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RFID Technology” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, evaluate the use and applicability of Radio Frequency Identification Devises (RFID) in industry today. Choose a company and provide at least two examples of how these devices can be used to improve productivity in its operations.
• From the case study, assess the benefits and risks associated with this type of technology that should be considered by Mr. Bracket. Identify at least two possible risks that the company might face and suggest ways to mitigate them.

Rread the case study as assigned by the facilitator and submit a 1–2 page essay in response to the questions. Post your response as a Word document using APA 6th Edition format.

Case Study

Judie has been the nurse manager of her unit for the past ten years and is highly regarded by the hospital’s administration. For the past several months, however, she has been feeling more frustrated and less satisfied with her work because of staffing cuts and other institutional decisions related to managed care. Attending to patient needs has always been the most rewarding part of her job. However, recently she feels that she has been forced to overlook these needs and attend more to the needs of the organization. She considers leaving, but she has seniority, good benefits, and two children to support. She is also aware that her distress at work is affecting her family, because she carries a lot of the frustration home with her.

Identify values evident in this situation.
Which of these reflect your personal values?
What conflicts might arise from these values?
If you were in Judie’s position, what beliefs, ideals, or goals would guide you in making the decision to stay or leave? Identify potential consequences of each choice.
What do you think Judie should do?

1：a short description of  the requirements for good leadership

2：Describe the ways in which you believe you meet these requirements and what you believe other people could learn from you as a leader.

3:    List the areas where  you need to develop as a leader.

4：Discuss your plans for continuing your development and describe how your self- development plans are aligned with your views of a good leader

2000 words and Reference theories, 10 reference and describe how these theories have helped you understand the nature of leadership and how this has

You enter your project team meeting with Mike and Tiffany to hear them discussing the tools that they found to conduct an analysis of the industry and competitors. “Mike, there are so many more tools than I even realized to give us some good data,” Tiffany states.

“I know,” Mike says. “That’s why I wanted to take some time to look at our options and figure out what information we really need to support the board’s decision.”

Mike and Tiffany both found some great tools from their research on the subject. Complete the following:

Based on your classmates’ discussion posts for Week 2, do you still believe the tools that you selected will work best for a global strategy? Why or why not?
What evidence do you have to support your decision?
How would you refute the people who chose an additional tool rather than one of the tools that you selected?
Based on the tools that you selected, provide a brief analysis of your market, using those tools.

Analysis

Your analysis of the failed New Employee Orientation (NEO) project begins by examining the project costs. Use the NEO project plan components provided to help you analyze what happened in the project and determine where mistakes may have been made.

Use Microsoft Project to analyze the failed project with respect to project cost.
Application

Based on your analysis of the failed project, consider how you can apply this information to a successful project turnaround. For each of the following topics, discuss the impact on the failed project and your recommendations for the turnaround project. Where necessary, define assumptions you made.

Analyze the cost estimating techniques used in the failed project, such as top-down or bottom-up.
Analyze the estimated costs of all the schedule tasks and resources.
Analyze the use of contingency reserves in the failed project.

Cultural Background
Resources

Cultural Background Scoring Guide.
Writing Feedback Tool.
APA Style and Format.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

Competency 2: Develop cultural self-awareness and other-culture awareness.
Describe how personal interactions are affected by the characteristics and differences in culture.
Competency 4: Analyze how nonverbal communication (body language) influences intercultural communication.
Analyze how cultural background influences communication with people in daily life.
Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats and contexts.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Instructions

Our cultural heritage can have a significant impact on our lives. Our heritage influences our religious and political beliefs, interests and hobbies, and even the food we eat.

For this assignment, write a short essay in which you describe your cultural background and analyze how it influences and affects your communication with people you encounter in daily life. Try to be specific in your analysis.

You will use this assignment to create an Adobe Connect video (and transcript) for the second discussion of this unit.

Refer to the Cultural Background Scoring Guide as you develop this assignment.
Assignment Requirements

Written Communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA Formatting: Paper, resources, and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
Page Requirements: 250–500 words.
Font and Font Size: Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point.

Develop your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. Submit your document as an attachment in the assignment area.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click on the linked resources for helpful writing information.

please respond to the following discussion “Does diversity in the workplace really make a difference?”:

 

• Watch the video titled “Diversity’s real power” (2 min 6 s) from Management Tips with Todd Dewett. Investigate two to three (2-3) reasons why diversity is important to an organization’s success. Speculate on the major potential ramifications to an organization if said organization does not practice diversity management. Give at least two (2) examples of the factors that contribute to job satisfaction that impact attitude and diversity in organizations.

Write a paper on the historical and social aspects of race and how society’s ideas about race continue to influence individuals, specifically minority groups.

Your paper should address the following: Should be 4 main points

Please include in your analysis the level of apathy toward minorities on the part of the dominant Caucasian culture in terms of racism in the United States.

How are Caucasian-Americans influenced by race in society today?

What can we do to improve race relations in America?

What are the factors contributing to the state of race relations in today’s society?

Part 1

Andy recalls a method to simplify the definition of a domestic market for a product category (e.g., chocolate). He wants to use the concepts of object, objective, occurrence, outlet, and opposition, which can stand for factors responsible in drawing up the boundaries for the definition of the market of interest (Kotler, 1988).

Andy is meeting with you and other marketing staff to discuss this approach for the domestic and Belgian markets. You are to use the following concepts and determine their factors to describe and compare the U.S. and Belgian markets.

Object: The description and characteristics of the product category
Objective: The customer’s main motivation(s) to buy the product
Occurrence: The typical situation in which the product is used or consumed by the customer
Outlet: The places where the product will be available to the customers for purchase
Opposition: The customer’s perception of the quality of the competing products

You are to also illustrate the information by developing a matrix placing the 5 concepts in the y-axis and the countries in the x-axis. Cells in the matrix should contain brief descriptions of the factors for the corresponding country. The definition of the market should incorporate factor information from each concept.

Reference

Kotler, P. (1988). Marketing management: Analysis, planning and control. (6th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Part 2

Now that Andy has defined the market, he next needs to determine the unique characteristics possessed by his brand. At least 2 key characteristics should give Andy the differential advantage needed to successfully position the brand versus the competition. Andy’s father challenged him to estimate the brand’s potential demand in the Belgian market using these 2 characteristics.

Andy has asked you to develop a proposal containing a graphic showing a breakdown of the estimated demand by province and type of chocolates.

Propose 2 ways to position the product versus the competition.
Discuss other variables that you think will affect the demand of the product in the Belgian market (e.g., the state of the economy).
Show the statistics in a table format, followed by the graphic.
This proposal must also include an explanation of the variables used to estimate demand beyond the key characteristics and their significance.

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Analysis of a Personality

For this assignment, you will have a chance to put into practice all you have been learning throughout this course. You will analyze the personality development of one of the theorists studied in this course from three different theoretical perspectives.

Choose one of the theorists you have studied this term. Use your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources to research the life history of the theorist.

Do the following:

Describe the major life events of the theorist that you feel influenced his or her personality development.
Describe the cultural influences that had an influence on the chosen theorist’s personality development.
Analyze this person from Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective.
Analyze this person from two other theoretical perspectives studied in this course, except for the trait perspective.
Summarize and present your critical opinion about how well (or not) these theories explain the person.

Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, January 18, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Course Project Grading Criteria and Rubric
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Description of influential life events that shaped the theorist’s personality development.

(Course Objective [CO2])
44
Description of cultural influences on the theorist’s development

(CO3)
44

Analysis of theorist using Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective

(CO2)

48
Analysis of theorist from two other theoretical perspectives

(CO2)
48
Evaluates how well these theories explain the person

(CO 2)
52
Presentation Components:

Organization (16)

Usage and Mechanics (16)

APA Elements (24)

Style (8)
64
Total:
300