Author: chris

You will apply important microeconomics concepts toward the competitive strategies of an organization that operates in an industry of your choice. You will evaluate the differences between market structures and identify a group of competitive strategies consistent with the market structure that best aligns with the market in which the organization competes. You will assess how the market structure positively and negatively affects the organization’s ability to earn an economic profit over time and evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s competitive strategies.

Select an industry. Identify an organization in that industry. Your selected organization must be submitted for instructor approval.

Identify the market structure in which this organization competes. Clearly indicate why the market structure was decided upon and how this market structure differentiates from the other alternatives.

Describe the level of competition the organization will face if under each of the following market structures:

• Oligopoly
• Perfect competition
• Monopoly
• Monopolistic competition

Identify three or more competitive strategies of your choice that may be used by the organization to maximize its profits over the long run. Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies in the market structure you identified. Consider the following:

• Expected changes in supply and demand
• Price elasticity of demand
• Market structure
• Government regulations

Make recommendations related to the strategies the organization might consider to maximize its profits and consider the following:

• What are the ethical implications of these strategies?
• Does this strategy align with the organization’s current values?
• Does this strategy align with your own values?

Cite a minimum of 3 peer reviewed sources.

Case Analysis 1 – Apple Computer: Research how Apple managed to reinvent itself over the years. Answer the following questions:

1. What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? Describe why.
2. How much of Apple’s success can be linked directly back to its culture? Why?
3. How do the actions of Apple apply to the TCOs?

Your Case should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced, have APA references, and typed in an easy-to-read font in MS Word (other word processors are fine to use but save it in MS Word format). At the top right-hand corner of your paper, please include your full name, the case name, our course number (NETW583), and the date.

In your textbook, you learned about several commonly used mixed method designs. Identify two different types of studies where a mixed methods approach would be the most advantageous to the success of a study. Which of the common mixed method do you most identify, and which one would you be less likely to implement? Explain your reasoning for both.

1. Describe in detail what a learning organization is and why it is critical to the competitive success of most firms today.
2. Give an analysis of Mintzberg’s Modes of Strategic Decision Making. Which mode do you consider the most strategic and why?
3. What strategic value do external and internal environmental scanning activities provide to businesses?
4. What role does strategy formulation play in a firm’s strategic management process? What pitfalls may a firm face when working on strategy formulation?

The Secretary for Food and Health and Director of Health have advised the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that urgent effective multi-sectoral interventions are required to address the escalating problem of overweight primary and secondary school children. The Chief Executive insists that the food and drinks industry are involved and consulted in this process.

Outline and discuss three public health strategies, which could be formulated and implemented in a named jurisdiction at a population level to prevent overweight and obesity in children. Evaluate the utility of these strategies by contrasting evidence of the acceptability, efficiency and equity of each. (700 words) 

  1. Describe an example of the word research being used inappropriately. Be clear about how your example deviates from the definition of research offered in the textbook.

2. Why is it important that the researcher articulate, as clearly as possible, all assumptions that affect the research problem?

3.  Daphne has been a member of a research team studying interpersonal aggression among preschoolers for more than a year. In that time, her team has repeatedly employed a consistent set of techniques and procedures to study preschoolers as they interact in a number of settings. The procedures revolve around volunteer mothers bringing their children to the university child development lab for a “play session” that is the basis of the formal observations. Settings they have studied so far include: the university pre-school, affluent local day-care centers, and a pre-kindergarten program being offered in the neighborhood school district. All of these settings were fairly racially homogenous. Daphne has just learned that a friend of a friend can help her gain research access, in the near future, to preschoolers in an unusually racially diverse though impoverished preschool setting. Daphne decides she has no time to prepare a formal research proposal before embarking on the study. “Besides,” she thinks, “this study should go just like all the others we’ve done.”

   Is Daphne leaving herself open to problems in this situation, or is she safe moving ahead with no formal proposal, given how familiar she is with the study techniques and procedures?

4.  Kirby is conducting a literature review in preparation for his study of “expectations regarding the sharing of financial and practical responsibilities among married and cohabiting couples in which both partners are between the ages of 20 and 29.” Conducting a keyword search on “couples” and “responsibility,” Kirby has generated a lengthy list of research articles. He decides to shorten the list of potential articles by eliminating all articles that were not published in prestigious research journals. He will include all the remaining articles in his literature review.

What is your opinion of Kirby’s approach to selecting articles for the literature review? Explain.

5. You are reading a literature review written by a novice researcher in your field. You notice that the researcher seems to have relied heavily on an Internet search while conducting the literature review. Your hunch is supported when you glance at the reference page and find a long list of Internet addresses.

What goes through your mind regarding the quality and adequacy of the literature review in this situation?

Homework Assignment 1
Due in Week 1 and worth 30 points

Describe a work task, a hobby, or another activity that you regularly do, and sequentially list the various actions you take in order to complete this activity. Consider the complexity of your list and the amount of steps required to complete the activity.

Answer the following questions in the space provided below:
1. Differentiate the main actions between doing and improving your activities.
2. Determine the overall manner in which variation has affected your activities.

Type your answers below and submit this file in Week 1 of the online course shell:

How do you determine which training vehicles to use with which audiences? When would you use a video or a series of videos to describe a product? When would you use a website? When would you create a detailed manual with graphics? For this discussion, based on your readings and research so far, and as a guide for your technical writing team, describe the framework you would construct to help decide which training vehicle would be appropriate in which situation for which audience.
In response to your peers, comment on their reasoning and framework for deciding which vehicles and channels of communication to use. Discuss the similarities to, and differences from, your stated framework.

2 paragraph discussion post plus 6 to 8 response post which is going to be about two to three pages all together i believe.

A Unit VIII grade a 200-300 word perspective essay discussing how you could apply the ability to find, identify, and evaluate information to your specific discipline as applied to world civilization history.

Discussion 1: Wellness

 

Discuss the relationship between economics, business concepts (such as targeted marketing), social status, and wellness. Share a link and/or summarize your topic so that we all have enough information to understand your discussion even if we are unfamiliar with the business or economic principle being analyzed. Discuss how the relationship you describe relates to the concept of wellness as defined in this course and how it relates to specific challenges or supports wellness, and explain why you chose the topic and how you think it contributes to understanding or conceptualizing wellness.

 

Discussion 2: Healthcare quality

 

Discus the importance of using benchmarking tools and how they promote a culture of safety in healthcare organizations. Examine the importance of effective teams and how they contribute to high-quality care and culture safety in the organization