Author: chris

The modern contemporary arts in Chinese cities and how it has influenced the art world.

“Change and Civilizations.” Go to http://www.learner.org/interactive/collapse. This is a Web site maintained by Annenberg/CBP about why great civilizations collapse. Read the story of one of the great civilizations in this Web site. What can Corporate America learn from this experience? How does this relate to the business world? What would happen to a business if it continued to ignore change?

Introduction: 1-2 paragraphs explaining the relevance of this topic to the course and why you are interested in it. Annotations: 10 academic sources properly cited, with appropriate description of the information presented. Connections: 1-2 paragraphs detailing connections to other course material such as themes, documentaries, articles, texts, etc. You must include a paragraph addressing EHTICS.

For your first assignment, you will critically examine the theories presented in Units 1 and 2 and then apply those theories to a current, publicly traded company. Write a paper in which you complete the following:

• Critically analyze, compare, and contrast the theories of disruptive innovation and value innovation. This means you will need to define each theory and then compare and contrast these theories: How are they alike? How are they different?
• Choose any publicly traded company (listed on any stock exchange, such as NYSE, Tokyo, et cetera) and analyze that organization’s capacity for strategic foresight and opportunities for disruptive or value innovation, based on your analyses of the theories. As part of your evaluation, consider the organization’s successes and failures in this capacity, focusing on events within the last five (5) years.

English comp discussion

It is important that when you create the draft for an essay you apply both drafting strategies and collaboration.

Share some of the challenges you might encounter when building a working draft of an essay. These challenges can cover the introduction and conclusion, body details, or any details you developed from the planning activity.

In your response, select a classmate’s post and offer suggestions that help to develop those details into a working essay draft.

Finance discussion

How does leverage impact risk and return? How is risk related to operating and financial leverage? Explain your answer in detail.

HRM discussion

Gamification is applying “game mechanics” or “game design thinking” to non-game applications, such as employee training. This is done in an effort to make learning more interesting and competitive. Conduct academic research on typical gamification tactics and the companies that have been using this method to deliver training programs.

Select a gamification tactic for training and explain it in your initial post. Then select a company that is using gamification in training and describe how they are using this method.

Discussion 1

“Hiring in the Federal Government” Please respond to the following:

• Using your selected agency, analyze the reasons for and practice of recruiting and hiring a qualified workforce.

The Agency is Unemployment Agency

Discussion 2

“Diversity and Cultural Competency” Please respond to the following:

• Debate It: Take a position for or against this statement: Government agencies should purpose to hire people from different ethnic, racial, and gender groups. Provide at least two reasons and examples to support your position.