Author: chris

Select a publicly traded, multinational corporation (MNC) to use as the case study for this assignment. The corporation you choose must have several strategic business units (SBU) and must not be a company that you have used in previous assignments. An example of an MNC is Walt Disney Corporation; one of Disney’s SBUs would be Pixar Animation.

Once you have selected an MNC, complete the following:

• Identify the organization’s corporate generic or base strategy (as defined in the text readings) and explain the overall direction for the corporation. What corporate guidelines are provided to the strategic business units?
• Select one strategic business unit under the corporation:
  • What is the basic business model? How do the activities in the business model fit together? The most effective technique to use to answer these questions is to create a table or figure to illustrate how the elements fit together. Examples: customer segments, value proposition, revenue stream, customer relationships, channels, key activities (processes), key resources, key partners, cost structure.
  • Assess the success of the SBU business model.
• Analyze the underlying competitive trends that have affected the SBU.
• Identify any radical shifts that have occurred within the industry in the last five years and explain how those shifts affected the SBU.
• Identify key company resources and explain how they are deployed within the SBU.
• Identify how the corporate generic strategy is deployed within the SBU.
• Assess how well the SBU aligns with the corporate generic strategy.

 

• Be a minimum of 2100 words.
• Follow APA (6th edition) guidelines for style and formatting, and include a cover page and appropriate headings.
• Use a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed journals, practitioner journals, and other references not included in the required course readings—one (1) on theory and four (4) on your case study organization.

Details:

The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions.

The purpose of this paper is to complete a comparative analysis of two faith philosophies towards providing health care, one being the Christian perspective. For the second faith, choose a faith that is unfamiliar to you. Examples of faiths to choose from: Sikh, Baha’i, Buddhism, Shintoism, etc.

In a minimum of 1,500-2,000 words, provide a comparative analysis of the different belief systems, reinforcing major themes with insights gained from your research.

In your comparative analysis, address all of the worldview questions in detail for Christianity and your selected faith.  Refer to chapter 2 of the Called to Care for the list of questions.  Be sure to address the implications of these beliefs for health care.

In addition answer the following questions that address the practical and healthcare implications based on the research:

What are critical common components to all religions/beliefs in regards to  healing, such as prayer, meditation, belief, etc.? Explain.

What is important to patients of the faiths when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own?

In your conclusion, describe your own spiritual perspective on healing, what you have learned from the research and how this learning can be applied to a health care provider.

Support your position by referencing at least three academic resources (preferably from the GCU Library) in addition to the course readings, the Bible, and the textbooks for each religion. Each religion must have a primary source included. A total of six references are required according to the specifications listed above.  Incorporate the research into your writing in an appropriate, scholarly manner.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

In this assignment, you will combine the previous four (4) assignments into a proposal that you could present to the executive leadership and board members. You will argue the value of the change management plan to the overall success of the organization. Add to your previous submissions a plan for sustaining the change in the long run.

Write a six to ten (6-10) page paper in which you:

Section I: Organization: Describe the organization and comment on the HR change that the organization should make. Utilize effective diagnostic tools to assess the organizations ability to change. Support assertions with theoretical evidence.

1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history.
2. Analyze in detail the current HR practice, policy, process, or procedure that you believe should be changed.
3. Formulate three (3) valid reasons for the proposed change based on current change management theories.
4. Appraise the diagnostic tools that you can use to determine an organization’s readiness for change. Propose two (2) diagnostic tools which you can utilize to determine if the organization is ready for change. Defend why you believe the diagnostic tools selected are the best choice for diagnosing change in the organization.
5. Using one (1) of the diagnostic tools you selected, assess the organization’s readiness for change.
   1. Provide results of the diagnostic analysis
   2. Explain the results
6. Interpret whether or not the organization is ready for change. Substantiate your conclusion by referencing current change management theories.

Section II: Kotter Change Plan: Utilizing the Kotter eight (8) step method of change, create a solid change management plan for the HR initiative you identified as requiring improvement.

1. Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
2. Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight (8) stages of change:
   1. Establishing a sense of urgency
   2. Creating coalition
   3. Developing vision and strategy
   4. Communicating the vision
   5. Empowering broad-based action
   6. Generating short-term wins
   7. Consolidating gains and producing more change
   8. Anchoring new approaches into the culture

Section III: Resistance and Communication: Research methods of minimizing resistance to change and create plan to address resistance within your change management initiative.

1. Diagnose the reasons for resistance to change.
2. Interpret the potential causes of resistance in the organization. Identify and describe three (3) potential causes of resistance to your change plan. Identify and describe three (3) potential sources of resistance to your change plan.
3. Create a plan for minimizing possible resistance to your change management plan.
4. Elaborate on the relationship between resistance to change and communication.
5. Evaluate three (3) communication strategies.
6. Recommend one (1) communication strategy that would be applicable to your organization. Diagnose why this communication strategy is best for your organization.
7. Create a solid communication plan for your change initiative.

Section IV: Sustaining Change: Research methods of sustaining change in organizations and create a plan for sustaining proposed change.

1. Recommend two (2) strategies for sustaining change:
   1. Diagnose the two (2) theories from a scholarly perspective
   2. Evaluate why the strategies selected are viable for the organization

Section V: Presentation: Create a visually appealing and informative presentation espousing the importance of the change management plan you developed.

1. Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation to submit to executive leadership and board members outlining and describing your recommended change. Include the following criteria:
   1. Be creative in your design so that is appealing to others.
   2. Ensure that all of the MAJOR points of the plan are covered.
   3. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the shareholders in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
   4. Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.
   5. Create a video of yourself presenting the presentation to key stakeholders. Note: View the “Creating a Presentation for Your Course” playlist, located here for tutorials on creating and submitting video assignments.

Section VI: References: Utilize good scholarly research skills and writing skills to develop a solid change plan and presentation.

1. Use at least ten (10) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources
2. Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate the reactions to change including identifying signs of resistance and approaches to managing it.
• Evaluate strategies for communicating change.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing organizational change.
• Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.
• Evaluate strategies for communicating change.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Suppose the image below is your company’s network diagram after a merger and you have recently added access controls to your network. The CSO would like to:

• Change the internal network address to incorporate variable length subnet mask (VLSM) with EIGRP routing protocol.
• Set up all of the accountants on a separate VLAN.
• Create a VPN connection to allow accountants to access the accounting database from their home.

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

1. Re-create the diagram provided in the assignment summary using VLSM, through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia. (The starting address is 172.16.0.0.) Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Specify the commands that you would use to set up the routers to use EIGRP.
3. Outline the requirements to set up a VLAN and VPN access for the accountants.
4. Specify the VLAN assignment, and incorporate a Spanning Tree protocol into your design to eliminate loops.

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.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe and implement Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) on a computing network.
• Compare and contrast dynamic routing, distance vector routing, and link-state routing protocols.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in Internetworking.
• Write clearly and concisely about basic internetworking using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research five (5) of what you believe to be the most important and pressing economic issues that confront the United States healthcare industry today and will continue to do so into the next decade.

Provide a review of these issues in a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a detailed description of the issues that you have researched.
2. Analyze the most significant economic effects of the researched issues on healthcare industry. Provide at least two (2) examples of these issues to support your response.
3. Suggest specific strategies that relevant entities / stakeholders may use to address the selected issues from an economic perspective. Justify your response.
4. Determine the strategic manner in which the United States can apply best economic best practices from other countries in addressing these issues.
5. Assess the likelihood of government and or private sector effectively addressing the issues.
6. Use at least ten (10) current references. Five (5) of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives.

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:

• Analyze the factors that are influencing the demand and supply of health care services in the U.S.
• Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with the health care system of other countries.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
• Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

DB 4 Criminal Procedures

Part 1

While working an undercover detail in a neighborhood known for drug activity, you notice a vehicle stopped at the intersection waiting for the light to change. The man in the vehicle makes eye contact with you. You approach his vehicle and begin carrying on a conversation with him. You ask him if he needs anything, and he responds by asking you, “What do you have?” You ask him what he is looking for, and he tells you he is looking to score. You show him a small bag containing a white powdery substance; he asks how much, and you respond, “20 dollars.” He hands you a $20 bill, and you give him the bag and tip your hat to signal that the transaction was completed. At this time, the man drives off and is stopped a block away by a marked unit. The individual is placed under arrest for drug possession and purchasing drugs, and he is taken to jail.

 

The individual is charged with possession of a controlled substance. At his trial, he claimed that he was a victim of entrapment by the police. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve 5 years in jail and given credit for the 3 months he already had served in jail.

 

Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week.

 

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Unit 4 IP

 

While working an undercover detail in a neighborhood known for drug activity, you notice a vehicle stopped at the intersection waiting for the light to change. The man in the vehicle makes eye contact with you. You approach his vehicle and begin carrying on a conversation with him. You ask him if he needs anything, and he responds by asking you, “What do you have?” You ask him what he is looking for, and he tells you he is looking to score. You show him a small bag containing a white powdery substance; he asks how much, and you respond, “20 dollars.” He hands you a $20 bill, and you give him the bag and tip your hat to signal that the transaction was completed. At this time, the man drives off and is stopped a block away by a marked unit. The individual is placed under arrest for drug possession and purchasing drugs, and he is taken to jail.

The individual is charged with possession of a controlled substance. At his trial, he claimed that he was a victim of entrapment by the police. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve 5 years in jail and given credit for the 3 months he already had served in jail.

Assignment Guidelines

 

•Address the following in 1,250–1,500 words:

 

•Research and provide 2–3 case briefs on specific case law related to the entrapment defense as it may or may not apply in the case scenario. ◦Your case briefs should follow this format: ◾Title: Title of the selected case

 

◾ Facts: Summary of the events, court timeline, evidence, and so forth

 

◾ Issues: Issues that  were present in this case

 

◾ Decisions: The court’s decision and the conclusion to the case

 

◾ Reasoning: The rationale behind the final decision

 

◾ Dissenting opinions: Any dissenting opinions, and an explanation of what they were and why they were raised

 

•Answer the following questions:

 

◦ Did you have probable cause to approach the defendant while he was parked at the traffic light? Why or why not? Defend your answer.

 

◦ Do you feel that the entrapment defense is a valid one, considering the assignment scenario? Why or why not? Defend your answer.

 

◦ Is providing the opportunity for someone to commit a crime the same as entrapment? Why or why not?

 

◦If the substance were marijuana, how much would be needed for a misdemeanor charge? A felony?

 

•Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

 

Use your textbook, Crafting and Executing Strategy, to read the following:

• Chapter 10, “Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution: People, Capabilities, and Structure.”
• Chapter 11, “Managing Internal Operations: Actions That Promote Good Strategy Execution.”
• Chapter 12, “Corporate Culture and Leadership: Keys to Good Strategy Execution.”

The following required reading is available full-text in the Capella University Library. Search for the article by clicking the linked title and following the instructions in the Library Guide:

• Kaplan and Norton’s 2007 article, “Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System,” in Harvard Business Review, volume 85, issue 7/8, pages 150–161.

You will use these readings in your Unit 10 discussion and assignment.

This is your biggest paper for this course and covers information from Units 8, 9, and 10 directly (corporate new business strategies, innovation, partnerships and alliances, and executing strategic priorities), while also linking to previous topics covered in Units 1 through 7. Review the Growth Strategies, Innovation, Alliances, and Execution video, linked in the Resources, for additional information that will help you complete your assignment.

For this assignment, select one specific strategic business unit (SBU) of a publicly traded organization. (Your choice must be a different industry and different company from the ones you used in previous assignments.) An example would be Commercial Aviation, which is an SBU for Boeing.

Using the SBU you have selected, complete the following:

• Analyze the overall competitive environment, including market conditions.
• Evaluate the current growth and new business strategies, along with implications.
• Analyze the organization’s primary business model.
• Evaluate the organization’s competencies and resources.
• Evaluate the leveraging of growth strategies and resources through partnerships and alliances.
• Identify future opportunities for innovation (disruptive, value, blue ocean, and/or fast second) based on past success and failures.
• Assess the organization’s ability to effectively execute its growth strategies. Show how the strategies compare, based on past results, with the 10 components of the strategy execution model referred by Thompson et al. in Chapter 10 of your text.
• Analyze the organization’s corporate culture and leadership and how they are evidenced in this organization.
• Develop a strategy map (balanced scorecard).

Why are peanut allergies so common? How do healthy foods help prevent diseases?

Write your mock Concept Paper using the Concept Paper template found in the Dissertation Center. Follow the template guidelines for each section.

Write an Introduction describing your topic.
Write the Statement of the Problem section.
Describe the Purpose of the Study. Include the results of your power analysis.
State your Research Question and your null and alternative hypotheses. Be sure that your question aligns with your purpose.
Write a Brief Review of the Literature.
Complete the Research Methods section (including the Operational Definition of Variables, Constructs, and Measurement sub sections). Follow the instructions in the CP template. Be sure to:
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your envisioned design and methods.
Identify threats to validity and how your design will address them.
Justify why your chosen design and methods are more appropriate for your research question than alternatives you have considered.
Define the constructs you will measure and what you will do in order to determine how to operationalize them.
Describe the sample you propose to study and its characteristics; this should include, but is not limited, to: 1) age; 2) gender; 3) ethnicity; 4) additional cultural factors; and 5) education level. Justify your choice of sample.
Describe your method of sampling.
Describe the type of data you need to collect and how you will collect it.
Briefly describe any ethical issues you foresee with your study. Make a preliminary assessment of the level of risk associated with participation in your study that might need to be raised with the Institutional Review Board.
Describe and justify how you will analyze your data and the descriptive statistics will you present.
Explain how you conducted your power analysis.
Describe how you will handle your data, check for accuracy etc.
What problems do you foresee in implementing the design? How might you prevent them?

Support your paper with a minimum of 7 resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 12-15 pages not including title and reference pages
References: Minimum of 7 scholarly resources.

CW 1: 100% weighting Learning Outcome: 1 ,2 and 3
Students will compare and contrast tourism policy and planning in two
destinations and create a portfolio of 4,000 words evidencing the different
approaches and opportunities for dissemination of best practice between
two destinations
Formative Assessment: Students will make their draft portfolios
available to the module leader who will provide regular feedback on the
progress and processes undertaken.

70 – 79 Demonstrates very good coherence of ideas and a very good knowledge and understanding of key concepts at an intermediate level. There is a good understanding of the subject matter and a fair degree of evidence of extensive wider reading some of which is from primary sources. There is a good level of critical analysis of issues and/or problems and the work shows some appreciation of competing perspectives. There is a very good appreciation of how knowledge is applied to real life contexts and a little understanding of where applied knowledge gaps exist. There is a very good ability to evaluate knowledge and to recognise the quality of third party evaluations. The work is communicated with some authority and referencing is accurate, apart from minor errors.
Let’s take each of the highlighted points in turn.
Key (planning) concepts Here is where you’ll bring in some definitions – sustainability, carrying capacity, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder theory, localism, planning goals, pollution, human rights, etc. This is not an exhaustive list but some examples. A little about the history of the phrase (and mind-set) Think Global Act Local in relation to the Brundtland report but please do not use web references! We want you to be reading texts but more of this below. Introduce the ‘Triple Bottom Line’. Some historical background may be relevant here but not too much.
Extensive wider reading What I am looking for here is wider reading about planning examples and comment from the texts but more the academic journals; planning and management of which there are dozens. Many are on-line but they will be accessed via UDo. As a rule of thumb, if you don’t need to access to a journal via UDo, it is probably not an academic journal. I have given several journals for you to read – please use them.
Critical analysis I have said this before, you can’t critically analyse a single author. What does Swarbrooke say about sustainability? How does that differ from Gunn’s view? How is theory interpreted within the case studies you read about in journal articles. Perhaps you are seeing the recurring theme here! The ‘triple bottom line’. Why do neither Hall nor Gunn mention this phrase although repeatedly refer to it?
Competing perspectives. It is likely you will find these in the tensions between the elements of triple bottom line! In the news there will be local disputes, as occurred in the village of Barwell, Leicestershire; a widespread phenomenon across the UK. Local councils agreed that planning consent should be given and the resultant fallout from that. (Some) local people oppose this (NIMBYs?) whilst the council feel it will bring economic growth. Local people say the green land the new houses will be built on is wrong. The council say the community desperately wants better services – this investment will fund them.
Real life contexts Look at almost any case study and identify the elements of sustainability. Look at the case study of Skyrail in Australia for instance. Look at the development of the Derby Arm. Look at HS2. Look at the Dome. Look at …… you don’t need to go far. Application of the theory into practice. What has been done, what should be done?
Quality of third party evaluations. Back to the academic journals here. Triangulation of the data. Would expect you to have been aware of this by now.
Some authority. This relates to your style and ability to reinforce your comment with academic referencing. That’s it! I am looking for you not to make statements that have no academic underpinning. We call it ‘under-girthing’ your comment. Please do not write something that prompts the reader to ask ‘who says?’
So now you must go back to the learning outcomes and ask if you have considered the trends. Where is planning going? Will there be less consultation with stakeholders or more? Think back to the Planning Officer’s visit? How widespread is that viewpoint outside the National Park. Remember we are to take a global approach but to what extent is in step with global consensus. Is there any global consensus? Probably the most challenging area is predicting growth trends but at least say how difficult this is to predict and why.
It is suggested you perhaps choose a case study to compare and contrast for this assessment and refer the decisions already made in the process, back to the literature (that is to say the theory that can be identified). For instance, if you find the developers have engaged with the local community, link that back to stakeholder theory. During the lectures, several journal articles about scenario planning, carrying capacities and de-marketing will be discussed. Perhaps you can find some reference to these issues within the case study.

In preparing your portfolio you may wish to include a formal report:

You may wish to add personal reflections from key informants in the form of a weblog or dialogue.

It would be advantageous to include policy references as hyperlinked internet resources. There is no need to append an entire website or contents to your portfolio but refer to the key planning legislation and policy documents to demonstrate your understanding and application of policy to the portfolio. These should be referenced using the Harvard format.

Formative Assessment: Students will make their draft portfolios available to the module leader who will provide regular feedback on the progress and processes undertaken.

Higher grades will be awarded as follows:
• evidence of wider research rather than just the content of the class discussion
by seeking influences of other industries and factors;
• higher level of critical analysis and debate, (contrasting the views of different authors)
• accurate grammar, spelling and appropriate structure;
• links to theoretical frameworks that are properly cited and referenced;
• application of theory to practice and provision of examples/ best practice models;
• use of contemporary sources to justify recommendations and conclusions

NOTICE: i have already done the proposal and this is the proposal.
To achieve future sustainability in the tourism industry, it is highly necessary that effective and efficient policies and planning be realized today. The planners and policy makers must be sensitive to identify the emerging trends in tourism and facilitate and maintain orderly growth and quality that updates the expectations of tourists and visitors. Tourism policies include progressive course of actions, guidelines, directives, principles, and procedures set in ethically that is issues-focused and best represents the intent of a country to effectively meet its planning, development, product, service, marketing, and sustainability goals and objectives for the future growth of tourism (Swarbrook & Horner, 2012).
In Dubai, international tourism has been adopted by the Dubai authorities as a core element of economic diversification programme. Tourism is overseen by the former crown prince who is also in charge of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. The department has a vision, and is already realizing it, of making Dubai the leading tourism destination and commercial hub over the world. The department’s mission involves tourism sustainability and economic growth, industry partnerships, innovation in promotion, unique experiences for visitors by ensuring quality service and value of money. The department oversees planning, supervision and development in the emirate. To underline the importance of tourism, the chairman of the Department is his Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. Dubai constantly markets itself and plans ahead such that tourists will get even more than their expectation with the government giving full support to the tourism industry (Swarbrook& Horner, 2012).
On the other hand, Paris is also one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the world. However it is not as appealing as Dubai as Dubai has taken the world by storm. This owes to the planning and policies that govern the management of tourism in the two nations. In Paris the tourism industry is not taken as serious as it in Dubai with the government letting the department of tourism to run in isolation as opposed to Dubai where the government is fully involved and controls and funds every plan and policy in the department. In addition, Paris does not open its tourist destinations all through. For instance on Sundays, it is hard to trace an open popular tourist spot unlike in Dubai where every day is a business day. The language, French, which Paris has so much held to also does not attract much of tourism and language serves a barrier to communication which is paramount for tourism unlike in Dubai where a much universal English language is spoken. Also in Dubai, security is no much ado unlike din Paris where there are many pickpockets especially in the high seasons (Swarbrook & Horner, 2012).