facility.
  • Action plan for prevention – create an action plan for prevention explaining how you would implement these recommendations.

Your presentation should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be 15- 17 slides in length, not including the cover or reference slides.
  • Be formatted according to the APA Requirements.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of ten (10) scholarly articles.
  • Use correct terminology pertaining to the law and ethics.
  • Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.
    • Introduction and Description
    • Assessment
    • Recommendations
    • Action Plan for Prevention
    • Conclusion

I need help with my FIN 571 Week Six Individual Assignment

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WEEK SIX INDIVIDUAL:

Signature Assignment: Short-Term Funding

oDue Feb 23, 6:00 PM (PST)

oNot Submitted

oPOINTS 7

Presentation

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Objectives:

6.1

6.2

6.3

Instructions

Assignment Files

Grading

About Your Signature Assignment

This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to apply their understanding of cash flow management, break-even analysis, and short-term and long-term financing in starting and growing a business.

Assignment Steps

Resources: OECD Database, Corporate Finance

Prepare a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes requesting initial funding of $500,000 to start and run a start-up company. The proposed start-up company could be an existing business model (coffee shop, pet store, etc.) or could be something entirely new and exciting.

Create the presentation in the following format, with at least one slide to cover each of the following areas:

  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Information about the Industry
  • Marketing Plan
  • Competitor Analysis
  • 3 Year Income Statement (Profit & Loss) Projections
  • Include your assumptions for why and how you will achieve your sales growth and what significant expenses and investments you expect to incur to achieve your revenue goals.
  • 3 Year Proposed Funding Schedule (Sources and uses of the funds received.)
  • Break-Even Analysis
  • Academic and Business References

Review the following scenarios and assumption, and explain how it impacts your decision to expand:

  • After Year 3, the investors are interested in your company expanding internationally to possibly outsource labor or to reduce manufacturing costs. What countries would you expand to first, and why? What factors would you need to consider in making this decision?
  • What is the corporate tax rate in the countries you are considering expanding your business to, and how will that affect your decision to expand globally? (Use OECD Database or another resource to determine the corporate tax rate).
  • The investors want to see a decision tree detailing the decisions you would make if you received $300K now and $200K at the end of three years instead of $500K up front.
  • The investors would like your team to provide advantages and disadvantages of using debt financing versus selling company stock to raise capital for growth.
  • Briefly explain the venture capital process. Does it make sense for your company to raise funds through venture capital?

Assignment 4 Dell presentation for the Board of Directors

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In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for Assignments 1, 2, and 3.

Consider the corporation you have selected to use in your first three assignments.Identify one of the firm’s major competitors that you would consider working for.

Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Develop an executive level Power Point presentation with 8 -12 slides with speaker notes and appropriate graphics or professional video.

You will do a 15 minutes presentation to the Board of Directors of the corporation. Based upon Assignments 1 through 4 – develop an eight to twelve slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes or record a video. Each slide should include your research/citations as noted below.

The following order is suggested. Note that each slide should include some text and/or graphics….but don’t overdo it. Put the content required in the Speakers Notes or Video. If more slides are needed, feel free to expand them as required to accommodate your information.

SLIDE 1:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Introduce the firm you selected for Assignments 1, 2, and 3. Provide its industry, background, history, competitors, etc.

SLIDE 2:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success as a competitive employer in the industry.

SLIDE 3:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

SLIDE 4:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.

SLIDE 5:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.

SLIDE 6:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.

SLIDE 7:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response….this will require external research on your choses firm.

SLIDE 8:

In the Speakers Notes or Video: You will make recommendations to the Board of Directors based upon your analysis and decision on why the corporation remains or is not a good fit for you. To help with this, consolidate all of the information studied in the previous 10 weeks in the Learn, Discussions, and Assignments. Apply that learning now – explain why you would (or would not) want to continue working at this firm based on a business case. Avoid opinion and feelings – you your business learning from this course to make a business case for working (or not working) there. Remember, you are presenting to the Board of Directors who need to hear from you as a business consultant.

SLIDE 9:

Works Cited

Use at least three (3) quality references, one of which should be the course textbook:

Hitt, M. A., Ireland, R. D., & Hoskisson, R. E. (2013). Strategic management: Concepts and cases: Competiveness and globalization (10th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

References must be submitted on a Works Cited page (Slide) using APA format.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are as follows…be sure each item is covered somewhere in your Speakers Notes or Video:

Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall success.

Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.

Identify the five forces of competition.

Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.

Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.

Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.

Assess the ethical implications related to strategic decisions.

Predict ways in which corporate governance will affect strategic decisions.

Assess the relationship between strategy and organizational structure.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.

Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 200

Assignment 4: Capstone

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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2. Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.

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3. Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.

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4. Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.

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5. Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.

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6. Develop an executive level Power Point presentation with 8 -12 slides with speaker notes and appropriate graphics or professional video.

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7. 3 references

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8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

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GVPT 399O 7380 Seminar in National Security, political science homework help

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Diss. 3

Create and post a table with four columns and three rows. In the first column, first row list the national security interest you most want to protect .Then give give a terse explanation for this choice. in the second column,, and finally do the same thing for your third choice in the next row down and then your third choice. . Now move to the third column and list the number one threat to that number one interest and then in the last column provide your reason for the selection. Then proceed to do the same thing for your second choice and then your final third choice.

Project management essay question.

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Answer the following essay questions. in a Word document. State your answers in your own words, in complete sentences, and give complete answers/explanations with examples where applicable.

Assignment…

  1. Describe how you would use the plan-do-check-act model to plan, conduct and improve project meetings. (10 points)
  2. What is “scope creep”? What actions can a project manager take to avoid and control scope creep on his or her project? (10 points)
  3. When developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a project, your team can organize the second level elements by project phase, design components or work functions. Describe how these approaches differ. What advantages are associated with each? (5 points)
  4. Often circumstances dictate the need to accelerate a project schedule. Describe how crashing and fast tracking can be used to compress a project schedule. What limitations do you see with using each of these methods? (10 points)
  5. Draw out the answer to the following question on paper and scan it or create the drawing in Word or Visio (or other electronic tool): (15 points)
  • Draw the following project schedule
  • Task A duration 10 days
  • Task B duration 5 days, predecessor is task A
  • Task C duration 8 days, predecessor is task A
  • Task D duration 15 days, predecessor is task B
  • Task E duration 10 days, predecessor is task B
  • Task F duration 2 days, predeceessor is task C
  • Task G duration 10 days, predecessors are tasks D, E, and F
  • Indicate the ES, EF, LS, LF and slack time (format as displayed in examples)
  • Identify the critical path.
  • Show the enumeration method to determine critical path
  • Be sure that both methods indicate the same critical path

Text book you may need has attached below.

Thanks!

Social Theory Paper

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1250 Words!!!

Social Theory through Television Paper Instructions 

Overview: 

In class, we discuss two classical sociological theoretical concepts: Marx’s alienation and Weber’s iron 

cage. Concepts like these capture the complex social conditions which we as sociologists (and as 

members of society) are tasked to ‘figure out.’ These words are more than academic gobbledygook –

they are tools for tracing the historical social processes that have come to define modern society—

processes that are all around us and have implications for how our lives unfold. 

This assignment offers an opportunity to practice your research skills and develop theoretical insight by 

applying these famous classical concepts. You’ll need to find at least two (properly cited) external (not 

used in-class) academic sources that inform your understanding of the two sociological concepts that 

you choose. You’ll also need to watch some television to complete the assignment. 

Your main task is to demonstrate your understanding of alienation and the iron cage by exploring how 

they can be used to understand the experiences, personalities, circumstances of and decisions made a 

central character in one of the following television shows: 

 Boardwalk Empire (HBO) 

 Breaking Bad (AMC) 

 Damages (KZK) 

 Dexter (Showtime) 

 House of Cards (Netflix) 

 Mad Men(AMC) 

 Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) 

 Sons of Anarchy (FX) 

 The Sopranos (HBO) 

 The Walking Dead (AMC) 

 Weeds (Showtime) 

Theory allows us to see facets of society only visible in the abstract. Knowing that we live in a 

bureaucratic, scientific, capitalist, stratified, globalized social order, we can expect that people are to 

some extent shaped by the social forces that characterise this order. In your Social Theory Through 

Television paper, draw on Marx and Weber as you guide me through your interpretation of how society 

has constrained and impacted the fictitious lives of those we find so interesting that we spend hours 

living vicariously through them. Requirements: 

In an analytical essay of no longer than 1250 words: 

a) Briefly describe your selected television show. In some detail, describe the life of the character that 

you plan to focus your analysis on. 

b) With reference to the external sociological literature, briefly define alienation and the iron cage as 

conceptualized by Marx and Weber. 

c) Pick specific examples from your chosen television show that apply these concepts (serve as a means 

of illustrating the concepts). You can refer to the entire series, a single season, a single episode, or even 

focus on a single scene: there is lots of flexibility here. 

d) Compare and contrast the concepts as potential lenses through which we can understand how your 

chosen character (just as people in the real world are) can be said to experience these sociological 

concepts. Do both concepts help make sense of why the character acts as she or he does? Is one more 

applicable than the other? Are both inadequate? Why do you think so? 

Grading Rubric: 

 Submission and Style/Formatting Guidelines were followed ( /2.5 marks) 

 Maximum word count allocation was respected ( /2.5 marks) 

 Assignment is clearly and eloquently written ( /5 marks) 

 Introduction summarizes the intention of your work ( /5 marks) 

 The body of your paper systematically addresses all assignment requirements ( /10 marks) 

 Theoretical concepts are applied with precision using illustrations from your selected television show ( 

/20 marks) 

 Assignment includes an accurate reading and citation of selected external academic sources ( /5 

marks) 

Total: 50 Marks