Author: chris

MGT320 – Lau, T., & Johnson, L. (2014). The legal and ethical environment of business, v. 2.0. Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge. ISBN-13:9781453356968

Assignment:

Discuss a current ethical issue in the business world that arises out of intellectual property. Research and discuss at least one case to illustrate the ethical issue. Some questions to consider include:

• Why is it important to protect intellectual property?
• How can intellectual property be protected?
• Do intellectual protections ever go “too far”?
• What is the proper balance between content producers and the public good?

Your well-written paper should be 3-4 pages in length, not including the title or references pages.  Include a minimum of two scholarly sources beyond the textbook.

Watch the “Psychology Research in Context” video. 

 

Answer the following questions in a 700- to 1,050-word paper:

 

• What was the goal of the present study?
• How are the present results considered valid?
• Explain what these results mean to someone who has not taken this course before.
• How do you understand the concept of statistical significance in relation to this study?

  Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

  Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. 

  Faculty Materials

  Films Media Group (2008). Statistical Analysis (02:49) From Title: Psychology Research in Context

   

   

  Second assignment

  Scientific Method Presentation

  Create a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation outlining the steps using the scientific method as a process model for answering research questions. Include the following:

 

• Describe the steps in the process.
• How can this process be used in other areas like (chose two areas listed or any of your own):
  • Business
  • Marketing
  • Human Resources
  • Advertising

    Include speaker notes.

    Format reference citations consistent with APA guidelines

     

This needs to be lengthy and use citiations from the textbook and video that I have attached. No plargism.

 

For the essays:

Note that it is OK to quote directly occasionally, especially when providing definitions, but put these statements in quotation marks and cite the chapter and page number or section number (review the Plagiarism tutorial). Then, explain in your own words.

 

Be sure to answer all parts of the question and explain your answers sufficiently.

 

1.Describe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Identify some of the biological, psychological, and social factors associated with the disorder. Briefly discuss how PTSD could treated using the psychological, biomedical and social approaches described in your textbook.

 

2. Choose one of the videos listed in the Week 3 Objectives. Provide a brief review of the video you select. Discuss the importance of the information presented for psychology. How might this information be useful to you?

The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO6iAFekPw as seen below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO6iAFekPwFor the essays:

Note that it is OK to quote directly occasionally, especially when providing

definitions, but put these statements in quotation marks and cite the chapter and page number or

section number (review the Plagiarism tutorial). Then,

explain in your

own words

.

Be sure to

answer all parts of the question

and explain your answers sufficiently.

1.

Describe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Identify some of the biological,

psychological, and social factors associated with the disorder.

Briefly discuss how

PTSD could

treated using

the psychological, biomedical and social approaches

described in your textbook.

(1.2 points)

2.

Choose one of the videos listed in the

Week 3

Objectives

. Provide a brief review of the video

you select. Discuss the importance of

the information presented for psychology. How might this

information be useful to you?

(1 pointFor the essays:

Note that it is OK to quote directly occasionally, especially when providing

definitions, but put these statements in quotation marks and cite the chapter and page number or

section number (review the Plagiarism tutorial). Then,

explain in your

own words

.

Be sure to

answer all parts of the question

and explain your answers sufficiently.

1.

Describe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Identify some of the biological,

psychological, and social factors associated with the disorder.

Briefly discuss how

PTSD could

treated using

the psychological, biomedical and social approaches

described in your textbook.

(1.2 points)

2.

Choose one of the videos listed in the

Week 3

Objectives

. Provide a brief review of the video

you select. Discuss the importance of

the information presented for psychology. How might this

information be useful to you?

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper, using definitions, principles, and theories from previous assignments, in which you establish a thesis regarding the control of organized crime.

• Identify the problems presented and the various relationships established by organized crime.
• Describe the legal limitations associated with combating organized crime, including a critique of major federal laws and strategies that support this effort.
• Suggest a realistic solution to control organized crime by discussing and evaluating the effectiveness of organized crime prosecutions.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

The article on the effects of technology on the changing role of sales persons as present by Paul and Anderson is a chronological account of the long-serving interdependence between technology and selling. Since time immemorial, sales persons have always been on the outlook for the latest technology to ease the sale process. Paul and Anderson start their journey at the dawn of the industrial era when sales persons were not members of the industry to the current day when they are essential pillars in firms. However, the article does not synchronize in an orderly manner the evolution of technology and its adoption by the sales person. It is not clear when particular technology dominated the market and the real benefits to the company. Elsewhere, the paper begins be introducing the sales person as an outsider in the businesses of the enterprise but fails to link how and when they became integral parts of the firms.

One of the main aspects of selling is bridging the gap between the producer and the buyer. In this sense, Paul and Anderson Center on the available transport means ranging from the railway to the invention of the car and eventually the airplane. As transport bettered, communication followed suite with the liberty of the telephone, audio and visual tape as well as projectors (Christ). The combination of better means of transportation and communication increased the number of sales persons gradually increasing the overall business. In a span of two centuries, the link between customers, salesperson and the firm narrowed allowing customers to get more information about products, the better reach of clients and increased production.

However, it is unclear of the sequential alignment and development of technology with sales. According to the arrangement of the paper, the shift from one technology to the other or the interrelation of different techniques is not clear. At one point, techniques seem to crush their invention and use, and the actual benefit is not clear. For example, the invention and use of cars in the early 20th century does not consummate to the overall increase in the sales of sales persons. Moreover, the article does not indicate the combination of other technologies present at the time such as the telegram and mailing machine and slide projector. It is not possible to disregard any technology at the date of the invention of the car and say the design of automobiles alone change the field of selling. The paper should in an apparent descent indicate how sales person sequentially and methodically adopted the new technological inventions and merged them with the existing ones to better the selling experience.

Moreover, the paper only highlights the use of technology by sales persons and disregard their roles in different firms. It’s true to say a sales person is an ambassador of the respective producing firm thus in selling the sales person advertise and advocates for the production firm. At the dawn of the industrial age, Paul and Anderson points out that sales person held no apparent role in the production business. However, at the end of the paper, it is evident that the sales person is key in respective firms arousing the question, how did they become integrated into the companies. Is technology the binding factor that led to their eventual unification? Well, Paul and Anderson must have missed out that point while composing their article.

It is undoubtingly true that technology determines the face of selling at any particular age. Paula

According to the Department of Health and Human Services (2002), the nation’s capacity to respond to bioterrorism depends largely on the ability of clinicians and public health officials to detect, manage, and effectively communicate in advance of and during a bioterrorism event.

Prepare a narrated presentation, using PowerPoint or other similar software, detailing a bioterrorism-related issue, analyzing the threat(s) that the bioterrorism-related issue poses.

In preparation for your presentation, research and review at least one (1) healthcare facility’s preparedness plan.

Prepare a twenty (20) slide presentation in which you:

1. Specify the key steps that healthcare managers should follow in preparing their organizations for a potential bioterrorism attack.
2. Outline at least two (2) possible early detection and surveillance strategies, and investigate the main ways those strategies may prompt timely interventions to effectively treat and diminish the impact of a bioterrorism threat.
3. Evaluate the specific preparation steps in the preparedness plan of a healthcare facility of your choosing.
4. Suggest at least one (1) possible improvement to promote early detection and enhanced surveillance.
5. Use at least four (4) 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:

• 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.

complementary and alternative medicine in an Outpatient Oncology Center. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 10(1), 83–89.

Critique the Chong article and prepare an APA style–referenced four to five-page response to the following questions:

• Summarize in your own words the National Institutes of Health (NIH) definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).
• Provide reasons for nondisclosure of CAM use among patients.
• What are the reasons for using CAM among patients? Justify your answer using examples and reasoning.
• What is the role of the clinical nurse practitioner?
• Review at least one additional scholarly research article that supports or refutes the claims made in the Chong article.
• Compare and contrast the results discussed in each article.

 

View objectives for this assignment set below:

 

Assignment Objectives

Summarize the role of decision making in business.

Describe common biases in decision making.

Explain the roles of emotion and fairness in decision making.

Interpret reflective and expedient decision making.

Apply the standard of APA style to all research and writing tasks.

Apply principles of quantitative and qualitative research to business cases.

Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations.

Describe the opportunities provided by technology for businesses.

Appropriately use effective communication techniques.

Recognize situations that present potential ethical issues, and develop solutions for those issues.

 

 

 

 

Assignment Description

Comprehensive Analysis of a Fortune 500 Company

For this Individual Project you will analyze publicly available information about a Fortune 500 Company and develop an assessment of the corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage.

This assignment requires you to obtain and analyze information at the company, industry and market levels using various databases and reports found in the AIU library, such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet, in addition to at least eight (8) professional or academic peer –reviewed articles.

Your analysis should include an in-depth review of the Company’s most recent SEC Form-10k Annual Report and Form DEF-14A Proxy Statement. These SEC filings can be found at the SEC Edgar Database located at the URL http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html . Pay particular attention to the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) sections of the SEC Form 10-K and the DEF-14A Proxy statement.  Direct competitors are identified in the “Comparator Group” section of the DEF-14A Proxy Statement. ) These SEC filings also contain information relative to external and industry analysis that will be helpful in your assessment of the Company’s strategy and competitive position.

A thorough analysis requires evaluation of various external stakeholders:

• Competitors Competitors
• Industry
• Vendors
• Customers
• Governmental entities
• Communities

Internal stakeholders that should be considered in the analysis include:

• Shareholders
• Board of Directors
• Management
• Employees

A comprehensive SWOT analysis should be performed relative to the Company’s ability to improve its competitive advantage.

The comprehensive analysis should include both qualitative and quantitative elements, leveraging information available in SEC Filings, business databases, and peer-reviewed articles.

Your work should demonstrate your ability to:

• Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations.
• Apply principles of quantitative and qualitative research to business cases.
• Describe the opportunities provided by technology for businesses.
• Appropriately use effective communication techniques.
• Apply the standard of APA style to all research and writing tasks.

You will prepare a report presenting the findings of your comprehensive analysis examining the Company’s corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage. The written report will have a body length of 10-12 pages excluding title, abstract, references and appendices. Quotation limits should be Not more than 10% of the body of the paper can be quotations, all of which must be properly attributed in APA format.

NOTE: Article collections (scholarly databases) may be accessed in the Library. Suggestions are:

• ABI Inform Global
• Academic Search Premier
• Business Source Premier

Please submit your assignment.

Discussion 6.1 supply chains

Discuss the following:

a.  Why is increased coordination needed to manage supply chains?
b.  Give three examples.
c.  How can coordination be increased both internally within the firm and externally with customers and suppliers?
These questions correspond with discussion questions 5 and 6 at the end of Chapter 10 in your textbook.

Discussion 6.2:Production Disruption

Watch the B2E Case Study 9 scenario “Production Disruption.”  Identify the ethical issues that may be unique to the field of Operations Management in this company and the ethical issues relating to corporate responsibility. Discuss ways to successfully role-model and promote ethical values and principles with B2E.

Discussion 7:PERT and CPM

Review the material in sections 14.5 and 14.6 of your text. These sections provide an overview of the PERT and CPM methods of project scheduling. In addition, watch the second video clip (2514 KB) profiling the construction of the “super bridge” at Alton, Illinois, which provides an interesting comparison of these two methods. After reading both sections from your textbook and watching the video clip discuss these concepts.

Discussion 8:Lean concepts

There is an explanation of the lean thinking concepts on page 15 of your textbook. After reading this, explain how the lean thinking concept could be applied to inventory management.

LP6 Assignment: Boeing

Read the profile of Boeing and the company’s 787 Dreamliner found in your textbook. This profile serves as an excellent example of how a company used an infrastructure change to improve its supply chain.

In making this improvement, which of the five ways of implementing an infrastructure change, identified in section 10.6 of your text, did Boeing employ? Research a company that has used the second main approach (i.e., a structural change) which is commonly employed by organizations to improve their supply chains. Write a brief profile of the company you’ve selected following the pattern of the Boeing profile you’ve just examined. The profile should be one to two pages in length.

Submit this profile assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP6 Assignment: Boeing.” This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following scale.

LP7 Assignment: Materials Planning

Chapter 16 in your textbook sets forth the fundamental principles essential for understanding the concept of materials requirements planning. Create a basic outline that captures the key points of the chapter. As a guide for your outline, it will be helpful to note the “key points” that are listed at the end of the chapter (section 16.8).

For a refresher lesson in creating an outline, refer to the NAU Research and Writing Center’s Research Writing Guide Tips.

Submit your outline to your instructor via the dropbox “LP7 Assignment: Materials Planning.” This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following grading scale.

LP8 Assignment: Virtual Supply Chains

Locate two articles on the topic of virtual supply chains. Synthesize each article into a one-page summary using your own words. Include the following:

• Definitions of virtual supply chains
• How virtual supply chains function
• Advantages of virtual supply chains
• Disadvantages of virtual supply chains
• How virtual supply chains have reshaped business sectors

 

According to the text, crime has been part of the human condition since people began to live in groups. Ancient documents indicate that conduct we now call murder, theft, or robbery was identified as criminal by civilizations that existed thousands of years ago. Criminal laws regulate human conduct and tell people what they can and cannot do and, in some instances, what they must do under certain circumstances. In this assignment, you will explore different types of criminal conduct and the goals of criminal law.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Determine whether or not a conviction is feasible when an alleged perpetrator does not have the required mens rea but has engaged in the actus rea. Provide a rationale to support your position.
Explain the distinction between diplomatic immunity and legislative immunity. Next, support or criticize the premise that diplomatic immunity is vital for Americans abroad.
Argue for or against the theory that the courts should not hold a defendant of questionable competency to the standard sentencing guidelines. Provide a rationale to support your response.
Identify the four (4) goals of criminal law, and discuss the manner in which these four (4) goals effectuate the purpose of protecting the public and preventing the conviction of innocent persons.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type 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:

Describe the nature and history of American criminal law.
Explain the role of individuals and federal, state, and local government agencies in crime fighting and prosecution of criminal offenses.
Analyze the essential legal elements of criminal conduct.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal law.
Write clearly and concisely about criminal law using proper writing mechanics.