Author: chris

In an organization, there are many employment policies in the company handbook. This handbook is given to employeesat the start of the employer, employee relationship, and although generally not construed as a binding contract against the company in a later lawsuit over the policies, it governs the expectations of employees at the workplace. This Mini Project will have you analyze a company handbook as it relates to the company’s disability policy(ies) and provide a written reportof your findings. The report should be at least two pages in length. Please

Write a 700- to 1400-word essay exploring various schools of thought from India, China, or Japan. Select one school of thought each from China, Japan, and India, and identify a prominent thinker from each.

•Describe each school of thought, setting forth the major principles of each school.

•Describe your selected thinker’s philosophies as applicable to his/her school of thought.

•Compare each school to the others from the region.

•Discuss which school of thought more closely aligns with your own world view and why.

***OUTLINE REQUIRED IN PAPER.****

-Include some ideas for the following items in your outline:

-Thesis statement

-Itemized supportive arguments

-Conclusion statement

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Please complete the following two applied problems:

Problem 1:

Jessica Alba, a famous actress, starts the baby and family products business, The Honest Company, with Christopher Gavigan. Alba and Gavigan set up their site so families can choose what kinds of non-toxic, all-natural products they’d like to use and get them in a bundle. Families can choose all kinds of products from food to hygiene necessities and cleaning supplies. Suppose they are thinking of expanding their business into five domestic markets: Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta. Assume their primary goal of business is to maximize economic profits, although they want to do business honestly.

Show all your calculations and process. Describe your answer for each question in three- to five-complete sentences.

You are a business adviser for Alba and Gavigan. Describe a skimming price and a penetration price, and advise them whether they should charge a skimming price or a penetration price, with supportive reasoning for and against each pricing alternative.

1. Are they likely to make economic profits initially? Can they continue to make economic profits in the long term? Why or why not? Discuss.
2. What advice would you give to Alba and Gavigan to help them make more profit in the long term?

Problem 2:

You operate your own small building company and have decided to bid on a government contract to build a pedestrian walkway in a national park during the coming winter. The walkway is to be of standard government design and should involve no unexpected costs. Your present capacity utilization rate is moderate and allows sufficient scope to understand this contract, if you win it. You calculate your incremental costs to be $268,000 and your fully allocated costs to be $440,000. Your usual practice is to add between 60% and 80% to your incremental costs, depending on capacity utilization rate and other factors. You expect three other firms to also bid on this contract, and you have assembled the following competitor intelligence about those companies.

Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answers in three- to five-complete sentences.

1. What price would you bid if you must win the project?
2. What price would you bid if you want to maximize the expected value of the contribution from this contract?
3. Defend your answers with discussion, making any assumptions you feel are reasonable and/or are supported by the information provided.

Company Analysis – Part 3 – Target Market – Segmentation

The paper assignment this week is the final piece of your Course Project work on the company you chose in Week 1. Major sections of the project are due during weeks 1, 3, 5 with the complete project submitted in Week 6. This project company Target Market/Segmentation paper is the 3^rd part of your overall project

Complete an analysis on the primary and secondary target markets served by your project company. Describe each target group, demographic profile and provide data on the size of the market.

Compare your project company’s market position and the targets your project company serves with that of the major competitors in its industry.

Your APA formatted paper should include the following information. Use headings:

•   Overview of paper
•   Primary and Secondary Target Markets

o   Discuss, in general terms, your project company’s primary and secondary target markets – be sure to discuss both the primary and secondary target markets in this section

•   Target Group

o   Choose one target group of your project company and name it. Discuss the group’s demographic profile. Provide as much depth as possible.

•   Market Position

o   Compare your project company’s market position with that of its major competitors. Provide data on the size of the overall market. Provide data (in chart or graph form) on the market share of your organization and your organization’s competitors.

•   Conclusion

The completed paper should be 5-7 pages in length.

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine social psychology. Address the following items:

• Define social psychology.
• Discuss how social psychology differs from other disciplines, such as clinical psychology, general psychology, and sociology.
• Explain the role of research in social psychology.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.

Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)

Roger Renter was very happy in his new location; the apartment was quiet and the neighbors were friendly. Larry Landlord was also very happy because Roger Renter was a model tenant. Roger Renter paid on time and was quiet and respectful to other tenants.

The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed.

The next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixed. Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.

The week before the rent was due, another rainstorm occurred and the leak was even larger. This time the leak damaged Roger’s clothing, furniture, and some precious items he had inherited from family members. Roger called Larry and asked Larry to fix roof immediately. Larry responded in a similar and condescending manner. Roger hung up the phone and threw his baseball bat against the wall, damaging the drywall and knocking out an electrical socket.

Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.

Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response.

Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.
4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.
6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • 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 is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

researching and analyzing the U.S. health care system with all of its challenges, including policy, economics and potential solutions to reform the system. You will also project your leadership role as an administrator in the system. You will examine the leadership style(s) necessary to implement effective professional development for understanding of this dynamic system.

For the Final Paper, identify and describe two to three major problems in the U.S. health care system. For each problem, summarize the critical issues and propose a solution or strategy that can be used to change or reform the system. Explain your perception of the role of the administrator and the leadership style needed to alleviate or minimize the problem. You must include an analysis of how these components are grounded in research and best practice.

Your paper must be a minimum of ten double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style . Utilize a minimum of five to seven scholarly sources that were published within the past five years.

Describe in detail the role of the Silk Road in the development of cultural and material trade in World history.  Where were these roads established?  What role did the Mongols serve?  What goods were exchanged?  What were the “Heavenly Horses”?  Why were they important in the development of these routes?  Who were the middlemen of the Kushan Empire and what effect did they have on the religions of these territories?  Which world religions were effected as a whole and why?  Be specific and give detailed examples from the book.  Also be sure to cite these examples clearly in your paper.

Compare the APHA, NASW and APA Codes of Ethics. How are they similar to each other?  Do they conflict with each other and how?  What have you learned from this lesson that you were not aware of before?