paragraph and response

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Stonehenge is arguably one of the most famous Neolithic structures. It also happens to be one of the most mysterious.

  1. Follow these directions:
    • Consider the theories presented in your textbook regarding the original function of Stonehenge.
    • Discuss which of these theories seems the most plausible.
    • What evidence most aligns with your opinion?
  2. Respond to at least one classmate’s post by offering additional details or ideas, a different perspective, or links to interesting, relevant articles or websites. Conclude with a question or new idea to further stimulate the discussion.

one Classmate response ( It is likely that the original function of Stonehenge was that of an astronomical observatory and solar calendar. The “heel stone” of Stonehenge is perhaps the strongest indication of this original function. For an individual standing in the center of Stonehenge and looking outwards, the heel stone marked the point where the sun rose during the summer solstice. This is a striking indication of the accuracy of Stonehenge as a solar calendar during the Neolithic period. In the lecture, it is also mentioned that there are theories that Stonehenge served as a Druid temple. However, Druid temples were normally built in wooded areas, so it is unlikely that this theory is true. In my opinion, it is likely that Stonehenge served a variety of functions for those who built it.)

Health Organization Case Study

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Details:

Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S. (Example: United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Healthcare, etc.).

Harvard Business Review Online and Hoover’s Company Records, found in the GCU Library, are useful sources. You may also find pertinent information on your organization’s webpage.

Review “Singapore Airlines Case Study.”

Prepare a 1,000-1250-word paper that focuses on the organization or network you have selected.

Your essay should assess the readiness of the health care organization or network in addressing the health care needs of citizens in the next decade, and include a strategic plan that addresses issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction. Provide a comparison to the health care organization or network and the Singapore Airlines. Include any cultural issues that may influence the practices listed above.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.An abstract is not required.

See attachment bellow: To help respond the APA

Module 05 Course Project – Strategic Goal Controlling

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Previous assignments attached

As you’ve learned this week, the control process is essential to the achievement of goals. It allows a business to track their progress, make adjustments, and stay on schedule for what they’re trying to achieve. Your chosen goal from the strategic management project needs these same types of controls. This course project assignment will task you with creating a detailed control process for that goal. Think through all of the departments that might be involved in the completion of the goals and how they’ll need to be tracked. The course content from this week can be very useful in providing details on strategies and ideas for control processes. Some additional research will also prove useful. This assignment should be at least two pages in length and complete the following:

  • Identify four separate strategies that you will use to control your strategic goal.
  • For each strategy:
    • Identify which aspect or metric of the goal they’re controlling.
    • Explain the reasoning and value behind the control choice.
    • Identify the control as feed forward, concurrent, or feedback.

As an example, if my goal is to “decrease the amount of defective parts made on my assembly line by 5%”, I could control it through regular maintenance checks (feed forward), thorough employee training on the machines (feed forward), and a software system that monitors production while it’s happening and can print off detailed reports after work is completed (concurrent and feedback). You will need to go into much more detail on the structure, process, and purpose of your control methods, but this should give you a good idea of how to complete this assignment. Really think through how you’ll keep up to speed with company progress on your strategic management goal.

BUSN625 Assignment

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Solve Problem and Applications: ch 13- prob 7 [Klein Industries manufactures three types of portable air compressors] in page 451 at the end of chapter 13 in your textbook, USA 5th edition. The data is given as part of the question. There is no external data set provided. Use what is given by the problem. You need to submit a formal APA paper to explain all your findings together with your Excel Worksheet to demonstrate you have set up the Solver correctly. In the paper, you also need to explain how you set up the LP model to solve this case study.

13-7. Klein Industries manufactures three types of portable air compressors: small, medium, and large, which have unit profits of $20.50, $34.00, and $42.00, respectively. The projected monthly sales are:

Small Medium Large

Minimum 14,000 6,200 2,600

Maximum 21,000 12,500 4,200
The production process consists of three primary activities: bending and forming, welding, and painting. The amount of time in minutes needed to process each product in each department is shown below:

Small Medium Large Available Time
Bending/forming 0.4 0.7 0.8 23,400

Welding 0.6 1.0 1.2 23,400

Painting 1.4 2.6 3.1 46,800

How many of each type of air compressor should the company produce to maximize profit?

a. Formulate and solve a linear optimization model using the auxiliary variable cells method and write a short memo to the production manager explaining the sensitivity information.

b. Solve the model without the auxiliary variables and explain the relationship between the reduced costs and the shadow prices found in part a.

Solution Tip: You must use Solver tool in Excel. Set your constraints right, and fill in the solver dialogue box properly. Be sure to review links provided in the last lesson, or in one of the announcements in the first week of class. Here is a You Tube link you could view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyc0k9kiD7o
Also additional slides to explain basics and a basic example is attached. The example and slides are for demonstration and illustration purpose only to help practice how to use solver tool.

Turn It In (TII):

Existing Production line, business and finance homework help

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Huawei is considering replacing an existing production line with a new line that has a greater output capacity and operates with less labour than the existing line.

Existing Production line

The book value is $100,000 and the asset will be depreciated by $20,000 per year for the next 5 years. If you sell the existing production line now, it is expected to be sold for $80,000. Both the book value and market value of the line at the end of year 5 will be zero.

New Production line

The new line would cost $800,000, have a 5-year life, and would be depreciated using the straight-line depreciation method over 5 years. At the end of 5 years, the new line could be sold for $200,000. Because the new line is more automated, it would require fewer operators, resulting in a saving of operating expense of $40,000 per year. Additional sales with the new machine are expected to result in additional net cash inflows of $60,000 per year. The new line is however expected to have a negative impact on other side of the business and an annual operating cost of this side-effect is expected to be $10,000 per year.

If Huawei invests in the new line, a one-time investment of $10,000 in additional working capital will be required. Huawei will get back the additional working capital at the end of year 5. The tax rate is 30 percent, the opportunity cost of capital is 10 percent. What is the NPV of the new production line? Should Huawei take on the new production line?

What impact do these have on the security of corporate information?, paper help

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Please select one of the two choices below:

1. Research five examples of corporate vision statements, corporate mission statements, and corporate goals.

  • What impact do these have on the security of corporate information?  What steps does the corporation take to ensure its intellectual property is intact? What about client information?

2. Research the vision statements, mission statements, and goals of the university.

  • What impact do these have on the security of information?  What steps does the university take to ensure its intellectual property is intact? What about student information?

Preparea 350- to 1,050-word paper that fully discusses the topic questions

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines original content no copy and past

discuss how the transition to an increasingly wired society is transforming our lives, and specifically the ways in which we have “conversations” with one another, both for the better and for the worse.

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write a full 5 page essay on the question provided below , using both the essays to explain your point. the essay should have a clear thesis and an introduction and conclusion. the body paragraphs should be well structured . use the quotes especially to explain the point made in sentences and paragraphs . the quotes are a must and there should be clear citations . please use references from the given essays only

the question:sherry Turkle says that “the little devices most of us carry around are so powerful that they change not only what we do, but also who we are” (1). She is concerned about what we may be losing in our transition to a society that interacts increasingly online. We see this idea exemplified quite dramatically in Ronson’s essay where he argues that “On social media [people] had the chance to do everything better, but instead of curiosity [people] were constantly lurching towards instant cold judgment” (6). Both authors identify a loss in social bonding and civilized conversation in the age of social media. But why do humans invest so much hope in technology? What will trust in, and reliance on, technology do for us, and to us, either as individuals, or as communities and societies? For your essay, discuss how the transition to an increasingly wired society is transforming our lives, and specifically the ways in which we have “conversations” with one another, both for the better and for the worse.

ECOM 500 Critical Thinking 10-B

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Data Visualization and GIS Solutions (100 points)

Research either data visualization software or GIS software available to businesses. In a paper, summarize the range of solutions available with examples of how they might be utilized. Then conduct some research and identify an organization that has adopted one of these software solutions. Briefly describe the organization, and then answer the following questions:

  • What technology (or technologies) is the organization using?
  • Which business units utilize the data presented by the technology?
  • What does the technology provide to the organization? What benefits does it offer and/or what problems does it solve?
  • Explain the present and future impacts of such a technology from a business perspective.
  • Identify areas in which the organization might expand or improve upon using the technology. Explain what they could do and why they should do it.

Your well-written report should be 5 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing at least two references, as appropriate. Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Compare and Contrast Essay, sociology homework help

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The Assignment:

Please compare and contrast the situations faced by students in South Korea with those faced by students in Finland and with those faced by students in the United States. Your essay should be around two or three pages double-spaced or one to one and a half pages, single-spaced. The length doesn’t matter.

Please provide a little reference list by cutting and pasting the links you used. (This reference list does not have to be in APA format, just a list of links, for I haven’t provided you with full citations.) Please do not use outside sources, but do your own thinking about the materials I have provided.

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Guiding thoughts to help you with your essay:

Please briefly describe the educational programs in South Korea and Finland and then, in your compare-and contrast-essay, discuss the most important differences between these programs. You may also mention differences among South Korea, Finland and, if you wish, the United States. What is your personal thought on these differences and what you might prefer if you had a magic wand and could change education for your own children in the United States? Please be sure you raise the overall motivating issues that have made education in South Korea and in Finland what they are today. Are any of these ideas relevant to the United States? Why? I would appreciate hearing your personal opinions on this material and your justification for the choices you would make with your magic wand.

*** Reading materials to follow after tutor chosen*** 

Journal Assignments

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In order to exhibit individual comprehension of subject matter, each student will be required to write five journal entries about the course material to enhance and develop their own management and leadership skills. Students should reflect on real-life scenarios that are applicable to the course material from the prior section/unit. These scenarios can be issues faced at work, in a club or activity, in the news, in pop culture, whatever the student thinks is most relevant. Each entry should identify the concept, explain the scenario and its relation to the concept, and explain how you would handle the situation based on lessons learned in the course.

For one journal entry, students should attend one networking event (free events are highly encouraged) in their desired work field. Each student should interact with at least three different people (obtaining a business card) at the event and learn about what they do at work and how leadership and management applies to their position. Students should journal about this experience and upload the three business cards and a photo showing attendance at the event to this entry. Bonus points will be awarded for successful next steps with a contact, particularly if this can lead to a job opportunity! Plan ahead and do not wait until the end of the semester to attend the networking event.

Each journal entry is worth 20 points. Journal entries should be at least one full page (no more than 12-point font, reasonable academic quality font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced). Each journal is due at the start of class (submitted online no later than 6:30pm on the due date). Late entries will not be accepted and receive a grade of zero.