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Written Responses:

• Unless otherwise indicated, there is a 200 word minimum response required.
• Credible reference materials, including your course textbook(s), may be used to complete the assessment.
  • If you have questions regarding the credibility of your reference, please contact your professor.
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Part 1

1. What is outsourcing? What are the seven major outsourcing errors that should be avoided?

 

 

 

2. What are the tradeoffs (pros and cons) between an internal and an external growth strategy? Which approach is best as an international strategy? Why?

 

 

 

 

Part 2

 

Using at least your textbook and a minimum of three additional sources, answer the following questions. Your paper should be at least three pages in length, excluding title and reference pages. Follow APA style guidelines.

1. The bilateral agreement has enabled China and South Korea an increase in trade and an increase in trade deficit for the United States; what are the advantages and disadvantages for the United States to continue these relationships with the bi-lateral agreements?

2. With regards to the various agreements/treaties discussed, EU, WTO, NAFTA, CARICOM, APEC, MERCOSUR and ASEAN: 

• Discuss any pending applications, candidate countries, or associate members. 
• What are the advantages/implications for trade within the trading group and for the United States? 
• Determine the GDP and GNP of those pending countries. 
• Based upon your assessment, do you think these countries should become full members of the FTAs they have applied to? Why, or why not?

What is the difference between primary and secondary succession? Describe what types of disturbances can be beneficial to ecosystems, and which can damage an ecosystem beyond repair.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

Cunningham, W. P., & Cunningham, M. A. (2011). Principles of environmental science inquiry and applications (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

The success of an organization depends heavily on its structure, strategies, and culture. In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the importance of these elements in the success/failure of an enterprise.

This assignment is the first of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of conducting internal and external environment analyses. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your report.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will assess an organization’s current position in the internal and external environment.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a consultant to evaluate the performance of a manufacturing or service organization. As part of your function, you need to assess the organization’s current position with regard to their business operations, strategy, and organizational structure, as well as identify potential ethical issues management may face. The executive management team has asked you to submit a report of your findings.

Instructions:

Choose a publicly traded manufacturing or service organization to be the subject of your work for LASA 1 and LASA 2. (You should choose a different organization than you have used for previous assignments.) Select an organization about which there is an abundance of information made readily available to the public (via the corporate website, industry publications, business journals, etc.).

In preparation for your report, conduct your review of the organization using the following approach:

• Evaluate the company’s business strategy and global competitiveness plan.
• Conduct an internal assessment using SWOT analysis.
• Assess the external environment via an external scenario evaluation.
• Sketch the company’s organizational structure.
• Using the tools of business process design, define the organization’s business process.
• Identify any potential ethical issues that may impact the traditional management functions of the company and recommend preventative measures.

Utilize at least three sources in your research. Your document should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Write an 8–10-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

I have 7 econimics question there is no word limit but please dont make it look like an essay.

 

Discuss the economic effects of monopoly. Be sure to include the following:

 

1. Monopoly price compared to the price of a competitive firm

 

2. Efficiency of resource allocation

 

3. Monopoly and its impact on large-scale production and unit cost of production

 

Explain the significance of resource pricing in terms of the following:

 

1. Money-income determination

 

2. Cost minimization

 

3. Resource allocation

 

4. Policy issues

 

Write a 1,000- to 1,250-word informational article for a newspaper in which you do the following:

• Describe the differences between dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories.
• Discuss the strengths and limitations of dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories as they apply to behavior.
• Discuss the Big Five personality test and how it is used to study personality.

Include a minimum of two to three sources.

Format your article consistent with APA guidelines.

 

 

Here is the second homework.

 

I need atleast one slide each. It has to be in PPT. Which includes speakers notes and pictures. As well as references that has been used in this homework.

 

Please use Allports theory to answer the following:

Limitations of the theory in explaining behavior

Describe how the theory affects an individuals personality

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

 

Assignment 1: Medicaid Expansion

Due Week 3 and worth 300 points

 

Imagine that you are a health policy analyst for a state that has not elected to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You have just been notified that the state leaders have agreed to reconsider their decision during an upcoming session. Go to the Kaiser Family Foundation Website, at www.kff.org, and The Commonwealth Fund website, at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2014/mar/medicaid-expansion-alternative-state-approaches, for additional information on Medicaid expansion.

 

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

 

1. Identify a state that has not elected to participate in the Medicaid expansion initiative under the Affordable Care Act. Critically analyze the implications of the state’s decision to opt out of Medicaid expansion on the citizens of the state.
2. Compare the potential opportunities and challenges of a state’s decision to opt into the Medicaid expansion.
3. Explore two (2) alternate approaches to expanding access to care that have been implemented or considered by states opting out of Medicaid expansion. Compare and contrast the two (2) alternate approaches to the Medicaid expansion initiative.
4. Provide a recommendation to the state legislature on whether or not the state should opt in to the Medicaid expansion. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.
5. Use at least three (3) recent (within the last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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:

 

• Develop policies that ensure compliance of healthcare delivery systems with current legislation.
• Apply decision-making models to address difficult management situations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in Health Care Operations Management.
• Write clearly and concisely about Health Care Operations Management using proper writing mechanics.

Need help finishing my 10 min power point presentation on Financial Crisis 2007/08 for a Finance course (please find attached my ppt presentation, I need clear speaker notes (not just bullet points) and editing/revision). I need the complete ppt by tomorrow morning.

 

The main focus of this presentation is to 1) explore what a financial crisis is (in general), 2) what factors cause a financial crisis (in general) and 3) spesificly what caused the financial crisis of 2007/08.

 

After reading the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) article, “How to Create a Legally Binding Contract” and visiting the Student Career Center’s “On the Job Success – Be a Lifelong Learner” section, you will create a professional contract that contains the definite and certain elements as discussed.  Your contract will be written for your family-owned, small business. The agreement will be for employees to sign who wish to further their education while working for your company. Be creative, yet professional. The following components must be present in your contract. For each element you must demonstrate   your ability to write clearly, concisely, and with advanced communication skills.

1. Distinguish the type of contract (e.g. bilateral, unilateral) and include the six elements of contract formation.
2. Develop the factors of time, tasks, goals, potential clauses, assignments, and restrictions into the contract.
3. Use and define legal concepts by incorporating the legal terminology from your textbook where appropriate and relevant.
4. Use academic or legitimate news sources, such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc.
5. Identify any ethical issues that exist in this alleged contract and result.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length, not including the title or references pages. Include at least two APA style sources to support your findings. 12 Point Time New Roman Double Space

Excel Spreadsheet: attach one Excel spreadsheet with a separate page for each graph requested (minimum of 1 graph per question).

 

the econ excel project need to include these concepts:

Conditional Probability, Mean ,Median ,Standard Deviation, Percentile, Range, Collectively Exhaustive, Mutually Exclusive ,Union of Events, Intersection of Events, Skew, Statistical Dependence or Independence, Normal Distribution, Z-Score, Empirical rule, Chebyshev’s Theorem.

 

the data information i will send  to u by email.

 

 

there are 7 questions:

1. What weapons are most often used in the commission of crime? 2. How long do people in the U.S live? Is there a difference between longevity based on age, gender, and race? What demographics have the longest life span? 3. How many abortions occur each year? Do race, age, and income influence the likelihood of having an abortion? 4. What are the murder rates for the five most populous regions in the US? 5. How does educational attainment vary across states? Is the variation the same for primary, secondary, and college? What proportion of the population has a bachelor’s degree? 6. What are the odds of being a victim of a burglary, auto theft, or robbery in the US? Would my odds change if I owned a home and/or a car? 7. Using Education or Crime data from the same sources, identify at least two questions of interest to you and generate the necessary statistics from the list above along with at least two graphical illustrations supporting your answers. This is your creative license questions and the one you will be asked to present to the class (10 minutes to present so plan accordingly).

(1) Why people become religious in their outlook, change their religious practices, or lose faith?

 

(2) Explain what Jews mean when they “study Torah”?   What, exactly, may they be studying? (The             assigned article on Judaism mentions the writings Rabbi Sela mentioned.)

 

(3) Describe one or two ritual items (other than tefillin) and/or synagogue features that you saw and learned    about.

 

(((((((( you may find som pictures online and please dicribe them find out what it meens ??? the place called   Temple Ramat Zion in northridge city) )))))))

 

Format: 10%

Descriptive title and your name on the first page

2 pages in length

Double‑spaced

1@ margins on all sides

Pages are numbered

No space added between paragraphs

12‑point Times New Roman

 

 

Fulfill Assignment: 75%

Discuss the themes and issues.

Discuss themes and issues accurately.

 

­Evidence of Editing: 15%

Each paragraph treats only one topic.

There are no spelling errors.

All sentences are complete.

Apostrophes are used correctly.

 

You do not need to write a conclusion.