Author: chris

using both MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench, create a schema called ABC_YourLastName. In this schema, create all the necessary tables, columns, and relationships to complete your database.

 

In addition, complete the following tasks in a 1-page Microsoft Word document:

• Describe your database.
• Explain which tables, columns, keys, and so on will be seen in the schema.

We used to think, and this was supported by research, that the brain became a static organ as people entered adulthood. We now know this is no longer true (as will you when you read The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science). The one thing in life we can be certain of is that there will always be change (someone else said this but I can’t find the quote). If this is true, an important quality in all of us is our ability to tolerate and embrace change, or our plasticity. Consider some area in your life that you would like to change, describe why this change is important to your overall well-being. Then discuss 3-5 things in this book that could help you think about how to implement that change.

 

Response papers should be 4 – 5 pages double-spaced (MLA or APA format, size 12, double spaced, Times New Roman, left heading). The response papers will involve some degree of personal examination using the material from the class. It should not be a diary entry and it should not be a book report – introduction, thesis statement, support (with references), and conclusion.

After spending some time observing the day-to-day operations of Elora Jean & Co., you have noticed a trend in employee and labor relations issues. These issues include perceived unfair treatment from managers, distress over disciplinary actions, and anxiety about new human resources (HR) policies.

Aware of the union and nonunion entities within Elora Jean & Co., you have observed that the production supervisors are unclear on the facility’s union grievance procedures, and the nonproduction supervisors are unclear on how to handle employee concerns in their offices. Employees often feel that they do not have the means to fully voice their concerns. With this level of confusion on grievance procedures, employee morale and performance has begun to decline, affecting Elora Jean & Co.’s ability to stay competitive.

As the HR consultant, you see an opportunity to educate Elora Jean & Co.’s management team on grievance practices. You decide to review guidelines on dispute resolution and grievance procedures and prepare a presentation for the company’s owner.

Prepare a presentation on developing a work climate in which grievances are a last resort and how to properly address them when they do occur. Your presentation should include the following components:

• Include recommendations on a strategy that Elora Jean & Co. can incorporate to proactively avoid grievances. Your recommendation should include a way to create an environment in which employee issues are identified and addressed before they move into a formal grievance process. Recommendations for creating positive employee relations should be discussed.
• Include recommendations for a dispute resolution process for the nonunion offices. Your proposal should include a sample procedure for nonunion employees to follow when complaints arise.
• Present step-by-step guidelines for handling grievances in the production facility. Your presentation should include recommendations for investigating complaints, working effectively with union representatives, and summarizing supervisor responsibilities. Include cautions about actions to avoid when handling grievances.
• Include a proposal for training to educate the line managers on handling grievances and avoiding grievances to ensure violations do not occur. Specifically, discuss the areas that such training should cover.

Project 1 Organizational Theory (Week 3)

In the first assignment, students are given a scenario in which the shipping manager who has worked for Recycled Furnishings since the inception of the company is getting ready to retire.  The scenario serves to set the stage for students to demonstrate how management theories have changed over time.  For example, managing 30 years ago is different than managing in the 21^st century.

In selecting an organizational theory that best describes the current shipping manager, students have to use the timeline to select a school of thought and a theory or theories of that time frame.  Students will need to research the theorist and theories to complete the assignment and answer the questions below.  Students are expected to be thorough in responding to Part One.

In Part Two, students are going to take what they have learned in weeks 1 – 3 and compare the management skills of the current shipping manager to that of you as the new shipping manager.

Scenario:

Recycled Furnishings is a division of an international home furnishing company called Thor Enterprises.  Recycled Furnishings makes glass sofas for outdoor use from recycled bottles and glass. The business has grown rapidly in the last thirty years and now that it has become a division of Thor Enterprises, the company is going international.  The shipping manager for Recycled Furnishings, Robert, has been in his job since the start of the company.  Prior to coming to Recycled Furnishings, Robert worked as a container manufacturing engineer at Damco, a local shipping company and worked his way up to supervisor prior to joining Recycled Furnishings. Robert, a baby boomer, quickly rose to supervisor at Damco because his ability to optimize the way tasks were performed and implemented processes so workers could be trained to perform their specialized sequence of motion in one best way.  He brought this management style to Recycled Furnishing and helped to improve the methodology of furniture assembly as well as the shipping processes.

A major shift in management occurred in the late 1980’s and early 90’s that caused Robert to reconsider his management approach.  For example, advances in technology, the organization joining a union, change in the value systems, organizational design and globalization all affected the culture of Recycled Furnishings.  Robert was successful with this transformation and contributed greatly to the company’s success.

Part One

• Select an organizational theory that you believe best describes Robert’s management style in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s;
• Identify the theorist(s) who proposed the theory;
• Discuss how the selected organizational theory and theorist fit into the school of thought of that time period.
• Address the principles of the theory and how the manager would do his job and interact with his staff.
• How does this organizational theory differ from Robert’s early thinking;
• Using the course readings and your own research, explain in detail how you arrived at your conclusions.

 

Label parts one and two.

Part Two

Recently Robert announced his plans to retire.  You have been hired as his replacement and with the international launch on the horizon you have big shoes to fill.  You feel you are more than capable of handling the management position and characterize yourself as a 21^st century manager.

• As a 21^st century manager, compare the way you would manage versus the way of Robert;
• What implications do the changes in management have for the future of Thor?
• How will the new approach to the job likely change the shipping division?

Required Formatting of the Management Plan:

 

See the grading rubric to make sure you are following the protocol. 

• Create a consultant’s report that is in APA format, 12-point font, and between five full pages and six pages in length excluding the title page, abstract page and reference page;
• Title page with your name, the course name, the date, and instructor’s name:
• Include a reference page and be sure all references are in APA format and have an author and date listed.  Remember that the text, websites, dictionaries and encyclopedias do not count as references, nor do references dated prior to 2000.
• An introductory paragraph, a summary paragraph and the use of headings are required- meaning that these areas are to be labeled and in addition to the APA abstract;
• Write in the third person;
• Use APA format for in-text citations and references. You are required to use class material and at least five academic or highly respected business publications.  This means a minimum of six references. Students need to paraphrase and avoid direct quotes
• Organize your paper so it is user friendly to the reader.
• Students are expected to show what they have learned in the course by applying theories and concepts. These

Write a two-page paper describing a basic experimental design for the proposal.
Design a basic experiment to assess a cause and effect relationship based on your research question. Include the
following information:
1. Research the objective.
2. Explain if the design is a true experiment or a quasi-experiment. Justify your selection.
3. Develop a hypothesis based on your research question.
4. Evaluate your hypothesis according to the characteristics provided in the lecture. Be specific.
5. Describe the independent variables, blocking variables, dependent variables, and extraneous variables.
6. Explain how you plan to deal with issues related to internal and external validity. Be specific.
7. Conclusion: Highlight the major points discussed in the previous sections. Be sure to relate the information back
to the purpose and relevance of the research.

 

You must use correct APA formatting when writing your paper. All references used, including the textbook, must be cited.

 

 

Textbook:  Zikmund, W. G., Babin, B. J., Carr, J. C., & Griffin, M. (2013). Business research methods.
(9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.

5-7 page research paper on whether or not government imposed regulations will hinder growth, development and innovation in the internet sector. 10 sources including in text citations, paraphrasing and direct quotes. I will send over a full requirements form as well as a sample essay so that you can better understand the formatting that I am searching for. Willing to pay for quality.

Post two 500-word essays answering these two questions: 1) Which source, the recollections, the photographs, the newspaper articles, or the manuscript census, is most useful for understanding the nature of immigrant life?  Which type of primary source tells us the most about immigrants?  2) Was anti-immigrant sentiment based largely on fears of economic competition or simply racism?  Put another way: What was the root fear behind the anti-immigration movement?

For the attached business review, the paper needs to be updated with peer review and instructor review comments. And Also, the paper needs to be revised with Required Elements and the comments in the “Revise your Week Four Business Proposal” paragraph.

 

 

The new paper should include the below comments and also the the points below-

 

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COMMENTS on the ORIGINAL Paper (attached) from the Instructor

Paper does not define  price elasticity of demand and does not analyze total revenue test of elasticity of demand by showing pricing strategy accordingly.  APA-format for citations was not followed

 

 

BELOW are PEER Review Comments:

 

Comments on “Assumptions regarding market structure and elasticity”

Paper indicated “The price elasticity of demand is either elasticity or inelastic in the Monopolistic markets.”  it is not perfectly elastic.  I believe with it having many firms which are differentiated products it has elasticity.

 

Comments on Chosen method to increase revenue

Paper referenced “the government can be able to affect the pricing the respective market structures” but did not identify anything specific for “the “Thomas Money Service Inc.” and “Will Bury’s Price Elasticity”

 

Comments on Use of concepts of marginal cost and marginal revenue to maximize profit

Saw reference for equation and government’s intervention in the pricing policies of various market structures is diverse

 

Comments on Suggested mix of pricing and nonpricing strategies

Has heading but no suggested mix for companies used.

 

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Resource: Business Proposal and Peer Review feedback.

Revise your Week Four business proposal using the feedback provided by your peers and facilitator as necessary. In addition to your week four paper, the second part of your paper will use the revised information to recommend appropriate pricing and non-pricing strategies for your new or existing good or service based on the projected economy’s stage in the business cycle and the prevailing projected economic conditions for one or more macroeconomic factors. Explain the evidence that supports these recommendations.

 

Required Elements:

• Describe the current global economic conditions and their effect on local macroeconomic indicators for your good or service.
• Describe the local economy’s stage in the business cycle.
• Describe how current credit market conditions affect your planning or operating decision for your good or service.

 

• No more than 2100 words (in addition to the 1400 word paper completed in week four, an additional three pages at most is needed)Your assignment is consistent with APA guidelines .All written assignmentsmust adhere to APA style and MUST be submitted to  Plagiarism Checker (Turnitin)

Read Case 9: Capital State Arena in the text (pg. 473-475). In a three- to four-page paper, excluding the title and reference pages, provide a brief summary of the case and main points, and address the following prompts, using qualitative and quantitative data where necessary to provide support.

• You are the purchasing agent for CSU. Your manager has asked you to design evaluation criteria for purchase of the new lighting system. Develop a supplier selection and evaluation model for this purchasing decision. Justify the reasoning for your response.
• Part of your role in selecting the lighting system will be to satisfy the needs of the university purchasing team and the end users. Develop a university purchasing team/ end users’ needs matrix to help with this purchasing decision. Explain the needs for each user and how you determined the needs, in addition to providing examples.

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

For this assignment I would like for you to summarize and critique an empirical  journal article published in a psychology journal. The summary must be typed with 10 or 12 point font and double-spaced with 1-inch margins. Please also write the summary in paragraph form and use your own words to describe the study.

Choose a study that is related to your group’s topic. Hopefully this article will be useful to you in writing your proposal. The article should be an empirical journal article from a peer-reviewed publication. Lastly I would like for you to provide an APA style citation for the article and staple the full-text of the article to your summary. Each member of your group should have a different article to summarize.

The summary must be written in your own words. In your summary include responses to the following points:

a. Start with a brief summary of what the article is about.

b. What was the general research question/purpose of the study? 

c. What variables were studied? What were the hypotheses concerning these variables? How were the variables measured and/or manipulated?

d. Who were the participants? (e.g. How many? How were they recruited? Were there any special characteristics of participants?)

e. What were the procedures, tasks, or instruments (e.g., surveys) used?

f. What were the main results (describe in words)? Were the results consistent with the hypotheses of the study and the literature described in the introduction? Were there any surprising or unexpected results? DO NOT PROVIDE STATISTICS.

g. How did the researcher interpret the results? Can you think of alternative interpretations? Did the authors discuss the limitations of the research? If so, what were they?

h. Did the authors give suggestions for future research or applications? Can you provide other suggestions?