Based on this module week’s summit session, what would you say is the role of firms in our macroeconomy? Do consumers indirectly and/or directly affect our macroeconomy? Discuss how microeconomics and macroeconomics affect the flow of money within the Circular Flow Model. Do you think firms could operate without households? Describe how these disciplines relate to the Circular Flow Model.

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Module 7 How Does Our Economy Work?

Select & Explore
Based on this module week’s summit session, what would you say is the role of firms in our macroeconomy? Do consumers indirectly and/or directly affect our macroeconomy? Discuss how microeconomics and macroeconomics affect the flow of money within the Circular Flow Model. Do you think firms could operate without households? Describe how these disciplines relate to the Circular Flow Model.
Locate a recent article or event (published within the last year) that highlights your relevant microeconomic/macroeconomic topics. Use the Hunt Library, newspapers, new stations, or other
Module 7 How Does Our Economy Work? Discussion

If you were the CIO of a large enterprise and the implementation of an ERP system was going badly, where would you begin to try to determine what was causing the difficulties that are being encountered in the project?

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Discussion Modules 7 & 8

Go to Discussion: Modules 7 & 8
(https://erau.instructure.com/courses/144318/discussion_topics/2466483) to respond to the following discussion prompt.

Assignment
There have been more than a few newsworthy failures to succeed relating to the implementation of enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) that resulted in lawsuits between companies and contracted solution providers. Large-scale roll-outs of ERP systems are notoriously difficult to pull off seamlessly and are fraught with cost overruns. Inadequate training, employee groups’ buy-in or failure to embrace change to a utilization of the new technology, poorly designed or incompatible software with legacy systems, and other factors are often stated to be the source of the difficult transitions when implementing ERP systems.

Discuss
For this assignment, conduct research on the topic of ERP systems.
If you were the CIO of a large enterprise and the implementation of an ERP system was going badly, where would you begin to try to determine what was causing the difficulties that are being encountered in the project? For example, would you bring in an outside Overview Two-Week Discussion Requirements

(https://erau.instructure.com/courses/144318/modules/items/8644305)


Choose a real-life example of an oligopolistic market structure in the U.S. Identify how your firm has been impacted by our macroeconomy. Determine if your firm was dependent on the federal government for a bailout and/or restructuring. Describe the factors your chosen firm has taken to avoid market failure at a macro-level. Examine how your chosen firm affects our macroeconomy with regard to economic output.

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Module 7 – Assignment: Firms in Our Macroeconomy (PLG1)

DetailsIn our session this module week we’ve been discussing the differences between micro and macroeconomics. Hopefully, you’ve learned a lot from our deep dive into the Circular Flow Model. Let’s put what we’re learning to the test! In this assignment, prepare a short essay that distinguishes the role of firms in our macroeconomy.

In your essay, identify the following:
Choose a real-life example of an oligopolistic market structure in the U.S.
Identify how your firm has been impacted by our macroeconomy.
Determine if your firm was dependent on the federal government for a bailout and/or restructuring.
Describe the factors your chosen firm has taken to avoid market failure at a macro-level.
Examine how your chosen firm affects our macroeconomy with regard to economic output.

Outline the possible mechanism(s) of action. If possible, include which regions of the nervous system are affected, how the drug affects neuronal signaling and/or neurotransmitter function and how these may cause the main effects and side effects. Explain and give examples of the most notable consequences to individuals and society.

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Drug Effects Presentation and Discussion

For your presentation, choose a drug of interest, look up appropriate peer-reviewed and authoritative references, and create slides and a script/transcript of your talk using the following general outline or a modified outline of your choice:

Slide 1: Title slide with the topic and your name, date, course, and institution (Use this to list the topic and briefly introduce yourself)

Slide 2: Background of the topic and value of the information to your audience

Slide 3: Notable psychological or behavioral effects of the drug and symptoms of usage.

Slide 4: Outline the possible mechanism(s) of action. If possible, include which regions of the nervous system are affected, how the drug affects neuronal signaling and/or neurotransmitter function and how these may cause the main effects and side effects. (Mechanisms of action may not be known, so include current speculation and research questions if needed.)

Slide 5: Explain and give examples of the most notable consequences to individuals and society

Slide 6: List possible treatments and research needs (or other topics of choice)

Slide 7: Conclusions. Emphasize the take-home message and value of the information.

Slide 8: References slide using APA 7th edition formatting

Prepare a needs assessment to analyze both employees’ skill levels identified in the scenario. Based on the needs assessment, prepare an analysis of what should have happened, and what actually did happen, in the scenario. Based on the needs assessment, evaluate the appropriateness among possible choices of action (strategies), including discipline, development, improvement, or termination for the two employees

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Developing a Performance Improvement Plan

Begin your paper with an introduction and then provide a summary of the case study.
Prepare a needs assessment to analyze both employees’ skill levels identified in the scenario.
Based on the needs assessment, prepare an analysis of what should have happened, and what actually did happen, in the scenario.
Based on the needs assessment, evaluate the appropriateness among possible choices of action (strategies), including discipline, development, improvement, or termination for the two employees.
As a Human Resources professional, create a performance improvement plan for each employee that outlines the following:

  • Expected behaviors;
  • Metrics for improvement;
  • Required action steps;
  • Consequences for not meeting the plan’s expected outcomes;
  • Their manager’s role.

Prepare instructions for the manager on how to conduct a meeting with each employee about improvements and consequences.

Explain how your articles are consistent with your own findings. Relate the articles to any of the concepts discussed during the previous weeks: GDP, inflation rates, unemployment, government monetary policies (money supply, exchange rates) or fiscal policies (taxes, government spending), international trade (trade balance, exchange rates), production, economic growth, etc.

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This week, your project consists of finding at least two different current-news articles related to the country you selected. The articles have to be no older than three months and must be related to the economy of the country.

Explain how your articles are consistent with your own findings. You need to relate the articles to any of the concepts discussed during the previous weeks: GDP, inflation rates, unemployment, government monetary policies (money supply, exchange rates) or fiscal policies (taxes, government spending), international trade (trade balance, exchange rates), production, economic growth, etc.

Your articles articles MUST be from a news source.  They cannot be from a blog, professional journal, dictionary, data site, or encyclopedia (that includes Wikipedia).

You should try finding news from any public newspaper, magazine, TV station or their websites; such as foxnews.com, yahoo.com, cnn.com, wsj.com, nytimes.com, economist.com, etc. You can also use similar international websites, such as Reuters, BBC, France24, etc.  Your best source for news reports may well be from news sites in your country.  Just keep in mind that not all countries have a free press.

Each week your assignment must be in a report format as a Word document attachment, so remember to use paragraphs and a report structure.

Discuss medical records and the importance of confidentiality. Describe one legal standard, regulation, or policy that is related to confidentiality and/or medical records in healthcare. Explain how such policies and procedures should be communicated to employees.

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Unit ip 3

You are the new office coordinator of a small multi-specialty group practice. You have been tasked with updating the office policies on medical records and confidentiality and training the employees on this important topic.

For this assignment you will address each of prompts in 3-5 pages, not including title page and reference page. You are expected to use a minimum of two references and utilize APA style:

-Discuss medical records and the importance of confidentiality.
-Describe one legal standard, regulation, or policy that is related to confidentiality and/or medical records in healthcare.
-Explain how such policies and procedures should be communicated to employees.

Applying Army regulation, discuss your response to the presenter’s opinion on the future of warfare. How does this relate to the Army as a profession and mission command, and how can you apply this to the sections you lead? How does this relate to talent management and advancement in the military?

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Talent management, and Military robot, and the future of war

R1SG Links to Videos
  1. Military Robots and the Future of War – P W Singer

Applying Army regulation, discuss your response to the presenter’s opinion on the future of warfare.

https://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war

 

  1. The Puzzle of Motivation – Daniel Pink

How does this relate to the Army as a profession and mission command, and how can you apply this to the sections you lead?

https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en

 

  1. Forget the Pecking Order at Work – Margaret Heffernan

How does this relate to talent management and advancement in the military?

https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work?language=en

create a 500-750-word summary of the business model canvas. Include research from at least five sources. Within the summary, describe your ideas for key partnerships, cost structure, key activities, key resources, value propositions, customer relationships, channels, customer segments, and revenue streams. Describe why you selected these as the key elements of your business.

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Business model canvas

The purpose of this assignment is to create a business model canvas, highlighting how human-centered design and technological advances can be used to solve real-world business problems.

Utilize the “Business Model Canvas – Intro and Template” PowerPoint resource to complete the topic assignment.

This assignment will expand upon the hypothesis you previously selected to create an improved hypothesis. Based on your hypothesis and developed persona, you will develop a summary of your canvas model for submission and feedback. Complete each of the nine boxes in the in the business model canvas.

Then, create a 500-750-word summary of the business model canvas. Include research from at least five sources. Within the summary, describe your ideas for key partnerships, cost structure, key activities, key resources, value propositions, customer relationships, channels, customer segments, and revenue streams. Describe why you selected these as the key elements of your business.

What are Sanctuary Cities? What is the significance of the S.S. St. Louis? What is the definition of a refugee? What is the connection between Communism and the Vietnamese and Cuban refugee crises?

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Immigration

What are Sanctuary Cities?  What is the significance of the S.S. St. Louis?  What is the definition of a refugee?  What is the connection between Communism and the Vietnamese and Cuban refugee crises?