Author: chris

Using available government reports, peer reviewed studies, or other credible sources, research and articulate victimization patterns about a particular type of vulnerable group (women, children, elderly, mentally ill, disabled, minorities). In other words, what kind of crimes is your group most vulnerable to and why? What policies have been put in place to provide protections and justice?

This is a five page paper. Be prepared to also present your project and share your findings by creating a ten slide power point presentation. Presentations will begin on Friday, November 13 and students will be picked at random to present.

Using feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Part 1 and develop the solution and identify the advantages of the solution. Note: The disadvantages or challenges with your answers will be in Part 3.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)

 

1. Revise, using feedback from the professor and classmates, your Persuasive Paper Part I: A Problem Exists.

 

Develop Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages for 6-8 pages total)

 

2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement clearly in the first paragraph. (The thesis statement may need to be modified to reflect added information and purpose of this part.)

 

3. Explain a detailed, viable solution that supports your thesis. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

 

4. State, explain, and support the first advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

 

5. State, explain, and support the second advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

 

6. State, explain, and support the third (and fourth if desired) advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

 

7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.

 

8. Provide a concluding paragraph / transitional paragraph that summarizes the proposed solution and its advantages.

 

9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

 

10. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain advantages.

 

11. Support advantage claims with at least three (3) additional quality relevant references. Use at least six (6) total for Parts 1 and 2. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

 

• 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.

 

Note: Submit your assignment to the designated plagiarism program so that you can make revisions before submitting your paper to your professor.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.
• Recognize the use of summary, paraphrasing, and quotation to communicate the main points of a text.
• Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation into essays or presentations.
• Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with Standard Written English.
• Prepare a research project that supports an argument with structure and format appropriate to the genre.
• Revise drafts to improve clarity, support, and organization. Recognize how to organize ideas with transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
• Incorporate relevant, properly documented sources to substantiate ideas.
• Write clearly and concisely about selected topics using proper writing mechanics.

To conclude your marketing plan, in Assignment 3, you will describe the company’s, marketing strategy, implementation strategy, expansion plan, social media strategy, monitoring methods, and integrated marketing communication strategy.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. 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:

Develop strategies to assess performance and achieve marketing goals.
Develop pricing strategies and distribution channels for products.
Analyze integrated marketing communications and its relationship to advertising strategy.
Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing management.
Write clearly and concisely about marketing management using proper writing mechanics.

The groups described above and well as those in the readings are just some of the groups who have greater difficulties obtaining mental health care than the general population.  Others with specific barriers include people who are chronically ill, immigrants and refugees, people with developmental disabilities, people living in poverty, and people with substance abuse disorders.

Select a specific population for whom access to services is a significant issue. This can be one of the groups mentioned above or some other group suffering from mental health disparities.  Find two programs or policy initiatives currently being undertaken that are designed to overcome barriers to receiving mental health care for this population. You can get your information from journal articles, newspapers, the Web, etc.   Describe these initiatives and discuss the merits and challenges of each

1. Think of a product you use in everyday life. Using the LCA process, discuss how you might re-design the product to reduce the amount of waste that results from its manufacture and/or use.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

 

2. Describe each of the four components of the life cycle assessment process.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

After consulting the readings, what do identify as some of the biggest challenges IGOs face when attempting to preserve security? Is the United Nations Security Council successfully meeting these challenges?

1700 -2000 words.

Executive summary.

1. Define the procurement and contracting process and the context (business unit) in which it operates.
2. What is the strategy/market of the business unit?
3. What does this imply in terms of the project procurement process you are studying? What must this process be able to do particularly well in terms of cost, time, quality and flexibility? The headings mentioned here are broad. You are expected to identify specific dimensions along which the process is expected to do particularly well.
4. Describe the current process structure.
5. Discuss the procurement capabilities, given the current structure, in terms of the specific dimensions identified by you in item #4 above.
6. Discuss existing problems and weaknesses in the current procurement and contracting process. What additional capabilities does the process need to develop?
7. How should the contracting and procurement process be restructured to develop these capabilities? Discuss why the changes suggested by you will have the desired effect along the key dimensions identified by you.
8. Discuss how the suggested changes should be implemented with a time line. Explain any resistance you may face in implementing the changes.

 

Please note that these are general guidelines only. The Professor is not looking for a project report with eight points in the sequence listed above. The Professor listed the points that he feels are important in most reports. Please feel free to add to or alter the above list as best fits your project.

 

The databases within the library system are a great place to start to find scholarly information about organizations and their contract and procurement practices. But in this case, rely upon whatever sources will provide you access to information about the procurement process application and success.

Please do not restrict yourself to the above list. It is meant simply as a starting point. In each report the Professor expects, at a minimum, the following:

1. A description of the procurement process practice including its key elements.
2. Major benefits of the practice.
3. Major risks/cost of the practice.
4. Key issues in designing and implementing the practice.
5. Which companies is this practice ideally suited for? Which companies may it not be suitable for?
6. Examples of companies that are successfully using the practice including best practices.
7. Examples of companies that have been unsuccessful in their implementation of the practice and possible reasons.

 

Once again, please do not feel bound by the above structure, you can modify and add items you feel are important to your study. The above list is simply meant to help you get started.

Develop your research plan around the following report/profile sections that should be included in your report:

• Company introduction – 15%
• Size, location(s), products and/or services
• Overall company quality strategy and objectives – 20%
• Application of procurement process methodologies – 40%
• How formal is its program?
• To whom within the organization structure does the highest level quality related manager report?
• Success of the application of procurement process – 20%
• Strive for real metrics (if you receive general information only, analyze and extrapolate your opinion based on information gathered).
• Conclusion – 5%

Business Case and Proposal for Project Selection

You work for Centervale Apparel, a large clothing manufacturing firm. Centervale Apparel has budgeted $9.7 million for new technology initiatives in the coming year but the project requests currently in the queue for next year total about $15 million. Your boss, the executive director of operations, has asked you to put together a proposal for this project to replace legacy order fulfillment technologies by implementing a supply chain management (SCM) system. Your boss wants to ensure this project will be prioritized over other projects on the list and will be implemented in the coming year. Use the following data to prepare a proposal using a balanced scorecard approach to demonstrate the project’s value to Centervale Apparel.

Here is your brief:

Business Problem: The order fulfillment team has been using several legacy technology systems to manage inventory and distribution. The current systems do not work together, requiring redundant information input and processing. Because of the redundant processes, work is duplicated requiring multiple data entry points and sometimes results in inaccurate and irreconcilable data. There is a constant overage or shortage of supply due to the time it takes for data to get from one point to another. This causes unhappy customers and inventory carrying costs that could be avoided.

Project Description: Replace legacy order fulfillment technologies by implementing a SCM system.

Project Cost: The project will cost approximately $1.2 million including infrastructure and resources to complete the implementation and $250,000 annually to support and maintain the new system with a ten-year lifecycle for the system.

Project Benefit: It is estimated that the implementation of a supply chain management system will improve the order fulfillment processing time and reduce inventory-carrying costs. Implementing the SCM system will also enable the retirement of several legacy systems. Estimated annual cost savings are:

• Data entry staff reduced from 10 FTE to 8 FTE = $100,000/yr savings
• Reduction in inventory carrying costs = $300,000/yr savings
• Improved order fulfillment = 10–20% decrease in order to delivery time. This will improve customer satisfaction and retention
• Improved data accuracy
• Legacy system maintenance retirement savings = $100,000/yr

Using the information that details the primary business goals for the coming year, you will need to demonstrate how implementing the SCM system will help achieve the business objectives.

Note: Customers are retail companies who order from this clothing manufacturer. Assume a ten-year lifecycle for the SCM system.

Using the module readings and the University online library resources, research methods of developing proposals by applying the balanced scorecard approach. Select two scholarly resources for use in this assignment. You will use these resources to justify your recommendations.

The proposal should include the following:

• Describe the measureable value. This should include a cost-benefit analysis, such as payback period or ROI that relies on tangible measures of organizational value through cost savings, revenue enhancements, or improvements in the speed, quality, or efficiency of key processes that help achieve competitive advantage (note the difference between tangible and intangible measures in this proposal).
• Evaluate and choose alternatives. Make sure to identify any alternatives to the project implementation and provide a justification for each.
• Complete a risk assessment of all risks associated with implementing the project using an enterprise risk management (ERM) model.
• Describe total cost of ownership and include descriptions of implementation project and ongoing maintenance costs.
• Explain the benefits of the project, which include tangible and intangible benefits.
• Fully justify a recommendation with a compelling proposal that aligns to the business goals.

Write a five-to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In this analysis you will discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. Your pape