GSA Wants You, BUS 330 Contract Admin and Management homework help

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Assignment 3: GSA Wants You
Due Week 6 and worth 280 points

Imagine you are a service-disabled veteran and made your hobby of building model airplanes into a small business that produces very small remote control aircrafts capable of long sustained flights. You are ready to reply to a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules solicitation.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Describe the electronic submission process and the security measures present in this approach. Analyze the advantages over classic paper solicitations.
  2. Analyze whether or not your company has as much of a chance of having its bid accepted as a much larger corporation (e.g., Boeing) does. Support your analysis.
  3. Speculate on how you would negotiate during the contract award process once your solicitation is accepted.
  4. Determine the value of your most favored customer or class of customers to GSA. Analyze its impact on your small business.
  5. Compare and contrast the advantages of being a small company over being a lager firm (e.g., Boeing) in terms of contract administration and management.
  6. Assess the different marketing methods used to market to the federal government. Select three (3) most effective methods you would use to market your product or service to the U.S. government. Provide a rationale for your selection.
  7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the Federal Supply Schedule program.
  • Assess the different marketing methods used to market to the federal government. 
  • Compare the support programs available to small-business contractors. 
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in contract administration and management. 
  • Write clearly and concisely about contract administration and management 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 found here.

Unit 6 essay

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Expressing Your Ideas for an Academic Audience and Plan for Additional Research

Apply what you have learned about formal language and academic writing to write your own 2- 2 ½ pages draft of an essay that analyzes a relevant change in your field of study. Your paper must analyze either what caused this relevant change or analyze what effect this change has had. It will also create a research plan for further revision, research, and development.

This Unit 6 Assignment essay draft will then be revised to include source information and become your Unit 8 Assignment.

To identify a relevant change in your field of study, consider the following options:

  1. Brainstorm a list of changes in your field of which you are already aware
  2. Talk to others, including friends, family members, classmates, and professors
  3. Do a quick Google search to create a list of changes in the field
  4. Identify topic ideas by reading an article from this list of articles

For a more detailed description of each option, consult this document.

As you identify a change to discuss, be careful with your choice of topic to ensure that you are actually writing about a specific change. Diabetes itself, for example, is not a change. The skyrocketing number of children with diabetes in the last decade is a change. Technology is too broad a topic that includes countless changes and would not work for this Assignment; however, limiting the issue of technology to a specific technological change, like the increased use of cloud computing, will work for this Assignment. Be sure also that the change has occurred and that it is not a change you would like to see happen.

To help you succeed on this Assignment, you will post your prewriting work about the topic that you choose for your essay to the Unit 5 Discussion Board.

You will then use feedback you received on your topic idea to make necessary revisions and then post a rough draft of your essay to the Unit 6 Discussion Board. The feedback you receive on your rough draft will then help you to revise your draft for submission as the Unit 6 Assignment.

You must also include an additional 1 paragraph research plan paragraph at the end of your paper as part of the Unit 6 Assignment. This plan identifies what you specifically think you need to do in Units 7–8 to research your topic, support your ideas, and strengthen your draft.

Be sure your Unit 6 Assignment meets the following requirements:

  • Includes 4–5 fully developed paragraphs
  • Focuses on one specific, relevant change that has already occurred
  • Analyzes either cause or effect and does not take a position or make a recommendation
  • Develops the main point through your own thoughts and observations, not through research
  • Includes an additional research plan
  • Applies APA 6th Edition format
  • Avoids the use of outside sources at this point. However, if you use any source in any way in this draft, you must cite the source both in a references page and in text, whether you are quoting or paraphrasing

Complete English Disc Posts

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Discussion: Persuasion in Everyday Life (GRADED)

small group discussion

For this GRADED discussion, you will work with your peers. In your initial post, think about a time in your life where you tried to persuade someone to do something. Keep in mind that this doesn’t have to be a situation that was a full-blown argument—it can be something as simple as convincing a friend to go to a specific restaurant for lunch—and it doesn’t have to be a situation where you “won” the other person over either.

2:

Journal: From Problem to Persuasion (GRADED)

girl writing with notebook and laptop

Now that you’ve spent some time writing down some potential problems for your project, it’s time to narrow the focus. Reviewing your brainstorming activity, select two potential problems that 1) have two logical sides to the issue (your viewpoint and an opposing viewpoint), 2) are researchable, and 3) are related to your career or degree.

In your journal, write a fully developed paragraph for each problem (5-8 sentences each) explaining two sides to the issue (how is it argumentative?), how you plan to approach it in your project (what side are you going to take?), and why you’re personally interested in it (of all the potential problems in your field or degree, why did you choose this?).

When writing the paragraphs, feel free to express any other thoughts or concerns you may have about the topic choices.

After exploring the argumentativeness of your problems, take a moment to consider the bigger picture. Then, in one to two paragraphs, briefly reflect on the importance of persuasion with the potential topic you’re most likely to write about. Why is it important that people consider your side with your selected topic? Who is your audience, and why is it important to convince them that your view on your topic is the better (or more correct) view? Remember to try to be specific in your entry: this information will help guide you as you work on your project in the coming weeks.

Use the following checklist to make sure that you are covering all of the key points mentioned above:

In the first paragraph (5-8 sentences), explain:

  • Two sides of the first issue
  • Your approach/side
  • Why you’re interested in the topic

In the second paragraph (5-8 sentences), explain:

  • Two sides of the second issue
  • Your approach/side
  • Why you’re interested in the topic

In the third and fourth paragraphs (5-8 sentences each), reflect on:

  • The importance of persuasion for the topic you’re most likely to write about
    • Why is it important for people to consider your side?
    • Who is your audience?
    • Why is it important to convince them that your view is best?

The Red Scare and the Cold War at Home

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1. The postwar years saw a wave of fear overtake the nation about communist takeover. This fear eventually took the form of the government investigation committees that persecuted thousands of American on basis of their political, social and sexual preferences, leading to the loss of their jobs and their reputations. Based on the readings, what were the fears that fueled such figures as Joseph McCarthy, the House of Un-American Activities, and the Hoey Committee? Do you think these fears were blown out of proportion in regards to communist influence or homosexuals being considered a security risk?

2. In the 1950s the link between an consumerism and happiness, capitalism and democratic society was cemented and arguably reach a zenith with Nixon’s Moscow Exhibition speech. The rise in industry and corporations in the 1950s indubitably played an important role in American life and greatly affected the conception of male and female roles. What were some of the positive effects of this consumerism – employment, products, etc. – and what were some of the negatives – male and female social roles, feeling of unfulfillment, etc?

write a thoughtful short essay of about 600 words for tha101

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Midterm Critical Production Review Assignment

Attached Files:

MIDTERM ESSAY: CRITICAL PRODUCTION REVIEW OF DESIGN ELEMENTS

For your midterm essay, worth 10 points towards your final grade, please write a thoughtful short essay of about 600 words that addresses the following prompt:

How do the various DESIGN ELEMENTS in either the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS or the Hecht Studio Theatre production of THE MOTHERFU**ER WITH THE HAT help tell the story, set the mood & introduce the audience to the “world of the play”, convey the “message” of the production, etc. (Or, if you feel they do not do that, please describe the elements in question and critically explain why they do not help.)

Please isolate and describe SPECIFIC MOMENTS, SPECIFIC DESIGN CHOICES, etc. related to the SET DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN, LIGHTING DESIGN, or SOUND DESIGN to answer this portion of the question. You should also incorporate quotations from the readings on WHAT IS DESIGN? to help bolster your discussion.

Please DO NOT REVIEW THE ACTING!!! I would like this paper to focus on the Design elements, rather than the acting.

HR Professionals!! Response Paper Strategic/Administrative functions in HR

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Objective of this assignment:

You are to provide your knowledge of the
strategic and administrative function of Human Resources by thinking about the
situation of Southwest Airlines recent merger and their expansion.

Deliverable:

Read and reflect on the case study below and prepare a response
paper of 5 or more pages (excluding title and reference pages) with
appropriate in text citations. Demonstrate your research and analytical skills
in developing your comprehensive paper by using the organizations website and
outside articles written about the organization to supplement the information
provided in the case study. However, the case study is unique in that it is
focused on the HR ramifications and most of the outside reports you will locate
articulate the business side of the merger or expansion possibilities. Tailor
your paper to the HR ramifications of the merger and expansion. 

Keep in mind that the purpose of this assessment is for
you to demonstrate your knowledge of the strategic and administrative function
of Human Resources. While the business side of the situation is the foundation,
it is the command of the needed tasks and role for the Human Resource function
that you are to focus most of your attention. 

Key
Components

The key components of the paper are as follows:

1.  Title page

2.  Introduction in which you restate the issue(s) and
state the purpose of the paper

3.  SWOT analysis from the HR perspective  

4.  Recommendations to address the issues. Scholarly
research is expected to support the recommendations.

Examples of issues that may want to be elaborated upon may be
possible redundant positions, maintaining the culture of both organizations (or
not), combining compensation and benefits plans and union involvement (just to
name some).

5. There are many tasks for recruiting and hiring for the
expansion (in various global locations). Think about and list what those tasks
are. 

6. Provide the metrics for evaluating the outcomes of the
expansion of the organization (again, from an HR perspective).

7.  Synthesize and summarize your thoughts about the merger
and expansion (from an HR perspective), including recommendations for aligning
the HR function of the two organizations and addressing any of the S.W.O.T.
assessment HR related elements as appropriate. 

6.  Reference page containing at least five scholarly
references cited in the paper and presented in APA guideline format

Situation:

Southwest Airlines is a major airline in the United States with
limited flights outside the country. The organization has a strong culture
which is described in the following excerpt from Gary Kelly, CEO Southwest
Airlines found on the Southwest Airlines Website.Living the Southwest Way 

Living the Southwest Way

(Gary Kelly states that)…..I ask three things of the 46,000
Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Employees every day: Work hard, have
fun, and treat everyone with respect. We call this Living the Southwest Way,
and it comprises three characteristics that we look for in job candidates and
require of our Employees: a Warrior Spirit, a Servant’s Heart, and a Fun-LUVing
Attitude. While it may sound simple (and it is), the impact can be profound.
Our Culture has long been admired and has earned Southwest much recognition,
including a yearly spot on Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list (we
ranked seventh this year) and the distinction of being named one of the Best
Places to Work in Glassdoor.com’s 2013 Employees’ Choice Awards. Our Culture is
not a program or a campaign; it is the sum of the personalities and behaviors
of our People who Live the Southwest Way every day.

(The following is fiction but is the situation to consider for
this assignment). Due to the recent acquisition of AirTran Airways and with the
possibility of acquiring other airlines that will expand the organization to
other countries, Southwest Airlines will add thousands of employees quickly
from any number of existing airlines in a variety of global locations.

Faced with the tasks of maintaining the values of the
organization, consider and propose steps the Human Resources team will need to
take to achieve a successful merger of the two companies and to expand to
additional global locations.

PLEASE NOTE: Much has been written about Southwest Airlines, its
culture and the recent merger. While that information may be used as reference
material, the situation you have been asked to use for your application of your
knowledge about HR is unique. Do not merely cut and paste from what you find in
the documents you locate. 

Business Issue Identification, business and finance homework help

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In Unit 1, you were asked to start thinking about various business issues you may encounter related to the health care field. In Unit 5, you will gather sources of information based on a health care business issue, which can be administrative or managerial. In this discussion, you will define your problem and identify the goals you are trying to achieve.

Think about the business issues currently happening in your organization that relate to health care. Select one you want to try to resolve and describe it. Next, answer the following questions:

  • What goal are we (that is, you and the organization) trying to achieve?
  • To achieve this goal, what do we need to know? What data is needed?
  • How can we obtain this information? How would we collect the data?
  • Once we collect the information and data, what do we do with it?
  • Who are the stakeholders? What do they need to know?
  • What successes have we achieved? What can we improve?

Once you have answered these questions, state the problem as a question. Once you have posted your discussion, your peers will provide feedback.

Following are examples of questions based on a health care business problem that you may come up with as it relates to hiring the “right” administrators for your organization:

  • How can we have more success in hiring administrators in the Operations Department?
  • We are hiring administrators, but they keep quitting. What do we need to know tackle this issue of high turnover?
  • Examples may be knowing hiring trends or compensation strategies. Where can we collect this data? This may mean looking at other organizations within the health care field.

Do you think Turkey should be allowed to become a member of the EU, business and finance homework help.

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As trade blocks have become very common throughout the world, the EU is one of the strongest and largest. Turkey, one of the largest emerging economies, has been trying to become a member of the EU for decades. Answer the following:

1. Do you think Turkey should be allowed to become a member of the EU? Why or why not.

2. Given the recent changes in the economy in Europe, do you think it would still be an advantage for Turkey to be part of the EU? To complete this assignment, you need to do some research about this topic. After your research, come up with your own opinion and post it.

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Humanities Credit by Assessment 01 – What are the Humanities?

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Topic: Humanities: An Approach To Living In The Modern World

Question:

Identify key traditions and ideas influencing our culture.

Instructions

In a written response of one to three pages, explain in detail what the Humanities are and how they influence culture?

For this assessment task, you will be required to outline how the study of Humanities enables us to learn more about how traditions and ideas influence culture. In modern times, the Humanities has come to encompass a large variety of topics, all of which reference back to culture in various aspects. The study of the Humanities is essentially a study of what makes us human. While broad in scope, its focus on critical thinking, analyzing, and the ability to reflect on one’s place in the larger narrative of humankind. Please watch the video below (00:00 – 02:33) as a refresher on this deliverables content.

https://www.kanopy.com/product/humanities-approach…

Put in Interview Form please

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Instructions:

I completed an interview essay, but Its wrong. I want you to put in an interview form for me and completed the other half of the assignment for me (few sentences), please. I have attached the professor instructions below:

Instructions:

1. Conduct interviews with at least two family members, asking their opinions on ethnicity and nationalism. Some possible questions (though you can ask others):

1.Where is your family from/where do you live now?

2.How long has your family lived where you are now?

3.Did your grandparents or great-grand parents ever live in a different country?Where did they live?

4.How would you describe your ethnicity?

5.How would you describe nationalism?

6.Has your family embraced American (or whatever other country you are from)Nationalism?

7. Summarize the questions you asked and your family’s responses.

8.Include a few sentences on how the results of your study affect your own personal view of ethnicity and nationalism.

4.single spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman