This week you will review the world news and come up with one or more news articles on Trump’s US-China Trade Wars. Using information presented in the articles (you will provide the article link) and and a wide array of course material from the classroom, discuss the following. Avoid merely providing opinion but use the course material to present and support your ideas and conclusions. Do not use direct quotes but paraphrase.

• Explain what Trump’s US-China Trade Wars is about.
• Discuss the impact of Trump’s US-China Trade Wars on the two economies and on other economies throughout the world.
• Discuss how Trump’s approach to trade has impacted globalization.

Learning Activity #2

This week, you read about money and financial markets. You will again review world news and identify one or more news articles related to the financial markets (capital markets, stock markets, and bond markets). Using the information in the articles (you will provide the article link) and a wide array of course material from the classroom, discuss the following. Avoid merely providing opinion but use the course material to support the ideas and conclusions put forth. Do not use direct quotes but paraphrase.

• Discuss what has been happening to the financial markets over the past 6 to 9 months.
• Explain how the activity in the financial markets relates to the Federal Reserve.
• Discuss actions taken by the Federal Reserve during this time period and explain how these action have influenced businesses.
• Explain how the actions taken by the Federal Reserve can influence you as a consumer and as an employee of a business?

Self-Plagiarism: Self-plagiarism is the act of reusing significant, identical or nearly identical portions of one’s own work. You cannot re-use any portion of a paper or other graded work that was submitted to another class even if you are retaking this course. You also will not reuse any portion of previously submitted work in this class. A zero will be assigned to the assignment if self-plagiarized. Faculty donot have the discretion to accept self-plagiarized work.

You are expected to write a reflective report to an industry client that discusses the opportunities and limitations of virtual reality to solve a relevant problem for that organisation.

With this assignment you should imagine that you have been contracted by an organisation to objectively investigate whether they should invest in Virtual Reality to solve a business problem or to help them better achieve one of their business goals

There’s a new property in Sydney, Australia called King & Phillip, which is on sale, and I want to connect this property sale to VR technology. It enables users to better understand the information of the house, decoration style and surrounding environment through VR technology.

The first step will be to select a scenario organization as the target for your Inventory Process Management Plan. This scenario organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:

• Nontrivial: The selected organization should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the inventory process management principles in the course assignments.
• Domain knowledge: You should be familiar enough with the organization to focus on the assignment tasks without significant time required for domain education.

Assignment

For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a comprehensive Inventory Process Management Plan document. Your first task in this process will be to select an organization to use as the basis of your plan. You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project week, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support your work, and assumptions may be made when necessary.

Each week, you will complete a part of an Inventory Process Management Plan. You will select a company (real or fictitious) that utilizes an inventory-management process. This will be the focus of your key assignment. This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course.

The project deliverables are as follows:

• Inventory Process Management Plan
  • Use Word
  • Title page
    • Course number and name
    • Project name
    • Your name
    • Date
  • Table of Contents (TOC)
    • Use an autogenerated TOC.
    • This should be on a separate page.
    • This should be a maximum of 3 levels deep.
    • Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project.
  • Section Headings (create each heading on a new page with “TBD” as content, except for Week 1)
    • Week 1: Executive Summary
    • Week 1: Overview of Inventory Management Process
    • Week 2: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis
    • Week 3: Effectiveness Plan
    • Week 4: Reporting Tools
    • Week 4: Execution Plan
    • Week 5: Contingency Plan
  • New Content
    • Week 1: Executive Summary
      • Give a brief history of the organization.
      • Provide an executive summary of the chosen organization.
    • Week 1: Overview of Inventory Management Process
      • Include both the inbound and outbound aspects.
      • Include suppliers, vendors, and customers.
      • Explain how they relate to and affect the process.

My Goal Sheet
Developing a career goal is a great way to take charge of planning your career and a useful tool to manage your career effectively. Many individuals may not know how to develop a career goal; follow the steps below to help you determine where to start. There are a few steps that can be helpful in determining your career goal, which include: conducting a self-assessment, exploring industries and careers, and determining factors that are non-negotiable (e.g., geographic location, salary requirements, and health care benefits). The final step of goal setting is writing the first draft of your goal.

Step 1: Self-Assessment

• What do you do well?
• What energizes you?
• If you knew you could not fail, what would you do?
• What high school subjects did you do well in?
• What issues do family and friends come to you for help?
• What do you receive praise for at work or home?
• What are some of your greatest accomplishments?
• What is something you do where you lose track of time when you are doing it?

If you would like to take an online self-assessment to learn more about yourself, you may take TypeFocus. Visit the Self- Discovery Resources page of My Career to learn how you can register to take the assessment.

Step 2: Career Exploration
Explore job industries by conducting research on the type of careers that use your interests and skillset. O*Net OnLine, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and Bureau of Labor Statistics are great web resources for career exploration, job analysis, and education requirements.

Ask a professional in your career field of interest for an informational interview. Informational interviews allow you to gather information from a direct contact about his or her role. There are various ways to pursue an informational interview. For example, company websites, social networking sites, newspaper ads, and professional associations are avenues a job seeker can take.

Also, while deciding on a goal, consider your current lifestyle and where you would like to be in the future. Some helpful questions to consider are listed below.

• Does the career you want pay a salary that meets your needs?
• Will it offer you opportunities to advance?
• Are you comfortable sitting at a desk all day, or do you prefer to travel?
• Is the career you are considering likely to exist when you are ready for a job?

Step 3: Determining your non-negotiable items
Although we may not speak them aloud, we each have things we are not willing to compromise on. During this step, write out your “must haves” for your future career.

To help get you started, think about the minimum salary you need to have, where you want to live, and desired work hours.

Must Have	Do Not Want
1.	1.
2.	2.
3.	3.
4.	4.
5.	5.

Step 4: Pulling it all together – Write the first draft of your goal
Now that you have conducted a self-assessment, explored industries and occupations, and written down your non-negotiable items, what are your future career goals? In the space below, write your career goal. Be as specific as possible.

Example Career Goal
I would like to become a project manager within a large organization (5000+ employees) utilizing my organizational skills, education in organization development, my ability to strategically plan, and my detail-oriented nature. Since I have a family, I must have a salary of $50,000 or more, work within 25 miles of Houston, Texas, and work a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. traditional work schedule.

What is your goal?
Write your specific goal below.