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Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research one (1) transnational crime as it applies to two (2) different countries of your own choosing.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Review one (1) transnational crime.
Compare and contrast the two (2) countries for their definition of the crime, crime rate, and tools used to measure the crime.
Determine each country’s legal traditions and their major influences on crime definition, rate, and measurement.
Examine the extent to which crime statistics compiled in different countries can adequately be compared. Provide support for the response.
Use at least three (3) quality references. 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:

Describe the nature of globalization, and assess the aims and methods of comparative criminal justice and criminology.
Explain the nature and extent of various types of transnational crime.
Describe the principles of the four (4) major legal traditions and types of legal systems around the world.

Use technology and information resources to research comparative perspectives in criminal justice.

Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice topics using proper writing mechanics and APA style conventions.

The United States has a great consumer demand for health care services. The supply of these services or products, such as new medications or medical equipment, is affected by many factors.

Select a service or product that may be in demand by the health care consumer now or in the future.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on your selected service or product that discusses the effects of consumer demand on medical care services or products versus the economic variables of cost, access, and supply. Support your perspective and rationale for the continued provision of a current service, or for the implementation of a new service or product, based on economic principles or supply chain models.

Cite a minimum of three sources!

 

In this highly competitive business environment, businesses are constantly seeking ways to gain traction and understand what is on the minds of current customers and potential customers in order to increase business efficiency. Many companies have turned to business intelligence (BI) and data analytics.

Select FedEx company that is currently using data analytics. Use the industry / company you have selected as the basis for your written paper.

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

1. Define data analytics in general and provide a brief overview of the evolution of utilizing data analytics in business.
2. Analyze the main advantages and disadvantages of using data analytics within the industry or company that you have chosen.
3. Determine the fundamental obstacles or challenges that business management in general must overcome in order to implement data analytics. Next, suggest a strategy that business management could use to overcome the obstacles or challenges in question. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Analyze the overall manner in which data analytics transformed the industry or company you selected with regard to customer responsiveness and satisfaction.
5. Speculate on the trend of using data analytics for the chosen industry or company in the next ten (10) years. Next, determine at least one (1) additional type of data that one could collect by using data analytics. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Use at least three (3) quality references. 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:

 

• Explain how the components of an information technology system interrelate in an organizational context.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems and technology.
• Write clearly and concisely about topics related to information systems for decision making using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 

Transformational Change Management Plan

 

You will create an entire Transformational Change Management Plan for a medium-sized public company that has lost business to a competitor that has chosen

 

to outsource much of its production operations. The company has been based in a small Midwestern town, it is one of the largest employers, and it has an

 

excellent reputation for employee welfare. It is now planning to do the very same offshoring, which will involve large lay-offs of long-term employees.

The Key Assignment is a comprehensive transformational change management plan that will combine tasks from Weeks 2–5.

 

The project deliverables are as follows:

 

Week 2: Introduction

 

Week 2: What is driving the need for this transformational change?

 

Week 3: Theories of Change Management

 

Week 4: Communication Plan

 

Week 5: Implementation Plan

 

 

 

Week 2:

 

Introduction (250-300 words)

 

 You will research and find an example of a firm that is going through the transformational change of offshoring much of its

 

production activities. The first part of the plan will be the Introduction. Context for the introduction includes the following:

 

 

 

• What is offshoring?
• How were the stakeholders affected?
• What initiated the change?
• How well has it been received or accepted, and why?

 

 

 

What is driving the need for this transformational change? (300-500 words)

 

• Why is this considered a transformational change?
• Why can the firm not just keep doing what it has been doing?
• What is management’s role in the transformational change?
• Are there easier alternatives to accomplish the goal of remaining competitive?

 

 

 

Phase 4

 

Due Date: Mon, 02/01/16

 

Deliverable Length: 850-1350 words with a minimum of 4 scholarly references

 

Key Assignment First Draft

 

 

 

 

 

Create the following new material for Week 4:

 

Theories of Change Management (200-400 words)

 

Discuss at least 3 theories of change management (eg. Kotter, Lewin, Nadler, action research, and appreciative inquiry).

 

Include specific pros and cons of each.

 

What is the best way to ensure the implementation of an organizational change?

 

 

 

Communication Plan (100-150 words):

 

What stakeholders require communication?

 

What will be communicated to them?

 

Who will send the communication?

 

What communication medium will be used?

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 5 – Individual Project

 

Due Date: Mon, 02/08/16

 

Key Assignment Final Draft

 

Submit your finalized Plan components I-IV.

 

Create the following new material for Week 5:

 

 

 

Week 5: Implementation Plan (400-600 words)

 

Include the following context in the implementation plan:

 

A. Major implementation steps

 

B. Key criteria for success

 

C. Summary of Weeks 1-5

 

D. Rollout: Any risk considerations to the implementation

Review “Anytown Historical Timeline.” Notice there are missing details for some very significant events since the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. All of these events impacted the development of the field of emergency management, some to a lesser extent than you might imagine. For example, it would be reasonable to assume that the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the Murrah Federal Building in 1995 drastically impacted preparedness at locations agreed upon to be likely targets for terrorist attacks. If that were the case; however, significant questions should arise about persistent vulnerabilities exposed by later terrorist attacks. Likewise, though the United States has faced numerous devastating natural disasters over the past century, as was made evident in “Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared,” our experiences have not necessarily translated into improved preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery practices. It is your job to investigate some tough questions about the state of emergency management in the nation and complete the following two-part assignment:

Part 1:

Research the events and laws on the timeline since 1993 that are missing details. For each of the seven points:

• Investigate what impact these events and legislation had on preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery in the United States.
• Summarize the impacts in the description fields on your own timeline.
• Include the development of key practices, laws, standards, agencies, organizations, and systems related to these events in your descriptions where appropriate.

Use the attached “Nation Prepared Timeline PPT Template” to complete Part 1 of the assignment. Your completed timeline project should be 15-20 slides in length. Include a reference slide with 6-8 sources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Part 2:

Your goal in Part 1 of the assignment is to demonstrate key developments in the field related to the seven significant points on “A Nation Prepared Timeline.” Your goal in Part 2 is analyze some key events more closely in order to assess the state of preparedness in the nation today.  The objective is to identify s critical vulnerabilities and recommend corrective actions.

Research three emergencies or disasters from “EMM-300 Historical Timeline” and address the following (750-1,000 words):

1. How did those events impact the handling of later disasters? For example, would you say Hurricane Sandy was handled differently or more successfully based on lessons learned from Katrina? Why or why not? Where can you pinpoint evidence of improved practice in the emergency management field?
2. Then, based on your research in this course, discuss the country’s remaining vulnerabilities. What gains can you confidently say have been made in the dimensions of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery since 911 and Hurricane Katrina? Where is our nation still most vulnerable? What must be done to address those vulnerabilities? How can government agencies, organizations, and emergency management systems work more effectively together to provide seamless responses to major emergency or disaster situations?
3. Finally, discuss your responsibility as an emergency responder or manager and citizen to make sure your community is as prepared as possible for emergency situations.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Complete the Ethical Self-Assessment located at http://www.ache.org/newclub/career/ethself.cfm.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the influence of individual ethics on decision making within the health care industry.

Include the following in your paper:

• Identify the four major ethical principles.
• Discuss what you learned about your own ethical decision- making process from the self-assessments.
• Examine the effect of professional ACHE standards on your ethical decision- making process.
• Explain how your individual ethics influence your decision- making process.
• Examine the influence of individual ethics on professional decisions.
• Analyze the relationship of these principles to current health care issues.

Discuss the nuclear reactions within the reactor of a nuclear power plant?  Contrast the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Da-ichi incidents with respect to the cause of the incident and radiation levels measured after the incident.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.  reference citations

Each consulting project goes through the eight steps, with each step sequentially building upon the previous step. Skipping steps or assuming a step has been addressed could result in an unsatisfactory outcome for your client and for you as well. To be a successful and an effective consultant, you will need to be skillful in each step of each phase. Understanding the phases and steps will help you identify challenges and develop solutions to overcome these challenges.

Consider the eight steps of consulting in the context of a client—one whom you have worked with in the past or would like to work with in the future—and discuss the following:

According to you, which phase of the consulting cycle is or would be the most difficult to implement?
Why would this phase be most difficult to implement?
What do you need to do in terms of acquiring skills, or knowledge, or attitude to make implementing this phase easier for you?
What kind of support would you need from the client to implement this phase successfully?

Develop an answer to each of the following explosive related questions, using at least 200 words total for part a & b .  Please reference and cited.

1.  The DOT regulation at 49 CFR 177.835(a) requires shippers and carriers to load and unload explosices from a motor vehicle only when the engine is not operating.  What is the most likely reason DOT prohibits operation of the vehicle’s engine during these processes?

2. During an inspection of an abandoned site a fire marshal discovers the presence of several dynamite sticks within a locked shed attached to a warehouse.  Although some sticks are packed within a wooden box, others are lying on shelves.  On checking the city’s records, the fire marshal discovers that the building was abandoned 22 years earlier.  What immediate actions should the marshal take to protect public health, safety, and the environment?  Aside from the explosive nature, discuss the health effects associated with its component nitroglycerin.

Brand-building is a crucial exercise that often takes years to accomplish. The benefit of brand equity is realized in the bottom line.

In this assignment, you will complete primary along with secondary research.

Part 1: Primary Research and Text Application

Find a consumer who is extremely loyal to a brand-name product. The person can be a family member, friend, classmate, or other. Probe him or her for information as to why that brand loyalty exists. Discuss how the individual feels about competitive brands.

Analyze the interview using the brand equity and brand positioning concepts from your text.

This section of the paper should be at least 2 pages in length.

Part 2: Secondary Research in the Databases

Next, research the brand using its Web site and articles from the AIU Library’s full-text databases to address how the brand does the following:

• Identifies market segments and targets
• Developed its brand equity over time
• Positions itself in the market

This section of the assignment requires the use of articles from the AIU Library’s full-text databases. Articles are found in periodicals. These are not to be confused with eBooks or reference books. The most popular databases in marketing are: ABI Inform Global, Academic Search Premier, and Business Source Premier. This section of the paper should be at least 2 pages in length.

Your report must include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. In-text citations and corresponding references should be included in your paper. For more information on APA, please visit the APA Lab. The paper should be written in third person; this means words like I, we, and you are not appropriate. The use of direct quotes is discouraged but may be used sparingly in appropriate situations.

Your assignment should contain a cover page, an abstract page, and a reference page (in addition to the body). The body of the paper should be 4–5 pages in length, starting with a brief 1-paragraph introduction and ending with a short conclusion. The entire submission will be 7–8 pages in length.